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Willowbrook High School Lorm ipsum Volume 61 499 Skyline ,VVXH 0D\2020 cartoon by Oona Webster 2 6N\OLQH0D\ Covid-19 Warriors plan for end of stay-at-home M S Just to see all the girls and coaches bering everything they can about “Go rock climbing!”~Meghan S W again would be the best. Even hav- the memories they have made so Fortier, junior ing a mock meet would be so much far.”~Alycia Cameron, senior “Go out bowling with friends Since the stay-at-home order fun!”~Lily Weder, sophomore “I want to go on a road trip again.”~Luke Fisher, senior and social-distancing began, most “Hangout with my friends and see new places with my “A concert”~Cayden Loth, of us have been trapped indoors and continue school in the fall at friends.”~Zara Moinuddin, soph- sophomore with our families day in and day school and not remotely!”~Eliza- omore “To go to the mosque for Ra- out. Every day seems to get more beth Garcia, sophomore “The one thing I want to do af- madan prayers and also meet up and more repetitive, and the days “I can’t wait to see my friends ter the stay at home order ends is with my friends.”~Amina Mohi- just bleed into each other. We have again, which is probably the typ- meet up with my friends. We took uddin, junior missed out and are currently miss- ical response but it’s so true. I those moments for granted before “Go to an arcade or maybe go ing out on plans we have made and can’t wait for the fi rst Sunday out but we are not going to let that hap- to Six Flags with friends.”~Maher people we have not seen in a long of quarantine when I get to dress pen again. I want to go out and see Sultana, freshman while. However, the long await- up and actually go to my church my friends and enjoy the outdoors “I would love to be able to be ed end of the stay-at-home order and see all my friends and just be with them.”~Sumayyah Farooqui, able to draw and read more. Hope- nears! around people again.”~Elise San- junior fully I am able to play soccer and After being confi ned for so chez, junior “To go to the DMV and get my spend time with my friends. It is long, we asked WB Warriors what “I miss my friends and family license.”~Emma Rattana, sopho- very important to have a balance they would like to do most once a ton, so one of the main things I more between being social and tak- they are free to leave their houses. want to do is personally check up “See all of my friends and get ing time to take care of yourself Here are some of the responses we on them again. Being in quaran- back to work, the REAL work. This through what you love doing.”~A., received from fellow classmates tine defi nitely makes you realize is nice I guess, but only for now. I junior “I want to go on a picnic/barbe- how much being around people would like to be able to actually go “Go eat outside”~Amreen Fati- cue with the rest of my friends to aff ects you. Talking face to face to school and have the structure we ma, senior end the school year on a brighter with people will always be better once did. I would also like to see “I want to visit my relatives footing. It would be great to so- than seeing them through a screen all of my club mates from K-pop especially my cousins.”~Sadia cialize with everyone after having to me.”~Hiba Mirza, junior club and all the nice kids in crew. Khaleel, senior been isolated for so long. Espe- “I want to go to the library, and I miss the ability to actually talk to “I had everything planned for cially getting to be with the lunch I want to get coff ee with my cousin people and stuff . It was nice. You what I wanted to do this summer group and close friends so that and walk around downtown Elm- never really are grateful for what and school year, I was going to get we can all just joke around for a hurst.”~Claudia Schmidt, senior you’ve got until it’s gone.”~Kaylee a job, and volunteer at hospitals, change.”~Samantha Solis, junior “I want to go on adventures Hernandez-Ayala, sophomore I was looking forward to getting “I would like to have everyone with my friends and enjoy the sum- “I’m about to go out to my fa- a socializing and working experi- from Willowbrook get together for mer before going off to college. vorite Mexican restaurant, Taque- ence.”~Ruksar Ahmed, junior one last time before the new school Summer is supposed to be the one ria El Compa, then I’m gonna go “Listen to some Lil Uzi Vert, get year starts; it’ll be like a little re- time of the year where there’s no back home.”~Matthew Baumann, a job, go to some parties, and go union.”~Nahomi Castillo, sopho- school to worry about and you’re sophomore have fun with my friends.” more just supposed to be able to have the “Be able to go to the museum ~Mohammed Noman, sophomore “Once this is all over seeing the most fun possible. For seniors it’s of science and industry, go to the track team again would be a dream. the time to say goodbyes to their aquarium and visit the cloud gate We only had 3 meets this year and hometowns and to enjoy the time in Chicago.”~Aileen Soreque, it was looking to be a good season. they have left along with remem- sophomore Skyline Staff Executive Board: Staff: Letter Policy: Orlina Abdulhussain, Talha Ali, Luke Eggert, Skyline accepts letters to the Sports Editor: Erika Rich Maritza Elena, Kelsie Hurula, Aaron Pool, editor on a wide variety of Skyline reserves Photo Editor: Luke Fisher Anas Salman, Claudia Schmidt, Alexander topics. Letters must not be the right to edit News Editor: Zachary Noesen Schullo, Kevin Seberger, Mahira Shujathul- libelous or defamatory, and all copy and is lah, Sara Whiting, Bradley Zoromski must be signed. They may be brought to room A-136, given to under no obligation Advisor: Dan Fliegel an editor, emailed to to print any letter [email protected], or Photographers: Kelsie Hurula, Sara Whiting at any time. mailed to Skyline c/o Willowbrook High School, 1250 S. Ardmore, Villa Park, IL 60181 News 6N\OLQH0D\ 3 Stay-at-home means cleaner air for now NASA revealed that nitrogen M E dioxide level in New York and S W other major cities in north-eastern USA was 30% lower in March Quarantine has been a time for 2020, compared to the monthly av- the environment to improve. Since erage from 2015 to 2019, as report- everybody has been on lockdown, ed by the World Economic Forum. it means fewer people going out, India accounts for the high- less cars being used, and less car- est pollution-related deaths in the bon emissions. Air pollution levels world, where more than two mil- are dropping dramatically in major lion people every year, according cities worldwide. to the Global Alliance of Health Even within two days of the and Pollution. On March 25, the lockdown beginning on March 17, fi rst day of the lockdown, nitrogen sharp traffi c declines saw up to a dioxide dropped by 15%, accord- 30% slump in air pollution levels ing to Market Watch. in Paris, according to air quality The same trend is occurring monitoring agency Airparif, ac- in terms of all pollutants, not just cording to Forbes. nitrogen dioxide. According to Two weeks after the nation- Carbon Brief, due to the pandem- wide lockdown was announced ic, China produced 25% less car- on March 23 in the UK, nitrogen bon-based pollutants than in the dioxide levels in some cities fell same period in 2019. by as much as 60%. London re- However, along the same line, corded a decrease where nitrogen the pandemic has also reduced the dioxide levels fell by 36%. Levels amount of carbon being released photo courtesy of washingtonpost.com of nitrogen dioxide were down as by vehicle exhausts, and thus re- Air pollution in Delhi, India, is way down during the pandemic. much as 48% in Leeds. Newcastle duced demand for gasoline and oil. negative. or if it is just a blip on the radar and and Cardiff have recorded drops of It was reduced so much, in fact, as However, while these environ- only a matter of time before we’re about 45% and Glasgow has seen reported on NPR and elsewhere, mental impacts are a great fi rst step back to how we were. levels fall by 44%, according to the that for the fi rst time in its history, in fi xing our climate, time will tell Independent. the price for oil in the U.S. went if this is the start of something new, Are blue-light glasses easy on the eyes? E R people who stare at screens all day However, Adam Gordon, an blue light is, where the accusations S E can develop side eff ects like blurry O.D. and clinical associate profes- of hazard and threat of blue light or irritated eyes, headaches, dry or sor at the University of Alabama come from, and how it truly aff ects Since the recent calamity of the watering eyes, and even color-per- Birmingham School of Optometry your vision.” world, screen time has become an ception changes.