Chess Club urgent to get more members
March 1, 2010
Chess Club has numerous members who meet every Monday after school to play the challenging game of chess with other students. Although they play with existing members, the club would like more students to join in order to make the meetings different than before.
Each week the students play organized games of chess or any board games that they bring in themselves.
“The meetings give all of us a chance to interact with other students because of the game. We now would like more people to join so that there’s a chance to play new students and become better at chess,” co-leader and junior Scott Lutz said.
If students would like to join to the club or just come to a meeting, they should go to Room F104 in the business hallway.
“I allow the students to plan everything on their own, including competitions and the meetings,” sponsor Margaret Winans said. By Audrey Courter <acourter@hilite.org>
Season over, debate team prepares for next year
March 1, 2010
With its season over, the debate team now looks forward to next year.
Last month at districts, sophomores Aditya Bhagavathi, Ray Qian and Kevin Zhang all qualified as alternates for Nationals this summer, according to team sponsor Susan Johnson.
According to Johnson, the team will be holding a banquet for the team soon as their last event of the year.
In terms of next year, Elise Ruff, debate team member and junior, said that she expects a call out meeting to be held much earlier next school year, as opposed to the late formation of the team this year.
Ruff also said she expects Amanda Richmond, former debate team sponsor, to return as a co-sponsor with Johnson. For Ruff, she said she is looking forward to competing again with her Public Forum partner, sophomore Amy Whittle.
“We had a lot of fun,” Ruff said. “And we we’ll have fun again next year.” By Patrick Bryant <pbryant@hilite.org>
Seniors prepare for college changes, adjustments
March 1, 2010
As seniors are starting to make their final college decisions, they must now prepare for the major changes and differences that they will face between high school and college. According to chemistry teacher Elizabeth Shafer, a recent graduate of Butler University, one of the biggest changes that seniors will face is the issue of time management.
“Many students find themselves with newfound free time at various points throughout the day, depending on their class schedules,” she said. “It is easy to get in the habit of doing nothing during these breaks instead of using the time wisely to work on assignments and study. Successful college students must be disciplined enough to study and complete assignments even if not required, as you will be expected to master the course material no matter what.”
Matt Flaherty, GKOM and senior, understands that the change is going to be big and that he is going to face a challenge with college.
“In order to prepare for the change, I am getting advice from other people that I know in college,” he said. “It is going to be a tough change, but I feel that Carmel has done a good job preparing me for college.”
According to Shafer, the best way to cope with these changes is to form some kind of study schedule to use in the week. She also said that some students join study groups that meet regularly.
“Learning to properly manage your time without someone holding your hand, telling you what to do can be difficult,” she said. “Being disciplined and putting good study habits into place early on will greatly benefit new college students by setting them up for academic success. “ By Ryan Zukerman <rzukerman@hilite.org>
Men’s swim team wins its 12th State championship
February 28, 2010
On Feb. 27, the men’s swimming team won the program’s 12th State title at the IUPUI Natatorium, edging out second place Munster by a score of 245-217. Chesterton finished third with 153 points, Hamilton Southeastern finished fourth with 138 and Fishers finished fifth with 126.
“The meet was really close until the 200 freestyle relay,” said varsity swimmer and senior Cheffy Thomas, who swam the 200 medley relay and 200 freestyle relay at State. “I’d say that was probably one of the turning points because the team that was closest to us, Munster, had a chance of beating us, but fortunately they didn’t do so well.”
According to Thomas, junior Matt Gerth was a big help by winning the 200 freestyle and 100 freestyle. Gerth was the only Carmel swimmer to win an individual State title.
“Really it was just a long season of hard work and determination,” Thomas said. “We had 100% personal best times for our swimmers and obviously our hard work paid off because we beat all of the other teams in the state.” By David Zheng <dzheng@hilite.org>
Upcoming annual benefit concert promoting ‘Schools for Schools’
February 28, 2010
Invisible Children plans to meet every Gold Monday in Room E223. The next meeting will be March 1. Invisible Children will be discussing upcoming events, including the Annual Benefit Concert.
“We will be hosting a concert for our Schools for Schools campaign on March 19 to raise money for our sister school in Uganda,” co-president and senior Emily Patterson said.
“We have plenty of band slots to fill, anyone can play,” Patterson said. Further information will be provided on the announcements when details are worked out.
Sponsor Alicia Noneman said this year has been very student-led and this club is a rewarding experience for her as well as the students.
Invisible Children is still open to all grades and is always encouraging new members to join. By Maddi Bourgerie <mbourgerie@hilite.org>
Carmel newspaper student selected as member of international press rights board
February 27, 2010
Sara Rogers, Carmel High School HiLite newspaper cover story editor and junior, is one of only eight students from around the world who has been selected to serve as a member of the newly-formed student section of the Journalism Education Association’s Scholastic Press Rights Commission’s (SPRC). The new student group, called Scholastic Press Student Partners, includes student representatives from schools in Arizona, California, Indiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Pennsylvania and Seoul, Korea.
The eight public and private high school students were selected from applicants nationwide (and some international schools) to promote First Amendment awareness by opening dialogue with other students around the country via Facebook and Twitter. In addition to planning and hosting press rights events at local, state and national conventions, the team is creating a scholastic press rights awareness campaign titled “45words.” They can be followed on Twitter at www.twitter.com/45words and the Facebook group is titled “45words.” Although the group has already conducted meetings over the Web, it plans to launch nationally April 15 to 18 at the Journalism Education Association/National Scholastic Press Association Convention in Portland, OR.
In her essay, which was part of the application, Rogers said, “While I don’t seek out controversial topics, it is important to me that when those issues do arise I am able to cover them. As a journalist, it is my job to educate and inform students and other receivers of our 5,000-circulation publication. I’ve always considered my voice and pen my two most important tools. I am grateful every day to have the opportunity to speak my mind freely. Seeing the oppression and censorship of other countries really solidifies my drive to preserve the rights and freedoms stated in the United States Constitution.”
The rest of the students’ essays and further information regarding the group can be found at the following link: http://csjblog.org/?p=322
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