CVII.6 - March 2013

Walnut Hills High School

March 5, 2013

Volume CVII, Issue 6

Will Walnut say goodbye to the Sulam family?

Jade K. Clark, ‘13 Jonah Roth, ‘13

“The doctors gave her 48 hours, and I have no idea how, but my sister survived.” SENIOR Almog Sulam, better known as Allie, and her family came to the United States to receive care for her younger sister Ravid, and because of a lack of funding, will be deported back to Israel in April.

While living in Israel in 2007, Ravid was injured with fourthdegree burns all over her body— an injury that had never been diagnosed before her case. Her father unintentionally caused the accident by using gasoline to fuel a fire. The family had no choice but to move to the United States so that Ravid could be treated at Shriner’s hospital, where Allie says they only accept victims with the “harshest, most terrible cases in the world.” Her mother, Ayelet, says that “the father left us behind to take care of himself.”

The Sulam family was originally going to come to the United States on a medical visa, but instead they came on a tourist visa so that Ayelet could remain the custodial parent of Allie and her younger brother Adir, ‘17. A

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Allie (left) and Ravid pose together. tourist visa is different and much more limiting than a medical visa, since it is supposed to be used for leisurely travel over a shorter period. This means that no business activities are allowed: no member of the Sulam family can work or even get a license.

CPS opens schools to everyone

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Students crowd in the Arcade.

Josh Medrano ‘13 If her family were still living in West Chester, Walnut Hills High School parent Jennifer Shaw says that she would have been “overjoyed” to find that Cincinnati Public Schools (CPS) has decided to allow her children to attend the district without paying tuition.

On Jan. 28, CPS followed over 75 percent of Ohio’s school districts with an open enrollment

policy. One of those districts is Lockland City School District, which brought in 80 students and $400,000 in extra revenues in its first year in 2004; in 2009, it admitted more than 150 new students, mostly from CPS, Princeton and Winton Woods.

To attend a CPS school, out-of-district students must pay between $6000-$8000 a year (for this year, $6632.11 for out of district and $8266.00 for out of

Shirley Mills, a supporter of the family since they first came to the United States, says that the family has ”gone through three different lawyers to change their status.” Allie reports that “there’s a few attorneys trying to talk to the state senator or change the state). For each enrolled student, the state will pay the district about $5000 a year, excluding transportation.

The district has lost state funds because of its closed-border system. When a student transfers to a different district, the $5,000 he or she brings in follows him. This year, CPS lost $2.1 million in state funding and 372 students to other districts. This was up from 2009, when CPS lost $1.3 million and 239 students; the largest numbers of departing students transferred to the St. Bernard-Elmwood Place, Lockland and Reading school districts.

Shaw thinks that the open enrollment policy is being “instituted smartly.” The parent of two CPS students adds: “The district can also eliminate the administrative costs of charging tuition--sending out tuition bills, checking on enrollment, and verifying who lives in the district. And I know that must have cost a lot, because

visa status so I can stay, but I don’t know. There is help, but not much has been done so far.”

The visa must be renewed every six months by proving to the US government that the family is selfsufficient. In order to do this, the family needs to raise approximately $30,000 every six months. Until now, the family had been living on donations from a sponsor, but the sponsor recently stopped giving aid. At the moment, the Sulams are scheduled to be deported on April 13, 2013, before the school year ends. “We have supportive family and friends in Israel,” says Ayelet, “and also we have lots of friends here... but the resources of support are running out.”

The future is uncertain for the Sulams. Allie has one more year until she is required, as an Israeli citizen, to enter the Israeli army for three years. “I got into chemical engineering at UC here,” she says. “I applied to chemical engineering in Israel, but I haven’t gotten an answer yet.” If the family is forced to return to Israel, they will have to start over. “I took... all my savings and financial rights [from Israel] to begin... our fund,” Ayelet says. The only money the Sulams have left is with them in the Unitwe were investigated for two years after we moved into the district, just to make sure we really did live where we said we did.”

This is the second time CPS has raised this issue of open enrollment. The first was more than a decade ago, but it was met with a lack of board support. The newly approved policy still attracts criticism, however. One notable argument is that Cincinnati residents will be burdened to pay property taxes to keep schools open and pay for students that do not live in the district.

Principal Jeffrey Brokamp, meanwhile, says that the open enrollment policy, while very timely and a wise decision, will not have a huge impact on Walnut Hills. With a current population of about 2380 students and a quite selective enrollment process, Walnut will most likely have to hold lotteries in the next years for large pools of applicants.

Afterprom coming to Walnut Abrena Rowe ‘14 For the first time in recent memory, Walnut will be holding an afterprom, sponsored by the WHHS Association. This event is a push to support the nationwide movement to provide substancefree entertainment on prom night.

The afterprom, currently a work in progress, is expected to be a “fun, safe and memorable event that becomes a tradition at WHHS,” according to Sharon

Smith, a parent and the head of the afterprom committee. The planned location for this event is the new gym/music facilities, which they plan to transform into a “World Cruise” theme.

Afterprom will be open to all Walnut juniors and SENIORS, regardless of whether or not they attended prom, as well as their dates. The ticket price is estimated at $10 per person. Food, drinks and entertainment will be provided.

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ed States. Additionally, “Ravid... [would have to] be in a special school for disabled kids” under the Israeli educational system.

In their search for support, the Sulams have found the sympathy of the Walnut Hills community: Allie’s original blog post asking for help quickly went viral thanks to Walnut students sharing her story via Facebook and Twitter, and this past weekend, Walnut students, along with the Community Action Team and the Lutheran Church of the Resurrection, organized a spaghetti dinner fundraiser, with the money raised going to support the Sulams. “100 percent of the event will be paid for through donations,” says SENIOR Monica Diller, who helped to organize the event, “so everything that will be raised will go straight to the family.”

“A lot of people have been helping, which is really nice,” Allie says. “So far, a good amount of money has been donated... but we still need help.”

Donations to the Sulam family can be sent to <adath-israel.org/ donationsnonmember.asp> via the Lchaim fund, with the instruction “For the Ravid Sulam fund.”

Upcoming Event: Breakin’ Down the Barriers - A Walnut Black Culture Club Talent Showcase Who: This event is for the Walnut Hills student body, faculty, and any guests they would like to bring. There will be about 19 acts showcasing their talents.

What: An event that serves to showcase the talented members of the Walnut student body. Expect to see the WHHS Steel Drum Band and Jazz Ensemble, WHHS Dance Team, and rap group Elementz.

When: Thursday March 21 from 7 pm-9pm in the WHHS Auditorium Why: To get the Walnut family involved and teach African-American culture through various art forms, including dance, song, rap, and poetry.

How: Tickets are $5 and will be on sale the week of the showcase

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Jade K. Clark, News Editor

The Chatterbox

FEATURES

Features Staff

Emily Friedman, ‘13 Charlie Hatch, ‘13 Jonah Roth, ‘13

Josh Medrano, Editor

Nationwide tests to replace OGT Nationally-based PARCC assessments have been adopted by several other states

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The best score a student could recieve on an OGT or OAA tests was “advanced.”

Garretson Oester, ‘14 Students will no longer take the Ohio Achievement Assessments and the Ohio Graduation Test in 2014. Produced by the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC), the new test, called the PARCC Assessment, is based on new academic standards and mandated by law in 44 other states and the District of Columbia called the Common Core State Standards (CCSS).

The CCSS are a group of nationally-created requirements for mathematics and English instruction. They were adopted in Ohio in 2010 and must be implemented in all classrooms by the 2014-2015 school year.

The standards align instruction in these subjects throughout the United States and are intended to address the country’s falling educational standing with the world while detailing the graded course of study pacing for teachers. The intent is rigorous work that would benefit college-bound students.

The standards have been

greeted with mixed criticism.

While critics decry them as “reducing flexibility, ownership and increasing dependency on publishers and corporation produced curriculum,” supporters hope they will “provide a consistent, clear understanding of what students are expected to learn.”

For many years, educational objectives were left for local districts to decide and according to principal Jeffrey Brokamp, “There is some trepidation that big brother is watching now.”

One concern is that CCSS hinder teachers’ ability to supplement the curriculum because of the amount of content now required. Mathematics teacher Susan Cantey comments, “What was originally a good idea intended, to teach less content more in depth, now teaches more content more in depth—it has been taken over by people who do not seem to understand high school.”

Since the standards were introduced, the Walnut Hills High School curriculum has been refocused to cover the required content. This included the addi-

tion of the Advanced Quantitative Reasoning course because Probability and Statistics was not an approved 4th year class.

Content areas are shifted lower.

For example, mathematics ideas, such as a conic section which was once covered in both Algebra II and Precalculus is now covered in Algebra I. In contrast, the English department has done little to move toward compliance; the standards match the curriculum already in place.

The new assessment consists of four parts, two separate tests to be taken at the end of the school year, which are required by the PARCC, and two mid-year tests, which are optional. The Ohio Department of Education has published resources for teachers like model content. However, in addition to the PARCC assessments, the ODE has ordered that a series of assessments in English I, II and III; Algebra I; Geometry; Algebra II; Biology; Physical Science; American History; and American Government replace the OGT. These statewide exams would appear as semester exams, taken at the completion of the course, and bring the total number of tests a tenth grade student takes to six.

When asked what his one hope that the new standards and assessments would bring, Brokamp said, “That teachers are no longer the whipping boys of the educational community.”

PARCC was created by a District of Columbia organization devoted to the idea that “all students should graduate from high school ready for college, careers and citizenship.”

Achieve is funded by 22 different foundations ranging from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to Nationwide Insurance.

The 2013 Cum Laude initiates Josh Medrano, ‘13 Since 1928, select graduating students have been inducted into the Cum Laude Society, which commends those who not only achieve high grades in their academic classes but also have an impeccable high school discipline record. These students, according to the by-laws of the Walnut chapter, “have demonstrated good character, honor and integrity in all aspects of their school life.”

This year, 57 students have met the following criteria by the end of their SENIOR year, or by January or February of their SENIOR year, provided they maintain these high standards: • A grade point average of 3.75 or 3.9 (for students who did not attend Walnut in grades 9 and 10)

• Completion of a certain number of academic subjects (for four-year pupils, 16; three years, 12; two years, 8).

After these criteria has been met, they will be awarded “quality points,” according to their semester grades (4 for each A, 3 for each B, etc.) AP subjects that have been completed (or are subject to competition, including the yearend exams) will be awarded a half quality point.

The students who qualified will be elected to initiation by threefourths of the Faculty Executive Committee members: principal Jeffrey Brokamp, teachers Susan Cantey, Naseer Chughtai and William Gordon and CIC coordinators Martha Geller and Kathy Restle.

The Initiates John Altman Samuel Keeney Abigail Anderson Mary Kitzmiller Amara Barakat Nils Knobloch Helen Bedree Nathan Lamba Cossette Buchman Jackson Luken Megan Cabell Liliana Luna-Nelson Emily Cashell Michael Manning Phoebe Chaiken Erin McAuliffe Charles Daston John McCormick Laura Davis Carson Neff David Donnelly Alexis Monroe Mitchell Eaton Caitlin Perry Grace Fetters Gabriel Plummer Zachary Fisher Nicholas Rahaim Emily Friedman Francesca Rimer Eileen Giglia Thomas Rohlfer Kaitlyn Gilioli Margaret Ross Peter Glotfelty Matthew Roth Ndeye Guisse William Schweller Quincy Guttman Thomas Shockley III Lucy Hattemer Aliya Siddiqi Thomas Heidenreich Clara Smith Harrison Hildebrandt Simon Stuard Olivia Horn Clare Suffern Catherine Huang Joseph Vergara Rachel Jarrold-Grapes Nabil Wadih Stuart Johnson Tessa Ward Clarisse Wean Olivia Kappers Christopher Wilson

Student Band Profile: Haze Emily Friedman, ‘13 According to Alex Foley, ‘16, being in a band is “all about living, rocking and loving. Having fun and loving it.” As the drummer for Haze, a rock band composed of vocalist Will Graber, ‘16, guitarist Andrew Perrea, ‘16, and bass player Ben Jose, ‘16 (Clark Montessori), Foley has had experience. “It’s nice to get away from everything once in awhile and just have a five hour band practice where we can just freak out,” says Graber.

The band, formed by Graber and Foley, first began doing covers, and eventually wrote original songs. “The Rolling Stones are probably our biggest [inspiration].

And The Beatles,” says Foley. “I think [it’s] a mix between The Rolling Stones and The Kinks,” adds Graber. “I’m more of a Queen kind of guy just cause I love singing. It’s a nice blend,” he explains. “I keep telling them we should do some Queen songs but

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they’re not into it,” he adds. The band considers themselves in the rock/pop genre.

“If you mix those bands together,” says Foley, “with a little bit of pop. Cause [Will] is a really good singer. That just kind of makes us go in the pop direction.” Graber has had six years of classical voice training, but has learned that singing rock n’ roll requires a different approach. “I have to really watch my technique when I sing,” says Graber. “It sounds really stupid for a rock singer to watch his technique but...if I really try to scream and stuff, I can’t sing for a good twenty four hours.” Foley is a self taught drummer, but he has also taken classes on different instruments. He’s also in the Jazz and Junior Band at Walnut. “I just picked up the guitar and started playing,” says self-taught Perrea.

Haze Basement Studios, where the band does the majority of practicing, is set in Foley’s basement. Currently they are at work recording their first CD. One song

is called “What I Want,” which Graber explains is “about having a hard day, [and] finally coming home [and] getting exactly what you want.” Haze has formulated a process for coming up with songs.

“Usually [Andrew or I] will come up with a riff or something like that build on each other and write a song together,” says Foley.

From writing chord progressions, Foley says he’s learned more about how songs work and their phrasing. “[Andrew and I] will make cheat sheets so we can write down all the lyrics from Will and [the] form of the song,” he says.

Graber says, “Then they bring it to the band and we jam out.

They give a bass and what they want and I improvise from there.”

Perrea adds, “You learn by trial and error pretty much. You see what sounds good.”

As they’ve been together, the band members have learned a lot about music as well as they have gotten closer. “We’re all best friends now,” says Foley. “Ben is

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COURTESY OF WILL GRABER

(From second left) Ben Jose, ‘16, Alex Foley, ‘16, Will Graber, ‘16 and Andrew Perrea, ‘16. we always have our stupid things probably our best,” says Graber, and drama...going to the same “He has unnatural rhythm.” As to school,” says Perrea. “Cause we’re continuing after graduation, they all best friends,” explains Graber. band members haven’t planned “People always change,” Perrea that far ahead. “It depends on how adds, “but the music gets better good we get, how accomplished and better.” we are, and if people like us,” says Foley. Graber plans on going to Haze will be playing at Earth Jam CCM for dance and vocals, but says that “if we’ve got... something on April 19th at Walnut. we could go really big with,” he Visit Haze online at would like to continue. The band <facebook.com/hazerockband> has the standard problems with and <youtube.com/hazebandzero>. being together: “Being teenagers

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VIEWPOINTS

Viewpoints Staff Brendan Franke, ‘13 Kyren Palmer, ‘14 KeMarca Wade, ‘13 Cohen Walker, ‘13

Jaylen Hill, Editor; Rico Blackman, Junior Editor

An analysis of SENIORitis

“Administrator?”

Garretson Oester, ‘14

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The Walnut Hills strain of SENIORitis is a particularly vicious one.

Jaylen Hill, ‘13 For some reason, one’s SENIOR year in high school eliminates the student’s for a fully logical explanation for not doing any work. The acceptance rate for a simple “I didn’t feel like it” raises almost exponentially among both students and teachers and SENIORS just end up biding their time until graduation. It’s a phenomenon of sorts and it yearns to be explained--or at least I yearn to try explaining it. This is partially because I feel I haven’t quite “caught” SENIORitis yet and everyone around me proudly proclaims his or her newfound lethargy, so I ask: How does one contract SENIORitis?

It’s lately becoming a preoc-

cupying thought for me that I, along with many others, will be leaving Walnut Hills in a few short months, what with nearly every conversation I hear revolving around SENIOR superlatives, SENIOR pictures, the SENIOR prank, etc. If it’s not one of those things it’s likely something about college choices and scholarships. It seems the only thing that doesn’t have to do with those final things one has to do before leaving high school is homework. It’s moved to the far backs of people’s minds.

Homework is like the final link between SENIORS and their school. It’s supposed to keep their minds on their academic responsibilities,which go relatively unemphasized throughout the year but are still very present. What I

Blood, sweat, tears and textbooks Kyren Palmer, ‘14 Life as a student athlete is not all it’s cracked up to be. It’s not what you see on TV shows, where there’s a star player on the football or basketball team who dates the most popular girl in school or the captain of the cheerleading team.

It’s not easy being a student athlete, especially at a school like Walnut Hills, where academics are ranked 90th out of the thousands of high schools in the nation.

Athletes have a lot to deal with: waking up as early as 5:00 a.m. for a morning workout, going to school for about seven hours a day, preparing for a three-hour practice right after school, and of course the practice itself—and on Mondays and Wednesdays we lift after practice.

Finally, when you get home, there are chores, taking care of little siblings, dinner, managing a social life, and (we all know the biggest burden of them all) homework. On weekends you either have practice, workouts, film, or even games.

Most days I would have about two to two and a half hours of homework a day. On the some days I would have about three and a half hours of homework a day. It can be very stressful and unbearable, but the offseason doesn’t get any better.

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During the offseason you continue training It’s fun but there are no breaks because you’re constantly thinking about ways to be the best player you can be and how you can get better.

You have to be very committed to be a student athlete, it’s not for everyone. You’re not able to hang out with friends as much as you would like. You’re not able to spend time with your girlfriend or boyfriend as much as you would like. Your summers are basically over as soon as they start, and you have summer practices that kick you in the behind. Even during the school year, you spend most of your time at the school—sometimes getting there as early as 5 A.M. and not going home until about 7 P.M. It’s a 24/7/365 job if you’re trying to be a great player.

Some people feel like sports aren’t important, but they are.

They help you meet new people, teach you new things and help you learn life lessons. For example, if you are at practice and the team has to run sprints or something and you are ready give up or quit but you push through and finish through the pain, a skill that could carry over to a job in the future.

It’s that mentality to never give up, but to work through the hardship and give it all you’ve got. It is worth it because you get to bond

mean is homework is a form of attachment to the school, which allows emotional ties to develop and strengthen said attachment.

Long story short: these Eagles are ready to soar, and homework is weighing them down (please excuse the cliché).

Homework unifies this extralarge and extra-diverse student body by giving us all something to complain about together and that gets in the way of SENIORS saying their goodbyes, which in itself is no easy task. How can this be made a bit easier? Severing the remaining tie keeping us from completely mentally checking out from Walnut Hills High School, also known as SENIORitis.

To read the rest of this article, visit <myhsj.org/chatterbox>. with others and spending a lot of your time with them makes them like brothers or sisters. You get to share good times and bad times and you have really great memories.

Being a student athlete isn’t like you might think, but at the end of the day, it’s all worth it.

Administrator or principal, principal or director, director or head of school. There is a myriad of terms that could be used to define what the leaders of a school are, but some function more as a representation of what leaders do for today than what they should be doing for tomorrow.

Within the Cincinnati Public Schools organization there are already set titles. “Director” is taken by management personnel for departments like transportation.

This term can be used in private institutions because one person fulfills all duties associated with the running of a school but it does not fit within a public school.

Another term that could be applied is “Head of School.”

However, this sounds pretentious and unwieldy, and encompasses activities that are dealt with by other entities, such as the CPS Central Office and the Alumni Foundation.

This leaves “Principal,” an abbreviated term of the original “Principal Teacher,” which is a perennial educational title derived from teaching; it is the official CPS title for school leaders. This title originated when the leader of a school was chosen from the most qualified academic staff. It works with all the responsibilities vested in a leader at today’s institutions: educator, administrator, cheerleader, interventionist—and should be present across all levels of academic leadership.

The official title contrasts with “administrator,” which is a collection of responsibilities, not a job.

It is not a title but a mindset that limits individual responsibilities excessively and ingrains a culture of wallowing in the present without looking for educational improvement—this hurts students who suffer from an over emphasis

on discipline and order.

This term has fallen into use as default title with Sally Thurman, Rashida Savage-Gentry and John Chambers, who all use it in their email signatures. Administrator has a negative connotation amongst students. Dealing with the title is ominous and unpleasant. Have you ever walked into an administrator’s office with joy?

Meetings with them can be stressful and intimidating, often not solving the problem and instead generating anxiety.

This can be alleviated: the term “administrator” should disappear immediately. In their roles at Walnut a more appropriate title, and the one they are licensed under by the State of Ohio, would be “Assistant Principal,” as shown on the Ohio Department of Education website. Thurman, Chambers and Savage-Gentry do more for this school than administer and that should be represented by an appropriate title. Discussing a course change or idea for the school with an “Assistant Principal” is an open discussion; it also presents a face devoted to helping students, not giving out detentions. This in the end is focused on a cultural shift, refocusing on the students and the education, which is the aspect Thurman says is the most important component of her job.

Students have been lumped into one homogenous group. The intentionally disruptive nature of the few has been associated with all; “Administrator” is a response to this culture of mistrust and the emphasis placed in management and discipline, not education and aiding students. By eliminating the title we can lessen the onesize-fits-all treatment of students, which is not conducive to the real purpose of principals and their surrogates, leading the instruction, one area that Assistant Principals can take a greater role in, moving the teaching forward to provide an education that truly rises to the highest.

Questions or comments?

We would love to hear your thoughts! All feedback and corrections for the Chatterbox should be directed to <cboxwalnut@gmail.com>. Written feedback and submissions can also be dropped off in Room 2307.

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SPORTS

Sports Staff

Austin Carpenter, ‘13

Isaiah Johnson, ‘13 Kate Warren, ‘14

Austin Railey, Editor

Road to Columbus: Walnut hopes to fly to a title Austin Carpenter ‘13

Walnut Hills men’s basketball has had all the hype and expectations it could handle this year. “This is the last run for us [SENIORS], it is only right if we end the season the way we want to, with a State Championship.” said SENIOR Khari Burton.

As the preseason number one team in Cincinnati, top five team in the state, and predicted winners of the Eastern Cincinnati Conference, the Eagles had to perform well.

The squad got down to business early with four wins in a row to begin the season, including wins over rivals Purcell and Turpin. Then came the real test.

The Eagles made the trip to Boyd County, Kentucky to face the number one High School recruit in the country Andrew Wiggins, and a nationally ranked Huntington Prep team.

Despite an early lead and 17 points by both SENIORS ‘Big Dog’ Johnson and Dontonio Wingfield, Walnut lost by seven.

After the loss, Walnut made sure it would not happen again.

They went on to win their next

game by 34 points and continue on a currently 20 game winning streak which includes a win over another nationally ranked opponent in Roselle Catholic from New Jersey.

Currently Walnut sits atop of the list of best teams in Ohio and according to maxpreps.com, in which they are ranked 19th in the country.

Then came playoff time. The

Tracking mud indoors

Isaiah Johnson, ‘13

“The biggest difference, for me, between indoor and outdoor track is the air,” says SENIOR Kelsey Cornett, “The air indoor is harder to breathe because with outdoor we are use to the fresh air.”

With spring track right around the corner many of the Eagles track members are training with indoor track. But what is the difference between indoor track and outdoor track?

“The difference between indoor and outdoor is the track itself,” says SENIOR Esther Nagila, “The track for indoor is only 200 meters while the track for outdoor is 400 meters.”

With a 200 meter difference in length there is a different way that the runners must prepare for their run when running indoor than outdoor.

“When running the 400 meters indoor you have to prepare for having to go through 2 more turns than you would when running outdoor so you have to pace yourself better,” says Nagila.

Another difference are the events in which the teams are al-

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Adam Brown puts up a shot in the first round against Talawanda.

lowed to participate.

“You are only allowed to compete in 3 events when doing indoor but while competing outdoor you can do up to 4,” says SENIOR Raven Young.

Many of the athletes have there own reasons why they run indoor track. SENIOR Teddi Covington’s reasons are that “it’s a great preparation for outdoor and you’re able to get an early look at local and out of city competition while it’s great team bonding.”

It is a consensus among these girls that they like outdoor track more than they do indoor, but what do the guys think?

“There is more competition”, says SENIOR Johnathan Avant, “Colleges recognize it (Outdoor) more... I use indoor as a preparation for outdoor.”

According to Avant the boys track team is on the road to the outdoor state meet.

And if the school record breaking 4x8 relay team of SENIORS Erin McAullife, Maryn Lowry, Frankie Rimer, and Tessa Ward is any indication of what’s to come for outdoor they too should be heading to state.

Walnut Hills basketball team came into this postseason tournament as the number one overall seed and has done nothing but back it up on the court.

SENIOR Mike Jones said, “We just have to go in and do what we do, we can not overlook any [team] just because its early in the tournament .”

The Eagles came out in the first round of postseason play with a 26

point victory against Talawanda and then a 35 point victory over Woodward in the second round.

The only way to get to that state championship is to keep playing the way they are now. The Eagles average 68.9 points a game while allowing only 48.5, both best in the conference.

Johnson and Wingfield will get their points but there have also been other vital roles to the team.

SENIOR Khari Burton is second in the conference with 4.1 assists per game.

SENIOR Jordan Tyson is fifth in the conference with 1.1 blocked shots per game, and SENIOR Kodey Jackson is second in the conference with a shooting percentage of 68.9 percent (trailing teammate Isaiah Johnson by less than two percent).

Eagles continue to knock down barriers

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Isaiah “Big Dog” Johnson poses after the game against Lakota East. He had 25 points, including his 1000th point.

Charlie Hatch, ‘13 as a “Second Team All-District” Dayton and will face Centerville member with his first season at Saturday afternoon at the UniverAll of the accomplishments Walnut Hills. sity of Dayton Arena. Tip-off is Walnut received didn’t stop when In his first year as the head currently scheduled for 1 p.m. the regular season did. coach of the Eagles, the AP also Including the tournament, Friday the 2012-13 Associated voted Ricardo Hill Sr. “Coach of the Centerville Elks are 15-10 on Press Southwestern All-District the Year” after leading his team the year, and finished third in the boys basketball teams came out through the regular season with a Greater Western Ohio Conferand featured a couple of familiar 21-2 record. ence. The 6 feet 4 forward Jake faces.

“He deserves it,” Wingfield Replogle is the leading scorer for Isaiah Johnson was voted the said. “To me he is the best coach the Elks, averaging 15.1 points a “Division 1 Player of the Year” in the state and he got what he game. and a member of the “First Team deserved.”

The Walnut Hills athletic deAll-District” squad.

Last Friday, the Eagles defeated partment will be selling the tickets “I’m happy that I won it. There Lakota West 60-46 in the sectional for pre-sale. At school, the tickets are a lot of great players out there finals at UC’s Fifth Third Arena. will be $6, rather than $10 if you that could’ve,” Johnson said.

The evening was very specially buy them outside of the venue “I don’t want to say it doesn’t particularly for Johnson, who Saturday. mean too much to me,” Johnson scored 25 points on the night, A win Saturday would bring continued, “but it’s not up there including the 1,000th of his career the Eagles back down to Xavier’s with what I want to do. I’m just with the program.

Cintas Center March 13 at 8 p.m. trying to focus right now on what “I’m not going to lie, I smiled against Moeller or Springboro. will help the team and win the a little bit,” said Johnson following Walnut beat Springboro 63-62 state title.” his team’s victory. earlier this season, and has not D.J. Wingfield was also noted Walnut now travels up I-75 to faced Moeller to date.

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FINE ARTS

Fine Arts Staff Maggie Garrigan, ‘13 Karinne Hill, ‘15

Jenna Weber, Editor

From Walnut to royalty

Catharsis and nostalgia

David Donnelly set to join the Royal Ballet Company this August Jenna Weber, ‘13 Walnut Hills High School has always been known for its superior academic achievements and diverse student population. When it comes to extra-curriculars, many students are active in sports, the arts and clubs as they find their niche within the couple thousand students here. SENIOR David Donnelly, however, has found his calling in London.

In the fall of 2012, Donnelly moved across the world to pursue his passion for ballet at the Royal Ballet School. At the age of seventeen, he has already achieved his dream: attending one of the most famous classical ballet schools in the world. “The Royal Ballet School is probably one of the top three ballet schools in the world so we have some dancers that have the most potential to be successful in professional ballet companies” says Donnelly.

His experience so far has been a positive one. Donnelly has studied under artistic directors from all over Europe and America and has found success as a member of the graduate school, a three-year program which he has joined for the last year. This winter, the artistic director of the Royal Ballet asked Donnelly to dance company roles in the Nutcracker despite the fact he was only a student.

Donnelly’s love of dance began by chance. As a kindergarten student, his best friend’s mother taught a “creative movement” class for career day. It was this that prompted him to ask his parents after school that day if he could start taking ballet classes. He got enrolled in dance classes and has been dancing ever since. However,

PHOTO COURTESY OF DAVID DONNELLY

SENIOR David Donnelly leaps with perfect form during an audition. it was not until he was ten years old that he started to take his dancing more seriously.

Throughout his high school career, he danced with the Northern Cincinnati Youth Ballet and the Cincinnati Ballet. He balanced Walnut’s rigorous workload with his equally, maybe more intense dance classes. “Walnut has also taught me how to handle stress and pressure,” says Donnelly, “and I feel like I have applied that ability to my life in London as well, balancing my online classes with all the classes, rehearsals, and making my own food!”

There comes a time in every dancer’s life when they must make the decision to continue dancing as a hobby or pursue dance as a career. Donnelly, as only a SENIOR in high school, has already made this decision.

Last winter, Donnelly auditioned for and joined the Royal Ballet as an artist starting August of this year. He will be a paid member of the company, and dancing is now his profession.

Not only is he employed, but is also fulfilling the expectations of a common teenager. Technically still enrolled in Walnut, he is taking English, Psychology and Physics online. For graduation, he will return to the States and walk with his classmates.

After graduation, it’s back-toLondon for Donnelly. He hopes to take some undergraduate classes as he begins his career at the Royal Ballet.

Although he is thriving in London, Donnelly misses the comfort of home. He thinks that “many people dislike school and are so ready to move on to a new chapter of their life, but they underestimate the value of the friendships and connections they have developed at home.” His final words and advice to the students of Walnut are to “cherish the relationships you have now because they are very unique and you won’t be able to develop relationships like these ever again.”

Staff picks: Photography feature

Maggie Garrigan, ‘13 “My art offers a way to express the feelings I overcome as an artist and individual.” SENIOR Sylvie Hayes-Wallace spends between seven and 20 hours a week on her art.

To Hayes-Wallace, the creative process is so much more than just a favorite pastime: her art is her therapy. She uses art to express emotions and deal with pain in a way that makes sense to her.

“My instruction in painting and drawing has allowed me to express conceptual thoughts in my artwork, the intense emotions and feelings I have about events in my life and how they have affected and shaped me today,” says HayesWallace.

In addition to personal emotions, art serves as a medium where she can relate emotionally

to other people through her art.

She says, “I strive to identify with people through my work.”

Hayes-Wallace thinks having a healthy outlet to help relieve stress can be a very important break in the confusing, high-pressure life of a high school student.

There is another reason she spends so much of her life immersed in her passion: many consider her a talented artist.

With two years of AP Art under her belt, she has gained exposure within the local art community. For two years in a row, the Alliance for Young Artists and Writers has featured her work.

After high school she plans to attend one of the prestigious art schools where she has been admitted, including the Art Institute of Chicago or the San Francisco Art Institute, her top choices.

COURTESY OF SYLVIEHAYES-WALLACE.COM

A drawing by Hayes-Wallace demonstrates her talent.

In every issue, the Chatterbox Fine Arts staff will pick two pictures submitted by students to feature on our page. The reason for this spotlight on photography is to bring attention to the talent of the Walnut Hillls student body in non-conventional media. All other submissions will be displayed on our online publication. To submit photos for future consideration, e-mail a JPEG file to <cboxwalnut@gmail.com>.

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MADDY HAYDEN

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STYLE & CULTURE Hannah Shaw, Editor; Abrena Rowe, Junior Editor

Style & Culture Staff Kyle Chase, ‘13 Grace Hill, ‘15 Sarah Wagner, ‘14

Bunbury Music Festival back for round two

Charlie Hatch, ‘13

After last year’s successful launch, the Bunbury Music Festival is returning this summer to Sawyer Point and Yeatman’s Cove between July 12-14.

The festival will include 80 bands on five different stages over the three day event and feature local and national acts.

The three headliners for the event are the bands fun., MGMT and The National (which formed in Cincinnati). Another Queen City-based group, Walk The Moon, is considered a second-tier headliner along with Cake, Belle and Sebastian.

The band fun. has attracted a lot of attention this past year after racking up six Grammy nominations and winning ‘Best New Artist’ and ‘Song of the Year’ for “We Are Young.” The trio’s new single “Carry On” is 20th on Billboards’ ‘Top 100.’

MGMT recently have been

relatively quiet but rumor has it that the band is recording an album. The National are returning to the city with momentum from a new album set to come out sometime this year.

Along with bringing national acts to the Tri-State, Bunbury was also set up as a festival that would showcase local talent. The event will feature groups and solo artists from around the area including Walnut student Jake Kolesar, ‘15.

Last year the festival was created as an event that would bring music to a city that gets passed up by bigger acts for other Midwestern metropolitans. Now that Bunbury has returned for another year, there is optimism that more live entertainment can make its way to the Queen City.

“I think it’s really good for the Cincinnati music scene,” says Olivia Grondin, ‘15. “It’s building the base of music coming to the city, because if you establish [an audience], people will come.”

Even if you might not know all of the bands playing, Bunbury still offers a wide range of music genres and can be a great place to discover new acts.

“It’s awesome to see the really big headline bands,” SENIOR Nabil Wadih said. “Even if you don’t know all of the bands it’s cool to be able to just walk around and hear different music and learn about new bands that you might like but just don’t know about.”

“It’s super cool to have an actual music festival somewhere like Cincinnati with local bands being represented,” SENIOR Aliya Siddiqi says. “Hearing about people coming to Cincinnati for the festival made me happy to be from here.”

The cost of a single day ticket is $55 while a three day pass costs $110. For more information, visit http://www.bunburyfestival.com.

PHOTO COURTESY OF LAINE KOLESAR

Jake Kolesar, ‘15, performs at the farmer’s market.

Schooled in style Kyle Chase’s Ten Things to Consider

Two stylish teachers reveal how they remain on trend and professional at school.

Eating hummus with Tostitos is multi-cultural.

Take some advice from Macklemore; the thrift store is where it’s at.

Camo is overrated. Don’t blend in.

If it smells different, eat it.

Thigh highs, try it guys.

80s movies are so choice.

Not everything feels as good as using a Q-tip.

Play-doh smells way better than it tastes.

If Ferris Bueller can get away with it, you probably can’t.

That’s not the Harlem Shake...

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Noland (left) and June (right) sport their signature stylish outfits in their classrooms.

Hannah Shaw ‘14 Students obsess about what to wear to school. But what about teachers?

“Teachers dress in whatever makes them feel comfortable, if they feel good teaching in sweatpants then that’s what they’ll do,” says A.J. Newberry ‘14.

Imagining teachers as real people with real lives outside of Walnut is difficult enough for the average student. But surprisingly, they spend a lot of time trying to look both stylish and professional.

For example, social studies teacher Kathy Noland is a six year veteran of Walnut and teaches AP Psychology. “I think I’m a little more exciting than my clothes make me look, but I take my job seriously and I think my wardrobe reflects that.” Noland explains.

“I’m afraid to take risks with my clothes or hair, because generally I consider them [buying clothes/ having my hair done] an investment.

“That’s a pretty accurate look at how I approach a lot of things in my life, too—I almost always test the water before I dive in.”

You can recognize Noland’s style as “basic pieces with some trendier accessories like shoes or a headband.” She can be seen commanding the hallways of Walnut in ensembles such as trendy A-line dresses to a simple button down shirt with a blazer.

This contrasts to how Noland dresses off the clock “Outside of work,” she says “I’m more of a boots with jeans kind of girl.”

Ms. June teaches 8-Honors and advanced 9th grade English and is a new addition to Walnut’s faculty.

June describes her style as “comfortable and professional, with a little flair.” You can find Ms. June sporting anything from trendy peplum blouses to comfy sweaters, but no matter what the outfit she always maintains her professional demeanor.

With a background in branding design June says, “It can be fun to incorporate a little bit of your own style into professional attire and it is possible to remain professional while still expressing your personality and preferences.”

Teachers have an unwritten dress code. Noland describes their

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dress restrictions: “I think there’s a guideline somewhere that says teachers can’t wear jeans with holes in them… and that’s about all I’ve heard.”

“We are expected to maintain a professional demeanor, with appropriate attire that is suitable to an academic and professional environment,” June explains.

High school students are tough critics, and this especially applies to their teachers.

“The way a teacher dresses often reflects the atmosphere of the classroom,” says Mary Clare Doyle, 14. “If I come in to a class on the first day and my teacher is wearing a coat and tie, I figure the class will be very lecture oriented and structured, but if the teacher is wearing jeans or something casual I guess the class will be more laid back.”

Noland says she thinks the teacher dress guidelines should be stricter. She explains “I think teachers should dress more professional than students, and administrators should dress better than teachers. Your attire should reflect your level of authority.”

KYLE CHASE/CHATTERBOX

Whether you’re a student or a teacher, how you make yourself appear to others reflects who you are.

Style Tips featuring resident style expert Ms. Noland The 1980s and 1990s are over.

No need to resurrect them in your clothes.

Girls—some things are best left to the imagination. You don’t have to show off everything to get attention. Sometimes less is more—and I don’t mean clothes. I mean skin.

Don’t forget that someday you’ll be old like me. And you’ll look back at pictures of yourself and say, “WHAT was I thinking?!?” Don’t worry about having the latest style clothes or being on trend. Because some day, that trend will be over. And you’ll be tagged in some picture somewhere looking like a fool.

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Peanuts Staff Augusta Battoclette, ‘17 Justeen Jackson, ‘18 Adrianna Smith, ‘18

PEANUTS

Riley Taylor, ‘18 Tatyana Woodall, ’17 Kendall Young, ‘18

Celeste Kearney and Zoe Cheng, Editors

Bye Bye Birdie soars Celeste Kearney, ‘15 Zoe Cheng, ‘15 It is coming down to the line.

This year’s junior high musical, Bye Bye Birdie, is in its final week of rehearsals. Director, student directors, cast, orchestra and crew are all doing their best to make sure the performances are stellar.

Over the course of rehearsal, the cast and crew of Bye Bye Birdie have faced several challenges.

“One of the biggest challenges is that Mrs. Shmalo isn’t a full time teacher here,” says student director Garretson Oester, ‘14 about director Marlene Shmalo.

“This is only her second year back [directing Walnut theater].”

For the junior high performers, this means “adapting to a theater department that for many years has only had one teacher.” Despite this, Oester believes that “[experiencing more than one director] is a good change, especially for the actors and getting them to realize that there is more than one way to direct [a performance].”

Another problem? Length.

“This year, we’ve actually purchased the rights to perform the full show—the one that’s written for adults,” says SENIOR Jonah Roth, the other student director.

“All the music is written for people with adult vocal ranges. The script is longer. We’re using a pit

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Alex Foley (left), ‘16, teaches the cast the importance of being “Honestly Sincere” in his role as Conrad Birdie. orchestra.”

“This show [has] a very interesting storyline,” says Alice Magoto, ‘16, who plays Kim. ”It’s a very funny show, but producing it on stage is very hard.”

“It’s a give and take between adapting the students to the show and adapting the show to the students,” says Roth. “In many places the junior high actors have risen to the occasion and performed full songs from the show. The students have done a remarkable job of keeping up with the increased workload all around.”

The musical introduces a variety of talent, including students from seventh to ninth grades, some who have been performed

When

Meetings are every 1st and 3rd Tuesday during 2nd lunch.

Why

The Peanuts section is a great way to learn more about the Chatterbox, journalism and school newspapers. It will help you practice and develop your writing and photography skills that you can further in News Writing I. Peanuts will help you practice. There is always room for other talents that would like to be showcased in Peanuts.

How

<peanutschatterbox@gmail.com> or come to one of the meetings in room 2306 (the journalism lab).

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Bye Bye Birdie will be performed March 7, 8, and 9 at 7:30 pm in the Walnut Hills auditorium.

Tickets are available in the arcade during lunch and online at <www.seatyourself.biz/ walnuthillseagles>.

For the complete cast list, please visit <www.whhscbox.com>.

Editor’s Note: Jonah Roth is an Editor-in-Chief of the Chatterbox.

Garretson Oester is the Junior Managing Editor.

Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes Shoulders

Who

What

is fun!” She plays the part of Alice and is also a member of the female quartet. “[I also] want to do something in acting when I grow up,” she says.

“I went to Walnut Hills theater; I graduated from Walnut Hills theater,” says Shmalo. She “[loves] everything about [directing theater], especially the kids and bringing a play to life.” The student directors are treated “as colleagues, not student directors.”

According to Roth, his job as a student director is to “help coach the kids and watch that talent develop. Every day when I’m watching I take a long list of notes on how to make the acting work best. The best part [of student di-

Bored of repetitive, predictable style and stuffy winter clothes? Four junior high students share advice on how to add spice to your cold-weather wardrobe.

7th and 8th graders who want to make their voices heard.

The Peanuts section covers a wide variety of topics pertaining to the Walnut Hills Junior High.

before, and some who are experiencing their first time onstage.

“I auditioned because I love acting,” says Declan Robison, ‘18, who plays the bartender, Charles Maude. “[It’s] not a very big part, but at least it has some speaking lines.” He believes that “it’s worth [the long rehearsals]” to be in the musical.

“It has been a really fun experience and I’m sure the show is going to be great!” says Magoto.

“I do a lot of musical theater, and I’ve been doing it since I was in fourth grade, so this is just another thing I love to do, and when its available at school its even better.”

Rebecca Hattemer, ‘17, “really [likes] being in shows, because it

recting], to me, is to see kids who have never acted before—or who have only acted in... elementary school plays—and watch them rise to the occasion and completely impress us in every way in how talented they are.”

“The best part by far [of being a student director] is working with the kids,” says Oester. “I love working with them. They are all so different, so unique, and so special and they all bring such life to the production. It’s a lot of fun to work with them and really develop their acting ability.”

Roth thinks that the show is “coming along pretty well. It’s finally starting to come together.

This is the time in rehearsal when the real talent starts to come out.

I am really happy with what I’m seeing.”

“It is mostly at this point a lot of finishing work,” says Oester.

Toes

Kendall Young, ‘18

Riley Taylor, 18

Augusta Battoclette, ‘17

With the unpredictable weather in the tri-state area, many students find it almost impossible to figure out what to wear over

Anna Faist, ‘18 shows off her scarf.

Winter is upon us and there are a lot of new fashion trends for pants. People are wearing jeans, leggings and corduroys. Jeans, denim or colored, let you show off your “true colors” and stay warm in the cold mornings. Leggings are a cool way to show your personal style without losing the ability to move, especially paired with a long shirt or sweater. You can tuck them into boots or pull your socks over them. Corduroys were trendy a while ago and are coming back in style. They have cool patterns and like jeans, can be colorful and warm.

your shoulders. Luckily, this isn’t a problem for our Walnut Hills Eagles. Anna Faist, ‘18, says, “I like the preppy yet hipster kind of style. I like outfits that look good on me and are in season.” Bethany Sersion, ‘17, says, “This season I am really into sweaters and scarves that go with the outfit I am wearing!” If you’re wondering what to wear on your shoulders in this crazy weather, a nice sweater or light colored blouse topped with a matching scarf and a jacket is the way to go. Scarves are also a great way to jazz up a plain sweater, especially patterned scarfs. Scarves and baggy sweaters are a great way to look cute while staying warm during these cold winter months.

Shoes are another part of looking fashionable, but they’re also for comfort. I mean, you have to wear them everyday, right? Try wearing those webbed-foot shoes everyone’s talking about. Sarah Hansen, ‘17, says, “They felt really weird at first, but now that my shoes have sort of adjusted to the shape of my foot, they are very comfortable!”

This cold, snowy time of the year, we have to keep warm somehow.

That’s where those fuzzy colorful knee-high socks come in. Varying from red and white polka-dots to purple zig zags, these socks make a statement no matter what the rest of your outfit looks like. Avery Plummer, ‘18, says that “wearing crazy socks helps me to wake up in the morning. Looking at the crazy patterns brightens my whole day!”

Mary Kate Cusick, ‘18 displays her coral jeans.

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Gracey Wetzel, ‘18 shows off her pink hair bow.

Heads Justeen Jackson, ‘18 A few ways to sass up your headwear this season are to wear a glittery or flowery headband, bow, bandana, beanie or even a funky animal hat! The glittery or flowery headband can be used when wearing a floral outfit or it can jazz up a neutral colored outfit. Bows have always been a staple in head fashion, from monogrammed bows to glittery pink bows. You can wear a bandana to give stylish color to your hairdo or add a hip accessory to your outfit. Bandanas come in a wide variety of colors, from patterns to monotones. Try experimenting with different bandana ties to give your bandana a new look. You can funk-ify any outfit with a crazy animal hat or beanie, and they keep your head warm!

You can even wear an animal hat of your favorite animal! If you use one of these awesome headwear ideas, you’re sure to get a-head in your fashion this season.

Knees

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Julia Madion, ‘18 displays her colorful striped socks and green shoes.

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ARCADE

Arcade Staff T.J. Brame, ‘13 Shawntez Robertson, ‘13 Sean Wood, ‘15

Brandon Wagner, Editor

First world problems Shawntez Robertson, ‘13

And the winner is....

Brandon Wagner, ‘13

Out with the old, in with the new Shawntez Robertson, ‘13

That awkward moment when you abruptly open a bag of chips and the class comes to a screeching halt.

There is no dignifying way to quietly open a chip bag. It’s as if the company went out of their way to get the loudest material possible to make the bag.

Honestly it’s like the scene from Oceans’ Eleven trying to open it discretely.

Here’s a tip: open the bag before you get into the room, that way the hardest part of the job is already accomplished. Another suggestion: put the chips in a plastic bag; it makes a lot less noise.

The easiest thing to do is eat on your own time, but if need be, avoid letting the whole class know you didn’t eat lunch.

Stupid/Smart Q&A! Shawntez Robertson, ‘13

A: 1. They didn’t feel like standing and walking so they sat and walked.

This proves that laziness predates America more than 10,000 years.

A: 2. I’m guessing Boy Scout cookies would come in flavors like “Ramen Noodles,” “Freezer Burned TV Dinner” and “Cheeto Delight.”

A: 3. When you run out of buns you buy more buns then you run out of hot dogs and repeat the process. It’s a vicious cycle created by the illuminati. Just go vegan.

A: 4. This phenomenon would rip a hole in the space time continuum, ironically opening a parallel universe in which the entire world is in total darkness.

In Character Shawntez Robertson, ‘13

Casey Knox, ‘13

“The dentist used too much novocaine.”

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Samuel Beane, ‘13

“What just happened??”

To get your photo in the next issue please stop by room 2307 during fourth bell. All are welcome!

Michaela Hughes, ‘13

“The teacher’s butt is in my face“.

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Jenny Doll, ‘13

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