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Not just the common coldConcealed diseases complicate students’ lives

Diabetes

Leukemia

Asthma

Lymphoma

Jessica LynkIsabella Murray

Statistics heard on the news or on social media may seem like they don’t a!ect students’ lives, but many have become one of these statis-tics.

Senior Chris Pateras bears Leukemia. Junior Lau-ren Solberg deals with the ef-fects of diabetes. Senior Ray Yendrzejowsky deals with Epilepsy. Guidance counsel-or Mary Jahrling su!ers the pain of West-Nile virus. Brin Joseph experienced aller-gies and asthma. Senior Matt Johnson struggles to concen-trate. Junior Alex Mueller has felt the e!ects of Hodgkins-lymphoma due to neighbor Shea Anderluh.

Pateras was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leuke-mia (AML), a cancer of the blood and bone marrow, on May 9.

“I honestly cannot tell [students] what my reaction was when I was diagnosed. I had so many thoughts run-ning through my mind. I was scared, worried and con-fused. "e best way to de-scribe it was overwhelmed,” Pateras said.

Even though the illness consumed most of Pater-as’ summer and this school year, he insists that his life hasn’t changed that much. Like many people with life threatening illnesses, Pateras was bewildered as to why he could have gotten cancer be-cause he is a generally active and healthy person.

“I never thought that I would be diagnosed with cancer because I’ve never had

health issues and rarely got sick when I was younger,” Pa-teras said.

Although diagnosed on May 9, the disease really hit Pateras in September; he went in for his stem cell transplant, which was frightening, but potentially his last ever.

“It [the stem cell trans-plant] was Sept. 25, and right now I’m recovering from that. I’ll be in the hospital, if everything goes well, for an-other three and a half weeks and then at Ronald McDon-ald house for another month to #nish recovery,” Pateras said.

As far as life experiences go, Pateras doesn’t take life for granted.

“Ever since my diagno-sis I’ve seen life way di!er-ently. I enjoy certain things a lot more and appreciate my family and friends a lot more as well. Everything just has more meaning now because I understand how life can change so quickly,” Pateras said.

"e support from Pater-as’ family, classmates, teach-ers, neighbors, and friends have helped him stay strong throughout his struggles with leukemia.

When Solberg was 11, she was diagnosed with type one diabetes. Type one dia-betes, common in children and young adults, is where the body does not produce enough insulin.

Solberg experiences shak-iness, gets light-headed, and feels weak when her blood sugar is not high enough.

“Low blood sugar makes me feel like I don’t know what’s going on sometimes, so it’s pretty annoying,” Sol-berg said.

Since Solberg was diag-nosed, she has had to adapt to life with the condition.

“It was hard to adjust at #rst when I had to go from eating whatever I wanted whenever I wanted to count-ing carbs and injecting the right amount of insulin to cover what I ate. I also had to start pricking my #nger to test my blood sugar #ve to ten times per day,” Solberg said.

Solberg has to be con-stantly aware of what she puts in her body, but she doesn’t dwell on it.

“It gets hard sometimes, but mostly I am used to do-ing everything I need to, so it doesn’t seem like that big of a deal to me,” Solberg said.

While impacted by dia-betes everyday, she refuses to let herself be dragged down by it.

“Having diabetes makes me realize how much I can a!ect my health and keeps me living a healthier lifestyle than I would have without diabetes,” Solberg said.

Epilepsy

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Who  in  your  life  has  been  diagnosed  with  any    major  medical  

conditions?

I never thought I would be diagnosed with cancer because I’ve

never had health issues and rarely got sick when

I was younger,

SENIOR CHRIS PATERAS

HUSKIE POLLPOLLE

A.  I  was  diagnosed

B.  A  friend  was  diagnosed

C.  A  family  member  was  diagnosed

D.  None  of  the  above

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Pateras battles Leukemia

Solberg deals with diabetes

Mili Pandya

Students buying t-shirts from clubs and sports teams for vari-ous events aren’t an uncommon sight during the week. Whether the shirts are bought to display school spirit or to help a worthy cause, students are always adding more to their collections.

!e girls swimming team sold t-shirts, but with another purpose in mind.

“We sold the shirts, along with BG, to raise money for the Special Olympics teams at Hersey,” senior Amanda Petro said. “!e money we raised, which was a couple hun-dred dollars, goes towards uni-forms, supplies, and anything else the teams might need.”

Along with selling the t-shirts, the team also dedicated a meet to the Special Olympics.

“Every year when we have our once a season meet against BG, both teams get together, and we host a Special Olympics Meet,” se-

nior Karolina Szymaszek said. “We want people to show their support for the cause.”

Recently, Student Council sold t-shirts to encourage student par-ticipation in the annual Clash of the Classes.

“It is so fun to see everyone

repping their class color during school and then competing that night. !e t-shirts de"nitely get people excited and bring the classes together,” senior Lauren Nagle, Stu-dent Council President, said.

!e shirt designs allowed each class to have its own color as well as a unique slogan on the back.

“Most grades talked about it at their meetings and then posted di#erent design ideas on their class council Facebook page and took a vote,” Nagle said.

!e shirts, which had to be pre-ordered, were sold for $7, three dollars less than last year’s price of $10.

“We sold the shirts for what they cost because we wanted to make them a#ordable and get more students to buy them, so we didn’t make much of a pro"t. Any money we did make went towards our stu-dent council fund to help plan dif-ferent events throughout the school year, like homecoming,” Nagle said.

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Students’ concerns consideredGraduation requirements await alteration

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Ashley HawkinsBrian Loomis

Students can only take so many classes before worrying about ful-"lling graduation requirements.

Trying to "t in these re-quired classes by senior year pre-vents students from enrolling in electives that may a#ect career choices in the future.

!e Superintendent’s Lead-ership Team has recommended the elimination of information processing as a graduation re-quirement, beginning next fall. Faculty members received the announcement through e-mail.

Two reasons prompted this recommendation.

“One, we were hearing from students [who desired] to have more opportunities to take elec-tives. We could eliminate a re-quirement. Two, through all of the technology pilots we’ve been doing, students are coming in with much more developed tech-nological skills,” superintendent Dr. David Schuler said.

Many students "ll their elec-tive spots with activities that uti-lize a class period such as band, choir, show choir, and others. If students were involved in any of those activities, as well as a foreign language, their schedule would be "lled.

For students involved in such activities, the announcement has relieved them of their concerns of completing the information pro-cessing requirement.

“It will help my schedule be-cause I will have an open spot to take something exciting, some-thing I have never done before because of having to take orchesis and gym my freshmen year,” soph-omore Gretchen Lundstrom said.

Others experienced the same gratitude. “I’m happy because I won’t have to take summer school

or worry about the pro"ciency test,” junior Emma Mallers said.

While students who had yet to take the course rejoice, they won-der why this has been a require-

ment up until this point.“I felt it was kind of pointless

because I can work computers and powerpoints okay,” Mallers said.

“I feel I understand technol-ogy without it [the course] just because we have grown up with it[technology],” Lundstrom said.

Some also wondered if all the skills taught in the class would be applicable in careers down the line.

“Not everyone will be sitting at a computer for the rest of their lives,” Lundstrom said.

In addition to the information processing changes, it was also rec-ommended that students involved in marching band and ROTC will have the option to waiver out of PE.

If this goes into e#ect, starting next school year, marching band

students can waiver out of the fall semester of PE, taking a study hall in its place.

ROTC students can opt out of PE depending on their schedule for

competition.Long hours spent marching

and practicing music take such a toll on students that they struggle to "nd time to get other things accomplished.

“We heard from a lot of concerned parents about how late students stayed up doing homework and how much sleep they lost. So we "gured we could give them time during the day to get work done,” Schuler said.

“When I have band a$er school, I get home around nine and "nish my homework pretty late,” junior Joey McGovern said.

Seniors who were not given this opportunity are empathetic towards the underclassmen who will reap the bene"ts next year.

“It’s nice for the band kids because now they get a study hall instead of two gym classes. You have to run from set to set. You march and run back. If you mess up, you have to run laps some-

times,” senior Claire Hynes said.!ose in band understand and

appreciate the recommendation. While some may not see it as

much of a physical activity, partici-pants know "rsthand the hours of work that go into the performance.

“I don’t ever give 100 percent e#ort, or really any e#ort at all, dur-ing gym class. In marching band, I give the e#ort needed to do things correctly, so I end up exercising more during marching band than during gym class,” junior Kevin Kapinos said.

!e Board of Education will decide if these recommendations will pass on Oct. 18 at the next board meeting.

Democrat and Republican presidential candidates Barack Obama and Mitt Romney par-ticipated in a heated debate on Oct. 3 at the University of Den-ver.

!roughout the debate, Obama put an emphasis on Romney’s failure to answer which tax deductions he would get rid of. Romney, on the other hand, chose the tactic of focus-ing on the negatives of Obama’s last four years in o%ce.

Overall, Romney was on the o#ensive while Obama was on the defensive, leading to the belief that Romney won, de-spite his unexpected change of views.

“Romney was more on point about attacking cru-cial issues and Obama looked tired,” senior Andrew Napora said.

Fi$een minutes were sup-posed to be spent on each of the six selected topics, with two minute closing statements at the end.

However, the candidates failed to follow this schedule, going far beyond the time limit.

!e Lake County school district in Florida has consid-ered attaching cameras to caf-eteria trash cans to discover what foods are being wasted and why.

According to MSNBC.com, a recent law requires schools to provide an increased amount of vegetables to stu-dents.

Consequently, $75,000 worth of produce have been thrown out by students, as re-ported by the Lake County Food Services Department.

!e cameras will allow of-"cials to see the foods being tossed away. Presentation is a factor being studied, as well as which foods are enticing to certain age groups.

“I think trash-cams are a good idea. However, I also think many students might "nd it as an invasion of privacy, so the study would probably have to be done in a di#erent way,” sophomore Amanda Mix said.

!ese trash-cams could make a dent in total food waste as well as raise nutrition in stu-dents.

School investigates food waste

Romney and Obama face off in presidential debate

Students sell shirts to support a cause

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Junior Erick Berg and freshman Adam Johnson practice a song during march-

ing band.

Starting next fall, students in marching band can opt out of the semester of PE

and take a study hall in replace, pending the Board of Education’s approval.

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T-shirts like this are being sold to help raise money for the Special

olympics team.

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Students manage serious health stressJessica Lynk

Isabella Murray

Jahrling suffers effects of West Nile

In August 2006, Jahrling was sent to the hospital a$er experiencing head pain and other symptoms. A$er being there for a few days, she was diagnosed with Neuro-invasive West Nile Virus. She experienced many complications from the illness, one of which was improper brain function.

“I couldn’t express my thoughts. It hurt to read. I couldn’t read a whole book for 9 months,” Jahrling said.

Jahrling took this experience as a lesson.“What I learned is to really not sweat the

small stu#; your life can change in a minute. I know I was always responsible, but now I’m a little easier on myself than I used to be,” Jahrling said.

Not only will the lessons she learned stick with her, but a few things from the disease also a#ect her daily.

“I still have trouble with balance, I get tired more easily than I used to, and I’ll have to take medication for the rest of my life. I have daily pain,” Jahrling said.

Although some students are afraid of bees because of a past sting, Jahrling does not live in fear.

Yendrzejowsky battles Epilepsy

Yendrzejowsky has had Epilepsy for 15 years. !is disorder a#ects the brain and causes people to have seizures.

While Epilepsy cannot be prevented, Yen-

drzejowsky noted that “getting a good night of sleep and eating healthy” did have some posi-tive side e#ects.

“Although I have epilepsy, I don’t let it af-fect me,” Yendrzejowsky said. “I live my life as is.”

Joseph feels asthma pres-sure

Joseph has had allergies and asthma since she was in "$h grade. She has to take prescrip-tion allergy pills whenever the seasons are changing or whenever she is around cats, dogs, and grass. She also has to use her inhaler prior to going outside whenever it is humid or when she is doing physical activities.

“!e most annoying thing is having to deal with the symptoms,” Joseph said.

Although asthma and allergies are com-mon, the disease can be life-threatening.

“People should be aware of asthma because it can life threatening, if not treated,” Joseph said.

Johnson struggles to concentrate

Back in freshman and sophomore year, Johnson struggled to pay attention in school.

“My focus was horrible. I always would kind of be o# in my own world and then next thing you know class is over,” Johnson said.

Junior year, Johnson was diagnosed with ADD and was prescribed medication.

“!at year I went from Cs and Ds to As and Bs. I feel like it is tough to focus, but when con-trolled I feel like a very good student,” Johnson said. Controlling his ADD is what helps keep Johnson on track.

Diseases affect loved ones!e Huskie family lost a member Shea An-

derluh passed away a$er her battle with nodu-lar sclerosing on July 25 Hodgkins lymphoma. Close friend and neighbor Mueller felt the ef-fects of this disease.

“I think we were a#ected most by having to verbally support them[the Anderluhs] and show love, which wasn’t too much to ask for,” Mueller said.

Although the situation was tough on many, Mueller took a lesson out of it.

“I witnessed a family’s amazing strength and "ght and learned how friends and a com-munity can come together to help a family in a time of need,” Mueller said.

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Comedians disregard tears for sake of laughter

“Now that I can vote, they have

become more important to

me.”

-Senior Alex Sutranitis

Are the presidential

debates important to you? Why or why not?

Dino Ljubijankic

Nothing feels better than a good laugh.

I was told that bacon gives laughter a run for its money, but I doubt it.

!at’s why comedians have great jobs: their job is to make people laugh.

But if the same joke gets used over and over again, they have to think of new, original con-tent.

Some comedians stop working for people’s laughter as their number one priority, and they go for shock value instead.

!eir goal is to put the audience into a state of shock.

Whether it means racism, sexism, insulting religion, taboo, or mocking tragic events, they want the audience to cover their mouths when they laugh, as if they use their hand to stop the laughter from coming out.

Many comedians that work for normal hu-mor sometimes bring in shock humor to send a message, to bring up a point, or just to see the hand-covering-the-mouth routine.

Some comedians have got in trouble for making the jokes for just the third reason.

Daniel Tosh, a popular comedian, got in trouble last summer for saying it would be funny if an audience member that heckled him would get raped.

!e backlash that came from that con-vinced me of something: shock humor made just for the spirit of being o"ensive isn’t alright.

However, there are times when shock hu-mor is okay. We all know that crazy cartoon called “South Park.”

Ever since the show’s creation, it has shocked its viewers with a new subject they are poking at in every new episode.

While most casual viewers would say it’s just o"ensive nonsense, most of the time there is a message behind it, criticizing today’s society and the people in it.

If a point is being made, an issue is being addressed, or a call for a change is being made, then I can see why these jokes are made. But making these jokes for the sake of being o"en-sive is pointless.

If someone cannot hold it in and have to let it out, public places aren’t the place to do it.

Having someone hear the joke and think-ing, “!at person is a jerk” isn’t good for the per-son telling the joke.

Nowadays, it seems that whenever some-

one says something hurtful, they defend it by saying, “It’s just a joke, relax.” What if the person who they were joking about heard it? It wouldn’t sound like just a joke.

Sure, the person could just laugh it o", but not everyone can do that.

Some people get really hurt, and the joker looks like the jerk.

No one wants to be a part of that situation. Is it that hard to joke about things without hurt-ing others’ feelings?

Most students have heard a joke that went too far, and hurt them more than the joker in-tended.

I’m not saying it’s going to be stopped for-ever, but those mean jokes need to have a limit placed on them, depending on when and where someone tells them

!ose jokes are saved for when a group of friends are down in (insert friend’s name here)’s basement, taking turns playing (insert #rst per-son shooter game here), and drinking/snacking on (insert soda/chip brand here), and (insert parent’s/guardian’s/adult #gure’s name here) isn’t around.

!en they can let out the terrorist joke they heard online. Any other time is a bad time for it.

“Yes, because it’s always

better to be informed than misinformed.”

-Senior Enrique Cruz

“No, because politics don’t intrest me in the slightest.”

-Freshman Julia Lynk

“Yes, (because as a sophomore),

who is elected is going to affect

my future.”

-Sophomore Nick Radanovich

“They should be important

to me, but I still don’t

follow them.”

-Junior Mitch Smelser

“I feel like I’m dying.”

It’s a saying that can be heard throughout the hallways dur-ing any $u season. As sni%es #ll the classrooms and tissues over-$ow garbage cans, some students complain about their “illness,” when others are actually deal-ing with a disease that may a"ect them for the rest of their lives.

Students can be found com-plaining almost everyday about their head, throat, and other body part that is able to feel pain, but they should think before they talk. Plenty of students are walk-ing the halls with worse condi-tions.

450 students here have wa-tery itchy eyes every season.

241 students here have to bring an inhaler to gym class in order to help them breathe.

75 students here have to be prescribed medication, so that they can pay attention in class.

37 students here have the possibility of having a epileptic seizure at any moment.

14 students here have to check their blood sugar multiple times a day.

While some students are bat-tling with cancer.

While students are complain-ing that their head is pounding, other students that may be sit-ting in their class could be deal-ing with an illness that a"ects their everyday lives’.

Instead of wasting their time complaining, students should know the signs and be aware of what could happen to their class-mate.

Not pressuring peers to have this to eat or that to drink can signi#cantly help out. Sometimes what they consume could be the di"erence between life or death.

Just helping out a friend in need will be helpful, but liking a post on Facebook about cancer patients will not help. Students should be aware of their sur-roundings and keep their com-plaints to themselves.

Knowing the warning signs to all these diseases will help out other students.

Staff Speaks ‘You’re not really dying’

Students complain about petty problems

“Yes, even though I’m

17, the laws still affect

me.”

-Senior Elizabeth

Lynch

“No, I don’t really care about

them because I’m not that into

politics.”

-Junior Lindsay Perkins

“No, not really, because Obama is going to win

the electoral college vote for Illinois anyway.”

-Senior Ina Shkembi

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When we were little tots, eating was an all day event. !e schedule consisted of mashed up banana goop, nap-time, some green slime in a jar, nap-time and so on. !en we became accustomed to eating three meal a day.

Still, were our parents on to something with the constant meal agenda? Although the idea of eating meals throughout the day sounds like the creation of a chunky society, cutting down each meal and eating smaller meals more frequently would halt the fat fad.

Oprah watchers know that eating six or seven small snacks a day is healthier than three large meals a day. For students who have full schedules, #nding time to make three meals is daunting.

If an outsider were to stumble into a morning class, I could see the confusion be-tween whether or not this was a classroom or a breakfast bu"et.

!ese brief times to learn and snack give students the nutrients needed from a possi-bly skipped breakfast. Although some teach-ers are more meticulous than others, it seems feeble-minded to not allow clean foods in the classroom. While I agree that a can of Pepsi or a bag of Doritos could be messy and dis-rupting to class, I don’t see why a banana would not be permitted.

!e reasoning for not allowing food in learning areas seems hypocritical. Food is banned to prevent critters from coming into the school, yet teachers eat meals in the fac-ulty lounges a couple doors down.

So now, I am making a suggestion to the masses. To sta": loosen up the laces on the shoes and acknowledge that we have busy schedules and have to eat when the time is available. Multitasking is possible for teenag-ers.

As apocalyptic as that sounds, I can eat my apple and comprehend what the tangent of an eight degree triangle is. To students: feast, but in a matter that is not going to cre-ate orange #ngerprints on paper, and that won’t disrupt class.

Claudia CaplanASHLEY HAWKINS

We have been privileged to have visits from a multitude of political candidates, in-cluding Brad Schneider, Robert Dold, and Rick Santorum.

I understand that these presentations can cause a lot of conversation on the side. Some students don’t have any political inter-est and choose to chat with their friends in-stead of paying attention.

Others take an interest in the forum and talk to their neighbors about issues the can-didate has been discussing. Whether talking about tonight’s plans or legalizing Marijuana, this extra conversation needs to stop.

It is super distracting for those trying to listen, and it makes us look stupid.

We have a student body that asks intel-ligent questions, but the opportunity to ask them might go away if we continue to talk over the presenters. Save the conversations for later, or write notes on a piece of paper. Just sayin’.

ISABELLA MURRAY

Elections have continually been a perfect blend of the uni#cation and opposition of the di"erent sides of America.

Honestly, at times it feels like it’s as close to another civil war as we are going to get. But more than ever, in this election, social media has contributed to antagonism on a really large scale.

According to Twitter’s blog, the 2012 election has been called the ‘Twitter election,’ generating about two million tweets each week.

As Americans, we have established the fact that on many issues, we won’t ever agree, and in some respects, that is what makes us so relatable.

But when people are using social media aggressively against another person, it seems oppressive. Social media is a fantastic way to have an opinion, to be heard, and to show support, but just remember to be respectful. Just sayin’.

Senior Soundoff

Chatter gets in way of message

Behaving badly bene"ts celebsTeens won’t catch same breaks

Snack time, all the time

Miranda Fanella

For years, industries like MTV and TMZ have exposed the $aws and traumas of celeb-rities such as Lindsay Lohan and Charlie Sheen.

Many celebrities rely on their stupidity to stay on the radar, while others are just oblivious to the scenes and drama their actions create.

Lindsay Lohan, for instance, was a fashion model from a young age, as well as a recording artist and popular actress.

Lohan has been arrested and sent to rehab multiple times, beginning at age 24, for reasons including crashing her car, getting into #ghts, driving under the in$uence twice, and sub-stance abuse.

She has even appeared in court nine times in ten months, according to TMZ.com. Con-gratulations Lindsay, a record may have been broken.

But let’s not forget about Charlie Sheen, the actor who was #red from “Two and a Half Men” because of poor anger management toward the executive producer.

Come on, give him a break, every celebrity has poor anger management. In fact, Sheen is listed as number three on IMDB.com’s list of “!e Top 15 Most Messed Up Celebrities.” Sure sounds like a real winner to me.

When celebrities get hammered for their poor judgement and foolish actions, it is rare for justice to be fully carried out. A negative lesson, if one at all, is being sent to students and teens

facing some of the same choices celebrities deal with.

Celebrities’ bad decisions are portrayed as entertainment in the media and are given atten-tion that makes them seem okay. Unfortunately, this hierarchy of who-gets-away-with-what not only destroys reputations and the much-envied lives of these VIP’s, but it also gives teens a dis-torted look at society and what is acceptable to do.

Just because Lindsay Lohan can drive drunk and still be a millionaire does not make risking a DUI okay.

But this pathetic last attempt to save her fame makes society look messed up for accept-ing her and keeping up with her time and time again. Acts of stupidity and foolishness make these idols seem immortal; they’re always being forgiven just because of who they are.

Teens o&en view themselves as immortal because celebrities are seen on television mak-ing clowns of themselves and getting unlimited attention that’s seemingly glorious and gratify-ing with very little punishment.

When it comes to the fate of celebrities’ ca-reers, it’s almost always strengthened by these acts of carelessness.

!is causes teens to believe that they’re immortal too because it is believed a career or reputation cannot be ruined from one’s actions, similar to the fate of celebrities.

Hopefully this never ending vortex of ce-lebrities goo#ng up and being given inde#nite second chances will end, as well as this obses-sion for attention, and stupidity will be subdued.

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Lessons learned from family friction Nicole Cecala

Mackenzie Francis

“We’re getting divorced” is a usually a phrase that no one wants to hear their par-ents say, but for many stu-dents, it’s a sad reality that they are forced to face.

Whether students’ par-ents got divorced recently or not, it can be a hard transi-tion to make. Many lifestyle adjustments have to be made, probably one of the biggest being which parent will gain sole custody, which can a!ect where students will live, and how o"en they will see the other parent.

“It was hard to get used to the adjustment of going between two houses and not getting to see my mom and dad everyday. Also leaving stu! at my dad’s and then needing it when I am at my mom’s,” sophomore Allison Van Staalduinen said.

“I didn’t have my dad there everyday, and he wasn’t there to tuck me in at night, so it was de#nitely a huge change,” a junior said. “In the beginning when they #rst got divorced, my dad had us ev-ery other weekend and every Wednesday, so it was hard having to shu$e back and forth.”

If students are young when their parents get di-vorced, it changes their child-hood. “I feel like I sort of had to grow up a lot faster than the rest of my friends because I had to understand what was going on,” the junior said, whose parents divorced when she was ten years old.

Although there are obvi-

ous disadvantages, many ad-vantages arise from a divorce, too.

“It’s a lot calmer with my parents not under one roof. %ere isn’t so much #ghting,” Van Staalduinen said.

“Advantages are probably two holidays for everything and getting two bedrooms,” sophomore Megan Patton said.

%e way students cope comes from those around them, those who they can lean on when this huge change happens.

“My friends are the ones helping me cope the most. %ey were always there for me whenever I needed it,” Van Staalduinen said.

%e bond between stu-dents, their siblings, and their parents can strengthen when the tension in the household is lessened.

“It had actually made me, my mom, and my sister super close. My mom has worked so hard and I really appreci-ate everything she does for me and my sister,” the junior said.

When a divorce happens in a family, some valuable lessons can usually come out of it.

“I have learned you need to understand and compro-mise with both parents,” Pat-ton said.

“I’ve learned that it’s im-portant to spend time with the people that you love, and the people who love you are always there for you no mat-ter what, and I’ve learned to appreciate that,” the junior said.

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All In the Family Families completed by adoptions

Julia Kedzior

Twins and triplets are an interest-ing concept. Unlike older or younger siblings, twins and triplets have been together since the day they were born.

With identical twins, it can be di&cult to tell them apart.

“Over the years, I’ve heard many di!erent ways of how people tell us apart, which include our facial fea-tures, the clothes we wear, and the manner in which we carry ourselves. People always used to ask us if I ever thought I was my brother and vice versa because we look so much alike. Luckily, that has never happened,” junior Danny Kapinos said about his identical twin.

Just because some siblings look almost identical, it doesn’t mean they have the same interests and passions.

“We like di!erent things. Kel is the theater person, and I am an art person,” junior Rachel Cleven said. %eir di!ering interests are what make them individually strong.

“My brother and I are very dif-ferent,” Kapinos said. “We listen to none of the same music, we like dif-ferent books and movies, and we have di!erent overall attitudes. He is very good at doing the things that interest him, and I am very good at the things that interest me, which happen to be completely di!erent.”

Despite these di!erences, some sib-lings enjoy the same types of activities.

“I’m more similar to Jack because I’m more athletic,” sophomore triplet Emma Cooke said.

When it comes to life at home, the

experience is di!erent for every family. Having someone else who is the same age can be a little challenging at times.

“Obviously, my brother and I #ght about little things like video games or who gets the TV, but it’s just stupid ar-

guing. When me and my sister get into a #ght, we go from arguing to perfectly #ne and inseparable in 20 minutes,” ju-nior Ella Tenerelli said about being a triplet.

Having a twin or triplet can also af-fect school life and how the siblings are treated when they’re not all together at the same time.

“People who know both of us rarely confuse us because we have such di!er-ent personalities, but people who just met us or only know one of us o"en have a had time telling us apart,” Kapi-nos said.

As for how they are treated, most twins and triplets feel that they are equal most of the time. “We are at the same standards with each other at home, but we compare grades,” Cooke said.

With all the students that teachers have each year, they sometimes have trouble recognizing more obvious di!erences.

“Our teachers sometimes switch our names even though we don’t look alike,” Cleven said.

Social life is just another factor that’s a!ected. “Sometimes it’s hard to keep things on the down low at school, because you go through ev-erything at the same time together,” said Tenerelli.

No matter what the situation is, having a twin or triplet is an experi-ence that will stay with these people. %rough the ups and downs, they can be there for each other and go through everything together.

“We’re still sisters and I look up to Kelli like she is my big sister,” Clev-

en said. %is type of bond is what truly makes them special.

“It may be annoying at times, but I love it!” said Tenerelli. “It’s what makes me original.”

Similar siblings share unique lifestyle

Emily Swanson

“If someone were to tell me that I could go back in time and have biologi-cal children, I wouldn’t press that button in the world,” English teacher Jim Miks said.

Miks and his wife have adopted two girls from %e Cradle in Evanston. %e Cradle is an adoption agency that helps parents, like Miks, adopt a child.

“I love my girls and I can’t imagine a family without them,” Miks said. “My daughters, Madison (eight-years-old) and Molly (two-years-old), are from dif-ferent birth mothers, and we have open adoptions for each. My wife and I devel-oped comfortable terms with the birth mothers so the open adoption was a comfortable choice.”

Two di!erent types of adoption exist. An open adoption allows the birth family to keep in touch with their child. A closed adoption does not allow the birth family and the child to have any relationship.

“My brother and I are both adopted,” senior Rachel Walker said. “We both have closed adoptions.”

“A few years ago I tried to get in touch with my birth parents,” Walker said. “I wasn’t able to because of the closed adop-tion policies. I went to an adoption coun-selor because I didn’t really understand why I couldn’t meet them, which helped.”

In some circumstances, the govern-ment steps in between the policies.

“I got a letter from the government when one of my birth parents died,”

Walker said. “I’m not sure if it was my birth mom or birth dad, all I know is that one of them died.”

Walker’s experience has greatly in'u-enced what she wants to do in life.

“I want to be an adoption counselor when I’m older to help kids that are ad-opted know why they were adopted and why they can’t see their birth parents. I also plan on adopting children of my own,” Walker said.

Senior Kim Bruckman has already witnessed the entire process. Bruckman had her baby, Sarah, at the beginning of her sophomore year, and has an open adoption set up with her and Sarah’s ad-opted family.

“I knew I was too young to take care of my own baby, and I couldn’t go through with an abortion,” Bruckman said. “Now I get to see Sarah either once a month or once every other month.”

Bruckman went through the entire process.

“I went through books and the en-tire #ling process to pick a good family. I didn’t want to pick parents that were too rich and would spoil her. I wanted her to have parents that had good mor-als,” Bruckman said. “So she could have a great life and childhood.”

Bruckman’s daughter Sarah will be turning two-years-old on Oct. 25.

“I’ll be with Sarah, her birth father, my dad, and Sarah’s adopted family,” Bruckman said.

Adoption has many positive impacts on a family.

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Students and staff share stories

In-‐Depth

JULIA KEDZIOR

Sophomores Emma, Jack, and Samantha Cooke share more similarities than just their birthday. “I’m more

similar to Jack because I’m more athletic,” E. Cooke said.

Abby Fesl

“Pitch Perfect” brings a revolu-tionary idea to an old type of movie. A classic comedy competition takes place, but this time,

it’s not dance or bands, it’s acapella groups competing in an interna-tional tournament.

!e beginning launches with a national acapella competition. One of the Barden Bellas, an acapella group from Barden University, can-not control her nerves and blows the competition for the group. It is devastating enough that it goes from the most admired group on Barden University’s campus to the least desired.

!at is until main character, Beca, played by Anna Kendrick, arrives at Barden college, the last

place she wants to be. Beca would much rather be DJing in Los Ange-les, chasing her dream.

Instead, she is forced to join the “Barden Bellas,” an acapella group that competes in the ICAA or International Collegiate Aca-pella Association competition each year because her father makes a deal with her: if she joins a group, she can go to Los Angeles.

A"er joining the group, Beca

learns there’s more to life than just getting through. She builds strong relationships with Fat Amy (Rebel Wilson), Chloe (Brittany Snow) and Jesse (Skylar Astin). Learning something from all these people builds Beca’s relationships, some-thing she had previously shied away from. !e Barden Bellas eventually makes it back to nationals.

Beca learns that by voicing her opinions, she can make a di#er-ence. In the early stages of her Bella days, she was put down by group leader, Chloe (Anna Camp). Chloe did not allow for the innovative thinking that Beca was accustomed to using making her mix tapes in hopes of making it to the big record deals.

With this new technique, the Bella’s were able to make a mark at the national competition.

“Pitch Perfect” captivated me in every fashion.

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Leave  it  

Take  itTechnology is constantly

changing, and with the combina-tion of proud JHHS students and the internet, there is no surprise that our school now lets anyone design their own spirit wear on-line. Everyone gets sick and tired

of the same matching school alumni apparel.

By being able to select the color, font and even having the option of getting a name tattooed on the clothing piece, spirit wear is all custom. !is option

is perfect for anyone to represent a sport, an activity, or plain orange crush pride. To access this website, go to the JHHS homepage and click on the large box labeled: MyLocker.net with a picture of an orange t-shirt.

!e costs are about the same as regular spirit wear that could be purchased at a football game. Creating personal spirit wear will not only avoid twinning, but will let people purchase so many dif-ferent varieties of apparel that are both fashionable and express school pride. -COLETTE TANGENEY

I’m not that big of a cartoon guy, but I can enjoy an occasional one. Cartoons are special because they can be anything the artist’s desires, from four bratty kids in Colorado to a magical land $lled with candy colored ponies. When I saw the commercials for “Brick-leberry”, a cartoon that was going to be airing on Comedy Central, I was willing to give it a try. Sounded like a semi-original idea (park rang-ers and their shenanigans) and they have Daniel Tosh voicing the bear cub.

!en I watched a couple episodes. Saying it didn’t live up to the expectations is an understate-ment. !e animation is pretty bad, the plots were typical, and the jokes weren’t that funny. Maybe I should watch a couple more episodes, but I am certainly not impressed with what I’ve seen so far.

-DINO ILJUBJIANICK

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The acapella group, the Barden Bellas, perform their !nal show.

Pitch Perfect made its debut on October 5.

Pitch Perfect hits high note

Nicole Cecala

Radio: the $rst thing teenagers turn on when they enter their cars; it’s one of the easiest ways to discover music. With multiple sta-tions available in

the Chicagoland area, everyone has a favorite. Now one is available that is actually worth listening to and falling in love with.

Alternative is back on the ra-dio. Brought back from the pre-vious cast o# alternative station 101.1, this station, Q 87.7, brings a variety of current, old, and abso-lute classic alternative-rock songs together. Artist and songwise, they’re top notch. !e station has the perfect amount of current and new bands like Fun., Young the Gi-ant, and Grouplove. !ese artists

and their songs keep any hardcore alt-rocker up to date, each giving something new to listen to in the alternative world. But of course, it would never forget about the bands that practically de$ne this genre, the older classics such as Nirvana, Red Hot Chili Peppers, the Foo $ghters, and Pearl Jam.

It is hard to think of a better dominating playlist. Whether com-pletely into this addictive genre or not, no one can deny how hardcore the songs they play are, with the perfect amount of so" songs mixed in, not forgetting how impactful the mellow tunes and dead honest lyrics can be.

Current favorites of mine are Muses’s new song, ‘Madness’, which is featured on a daily basis. !e song depicts an almost spooky feeling with a slow tempo, but the heart wrenching pull of an up-beat tune. !en, Q 87.7 will jump right

into something like Alice in chains, ‘Man in the Box’. !is 90’s favorite gives o# an intense vibe of passion and feeling that is associated with many other ideal Q 87.7 songs.

!is well-rounded station also has an impressive website. It o#ers live streaming of what is currently playing on the station with every-thing happening in the alternative world at easy reach on their web-site.

!ey feature many ways and chances to win tickets to upcoming concerts, always promoting them, giving us knowledge of what’s com-ing to our area. It’s absolutely mind blowing how cheap tickets are for some of the more unknown bands, with easy access to get them.

Playing artists from the Silver-Sun Pickups to Awolnation, then onto Live, and Sublime, Q 87.7 of-fers a near perfect playlist, without ever causing me to turn to my iPod.

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!e Bay area’s most popular punk rock trio, Green Day, returned this month with “Uno!,” part one of their planned

album trilogy, with “Dos!” com-ing in November, and “Tre!,” scheduled to be released in Janu-ary.

!is time around, the band ditched their tried and true style of politically charged rock op-eras, and returned to their roots. Social commentary is replaced by tales of youth, angst, and love in this throwback album that ex-pertly blends pop, punk, and al-ternative genres.

It’s music like this that ulti-mately led to Green Day’s suc-cess, helping them revive the all-but-dead punk rock scene of the early 90’s.

When I $rst heard Green Day was making an album tril-ogy, I immediately assumed they were creating another sweep-ing rock opera epic on a scale so large it required being split into three separate albums. I didn’t expect that part one would be a huge throwback to their popular works from the 90’s.

Of the album’s 12 songs, three were released early as singles. !e $rst was “Oh Love;” starting o# with a simple pop guitar ri#, the song has huge payo# in the fast and incredibly catchy chorus as well as some memorable lyrics written by lead singer and guitar-ist Billy Joe Armstrong.

!e next single released was “Kill the DJ,” a passive-aggressive tune with a captivating bass ri# by Mike Dirnt that plays per-fectly o# the banging percussion of drummer Tre Cool. !e lyrics leave a very hostile, in-your-face, and commanding impression, and the song structure is by far the most complex on “Uno!”.

!e third and $nal single, “Let Yourself Go,” is a touch on the repetitive side, but its break-neck pace, unforgettable chorus, and short running time easily make up for its redundancy. !e brief but breathtaking guitar solo is also the most fanatic, complex, and best on the album.

!e rest of the album is just as solid. “Fell for You,” “Sweet Sixteen,” and “Stay the Night” of-fer some sincerely relatable lyr-ics, while “Nuclear Family,” “An-gel Blue,” and “Loss of Control” present some great fast-paced punk tunes.

“Rusty James” is “Uno’s” penultimate song, has the best written lyrics, a complex struc-ture, and a slightly understated quality, making it my surprise fa-vorite of the entire set list.

I can’t wait to see how “Dos!” and “Tre!” can stack up to part one of the album trilogy.

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Fallpalooza starts o! choir season strongNatalie Czarnota

All the singing groups at the school gathered in the theater to perform at the

fall show: Fallapalooza, on Oct. 2. As it was the $rst performance of the

school year, students had a fresh start to a new year in the perfor-

mance.First up was Treble Choir, who sang

“Children of the Earth” and “Amani.” !e next performers, students in Concert Choir,

sang “Amani” as well, but in a di#erent ar-rangement so that Treble Choir could see

the di#erence.“!e hardest part was memo-

rizing the lyrics and the order of the songs because there was a lot of

repetition with everyone singing some-thing di#erent at the same time. It was also

di%cult because we sang it a capello,” senior Elena Lindstrom said.

A"er concert choir $nished their perfor-

mance with “Shoshone Love Song,” Ladies First performed “Dancing in the Street” and “Land-slide.”

Next up, Women’s Chorale sang “Son de Chamaguey” and “Love is a Rain of Diamonds.”

Asha Worthy performed a solo in Heart and Soul for “Walking on Broken Glass.” A"er working very hard on the song all year, Worthy felt that the performance went well despite some issues with the microphone sound.

“Overall, it was a really fun song. We even called it the ‘banana jum jum song’ because the second soprano part of the song sounds like you’re singing ‘ba na na jum jum’,” Worthy said.

Chamber Singers performed “Kyrie” and “Baba Yetu,” a task which proved di%cult be-cause it was in a di#erent language.

“Baba Yetu has to be the best song that I have ever sang with choir. Learning the song was hard though. Swahili is no joke; I had to go in and get extra help with pronunciation,” senior Nicky Mendelsohn said.

On Stage sang and danced to “Nothin’ But

a Good Time.”“[It was my favorite] because it’s

really upbeat,” Lindstrom said.Lindstrom, along with the rest

of On Stage, practiced the dance at home and rehearsed it on the stage during class to ensure perfection.

A"er the On Stage performance, Com-mercial Break performed an a capella version of “!e Lazy Song” with a solo from Mendelsohn.

“I was so proud of Commercial Break. We worked really hard on the song, and it turned out really well,” Mendelsohn

At the end of the show, Mass Choir per-formed “Can You Hear” and “Ogo ni fun Olu-wa.”

!e performers feel con$dent about the show and relieved to have it over with.

“It was nice to get our $rst per-formance under our belts, and we’ll just get better as the year goes on,” Lindstrom said.

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Miranda Fanella

!e Service Over Self Club (S.O.S.) has been around since 1969, allowing students to get involved and help the community. Mark Gunther has been serving as club sponsor and organizer for 11 years and has helped with re-cent developments in the organization.

S.O.S. is a club that consists of many dif-ferent community projects as well as activities that occur within our school. Projects include Study Buddies, Pen Pals, Kiwanis Peanuts, the Prospect Heights Spook Fest, Conker Cancer, and the blood drive on Oct. 18.

“We do about 40 projects per year. Some projects are over 40 years old,” Gunther said. “Senior Citizen Day and the Love Bus have been running for about 40 years, and the Funner Olympics and the Food Drive are 30 years old. !ose are the projects students most participate in.”

Within S.O.S., there is a reward program called the Gold Membership program, where enthusiastic members are awarded for being dedicated and involved. Kiwanis Peanuts is one of two projects that enable students to become Gold Members if completed.

Gold Members get special deals such as cuts in prices in restaurants and stores in the area, as well as price cuts in projects requiring a participant fee. !e second required activity to become a Gold Member is to sell at least two entertainment books to family and friends.

A Gold Membership can also award stu-dents a letter of recommendation from Gunther for college, as said at the informational meeting.

With so many activities to take part in, the one project most widely known by students is “Super Buddies”. Previously known as “Best

Buddies,” this group brings all students together to make new friendships, and it focuses on in-teraction with CLS students. !e name changed due to a decision on how well S.O.S. had devel-oped the program.

“We realized we could be independent and didn’t need an outside agency,” Gunther said.

Super Buddies has worked to enable all stu-dents to interact, get to know each other, and make new, even unexpected, friendships.

“Super Buddies is an S.O.S. group that or-ganizes events where CLS students and S.O.S. buddies can make new friendships, which they may not normally have the opportunity to make, through fun activities and trips,” junior Mike Fuerst said.

“It’s a way to mix CLS stu-dents with other kids from Hersey so everyone is friends,” sophomore Caitlin Nagle, one of Supper Buddies’ administrators, said.

S.O.S. also serves as an op-portunity for students to com-plete community service and volunteer hours, whether it’s for a class, National Honors Society, or to spice up college applications.

Many other projects besides Super Buddies have le" a lasting impact on students and the com-munity alike.

“I’m excited that I get the chance to help people. I love be-ing able to volunteer and make a di#erence,” freshman Annie Mc-grath said.

“Our $rst Super Buddies activity will be on Oct. 12. We’re going to meet up before the soph-

omore football game to do some face painting and attend the sophomore game as a group,” Fuerst said.

“!e S.O.S. Facebook page has information on upcoming projects and what’s going on,” se-nior Annie Weber said.

S.O.S. and Super Buddies are full-year pro-grams that many students participate in, a#ect-ing themselves, the school, and the community.

“We’re always looking for new committed members, so if you want to join, contact me, Mr. Gunther, or one of the other student heads at school through Facebook, or e-mail,” Fuerst said.

!is week was homecoming week which was packed full of activities. One notable part of the week that was evident to students as soon as they entered the building was the hallway decorations.

Hallway decorations are con-trastive from the usually barren hall-ways. “It [the hallway decorations] lets clubs and teams make the school look bet-ter,” junior John Pham said.

Each year, on the day before homecoming week, many extra-curricular clubs and teams decorate the hallways, and a contest is held at the end of the week on which hallway looked the best.

Each hallway was decorated in suit with this year’s homecoming theme of “Lights, Camera, Dancin’’. Hallway decorations this year included Elf by Poms, Pixar by chorus, Harry Potter by Orchesis, and a multitude of other topics relating to the over-all theme.

!ese decorations make homecoming week more memorable and festive than a normal school week.

Clubs and teams deck the halls for homecoming week

ISABELLA MURRAY

S.O.S. members seniors Emily Russell, Nick Trossen, and Annie Weber decorate halls for Homecoming Week, one of the club’s

many service projects.

SOS and Super Buddies unify students

ISABELLA MURRAY

Poms decorated its hall with

a holiday theme inspired by the !lm “Elf.” Each hall had a movie-centered theme to coordinate with the homecoming theme.

M STADNICKI

Kevin Hyde While most girls will be preparing and

primping for Homecoming tomorrow, the girls cross country team will be running and racing to the !nish with one goal in mind: succeed at the conference meet.

“As a whole, we !nished 4-1 in dual meets in our conference. "at’s pretty good and it gives us a good chance at conference tomorrow. We de!nitely have a good chance to do well,” senior Sara Bayerle said.

"e team seemingly came to a clear con-sensus in terms of their goals for the rest of the season of at least !nishing in the top !ve in con-ference and eventually to state. Other girls have made personal goals that they hope to accom-

plish.“Some girls really want to make all confer-

ence. I think they’ll be able to do it since we have a good pack of front runners who will be able to succeed,” Bayerle said.

Of those front runners, seniors Amanda Cortese and Clarissa Cruz press forward and lead to pack as two of the strongest runners on the team.

“I’m really excited for conference, and I think we’re going to do well because we have a really good pack of runners. We need to run together as a pack, and we should do well,” Cor-tese said.

Cruz shares similar sentiments and hopes to achieve certain personal goals.

“I really hope to make top 25 tomorrow, and hopefully even make all conference. As a team, we all really want to make it to state and I think we have a good shot if we do well tomor-row,” Cruz said.

As far as being role models, front runners like Cortese and Cruz inspire other team mem-bers to do well.

“I just run and run and run in order to be with Amanda and Clarissa,” senior Sarah Mul-roe said.

“One of my personal goals for conference would just be to keep up with Clarissa and Amanda. If I do that I think we’ll all be able to do well,” Bayerle said.

"e conference meet tomorrow also marks a certain milestone in some runners’ careers.

“For a lot of us, this may be our last meet in our high school careers, so that is a bit sad, but at the same time really nice. We’ve all come a long way,” Mulroe said.

Brian Loomis

When athletes converge on tryouts, it is common for them to !nd a number of kids there that they don’t know. Yet a#er the grueling try-outs, they may be placed onto a team with these very same student athletes.

While they are now teammates, they may not be comfortable with each other at !rst. However, teams have found ways to bond and defeat this problem.

Athletes on varsity teams are o#en prone to this problem as the players’ grade levels can range from freshman to senior.

“"e upperclassmen are welcoming and always able to help,” freshman volleyball player Liz Fuerst said.

While underclassmen on varsity sports can be intimidated at !rst, the seniors o#en reach out to the younger players as mentors.

“"e freshmen can look up to the upper-classmen as leaders and learn by watching us play,” junior Jola Ignaciuk said.

"e girls cross country team had a unique opportunity to bond in Peoria. Aside from the meet, the team stayed overnight and helped each other to stay focused throughout the com-petition.

“Peoria brought the team a lot closer be-cause it showed everyone who doesn’t see us practice everyday that we do work just as hard as them,” junior cross country runner Maddi Lipowski said.

While showing others that they are a seri-ous threat in competition, the team also learned how much they mean to one another.

“We realized we need each other more than anything when running,” Lipowski added, “If you don’t have your teammates, you have no one.”

Football has also bene!ted from e$orts made to bring the team closer together.

“We are a tight group o$ the !eld; everyone gets along well,” senior quarterback Quinn Or-landi said.

Having a close team translates to positive team chemistry on and o$ the !eld.

“We are a family and I know they would do anything for me, and they expect the same,” Or-landi added.

While competition can bring any team closer, some teams choose to put an extra em-phasis on the team outside of play.

“Outside of practice we like to got to the mall or eat, and the girls and I just went home-coming cross country dress shopping where we tried on a bunch of crazy dresses,” Lipowski said about the cross country team’s bonding.

"e volleyball team has also found the time to better get to know each other throughout the season.

“We all participated in the scavenger hunts as well as team sleep overs and had a lot of fun just hanging out,” Ignaciuk said.

"e team certainly seems to have bene!ted as they clinched the MSL East title on Tues. Oct. 10 and are on a hunt for more.

While some athletes may be lost a#er mak-ing the cut, attempts to bring teams together have certainly been prove through successful teams.

Team bonding fosters friendships, success

FRANCESCA HERNANDEZ

Seniors Clarissa Cruz and Amanda Cortese condition for their conference meet tomorrow.

!e girls will begin their quest for a state run at Busse Woods for the conference race.

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Well, the Chicago Cubs had another hor-rendous year. "e North-siders !nished o$ the season 61-101 and 36 games back in the NL Central. I even grimaced just typing that stat.

It’s not looking good for the Cubs as they fail to reach the playo$s for the 5th year in a row. To add to it, I’m not too impressed with the display of management by “the new guy” Dale Sveum.

I will always bleed Cubby blue, but, if I may say, these are some dark times. Almost as dark as the corked bat era or the pre-Dusty era. Or even the worst era of the all, the White Sox World Champion era. Now nothing may get as bad as that but things aren’t looking to good at the Friendly Con!nes. Hopefully, it can only go up from here.

TIM GRIFFIN

Belief. Hope. Focus. Push. No matter how generic the buzzwords

are, Derrick Rose embodies these two words better than any athlete right now. Adidas is doing a series of videos called “"e Return,” and I can’t help but have mixed feelings.

Every time I watch them, I get beyond pumped for the upcoming season only to have the unfortunate realization that the 2010 MVP winner won’t be able to join the team for far too long.

And then I get sad. "ese videos are giving me hope, and I

know that’s exactly what Bulls fans need right now, so I thank you Adidas.

DAVID MILLIGAN

Thrilling Three

Girls cross country gears up for conference race

Sports

"e girls volleyball team MSL-East Di-vision win against Bu$alo Grove on Oct. 2 may have had a little more meaning to Coach Nancy Lill than winning any of her previous division titles. "is was Lill’s 800th win in her career as a volleyball coach.

("at’s more than 300, which is a fan-tastic movie by the way.)

“It’s a great accomplishment for our program and everyone who’s put in work to help me achieve it,” Lill said.

Lill started o$ her volleyball career at Riverside Brook!eld High School and con-tinued in college at the University of Illi-nois. Lill has been coaching here since 1988 and is currently nearing the end of her 25th season. “Coach Lill is really supportive and encouraging which makes it fun to play for her,” senior Erica Hill said.

"e Huskies swept past the Bison 25-12, 25-9. (Where are the push-ups, cheer-leaders?) "is secured Lill’s 10th straight MSL-East division title. “It was great know-ing that I helped contribute to Lill’s mile-stone of 800 victories and it was an added bonus that we clinched the MSL East divi-sion in the same night,” Hill said.

Take that Coach K.

MILI PANDYA

“New guy” fails to bring success to ‘Friendly Confines’

Coach Lill captures 800; team clinches the East

Derrick Rose instills hope

A ‘date’ with Busse Woods

FRANCESCA HERNANDEZ

The football team huddles during a game at Goins Stadium. Senior Quinn Orlandi knows

a close team is important. “A play is made when everyone does their job correctly and moves and acts like one unit.”

TIMEOUT! with

Nicole

Borst

Q:How do you feel about this being your last season?

We are in one of the toughest sectionals. But with that said, I think we might be able to do well enough for someone to hopefully qualify for state.

How will conference prepare you for the post-season?Q:

It is so sad, and I tear up every time I think about it. I have been part of the team for four years and it will be hard to leave.

Conference will prepare us for playing the tougher teams in the sectionals. It will also prepare us for the pressure that comes with playing in these big tournaments.

Scott BakalTim Gri!n

!e leaves are changing color as the fall season is hitting full stride. !e temperature is going down and the cold weather a"ects the play of many fall sports.

More and more athletes are putting on gloves and layering up for the cold beginning of fall. While some athletes feel the colder weather gives them an advantage in their game, others don’t agree.

“Personally, I like it when it’ s colder out-side. !e colder weather suits me better,” soph-omore cross country runner Grant von der Lippe said.

Other athletes keep their scarves and sweaters on as they #nd the cold weather to be a disadvantage in their game.

“In the beginning of a game it doesn’t matter what temperature it is; it’s a$er half-

time when warm days keep you loose and cold games tighten you up,” sophomore soccer play-er Campbell White said.

According to weather.com, in the month of October the average rainfall is 3.15 inches. !e fall rain has the ability to change the out-come of a game.

“If it is raining, it can make the ball slip-pery and tough to hang onto,” sophomore foot-ball player William Trossen said.

Wearing more and o$en heavier clothes in the cold is an easy way to stay warm. However, this defense mechanism against the cold has consequences for golfers.

“If it’s cold or raining you need more lay-ers of clothing, which restricts your swing. !e cold and rain also makes the ball not go as far which means you need to use a club that will go farther. It is also harder to grip the club (in poor weather),” junior golfer Alysia Zaucha said.

According to AccuWeather.com, tempera-

ture’s lows will be in the 40s for much of Octo-ber. !is weather will not catch some athletes o" guard because of previous work they have put in.

“We prepare for those types of conditions in practice, so it doesn’t really a"ect us,” senior football player Brad Jensen said.

As winter weather is approaching, athletes will have to deal with more extremes. Accord-ing to weather.com, the coldest October day in Arlington Heights so far reached 27 degrees.

“In extreme conditions, you just kind of have to brace yourself. I will listen to music to get myself ready for a race normally, but when it’s freezing and raining or really hot, you have to force yourself to adjust,” von der Lippe said.

Fall sport athletes will be a"ected by the weather through the rest of October. Most ath-letes will get a break from the cold as sports then move indoors for the winter season.

Weathering the ‘Heights’Outdoor competitors adapt to season changes

FRANCESCA HERNANDEZ

Sports O cto b e r 12 , 2 012Th e Co r r e s p on d e n t12

Junior Grant Burke makes

a tough tackle in the back!eld against Prospect as senior Brandon Veenendaal looks on. "e team lost a hard fought battle 35-0.

A#er the loss, the team looks

to rebound when they go against Rolling Meadows for the homecom-ing game.

Burke said, “As a team we are

not focused on the hype of homecom-ing, but focused on Rolling Meadows because all our playo$ hopes come down to winning this game.”

Q: Do you expect your team to make it state this year?

!is week in sports

Coming o" a successful season, #nishing second in the MSL East, the Huskies plan to make a run in the playo"s against a strong Waukegan team.

“We need to be prepared going into this game and expect the best from whoever shows up,” junior John Cappuccitti

Volleyball Conference Championship at Hersey Oct. 18!e team clinched the East division and

won Coach Lill her 800th win against Bu"alo Grove. !ey will be playing Palatine in the Con-ference Championship.

“Since we’re home, I’m excited because we’ll have lots of Hersey fans supporting us,” junior Megan Solans said.

Soccer playo! against Waukegan Tuesday Oct 16