Tuesday, November 16th, 2015 Issue 4 Annual JROTC Fall Ball By: Chris Phelps—Staff The JROTC Fall Ball was held on November 8th, including special guests, former LET 1 instructor Sergeant Major Griffin and his wife. The ball honors the spirit of the cadet, the ultimate sacrifice many soldiers made for us all to be here, and traditions of the military. The JROTC instructors are constantly improving the ball every year with the goal of 100% attendance for every cadet. improve next year. The current LET 1 instructor, Sergeant Critser said, “Military balls are a good experience for the cadets to come together as one team.” Twelve senior cadets gave inspiring speeches about how the JROTC program influenced their lives in a positive way. This year, a punch was made with several different ingredients to symbolize the rite of passage to be a cadet. It looked like pink lemonade, but tasted rancid. Dinner was fine, but they hope to improve next year. Everyone went nuts out on the dance floor with several requests, slow dances, and free for all danc- ing. Next year’s ball is the first week of November 2016, so we expect more people to show up.

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1 The New Diving Right into the Season Season By Jessica Bowler—Staff By: Ebony Nash—Staff The first Danville High Mr. Long says that they haven’t started yet School Girls Basketball game of the season is on anything but they are smaller than they were on the 24th, home vs Paris, IL. Some will be last year. Everything for the swim team starts the main rivals are Champaign Central, November 23rd and ends February 27th when they Centennial, Urbana, and Normal Community. go to state. Mr. Anderson said, “The Girls’ Their first upcoming event is at home on Basketball team wants to compete regional December 5th but they go to Urbana also on the championship. My biggest concern the size same day. He says that he believes the season is and the healthiness of the team. going to be pretty good even though they are Alexis Hoskins a senior said, “My goal smaller, if they put in enough effort. is to win regionals. I am looking forward to They have their first meeting on Tuesday, spending time with my teammates and hav- November 10th. They are going to get prepared for ing fun. We had practice for only two days their events by practicing every day. They will but it is hard work and fun.” practice for 6 days every week, Monday through Saturday for 2 ½ hours every day. Mr. Long also Caitline Wolfe said, “My personal goal says his main goal is to make the kids better this season is to improve on my skills. I am swimmers and better student athletes. looking forward to a successful season with my team. The season hasn’t really started yet but it’s going to be a great season.”

Wrestling Preview By: Marcus C. Coe—Staff With wrestling season coming up soon, the wrestling team has been work- ing hard in practices and open gyms to prepare since the beginning of October. Their first match will be held on November 28th. “Our main focus of improvement this year is having more confidence and finishing their shots,” said Coach Tetter. He also mentioned making improvements himself by humbling himself more and broadening his willingness to listen. He did admit that his biggest weakness as a coach is that he is “too nice.” The main goal for the wrestling team is to grow and develop more, but coach says for him to count this season as a success he would like “to beat all the county schools, have a 500 record, and have all his seniors make it to sectionals.” The wrestling team will be selling popcorn at concession stands as a fundraiser this year so please support your school’s wrestling team and help raise their funds by buying popcorn at events.

2 Changes to the Village Mall

By: Ben Stine, Nick Goodman, Rakiya Rhodes—Staff The Danville Village mall was once considered as a fun place to hang out when it held a rich variety of entertainment and quality stores to shop in, but due to the fact that they raised the rent in the mall many stores left because and now the village mall only has 21 stores in it and no food court.. In order to attempt to bring the mall back to life the DHS news staff have named some very well-known stores. These three stores are Hot Topic, PINK, and Finish Line. Hot Topic- has a wide variety of trendy clothes that will most certainly attract the attention of teenagers such as; Pink which has numerous amounts of cute clothes to choose from that will appeal to most girls, and Finish Line which has a bunch of sports equipment that is just perfect for all sports goers. Another thing that would satisfy customers in the Village Mall is a food court. These food places could potentially be, a Chicken-Fil-A, Subs and More, and Panda Express.

Witnessing Crucible Unequal Rights By Ben Stine—Staff

By Jessica Bowler—Staff The DHS fall play is “The Crucible” Employment on reservations are hard to written by Arthur C Miller and directed Ms. come by. The largest employers are Tribal and Alcantara, the play takes place in Salem Federal Governments. Many households earn on- during the 1800’s. The play is rife with ly social security, disability, and veteran’s income. emotion and betrayal and teaches some very important Depending on the reservation 4-8 out of 10 Indians are unemployed. 90,000 Native Americans The main character John Proctor was are homeless. 30% of houses are crowded and less portrayed by Carter Hambley, Reverend Hale than 50% of home utilities are connected to a was played by Dakota Ritchey, Elizabeth public sewer. Indians don’t have phones, running Proctor was played by Hailey Youhas, and water, or electricity. Since they don’t have them it Jacob Techtow Reverend Paris. The acting increases health risk on the reservations. was phenomenal. The show made a great Especially where there is no accessible health use of props. When one of the characters care. was arrested they were locked up in a cell on the stage and the last few acts took place My opinion on this matter seems unequal. inside of the cell. The government should give wel- fare to Indians, since a lot of them are on the streets with no home. I think the government should build bigger houses and develop more jobs for them.

3 Orme in the Spotlight

By: Kayla Liggett—Staff Elizabeth Orme was chosen by the DHS journalism staff as the staff spotlight for the week of November 9th-13th. Before Mrs. Orme began working at DHS, she enjoyed meeting new people and learning new things about them. She thinks people are interesting and hated learning in high school because she would learn things that didn’t apply to what she wanted to do as a career when she was older. When asked, she said she enjoys working with DHS students because they are fun, funny, and great to work with. “My Favorite phrase is turn up,” said Mrs. Orme, “because it’s a lot more fun to say ‘Ahhh turn up’ rather than “wow that’s exciting”. On her free time she loves to do ballroom dancing, exercising, and doing anything that has to do with arts and crafts.

The Life of Mrs. Porter By Skyah Davis—Staff Coming from Liberty Elementary Mrs. Porter, our head principle of the global house, has started working here at DHS at the beginning of the 2015 - 2016 school year. Mrs. Porter is from Wheaton, IL where she graduated from college. She moved to Danville in 1996. She has gotten married and had 2 kids since then. "I wasn't a very good student. My parents al- ways insisted on work ethic, and that's how I got where I am today." Mrs.Porter says. When she was in high school she was always in athletics. That's how she knew she wanted to be an athletic teacher or coach of some sort. Mrs. Porter started her teaching career in Danville, right after college. She was a Physical Educa- tion teacher, along with coaching basketball from 1996-2002. "I got my Administrative Degree in 2003, knowing that one day I'd like to work in ad- ministration. Working here has done a lot for her. She feels more comfortable around staff, she's learned a lot, met many new people, overcame many challenges, and has seen a lot of great things happen here at DHS. "I've been so blessed to work in this office, with this administration. Without Mrs. Parker I would be lost." Mrs. Porter said. 4 Best In The NBA? Numbers Never Lie! By J.D. Richardson—Editor

Sometimes you hear the students in halls, in the cafeteria, or even in the classrooms fighting about a few things. #1 issue for male students to fight about at DHS? Who is the best player in the NBA. Simple as that. That one question alone can lead to hours upon hours of discussion and debating. The typical names come up: LeBron James, , , Kevin Durant, , , etc. Is there really a correct answer? Students around DHS can agree that each player has a special role to their own team. Anthony Davis, power forward for the New Orleans Pelicans, has made a huge impact in the NBA for only being in the league 3 years. This season Davis is averaging 24 points per game, 9 rebounds per game, and a 47.5% percentage. Then you have a guy who missed a lot of games last season, played for the Super Sonics (When they were around), and is “the real MVP,” Thunder Kevin Durant. Durant is averaging an impressive 28.1 points per game, 7.3 rebounds per game and an outstanding 50.3% field goal percentage. Right across the court however has OKC’s very own point guard Russell Westbrook. Westbrook is averaging 25.8 points per game, 7.5 rebounds per game, and 10.9 per game this season. Now, here is someone who used to play alongside Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook in OKC; shooting guard James Harden is currently averaging 28.9 points per game, 5.8 rebounds per game and a not so great 37.6% field goal percentage this season. Then you have the big names, and I mean BIG names. LeBron James, we all know him, some of us love him, some of us hate him. But there is one thing we all can agree on though; James has had a one of the big- gest impacts on the league in a while. In fact, in my opinion the last player to have an impact this big is proba- bly . Yeah I said it, Jordan. I mean LeBron is the fastest player in history to reach 25,000 ca- reer points. This season with the Cleveland Cavaliers however, he is averaging 25.3 points per game, 6.6 re- bounds per game, and a 50% field goal percentage. There is no doubt that LeBron has had a huge impact on the league, but last year we had a new impact on the league. An impact that the NBA has never had before. The 6’ 3” point guard from the , Stephen Curry. It seems as if this man very rarely misses a 3 point shot. Curry won the 2014-2015 NBA MVP after last season he averaged about 25 points a game and 49% field goal percentage. So far this season Curry is averaging 31.9 points per game, 5.8 assist per game, and an amazing 52% field goal percent- age. So, since the stats have been brought to you we at the Maroon & White decided to take a little poll. The Question; who is the best NBA player right now? James Harden, Anthony Davis, Russell Westbrook, Kevin Durant, LeBron James, and Stephen Curry were the players that were on the poll. The Top three vote getters may surprise people. OKC point Guard Russell Westbrook got 11.1% of the votes, which is not that bad con- sidering his teammate Kevin Durant (2013-2014 NBA MVP) was also on the ballot. Then you had LeBron James receiving 32% of the votes. Ol’ King James, I mean does it really shock anyone that he would get that many? 2- time NBA Champion, 2-time NBA Finals MVP, 4-time NBA MVP, 2004 NBA Rookie of the Year, started in Cleveland then took his talents to South Beach and back to Cleve- land again, and a 2-time NBA All-Star MVP. ”He makes everyone around him better and he can score at will, just check his stats,” says Senior Jordan Cunningham and perhaps the biggest LeBron fan I know. “He’s an amazing player with a gift from God.” The leading vote getter, Stephen Curry, received 48% of the votes. Curry won last years MVP and is on pace to win this years MVP as well (arguably). Senior Tommy Session says, “He won MVP last season and continues to play like one this season.” Last season Curry and the rest of his talented Warrior squad beat LeB- ron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers to win the 2014-2015 NBA Championship. So DHS, I will let the conversation continue. Who is the best player right now? But know this, Numbers Never Lie.

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