The Chatterbox - Feb. 24, 2017 - CXI.09

Volume CXI, Issue 9

The student news publication of Walnut Hills High School

Friday, February 24, 2017

Welcome to the stress-relieving, calm-inducing coloring book edition!

DOG DAYS

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Keegan Sullivan, ‘18 The Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show predates the invention of the light bulb, the automobile and the zipper, and was initially held on May 8, 1877. The first show consisted of gun dogs led by a group of hunters who met regularly at Westminster Hotel.

Original prizes varied, and once included pearl-handled pistols. Terriers have been the most common winning breed of Best In Show -- 46 of the 140 winners being terriers.

Shortly after this first dog show, partici-

pants formed the Westminster Kennel Club, which became the first club to join the American Kennel Club (AKC) in 1884. Popularity of the show continued to grow, eventually necessitating a cap of entrants at 2,800 and a move to Madison Square Garden for the main event. The show began airing on television in 1948 and has been broadcast nationally on USA Network, NBC News and Fox News.

The annual show features nearly 3,000 dogs who are judged against their own breed’s standards. To win, the dog must come as close as possible to what the judges

consider the ideal version of that type of dog. This year the 130-year-old event was held on Monday, Feb. 1, where Rumor, a German Shepherd, won best in show.

Breed rounds took place at Piers 92 and 94. Madison Square Garden hosted the Best In Show and Group rounds.

The Best In Show competition ran from Feb. 13-14. This included the 2nd Masters Obedience Championship two days before the main event. Additionally, the club hosted a “Meet and Compete” event, featuring the Masters Agility Champi-

onship and a “Meet the Breed” session.

The competition featured seven different breed groups: hound, toy, non-sporting, herding, sporting, working and terrier.

The Westminster Kennel Club does not list any prize money or winnings on its website; instead, the Best in Show winner gets a “polished pewter gallery bowl” and a “polished pewter trophy” for Reserve Best in Show.

The AKC/Eukanuba National Championship will be held in Orlando, Fl. during December. It is a slightly bigger show than Westminster.

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Walnut displays diversity during Black History Month Ibrahim Munir, ‘19 WHHS is a diverse and culturally rich school, and students are taught to celebrate these differences and embrace them to learn more about other cultures. Black History Month is a way to learn more about African American history and the prominent figures who have provoked change and who still affect lives today.

WHHS’s Black Culture Club has been at the forefront of sharing Black History Month with the rest of the school for many years. This year, they have been sharing the background of prominent black figures in history, as well as inspiring quotes, on the announcements each day. They also held their own spirit week from Feb. 13 to Feb. 17, so all of WHHS could participate in Black History Month.

Jonathan Brown II, ‘19, has been a part of Black Culture Club for two years.

“I went to one meeting and fell in love with it. It was something to talk about, not just black people problems, but how issues that affect African Americans can affect oth-

er races as well,” Brown said.

Brown has also been personally affected by things he has learned about through Black History Month.

“The Brown/Blue Eyes Experiment really opened my eyes to how racism and segregation still exist and I really liked how [Jane Elliot] did it. She separated people with blue and brown eyes, and showed the blue eyed people acts of inequality and segregation, not only race but against homosexuality and other things, and you could see they were getting really upset and crying and it just opened my eyes to how much racism still exists,” Brown said.

Black Culture Club also spreads awareness of African American history outside of WHHS. Every second and third Thursday of the month, members go to Frederick Douglass Elementary School to teach the students more about African history.

Black History Month gives people the opportunity to learn more about African history, and WHHS students play a big role in educating the whole community.

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The history of Black History Month Pavan Yaddanapudi, ‘17 Black History Month is an annual commemoration and celebration of AfricanAmerican history and culture during the month of February. According to Julia Zorthian of Time, the event traces its roots to 1915 when a historian, Carter G. Woodson, and a minister, Jesse E. Moorland, established the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (ASNLH). Woodson and Moorland founded the ASNLH to recognize African-American achievements and contributions to American society.

Originally, Woodson had the idea to begin Negro History Week in order to draw exposure to the ASNLH, and to appeal to school systems. Woodson, along with other influential African-Americans of the time, wanted school systems to teach African-American history in a predominantly white history based curriculum.

According to History.com, the month of February was chosen because it is the birth month of prominent abolitionist Frederick Douglass and President Abraham Lincoln.

By the 1950s, Negro History Week was a widely celebrated affair, with politicians in the United States recognizing and bringing attention to it. Schools began to adopt Negro History Week as part of the class environment by holding history club meetings, lectures and celebrations.

The Civil Rights Movement brought coverage to Negro History Week by introducing the struggles of the African-American

population during the 1960s. The school textbooks during this time continued to focus solely on white Americans and their history while overlooking the contributions of the African-American society.

College campuses around the U.S. eventually became involved in Negro History Week, which later developed into Black History Month, according to History.com.

The Civil Rights Movement, in combination with Black History Month, brought awareness to black culture by increasing the discussion of African-American accomplishments in classrooms across the U.S. Woodson once said that “we should emphasize not Negro history, but the Negro in history. What we need is not a history of selected races or nations, but the history of the world void of national bias, race hate and religious prejudice.”

Carter’s dream of an appreciation for African-American accomplishments was fulfilled in 1976. President Gerald Ford officially acknowledged Black History Month, permanently transforming a movement into a nationally sanctioned event.

African-American history became an integral part of the American culture and has been broadly accepted ever since.

Each year, a theme is selected that serves as the overarching topic of interest. The theme for 2017 is “The Crisis in Black Education”, which explores the progress toward a better education for many African-American students.

The theme is meant to examine the conditions under which many African-Americans were subjected to in order to receive an education.

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The theme of Black History Month seeks to highlight a present and past issue, and bring awareness to the issue.

“Throughout the last quarter of the twentieth century and continuing today, the crisis in black education has grown significantly in urban neighborhoods where public schools lack resources... and confront policies that fail to deliver substantive opportunities,” according to a

summary provided by <ASALH100.org>.

In this way, Americans are introduced and informed of a longstanding issue in the U.S., and can contribute to a solution or bring greater awareness to the public of it.

By picking a theme such as “The Crisis in Black Education,” people become involved and create change within their communities.

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Problems surrounding parking, driving around school

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Krishyra Mitchell, ‘17 Matthew Youkilis, ‘19 Students who attend WHHS not only come from the surrounding area, but all over Cincinnati. Because of this, they come to school through various forms of transportation, including driving, walking and taking the bus.

Nevertheless, all students experience the before-school and after-school atmosphere in the parking lots and streets around WHHS. Many consider the current system to be generally successful. However, there are still aspects of driving and parking near the school that have potentially dangerous repercussions on everyone, whether they come by foot, car or bus.

One widely-recognized controversy is the illegal left turn out of Lot D onto Jonathan Ave. Cars trying to make this turn back up traffic as they wait for the turn to be open, which gridlocks the entire lot. Furthermore, the turn is illegal, and administration has tried to stop drivers from making the left turn by sending robo calls out to families and making announcements during the school day.

The lack of parking for students on campus also can have a negative impact because it forces many students to park off school campus.

Principal Jeffrey Brokamp recently conducted an investigative study to attempt to quantify this issue. The study found that at 9 a.m., when all students are at school, every spot on campus designated for student parking is taken. This likely means that some students are being forced to park off campus despite having bought a parking pass that allows them to park on campus.

Student Congress President Adam Sella has worked with Brokamp to try to find solutions to this issue.

“As [a] student congress, we can’t build parking lots but we can advocate for it. Mr. Brokamp, because he now has this information that there is no parking, he and Walnut will be looking to develop parking lots,” Sella said.

There has also been controversy in the past about students not being allowed to

park in teacher-only lots, such as Lot A, and violators can face serious repercussions.

The WHHS Information Handbook for Students and Parents says that “students are not permitted to park in faculty, staff and visitor parking areas during the school day.”

However, some students believe that this rule is unfair, especially when the teacher parking lots do not fill up completely.

Many also believe that driving around WHHS can be dangerous because of the number of new drivers and the lack of concrete rules in parking lot-like settings.

“That’s definitely one of the big reasons why Mr. Brokamp wants to build another parking lot,” Sella said. “Because students walking around [WHHS] before school starts or after school...could lead to problems.”

Overall, there are many aspects of parking and driving at WHHS that students and faculty believe could be improved. It is a part of WHHS that affects everyone, no matter where one comes from and how one travels.

In the end, as long as students remain safe and they arrive and leave efficiently, the system can be considered successful.

A student’s thoughts where after school, it’s pretty easy to not be as careful as you should be.

Krishyra Mitchell: What problems do you think there are at WHHS regarding driving and parking?

Isabella Noe: I think there’s definitely not enough parking spots, especially if you come late to school, like if you have a doctor’s appointment or if you have late arrival, there’s literally no where to park, except for the teachers’ lot, which you’re not allowed to do.

KM: Have you seen any specific instances of major problems such as accidents?

IN: Yeah, I’ve actually seen like four accidents coming out of Lot D. I don’t know if that’s because people are stupid or because that’s a real problem getting out of there on such a busy street, but I’ve seen a lot of accidents there.

KM: What do you think of the common illegal left turn at Lot D? IN: I think that most people don’t follow it, but when people turn left out of there it really messes up the whole traffic thing. I’m glad that they put [a sign] there, but nobody follows it.

KM: What do you think of the drama surrounding student and teacher lots?

IN: I think that sometimes I’ve gotten to school third or fourth bell and there’s 10 or 15 free spots in the teachers’ lot, so think it’s kind of ridiculous when they want to yell at you for parking there when all of the teachers have already gotten a spot.

KM: What would be your specific solution to these problems?

IN: I would say we either need more parking or the best thing we could do is have assigned parking spots.

KM: Are people polite, safe drivers around WHHS, in your opinion?

IN: No, because when you’re trying to turn left into one of the lots, all the people who are turning right, they [almost] never let you over.

You have to basically cut them off.

KM: Is there something that you think is a bigger problem than others?

IN: I definitely think late arrival is the bigger issue. It’s also really hard to get out of school, like after school, because of all the buses and all the parents who park in ridiculous locations to pick up their kids.

KM: How should people communicate better when driving and walking around WHHS? IN: I just think being courteous to other people, like letting other people pass, [would help]. And I think people need to stay on sidewalks and not walk in the middle of the street.

KM: Do you think drivers, especially students, at WHHS can drive recklessly?

IN: Yeah, I think that if you’re running late to class or have to get some-

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Try It: Viewpoints goes vegetarian For one week three writers of The Chatterbox went either vegan or vegetarian. Below are their reflections on the experience, but before you read them, it is important to understand what it means to be a vegan or vegetarian.

While there are different kinds of vegetarians -- Lacto-Ovo, Ovo and Lacto being just some of the titles -- there are a few rules that hold true across the spectrum: no meat, no seafood and no food products derived from either of the two. This

means (and I’m sorry if you thought otherwise), if you eat meat “just on the weekends”, or fish once a week, you can’t call yourself a vegetarian.

“Don’t [label yourself a vegetarian] if you don’t have the commitment,” SENIOR Alcid Jacobs said. Part of the mislabeling comes from miseducation on what vegans and vegetarians are -- which is why this experience is so important to write about.

Lacto-Ovo is the most common kind of vegetarian. These vegetarians eat dairy and eggs

in both their natural (whole eggs and milk) and altered (cake, ice cream, snacks) forms.

Lacto-Vegetarians and Ovo-Vegetarians are often those who plan to make the full transition to veganism at some point. Lacto-Vegetarians consume dairy but not eggs, while Ovo-Vegetarians consume eggs and not dairy.

Vegans don’t eat fish, meat, dairy, or egg products in any form.

SENIOR Ellie Cassedy, and Jacobs, advise that

before you go vegan or vegetarian, you should do your research and ease yourself into the process.

They said the hardest parts are getting started and overcoming naysaying remarks that may come from your friends, family or others For more information, there are documentaries on Netflix and Youtube addressing environmental, ethical and health issues surrounding the meat, dairy and egg industries.

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Symia Grayson, ‘17 When we decided to do a meat-free week, I committed fully to veganism.

Since I had previously been vegetarian for over a year and a half, I felt it would be cheating to only go back to that.

Because of previous diets, I knew of healthy alternatives around eating just salads everyday. It was actually quite fun to build my meals again. Meal prepping pasta, rice and bean dishes made everything simple.

Throwing in some Chipotle, Oreos and potato chips was nice too. I hardly even noticed the lack of dairy and eggs until day six. But while eating at home is easy, finding the hidden ingredients at restaurants definitely isn’t.

Hidden butter and egg washes are the worst!

Overall, the week went pretty smoothly.

At the end of the week, I had my one and only slip up: Starbucks. I didn’t even realize what I was doing until it was too late.

One second I’m accepting a free sample of some sweet smelling snickerdoodle espresso, the next I’m staring down at the remanence of whip cream in the bottom of a cute red cup. I won’t lie, I kind of felt like a failure.

In that one week (even with the mistake) I reminded myself that it was completely possible to go on without relying on meat, dairy, and eggs everyday.

Allison Meier, ‘19 When we decided to do a meat-free week, I committed fully to veganism.

Since I had previously been vegetarian for over a year and a half, I felt it would be cheating to only go back to that.

Because of previous diets, I knew of healthy alternatives around eating just salads everyday. It was actually quite fun to build my meals again. Meal prepping pasta, rice and bean dishes made everything simple.

Throwing in some Chipotle, Oreos and potato chips was nice too. I hardly even noticed the lack of dairy and eggs until day six. But while eating at home is easy, finding the hidden ingredients at restaurants definitely isn’t.

Hidden butter and egg washes are the worst!

Overall, the week went pretty smoothly.

At the end of the week, I had my one and only slip up: Starbucks. I didn’t even realize what I was doing until it was too late.

One second I’m accepting a free sample of some sweet smelling snickerdoodle espresso, the next I’m staring down at the remanence of whip cream in the bottom of a cute red cup. I won’t lie, I kind of felt like a failure.

In that one week (even with the mistake) I reminded myself that it was completely possible to go on without relying on meat, dairy, and eggs everyday.

Emily Glazer, ‘17 I’ve always thought about becoming vegetarian and this challenge was a good way to try it out. My interest in becoming vegetarian sparked from rumors I’ve heard on the internet about meat. While I didn’t eat meat for a week, I inevitably became more self aware of the other foods I eat.

I want to know what exactly is going into my body. The meatless diet wasn’t too difficult for me, but abstaining from tuna fish was a harder struggle than I thought. Over the course of the week I found alternatives to typical junk foods. If I was craving chips, I ate pretzel crisps. When I was craving something sweet, I would eat dried fruit instead of candy. unk foods weren’t the only alternatives I found. I would eat tuna fish a lot before this challenge. If there wasn’t anything else in the house to eat, I would make a can.

This week I couldn’t, and I didn’t think it would be hard, but it was. So, I made a faux tuna salad made from chickpeas. It tasted like tuna and even had a similar texture.

Although I didn’t come out of this challenge a committed vegetarian, I am more likely to buy organic foods in the future. And while I may not be a vegetarian now, this challenge did give me a chance to reflect on what I eat and turn my unhealthy habits around. Who knows?

Maybe one day I will become a vegetarian.

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Poetry team slams competition Isabel Nissley, ‘20 Delaney Owens, ‘21

A student stands before a hushed audience. There is no music and no special effects, but only three minutes to blow everyone away. This is the stage of a slam poet.

In the next months, students from all over Cincinnati will come together to compete in poetry slams -- competitions celebrating performance poetry. The WHHS poetry slam team has been sending students to the “Louder Than a Bomb” poetry slam for three years.

WHHS’ slam poetry team consists of six members, including returning champions Lily Adams, ‘19, and Lena Alpern, ‘18. New voices this year include Lola Alwawi, ‘19, Essenam Lamewona, ‘18 and SENIORS Skye Vaske and Jhariah Wadkins. These students are able to express their thoughts through performing.

“I like to express and when I perform, I really feel what I’m saying,” Wadkins said.

Students write about topics ranging from politics to self identity, inspired by personal experiences or other art.

“I like to talk about discrimination and current events,” Alwawi said.

“He did not hesitate to harvest the honeysuckles growing so gingerly on my tongue.” SENIOR Skye Vaské

As Wadkins performs one of his poems, “Reflections”, he begins his reading slowly, building up his passion with every word he speaks. By the end, he has poured heart and soul into the performance.

“My favorite part is the performance because usually when I perform, I might not feel passion before I perform, but when I perform, it’s like the passion comes back, and I really believe in what I’m saying. I feel good when I finish because I feel like I got a point across and that people know a bit about me,” Wadkins said.

At a poetry slam, performers compete either as individuals or in teams. Four to five judges score the performers on a scale from one to ten based on factors including physical presence, voice quality, dramatic appropriateness and level of sophistication.

Performers from 10 to 12 schools competed in the regional competition hosted

by Elementz Studio. Three to four teams and eight to ten individuals will be at semi finals in March, and finals are in April.

“In the first year we won second place, and last year we won first place,” advisor, teacher Kyle Scudder said. “So this year we want to win first or second hopefully.”

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“But it’s not appreciation When your representation Lacks the preservation of roots.”

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“I heard about the ban. I have relatives overseas.

I’ve always had a dream to bring them here so they can live freely.”

Lola Alwawi, ‘19

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African Drum and Dance Ensemble Sofia Tollefson, ‘21

On Feb. 17 during fifth bell, the African Drum and Dance Ensemble performed.

An estimated 50 people taking part in the event, there were colorful costumes, powerful drumming and lively dancing.

The ensemble is directed by teacher Charles Ferrara and has been at WHHS for 18 years. It is the longest running African Drum and Dance Ensemble at a high school in the country.

The training started on Feb. 12 and participants practiced every day after school the following week. Students were encouraged to try both the drumming and the dancing.

They also traveled around to other schools and performed -- one including Pleasant Ridge Montessori, where the entire school came to the performance.

Ferrara was first introduced to an African Drum and Dance Ensemble at the college he attended -- Miami University.

Ferrara thought it was very cool but was too busy to participate. After he had become a teacher, he decided to travel to Ghana and study there for the summer. Then he went to a couple of villages up north and practiced drumming and dancing. Ferrara came back and when he arrived at WHHS he decided to bring the event here. “[One of my favorite parts is] watching the students try it, that’s what it’s all about,” Ferrara said.

“It’s amazing around the world, we’re so used to ‘you go home, you put down your

stuff, you turn on the television the radio, you get a snack out of the fridge’. There is always a routine. In Africa -- in Ghana -- their routine is ‘you wake up, you play music and the village watches you as you play music’.

Music is just as much a part of their daily life as a television, or your phone or anything is to you. So that’s what’s really interesting about that culture -- the importance of music,” Ferrara said about him enjoying studying world culture through music.

Ferrara’s advice to people thinking about joining is that “everyone should try something that’s out of their comfort zone”.

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Boo Radley brings smiles to WHHS Caroline Horvath, ‘20 Ever gotten an anonymous, kind note in your locker? Or seen a teacher receive an appreciation gift? The culprit may be the Boo Radley club, a club dating back many years.

Co-presidents of the Boo Radley club, Isaac Smitherman and Kendall Young, ‘18, have been bringing smiles to the WHHS community for four years.

“The purpose of the club is to do random acts of kindness for the school and community,” Smitherman said.

The club’s name comes from Harper Lee’s character, Boo Radley, in “To Kill a Mockingbird”. He is the somewhat mysterious neighbor who leaves gifts for others throughout the novel.

“Boo Radley connects to our club because we try to embody the idea of doing random acts of kindness when nobody’s watching,” Smitherman said.

The club sells “Boo Grams” around Halloween and Valentine’s day for students to send to friends or teachers as a surprise gift.

“We hope that every once in awhile we can make people smile with our locker cards and teacher appreciation gifts and all the other things we do,” Smitherman said.

Eighth graders at WHHS read To Kill a Mockingbird in English class. They learn about the mystery that is Boo Radley and also discover the meaning behind the club at WHHS with his name.

The club wants to make the WHHS community brighter and uplifting one locker note and gift at a time. Any students can help the club by attending club meetings every Wednesday after school in art teacher Catherine George’s room (2715) to make notes and crafts for other students.

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Dear Piper: Latin confusion

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Dear P iper Peanut, I HAT E L atin. It doesn’t make any sense and it takes me too long to do homework. Now I just t ry to f ind t he t ranslations online to save time. In class I still don’t know what’s going on and I’m afraid I’m going to fail t he class. How do I survive L atin?

Sincerely St ruggling Stephan

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Many incoming students initially find Latin to be the most problematic class at WHHS. Yet learning the language is part of what makes this school so unique, despite the trouble it may cause some students. If you are struggling in Latin, cheating is not the solution.

The minute you fall behind in a class is the moment you should carve out the time to catch back up. Also known as “academic dishonesty,” cheating makes classes harder in the long run -- not easier. Sometimes it is very tempting; why spend an hour on ten lines of Latin when you can find the translations online, or beg a

Congratulations to the Walnut Hills bowling team for a great season!

friend to send a picture of their homework? Your teacher may not notice cheating when they skim through your binder, but they certainly will notice something’s up when you constantly perform poorly on in-class assessments.

The purpose of homework is to help you understand the content.

So if you are struggling with the content, the solution is to spend extra time on homework. Never having time to do homework is really never managing time efficiently.

Remember, teachers do not want you to fail. WHHS teachers usually show sympathy for students who are struggling. They assign

homework every night because they have to get through the curriculum, not because they do not like you. Teachers want their students to ask questions so that they can best help you succeed.

If you feel you don’t understand something, ask questions about it. If you still cannot comprehend your teacher’s explanations, attend help nights or find a tutor.

In fact, there are a lot of free sources of academic help available in and outside of WHHS. After school Tuesday through Thursday in the faculty lunchroom, Carpe Diem program offers tutoring for math and Latin from older students and

teachers. The internet is a great place to find study guides, and auditory and visual learning aids.

When it comes to figuring out Latin -- think about the long term, not short term. When you decide to cheat, you are not saving time, you are ultimately losing it. The combination of doing your homework, preparing for quizzes and tests and actively seeking help when you fall behind, all play a role in improving your grade. And though it might be a tedious process, homework is a step to success.

Keep working hard, Piper Peanut

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Girls’ varsity are ECC Champions Emma Farrell, ‘18

This past season the girls basketball team at WHHS has made a great accomplishment in earning the title of the Eastern Cincinnati Conference (ECC) championship. It was through working hard at practice and playing as a team that they were able to accomplish the goal that they have had since the beginning of the season.

Coach Lazar has had this dream of winning the ECC championship for three years and is very happy that this year he and his team were able to accomplish this feat. He hopes that next season they will be able to continue this upward trend of success, but said that it depends on the girls and how much they want to work off season.

Izzy Gibbon, ‘18, has been playing on the varsity team for three years. Gibbon said that she believed that winning the ECC brought a precedent and new standards to the team for upcoming seasons.

This team has created a family that worked together to accomplish their goal and by working hard they were able to do so as a team.

“We are creating a new image for [WHHS] girls’ basketball because of our camaraderie on and off the court,” Gibbon said.

The girls have skills that they perfect each day at practice and they learn to work together and learn from each other. This has created a strong team that has proven “a lot of people wrong as well as also showing a lot of growth as a program,” Gibbon said.

“I believe that by winning the ECC we are setting a tone for the future of our program. We are creating an atmosphere and standard for future players to come.”

Izzi Gibbon, ‘18

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Meet ECC wrestler of the year: Quinton Mincy Michael Sweeny, ‘17 Over the last few years, WHHS has seen its fair share of exceptional athletes in a variety of sports, such as basketball, football, baseball and soccer to name a few. However the wrestling program has not seen talent as that of SENIOR Quinton Mincy.

Mincy has become one of the more decorated athletes to be involved in WHHS athletics. He has signed to wrestle for the University of Chicago, was recently named ECC wrestler of the year and intends to qualify for the exclusive Ohio State Wrestling Tournament.

Since WHHS revived the wrestling program five years ago after a very long hiatus, Mincy has helped turn the team into a very competitive program with the guidance of his father, who is also the head coach. This relationship at first was not something the younger Mincy was looking forward to.

“I really didn’t like it at first but I gradually grew to accept his advice and leadership, which ultimately led to advancing my talent and becoming the wrestler I am today,” he said.az As his career is seeing a close, Mincy hopes to be recognized as one of the best wrestlers to come out of the school.

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Varsity Diver competes in her last High School meet:

Audrey Cappanari

Ryleigh Sanborn, ‘21

This season, the WHHS Swimming and Diving team has over 61 top 30 rankings in the Eastern Cincinnati Conference, including a first place ranking in one meter diving by SENIOR Audrey Capannari.

Capannari began diving at the age of four and hasn’t stopped since.

“It’s always kinda stuck, everytime I think about a sport that’s just all I wanna do,” Capannari said.

Capannari qualified for districts after placing in the top 24 at sectionals; after placing top seven at Sectionals, she also qualified for what will be her final state meet as a high schooler.

“There’s a lot of great divers and you always want to do your best,” Capannari said when asked what it feels like to be at the top of the ECC. She also mentioned her pre-meet ritual of going over her dives in order to prepare.

When asked about bonding with teammates, despite it being such an individual sport, she mentioned that, along with meets and practices together, they all share the same goal of scoring points for WHHS. As for Capannari’s goals for the future, she hopes to dive competitively in college.

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Shakespearean Swap

Briana Bishop, ‘18 Directions: Ask a friend to provide words that fit the description provided in the key for each number. Once a word has been provided for every number in the key, read the text aloud—substituting the blank spaces for the words suggested by your friend—for a more amusing read than the original Hamlet.

Hamlet: To 1._______, or not to 2._______--that is the question: Whether ‘tis more 3._______ in the mind to 4._______ The 5._______ and 6._______ of 7.________ fortune Or to take 8._______ against a sea of 9._______ And by opposing end them. To die, to 10._______-No more--and by a 11._______ to say we end The heartache, and the thousand 12.________ shocks That flesh is heir to. ‘Tis a 13._______ Devoutly to be wished. To die, to 14.________-To 15._______--perchance to dream: ay, there’s the 16._________, For in that 17._______ of death what dreams may come When we have shuffled off this mortal 18._______, Must give us pause: there’s the respect That makes calamity of so 19._______ life.

Key: 1. Verb 2. Verb 3. Adjective 4. Verb 5. Weapon (Plural) 6. Weapon (Plural) 7. Adjective 8. Noun 9. Animal (Plural) 10. Verb

11. Noun 12. Adjective 13. Noun 14. Verb 15. Verb 16. Noun 17. Verb 18. Noun 19. Adjective

Coloring Sudoku

Sarah Hansen, ‘17 Brianna Jones, ‘17 Directions: Using the following instructions and a coloring implement of your choice, fill in the sudoku grid to reveal an image. Mirror the design in A-M over the N column, leaving N blank, to color in O-AA.

For the N column, color the following design: Black: 1, 17, 25

Black: D 15-20, E 14, E 21, F 13, F 22, G 12, G 23, H 10-12, H 24, I 12, I 24, I 5-9, J 2-3, J 14-22, J 24 , K1, K6, K 23-24, K 15, L 1, L 5, L 16, L 25, M1, M6, M17, M25

Blue or Brown: 18-24

Blue or Brown: E 15-20, F 14-21, G 13-22, H 13-23, I 13-23, J 23, K 16-22, L 17-24, M 18-24

Yellow or Orange: 9-14

Yellow or Orange: H 25-27, I 25-27, J 25-27, L 10-11, M 9-13

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D E

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J K

L M N O

P Q

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S T U V W X

Y Z AA

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Answers to all puzzles and games can be found online at <whhscbox.com>.