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LADUE HORTON WATKINS HIGH SCHOOL 1201 S. WARSON RD. ST. LOUIS, MO 63124 JANUARY 2024 VOL. 73, ISSUE 5

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Editors’ Note

A forgotten homework assignment used to mean last minute cramming and forlorn acceptance of a worse grade before hitting submit. In the last few years, this routine has changed to pasting an essay prompt into newly popularized chatbots like ChatGPT, and having a completed assignment submitted in a matter of minutes.

Whether you view this as a positive shift or not, it is undeniable that the educational, social and technological world we know is changing daily. One of the main proponents of this FKDQJH LV WKH LQFUHDVLQJ XVDJH RI DUWLÀFLDO LQWHOOLJHQFH $, KDV become present in various aspects of our lives, from school to social media, with the newfound accessibility of generative,

and often invasive, chatbots. With chatbots being more and PRUH DGYHUWLVHG WR WKH SXEOLF WKH LQÁXHQFH RI WKHVH WHFKQROogies is inescapable; that is why for this issue’s in-depth, we breakdown the effects AI has on our education, our expression and more. We urge students to be aware of the biases AI perpetuates, and to fact-check the information produced by generative AI. Elsewhere in this issue, we take a look at the history of success of the Ladue Dance Marathon, and break down the daily routines of our front desk receptionist and attendance secretary. We also get an inside look at the UN Youth Envoy guest speaker, Leila Sadat.

With Valentine’s Day approaching, take a look at our gift JXLGH IRU DOO WKLQJV ÁRUDO DQG VHH RQH VWDIIHU·V UHDFWLRQV WR IRXU iconic rom-coms.

Turn to Health & Sports for a look at winter sports, both in and out of school, and for advice on when to stay home if you’re feeling sick. Happy New Year, and no, in case you were wondering, nothing in this issue is AI generated.

Tarek Al Husseini

Mimi Zhou

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FQ^_bQ]Q IdQɏ Editors in Chief Tarek Al Husseini Riley Coates Mimi Zhou

Associate Editor Luke Lochmoeller

Art Editor in Chief Olivia Chen

Photo Editor in Chief Vincent Hsiao

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Jay Heintz

Opinions Editor Emily Liu

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Ella Bender Will Kodner Sara Rohatgi Ira Rodrigues Cindy Liu

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Arts & Entertainment Staff Kelly Zhang Aaron Lin

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HEALTH & SPORTS

A look at LEGOS

Traversing New Terrain

Brick by Brick

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Liam and Aidan Pippine’s love for extreme sports and their journey living in four different states

Features Do it Like DM Standing up for Safety Ring Ring!

OPINIONS

Believe it or not, the tree planting movement isn’t the solution to saving the planet

Safety & Security Coordinator Tim Reboulet plans for safety at Ladue with Secret Service experience

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Students need to recognize the biases in AI, and appropriately fact-check its information

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The Age of AI

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Opinions “Just Plant More Trees” Dear Ladue High,

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Arts & Entertainment Fall in Love with Podcasts Swift Stages Love at First Sight The Language of Flowers

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News to Know STORY AND ILLUSTRATION BY MASON EASTMAN

Activites and events come to Ladue this February

SPRING SPORTS

Ladue has lots of spring sport options. For girls, the options are soccer, track and field and lacrosse. For boys, Ladue offers baseball, volleyball, waterpolo, golf, tennis, track and field and lacrosse, which is a club sport. All of the programs have a JV and varsity team, and all tryouts will take place the week of Feb. 26. To participate in a sport, players need a pink slip. Athletes will turn in this pink slip to their coach on the first day of tryouts.

Students can get these pink slips by turning in an up-to-date physical during lunch periods before tryouts.

DANCE MARATHON READ MORE about Dance Marathon on pg. 8

Dance Marathon is a student-led organization that aims to raise money for the Children’s Miracle Network. Ladue hopes to continue their legacy this year. The event will be taking place Feb. 3 at the high school, from noon to 6 p.m.

SIGNING DAY

Ladue will host their annual signing day ceremony at the high school Feb. 7. The ceremony will start after school, and friends, family and supporters will all be welcome to come and watch as the soon-to-be collegiate athletes are recognized.

Athletes will have the opportunity to have their coaches speak and celebrate their athletic careers in additon to their future plans.

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WINTER READING The winter reading challenge is Scrabble themed. So, at the end of the challenge, Feb. 29, participants can make their own scrabble board using the books they’ve read this winter. Participants may be able to earn breakfast and prizes.

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Do it Like DM Dance Marathon leaders share their strategies for achieving fundraising success

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Morale taught participants a variety of dances each hour of the event. I enjoy being on Morale because we are dancing and having fun, but we are also raising money for the kids,” Will Minkler (10) said. “The best part of the event is listening to the kids stories and how we are helping them.” (Photo

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IdQ^TY^W e` V_b IQVUdɟ Safety & Security Coordinator Tim Reboulet plans for safety at Ladue with Secret Service experience of Olympics, inaugurations and world you could hopefully prevent it.”

Taking preventative measures was events,” Reboulet said.

While working in the Secret Service, key in Reboulet’s role as a Secret SerVERY DAY, STUDENTS, faculty and parents enter Ladue Reboulet’s greatest motivator was keep- vice agent. At Ladue, he employs that same approach.

School District buildings by the ing people safe.

“To be successful as a Safety and “That’s why the Secret Service ultithousands. It doesn’t matter if they’re coming to learn, teach or drop off a PDWHO\ ZDV D JRRG ÀW IRU PH EHFDXVH Security Coordinator, [I think] like the forgotten lunchbox; every single one we protect the President, their family, bad guy,” Reboulet said. “[I] think about of them has been considered by Safety the Vice President and world leaders,” what the threats are, then mitigate those threats.” and Security Coordinator Tim Reboulet. Reboulet said.

Reboulet has Reboulet was a “[As a teenager], I was always inbrought many lessons terested in law enforcement,” Reboulet Special Agent for 22 from the Secret Sersaid. “I wanted to give back and serve years, and he didn’t Everybody that walks in vice to Ladue. the community and protect people.” just protect presidents; these doors [is] a part “At the White After graduating from the University Reboulet was a part of of our security plan, and House, [I protected] of Missouri, Reboulet began his career the Washington Field they can prevent an the building and the in law enforcement as a St. Louis Coun- 2IÀFH·V ,QWHOOLJHQFH incident from occurring people within, but also W\ SROLFH RIÀFHU ,Q 5HERXOHW ZDV Division, where he by saying something if [allowed] people to hired by the U.S. Secret Service, where collected and acted on they see something.” come and go,” Rebouhe worked in the president’s detail for intelligence. Although let said. “I want to treat former Presidents George W. Bush and Reboulet didn’t exTIM REBOULET each of our schools Barack Obama. He was often tasked with pect to take a role at a like the White House, school district, he got a the organization of safe movements.

“I was in Beijing in 2008 for the glimpse of working in education before making them as secure as possible, but allowing students and faculty to have Summer Olympics,” Reboulet said. “I coming to Ladue.

“Throughout my career in law en- their freedom within [without having] to was charged to go there in advance and create a security plan for all of the pres- forcement, I worked with schools,” Re- think about safety and security.”

To create a free and secure environident’s movements in Beijing and then boulet said. “The U.S. Secret Service created what we call the Safe School ment, Reboulet stresses the importance execute that plan when he arrived.”

Planning for safety at the Olympics is Initiative. We would study school shoot- of student communication.

“You’ve probably heard it a million ers and what motivated them to carry out just one of Reboulet’s experiences.

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Becky Jenkins and Artina Clark-Lloyd end their day in the Ladue High School front office. Jenkins has been working there for 16 years, and Clark-Lloyd for three years. “[I wanted to work here for] a different environment,” Clark-Lloyd said. (Photo by Marie Demkovitch)

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Compassion in Action International criminal law professor Leila Sadat speaks to UN Youth Envoy members on crimes against humanity

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HE UNITED NATIONS YOUTH ENVOY club invited Washington University law professor Leila Sadat to speak on her work related to international law Jan. 9 at the high school.

Ladue’s UN Youth Envoy, founded in 2022 by siblings Nethmi Amarakone (10) and then-senior Mahith Samarathunga, has donated about 500 books and 50 reading glasses to 1,500 students in Sri Lanka, as well as $2,000 toward food for orphanages in the South Asian country, according to Amarakone.

“We are planning to do the books and reading glasses project like we did last year to promote quality education,” Amarakone said. “We [also] brought Dr. Leila Sadat from Washington University to talk about the documentary called [Never Again:] Crimes Against Humanity. It aligns to promote peace, justice and strong institutions.”

Sadat has served as a special adviser to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands and co-founded and directs the Crimes Against Humanity Initiative at WashU. As a professor, she leads courses on international law.

“I teach this specialty,” Sadat said. “You’re the future, so pay attention in class, get good grades, listen to your teachers, go to law school [and] change the world.” P

Professor Leila Sadat speaks during a UN Youth Envoy meeting Jan. 9.

Her knowledge and experience relates to Youth Envoy’s goal of peace, justice and strong institutions. “I spent a lot of time at the UN,” Sadat said. “There are a lot of meetings. There are a lot of gatherings. There are a lot of things that are fun in addition to hard work.”

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DEFINED: What are crimes against humanity?

“Serious violations committed as part of a large-scale attack against any civilian population.”

INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT

Which includes: Murder Rape Imprisonment Apartheid Enslavement ROME STATUTE, ICC (1998)

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LEFT: Leila Sadat writes on a white board while she speaks.

She explained the differences between the United Nations International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court. “This court [UN-ICJ] only hears cases involving states,” Sadat said. “[The ICC] hears cases involving people.”

MIDDLE LEFT: A wristband promoting the effort to ratify a treaty against international crimes against humanity sits on a desk. Sadat handed them out to students in attendance.

“We need the wristbands, we need a campaign [and] we need advocacy,” Sadat said.

MIDDLE RIGHT: Club president Nethmi Amarakone (10) concludes the meeting after screening the documentary Never Again Jan. 8. President of UN Youth Envoy is Amarakone’s first leadership role as a Ladue student. “There is so much to do as a club leader,” Amarakone said. “[I] have to make sure to get people involved in events for this club.”

LEFT: Club social media manager Nevinka Amarakone (10) and member Sanvi Prasad (10) watch the 2017 documentary Never Again created by the Crimes Against Humanity Initiative. The documentary examined the lack of a treaty addressing ongoing crimes against humanity. “[I was] shocked because they were talking about crimes happening around the world that I had never heard of before,” Prasad said. “I made up my mind to inform myself more.”

BELOW: Leila Sadat speaks to the audience of students.

She detailed her roles in international law, foreign affairs and their intricacies.

“I’d always been interested to learn how international crimes were dealt with,” Prasad said. “Listening to Dr. Sadat talk about her work and the organization she is a part of helped me understand it.”

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Teacher Use of AI 44% Grading

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Turing Test created Introduced by Alan Turing, evaluated a machine’s self-sufficient and intelligent behavior, as compared to a human

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extra work of educating students on how to use it responsibly.”

The novelty of AI has sparked converThe academic world has been sent into upheaval due to generative AI such sation among both students and teachers. as ChatGPT and Google Bard. In the In fall of 2023, Sruti Sureshkumar (11), wake of their introduction, administra- Michael Wise (11) and Noah Wolk (12) tors have been racing to keep curriculum founded AI Club.

“The club’s goal is to foster a positive and policy up to date.

“It’s going to have to change the way impact through projects, collaborations teachers prepare assignments,” instruc- [and] initiatives,” club president Sureshtional technology coordinator Adam kumar said. “I wanted to promote AI litStirrat said. “We used to get by by just eracy in our school, as AI is becoming picking a topic and saying, ‘write a pa- more integrated into our society.”

Much of the stigma surrounding AI in per on it.’ Doing that now invites opportunities for kids to use AI to write that education stems from student abuse of paper. If you’re a teacher, you need to technology. Others, though, are aware of focus on the process of [the assignment], the risks it poses.

“If you’re using this to cheat, in the breaking it down. The learning process has to be more valuable than just a grade long run that’s only going to hurt you,” Wise said. “Part of the philosophical or a transcript.”

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“It’s helping me write assignments,” this conceptual destruction of original English teacher Jon Frank said. “It’s thought, because AI is not really capable helping me come up with writing sam- of it.”

Still, if properly integrated and reguples quickly that I can use in my instruction and it’s also helping me write rubrics lated, the future of AI in education has the potential to be a net positive. and assignments and scoring guides.”

“AI has this opportunity to be the uniHowever, in some cases AI adds on to educator’s already tedious workloads. versal tutor for everybody here,” Stirrat “People are scared, rightfully, that it’s said. “Ultimately, it’s not something that going to devalue the skill of writing and we’re trying to just catch kids doing and the skill of written communication,”- punish them. I’d like to see AI not be a Frank said. “It’s added a burden on ed- taboo topic as teachers. The future is AI, ucators, both in searching out and deter- and kids are going to be using AI just mining when AI has been used, and the like they use Google right now.”

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artists. I think that that’s just unethical, and I worry about the loss of human creAI is often used in the pursuit of ativity and human touch.”

While many worry that new AI tools creating expressive media, from visual, to written, to auditory. Programs like will devalue human originality, musical Dall-E and Midjourney have made it composer Yueheng Wang (11) doesn’t so users can easily put in a request and necessarily believe this to be true.

“If you take something like autotune, receive a painting or piece of music.

However, what may seem like whole- it’s huge, everyone uses it, but it doesn’t some fun has led to professional artists necessarily take away from the people questioning whether or not they will be who can sing really well without it,” Wang said. “At that point, it boils down replaced by such technologies.

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“With current AI art generators, lect and ability to communicate,” Frank you’re basically taking other people’s said. “That, ultimately, is a humanity iswork and then mashing it up to create sue. If we lose our ability to think and something new,” Chavez said. “That express our [thoughts] in language, I steals the ideas and the work of human think that that makes us less human.”

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“The texture of some of the pots looked too real to be AI generated, so I figured they were made by people.”

“Some of the features of the spiral teapot seemed like something someone couldn’t make.”

“The real ones have a lot more texture and the fake images just looked a little off to me.”

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Students need to recognize the biases in AI and appropriately factcheck its information 15 OUT OF 15 PANORAMA EDITORS AGREE

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INCE THE 1950’S, AI PLATFORMS have taken the world by storm. Chatbots such as ChatGPT, Google Bard and Snapchat MyAI are increasingly being geared towards the general public. However, we’re failing to recognize the drawbacks these systems create. AI is highly susceptible to biases, and all who utilize these platforms must recognize and actively work to counter this.

AI bias is real, and it’s dangerous. This can be seen by Google’s online advertising system, which publicized high-paying jobs to men more than women. Similarly, in healthcare, computer-aided diagnostic systems produced less accurate results when examining a Black patient vs. a white patient.

Not only is this damaging on a physical level, it’s also a dangerous omen for the future. AI consumption is rapidly increasing — in a study conducted by Forbes, 73% of businesses use or plan to use these programs. In the classroom, more than half of students expect their AI application to increase in the coming months, as reported by an Inside Higher Education study.

Perhaps the most concerning is data showing that 42% of students and teachers believe that AI creates a more equitable system, according to PR Newswire.

This displays our ignorance to the biases that AI per-

petuates — in doing so, we’re dooming ourselves to further marginalization.

Now, it’s important to acknowledge that AI is not the sole culprit. In a world where minority groups are sorely underrepresented, software that pulls information from the surrounding environment will naturally create biases based on a preexisting lack of information. True change must come from a deeper level, by examining human and systemic biases. However, GXH WR WHFKQRORJ\·V LQFUHDVHG LQÁXHQFH RQ RXU OLYHV it’s imperative that we focus on AI. That starts with critical media literacy, through source analysis and thorough discussion.

Media literacy is so often used that it has lost its meaning in many senses. But it takes on a new role in AI, where the student is not conducting research themselves — rather, having a chatbot do the work.

It’s important to add a human touch to activities, to counter bias. Whether copy-and-pasting a prompt into AI or using it to sort data, read through what was created and fact check it. If there’s an inaccuracy, report it. Students can email the Federal Trade Commission, a governmental agency dedicated to protecting Americans from deceptive and unfair practices.

The world we live in is rich in diversity and beauty. It’s time we actively and appropriately represent that, rather than allowing biased AI to further a system of discrimination. P

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Dear Ladue High, Panorama staffer suggests ways to improve the high school

Keep the Vending Machines Open During School: If you’ve been that unlucky soul that is left with a grumbling stomach, then you understand the pain of not being able to feed yourself. The vending machines being turned off throughout the school day doesn’t make any sense. Regardless of the reason, everyone should be able to feed themselves. The pain of trying to push through the school day with an empty stomach is excruciating, and it can easily be avoided if the school’s vending machines were operational throughout the day.

Changes to Seminar: Seminar is our third hour on blue days, which are only two days of the week.

Moving seminar to first period would benefit many students. In first period, students would achieve more since they wouldn’t be as tired in their actual classes, but rather in seminar, where you can take a nap if you really need. Also, they would be able to get work done in the morning before the day instead of having to finish 1st period work at home, since they don’t have any time during school to work on it.

If seminar time was increased, many students would finish all of their work in school and have more time to collaborate with their teachers and ask them any questions, leading to them being less stressed.

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Foster Better mental health: “Take care of your mental health.” Students really try to make their mental health their top priority, but school work, clubs, sports and other outside commitments make this difficult.

Society claims to care about mental health, but saddles the youth with insane expectations of what they need to accomplish in order to be successful in life.

Teachers don’t always realize how much work other classes have, and as a result they act like their class is the only one that matters. This leaves students feeling like they are drowning in work. The weekends that should be spent resting and socializing are instead spent balancing the workload of multiple classes. This cycle just keeps going until the weight becomes unbearable and the student finally buckles. There needs to be more resources and opportunities for students to take breaks to improve their mental health, which also improves every other aspect in life and school.

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Enhance Classroom Environments: Blaring bright lights in a classroom are helpful to no one. By the end of the day many students suffer from headaches. In addition to this visual harassment, classrooms tend to be unwelcoming. When a classroom doesn’t have personality, students aren’t as likely to connect with the space and thus have a hard time being in the classroom. It would be better for students if we revamped what classrooms look like, making them more appealing and thus a better learning environment. There are some teachers that are and have actively made an effort to make their rooms more comfortable for their students. They have achieved this by: covering their lights with color cloth to combat the intensity of the light, adding furniture like couches, armchairs and beanbags and also putting posters on the walls.

Making a comfortable classroom isn’t exactly in a teacher’s job description. To make this happen is to go above and beyond, spending their personal money for the benefit of their students.

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Fall in love with

Podcasts

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Jay Heintz reviews four podcasts for this winter that live up to the good reviews

Dark Woods

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Gruesome

One of my favorite podcasts in the true crime genre, the Gruesome podcast is unique because one of the hosts was actually kidnapped as a child and she has a firsthand perspective when covering the crimes. The hosts also do an amazing job of discussing the details of the crimes thoroughly and bringing awareness to the cases and victims they cover.

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With a fictional twist to the true crime genre, the dark woods podcast does a great job of entertaining the listener without the added need of a screen so that you can listen anywhere at any time. This podcast follows the lives of a divorced couple who, after the murder of a young volunteer, must put aside their differences to find the truth about the death in their state park. At first it seems like a cruel accident, but throughout the series that ruling becomes doubtful. Though I would put a content warning on this podcast because it involves death, I think most high schoolers will be able to enjoy it. The show is also heavily inspired by many real crimes that happen in California’s state forests, which makes it that much better.

Case 63 is another fiction podcast about paranoia and the paranormal. With a recent second season, this show is gaining even more popularity.

The first season follows a man who is trying to convince a psychiatrist interviewing him that he is a time traveler. He has come to warn her of the end of the world, and day after day she begins to be convinced by him.

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Cancelled

The Cancelled podcast is a great podcast for the drama lover inside all of us. Hosted

by Tana Mongeau and Brooke Schofield, this podcast covers most big celebrity scandals, with sprinklings of their own entertaining stories. The hosts also try to be very transparent with their rise to stardom and living in the spotlight.

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Swift Stages FOLKLORE Favorite track: the 1 Number of skips: 0 Rationale: Obviously, folklore is at the very top of my ranking. Every song has every thing, making it my only no-skip album on this list.

1989

Favorite track: This Love Number of skips: 1 Rationale: This is her most popular album for good reason. (Almost) all of the tracks are well written and extremely fun to listen to.

REPUTATION Favorite track: Getaway Car Number of skips: 2 Rationale: While not everyone is faced with international media scandals, this album is surprisingly relatable. This record spans a wide range of genres and topics, executing all of it with grace.

FEARLESS Favorite track: The Way I Loved You Number of skips: 6 Rationale: This album is the perfect combination of pop and country DNA. But at some point, all of the songs start to mush together into one big hazy family tree.

MIDNIGHTS Favorite track: Karma Number of skips: 2 Rationale: The bold eccentricity of this album doesn’t really pay off when it comes to memorability. Sorry, it’s boring.

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Mimi Zhou ranks the 10 albums of Taylor Swift’s two-decadeslong musical career

SPEAK NOW Favorite track: Long Live Number of skips: 1 Rationale: Heartbreaking and triumphant, wistful and hopeful, this album is The Taylor Swift Experience. It really can speak now.

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Favorite track: Daylight Number of skips: 2 Rationale: This album is so incredibly sappy and predictable. It takes advantage of overplayed cliches, catchy hooks and pastel sounds. So, what’s there not to love about Lover?

Favorite track: happiness Number of skips: 2 Rationale: Folklore and evermore are not the same. One delivers and one falls just short. The watered-down evermore tracks are fine, but can’t compare to folklore. Don’t ask me why.

Favorite track: Should’ve Said No Number of skips: 3 Rationale: As her debut album, it’s obvious that there’s room for growth.

Still, she’s a million times more mature than most 16 year olds, at least the ones I know. So while there’s room for maturity, that doesn’t take away from the undeniable catchiness and relatable themes in each track. Nonetheless, this album remains at the bottom.

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Love at First Sight A first time rom-com watcher reviews classics from the popular genre STORY BY AARON LIN

13 GOING ON 30 As someone who has never watched a single rom-com before, this was a nice introduction into the world of romantic comedies. The movie starts by introducing 13-year-old Jenna, who is made fun of and bullied by her friends.

After traveling into the future as a 30-year-old, she falls in love with her childhood friend, Matt, who is now grown up. There are some questionable parts, such as a mentally 13-year-old Jenna falling in love with 30-year-old Matt, but overall the story, while quite cliche, was a pleasant first rom-com.

500 DAYS OF SUMMER SHE’S THE MAN As for the second movie I watched, I really enjoyed the story from 500 Days of Summer. The main characters go through a relationship, but it doesn’t work out and they eventually break up. Unlike the standard romcom where the relationship goes perfectly (to some extent), both main characters understand that they were not meant for each other and move on. Everything was really nice, and I really enjoyed watching the movie! The more genuine plot really made the difference for me.

In this modern version of Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night,” Viola dresses up as her twin brother Sebastian in order to join the boy’s soccer team because the girl’s soccer team was cut. Even though this would’ve never happened in real life, Viola’s imitation of her twin brother made for many fun, comedic moments. The romantic triangles throughout the film and fun side characters also contributed to a well -made and enjoyable to watch movie.

10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU The plot was quite recycled (even for someone who has never seen rom-coms before). Overall, I liked the movie’s vibe, the actors and the scenes, but I had watched movies for 6 hours in a row at this point, so the overused story formula significantly brought it down.

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joy, simplicity & fertility

MAGNOLIA perseverance, grace & hospitality spread design by Aaron Lin | Kelly Zhang

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Traversing

STORY BY MICHAEL ZEGEL & LATHAN LEVY

New Terrain Liam and Aidan Pippine’s love for extreme sports and their journey living in four different states

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LEFT: Liam and Aidan Pippine bike down their street on one wheel.

They always work to improve their biking skills and practice new tricks. “I try to bike once a week in the summer,” Liam said.

“But when winter comes around, it gets rainy and wet and the trail [conditions] usually get bad.

(Photo by Lathan Levy) BELOW: Aidan Pippine (10) snowboards down a mountain at Palisades Tahoe in California. He has been snowboarding since he was 6. “[In the future] I think I will ride leisurely,” Aidan said. “But I would want to compete in free ride or freestyle competitions at some point if I could.” (Photo courtesy of Bill Pippine)

“Now that I’m here, I don’t have as many opportunities for [skiing and snowboarding] except on breaks and ORQJ ZHHNHQGV µ $LGDQ VDLG ´, VNL DERXW 15 days a year now and mountain bike DURXQG µ Even with the fewer opportunities to get out and participate in their sports, the Pippine family makes it a priority to get on the mountain as much as they can.

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the sport, so they’ve learned with me UDWKHU WKDQ WHDFKLQJ PH µ In the winter, Liam and Aidan often go to Hidden Valley, a ski resort about 45 minutes from Ladue. There, they tend to practice tricks in the park due to a lack of intensity on the runs. ´2XW ZHVW LV D GLIIHUHQW PRQVWHU µ Liam said. “Real mountains mean real VQRZ DQG HQGOHVV SRZGHU µ Going skiing and snowboarding arHQ·W WKH RQO\ WLPHV WKH EURWKHUV ÀQG themselves in the mountains. They both started their biking journeys in Washington and have since continued their love for the sport. Finding places to bike in Missouri was relatively easy because of the amount of bikers and trails.

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Stay Home,

Nurse Nikki Harrison outlines when to stay home when sick

Stay Healthy STORY BY RYAN SNYDER

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As a result, the quality of your school work, your stress levels and your overall mood can suffer.

On top of not giving yourself the rest you need to get better, going to school with a contagious disease can end up spreading illness to others. To ensure the health of others around you and the school as a whole, students need to stay home when they feel sick.

With COVID-19 seemingly in the rearview mirror, people have generally come to believe that sickness is not an issue anymore. While the burden of missing school may seem like the biggest issue that comes with sickness, there is much more to it According to Infection Control Today, 70% of household transmissions of Covid-19 began in schools. The majority of students

are often in contact with elderly people that are more susceptible to serious disease. According to the American Academy of Family Physicians, infectious diseases account for one third of all deaths in people 65 and older.

Ladue Nurse Nikki Harrison has dealt hands-on with disease and illness’ for a long time. With this experience, she has come to understand the risk associated with students coming to school with a contagious disease. “[Students coming to school sick] are risking the health and safety of other students and staff,” Harrison said. “They’re also not being considerate of other people’s health, who may have immune deÀFLHQFLHV DQG FRXOG JHW YHU\ VLFN Also, they’re just prolonging the amount of time to get better.”

To avoid the spread of diseases, health professionals have built guidelines to determine when students can come to school. Harrison is a strong and passionate believer in sticking to these guidelines.

“You can’t come to school until

SYMPTOMS TO SKIP FOR A fever over 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit

Vomiting within the last 24 hours

Ear, head or throat pain

Excessive coughing or wheezing

Source: Nationwide Children’s Hospital

you haven’t had a fever in the last 24 hours 100 or higher,” Harrison said. “You can’t come to school until you haven’t vomited in the last 24 hours. And if you have a cough that’s disruptive, [then it needs to be checked out] before you come to school.”

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The most important thing is that students need to make the decision that they believe is the best for everybody.

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Make up work

Recover in bed

Binge a TV show

Destroy your friend’s Ferrari

Under the

Weather A checklist for things to do when missing school

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ABOVE: Jimmy Rowe (12) pins an opponent from Vianney. Rowe placed second at the St. Charles Invitational that took place Jan. 13-14. “I’m proud of how much everyone on the team is getting better and pushing me to be better,” Rowe said. (Photo by Lucy Dempsey) LEFT: Abi Loiterstein (11) performs a dive routine. Ladue placed second overall behind Cor Jesu Jan. 9. “I’m really proud of the team this year, it’s a really great group,” Loiterstein said. (Photo by Vincent Hsiao)

Winning in Winter A spotlight on the recent successes in swim, wrestling, cheer and basketball

ABOVE: Bree Mosley (12) cheers for the boys’ basketball team. She is one of three seniors on the cheer team this year. “My favorite thing about cheering for basketball is that it’s high-energy and fast paced, which makes game day more exciting,” Mosley said.

MIDDLE TOP: Izzy Ba (10) takes aim during a game against Rockwood Summit Jan. 5. Ladue won 71-41.

MIDDLE BOTTOM: Jack Anderson (10) surveys his surroundings. Anderson contributed 9 points to Ladue’s win against Summit.

FAR RIGHT: DJ Hawthorne (12) keeps his eyes on the basket against several defenders. As of Jan. 22, the boys’ team has won 15 games. “I think this year we are a very good team,” Hawthorne said. “My main reason for this is because we are all best friends outside of school so we have a lot of chemistry.” (Photos by Eleanor Keller)

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Make it Snow

drop ice cubes in the toilet and on the doorstep

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Snow Day Agenda