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5 News Briefs 10 Capstone Confusion? 24 Special Education Police presence impacts parking. Senior project’s changes explained. Students suffer stigma despite all In The Know team beginsContents new they share with rest of student body. season. Student Council revamps 12 Sports Spread homecoming. Young Life looks Fall athletes spotlighted in action. 27 Cookies! ahead. Boys soccer battles on. Snack Shack’s “wholesome” 18 UA Greenroots ingredients comply with state 6 Locked Doors Environmental club kicks off year requirements. Safety measures aim to with several new initiatives. protect students, but many 28 Cycling Club find such measures to be both 19 Bear Guides Cycling club finishes first season cumbersome and ineffective. Link Crew program updated, of racing, prepares for training. begins first year of mentoring. 7 Thin Space 30 Express Yourself! UA community member releases 20 School Stress Columnist considers students’ new Young Adult novel. Students juggle extracurricular reactions to administration’s obligations with academics. enforcement of the dress code. School Spirit 8 Freedom of the student press is New principal and spirit club 21 Annual Andros Trip a tradition UA publications take president aim to increase morale. Students share insights from their summer trip to the Bahamas. seriously and have enjoyed for iPhone 5S and 5C many years. 9 Freshmen Diversions Apple releases its newest 23 Staff Editorial smartphones along with a Lindsey Spangler and Jordan 31 Staff calls for more school spirit. revamped operating system. Zimmer share their hobbies.

ON THE COVER 14 Human Trafficking Ohio is working towards awareness and prevention of human trafficking. 16 Task Force Governor Kasich creates Ohio Human Trafficking Task Force.

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2 september 27, 2013 Letter from the Editor

with human trafficking. 2013-14 It is my hope that awareness can be spread about the problem of human trafficking; it is EDITORS the fastest-growing type of organized crime Editor in Chief in the world. Education and awareness about Grace Moody Managing Editor the topic are what can help to stop human Anna-Maria Thalassinos trafficking and keep people safe. We are Copy Editor privileged to live in Upper Arlington, and to Maria Grund many of us this topic might be unfamiliar. WRITING STAFF However, being educated about human News Editor trafficking and learning the proper precautions Ella Koscher are steps that we, as a community, can make to Sports Editor help this issue. Sarah Shroyer With one month completed after Features Editor transitioning into a new school year with an Kimmy Sullivan Spotlight Editors almost-entirely new Arlingtonian staff, serving Melanie Terez as the editor-in-chief has been an exciting role Jane Eskildsen in many ways. From participating in photo Op/Ed Editor shoots with the arts staff to getting to know Lindsey Meredith Dear readers, the staff members better, serving as a leader Staff Writers of the Arlingtonian has been a rewarding and Hannah Benson Alex Keller This issue of Arlingtonian spotlights an enjoyable experience. Hashem Anabtawi intense, mature and, to many, frightening I encourage you, as a reader, to get involved Kelly Chian topic: human trafficking. and submit a guest column or letter to the While this topic may not seem relevant editor to [email protected] or stop by VISUALS STAFF Art Editor to the average student, human trafficking is, room 221. Since Arlingtonian serves as a public Sheridan Hendrix indeed, a local issue; an estimated 3,000 youths forum for student expression, it is my hope Photographers in Ohio are at risk for being trafficked each that each reader feels welcome to share his or Sasha Dubson year due to many highway systems and a large her opinion. 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4 september 27, 2013 !" #$%&$'()"*+)",!" !"#$%&'(%$!% !"#$%&'(%$!% News I n - b r i e f traffic stops team $5,500 in grant money and four $2,000 scholarships to OSU. However, three of the UA Police increases its patrol four positions were filled by seniors, who have around UAHS, issues tickets now graduated. After last year’s triumph, this year’s team tudents are being ticketed, pulled over is already practicing to succeed once again. Sand questioned as the police increases its In the Know coach Philip Lampe said presence around the high school. this year’s team has potential, with 12-to-14 Multiple students have been ticketed for students participating in the meetings. speeding, traffic violations and jaywalking. “We prepare for In the Know (sponsored Sophomore Darby Buchholtz was present by WOSU) and BrainGame (sponsored by when an officer stopped her friend for Westfield Insurance) by reading sets of jaywalking. Photo by sasha dubson practice questions in various areas such as “We were walking across the street to go to The boys soccer team faced Olentangy Liberty on Sept. math, history and art, and playing against Market District for lunch,” Buchholtz said. “Out 3, suffering a 0-4 defeat. The Bears later beat Central old matches on video,” Lampe said. of nowhere a policeman shows up and tells my Crossing 3-0 on Sept. 10. Sophomore Madeline Stewart knows friend that he will give her a ticket if he sees her how to remember facts and remain calm jaywalk again.” when stuck on a question. Junior Claire Gonzaga was pulled over for Boys soccer “It’s definitely some extra work, but with speeding on Mount Holyoke Road. Bears are determined to succeed practice it comes easily over time,” Stewart “I was going five miles over the speed limit said. “If you don’t know the answer, write when the officer pulled me over,” Gonzaga said. despite loss of players to club teams your best guess down anyways. “Thankfully, I was let off with a warning.” “A lot of the time you will find that you he boys soccer team is off to a good start to Not all students view the increase in patrol actually know the answer,” she said, “you just the season with motivation and high team negatively. Junior Maria Finerty witnessed an T do not think you do.” morale, even though several students have officer pulling over a dangerous driver. By J-I student london byas, ’16 made the decision to play club soccer. OHSAA “[The driver] was going nearly 40 [miles rules permit students to play for only one team per hour] in a school zone,” Finerty said. “It was during a season, which makes it difficult for homecoming not a student, thankfully, but he was definitely players to decide. driving like one.” Student Council works “If I could, I would definitely play for both The increase in police may inconvenience the school and my club team,” senior John to revamp the annual dance some students, but others see their presence Schuman said. “School pride is what makes as necessary traffic regulators. ith the homecoming dance scheduled high school soccer special, but club helps with By J-I student katrina mulligan, ’16 for Oct. 5, members of Student getting noticed by scouts and colleges.” W Council are busy preparing for the big The team has set achievable goals of improv- night. The group has spent weeks planning young life ing from last year. Relying on the experience of for the dance to ensure improvement from seven juniors and 11 seniors, the squad has also Popular Christian club kicks off last year’s event. brought in four sophomores to fill out the team. Junior Student Council member Erin new school year “We want to show the school and the Upper Eastwood discussed the alterations to this Arlington community that UAHS can be a soccer year’s homecoming. xcitement surged as Young Life reappeared school, not just lacrosse,” sophomore Jack “This year we are doing the voting for Eas a prominent part of the school Minnery said. “This has been the motivation.” the theme, instead of picking it ourselves,” community, kicking off with a Sept. 16 ice The team looks to get through the OCC and Eastwood said. cream topping fight. get a good seed for the playoffs. The improvements were based upon Freshman Mary Bridget Ginn explained “We need to stay positive in order to do criticism from last year’s dance, which her reasoning for joining the club. well the rest of the season and in the playoffs,” included music selection complaints and a “I saw that it was a lot of fun and heard junior captain Doug Bannon said. “Our team poorly planned date, which conflicted with [about it] from different friends,” Ginn said. has also built a tight bond and good team an OSU football night game. While Young Life strives to help students chemistry because of [our] preparation in the Sophomore Student Council grow in their Christian faith, group leader off-season with everyone being committed to member Lida Linville said there would be Rachel Wintering said there are important the success of the team.” improvements made to the event. social goals as well. With senior leadership and a deep roster, “Student Council is going to work “Our goal is to teach kids how to build watch out for the squad in the playoffs. harder on the theme and add some more friendships, have [a] community and serve one By J-I student joe levitt, ’16 another, to have an environment where kids can surprises,” Linville said. experience life to the fullest,” Wintering said. To make the dance fun and well Sophomore Robyn Goettler said she in the know reloads attended, Student Council is focusing on made new upperclassmen friends through Team prepares to win spreading the word about the event and Young Life last year, which helped her make increasing attendance across all four grades the transition from middle school to high championship for second year of the student body. school. “We’re just trying to get a lot of people fter winning the championship last year Goettler looks forwards to collaborating to go, and create interest, and raise a lot at the WOSU Braingames, the In the Know with participants and group leaders to plan A of money so we can help out clubs,” team is preparing for a new year to maintain events, keeping up the hype within the school. Eastwood said. its title. By J-I student jenny jiao, ’16 By J-I student maeve o’brien, ’16 Becoming champions last year earned the

september 27, 2013 5 News Locked Doors Students adjust to new security measures

by Ella koscher, ’15 security threats across the nation. “[As I] keep on watching the news, n response to school shootings there are just too many issues at different across the nation, the administration places around the country, and we want Iincreased security measures by to try to make sure that we have some tweaking entrance door procedures. After supervision...if a situation [were to shootings such as Columbine, Newtown occur],” McClure said. and Virginia Tech, no state or federal laws McClure knows no system is perfect, have been altered to prevent gun violence. but he said the administration must take The administration, however, decided to measures to help ensure students are safe take measures into its own hands. while at school, even if that means locking On Aug. 19, an e-mail notified parents a few more doors. and students of a new door policy for the “What we were really concerned about Photo illustration by sasha dubson 2013-14 school year. was the ... security of students coming in Students often crowd around locked doors in the morning, As students and parents read on, they and out of the building,” McClure said. waiting for others inside to open the door for them. The learned that only four doors would be “It makes for a [safer] environment for us administration decreased the number of unlocked doors accessible in the mornings. to be able to know who’s here and who’s by 80 percent compared to last school year. Principal Ryan McClure said he not here.” updated the policy in response to school According to McClure, a total of 31 inconvinience in the morning when she doors have been open in the morning in tries to enter the building with all of her recent years. McClure said this number school supplies. was too high and decided security “I drive to school and I park on Mount measures were necessary. Holyoke, so I have to walk a long distance The new door policy, however, has to find the closest, unlocked door while drawn some criticism, especially from carrying a backpack, two textbooks, and students. Many students find the my tennis bag,” Thompson said. security measure an inconvinience, McClure is aware the new safety while others seem unaffected. measure can be inconvinient to many Junior Katie Thompson said she is students, but he said the safety of the not pleased with the new door policy. students is the priority. “I think the policy is unnecessary, “I think the routine will eventually because to my knowledge there has not get to the point where they will

Photo illustration by sasha dubson previously been problems with keeping get used to it. I know it is an Students attempt to enter the school in the morning. all the doors unlocked in the morning,” inconvenience,” McClure said. “I’m well The school administration decreased the number of Thompson said. “I don’t understand why aware of that, but I think for the safety doors available for entry into the school throughout the the policy was changed.” of the kids it’s an inconvenience... that school day in the interest of students’ safety. Thompson also finds the policy as an we need to have.”

6 september 27, 2013 News

Photo by sheridan hendrix Jody Casella’s debut novel Thin Space follows teenager Marshall Windsor in his efforts to communicate with Austin, his deceased twin. Marshall connects with another outsider, Maddie, who shares his fascination of the supernatural and helps him on his quest. Looking for a Thin Space UA resident and author Jody Casella releases her first young adult novel

by hannah benson, ’15 Since the publication of her short story Inspiration for Thin Space came to Play Fighting in 2007, Casella has devoted Casella from two unconnected sources: a pper Arlington’s Jody Casella herself to writing young adult fiction. bus stop and a magazine article. published her debut novel, Thin “My first published story Play[ Fighting] “I happened to see a teenage boy USpace, Sept. 10. appeared in the teen magazine Cicada,” stepping off a school bus barefoot. I Casella has been writing since the Casella said. “I loved writing that story, and wondered why he was walking around age of 7 and completed five unpublished the voice of the main character, a teenager, without shoes on and what other people novels before Thin Space. just seemed to click with me. Now I can’t thought about him and if his feet were Five years of work have led up to imagine writing for any other age group.” cold,” Casella said. “Around the same time publication. The first draft of Thin I read a magazine article about Space was penned during National The voice of the main the Celtic idea of thin places, Novel Writing Month, abbreviated as character, a teenager, just places where the wall between NaNoWriMo, in November 2008. seemed to click with me. Now I this world and the world of the NaNoWriMo participants attempt can’t imagine writing for any other dead is thinner… In Thin Space to write a 50,000-word novel in 30 age group.” these two ideas––a barefoot boy days, averaging about 2,000 words a day ‘‘ and thin places––intertwined.” if they are to achieve their goal, and log Author Jody Casella, a UA resident Language arts teacher Laura their progress on the NaNo website. Moore read and enjoyed an Winners receive discounts on online Thin Spacefollows teenager Marshall Advanced Readers’ copy of the novel. writing classes and five professionally Windsor as he tries to contact his deceased “I … loved the way Casella knit together printed copies of their novel. twin Austin through a “thin space:” a place clues throughout the book in an effort to Casella found that the NaNo where the wall between this world and the prepare us for the twist at the end,” Moore experience helped her write first drafts world of the dead is thin enough to step said. “I am teaching it in my classes this year, quicker and easier. through. Marsh walks barefoot everywhere–– so I obviously believe the text would appeal “It’s a great way to hammer out a story,” including school––in an effort to find a thin to a wide range of students.” she said. “I used to be the type of writer who space. He connects with Maddie, a new With a starred review from famously would revise as I went along, but I can tell student who shares his fascination with the harsh Kirkus Reviews and praise from you that this method, for me, was crippling. supernatural. Together, they embark on a Young Adult author Jennifer Castle, When you revise as you go, you tend to quest to find the thin space Marshall believes Moore’s students should have a lot to never finish.” to be in Maddie’s new home. which they can look forward.

september 27, 2013 7 News

Spirit club aims UA All The Way? to reinvigorate student body, bring in new students

Photo by Kota ashton Members from spirit club lead the student section in cheering on the varsity football team during their first home game. Spirit club continues to meet every week to come up with new ways to get the whole student body involved for upcoming games and events.

by Maria Grund, ’14, and must do its part to band together and continue to strengthen ANna-Maria Thalassinos, ’14 spirit in every school event.” Miller said one way in which school spirit could be improved he music resonates through the hallways on a typical is in the involvement of students from all grade levels. Friday afternoon. The student body buzzes with excitement “School spirit could be improved if everyone participated. If Tfor the upcoming weekend’s festivities, which includes the everyone went to the game[s] and followed the theme,” Miller said. football game. Some students show their school pride by wearing “I would love to see the student section learn some new chants black and gold attire in preparation for that night’s game. [that] they can do in the bleachers. At away games I see other With the new school year well underway, new principal Ryan schools yelling different chants, some even with little dances to go McClure is leading the push for school spirit. with them. I think it would be fun for everyone to move a little.” “[UA] is a great place. I have ... been to other places and In order to boost participation in themed events, Hager know that it is really a good place, and we need to celebrate it,” described a new incentive the spirit club has implemented. McClure said. “Not only are you taking great classes and getting “We have decided to give the person who has the best outfit a ready for your future, but it’s supposed to be fun.” gift card to a local restaurant. Every Friday night, my co-leaders Spirit club is also assisting in the revamping of school spirit and I will be looking through the stands to see who has the best through its goal of getting the entire outfit for the theme, then we will post student body involved, spirit club leader We would love to have everyone— their picture on our Instagram and Twitter Carsyn Hager said. from freshmen all the way to page the following Monday,” Hager said. “We do have one really important goal, seniors—participating in school events.” “We hope this provides a little incentive which is to get everyone involved. We would for students to start dressing up and love to have everyone—from freshmen all Senior Carsyn Hager, spirit club leader following the theme of the night.” the way to seniors—participating in the ‘‘ Another way in which students can school events,” Hager said. “We want people not only supporting participate in school spirit is in submitting and voting on a school the football Bears on Friday nights, but also showing their school motto. McClure decided to spearhead this project to highlight spirit during the volleyball games and even swim meets.” and increase school spirit and unity. The motto is intended to Senior football cheerleading captain Emily Miller shares the encompass not only sports, but also other aspects of student life. same goal as spirit club: to get more student involvement. Junior Theo Randolph said he thinks the school motto is a “My goals are to make sure everyone—including the student great idea because it can unify the school. section, the parents, the band, and the other cheerleaders—are as “The idea of having a school motto is cool, because it’s a way involved in Friday night football games as possible,” Miller said. of taking all the things UA excels in and putting it into one But not everyone hears the call of cheerleaders like Miller. sentence,” Randolph said. “I look forward to seeing what our While students have the potential to be dedicated fans, student body can come up with. sophomore Katie Hunter said not everyone is living up to that. “I think UAHS is decent on spirit right now. We definitely have “I think [UA’s school spirit is] pretty average,” she said. “It’s the [ability] to go huge, but currently it’s just not up to par. We have not awful, but we could use a lot more.” people who want to be spirited right now, the challenge is going to Junior Kevin Baxley said students’ participation at the Aug. 30 be organizing that energy in a positive way that everyone can get in pep rally was a good example of the need for more school spirit. on,” Randolph said. “There’s room for improvement in organization “I think the pep rally showed the potential that our school and student participation, but potential is definitely there. I’m has to increase spirit,” Baxley said. “I believe the student body excited to see how school spirit will pan out this year.”

8 september 27, 2013 News

The biggest news may be that Apple has finally accepted the segmentation of a market it created with the original iPhone in 2007. The new iPhone 5C may represent just a modest step forward in technology from last year’s iPhone 5, and its plastic body adds about two-thirds of an ounce in weight, but it’s a testimony to Apple’s ability to adapt. Tim Bajarin, of California’s Creative Strategies Inc., estimates Apple managed to shave $100 to $150 from the cost of a 5C—big savings on a device that retails for about $600 without a carrier contract. The 5C’s cost should appeal to budget-conscious U.S. consumers and in emerging markets. But it’s on the flagship 5S where Apple’s technological edge continues to shine, with advances such as the new fingerprint sensor and a better, smarter camera.

courtesy Apple Once again, Apple didn’t add pixels The top-of-the-line iPhone 5S and the colorful iPhone 5C, shown here, can be pre-ordered Friday. They went on to its 8-megapixel iSight camera. But sale Sept. 20. it made each pixel about 15 percent larger. “The examples they showed were stunning,” Bajarin said. Results on flash photography may be Apple unveils more impressive. The 5S adds True Tone flash—a dual flash that combines separate white and amber LEDs, and adjusts the mix based on algorithms assessing a new iPhones scene’s color temperature. The fingerprint sensor, also offered By Jeff Gelles, beveled metal and high-tech glass has only on the 5S, should ease the worries of The Philadelphia Inquirer/MCT finally turned to plastic — excuse me, people who store crucial data on a phone. hard-coated polycarbonate — for the Coincidentally, it also greases the fingerprint sensor to provide body of its new, lower-end iPhone wheels of commerce. Like a song on the ultimate security. A dual- 5C. The good news to the fashionable: Apple’s new iRadio, the Pandora-like Aflash camera that reads color The 5C comes in blue, green, pink or service offered on iOS 7? You can buy temperatures and adapts. A 64-bit yellow, with “matching wallpapers and it instantly on iTunes—and use your processor that adds speed and power. translucency that carry the color through fingerprint, rather than your Apple ID, to It’s easy to shrug off the latest the entire experience.” clinch the sale. advances from Apple, which largely And, yes, it’s true that even an If the latest advances don’t impress seemed to confirm Silicon Valley rumors extravaganza at Apple’s headquarters you, Wharton’s Kevin Werbach suggests Tuesday when it unveiled two new featuring Lady Gaga and Apple chairman that Apple may share some blame. iPhones, the 5S and the 5C, that will go Tim Cook can’t fully recapture the “There’s this expectation, partially on sale Sept. 20. excitement Steve Jobs once generated created by Apple itself, that every new Yes, it’s true: The top-of-the-line with a stream of high-tech advances. device will be a miraculous invention,” iPhone 5S will boast built-in fingerprint But maybe we’re all just a little jaded. Werbach said. “That’s just not what authentication, to add a layer of security The hardware Apple unveiled Tuesday, happens—you don’t reinvent the wheel that would seem sci-fi spectacular if along with the new iOS 7 operating each time.” Disney didn’t already use something system it introduced earlier in the But he said incremental steps add similar at its theme parks. The good news summer, once again mesh into a truly up—as anyone can see by comparing for the spy-shy: Apple says your prints impressive package—even if Apple is today’s computers to Apple’s cutting-edge won’t be stored on its servers. partly playing catch-up with features Mac unveiled nearly 30 years ago. Yes, it’s true: A company that has introduced in Samsung’s Galaxy Androids “Small refinements, taken together, almost fetishized its use of brushed, and Nokia’s Windows-based Lumias. make up a revolution,” he said.

september 27, 2013 9 News

Senior project undergoes series of changes

Photo illustration by Sasha Dubson The UAHS Capstone project has several new changes that will be implemented this year. The changes involve capstone release days, required service and a tie to the English class. Clearing up Capstone

by SARAH SHROYER, ’15 want to take a day off of school to work not feel so constrained,” Edwards said. on their capstones. For Amanda Karling, a 2013 UA alum, apstone consists of three important The third important change is that the service component fit well into her aspects that help students prepare capstone no longer requires community capstone topic. Cfor college: creativity, working service hours. “For me, incorporating the service individually and perseverance. This year “[Service] will still be a requirement aspect was very easy. I combined it with the UA senior project is undergoing of seniors, to do 16 hours of community my product by donating the proceeds of a several changes. service, but it no longer needs to be tied to dance show I choreographed with [2013 After extensive surveying of parents, capstone,” Martin said. UA alum] Maddie Wallace,” Karling said. teachers and seniors, capstone Karling also found the coordinator and social studies I think you are going to capstone project to be a fun teacher Yvonne Edwards realized see projects that evolve experience that provided a unique that changes needed to be made more organically, and kids can chance to showcase her passions. to the project. In the beginning of explore things more openly and “Although certain aspects were summer, former principal Emilie not feel so constrained.” tedious and took a lot of time and Greenwald, English teachers ‘‘ energy, the final product was worth Diane Haddad and Sean Martin, Capstone Coordinator Yvonne Edwards it. I absolutely loved that I got to and Edwards came together to look more into something I was so hammer out the changes. Martin found that tying the project passionate about: dance,” Karling said. There are three main changes that will to service and government made it more Interested in pursuing her own affect seniors this year while working on complex and restrained. passions, senior Heidi Beck said she’s capstones. The first change is that the “Based on the feedback from the looking forward to the capstone project. project, which previously involved both surveys, we realized the government “I’m pretty excited because when my government and English teachers, will component wasn’t a good fit, and we sister did her capstone she had a lot of fun, now only be tied to students’ English also had students who were allowing the so I think it will be fun for me too. I think it classes, Martin said. service to drive the capstone projects will be more fun than a hassle,” Beck said. “The connection between the when that wasn’t the initial intent,” Despite the changes, the original goal government and language arts has been Martin said. of capstone remains the same. severed, so that it’s really only a language Edwards agrees with Martin that the “The goal is to have UA graduates arts project,” Martin said. service connection constricted students. enter college with some advantage over The second change being implemented “When you take out the connection to their peers,” Edwards said. “You have to this year involves capstone release days. government, and the community service be creative, you’re working on your own, Martin said the number of release days is being tied to the essential question in you’re going to hit some obstacles in the less than last year. There will be five release some way, I think you are going to see road, and you have to figure out how days with two of them being flexible. This projects that evolve more organically, and to get around them. And it’s a yearlong means that seniors can choose when they kids can explore things more openly and project, so you have to stick with it.”

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september 27, 2013 11 Sports Athletes

Student athletes compete for gold during their fall sport seasons

Layout by Sheridan Hendrix, ’14

Junior Sagel Dubey hits the ball back to her opponent with her doubles partner senior Brigitta Gegenheimer. The varsity B girls tennis team won the Aug. 28 match against Dublin Scioto.

Junior Jordan Spychalski spikes the ball during a varsity girls volleyball match. The girls won the Sept. 3 match against Central Crossing. photo by Sasha Dubson

photo by SASHA DUBSON The boys crew team leaves the dock to begin its practice on the Scioto River. The crew team’s first regatta was Sept. 21 at the Head of the Cuyahoga.

Senior Alex Tepley tackles his opponent under the lights of the Marv. The team won the Sept. 13 match against Gahanna Lincoln 31-7.

photo bY SHERIDAN HENDRIX

12 september 27, 2013 Sports Captains’ Corner Interviews conducted by Sarah Shroyer Football Senior Jackson Finfrock Q: How does the team plan on improving from the result of the first game? Finfrock: The most important thing we can improve on is tackling. That way we can prevent big plays and give our offense as many opportunities as possible. Q: How do you think the football team will compare to the competition this year? Finfrock: We will be able to compete with all the teams we face. I can honestly say we can beat anyone on our schedule. Q: About what are you most excited this season? Finfrock: I’m most excited about playing my senior year with my fellow teammates and brothers. I wouldn’t want to be part of any other team.

Girls tennis Senior Beniva Ganther photo by SHERIDAN HENDRIX Q: What are some team and personal goals that you have for the season? Ganther: For me, personal and team goals really mold into one, and our main goal is to play hard and improve in every match so that we’re ready for the post-season. Q: What are some of the team’s strengths and weaknesses? ASHTON Ganther: Our greatest strength is that we OTA really get along well as a team. What could have been a bit of a weakness is that we only

hoto by K had three returning players from last year’s p photo courtesy bill dierker team, but the new players this year adjusted Senior Mara Egeler blocks the ball at the goal during extraordinarily well. the Sept. 6 girls water polo match against Milford. The Q: What training does your team usually Bears went on to win the game. do in practice? The boys water polo team scrimmage during a Ganther: We have this running drill called morning practice at the Northwest Swim Club. The “Five Ball,” which is pretty infamous on our boys had a Sept. 11 match against St. Charles. team. For actual tennis playing, we do drills to work on shots, consistency, and doubles formations.

september 27, 2013 13 Spotlight

The Modern Day Slave

By alex keller, ‘14 and kelly chian, ‘16 Ohio works toward awareness, prevention of human trafficking

Photo illustration by sheridan hendrix Girls as young as 13 are forced into the illegal business of human sex trafficking, blackmailed into remaining silent about their experiences. Theresa Flores, a central Ohio resident, shares her experience as a victim of human trafficking, which began when she was 15 years old.

heresa Flores was a typical 15-year- something and that he would take her something had been put in her drink. She old girl living in one of Detroit’s home afterwards. tried to stop Daniel from going further than Tupper-middle class suburbs. With However, once they arrived at his house, a kiss, but he began to overpower her. Before her sophomore year just beginning, Flores Daniel’s story changed. He confessed to she knew it, a playful kiss had turned to rape. was nervous to what it would entail. When Flores that he had a crush on her and However, Flores’ problem did not stop a fellow classmate named Daniel began wanted her to come inside and spend more there. She would later learn that Daniel showering her with compliments, she time with him. Assuming she could trust and she were not the only ones in the thought her year was going to be a good one. him, Flores gave into her crush’s request. room. Two of Daniel’s cousins had entered “He was different from the normal “How could I say no? Here was the while Flores was struggling to free herself boys that I knew... He would give me lots guy I had a crush on all year long and he and photographed her. of compliments everyday, like, ‘Oh, that’s wanted to spend time with me,” Flores Flores soon discovered that the images a really pretty shirt that you have on,’ or, wrote in her autobiography, A Slave would become not only memories, but black- ‘Your hair looks really nice today’, which Across the Street. mail that would be used to lure her into a as a teenage girl I was like, ‘Oh this is In his room, Daniel offered her a terrible business known as human trafficking. nice,’” Flores said. soda from the refrigerator. When Flores The issue of human trafficking in the Daniel continued this flattery for accepted, Daniel turned his back to her to U.S. ranges from sex slavery to involuntary approximately six months. Confused on pour the drink into a glass. labor. Due to the growing relevancy of the why he was waiting so long to make a From her first sip, Flores could taste issue, Ohio is working towards awareness ‘move’, Flores was thrilled when he offered a strange bitterness to the drink, but she and prevention of human trafficking. her a ride home one day after school. quickly brushed any thoughts about her Flores got into Daniel’s car, but once beverage aside. JUST THE BEGINNING they were on the road, she realized he was Daniel offered her a seat on his bed, not taking her home. soon taking the spot next to her. After a “Don’t even think about telling anyone “I live the other direction,” Flores said. few moments passed, Daniel leaned in for [or]I will personally deliver [the photos] With a smile, Daniel explained that a kiss that would soon escalate to more. to your father at work and show his boss,” he needed to stop at his house to grab Flores began to feel dizzy, realizing Daniel’s cousin said to Flores’ on one of

14 september 27, 2013 Spotlight the many nights she was abused. being sold as a sex slave, she did not plan After attending the church events, and These, along with many others, to face the problems she would after learning more about the issue, McGuire were typical threats Flores received moving to her new home. became aware of the severity of human as motivation for her cooperation to “I did a lot of journaling and reading. trafficking in the U.S. her traffickers’ demands. The demands Just a lot of different things to try and In recent years, human trafficking rountinely came by phone call in the get away from [the memories of human “[has become] the fastest growing middle of the night, forcing Flores to trafficking],” Flores said. “I just tried to be business of organized crime and the third sneak past her parents bedroom, out of her like the girl I had been before.” largest criminal enterprise in the world,” house and into Daniel’s car. The calls would While the journaling and reading according to the FBI website. come three to four times a week, each one somewhat helped, Flores still struggled According to the FBI website Toledo, marking a new nightmare for Flores. with the fact that many had little Ohio has been named a “significant origin “I was a slave, enslaved to serve knowlege of what she had experienced. city” for human trafficking, meaning the whoever had been granted permission to “It was so hard before because no one area has become a hotspot for recruiting go through the locked doors,” Flores said. would have any clue what I was talking victims for human trafficking and Flores was typically taken to basements about,” Flores said. “When I would start transporting them to other states. of strange mens’ houses and forced to do to tell them what happened, they would Toledo earned the title because of its whatever they asked of her. Oftentimes, just say, ‘Oh my gosh, I’m sorry. I don’t large highway system, large number of she would be raped by at least four men know how to help you.’” truck stops, proximity to Canada and per night, each one blurring right into Flores eventually received the east coast, numerous immigrant the next. However, one night in particular psychological treatment in 2006 when communities and a large number of stands out to Flores from the rest. she could fully share her memories with a colleges and universities compared to The night began differently from the knowledgable counselor. other cities in the U.S. rest, with her arriving at a motel room In a preliminary report, the Ohio rather than a basement. As she entered THE UNKNOWN Attorney General cited that the most the room, she realized there were not her common age for youth to become involved usual three or four men waiting for her, “I knew what slavery was and had with sexual slavery is 13. In one study but instead around 20. heard of a couple things about modern sample of 207 victims, 49 percent were The door was locked, leaving Flores to day slavery but I didn’t exactly know what under the age of 18 when first trafficked. discover she would become ‘the reward [human trafficking] was,” senior Meghan Along with finding those targeted in for these men’s hard work.’ McGuire said. “So when [I was informed human trafficking, more discoveries have The men not only raped her but beat her later that] this is what happens today... I been made on the demand for sex slaves. as well. Flores eventually blacked out. Later was like, ‘Wow’.” The Polaris Project is a national to awake naked and alone. organization for human trafficking Spotting her clothes, she I knew what slavery awareness and prevention that has done stumbled to get what was was and had heard of research on the demand for human left of them on. trafficking. On their website, The Polaris She then made her a couple things about modern Project explain their findings. way out of the motel and day slavery, but I didn’t know “The popular media, including certain down the street, stoping at exactly what it was.” books, movies, television shows, and music, a nearby restaurant. Once ‘‘ sometimes glamorize and romanticize Senior Meghan McGuire Flores seated herself at a the commercial sex industry without booth, a waitress caught properly acknowledging the presence of sight of her. McGuire was shocked when she sex trafficking,” the official Polaris Project The woman saw Flores’ condition and learned about some of the horrors of website says. “This glamorization then fuels asked if she needed help. Flores refused, human trafficking from one of her the demand for paying someoneelse to but the waitress proceeded to call 911. friends. Quickly afterward, McGuire felt have sex with them.” Even when the police officer showed up compelled to help fight the problem and With this skewed reality of what to ask Flores about her condition and began attending events hosted by her human trafficking entails, generalized what had happened to her, Flores lied and friend’s church. stereotypes are put on the victims and their said she was OK. “ I didn’t know exactly what was traffickers. Victims put on the victims and Flores dealt with her nightly abuses going on until I met some [victims of sex their traffickers. Victims are considered for two years until her father got a new trafficking], hearing their stories made at fault for their actions. The help of the job, requiring the family to move a safe me think ‘whoa this is real’, like it’s media’s influence, the perspective of human distance from Detroit. Once she arrived happening five minutes from our houses,” trafficking making it more popular. at her new home, she began to share the McGuire said. “It’s sad to know that kids “When individuals are willing to buy horrors of her last two years. my age are being sold for something that commercial sex, they create a market While Flores struggled every night they don’t want to do.” and make it profitable for traffickers to

september 27, 2013 15 Spotlight

sexually exploit children and adults,” The House Bill 262. This law, as of June 27, Trafficking Task Force. The task force Polaris Project website said. 2012, rose penalties given to traffickers combines the resources of the state The Polaris Project continued to and improved care for victims. In through different departments to keep explain how the demand for sex leads regards to the human traffickers, their a lookout for and educate people on to the need for more sex slaves. As more offenses turn into a first degree felony human trafficking. These departments people are sold, the traffickers make more with 10 to 15 year prison sentence, then report back to the governor on money, tempting future traffickers to join along with registering as a sex offender. any trends or discoveries they notice the business. For adult human trafficking victims, the related to human trafficking. However even with the increasing bill has allowed them With the task number of human traffickers, there is not to now expunge their It is really important to force’s recent much fear of getting caught. records of prostitution have eyes and ears on the creation, the Kasich Polaris Project syas human (with a background ground to make sure no one is administration traffickers feel little threat in their check). This allows being exploited.” announced on Jan. illegal business because communities’ them to become a 13, 2013, Elizabeth lack awareness and have not trained contributing member ‘‘Elizabeth Ranade Janis, Coordinator Ranade Janis was responders. Curently, few safety laws of society again of the Human Trafficking Task Force hired as the human- are for victims and law enforcement without the overcast of trafficking statewide has little involvement. their past. coordinator according The law also requires the Attorney to an article by the Columbus Dispatch GOVERNMENT General’s office to create an extensive by Alan Johnson. Janis will be stationed training program for peace officers in at the Office of Criminal Justice As the severity of human trafficking order to protect the safety of trafficked Services in the Ohio Department of has become more apparent, the victims and to publish statistical data on Public Safety with the responsibility of government has begun to make some violations of human trafficking each year. coordinating Kasich’s Task Force. changes to help the victims and In March of 2012, Governor “It is really important to have eyes and discourage traffickers. John Kasich continued to respond to ears on the ground to make sure no one A recent example is the creation of the issue of human trafficking with is being exploited,” Janis said. “It’s really the Safe Harbor Law, also known as the creation of the Ohio Human exciting what is going on, as in, the reach Ohio Human Trafficking Task Force Governor John Kasich creates task force to address human trafficking

by Hasham Anabtawi, ’15 cases. Because of that we see higher cases than other states,” Janis said. his task force is a collection of organizations such as Janis has already strived to raise awareness of the issue by Tthe Ohio Department of Education, Department of creating a hotline, 883-7888, where anyone can report a case. Agriculture, the Department of Health and many others. “It is a 24/7 resource that is helpful both to victims and Janis believes that it is necessary to have a large task force in everyday folks who want to report a situation,” Janis said. order to ensure the greatest safety possible around Ohio. Awareness is also being raised in hospitals to learn to Ohio currently ranks fourth state in the nation, behind better treat victims. Texas, California and Florida for the highest rate of human “[At] Wright State University, the medical school trafficking in the U.S. Janis believes the reason for this could partners with an organization called Oasis House,f where include Ohio’s large highways. they provide medical care for victims taking shelter there,” “Ohio has major highways going to the borders Janis said. connected to Canada, [and] we have a large immigrant Although Janis is happy to be on the Task Force for community where they can hide more and more victims,” the human trafficking in Ohio, she believes that eventually, she said. enough progress will be made that a coordinator will not be However, Janis believes that Ohio’s high human necessary. trafficking rate is actually a result of the police department “We have such a handle on trafficking where victims actually having a strong concern and setting out to find are getting the services they need and law enforcement are cases, unlike those of other states. arresting criminals,” Janis said. “They are all working so well “We have the privilege to such a strong Ohio police that we don’t need someone to coordinate, that would be a task force and we aggressively pursue human trafficking good indicator of progress.”

16 september 27, 2013 Spotlight that is going on is really extensive.” two best methods at our disposal would Along with the Human Trafficking be education and outreach.” Task Force, the Ohio state budget bill The Covenant Presbyterian Church has added an amendment that will recently held an event called “Youth help educate more people on human UNITE! Against Slavery” on Sep. 21. trafficking. The amendment, which goes The event included Theresa Flores as a into effect on Sept. 29, states that teachers guest speaker and Art4Abolition (a group and administrators in public and charter that uses the arts to educate and increase schools will have human trafficking awareness about human trafficking) to education as a component of bullying make the night enjoyable yet informative Students share their prevention programs. for all those who attended. awareness, knowledge While she was not directly involved, While people such as Troxell have Janis believes this will help people done their part by organizing events, of human trafficking identify human trafficking situations others have gotten involved with the and prevent them from happening in shelters and rehabilitation centers. Do you know how to keep the future. Hannah Benjamin, 2013 UA alumna, yourself from being a victim “Hopefully [the information] will helped out at Rahab’s Hideaway as part of human trafficking? filter down to the students having more of her senior capstone project. The project knowledge as well,” Janis said. mostly dealt with primarily legislation for human trafficking, however for the ORGANIZATIONS service portion of her project she chose to dedicate some of her time to a local UNSURE While the government continues to rehabilitation center. 27% YES make changes on a national and state While volunteering at Rahab’s fully level, people like Marshal Troxell are changed her perspective on human 51% making differences at a local level. trafficking, Benjamin still recalls her NO Troxell’s interest in anti-human initial thoughts on the issue. trafficking spurred from a simple “To be honest I thought it was all their 12% dinner table discussion back in January faults. For the victims, I thought it was with his grandmother, Barbara Troxell. all on them. I thought something needed She mentioned to him the topic of to be done to them,” Benjamin said. Do you think human a recent Philanthropic Educational “But pretty quickly after doing research I trafficking is an issue Organization gathering she had realized no, these girls are thrown into just in Ohio? attended on human trafficking and a vicious cycle and it is just completely how prevalent the problem is. Troxell involuntary.” recalls being shocked upon hearing Working for the rehabilitation center YES this information. allowed Benjamin to talk to some of the “I remember being quite frankly victims. Benjamin recalled some of the 39% shocked that something like human girls having violent tendencies that the trafficking—that is, modern day slavery— staff there quickly settled, along with NO could be so prevalent of an issue here in many others being very kind, asking 61% seemingly-safe central Benjamin questions Ohio,” Troxell said. We struggled to find about her life. After After learning something that we answering the about human could do to combat this questions, Benjamin trafficking, Troxell threat [of human trafficking] remembers the became determined girls reaction to her awareness is being done at every level, to get involved. His in [Ohio].” privileged lifestyle. ranging from a state level with Janis to ‘‘ a local level with Benjamin. With much conversation with his Marshal Troxel, Human Traffick- “[The] girls were grandmother, propelled ing Awareness Event Coordinator amazed I had clothes being done, one can only hope that his work against human and a house and lived one day there will be an end to human trafficking in the church. in Upper Arlington and trafficking. However, for now, people like “We struggled to find something that [had] parents that fed me,” Benjamin said. Janis look forward to what the future we could do to combat this threat [of “They didn’t really understand what was brings in anti-human trafficking. human trafficking] in [Ohio],” Troxell outside the world of human trafficking, “There are really cool things said. “One thing led to another and before which was interesting.” happening,” Janis said, “but we still have a we knew it... we [had] decided that the Assistance for victims and more long ways to go.”

september 27, 2013 17 Features

Photo by Kota ashton Junior Emma Dorfman, senior Justine Frerichs and senior Sarah Baryluk, leaders of the high school environmental club UA Green Roots, hope to attract new members to the club’s meetings on every other Monday. This year UA Green Roots plans to carry out many different activities to help the environment.

Enhanced environmental club begins to spread its roots

by JAne Eskildsen, ’15 the school. UA has the resources to contribute “Last year the activities were geared to the environment. Simply having he solar panels on the roof and the a lot towards raising money,” Baryluk students recycle would give more to the place where the trash goes are two said. “So this year we’d like to focus on environment. If each student were to cut T situations that UA Green Roots raising awareness and activism.” down on their amount of trash, UAHS is investigating every other week on Each month the leaders hope to would be a much more environmentally Mondays after school. carry out at least one activity which will friendly school. The revamped environmental club, contribute to the environment. The team wants to use this luxury by UA Green Roots, is being enhanced, Some of the activities that UA Green creating a solid foundation for the years courtesy of the new leaders involved. Roots has planned include bike to school to come. Senior Co-Presidents Sarah Baryluk day, vegetarian for a day challenge and Baryluk and Frerichs hope to see UA and Justine Frerichs have taken on the an e-waste drive. Green Roots blossom throughout the year challenge of creating environmental UA Green Roots hopes to push the and then become a popular club in the years awareness in UA. rest of the school to be active in the to come. The three will lay the foundation With the help of junior Vice environment whenever possible. by taking part in as many environmentally President Emma Dorfman, the team If more students were to take part friendly actions as possible. hopes to attract many new members of in biking to school, there would be less “We want to carry on the tradition,” all grades during the remainder of the traffic around the school in the morning Dorfman said. “We do that by being school year. and it would be more environmentally active in the environment and trying to “We really hope to create the whole friendly. Also suggested by the leaders, get people to really care.” school’s participation instead of just a was carpooling. It is efficient and better Although some may think that biking or small group of students,” Baryluk said. for the environment than driving walking to school is inconvenient, Dorfman Through Facebook, Twitter and a multiple cars to school. thinks otherwise. Biking and carpooling new blog that describes all the activities “We have a community that can alike would greatly help the environment. the club will do, Baryluk, Frerichs and make a change and make a difference,” “It isn’t really that inconvenient if Frerichs said. “A lot of people don’t have you are helping in a significant way,” Dorfman hope to make the club more inviting to new members throughout that luxury.” Dorfman said.

18 september 27, 2013 Features Bears in Action

Bear Guides roll out the black and gold carpet for freshmen

Photo illustration by Sheridan Hendrix Bear Guides lead freshmen on a tour of UAHS during freshmen orientation day on Aug. 20. The school tour is one of the aspects from Link Crew orientation days in past years that carried over to the Bear Guides program this year.

By Melanie Terez, 14 monthly Bear Guides activity, as well as what the leaders hope to carry out in the future. September’s activity was the freshmen t was a sweltering hot day on Aug. 20 when over 400 freshmen tailgate at a football game, and the Bear Guides also have plans made their first of many pilgrimages to UAHS. Upperclassmen for another big activity later in the school year. I“Bear Guides” in black T-shirts stood by, ready to assist bewildered “They [also] wanted to do something like community service students and lead them in peer-to-peer bonding activities. for the freshmen with their Bear Guides in the spring,” Tang said. This new Bear Guides program is seen by several program leaders While Tang and Liang believe Link Crew was helpful in as an improvement from the previous years’ Link Crew program transitioning from middle school to high school, there are due to its focus on informality and student-to-student relationships. changes they wish had been made to the program sooner. UAHS made the switch from Link Crew to Bear Guides due to the “[Being a] Link Crew [leader] as a junior was really strict... failure of the 2012 levy. Because Ultimately, what I think it They told us specific directions UAHS no longer owns the rights for each of the games... and you to use Link Crew’s copyrighted could turn into is a year-long could not deviate from it at all,” material, Bear Guide leaders were [program] where the freshmen and Tang said. “I think the best part forced to brainstorm many new the upperclassmen are just bonding [of Bear Guides] was because activities and characteristics for as friends.” it was so informal this year, you UAHS’s freshmen program. This ‘‘ could really get to know your Bear Guides leader, junior Yijia Liang led to the creation of the Bear freshmen on a lot more personal Guides program. basis. I’m not friends with any of Freshmen orientation day aside, the Bear Guides have high the [freshmen] I met my junior year [but] the freshmen I have this hopes for how the 2013-14 school year will pan out. Bear Guides year are saying hi to me in the hallways a lot.” leader, junior Yijia Liang explains the year-long goals that the UAHS freshman Kyra Jung agrees that the Bear Guides Bear Guides leaders have for current UAHS freshmen. freshmen orientation day was beneficial. “Ultimately, what I think it could turn into is a year-long “I thought that this day was helpful [for] me. I think just [program] where the freshmen and the upperclassmen are just because I didn’t really know the school, just walking the halls bonding as friends,” Liang said. [helped] me to know the school a little bit better. Also, I The Bear Guides leaders are hoping to extend the program thought it was helpful [that] the upperclassmen [were] there beyond freshmen orientation day and a day similar to Cocoa and helping me,” Jung said. Cram (a two-day after-school event to help freshmen study for While several changes could still be made to the program, Tang midterms, which will be renamed this year) with the goal to host believes that freshmen orientation day went fairly well, especially one unique activity for freshmen per month. The UAHS spirit club given that is only in its first year, but still has room for improvement. is working to instill a sense of golden bear pride in the freshmen. “...Given that it was the first year, [the Bear Guides] did a Bear Guide and UAHS senior Becky Tang mentions the first really good job,” Tang said.

september 27, 2013 19 Features Study. Eat. Sleep. Repeat. by kimmy sullivan, ’15

Photo illustratioN BY kota ashton Extracurriculars, clubs, sports, social events and other activities on top of academic work makes finding a balance difficult for students. As the school year progresses, students work to balance academics and extracurriculars; some find solutions to the dilemma

s autumn approaches, students Honors classes, and is also a member short due to excessive academic work. begin to participate in a of Key Club, the girls’ varsity tennis “High school’s supposed to be a fun A plethora of time-consuming team, symphonic orchestra and takes experience balanced with learning the sports and activities. From soccer practice regular violin lessons. Though she feels ropes of academia, but for some of these to choir rehearsal to debate team, 24 she has a good balance of academics people it’s way too much academics,” hours is hardly enough time to get and extracurriculars at the moment, she Toohey said. everything done. When extracurriculars is beginning to feel the stress from her Toohey is also a parent of a high are combined with already overwhelming commitments. schooler at UAHS. academic work, many students find “I usually try to do all my hard “As a parent, I see that it’s way more themselves stressed and without enough homework and my activities first, and than I ever saw when I was in high time to honor all of their commitments. save the easy stuff for later...at night, school.” but sometimes... I won’t get to the easier Making the stuff. I’ll have to rush to do it in the Solutions morning,” Grumman said. “So I’m trying Although astounding schedules can grade to...find that balance.” seem hard to conquer, there are solutions At UAHS, it’s common to see a Senior Michael Merullo, member of to help students handle the stress of their student schedule including multiple AP the boys’ varsity soccer team, also has busy lives. One solution is to make a and Honors courses. Academics at this difficulty finding time for everything. single activity your priority; for Angelis, level of difficulty require a reasonable “It’s kind of hard sometimes, schoolwork comes before extracurriculars amount of time for homework. especially now that I’m in season, I don’t and sports. Sophomore Gabby Angelis is have a day off,” Merullo said. “I have “I definitely focus more on academics, currently enrolled in AP U.S. History, practice Monday through Saturday, and so if I can’t finish something for history or infamous for its overwhelming readings; I’m working Sunday.” another class then I’ll try and leave cheer Angelis feels stress due to this specific However, being a senior has its early or not go to gymnastics,” Angelis class. benefits; Merullo’s two study halls on said. “It’s just that class. I spend my whole either side of his lunch period make his Toohey has another idea about how to night on AP homework, and that’s really schedule significantly less overwhelming. deal with school-related stress. stressful,” she said. Even teachers recognize the vast “Find a safe outlet for stress,” Toohey Devoting so much time to academic amounts of stress falling on students’ said. “Something without a teacher, work leaves little room for extra- shoulders. English teacher Matt without a parent, without a coach, curricular activities. Junior Anna Toohey feels that some of the enjoyable without an adult, where [you] can go Grumman is taking two AP and two experience of high school is being cut and safely experience catharsis.”

20 september 27, 2013 Features

All Photos courtesy olivia march A rusted boat floats in the Caribbean Sea off the coast of (From left to right) Stacy Gibson, Hannah Barker, Kirstin A starfish lies in the sand on Andros. The starfish was Andros. The group discovered man-made structures as Stephensen, Sara Newhouse, Olivia March and Katie part of the many different marine life discovered by the well as marine life while exploring in the ocean. Rapp dress up for a night on the town. The group ate at students. local restaurants and experienced new, exotic food. Biology Through a New Lens Annual trip to Andros offers students a unique perspective on biology

by ella koscher, ’15 traditional classroom setting. island and sea become their classrooms, and “On the island [the kids] are really each day brought a new discovery. typical high school biology enthusiastic and eager to explore. I “The learning was put into what we class is loaded with paperwork, think it definitely lends itself well to were doing,” March said. “It didn’t feel like Atextbook readings and organized hands-on learners,” Reese said. learning at all.” experiments. The syllabus is set in stone Every year, roughly 20 students go On the trip, students are isolated from and there is little time to explore. In an on the trip. In the summer of 2013, their familiar developed worlds and are entire year, a student will not encounter sophomore Olivia March was one of surrounded by science. hammerhead sharks or octopi in their these students. “You are immersed in biology,” Reese natural habitat, or start class by going “I really said. “You on an early morning scuba dive. No, like biology It’s a great way to take can’t possibly these experiences are only available on and I figured students to a complete- ignore biology the island of Andros. what better ly different ecosystem. [It] on the island. Since the 1970s, groups of biology way to give[s] them an opportunity to It’s a relatively students from UAHS have traveled develop my explore coral reefs and other undeveloped to the remote island of Andros in the biology skills organisms‘‘ they could not pos- island so Bahamas. The annual eight-day trip than go have cellphones offers a unique and beneficial style of a hands-on sibly find in Ohio.” don’t connect, learning, different from sitting in a experience Science teacher Lynn Reese there’s no cell classroom. in Andros,” service, there’s Lynn Reese, a UAHS science March said. not wifi. It’s nature and life and that’s all you teacher and longtime coordinator of Between days exploring the land and have to appreciate and enjoy the week that the Andros trip, described the trip’s days snorkeling in the sea, March feels that they are there.” advantages for students. she took more away from Andros than in Without technology, students are able “It’s a great way to take students the classroom. to explore biology without distraction or to a completely different ecosystem,” “It was such a hands-on experience. interruption from a school bell. Overall, Reese said. “[It] give[s] them an Everything I learned on the trip I feel like I the trip offers a unique perspective opportunity to explore coral reefs will know for so much longer,” March said. of biology minus the lab reports and and other organisms they could not “I feel like it is just better implanted in my lengthy textbooks. possibly find in Ohio.” brain because I didn’t just learn it looking at March would recommend the trip While in Andros, students worked a board, I learned it in the ocean.” to anyone eager to learn more about first-hand in the field and were always Students learned about the geography biology. actively learning. Reese said the trip of the island and heard lectures almost “It was such a great experience,” can intrigue students who are typically every night about what they would be March said. “I definitely do not regret it bored or find it difficult to learn in a learning when they were in the ocean. The [and] I would definitely do it again.”

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22 september 27, 2013 Features Fantastic Freshmen The class of 2017 brings new and unique talents to the hallways of UAHS by Lindsey meredith, ’15 Lindsey Spangler Jordan Zimmer

indsey Spangler has been doing magic for wo summers ago, UAHS freshman Lfour years. Magic has been in her family TJordan Zimmer learned a new talent. since her dad was a boy. He learned to freestyle scooter. Zimmer “My dad has performed magic since he learned from his friend who freestyle was a kid. And then my older sister started scootered. “Some of my friends skated so I to do magic. So then I learned to do magic,” decided to try scootering,” Zimmer said. Spangler said. Freestyle scootering is when you use Spangler performs what’s called stage magic. Stage magic is a a scooter to do tricks, it is similar to skateboarding. Because of type of magic that is meant for a large audience. This differs from up- the tricks done during this type of scootering a different kind of close magic, which is meant for a smaller audience. scooter, called a kick scooter, is needed. “My magic is tricks that people don’t have to be up close to see,” “A kick scooter is like Spangler said. A kick scooter is like the the scooter people think Spangler has competed in a couple magic competitions hosted scooter people think about with the deck and by her father. In these competitions magicians are judged by how they about with the deck and the the handlebars. But it’s interact with the audience as opposed to how difficult their tricks are. handlebars. But it’s more well more well built and more “Competitions are based on how well you present your tricks and expensive,” Zimmer said. built and more expensive.” In the videos that how well your routine flows instead of how your tricks look,” Spangler ‘‘ Zimmer and his friends said. Freshman Jordan Zimmer make, he shows tricks you Many people in magic competitions devote their life to magic. can do on a scooter. Some Spangler’s magic is just a hobby but despite this she still does well in include bar spins, which is when the bars spin in a 360 or a competitions. tailspin, when the bottom or deck of the scooter goes in a 360. “I’ve done okay in competitions. I don’t do great but I don’t fail A harder trick called a Bri flip is where the scooter flips over either,” Spangler said. your head. Spangler also performed in talent shows at Hastings Middle This activity can be very dangerous though. Just last year School. Zimmer fell and broke his leg while freestyle scootering. “After I performed at the talent show everyone at school knew that “I broke my tibia and fibula and I had to have surgery on it. I was that kid who did magic,” Spangler said. Now there is a five inch metal plate with six screws in my leg,” Zimmer said. Even though magic is just a hobby for Spangler she still wants to Zimmer hopes to continue to have the time to do this activity do it in her future. in high school. “I hope to keep doing magic as a hobby and I want to perform “I want to continue for as long as I can but academics and every now and then,” Spangler said. school are more important to me,” Zimmer said.

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the GGAP photo by Kota ashton Despite negative stereotypes, students in special education A student receives one-on-one instruction from special education teacher Kim Hutson. Students in the program program have much in common with other students often form close relationships with their teachers.

by sarah shroyer, ’15, education program share many similari- “I [took] Designing with Materials and kimmy sullivan, ’15 ties with the rest of the student body, and Photo Tech [last year], so they help negative stereotypes and misperceptions me in there,” she said. “They’ll ask me, eet junior Caroline Rasico: Her persist. These attitudes make it hard ‘How are you doing so far? Do you need wavy brown hair rests just below for these students to be accepted in the any help?’ Those kind of things.” her shoulders; turquoise-colored school community. Despite the accom- A lot in common Mbraces flash across her teeth modations these students require, they’re when she smiles or laughs. She’s confident here for the same reason as the rest of Special education courses and on-level and easy to talk to; her calm, collected the student body: to reach their highest courses have several similarities, including manner would make anyone feel at ease. potential and to prepare for the future. the scope and sequence of the material. She works a shift at Huffman’s Market Students are involved in the special Rasico is enrolled in most days after school, and in her spare education program for various reasons. a combination of pro- time she enjoys hanging out with her “I am in the program because I have a grams. She takes some friends. Photo Tech and other art classes learning disability,” Rasico said. “I need classes in the resource are her favorite part of the school day. to get extra help from teachers, so the rooms and is enrolled And, of course, she looks forward to the classes help me in math, reading, lan- part-time in the Learn- end of each school day. guage arts, those kind of classes.” ing Center program. Rasico has friends, hobbies, and even Rasico takes her core classes in the According to the high a job. It might be surprising to discover special education classrooms, known school’s website, the she is a member of the special education as “resource rooms,” and takes elective Learning Center program serves students program. She learns differently than most coursework, including art classes, with whose disabilities require special help on a students and needs extra help in some the rest of the student body. part-time or full-time basis. Participation areas—but that doesn’t make her any dif- In her art classes, the teachers are in the student’s other education activities ferent than the rest of her peers. aware that she might need extra help and is encouraged. The Learning Center pro- Although students in the special assist her when necessary. vides a modified on-level curriculum that cannot be not offered in on-level courses. “I wish every kid had an IEP or In the Learning Center program Rasi- something similar, because it’s a good co’s classes include math, science, language What’s an IEP? tool where we assess the students and arts and social studies. According to Kathy determine what areas they have a need Stutz, a special education teacher who IEPs, or Individualized Education Plans, in,” she said. “We set goals for the kids specializes in social studies, the students are plans initiated for students who have and we give progress on those goals in special education classes learn the same been identified as having a disability. every quarter.” content as those in the on-level classes. For According to UA’s special education IEPs help students evaluate when example, students might read and fill out webpage, these students have needs that their goals are met and when new goals guided notes for homework. The only real cannot be met by the standard curriculum need to be set, Stutz said. difference is that these classes are adjusted, and system, so a plan is written by the “We put [special education students’ or modified, to meet the academic needs IEP team consisting of parents, teachers, goals] down on paper,” she said. “[Other of the students in the program. administrators and other service providers. students] just have [them] rattling “Often it just takes them a little longer IEPs mainly focus on goals that the around up in [their] heads.” to figure things out,” Stutz said. “It’s our student should work on achieving, special In short, IEPs help the students job then to make sure that we understand education teacher Kathy Stutz said. become more successful in their studies. that that’s what their issue is and then present the information to them in as

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many ways as we can to help them get the Christina said. same information that everybody else is The places Chris- Special Ed Terminology getting; it just might take a little longer, tina and Allison go There are many terms available when referring to and it might take a little different route.” together are places special education students; however, some are outdated and Rasico said she enjoys taking classes where others are considered disrespectful, if not downright rude. with the rest of the student body, as aware of Allison’s Students are aware that the terminology has changed; well. Art classes are a fun addition to her disability. People however, 69 percent of students surveyed report being schedule, and her participation in the at these places are concerned with inadvertently offending someone by using special education program doesn’t prevent understanding, and incorrect terminology about special education students. her from taking any elective she chooses. don’t say rude or For example, when referring to people with an emotional “I like being in photography, because offensive things. disability, the terms “emotionally disturbed” and “retarded”— I can show my personality in my pictures Another student once widely used—are now considered to be offensive.T he or in any kind of arts that I do,” she said. who sees the ste- current term for this condition is “emotionally disabled.” Minor differences reotypes portrayed There are also new guidelines when talking about a is UA 2013 alum disability. When referring to accommodations for people with While students in the special educa- Allee Overmyer. disabilities, the term “accessible” should be used rather than tion program share many aspects of school Overmyer spent “disabled” or “handicapped.” For example, one should call a life, the education they receive is unique in every Thursday dur- parking space reserved for those with physical disabilities an some ways. According to Stutz, students ing fifth period of accessible parking space, not a handicapped parking space. and teachers have a closer relationship in the her junior and senior Another important rule is when someone is talking about special education program. years at a Glee people without disabilities, it is ok to say “people without “You become even more than a regular club she created for disabilities.” They should not be referred to as “normal” or “healthy;” classroom teacher to them,” Stutz said. “You autistic students this implies that people with disabilities are abnormal. develop a relationship with them; it’s a little at UAHS. There It can be difficult to stay current on terminology however, different and she helped them We’re not all the same... Some special education teacher Kathy Stutz said the most important they need that.” socialize with other of us have great athletic [talent] thing is to treat students in the special education program These students and learn ... Some are great in the classroom ... with respect—just like everyone else. relationships music. That’s what makes us unique: our help students Overmyer strengths and weaknesses.” grow and and the Glee club Are you afraid of inadvertently offending ‘‘Special education teacher succeed in their performed music someone by using incorrect terminology about Kathy Stutz academic and with the other choir students in the special education program? personal lives. classes, including yes kind of no Enrollment in the special education the annual Fall program can also limit students’ schedules, Follies performance. Rasico said. She said the experi- 26% 42% 32% “It does limit me to be in the special edu- ence was rewarding source: voluntary Arlingtonian survey of 253 students during the 2012-13 school year cation program, because I can’t take honors for her, as she saw of look down on you, and say ‘Oh, you have classes,” Rasico said. the students grow in their skills, forming an IEP? What do you have?’” she said. “It’s But the limitations placed on their friendships with many of them. kind of rude. ‘Oh, you have an IEP, you’re schedules is just one of the problems these Overmyer also has a personal connection different. We should put you to the side.” students face. to special education; her two-year-old cousin Students in special education come to Unfair stereotypes has Down Syndrome, and she visits him of- school each day for the same reasons as other ten. Overmyer said she sees some stereotypes students: to learn skills and knowledge that The biggest problem facing special educa- involving special education. can help them throughout their lives. Special tion students is stereotypes, labels that are “There are some stereotypes, especially education students desire to be treated just often untrue. that people with a disability can be over- like everyone else—because they are just like Junior Christina Koutras is familiar with looked or can be treated like a baby,” she everyone else, Stutz said. the stereotypes facing special education said. “We’re not all the same. We all students because her sister, Allison Koutras, According to a voluntary Arlingtonian have strengths and weaknesses,” Stutz said. is in the special education program. Despite survey of 253 students, many people agree “Some of us have great athletic [talent] and the stereotypes, Christina said the student with Koutras and Overmyer that Upper can do anything on the athletic field, and body, overall, is respectful of students in the Arlington does a good job of not stereotyp- some can’t. Some are great in the classroom; program. ing special education students. they can get straight A’s without even trying, “I don’t think there is a negative percep- Rasico agreed that there were stereotypes and other kids have to work really hard... tion of special education students in UAHS, associated with special education. That’s what makes us unique: our strengths but there probably is in other schools,” “There are a lot of people who will kind and weaknesses.”

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26 september 27, 2013 Features Bringing back the snacks High School bypasses Ohio’s ban on bake sales with the new after school snack shack by Hashem Anabtawi, ‘15 Stephen Davies. Since swimming The dress code at UAHS should practice takes place directly after school, be strictly enforced. 83% here have all the doughnuts Davies is glad there’s now a way to tame gone and what’s with all this his hunger. Whummus? No more root beer “I needed a snack before swim practice 4.4% yay, 83.0% nay, 12.6% undecided floats, no more brownies and no more because I forgot to bring one, so it’s great to foods that don’t contain your daily value know that I can grab a quick cookie or slim You are excited about the spirit of fiber, according to Ohio Senate Bill 210 jim to fuel my performance,” Davies said. club’s plans to include more on school nutrition. Although bake sales were banned, 69% students, sports and activities. Ohio created a ban on “certain foods the snack bar is managing to sell unauthorized by the school,” also known as cookies that meet Ohio’s guidelines for 68.7% yay, 9.3% nay, 22.0% undecided bake sales. But in March 2012, UAHS added nutrition, as they are made of whole an alternative to supply students with grain ingredients, according to Vernon. The environmental club, Green snacks ranging from fruit to cookies. Davies believes the after school Roots, is a great way to get Diana Vernon, a UAHS cook, worked snack bar is a great idea to bypass involved and help make our 54% in collaboration with Upper Arlington the bake sale ban and still meet the community greener. Nutrition services to develop the after nutritional guidelines. 54.4% yay, 3.8% nay, 41.6% undecided school snack bar at the high school. This “It’s a good way to fight the power. council has worked to change the foods This way you can have a snack You will appreciate changes made distributed during school hours to fit whenever you need one and get it to Capstone your senior year. the Ohio quickly 51% nutrition Everything that we serve too,” guidelines meets the standards for the Davies 43.4% yay, 6.0% nay, 50.6% undecided in the Alliance for Healthy Generations, the said. new law. guidelines the FDA has passed down The The after school Snack Shack According to schools.” necessity offers plenty of healthy snack to the ‘‘ for food opportunities. 38% bill, foods UAHS Cook Diana Vernon nutrition sold at the guidelines 38.4% yay, 29.7% nay, 31.9% undecided school must contain at least 10 began percent of the recommended daily value from Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move!” Are you aware that human of fiber, calcium, vitamin A or vitamin C. campaign as well as Ohio’s standards trafficking is a problem in Ohio? “We sell water, gatorade, sodas, in the Senate Bill on Ohio’s nutrition, 47% hummus, bagels, hot sandwiches and effective since July 2011. snacks such as fruit, candy and cookies,” The goal of the “Let’s Move!” 37.4% yay, 47.3% nay, 15.3% undecided Vernon said. “Everything that we serve campaign is to end childhood obesity meets the guidelines for the Alliance for nationwide and help kids live an overall The annual trip to Andros is an Healthy Generations, the guidelines the healthy lifestyle through diet and engaging and fun educational FDA has passed down to schools.” exercise. Obama began the program in opportunity. The UAHS cooks serve a large number of 2010 and began enforcing provisions 58% students and staff on a daily basis.V ernon including providing healthier food 58.3% yay, 2.7% nay, 39.0% undecided believes the snack bar is an advantageous in schools and improving access to addition to UAHS. healthy, affordable foods. Academics and extracurricular “The after school snack bar is a Although bake sales have become activities create high levels of convenience for kids because they banned during the school day, the stress for students. can grab a bagel while waiting to be after school snack bar gives UAHS 64% picked up or just to have a snack for a students a way to have snacks such 63.8% yay, 18.1% nay, 18.1% undecided sporting event,” Vernon said. as cookies while still meeting Ohio’s data for this yay or nay compiled through a voluntary arlingtonian survey This theory applies for junior swimmer healthy nutrition standards. of 10 percent of the student body. Yay or Nay compiled by Kimmy Sullivan

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Photos courtesy andrew lee The Cycling Club poses after their race in the Tour de Grandview in June. The Tour de Grandview was just one of numerous races in which the team competed over the summer. Golden Bear Cyclists Cycling team finishes first season of racing, shares goals for upcoming months by Grace Moody, ’14

ast April, shortly after junior Andrew Lee brought his “My goal is to get as many people involved as possible, love of cycling to the high school, five students who whether they’re brand new to cycling or have experience,” L expressed interest in competitive cycling came together Lee said. “Long term, my goal would be to spread our model to make a junior cycling team. Golden Bear jerseys, a club of this club to different schools in central Ohio and then adviser, two USA Cycling coaches, many races, hundreds of have an inter-Ohio league which would be awesome in miles and five months later the cycling club has successfully increasing the size and popularity of junior cycling.” completed its first racing season together. Another member of the cycling club, junior Megan After much research on many types of cycling, Lee, the Amling, shares similar goals with Lee for the team as team captain, decided to pursue road racing competitively. they prepare for their next season of racing. Amling is This was Lee’s way of bringing junior cycling to his own currently the only girl in the cycling club; therefore, she community in more than just a recreational way. usually competes with the boys in the races. While she said “Instead of focusing on all of cycling, like mountain biking competing with the boys is fun because it pushes her to and cyclocross, I just decided to stick with road cycling,” Lee her limit, she hopes she can find more girls with interest in said. “So this was my first season of hardcore cycling and competitive cycling for this next season. competing.” “I would really like to try and focus on getting more With one season underway, Lee reflects on the team’s first women cyclers,” Amling said. “Most of the races I go to, racing season and looks at the upcoming training and racing there may be only one or two other girls, so it would be nice months with optimism. to get some more females.”

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Aside from gaining more girls and else, you can’t draft, and it’s pure speed, spreading junior cycling throughout usually in a straight line,” Lee said. Racing Footage central Ohio, the cycling club will “Road races are usually pretty hilly and continue to work during their training the roads are not closed down but you months on strategies for their next have a pace car and a tail car so that racing season. the cars can’t mess with the riders. And One cycling strategy that Lee then lastly there’s criterium, which is a explained and is vital to receive short track where laps are usually less positive results in a team race is energy than two miles and...it’s super fast and conservation. technical.” “The whole idea is conserving The club is affiliated with USA energy, so drafting someone is better,” Cycling, the organization that the Lee said. “You never want to be in the team’s two coaches are from. Both front of the big group because that is coaches, Mark Farmer and Alan using the most energy and then you Martin are full time cyclists through can’t sprint for the finish.” USA Cycling. Amling, who began competitive Although the team’s racing season cycling when she joined the club last is over, individual members of the spring, experienced involvement in team will continue to compete in races the strategic plans behind competitive throughout the school year. Junior Andrew Lee finishes the Tour de Grandview racing. She said the team would To prepare for their upcoming in June 2013. practice different bike handling season, the team will continue to hold strategies practices and throughout techniques It’s that mixture of the year. during their sprinting, maintaining Practices practices speed, and the hills where consist of to plan for you have to play off of each development certain race other’s strengths to stay with rides each scenarios. the‘‘ group and then hope for Tuesday, Lee, the best at the end.” which, who also according understands Junior Andrew Lee to Lee, the strategy are geared involved in towards road racing, said, “It’s a lot more than bike handling and learning tactics. just riding your bike fast.” Thursday’s practices are distance Working as a team and combining rides where the team will usually Junior Megan Amling poses with third place everyone’s various skills is a strength cycle anywhere between 30 and 65 plaque after competing in the Tour de Burg. that the teams uses to their advantage miles. during races. Lee described how some Lee said the greatest part about road members are better at sprinting, while cycling is that, “you can go out on your others’ strengths lie in the area of hills driveway and just go anywhere. We or distance. usually try to go down the Olentangy “It’s that mixture of sprinting, or Heritage bike trail and we go out maintaining speed, and hills where onto the back country roads which are you have to play off of each other’s really nice for training and there’s not strengths to stay with the group and much traffic.” then hope for the best at the end,” he After an enjoyable first season, said. Amling plans to continue on the Time trials, criteriums and road cycling team this year. races are the three types of road racing “As good as it is for exercise, cycling that the club competes in. The team is also a really awesome thing to participated in each of these races do when you’re overwhelmed with throughout their season. everything,” Amling said. “You can “A time trial is you against the clock. just go out and think and it takes your Senior Zach Newcome during the Tour de You aren’t allowed to be with anybody mind off of everything.” Grandview.

september 27, 2013 29 Op/Ed A right to write The lack of censorship at UAHS gives writing freedom to Arlingtonian S ! n a world where someone controls careful with the freedom that they are given. writing has no value which gives them less chool Spirit everything we say and everything we think. The staff of Arlingtonian has much reason to continue telling the news. IA world where people have lost their right freedom to write. With this freedom, each Censorship doesn’t allow free expression to have an opinion, is a world sadly that we writer strives to choose topics that are both and may even give students the belief that live in. This is in our first amendment right; controversial, non- someone else will always make the the freedom of speech. offensive and overall final decision for them. Amongst other schools throughout the enjoyable to read. The writers on Arlingtonian country, UAHS compares highly. Through Arlingtonian are given a great privilage Arlingtonian, writers are allowed to express has covered stories by not being subject to prior themselves however they please. But not all ranging from drug use review and censorship. The schools are as fortunate. Most school papers to human trafficking staff is not dependent on the are restricted by prior review. Their stories to gun laws across administration to tell them that express controversial opinions won’t the nation. With what to write and not to make the cut; that’s censorship. controversial topics like write. With this independency With new leadership at UAHS, students these, writers must be comes great responsibility wonder what changes will be made. For the careful not to offend of choosing stories that are staff of Arlingtonian, fear of censorship is not any readers. The staff controversial yet informative. as eminent. also takes pride in In order to maintain the by jane eskildsen, ’15 Arlingtonian is always careful to informing the public freedom, the staff must be respect the audience’s opinions. The staff without any bias. respectful of the audience and tries to use unbiased journalistic writing Many schools’ student-run newspapers are use sound journalism to inform students, by covering stories that are relevant to restricted by prior review, meaning someone teachers and parents. the community. Knowing that students, else will decide if a story will run. With prior If the freedom isn’t handled with teachers, and parents will all be reading the review, students’ can loose their independence care, free expression and Arlingtonian’s newsmagazine, it is vital that the staff is as writers. Students may also think that their independence could be at stake.

But fear not: for, behold, I bring school appropriate is.” CodeControversy you good tidings of great joy. Principal So what’s the moral of this story? McClure’s announcement wasn’t about It’s always best to get the facts before uring the second week of the school a change in the dress code -- actually, jumping to sour conclusions and hopping Dyear, Principal Ryan McClure, no changes have been made. The on the backlash bandwagon. Contrary addressed each grade level in its own announcement was meant to popular belief, the assembly. Each assembly was mostly to be a reminder that administration isn’t just devoted to typical announcements: the students need to dress out to make life difficult date for prom, a pep rally to be held (brace for impact)... school for unsuspecting students. later that week and a reminder to make appropriate when they And as for the dress good decisions during football games. come to school. Shocking, code, just use your brain However, one subject addressed opened I know. when you’re getting the controversial floodgates for more I think it’s safe to dressed. If you have to than a few upset students: the dress code. say that McClure didn’t hide your outfit from No one felt the dagger to the heart expect the reaction he mom under a sweater so as deeply as a sizeable portion of the got when he said the she’ll let you leave the school’s freshmen and sophomore female words, ‘dress code’. In house, you may want to population. (One sophomore girl even an interview, McClure reconsider. There’s no had the audacity to stand up during her said he realized the by Kimmy sullivan, ’15 reason to wear anything assembly and publicly inquire about the importance of the issue scandalous to school changes in the dress code that would after the fact.The reality is that there anyways -- nobody wants to look up cause her spaghetti-strap tops and haven’t been any changes made to the from their psych test and see someone’s dresses to collect dust in her closet.) dress code or the way it’s being handled. buttcheeks hanging out of their Don’t get me wrong, the announcement “[The dress code announcement] was Abercrombie & Fitch booty-shorts. wasn’t a warning of an impending just a reminder,” McClure said. “We So girls, take a sigh of relief. It’s going apocalypse, but some kids were pretty have good students and smart kids, so to be okay, I promise. And boys… well, irked over the whole ordeal. I’m going to trust that they know what hang in there fellas.

30 september 27, 2013 Op/Ed School Spirit!

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Enough Spirit? Freshman Carly Baldwin Aug. 30 pep rally signaled a lack of school spirit “Ohio is one of the biggest human trafficking states, by STAFF EDITORIAL flock. School spirit is about accepting and with human and supporting all UAHS clubs and trafficking comes drugs. I believe this A stadium packed with sweaty students. activities––not just the sports. School will make Ohio less A late summer breeze whistling through spirit is about singing along to the desirable.” the air. Faces lit up from leaving school band’s music and cheering with the early. Principal Ryan McClure bursting into cheerleaders. School spirit means the Marv, accompanied by a few men on participating in the pep rallies and, as Senior Scotty Hunter motorcycles. Excitement is running high at outlandish as it seems, showing up to the Aug. 30 pep rally. the pep rallies. How does school affect your The cheerleaders and marching band Our school spirit is officially at an all stress level? prepare to take the field. time low. Suddenly, the buzz in the air hushes. No We can up our school spirit by “School work affects one is singing or humming along to the participating in the football game my sleep, which marching band’s music. The cheerleaders, themes. It’s not that hard to find a affects my stress in typical cheerleader fashion, ask the black shirt or a few neon accessories, level.” crowd if they have spirit. and even the most cynical among us The crowd stays silent. It’s awkward would have to admit there is something in every sense of the word, and quieter magical about a stadium full of cheering than any pep rally should be. One people wearing variations of the same could even hear a backpack zip. Such outfit. We are united for one common Sophomore Graham Boyer an obvious lack of school spirit signifies purpose, despite any personal differences that something isn’t working for the we may have. Friendship rifts don’t student body––but what? matter. Drama doesn’t matter. In that What’s your opinion of the We can all agree that school spirit moment, homework is nothing more newly enforced dress code? wasn’t much of a concern before the arrival than an afterthought. All that matters “I believe it hasn’t of Ryan McClure. Now, with a revamped is supporting the team and filling the changed because spirit club, the outlawing of all Hilliard gear stadium with enough noise to intimidate no one is really and the memory of Aug. 30’s disappointing the other team. In doing so, we reassert enforcing it yet. All pep rally still fresh, UAHS students would that the Golden Bears are, in fact, the best they have done is talk have to stretch the truth to its breaking of the best. about enforcing it.” point to claim they have abundant spirit. So, let’s all try to be a bit more spirited. It Contrary to popular belief, school can’t hurt, and it will be worth it for a more spirit is more than just cheering in unified and energized student body––and, one voice and blindly following the hopefully, a better pep rally next time. Junior Katie Padavick

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