The Hilltopper Volume 79 Issue 4 Wednesday, January 10, 2018

2018 Pop Culture preview by Steve Lang Voices in the Hall by Noah Balser, Jacob Horton, The dawn of the new year signals the dawn by Luis and Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Corey Kempe of entertainment releases, which makes 2018 Bieber; The Story of O.J. by JAY-Z; HUMBLE a highly anticipated year for new movies and by Kendrick Lamar; and 24K Magic by Bruno A new year means new resolutions. music. Mars. Song of the Year nominees include: Some of our students shared what Despacito by Luis and Daddy Yankee featur- changes they hope to make in 2018. Music ing Justin Bieber; 4:44 by JAY-Z, Issues by Ju- Due to the obscurity of the music lia Michaels; 1-800-273-8255 by Logic featur- industry relating to the dates of release, some ing Cara & Khalid; and That’s What I Like by artists have either teased a new release or have Bruno Mars. The Best New Artist Nominees My 2018 resolution not set a launch date in stone. However, artists are: Cara, Khalid, Lil Uzi Vert, Julia Michaels is...“To be better.” who are projected to release in 2018 include and SZA. A Grammy nomination was given to Edwin Vardiman the following list. the late Chris Cornell for Best Rock Perfor- Senior Pop rock sensation, The 1975, are mance for his song The Promise. releasing their third studio album entitled Mu- sic for Cars. The rumored date for the album’s Movies debut is June 1, 2018, but it is not confirmed. The new year is not only going to be The Artic Monkeys are releasing a big year for just music releases; 2018 is go- their sixth studio album. The rock band stated ing to be a very big year for cinema, too. This that if their new record was not out in 2018 year will see the theaters presenting the fol- My 2018 resolution is that something was wrong. lowing. to... “Drink more Singer/Songwriter Børns has said Avengers: Infinity War to be released Gatorade.” that he has a new record projected to be an on May 14, 2018. Infinity War will be another Emma Armstrong early 2018 release. combination of the Marvel Cinematic Uni- Junior Three-time Grammy award winning verse tying in the universes of the pre-existing rock band Tool has a long-awaited project due Avengers and the Guardians of the Galaxy uni- out in 2018. Their highly anticipated untitled verse. work is the first release by the band since their Solo: A Star Wars movie is going 2006 release 10,000 Days. to hit the theaters on May 25, 2018, and this Additionally, some artists have a movie is going to be a spin-off origin story of My 2018 resolution is... confirmed concrete 2018 release date project- the famous hero, Han Solo. “To get better grades.” ed. Including.... Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom is a Keeyle Reitman Highly acclaimed pop rock act Fall direct sequel to 2015’s Jurassic World featur- Sophomore Out Boy with the project Mania to be released ing Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard both re- on January 18, 2018. The album’s initial single prising their roles as Owen and Claire, respec- Young and Menace was released in 2017 to tively, and will even see the return of original mixed reviews. cast member Jeff Goldblum in his role as Ian Long running heavy metal act Ju- Malcom. das Priest is seeing their 19th studio album The lncredibles II, a long-awaited released on March 16, 2018. Judas Priest had sequel to the 2004 animated hit The Incredi- My 2018 resolution is their first studio album released in 1974 and bles featuring a vast majority of the original to... “Help out around still maintains a relatively consistent line up cast coming back to reprise their roles. the house.” with original singer Rob Halford and others Deadpool 2 which will have a re- Eli Aubrey returning to record the new album. lease date for June 1, 2018. Ryan Reynolds is Freshman The Grammys music awards are set returning to play the anti-hero in the movie and to be hosted on January 28, 2018. The Gen- will also feature Morena Baccarin as Copycat. eral Field category lists nominees for Record For both music and movies, the new of the Year, Song of the Year and Best New year is going to be one for the books seeing Artist. For Record of the Year the nominees how several long-awaited projects are going are: Redbone by Childish Gambino; Despacito to release to the public this year in addition to new surprises. H2 Wednesday, January 10, 2018 The Hilltopper

Random Student: Sophomore shares story by Avery Feinaur Here at Highlands, every stu- this school year. He said, “The dent is unique. No matter how school year has been fantastic. much we think we know about I was surprised by how hard AP our peers, we always have more Seminar and AP World History to discover. In order to find these are.” hidden stories and share them Although he has never been with the community, the journal- out of the country, Joshua has ism department chooses a ran- traveled to some pretty interest- dom student to interview. Soph- ing places. The furthest that he omore Joshua Lohner agreed to has traveled was to Yellowstone be the random student for this National Park, which is mostly issue of The Hilltopper. in Wyoming and spreads into excellent career that he would Joshua moved to the Fort parts of Montana and Idaho, too. want to pursue. Thomas Independent Schools His favorite place to travel is To find out more about the stu- district after finishing the second Michigan. dents at Highlands, like Joshua, grade at an elementary school By the end of his high school just ask questions. It is surpris- in Boone County. He started career, Joshua hopes to keep his ing what you can discover when third grade as a Johnson Jaguar grades up. His biggest accom- you try to get to know someone. and has been a member of the plishment so far was winning district ever since. Joshua said, second place at a chess tourna- “The transition was fine. I made ment. a friend right away.” When asked about his plans Find and like us on Now, as a sophomore, Josh- for the future, Joshua said, “I Facebook at Highlands ua spends most of his time with would like to go to UC because High School Journalism! his friends. His hobbies include it is close by and is a pretty de- playing video games, card games cent school.” and soccer. He is also in the He also hopes to become a coding club and on the archery programmer because he finds team. So far, Joshua has enjoyed programming exciting and an

FCCLA hopes students will ‘Dance Sepsis Away’ by Heaven Stidham & Madison Mocahbee

FCCLA stands for Fam- Mrs. Wagner, FCCLA spon- sponsor for this benefit. This ily, Career and Community sor, said, “Sepsis can really af- fundraiser will have food, mu- Leaders of America. This orga- fect adults and can take a very sic, drinks and games. Any and nization helps raise money for healthy lifestyle and turn it into everyone is invited to come and different functions, helps set up a very bad and unhealthy life- have fun in the games and activi- school dances and does commu- style”. ties. nity service. FCCLA is planning to host Hope to see you there and help Over the course of the past a new fundraiser at Highlands. spread the word for this amazing three years, FCCLA has raised On January 19, at 8pm, the first cause. money to help people with leu- Dance-a-thon will begin in the kemia. This year the students gym, and it will end on Satur- at Highlands High school who day, January 20, at 8am. Ticket are a part of FCCLA chose to sales will start the week of the Follow us on Twitter raise money to help people with fundraiser, and the price is still @hhs_journalism sepsis. Sepsis is caused by a re- undetermined. sponse to a large number of bac- FCCLA is hoping to raise any- teria causing infection, which where from $1,000 to $1,500 or can get in the blood. Usually more. The name of this fundrais- sepsis can lead to organ failure er is “Dance Sepsis Away”. or other deadly reactions. FCCLA is still in need of a The Hilltopper Wednesday, January 10, 2018 H3

Net Neutrality: What you need to know by Sydney Cooper In 2014, the Fort Thomas Indepen- providers (ISPs), like AT&T and Com- they had before this ruling, purely be- dent Schools integrated the use of lap- cast, say Title II allows the FCC to in- cause those are competing services to tops into the learning curriculum for flict higher rates on their customers and Hulu, which Comcast is a major inves- students in the middle school. In 2015, will discourage them from upgrading tor in. the District added the high school into their networks. What this means for the The FCC believes that Net Neutrality the equation. Now, in 2018, every stu- American people is that the FCC, more is hindering the growth of ISPs despite dent in elementary, middle and high specifically FCC chairman Ajit Pai, is a lack of concrete evidence. Examples school is using an Apple product in attempting to repeal the 2015 decision of this are Google and Amazon who their daily educational curriculum. The of Net Neutrality wherein internet con- are calling this blatant misinformation reason for this was to enhance the learn- nectivity is treated as a Title II Utility and have supplied the FCC with their ing process and bring students into the and ISPs are forced to treat all data they studies proving their own accelerated 21st century. However, this may have supply equally. This gives ISPs the abil- growth under Net Neutrality. all been in vain. ity to regulate any data from any source Spencer Manyet, junior, said, “I be- Net Neutrality is the principle that they want to. They can do this to any- lieve this is not a name game of Lib- internet service providers (i.e. AT&T, one the ISPs deem out of line with their eral vs Conservative or Democrats vs Verizon, CenturyLink) should enable views, and they would be wiped off the Republicans and that you should avoid access to all content and applications web, and freedom of speech, expression biases that say it is; this is an issue in regardless of the source and without and press doesn’t mean anything if you consumer detriment, in both their fi- favoring or blocking particular prod- can’t talk. However, more on the real- nances and their freedoms. This ruling ucts or websites. This is the process that istic side of the situation, the average benefits regionally monopolistic ISPs has been around since the beginning of consumer’s internet prices are doomed and Pai alone at the direct expense of the internet, but the Federal Commu- to fly through the roof as ISPs set up vir- American’s wallets and liberties.” nications Commission (FCC) wants to tual toll booths on all competing sites. The bill has already passed the FCC change that. The best example of this would be with a vote of 3-2; however, Congress The FCC has now reclassified broad- how for all Comcast users, access speed can overturn agency actions by invok- band as a so-called Title II telecom- to Netflix or Prime TV will either plum- ing a Congressional Review Act (CRA). munications service under the 1934 met, or customers will be forced to pay If the bill of Net Neutrality does pass Communications Act. Internet service a premium to receive the same service Congress, the way that Americans use the Internet, will never be the same.

High schoolers help middle schoolers soar by Maddi McIntosh People always hear about the middle about not getting a position though! “We school musical every year, but there’s never also want to make sure that we are spreading talk about the high schoolers involved. Who the wealth. If we have the same students do all is involved? What positions are offered? the same jobs all of the time, then we are not Here’s how the high schoolers involved growing a program and giving opportunities make the show happen! to people. However, at the same time, people Many more high schoolers are involved in need to prove that they deserve a chance and the middle school musical than most people the possibility,” Mr. Burgess explained. He know. Whenever the middle school musical always wants to give equal opportunity to shows are put on, there are always head po- everyone if they are quality. sitions available for high schoolers. In this The positions are limited though. The only year’s show, Peter Pan, 40 students were as- positions a high schooler can have are head signed head positions by Mr. Burgess and his positions directing middle schoolers. Not technical director, Kyle Tiemann. “We talk only are the heads all high schoolers, the about how they carried themselves in the in- entire stage management is. A special posi- terview, what they have done in the past and tion was added this year for Peter Pan: flight how they have contributed in the past. We table operator. Whoever has a position in this schoolers as I do adults. I have no worries talk about have they been team players, are field will help lift the main characters off the about their abilities in this production,” Mr. they ready for leadership,” said Mr. Burgess. stage by wires. But why would Mr. Burgess Burgess said. Anybody can try out for a position, but leave such an important job to high school- The high schoolers have proven in the past people must meet qualifications and show ers? “Because it is an awesome experience! to have done a phenomenal job. The same is responsibility for such a job. Don’t worry I have as much faith (if not more) in high predicted for Peter Pan! The Hilltopper Wednesday, January 10, 2018 H4

Seniors: Stop third quarter slump by Alysia Morgan As colleges begin going through the ac- time between January and March in which been accepted into college, you should ceptance process of the many applications seniors who have already been accepted to continue to work hard every quarter before seniors all across the country have sent, se- college usually neglect their studies and you graduate. Turning work in on time, niors will be receiving a letter in the mail schoolwork. Seniors may feel that since studying for upcoming tests and quizzes around the winter holiday time, confirming they have been accepted into college, they and staying alert in school continues to be if they have been accepted to the college(s) don’t have to put in the amount of work important. Colleges can continue to look at of their choice. they used to put in before in order to excel your school progress even after accepting Being accepted into college is a great in the third quarter. you to see what your work habits are truly feeling of joy and pride, but this time of The third quarter slump creates fatigued like. Scholarship opportunities may lessen year can also lead to a downside known as and unmotivated students not wanting to do if work habits and grades fall. the “third quarter slump.” anything academic-related. So, seniors, don’t let the third quarter The third quarter slump is known as the But, seniors....take note. Even if you have slump happen to you! College Acceptances as of December 2017 Results of Student Survey 60 **Results only include top six colleges. Some seniors have been accepted to schools not in top six. **

Northern Kentucky University

50

University of Louisville

40

30 University of Kentucky Eastern Kentucky University University of Cincinnati

20

Western Kentucky University

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2017-18 Staff Advisor: Diana McGhee The Hilltopper is a publication by and for the students of Highlands Head Editor-in-Chief: Avery Feinauer High School. Our staff’s goal is to report the school news, opinions Senior Editors-in-Chief: Alysia Morgan, Julia Palmer and current events as accurately as possible. We would appreciate Junior Editor-in-Chief: Sydney Cooper any comments that would help the journalism staff improve the final Design Editor: Stephen Lang product. Managing Editor: John Whitlatch Sports Editor: Noah Balser Please submit comments in a letter and mail to: Staff: Nicholas Cooley, Lexie Crawford, Jayden Davis, Colin Garman, Jaydon Highlands High School Geier, Jacqueline Hamilton, Bradley Hanneken, Jacob Horton, Lucy Houben, Attn: Journalism Department Keaton Huddleston, Tiffany James, Abby Jubasic, Corey Kempe, Emeline Kuether, Madison Lyvers, Brett Mayse, Madilyn McIntosh, Madison Mocahbee, 2400 Memorial Parkway Caitlyn Morgan, Maggie Schroeder, Heaven Stidham, Kayla Wilson Fort Thomas, KY 41075