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POINTE WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 2016

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Selling notes breaches academic integrity

By Anu Subramaniam

SENIOR ASSISTANT EDITOR

down if you have it and not actually learning the material, so I feel like it’s more dangerous to the student themselves than others,” Lauren said. “I would never send a binder full of tests. It justs puts students at an unfair disadvantage.”

To prevent such transactions from impacting the academic integrity in a classroom, Murray has encouraged teachers to take precautions. However, acknowledging that all teachers don’t change tests from year-to-year, Murray believes the integrity of the classroom depends on the integrity of the students in it.

“We constantly ask teachers to get thoughtful and reflective about their instructional practice and make revisions yearly to support the learning of the specific students in front of them,” Murray said.

Science teacher Jaime Hainer collects her tests after debriefing with students to ensure that other students can’t gain an unfair advantage. In her physics classes, students are allowed to reassess, but their tests cannot leave the classroom.

On test day, after finishing an exam you worked hard for, you debrief with other students only to find that one of them had an old copy of the test that came with a binder they got from a friend. The five hours of studying that went into preparing for the test, down the drain. Quizlet, study guides, textbooks and highlighters were all involved, but paled in comparison to a copy of the actual test.

Giving another student access to an old binder that contains homework and tests violates the school’s honor code. The first line of the honor code— that each student must sign during registration—says students signed a pledge of academic integrity confirming that the assignments they submit are their own creation.

Senior Lauren Lesha and her sister junior Lindsay Lesha share each other’s notes to supplement their own work. Lauren thinks having another set of notes enhances her individual studying.

“A lot of the notes are very similar, like when she’s in class and stuff,” Lauren said. “But some of the times we have had different teachers, and you know there is a certain way one teacher explains something, and I’ll have that in my notes, and it will click with her, so I think it’s just a different perspective.”

Principal Kate Murray says that using someone else’s notes as your own work violates the academic integrity pledge. However, she does think that there is a difference between copying and supplementing.

“I think that using someone else’s work and then claiming it as your own would be a breach of the pledge of academic integrity,” Murray said. “I think there is a difference between using someone else’s notes and collaborating with someone.”

Lauren feels that giving her notes to Lindsay eases the process for Lindsay to understand. Lindsay doesn’t think it’s the notes themselves that help her but the extra help and the working with other students. “(It’s) not necessarily getting other students’ notes (that help),” Lindsay said. “But when I don’t understand the material in school, I find it very helpful to ask other students to tutor me in that subject.”

Lauren believes that using notes or old binders in any other way gives students an unfair advantage over others who don’t have the same resources.

She also sees using old notes and homework instead of one’s own as harmful to one’s study habits.

“I think that a lot of times reliance builds up on just copying homework

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Restricted sites pose learning challenges

By Rey Kam, Darcy Graham & Olivia Robinson SENIOR ASSISTANT EDITORS & STAFF REPORTER

For students who rely on the school’s Wi-Fi server for projects, research papers and information, new roadblocks may slow their learning.

Recently, because of periodic changes to statewide regulations, more websites have been blocked, regardless of their educational purpose.

Blocks are implemented to keep students from visiting inappropriate or harmful sites during school hours. However, in the past such obstacles have caused problems for students who need these blocked sites for educational purposes.

When senior Malik Lowman had a research project due, he depended on the Wi-Fi servers at school to maximize his productivity. But when he encountered blocked sites that his teacher told him to use, he had to turn his project in late because of the added time it took to reach the Websites the teacher instructed him to use.

“I had to go through back ways to get the research for it because the websites I needed for research were blocked so (the project) ended up being late,” Lowman said.

Senior Annie Thoits suffered from similar problems when websites she needed were blocked.

“Our teacher assigns a thing to go to, and then you can’t get on it because it’s blocked by the school, but it’s an educational site,” Thoits said. “The teachers

have to take time out of class to find a way to get around it.”

North’s network administrator Mark Trupkovich, both validates and sees room for improvement regarding the censorship restrictions.

“The blocking is helpful because we’re required by state law to have a content filter. It can’t just be wide open Internet, so we have to abide by the law or the state will come down on the school system,” Trupkovich said. “It’s the categories that sometimes get changed, where if we’re made aware of a particular website that you can’t get to, we’ll look into it. I really want to stress that, that we need to be notified (of blocked sites that shouldn’t be blocked) otherwise, we don’t know.”

The blocked websites are placed into categories that are deemed inappropriate for students in a school setting. If a Website contains images or words that fall under a specific category, it will be blocked.

“Categories would be advertisement, adult content, obviously violence, guns, bomb making, things like that, classified ads, lingerie. If you wanted to go to Vic-

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toria’s Secret, that would fall in the category of lingerie,” Trupkovich said. “If that particular category is blocked by our content filter, that website’s not gonna get through. If we have classified ads as a category that’s blocked, if you try to go on Craigslist or Autotrader those are going to be blocked because that content is in the content filter.”

However, some sites are blocked accidently by the server. But when a student does encounter a website that is inadvertently blocked, there are steps available so that student may still reach the website.

Social studies teacher Andrew Taylor frequently uses websites in class to aid class discussion. He has encountered blocked sites that get in the way of learning and has had to find how to access them.

“Teachers can request for them to get unblocked,” Taylor said. “So if there is a website that really is the best one for that source, then the student should let the teacher know, and the teacher can get it unblocked. When the teachers log into a blocked site, there’s a link that we can re-

quest for it to get unblocked, and they’re usually fairly quick about unblocking them the same day.”

Website blocking is meant to be helpful. However, the harm can come when the server automatically blocks websites mandatory for student education. To fix this, students can also tell administrators when a website shouldn’t be blocked for educational purposes.

The school will be able to unblock mandatory websites manually, although it doesn’t have control of the websites that get blocked accidentally in the first place.

While, Taylor is in favor of blocking sites, he would like to see the list kept to a minimum. He also feels it’s up to the teacher to make those accommodations available, concerning blocked sites that a student may need, “Maybe the real problem is that the students don’t know if it really is an essential site that the teacher needs to know should be unblocked,” Taylor said. “Teachers need to tell their students that if it’s something you need to use at school and it’s not working, we can unblock it.”

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SADD brings back destructive driving presentation

By Anna Post & Montana Paton EDITOR & ASSISTANT EDITOR

Rev iv ing Students Against Destructive Decisions has allowed the club to reinstitute SADD week.

Though this week has taken place in the past, current students weren’t able to participate prior to this school year.

Bringing back the club has helped expose students to the consequences of destructive decisions.

Junior Sienna Rogers sees the club’s importance and how it’s spreading awareness.

“They brought back SADD because it is a club that promotes healthy choices against student destruction, — let it be drinking or use of other drugs, mental health and even just stress,” Rogers said. “We try to inform students on what to do and what not to do.”

According to SADD adv iser Lisa Steiner, having a club that is supportive and informative was what she thought North needed to provide for students.

“We just felt that kids needed to be more aware about how bullying really hurts you and taking substances really hurts you,” Steiner said.

To convey the importance of making good decisions in life, SADD held a week dedicated to being responsible and the consequences of drinking and driving. The

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club had a crashed car on display, hung awareness posters, created a memorial hallway and included a day for students to pledge not to drink and drive.

“We felt that sav ing lives is important and that the week before prom would be a good week to focus on making the right decision,” adv iser Stacy Krzyminski said v ia email.

In prev ious weeks, SADD has raised awareness about bullying and stress awareness before midterms by hanging posters around school. The club has also supplied Valentine grams, shamrock cards and suicide hotline cards in bathrooms to spread positiv ity and support.

Students who are in SADD work to help their peers by promoting healthy choices against destructive student behavior. By bringing back SADD week, members have found another way to emphasize these choices to those around them.

Rogers credits these weeks with her motivation for joining the club. She found a way she could impact others.

“There will always be a kid in the school that feels like they have been defeated by something in their life,” Rogers said. “I would like to be in a club in which we let them know that nothing can ever defeat them, and it’s worth trying harder.”

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SADD’s crashed car display. The car is placed outside of the Performing Arts Center.

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“I was the student who always wanted to know as soon as possible how I did on a test, and I assume by students are very similar to me in that regard. Therefore, I try to give my students their results the next day,” Hainer said via email. “Since I go over the test so quickly after they take it, any student who was absent has not had an opportunity to take the test. I don’t want the test to be in the student’s possession if there are still other students who have to take it.”

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stand the information.”

Murray’s main concern is that selling notes gets in the way of students’ learning and compromises the learning environment.

“There’s a difference between memorizing correct answers and understanding, learning and applying the information,” she said. “I think when students memorize answers from a previous test, that’s not learning.”

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Lindsay acknowledges that there is some risk to copying other’s notes, too. She says that she doesn’t want to be in a position where cheating is necessary.

“The potential of getting caught cheating is not a situation I would like to be caught in, so I do not like to take chances. Their notes could also contain false information. It’s a risk I don’t want to take,” Lindsay said. “I find that I am capable of taking my ow n notes, and taking notes is a v ital tool in learning and memorization because it helps me under-

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Applied Med classes hold PhUn Day

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With Hungr y Hungr y Hippos station, grip strength probe lab and scooter relay race w ill greet first through third graders from Beacon Day Treatment Center Elementar y School as they walk in for PhUn Day. The American Physiological Society designed PhUn Day (modified from PhUn Week) as an event in which underprivileged students attend North for a day filled with education about the human body. The annual event began four years ago and will take place on May 18.

Senior Jarell Cunningham believes that PhUn Day will create a greater connection between both of the Applied Med classes.

“I think that it’s a good thing. It gives the kids a chance to learn about their bodies and whatnot. I think our emphasis is on healthy eating and exercise,” Cunningham said. “It’s a collaborative effort between the two Applied Med classes, so it might bring us closer together. It’s kind of like a bonding thing.”

Applied Medical teacher Sue Speirs, who is running the event, is optimistic about what this day may bring. Her daughter, Ashley Speirs, is one of the teachers for the class attending this day.

“Learning from (my daughter) as she was going through school about all the different ways of teaching the new things that are out there, her experience student teaching and now having a chance to have her—I’m thrilled,” Speirs said. “Our conversations this year at home have been uplifting about different ways of reaching new students and how to form relationships and how to make learning first.

It’s great.”

Despite the positive aspect of team bonding, Cunningham expects that students will be faced with the challenge of collaborating their creative ideas with others for one event. He hopes that this will make them realize the educational significance of the day.

“This is going to take a lot of teamwork and I can kind of imagine that there are going to be some fights because a lot of the people that are in this class are very opinionated and aggressive and dominant,” Cunningham said. “There is a lot of creative energy thrown out there, so there will be a lot of ideas thrown out there. All of us will learn how to work together—to work as a cohesive unit to put an event together for the kids. Because it’s not about us, it’s about the kids.”

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Student Association gives money to KNOTS for prom

said via email. “Student Association represents all North students, so when some need help, we generally are able to do that.”

Student Association decided to supplement the cost of the tickets and donated corsages and boutonnieres for the couples.

“In (Student Association) the day that we made the vote, it was so heartwarming to see the unanimous vote to approve the budget,” senior Nicole Stein said. Stein is a member of both KNOTS and Student Association. “It really shows the Norsemen spirit of helping others.”

KNOTS members felt hav ing the special needs students attend prom was an important part of their high school experience and wanted to help make it possible.

“Everyone wants to go to prom,” Doss said. “Some of our students might not have gone without the support of our KNOTS. It’s just one more way of saying everyone belongs here at Grosse Pointe North.”

With the large group of special needs students attending prom this year, Norsemen Kids Need Opportunities to Socialize has decided to help send the students to prom.

“We are planning an exciting evening just like ever yone else— pictures, f lowers and appetizers at the home of one of the students and then off to Mac and Rays for dinner and dancing,” KNOTS adv iser Sheila Doss said v ia email.

Since six special needs students are being escorted by seven KNOTS members, KNOTS agreed to cover the cost of the prom guests’ prom tickets. Students raised about $200 during their April bake sale, but it was not enough. Doss approached the Student Association and asked for the a donation to the club.

“She came and talked about what KNOTS was and what support they were looking for,” Student Association adviser Jonathan Byrne

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It was ty pical to see students f lood the cave during lunch to treat their snack-crav ing fix. But since the cave closed, students must find other alternatives.

The cave is a lunch room that prov ided rapid serv ice, and is located at the A-building entrance. It offered a variety of snacks including cookies, ice cream, chips, drinks, Bosco Sticks and breakfast foods. Because of a shortage of Sodexo workers, it w ill remain closed for the rest of the school year.

Junior Jasmine Daniel used to buy her lunch from the cave. She found the food quality to be the same for both the lunch line and the cave, but frequented the cave more because it offered additional products.

“I was kind of disappointed because I had no knowledge of it being closed,” Daniel said. “It makes us feel like we have less options to choose from.”

The cave’s closing has prevented students and teachers from getting lunch quick ly. A lthough the cave is closed for the rest of the year, it is expected to re-open next September, according to Sodexo worker Tiffany Kojer.

However, Daniel believes that there are fewer options with the cave closed and buying a lunch takes longer because all students have to go through the line.

Junior Roger Carr was another customer who picked up food from the cave. He prefered it because of the advantages it presented.

“The line there was always shorter, and they had Pop Tarts and lemonade there,” Carr said. “That was the only thing I ate at lunch.”

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Community blossoms into spring Grosse Pointe Woods hosted its annual flower sale at the community center May 6-7

By Sydney Benson & Trevor Mieczkowski SENIOR ASSISTANT EDITOR & ASSISTANT EDITOR

FACES IN THE CROWD

Tommy Hartzel

He said that a person’s ability to recall memories arrives arounge age 4. For freshman Tommy Hartzel, those memories include riding horses and riding in a Jeep on his family farm.

For 70 years, Hartzel’s family has owned an 1,800-acre farm in Virginia, which they visit twice a year.

“We go hiking a lot in the woods,” Beautification Commission director Kelly Martin-Rahaim was in charge of setting up Hartzel said. “We go fishing, kayaking and and getting everyone organized. “Usucanoeing.” ally it takes me and the other people that The farm contains both a modern work for me about six months (to orgahouse, a cottage next door, a large lake, a nize this event),” Martin-Rahaim said. fenced-in area with a barn for horses and cows and a trail that leads into a forest. “(My favorite part is) probably how excluded it is from the rest of the world,” Hartzel said. “It just feels like you’re in the middle of nowhere.”

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ABOVE: The iconic clock stands in the front lawn of the Grosse Pointe Woods City Hall surrounded by flowers for sale and tents filled with flowers and other outdoor products.

Senior Daniel Brady helps organize merchandise at the Wild Birds Unlimited sales tent. “It was a fun experience being outside on this beautiful day,” Brady said. “it’s about 70 degrees and sunny.”

Junior Joe Luchesse helps out at the flower sale. “I am watering some flowers so they can live,” Luchesse said.

While most students will head to in-state universities, sophomore Madison Murray’s dream lie much farther away. Murray hopes to attend a college in Spain.

“I actually got into (studying abroad) last year,” Murray said. “I have seen videos, and I just think it is really cool how many different traditions (the Spanish) have.”

Murray’s love for different cultures is not purely limited to Spain. She hopes to learn other languages such as French, German and Chinese. However, she plans to start her studying abroad in Spain.

“I think that it would be fun, and I feel like going (to Spain) and immersing myself in their culture would give me a taste of what it is like to live in a different culture.”

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Volunteer Debbie McCarthy cleans up the table where decorated plants and plant pots are assembled. “I am a part of the core committee that helps decide what flowers should be selected and the pricing and then we had everything delivered and then we set everything up,” McCarthy said.

NHS officer Syed Rizvi wheels a sculpture made out of a bike to the van where it was packed into. “Today we have multiple companies coming to help our local community by bringing in flowers and garden supplies to our community. One of our contributors just finished selling for the day so we were helping him pack up,” Rizvi said.

As a volunteer, one of sophomore Grace Howard’s jobs was to talk to the customers and mark up all the things the customer wants. “I’ve been helping the customers by checking out which plants they want and adding up the totals and just making the customer happy.”

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Spanish teacher Tamara Shepard

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TAMARA SHEPARD

Shepard skis with her husband, Glenn and her two sons, Charles and Nathan, at Boyne Mountain. While skiing, Shepard worries about her kids’ safety. “ I constantly worry about (it), but they are having fun,” Shepard said.

“It’s cool that we can now all go down a hill together like four people together, and we don’t have to have a little leash or to constantly pick up somebody and put them back on their feet, so it’s very worrisome, but I like that they are learning and progressing.”

Even in unreliable Michigan weather, Spanish teacher Tamara Shepard prevails and continues to pursue her favorite hobby skiing during her time off.

“We lucked out the past few years because it has been super cold, so we’ve gotten to go a lot as a family,” Shepard said.

Shepard’s parents taught her and her siblings the sport.

“My parents learned after they were married later in life,” Shepard said. “They taught me and my sisters and brothers as kids, and it was just a thing that we did.”

Following her parents’ lead, Shepard passed on her love for skiing to her own sons, Nathan and Charles.

“The older one started when he was 3.

We shoved him into a lesson at first, and then he kind of went with me a few times,” Shepard said. “Then the younger one started last year when he was 2 because we got to Nubs Nob.” Shepard enjoys the learning process of skiing because of the experiences her kids will endure.

“I just want them to gain confidence and see that there is improvement when they keep trying it,” Shepard said.

Although she enjoys coaching her kids, it comes with its own burden.

“I constantly worry about (my kids

skiing on their own), but they are having fun,” Shepard said. “It’s very worrisome, but I like that they are learning and progressing.”

Along with her kids, Shepard also taught her husband Glenn Shepard to ski, and the family goes whenever possible.

During their honeymoon in Vancouver, the two skied at Whistler. Since then, it has been her favorite place to ski,.

“I would love to go back to Whistler,” Shepard said. “It is huge, and has so many places to go. The little village was delightful, and it was all around fantastic.”

Shepard is a loyal skier and doesn’t appreciate snowboarding as much as skiing.

“I have tried it. We were just always a skiing family, and it was kind of hard to learn and more painful when you fall,” Shepard said. “Now I’m old-ish, and I’m going to stick with skiing.”

A different side side of Shepard emerges while skiing because she learned this skill while young.

“I feel like it is kind of anti my whole personality. I am a very cautious person. I worry about everything, but since I started doing it when I was so small, it has just become a part of who I am,” Shepard said.

“I just like the thrill of just going, and it is lots of fun.”

New rules prevent handing out goods while campaigning for student office. This posed a dilemma for junior Alanah Herfi when it came to promoting herself during her campaign for senior class president.

When her sister, Nadya, suggested the idea of creating a Snapchat filter, Herfi saw this as an alternative solution.

“I was thinking of how I could promote myself, and obviously social media is a huge way of promoting myself,” Herfi said. “I was thinking how I could take it one step further, and Nadya thought of (creating a filter), and it was an awesome idea, so we did it.”

Since Herfi has won the election, she plans on incorporating the new idea of the Snapchat filters into school events.

“For the price that it was, it was pretty accessible once you understand how to do it, it really sends a message,” Herfi said. “It gets everyone more involved, and it is more interactive, so I like it.”

By Trevor Mieczkowski

FAVORITE DETROIT TEAM

The Tigers. My son is very into baseball right now. We got him to a game when he was 18 months old, and he was awake for the whole thing. So I would go with the Tigers.

PETS

I have two dogs. Oscar is a Cairn and Scottish Terrier mix, and Daisy is a West Highland White Terrier.

DREAM VACATION

I would love to go back to Europe. I would love to go skiing in the mountains of Europe or something like that. I would always want to go back to Spain just to get to learn more about it and go to places I’ve never been to.

FAVORITE BOOK

Right now I always have it at the side of my bed or when I travel. It is a dictionary of all the languages in the world. I am nowhere near being done with it, but as I hear about new ones or ones I’m interested in, I just read bits at a time. I find it intriguing.

LIFE

Road to recovery A fall during a basketball game left senior Emily McPharlin with a torn Anterior CruciateLigament for the second time within two years.

McPharlin tore her ACL and medial menisci in her right knee for the first time during her junior year. She was able to recover in 10 months and returned to basketball her senior year prepared to play. However, during the tenth game of the season, she tore both again, this time in her left knee.

Despite the initial devastation surrounding her injury, McPharlin decided to face her new predicament with a positive outlook. Having already been through the recovery experience before helped her this time around.

“The second recovery has been much easier on my body,” McPharlin said. “Physically and mentally, I think I approach everything a little bit differently like, ‘Oh this is four weeks, and you’ll be able to return soon.’ So as much as it is hard to sit on the bench, and watch my teammates play, and maybe not be able to do exactly what I want at school, physically like walking around, and I take the elevator and stuff, but this process has been a lot easier. My mom always says the phrase, ‘I was devastated, but not broken.’”

McPharlin had surgery in January and is facing a six to eight-month recovery period. She was in pre-therapy for four weeks prior to her surgery, where she focused on strengthening her quadricep muscle and prepared for the operation. After having surgery, McPharlin began physical therapy, which she attends three times a week to build back the strength in her knee.

Since having her surgery, McPharlin is mainly focusing on getting the strength in her quadricep muscle back, which has diminished in the time she hasn’t used it. She was finally able to get rid of her crutches and leg brace after wearing them for almost eight weeks.

“So my knee is back to full range finally,” she said. “So it goes from zero to 140, and then it’s all about strengthening that quad and the muscles around it so that when I start running, my hamstring, my quad, calf will all take that control so that my knee doesn’t have to.”

McPharlin’s determination to get stronger has not gone unnoticed by her parents, Diane and Jim McPharlin. Throughout her recovery, they have been there to assist and support her in many ways.

“We’d always talk things over, and in my sense we always gave her the resources,” Jim said.

“Any kind of physical therapy needed, obviously the surgery, and the great thing is that she always put everything to full good use. I mean, she took that physical therapy and returning to sports very serious. So I guess that’s the way we did it. We encouraged her.”

Diane and Jim feel it’s important to stay positive during trying times even though it’s easy to fall down a negative spiral. They’re no strangers to adversity, having dealt with serious health conditions before. One of their daughters had childhood diabetes, and another underwent a heart transplant.

“I always say you’re gonna have to go through it regardless, so you might as well go through it being positive,” Diane said. “I think that’s a little bit of a philosophy in our house. Grieve for a while, then turn it into something positive.”

Deciding to look at her injury from a positive perspective has been beneficial to Emily. She decided to document her injury and recovery process on her blog, Life’s curve ball.

The blog has allowed her to put her thoughts into writing and helped with the mental aspect of recovering. She has also had the opportunity to reach out to people who have been through the same ordeal and have people reach out to her. Having gone through the same injury before, Emily felt it would be unique to talk about.

“There are a lot of girls, and even guys, out there who have torn their ACL, but not twice,” Emily said. “I really wanted to document that you can be positive through an experience like this. Many people can turn to be negative, and I wanted to use it as an inspiration and motivation to find other new things.”

Throughout her recovery, Emily has learned how to deal with the the negative things that can come along in life and turn them into something positive. After the first injury, she decided her goals were to dance at prom and walk across the stage at graduation without a limp.

“Right now I’m on track for both of those,” Emily said. “So I’m very excited and happy to say that I successfully completed my goal.”

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Senior adjusts to life with second ACL tear

By Radiance Cooper SENIOR ASSISTANT EDITOR

EMILY MCPHARLIN

Senior Emily McPharlin poses with her parents, Jim and Diane. “I have a saying now that I like … ‘It’s not about waiting for the storm to end, it’s learning how to dance in the rain’ and Emily learned how to dance in the rain and I am so proud of her. Such a loss but she really held strong,” Diane said.

McPharlin and her dad after surgery.

Sophomore preps to participate in student conservation group

By Erin Kaled DIGITAL EDITOR

CATIE ARCHAMBEAU

Sophomore Catie Archambeau poses for a picture in front of the water. “I love being able to help out and I am super excited to get leave the state for a few weeks,” Archambeau said.

“I’m excited to meet new people.”

Archambeau helps water plants in the greenhouse.

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Up for a challenge, sophomore Catie Archambeau plans on trading in suburban city views for miles of forested hillsides and backbreaking labor.

After being accepted into the Student Conservation Association, Archambeau is preparing to work for two weeks in Virginia.

“They get a ton of crews together, and they put them in places like national parks to clean up the parks and improve them,” Archambeau said.

Although there are 35 different parks in states like California, Oregon and Wyoming that crews travel to, team leader Gabie Perkins assigned Archambeau to Shenandoah National Park. With a team of 10 girls and two leaders, the crews sleep in tents and intend to rebuild stone and wood stairs located in the park.

Students endure an application process which consists of multiple essays and personal questions. Archambeau took four hours to complete hers. Perkins said SCA usually looks for students who are service oriented and show leadership skills.

“SCA has a mission to encourage and create leaders by having hands-on service experience in the environment and community,” Perkins said via email. “The SCA teams up with national parks, state parks, state forests and communities across the country to assist in service projects. Popular projects are trail construction or invasive species control. The amount of time students spend on the projects varies from two weeks to up to a month.”

To be a member, students have to be in high school. However, the minimum age for being a national crew leader is 21.

“They learn a lot of new skills and how to live with a bunch of strangers and how to work as a team,” Perkins said.

Through her involvement in mission trips and YoungLife, a non-denominational Christian youth group, Archambeau stumbled upon the opportunity to volunteer for SCA. After learning more about it, she decided to apply.

“I’ve always been really interested in mission trips, and so one day I was just looking for opportunities to go and help out, and I found it, and I applied,” she said.

Although Archambeau plans on pursuing a career in missionary work, she also intends to take AP Environmental Science.

Besides meeting new people and helping

the environment, SCA aims to improve students in their academic careers. It provides students with a chance to explore occupations in conservation. SCA offers internships and crew experiences in over 30 conservation-related practices.

“It is a great experience for the students,” Perkins said. “They are in charge of a lot of what goes on in the crew: cooking, cleaning, setting up camp life.”

Archambeau’s family praises her hard work ethic and self-motivation, which includes frequently asking to participate in church and school activities.

“She never ceases to amaze us with the opportunities she finds. The SCA is very hard to get into,” Archambeau’s mother, Emily Archambeau, said via email. “She will benefit from this opportunity, and the experience she gains will help guide her later in life.”

Living without comforts such as showers and phones for the two weeks in Virginia provides a challenge the volunteers. The group plans on taking makeshift showers in the nearby waterfall, and it’s still unknown whether or not they will have access to toilets.

Her family looks forward to seeing how she reacts to the rough lifestyle, but they expect positive results from the experience.

“This will be a great experience for her.

She’ll be able to interact with a team, accomplish a goal. She’ll have to learn to live for two weeks without the finer things in life like showers and toilets,” Emily said. “She will have the opportunity to meet new friends that have similar goals.”

Catie applied and was accepted by the organization. Catie heard about SCA from her Girl Scout leader and decided to apply after describing the details about the trip.

“I hope she will achieve a sense of accomplishment. This is a rare opportunity, and the task at hand does not appear to be easy,” Emily said. “She will learn teamwork, perseverance, and the value of a hard day’s work as the conditions of this task do not appear to be very accommodating.”

Catie looks forward to the opportunity and helping out the park.

“I wanted to do it because I love being able to help out,” she said, “I’m super excited to get to leave the state for a few weeks and meet new people.”

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LIFE

Slacking off senior year

By Ritkia Sanikommu & Katelynn Mulder EDITOR AT LARGE & ASSITANT EDITOR

Seniors, the end is near. College acceptance letters have been sent, most AP exams are finished and summer is approaching.

Senioritis is nothing new. It plagues seniors left and right. Like the rest of her class, senior Sarah Cherry has this feeling of being done with high school.

“I’m for sure going through senioritis. Since I’m into Wayne State (University) now and got my scholarship and everything figured out, I have no motivation to continue at North,” Cherry said via email. “It’s awful because I know I have to keep working in order to maintain my scholarship.

I’m ready to move on with my life.”

It can be tempting to slack off and enjoy the last few days of high school. However, doing so can sometimes get seniors in more trouble than it is worth.

For seniors, breaking the code of conduct or not doing some homework may seem like a small thing, but it can sometimes negatively affect their college acceptance. A sudden drop in GPA or one detention may be enough for a college to reconsider admission.

Colleges expect a continued effort in maintaining grades and keeping a clean record.

According to the Michigan State University Admissions Office, accepted students are expected to follow their school’s code of conduct throughout graduation. The risk of failure is a revoked admission.

Even more seriously, some seniors sell notes to underclassmen for profit, which is a direct violation of the code of conduct. However, Cherry doesn’t view the violation as detrimental.

“I don’t see anything wrong with selling notes. If the person is willing to buy it, then that’s on them. If other people want to do it, I don’t mind because when the time comes for those people to perform ... they won’t succeed,” Cherry said. “It may or (may) not be helpful, but it’s not my job to be the moral police and make sure everyone else is doing what they ideally should be doing.”

Copying worksheets or notes can be considered cheating. Not doing the work can not only hold students back, but if caught, such behavior could warrant punishment from the school and have lasting effects with college admissions.

With the year’s end approaching, beware slipping into these bad habits

Though students may try to keep an interest in school, by senior year there are distractors that can deter them from this path.

Social studies teacher Dan Gilleran feels that there are many factors that cause a lack of effort in students. He finds it is difficult for students to keep the momentum they had in the beginning of the year going.

“It’s fatigue. It’s weather. It’s (them being) excited about the future, and I think many of them are simply done. They’ve done high school, and they know it’s close to the end, and it’s hard to maintain their excitement and momentum,” Gilleran said. “It’s understandable, but that doesn’t mean that you can shut down.”

Senior Kayla Selbmann said she has not noticed a difference in the classes she takes that are predominantly seniors. Selbmann says her teachers understand that seniors are susceptible to slacking off and encourage them to finish the year off strong.

“I haven’t really noticed any kids slacking off in AP Literature, specifically because it’s all seniors,” Selbmann said. “I think it’s mostly because the teachers, are like, ‘I know you guys are almost at the end,’ and they help us to keep us going, and that’s probably why I don’t notice it as much in my class because (English teacher Andy Montague) tries to get us going and gives us a little slack and encourages us to finish it.”

Teachers play a part in keeping seniors engaged. Trying to keep seniors’ attention can be difficult, but Gilleran has found that a variety of activities and being honest with students is often the best way to keep them focused.

“For us, it’s been many years since I’ve been in high school, but I put myself in their positions and say I remember. I can distinctly remember being in class and thinking ‘I don’t want to be here.

I want to just be done.’ And so I try and get back in that mindset, but still holding them accountable because that’s life,” Gilleran said. “There’s things in life you just have to do to get them done.”

Even though these final weeks may seem tedious, Gilleran recommends staying the course to avoid repercussions.

“Many times with the students I say, ‘you know fourth quarter senior year teaching a lot of seniors, it’s like a marathon.’ Of course you get tired towards the end of the marathon, but you don’t stop. You can slow down, but you have to cross the finish line. And you wouldn’t quit. So keep moving forward. Keep moving forward. Do what you have to do, but don’t quit.”

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Eastern Market’s annual flower sale is on May 15 from 7 a.m.-5 p.m.

All sheds and open areas are covered with flowers, most priced lower than nurseries. Share your flower photos with the hashtags Event FLOWER DAY # F l o w e r D a y E M and #EasternMkt.

Kygo’s long-awaited album, Cloud Nine, will be released May 13. After changing the release date, fans will be relieved that the album is dropping soon. His debut album features artists like John Legend and Connor Sewell. Kygo already released five songs and fans can expect to hear 10 more on his album.

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The Sound Of Music is coming to the Fisher Theater on May 10 and runs through May 22. Tickets start at $62 and the shows have an 8 p.m. curtain call.

A new horror film hits theaters May 13.

The Darkness follows a family who brings home evil spirits after a vacation and is haunted by the paranormal presences.

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YOUR TURN: Do you think we should have blocked sites?

By: Nicole Fazekas INTERN

“No websites shouldn’t be blocked, whether its for video games or Youtube or anything else. Only thing that should be blocked is explicit viewing material.”

Branden Evans SENIOR

“Yes, because we have to block certain things because of content. We have filters that protect student safety and content from coming in.

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A skit based on TV series Trump vs Bernie is coming to Detroit on May 15. Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders are played by Anthony Atamanuik and James Adomian. The comedian’s will be performing at The Magic Bag in Ferndale at 8 p.m.

Tickets retail for $20.

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Alice in Wonderland Jr. will be at the Macomb Center for the Performing Arts May 14 at 1 p.m. Tickets start at $55 for this Clinton Township musical.

Come cheer for the baseball team as they take on crosstown rival South High School on Friday, May 13. The home game starts at 4:30 p.m. and tickets are $5.

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You should go and love yourself We live in an age where our imperfections can be easily broadcast and live forever online. Because of our access to social media as teenagers, Generation Z is truly different than everyone else. Bullies can hide behind a screen while typing lengthy, relentless commentary in the comments section of someone’s picture.

Needless to say, our self-esteem isn’t at an all-time high.

A fear of humiliation has contributed to the rise of editing apps. These apps smooth over acne, create a slimmer figure and can apply makeup.

While an app may give you thinner thighs for your spring break beach pictures, it can also make you feel more insecure. Relying on Photoshop to boost your body image isn’t the best course of action. Learning to love your body is the only solution.

Yes, I sound like one of those annoying Tumblr girls preaching about how beautiful everyone is, but self-love is essential for proper mental and physical health.

Insecurity about weight can lead to eating disorders like bulimia and anorexia.

These mental illnesses cause malnutrition, and more severe cases can result in hospitalization or death. The mortality rate of those with anorexia is the highest of any mental disorder according to www.eatingdisorderhope.com. In short, self-love can save our lives.

Learning to love yourself is tough. My road to body acceptance has been been

more difficult than trying to get a passing grade on my AP U.S. History test.

I’ve struggled with body image issues since the age of 10, mostly with my weight. While wanting to be skinnier isn’t necessarily a negative, I am already at a healthy weight. A bit more exercise and a healthier diet wouldn’t hurt, but the way I am now is normal.

But I long to be skinnier nonetheless.

I can see the irony in the situation. I’m preaching about self-love while practicing self-hate. But wisdom can only come from those with experience.

We need to stop making weight taboo.

We need to ignore what others say about our bodies and determine our self-worth through more than how many likes your selfie gets.

We need to end the mentality that tells us that skinny means beautiful. A petite frame is not a requirement.

We need to remember that beauty is subjective and personal. “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder” is not just some obsolete phrase our elementary school art teachers told us when our masterpieces seemed to be just scribbles. We may look like a kindergartener’s painting to some and Van Gogh’s Starry Night to others.

An app can paint over your acne and shrink your figure in photos, but it will never be able to change how you perceive yourself. It might give you the confidence to post your picture, but that beauty only runs screen deep. It will never make you happier.

Our bodies aren’t the problem here. It’s our minds. By adhering to a strict definition of what beauty looks like, we exclude many, including ourselves.

Beauty knows no gender, race, disability, religion or weight. It’s abstract, intangible, indescribable.

Our motives should not revolve around an indefinite quality.

In order to end the reign of these apps and limit the importance of what people say about us online, we must change our thinking process. We must learn to love ourselves.

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TOGETHER WE RISE Just months before the United States entered World War II, Jack Kirby and Joe Simon released the first issue of a controversial new storyline in Timely Comics, which we now know as Marvel. The hero was the First Avenger —Captain America—and the series tackled real-world problems in an entirely new way.

In honor of the 75th anniversary of that issue, Marvel’s Captain America: Civil War has hit theaters changing the way people look at movies as they did with comics.

Joe and Anthony Russo’s second time directing in the Captain America film trilogy yielded incredible results.

Bringing forth the dawn of a new era, not in just Marvel movies, but in the industry itself, the Russos find the perfect balance of character development and action by giving humanity to the superhero genre.

The newest adaptation of Civil War, which originally debuted as a comic, stars Chris Evans as the beloved star-spangled man with a plan, and Sebastian Stan portraying the complex Winter Soldier, formerly known as Bucky Barnes, a longtime friend to Steve Rogers. Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson and Jeremy Renner reprise their roles as Avengers from the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), with the appearance of the new members Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen), Falcon (Anthony Mackie), Ant Man (Paul Rudd), War Machine (Don Cheadle) and Vision (Paul Bettany).

Directors also introduced two highly anticipated superheroes: the Wakandan Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman) and Spiderman (Tom Holland).

A chain of unfortunate events—the battle of New York (Avengers), the fall of Washington D.C. (Captain America: Winter Soldier) and the recent tragedy in Sokovia (Avengers: Age of Ultron)—has the world believing that the Avengers should be put in check because of the excessive casualties that have occurred since they joined forces.

New addition to Marvel series unites heros for interesting flick

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This causes the morally right Steve Rogers to butt heads with Tony Stark, leading to a problem among the Avengers.

Directors must strive to find the right balance of action and plot, which has historically been a problem.

This gives the impression that there is normally less substance inside action films.

The film does an excellent job exhibiting proper use of CGI and action sequences. But Civil War is just no action movie.

This was the perfect balance of plot and action, exceeding any standards and nonetheless creating new ones.

The blend of plot and action is remarkable, and they deftly mix in aspects of the entire MCU, giving time for more focus on the future, but also development of the past.

There is something about Civil War that makes it stand out among all the other movies in the MCU. It gives more humanity to the franchise’s classic characters.

The film shows insight into the emotions of superheroes and their normal lives. Viewers can see that even the strongest of people can have mental disorders, emotional issues and tragic events happen to them. It makes it more relatable and distinguishes it from any other superhero film.

Captain America: Civil War is truly a cinematic masterpiece in the art of superhero and action movies. The Russo brothers have yet again shaken the MCU. However, they did not just shatter the hearts of fans, but the standards of producing action films.

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If Cage the Elephant and Mumford and Sons had a metaphorical, folkrock baby, it would be The Strumbellas’ new album, Hope.

Riding the sucITUNES.APPLE.COM cess of their breakout single “Spirits,” which graces almost every alternative radio station, the Canadian band is taking its first real step into popularity.

The album acts as a portfolio of the sixpiece band singing about hard times and how they’ll get through them together.

Group vocals accentuate almost every song, giving the entire album a homey feel. The easygoing sound is refined so that it sounds carefree, but not exactly careless.

Hope contains the typical acoustic guitar and clapping rhythms that listeners can find on any indie folk album, but paired with punchy bass and drums, they make the album a true folk-rock hybrid. The duality of the genre is most apparent in the booming track “Young & Wild.”

The Strumbellas seem to specialize in spectacular, emotional ballads that leap into large choruses, but that gimmick gets a little overdone throughout Hope.

After “Spirits,” Hope may seem like it becomes a parody of itself to listeners. At some point in the middle of the album, the catchy, foot-stomping tunes all begin to sound the same, just with different lyrics. Same beat, different story.

Those who give the entire album a listen in one go will bounce from melancholy tunes to hearty anthems, leaving them in a grayish state of everything-is-awesome-butalso-sucks.

However, one thing that The Strumbellas get right is storytelling. The heartfelt songs carry stories within themselves, letting listeners relate with their own hardships while still following along. Beautifully specific tracks like “The Night Will Save Us” and “The Hired Band” are just two examples that take listeners on a journey inside lead singer Simon Ward’s head.

With lyrics that refer to a literal banjo in the sky, when indie folk fans are feeling hopeless, Hope is definitely what they need.

School shootings are gruesome, and their occurrences are rooted in damaged social interactions.

In This is Where It Ends, author Nijkamp GOODREADS.COM Marieke tries to convey a school shooting situation through the eyes of four teenagers: twins Tomás and Sylvia, JROTC trainee and ex-girlfriend of the antagonist Clair and sister of antagonist Autumn.

This Is Where It Ends is written in a gripping manner. Nijkamp ends each teenager’s perspective with a cliffhanger, which keeps the reader lingering on the pages for more and was one of the book’s redeeming qualities. In this respect, Nijkamp hit the nail on the head.

The book focuses on the victims of the shooting rather than the shooter, which is an attractive quality. A lot of stories try to delve deeper into the motivations of the shooter to try and answer the question of why. It is refreshing to see Nijkamp developing the victims more. People always remember the stories of the shooter but never remember the victims. This twist of information worked well and added to its appeal.

One blunder this book has is its glorification of school shootings. Nijkamp writes in a way that incorporates good and evil by making the antagonist Tyler dimensionally evil and the students the heroes for surviving and sacrificing. This is turning a serious situation into a Hollywood movie which is risky and a touchy angle for a book like this. The way Nijkamp writes doesn’t compliment it.

The story itself could have used more development. Throughout the book, people’s backstories and relationships were underdescribed, leaving it almost bland. Everyone’s situation was a stereotype. A kid with a dream feels out of place and despondent.

A student skeptical about her career choice but feels pressure by family legacy. These stories are overused.

Overall though the book wasn’t a bad read, it’s a great read for someone who want something different from the popular fiction genre.

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As the name implies, the application Stack is all about stacking.

Stack is a plain, reflex-based puzzle game where the player is tasked with stacking tiles

on top of one another.

The user must to tap the screen to match sliding tiles with the previousplaced tile size. If the player fails to do this, the excess piece or pieces that do not fit will fall. The next tile will be uniform with the new one and this process will continue on and on until the tiles are too small to stack.

Stack is simple, yet challenging, as players must time the tile just right so that it fits on the stack. It is a test of player reflex. The game’s addictive nature lends itself to the scoring system in which each tile stacked, whether perfect or slightly off, rewards the player with a point. This scoring system motivates the user to try and try again to reach a larger score.

The art style of the game is simplistic.

The screen is spartan, consisting of no more than a multitude of swaying, pastelcolored blocks waiting to be placed upon the background of an equally pastelcolored starry sky. The contrast in color between the background and the tiles is always very distinct, making it very easy to discern between the two. One other nice effect is the transition in colors as the tiles ascend through the level.

Music in Stack is non-existent. The only sounds accompanying the player are the clicks and clacks of tile meeting tile and the sound of matching up tiles, which is very satisfying and ascends with pitch as the user makes perfect matches in succession.

Stack is an entertaining and simplistic game with a rather interesting set of mechanics that will keep users trying continuously to build their towers of pastel tiles high into the star-laced night sky.

Word Flow is an app that allows the user to customize the look and use of any keyboard on their mobile phone.

The utility works by taking the place GADGETS.NDTV.COM of the user’s original keyboard. Like an emoji keyboard, it is added as an extra in the settings menu. Simply activate it in settings, apply it on the keyboard currently in use, whether it is iMessage, Kik or any other messaging app and start typing.

A great feature for people with larger phones is Word Flow’s ergonomic, onehanded mode which puts the entire keyboard at a curved, 90-degree angle for easier accessibility when typing with one hand. The app also includes a mechanic new to the iPhone platform which allows for swipe-typing, a system only previously seen on Android phones. This means users can draw a path among the keys to spell out words they wish to type.

Users can either choose from a set of pre-made themes or create their own custom keyboards. They can edit the keyboard to have different colored letters, digits and symbols as well as a theme color, which encompasses the entire keyboard. It’s also possible to place wallpapers as background and employ different sound effects when typing.

The keyboard itself, however, is slightly more difficult to type on than the iPhone’s original layout because there are no distinct borders surrounding the letters. Instead, they are made to give the appearance that they are merely floating. However, this is a minor nitpick as this dilemma can be solved through the use of autocorrect and is ultimately not a massive hindrance to the typing experience as a whole. Users may only find themselves missing a letter here and there every once in awhile.

Word Flow is a nice tool that grants the users an increased level of customization. It also helps that the app is published by Microsoft. So, it is a safe bet that this utility will be well supported and optimized as time goes on.

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North Pointe – Wednesday, May 11, 2016 –9 EDITOR’S DESK REY KAM

“Grosse Pointe Public School administrators and teachers are responsible for encouraging and ensuring freedom of expression and freedom of the press for all students, regardless of whether the ideas expressed may be considered unpopular, critical, controversial, tasteless or offensive.”

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Closed lunch becomes real possibility To ensure the district is as safe as possible, the School Board hired a security company to examine the schools and identify any potential security issues. After concluding its investigation, the company pointed out that an open-campus lunch policy is a notable security breach. The Board is now considering closing the campus. While there have been no decisions about closed campus lunch during the 2016-17 school year, it is a definite possibilty in the proceeding years.

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Open-campus lunch has been a North tradition, and while it has the potential to be a safety flaw, there have not been any incidents leading to a schoolwide situation that endangered students.

Currently, there is not enough room to accommodate every student during both lunch periods in the cafeteria. While it is possible to add a third or even fourth lunch in order to squeeze everyone in, this would dramatically alter how schedules work.

Another potential option is to build a new addition to the cafeteria, which would allow sufficient room for students during only two lunch periods.

However, while this seems like a good idea, it may not be the best option. Building a new addition to the school would be costly.

It would also cost more to have a third or fourth lunch period as cafeteria employees and security guards would need to spend more time running the cafeteria and would be required to be paid more.

The cost of building the new addition and the increased wages for workers would not be the only costs to see a drastic increase. More food would need to be bought in order to feed all the students.

And while North could raise the money over time, is this what we should be spending money on when open campus lunches have not posed a direct threat to students?

open-campus lunch and can’t wait to experience the freedom themselves.

Furthermore, small businesses and restaurants near North would suffer from closed campus. A big part of their profits come from students going to their restaurants every day for lunch. Without open campus lunches, many in the area would suffer.

Local merchants wouldn’t be the only ones to suffer. Our school community would, too.

The new policy of closed lunches could only apply to incoming students who would never get the option to enjoy the same opportunities as everyone else.

This would not only create an invisible divide between older and younger students, it would also create tensions and jealousy between the two. Incoming students look forward to opencampus lunch and can’t wait to experience the freedom themselves.

By taking this privilege away from them, it would not only be a crushing disappointment, but with all the other grades being allowed to leave campus, it would create a definite division among the classes.

With closed-campus lunches, North would also lose an important and fun tradition: Tuesdays Mean Pizza.

Because our cafeteria food is contracted with Sodexo, North is limited in its ability to sell any other brands of food. This means that closed campus would effectively end the TMP tradition.

Having open campus lunch doesn’t make any more tardies than having late start Mondays. It is first hour, not fourth or fifth, that has the most tardies.

While having closed campus is an option that could make North safer, it would also affect both the school community and surrounding businesses. The other new policies such as message alerts would be able to eliminate most threats that come with having an open lunch. This would make having closed campus a costly precaution that may not be necessary for student safety.

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Losing open campus privileges may prove an inconvenience, but it could also be key for keeping students safe.

Just eight months ago, an armed robbery in Detroit turned into a high-speed chase that ended in our parking lot. From there, the suspects abandoned their car and fled on foot.

Luckily, school was not in session that day, but it did start five weeks later. Imagine returning to class from lunch and witnessing three armed men jump from their car in front of you.

While it is true that armed robbery suspects don’t end up in our parking lot every day, it happened once, and it can again.

Even though a closed campus won’t prevent that, it will certainly allow everyone to be safer if such an event suddenly occurred.

A closed campus would do more than help keep students out of harm’s way in lockdown situations. It will also stop the frenzied rushes in the parking lot during lunch.

With only 36 minutes, students often rush on their way out and when coming back to get to their classes on time. This harried pace can lead to reckless driving and accidents. However, if students have to stay at school for lunch, this will no longer be a problem.

Ending open campus privileges will also indirectly benefit food sales at the school.

If students are not able to leave campus to buy food, they will either bring their own or buy what the school provides. This will improve support for the school store, Student Union and any groups hosting bakes sales. Superintendent Gary Niehaus even proposed having cooking or baking classes sell food during lunch as an additional source of food options for students.

Closing the campus should also decrease the number of fourth and fifth hour tardies.

According to Assistant Principal Tom Beach, behind first hour, students are late to their fourth and fifth hours the most.

Without considering these potential benefits, one may only see the drawbacks to a closed campus. One of the main concerns critics have about closing the campus is that there is not enough room to house over 1,300 students in the cafeteria.

However, by the end of the 2014-15 school year, there had been five closed lunches in response to bomb threats. Therefore, size should not be a concern.

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parking lot every day, it happened once, and it can again.

If space is really a concern, there are several solutions to such a problem, including making more room or adding additional lunch periods. Since the Board’s current plan will take four years before the entire school has a closed campus, there is plenty of time to take care of any housing issues.

Although sticking with an open-campus system would be the easier choice, it may not be the right one in the end. The question at hand is not one of simplicity, but one of security. And that security simply cannot be guaranteed for students under the current policy.

Scarlett Johansson is a fine actress in more ways than one.

She plays a great gritty, funny heroine, and we love her for it. She’s beautiful, versatile and absolutely drenched in that magnetic substance we call star power. She’s an action-movie casting director’s sweetest dream. So it’s natural that ScarJo landed the lead in the live action reboot of popular anime movie

Ghost in the Shell.

But I really don’t think she’s Japanese.

Now that I think about it, I’m pretty sure that ScarJo isn’t Asian at all. In fact, she might be white. I’ll have to look into it further, but I’m really quite positive she could be Caucasian.

Odd, I would have thought that the movie industry would have reflected a bit more of the public’s increasing interest in diversity in its casting of movies. Especially those whose concepts didn’t originate in America or indeed anywhere in the western hemisphere.

All joking aside, a cursory examination of big-ticket films repeatedly leaves people of color standing a conspicuous shoulder behind the whiter protagonists. And while some are perfectly happy to point at Marvel’s Agents of Shield and their fantastically diverse group of protagonists, the problem at hand is more extensive than any one outlier can make up for.

A study conducted at University of Southern California found that at least 50 percent of all movies, television and streamed content “fail to portray one speaking or named Asian or Asian American on screen.”

So imagine a bowl of rice is your average movie. You throw the rice in a pan, toss it around a bit with some sauces and an egg, and you’ve got plain fried rice. There’s your action plot.

Now imagine that someone’s made you a bowl of fried rice, but only added baby corn. You’d notice.

The peas are missing. Where are the peas? And you remember suddenly that you enjoy water chestnuts and grilled chicken in your fried rice, too. Where are those? Sure, the rice still tastes ok, but it’s sort of hard to ignore the lack of flavors.

Now, for the sake of argument, imagine you’re a sweet pea farmer, but everywhere you go, restaraunts are leaving peas out of their fried rice. In fact, only about half of the restaurants you tried have peas in any of their dishes at all, and some of the restaurants will only include one single pea as a garnish (which hardly counts).

With upcoming releases like Ghost in The Shell and Doctor Strange facing criticism for controversial casting choices, Hollywood’s higher-ups are scrambling for explanations.

Recently, a screenwriter even suggested that the decision to cast Tilda Swinton as The Ancient One (a traditionally Asian role) was to avoid losing money in China for mentioning Tibet (even though The Ancient One is now headquartered in Nepal instead, making this a nonissue).

I’m not buying it. More importantly, noted actor George Takei isn’t buying it. To quote his Facebook post,“Marvel must think we’re all idiots.”

And to top it all off, they’re missing the point. The biggest problem with this casting choice isn’t whether or not it’s politically correct, or politically wise, or even that it makes any audience happy.

This character could have been Asian, and it’s even canon that The Ancient One has been Asian. But through the magic of Hollywood, and since The Ancient One doesn’t have to be Asian, a white actor was cast.

Representation has come a ways since Mickey Rooney’s yellowface performance in Breakfast at Tiffany’s, but the current situation isn’t good enough. I’m not content with scraping the plate and searching for a single pea. @Hollywood, fix my rice.

It’s bland.

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Junior pursues next step in hockey career

By Bella Lawson ASSISTANT EDITOR

In August, junior Chris Cameron w ill hang up his black and gold to sport a blue and white hockey jersey. He was drafted into the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) and is on track to graduate this year instead of next.

Cameron was the 32nd overall pick in the United States Hockey League, was in the 10th round for the OHL and was the 198th pick overall. He w ill be leav ing North to play for the Barrie Colts out of Barrie, Ontario.

“I started playing organized hockey when I was 4, but I’ve been skating since I was like 18 months old,” Cameron said.

Cameron has played for the St. Clair Shores Saints and Little Caesars A A A Hockey Club.

For the past two and a half years, he’s played for the Oak land Junior Grizzlies.

“Currently, I don’t have a team because I can’t roster w ith the A A A Teams since I am playing in the OHL next year,” Cameron said.

Without a current team, there is more time for Cameron to focus on his education. Academic requirements to graduate early include four years of math and four years of English.

In addition, one must w rite a letter to the principal explaining why he or she wants to graduate early and how he or she plans to succeed in college.

“We don’t encourage kids to graduate early,” Cameron’s counselor, Jill Davenport, said.

“But when special circumstances come up like his, then we tr y to do what is in the student’s best interest.”

Cameron and his father, Todd Cameron, didn’t find making the decision to graduate a year early too difficult because he gets to attend prom, the senior all-night party and all other senior year opportunities.

“It wasn’t that hard,” Chris said. “I didn’t really know it was an option until I talked to my counselor, but when she said it was an op-

tion, I’d figured it would be good to be able to start things and get things mov ing quicker.”

According to Todd, Chris’s goal is potentially a career in professional hockey, but it’s not his top priority.

“Expecting? No. Hoping? Yes. His goals are to get a communications degree and follow law w ith a law degree after that,” Todd said.

“But he’s got an opportunity to make something of himself and see how far he can go w ith hockey, but the education is the high priority because he knows it’s a ver y slim chance to go to the next level from what he w ill be playing at.”

Chris’s close friend and former teammate, junior Hugh Anderson, supports his decision of graduating early because he thinks Chris w ill enjoy being part of the Barrie Colts.

“I was really excited for him because he went to a really good team, and I knew he’d enjoy the organization,” Anderson said. “He did it so he could take college classes, and so the team he is going to play for is paying for them.”

Chris’s mother, Sandy Cameron and Todd both support his decision to graduate early.

They feel he’s ready to take college classes because they know he is working hard to follow his dreams.

“It’s what he wants so again, he’s been working hard. If that’s what he wants, to achieve these goals, we are behind him 100 percent,” Todd said.

With his parents’ support, Chris feels ready to graduate w ith the senior class and move on to his potential career. Hockey has played a significant part in his life, and above all he enjoys the thrill of the game. “(My favorite part is) the energ y in the sport, like you’re never sitting still,” Chris said. “There aren’t any dull moments, like even when you are resting on the bench, there is a lot of action to watch.”

CHRIS CAMERON

Cameron skating down the rink during one of his games.

Seniors receive Evans Scholarship

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Recipients of the Evans Scholar Award in front of the Evan’s Scholars Scholarship House in Ann Arbor including Arnold’s older brother, Alexander. “It’s more than the sort of college career that people would think of. It’s more than just school,” Arnold said It’s the connections and the alumni network it sets you up with.”

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SENIOR ASSISTANT EDITOR

A la rge white envelope sta nds in front, holding t he product of yea rs toting golf bags across properly ma nicured f ields under t he July sun, welcomed seniors Ben A rnold a nd Luke Drieborg during t he middle of t he school yea r.

The Chick Eva ns Caddie Schola rship gra nts over 830 accomplished caddies from across t he countr y f ull tuition a nd a housing schola rship to specif ic universities in t heir respective states. A rnold a nd Drieborg each ea rned f ull rides to Michiga n State Universit y a f ter f ive yea rs caddy ing at Lochmoor Club.

“I t hink it’s t he best schola rship in t he countr y. Full tuition a nd housing.

Ca n’t get much better t ha n t hat,” Drieborg sa id. “My gra ndma—who lives w it h me a nd is a pa rt of my life —my gra ndfat her (her husba nd), he’s passed, but he caddied when he was a k id a nd she mentioned t hat caddy ing would be a good job for me. It would help me ba la nce school a nd sports. I hea rd about t his schola rship a nd t hen I was a ll in from t here.”

To be eligible, applicants require a strong caddie record, excellent academics, demonstrated financial need and outstanding character, integrity and leadership.

As pa rt of t he application process, Drieborg a nd A rnold f illed out a n online questionna ire at t he beginning of t he school yea r w it h bot h high school a nd caddie eva luation forms a nd submitted a n essay, ACT scores a nd t he CSS Fina ncia l Prof ile.

A f ter judges convened for a few mont hs, t he t wo were each summoned to inter v iews in front of t he Western Golf Association ( WGA) boa rd of directors. Inter v iewers’ queries ra nged from broad questions, such as what students intend to major in, to specif ic deta ils, like Drieborg’s ex perience work ing w it h baseba ll coach Fra nk Sumbera. “(It took) a long time. There’s actua lly a f irst round t hat I didn’t get in w it h, but t here’s a not her round t hat I was a f ina list in, so I had to go to a n inter v iew. There were like 20 g uys, a nd t hat was rea lly ner ve-w rack ing,” A rnold sa id. “The f irst round, I was luck y, t hough, because t here were like 200 people t here, a nd (Drieborg) was up on a podium. That would’ve been terrif y ing. I honest ly don’t even remember (t he questions). It was such a blur. I was so ner vous up t here. I ca n’t even imagine t he ot her one. I probably wouldn’t have been able to spea k.”

A lumni who have won t his schola rship include Bra ndon Hoga n a nd Da niel Sosnowsk i (in 2015) a nd Steven Za k, Da nny Ma k a nd Ben’s older brot her A lexa nder A rnold (a ll in 2013).

Winners of t he Eva ns Schola rship live toget her t hrough t he foundation’s housing, t y pica lly w it h 50-80 ot her caddies. A lexa nder, who attends t he Universit y of Michiga n, sa id he wouldn’t cha nge a t hing about his ex perience.

“It’s interesting at f irst because you’re k ind of a ll t hrow n toget her. You go in t here k now ing one, maybe t wo people, but it rea lly only ta kes maybe a week or so to adjust,” A lexa nder sa id. “You would t hink t hat not ever yone’s like you, but you f ind a lot of good friends t here. It’s great.”

Not only does t he awa rd prov ide f ina ncia l relief for A rnold a nd Drieborg’s fa milies, but t hey ta ke comfort k now ing t hat t he Eva ns Schola rs progra m opens up a lumni connections for f uture internships a nd ca reers.

“It’s a wonderf ul net work ing opportunit y. They have so much g uida nce in t he house. They have study groups. They do f undra isers toget her,” Luke’s mot her Ma r y Drieborg sa id. “It’s like its ow n net work ing group w it hin itself. A ll t he prev ious Eva ns Schola rs t hat a re in business, t hey look out for t heir ow n.”

Schola rship w inners continue t he caddy ing tradition by joining t he Pa r Club, whose donors support t he Eva ns Schola rs Foundation.

Since 1950, tens of t housa nds of benefactors contribute as t he prima r y source of f unding for t he schola rship.

Giv ing back to t he progra m t hat supported t he schola rs a llows t hem to move f ull circle.

“1930 was t he f irst yea r t hat t wo caddies were awa rded t he schola rship, a nd t hey went to Nort hwestern. From t here, I t hink t here’s been 10,000 schola rs, so I t hink t hat’s prett y sma ll,” Luke sa id. “That’s a unique club to be pa rt of, a nd you work your way up, a nd you get connections w it h people, a nd t hat w ill help you later in life.”

Yea rs of ha rd work pa id of f, according to Steve Backon, t he golf ser v ices ma nager of Lochmoor Club. Since Drieborg a nd A rnold built t heir communication sk ills w it h members a nd passed on t heir k nowledge to younger caddies, it showcased strong qua lities for Backon’s recommendation letter.

“It’s not so much t hat t hey stood out from t he ot her ca ndidates,” Backon sa id. “They just ma ke it so easy by t he t y pe of great young men t hey a re, a nd t heir work et hic—how t hey’re able to juggle sports schedules a nd t heir academics a nd t heir fa mily obligations. K ids like t hat just ma ke it so easy to push t he envelope as fa r as w riting a glow ing letter of recommendation a nd just hoping t hat k ids like t hose t wo young men, t hey get t hat phone ca ll, letting t hem k now t hat t hey have been awa rded a n Eva ns Schola rship.”

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SPORTS

Freshman shows dominance early in the

By Trevor Mieczkowski & Olivia Robinson ASSISTANT EDITOR & STAFF REPORTER

When Chad Lorkowski took the mound for his varsity debut against Brother Rice, it was obvious he was not the typical freshman athlete. Standing at 6’4”, he soars above most of his older teammates.

But as the stands filled and players took the field, Lorkowski felt the pressure to live up to his expectations and prove his doubters wrong.

“I had a lot of people underestimate me, and some were expecting a lot from me,” Lorkowski said. “So I was nervous because I wanted to prove some people wrong and just show what I can do.”

And he did. Lorkowski’s first two outings ended with a perfect 0.00 ERA as he didn’t al- low a single run to be scored against the Norsemen.

While being thrust onto the varsity team as a freshman may seem daunting, Lorkowski is no stranger to pressure. In fact, it’s the force that drives his dominating pitching ability.

“I like having a lot of pressure on me and being in the moment,” he said.

In 2013, Lorkowski struck out 10 batters and smashed two home runs to help Grosse Pointe Woods-Shores Little League win the Great Lakes Region Championship game. He ultimately ended up pitching in front of millions of viewers on ESPN. Lorkowski’s mother, Alison Lorkowski, noticed her son’s athletic ability from a very young age.

“When Chad just learned to walk, he was walking out the side door, and all of a sudden he fell and almost hit the ground, and he just jumped up,” Alison said. “I’ve never seen a baby do that before. So when he was really little, it was so noticeable. He’s never been awkward.

He’s always been really coordinated.”

When Lorkowski tried out for eighth-grade basketball, he was already laying the groundwork

for making the varsity baseball team as a freshman.

Head varsity baseball coach Frank Sumbera also coached Lorkowski in basketball at Parcells Middle School and immediately noticed Lorkowski’s athletic ability.

After working with Lorkowski in eighth grade, Sumbera knew that bringing him up to varsity as a freshman would be an easy decision.

“I knew what his talents were as a pitcher before (tryouts),” Sumbera said. “I thought he was definitely a prospect to being an outstanding pitcher, so I decided quite a long time ago that I was going to have him on the varsity.”

Sumbera saw evidence of Lorkowski’s drive in other sports.

“I always knew he was a big competitor-I knew that from basketball-and you could watch him even in Little League. He was very competitive, so I’m not surprised by his success I’m just surprised by how good it is,” Sumbera said.

According to teammate John Chanske, Lorkowski is also a benefit to the team off the field.

“He’s a really good source of entertainment on the

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bench,” Chanske said. “When he’s not pitching, he’s really funny.”

Halfway through the season, Lorkowski’s gone 25 innings without giving up a run.

Overall, Lorkowski’s future baseball aspirations are in favor of the entire team, not just himself.

“I wanna make a state championship run,” Lorkowski said. “I just want to be one of the best teams in the state.”

Contributing: Anna Post

KATELYN’S KORNER KATELYN CARNEY

Time for Holland to go Wait a minute.

Put away the pitchforks. Hold back the lynch mobs. And certainly, don’t shoot the messenger. It is time for the adoring public to open their eyes and see the bloom is off the rose that once adorned Ken Holland’s crown.

How is that possible? 2016 marked 25 straight years in the playoffs (the next closest is the Penguins with 10 straight.) In his tenure, the Red Wings have more wins (907) than any other franchise in the NHL, including 118 playoff victories.

Under his guidance, they accumulated three Stanley Cups, four President’s Trophies, most points, 10 Central Division titles and five regular season Western Conference titles.

An impressive resume like that should guarantee lifetime employment, a deal similar to the Pope’s. Certainly a heresy such as calling for this man’s job shouldn’t come from a column that consistently has preached against the winat-all-costs mentality.

But before we pick out a spot for the Hall of Fame plaque in the new Little Caesar’s Arena (catchy name, isn’t it?), let’s follow the Wall Street example and look how it is trending.

The Red Wings haven’t won a Stanley Cup since 2008. Not what is expected in Hockeytown.

We have won three playoff series in seven years. Not what is expected in Hockeytown.

We lost in the first round of the playoffs three years in a row. Not what is expected in Hockeytown.

We finished third, third, fourth, third, third in our division in the last five years. Certainly not what is expected in Hockeytown.

A closer look at Ken Holland’s career shows that the majority of his successes were early in his Red Wing General Manager post, prior to the salary cap era in the NHL. Holland made magic when the Illitch’s opened up the wallet and money was no object. Now that he can’t just add superstars like Brett Hull, Luc Robitaille, Chris Chelios, Dominik Hasek, etc. as if he were playing fantasy hockey, the results haven’t been pretty. Now that he must play by the same rules that all of the other General Managers do, Detroiters are rarely the Cup favorites.

Holland has blundered the franchise into struggling for mediocrity to keep the precious playoff streak alive. By hanging onto aging stars such as Datsyuk, Zetterberg and Kronwall, he has only injured players and a 75 million dollar hit against the cap as Pavel retires into the Russian sunset. Trades for the likes of David Legwand, Erik Cole and Marek Zidlicky flopped miserably and cost prospects such as Calle Jarnkrok and Mattias Janmark who contribute on playoff teams.

Holland is a victim of his own success. Fires that run hot, ignite from a spark and that last ember is now smoldering. Like other iconic Detroit General Managers Joe Dumars and Dave Dombrowski know, everybody is replaceable. Ken Holland must leave if the title, “Hockeytown,” is not to be tarnished permanently.

Sailing team qualifies for regional finals

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Sophomore John Huskin with his crew and sophomore Adam Weinkauf cross the starting line at the Grosse Pointe Yacht Club Mallory regatta.

By Billy Moin

CO-MANAGING EDITOR

One of the things sophomore John Huskin enjoys most about sailing is its versatility.

“I can choose whether I want to have fun and relax, or I can choose ... to be serious and really dedicated and have some really great competition,” Huskin said.

This past month, Huskin and the rest of the varsity sailing team chose the more competitive route, leading them to the regional championships.

After kicking off the season with a regatta in Holland, Michigan, the sailing team took to Traverse City for the Midwest Interscholastic Sailing Association (MISSA) East regatta from Saturday, April 23 to Sunday, April 24. This Regatta began the road to the national championships for both the Mallory and Baker events.

There are two events in high school sailing. The Mallory is a fleet racing event. For these races, each school at the regatta fields two boats, one in A fleet and one in B fleet. The two boats race separately against the other schools, and at the end of the event, the school with the lowest combined A and B scores wins. Unlike the Mallory, the Baker is a team racing event in which two schools race head-to-head with three boats each. The six boats race around the course, and the winner is decided based on different winning combinations.

The team was able to qualify for regional championships in both events, taking third out of seven in the Baker and secout of eight in the Mallory.

Their performance at Traverse City was a step forward for the team, which took second to last in both events just a year before. The team was able to do this despite gaining several newcomers to the team this year.

“We’ve improved very drastically,” sophomore Ellie Frame said. “Last year, we got second to last in the Traverse City regatta, so it was a big change. We (have sophomore) John Huskin on the team this year, so he’s really helping our team.”

Although Huskin is new to the team this year, he is one of the team’s more experienced sailors and is proud of the way

The sailing team meet to prepare for the Mallory regional championship at the Grosse Pointe Yacht Club Sunday, May 1.

the team has sailed this year.

“The season has gone really well,” Huskin said. “From what I’ve heard, we’ve been doing better than last year, which I’m grateful for.”

Qualifying at Traverse City advanced the team to the MISSA Baker National Qualifier in Lake Forest, Illinois this past weekend. This was a team-racing event against the top schools from the Midwest region. But the team fell short of advancing to the final round and qualifying for the Baker national championship.

“Our team was hoping to make it top half, and see what the big competition is in our region, and hope to learn from them,” Frame said. “I think we tried our best-we definitely learned-and we beat the winner from the last regatta one-onone, so I think we really did well on that.”

Taking third in the Mallory at Traverse City qualified the team for the MISSA Mallory Doublehanded Championship at the Grosse Pointe Yacht Club. This was the regional championship for fleet racing. However, the team was not able to capitalize on its accomplishments at Traverse City, and only managed to place 14 out of 20, stopping them from proceeding to those national championships as well.

Even though the team failed to move on in both events, head coach Dan Nikesch was positive about the results and pointed out that the team is mostly composed of sophomores, while their competition is mainly juniors and seniors.

Despite its youth, the sailors still managed to be the second best of the seven Michigan schools that qualified for the tournament. Nikesch said he hopes the experience the team gained at the regatta will give it an advantage and allow it to compete for a spot in the national championship in years to come.

“The (advantage) they’re going to have when they’re juniors and seniors over lots of students from throughout the Midwest is they’ll have already competed at the regional level,” Nikesch said. “Students from other schools right now are currently sitting at home because they don’t make their teams to travel to those types of events.”

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Although it is his first year on the team, sophomore John Huskin has been sailing for six years. “I think if I were to be on the team last year, I would have had a lot more experience this year. I would’ve known who I’m up against, how I need to practice to be better,” Huskin said.

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POPPING THE BUBBLE

By Lindsey Ramsdell, Anu Subramaniam & Lauren Sexton EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, SENIOR ASSISTANT EDITOR & ASSISTANT PHOTO EDITOR

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We give you the lowdown on three curious cultural cuisines you have yet to explore

ETHIOPIAN

ustomers can reminisce their childhood while sophisticating their palate at an Ethiopian restaurant, where sitting on the floor and eating the savory dishes with one’s hands is common.

Depending on which restaurant patrons go to, they may either sit on the floor, at traditional booths and tables or on short chairs surrounding a woven basket. The basket-table hybrid is typical at most Ethiopian restaurants, however many offer normal tables as an alternative. The basket is hourglass shaped with a round opening where the food— served on a circular platter—fits perfectly. Groups eat family-style and sit around the basket with small side tables between them to rest their glasses on.

Before eating, customers are given hot washcloths to clean their hands with, since they will be the only utensil available to eat with. Food is served with a traditional Ethiopian bread called injera, made of teff flour and resembles the consistency of a crepe. Patrons then use pieces of injera to grab bits of the vegetable dishes and meat. At the end of the meal, customers are once again provided with hot cloths to clean up.

The food is all vegan-friendly, provided that you don’t order a meat option. It consists of a variety of vegetable

dishes arranged around a central meat dish on the circular platter. These vegetable dishes are made of mashed peas, beans, potatoes, collard greens, lentils and cabbage.

Although they may sound bland, the vegetable dishes are enhanced with spices to give them a kick. Powdered chili peppers and other spices like cumin, ginger, cardamom and even cinnamon are all used to season the vegetables. The meat is prepared with spices as well to give it a similar zest. It is cooked tenderly making it easy to pull off the bone with nothing but one’s hands and injera.

Coffee and tea are also essential parts of the Ethiopian meal. Coffee beans are indigenous to Ethiopia, and an almost sacred part of the cuisine. At the end of a meal, if coffee is ordered some restaurants may perform a ritual in which the coffee is roasted and ground in front of the guests, then served in small cups called si’ni.

If patrons aren’t looking for caffeine, they can choose the tea instead. The traditional tea, called shahee, is unsweetened, but it doesn’t need the extra flavor. It is rather strong and brewed with cinnamon and nutmeg to give it a hot sweetness.

If you are looking to give Ethiopian food a try, visit The Blue Nile in Ferndale, or A Taste of Ethiopia in Detroit.

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INDIAN

f you’re in the mood for some spice and have time on your hands, Aroma is the perfect restaurant. Located in Farmington Hills, Aroma is nestled within a chain of ethnic shops. The easiest way to distinguish it from the other stores is the long line pouring out of the front door.

Aroma specializes in Indian cuisine, offering both vegetarian and non-vegetarian food. The restaurant is buffet-style, which allows patrons to pick from the wide selection of vegetable, chicken and lamb dishes.

If you aren’t accustomed to eating Indian cuisine, Aroma offers many staples including naan bread, tandoori chicken and veda. The food can be spicy depending on the dishes—the veggie dishes more than the others—but it is manageable overall.

If this is your first time eating Indian food, it can be a little overwhelming, but it’s worth it. The restaurant is jam-packed, and the buffet line moves extremely fast.

Sometimes you empty a tray, but workers quickly replace the, with piping hot, fresh food.

Aroma does not take reservations but does have an easy-to-use texting system. It allows you to go out and

try the Indian grocery next door or the other ethnic food and sweet shops located in the same chain while you wait for the text message notifying you your table is ready. Farmington Hills has a lot of other stores, like boutiques, that can occupy your time if you have a long wait.

If you absolutely cannot tolerate spice, this is not the place for you. The food is very rich, so if it is spicy it can be easily tasted. Waiters come around refilling your water and naan bread or rice, making it easier to eat, but the spice is known to linger.

Fitting with its name, Aroma has an amazing fragrance. You can practically smell the spices and the richness of the food. The quality matches the smell as the chef has worked for years at many Indian restaurants in the area.

Aroma is very highly rated on food sites like www.yelp. com, and is great if you’re craving some heat or rich flavor. It might be a culture shock at first, but the food will have your belly dancing.

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MIDDLE EASTERN

ocals do not have to go to the Middle East to try its cultural cuisine. Detroit has the largest concentration of Arab Americans in the United States, and restaurants like Sahara and Cedar Garden are two close places where diners can experience exotic foods to spice up their taste buds. Patrons can try a wide variety of food options from the better-known hummus and falafel, to some new things like mjadra (a dish of lentils, rice and crispy caramelized onions served with yogurt).

For ethnic appetizers, try dishes like baba ghanoush or tabbouleh. Baba ghanoush is baked eggplant mashed and mixed with olive oil, lemon juice, tahini and garlic. It’s perfect for people who love tang y food, but if you’re not a fan of tang, there is always tabbouleh, is made of parsley, tomatoes, green onions and cracked wheat. Tabboulehis drier than baba ghanoush, but it still has a lot of f la-

vor. Choosing options like these can give taste buds a vacation from the typical caesar salad or mozzarella sticks.

W hen it comes to Middle Eastern main courses, diners’ choices range from savory to sweet. Kibbee is made with finely ground beef and lamb mixed with cracked wheat, seasoned and fried (some restaurants serve a raw version called kibbee nayeh). Tashreeb is lamb shank with slices of pita bread topped with tomato sauce. Quail is also popular, especially when it is seasoned and charbroiled to tender perfection.

In addition to these exotic choices, patrons have options like kafta. Made of ground chicken, lamb or beef mixed with parsley and onions, it’s similar to meatloaf, and provides an exotic experience for even the pickiest of eaters.