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PALESTINE: A peek inside the ongoing conflict SPORTS 8 SPORTS BRIEFS: Girls Tennis, Concussions, and Girls Volleyball are discussed 9 BOYS WATER POLO: The team tells of their hopes for a state title 10 ATHLETES IN ACTION: Boys Soccer, Girls Tennis, Cross Country, Field Hockey and Football in pictures 11 CAPTAINS’ CHAT: Boys Soccer captain Santiago Barros and Girls Soccer captain Hannah Ewing talk about their seasons so far FEATURES 17 COMMON CORE: The initiative behind the notorious PARCC tests 18 UA PROFILES: Corey Aumiller, Traci Erickson, Sarah Faure and Trevor Rameil are featured 19 COMMUNITY SCHOOL: CS provides stellar college prep 20 SOCIAL MEDIA: Students becoming more wary of what they post PUBLICATION DESIGN BY JENNY JIAO, KELLY CHIAN AND ELLISE SHAFER. LIFESTYLE COVER BY KELLY CHIAN, COVER PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY TOM WEIMER. 23 FALL TV: This season’s premieres CONTENTS BY ELLISE SHAFER AND CONTENTS PHOTO COURTESY OF UBER 24 CORNERS OF COLUMBUS: Check out these local spots 26 COOL CONCERTS: Sam Smith, Misterwives and more are coming to Columbus UBER : SAFE OR SORRY? OP/ED 12 As Uber becomes more and more 27 STRAIGHT OUTTA UA: Columnist tells how to pop the popular, underaged drinking UA Bubble 28 ON-POINT PENS: The hottest pens this school year increases- but under the influence 30 BYE BYE BUGS: Columnist says farewell to pests accidents do not 31 STAFF EDITORIAL: Common Core troubles 15 Sidebar: Uber may be driving Taxis out of business, despite questionable background checks Friend us on Facebook Visit us at www.arlingtonian.com and follow us on Twitter ARLINGTONIAN | 3 Bricker & Eckler LLP Serving the City Serving the School District Celebrating Excellence We don't go into journalism to be popular. 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Load our new Mobile App for other great offers! ©2015 McDonald’s VOX 398972-9#1 4 | SEPTEMBER 25, 2015 letter from the editor Arlington was too homogenous, I thought we were just plain boring—after all, we live in Ohio. ARLINGTONIAN 2015-16 STAFF But in the last year I’ve grown to appreciate the little quirks about this place. I discovered the Book Loft, a EDITORS EDITOR IN CHIEF bookstore with 32 rooms, on South Third Street, where Jenny Jiao I squeezed into corners on rainy afternoons reading. I MANAGING EDITOR explored the waterfall off Dublin Road, where I jumped Kelly Chian into freezing cold water and my swimsuit top almost COPY EDITOR fell off. I went to the creek at Miller Park, where Maeve Ellise Shafer O’Brien and I found a little zip line. And I was introduced WRITING STAFF to the Short North, where I can get my weekly dosage NEWS EDITOR of peach bubble tea and Plain-Ass pepperoni pizza. Olivia Van Arsdale Just two weeks ago, Secret Service agents stood in SPORts EDITOR my front yard because Hillary Clinton (in her glorious Cole Pirwitz pantsuit and all) was speaking across the street. How’s FeatURES EDITOR that for boring? Maeve O’Brien So I encourage you all, especially you seniors OP/ED EDITOR who have only one more year here, to make some McDaniel Hartranft good memories. Staff WRITER If you’re at a loss for what enjoyable things you Alayna Press could possibly do in this quaint little town, don’t fret. VISUALS STAFF Flip to page 24-25, where writer McDaniel Hartranft and ARts EDITOR photographer Elaina Downey showcase upcoming Caroline Chidester concerts in the area. Or check out one of the interesting PHOTOGRAPHERS I moved into a small townhouse off Kenny places mentioned by the Arts staff in “Corners of Elaina Downey Emma Griffith Road in third grade, mesmerized by the tree-lined Columbus” on page 26-27. If you’re still not satisfied, peruse that magical gadget we call the Internet. Sarah Martin streets and pickup basketball games that seemed Tom Weimer characteristic of this town. At first, I was an outsider; I Anyway, I still don’t love this place, and I don’t particularly want to return and live here when I’m BUSINESS STAFF didn’t have a cousin, a neighbor, or family friend who BUSINESS MANAGER I’ve known for my entire life to talk to at school or older. But, Upper Arlington is my hometown, and it’s Lindsey Shi yours too. play with on the playground. COMMUNIcatIONS Little by little, however, I meshed into the Many a person will ask you where you grew up, and COORDINatOR Upper Arlington world. First, it was the race to the you’ll have to say “Upper Arlington.” Will you grimace or Ashley McCartney “king” space for four square. Then, it was the Pink will you grin? 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