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Students and teachers reflect on advances in school safety since Columbine shootings

Students and teachers reflect on advances in school safety since Columbine shootings

feature April 21, 2016

Seventeen years ago yesterday, a grainy image captured on a 1999 surveillance camera froze a moment in history that marked the beginning of a new era in American schools. The picture showed Eric Harris...

Changing the way we view students with special needs

Changing the way we view students with special needs

Contributor April 14, 2016

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Liberalism appeals to many young people despite Carmel’s conservative tendencies

Liberalism appeals to many young people despite Carmel’s conservative tendencies

feature March 18, 2016

Senior Moira Kehoe has always shared her father’s conservative political views. “I was like (my father’s) clone,” Kehoe said. However, midway through her freshman year  Kehoe said her outlook...

Students use social media, websites to facilitate marketing, self-branding

Students use social media, websites to facilitate marketing, self-branding

feature March 18, 2016

Senior Lauren Colbert said she has always been hypnotized by the camera lens. She ran around family reunions with a camera, took it with her on playdates and dreamed of becoming the photographer at her...

NOT JUST A GAME:
Senior Morgan Strohm watches a video game on her computer. According to her, there is a social disconnect between women  who game and those who label themselves as “gamers.”
CAROLYN ZHANG // PHOTO

Recent studies find disconnect in number of women in gaming who identify as “gamers”

feature March 18, 2016

On Wednesday afternoons, students gather in Room E227, the classroom of Michael O’Toole, head sponsor of Nintendo Club. One student pulls a Wii U out of a closet and hooks it up to the projector. Another...

THE REAL DEAL:
Tracy Hadden, AP European History teacher and social studies department chairperson, takes her students on a virtual tour of Moscow. According to Hadden, virtual reality allows for more in-depth lessons.
SHREERAM THIRUNA-VUKKARASU // PHOTO

With upcoming release of Oculus Rift, students, teachers reconsider use of virtual reality in classes

feature March 18, 2016

In one of the internal rooms of the CHS media center sits a row of black smartphones clothed in what appears to be goggle-shaped cardboard boxes. “Google Cardboard,” as these boxes are called, is...

Despite growing international threats, Carmel residents still feel safe

Despite growing international threats, Carmel residents still feel safe

feature February 19, 2016

In recent years, a greater amount of conflicts have popped up all around the world. Terrorist attacks, gun violence and war crimes have all affected people in one way or another. This leads to one major...

PUTTING THE PAST BEHIND:
Sophomore Catherine Baker reads as a hobby. Baker said while the cyberbullying she experienced left mostly emotional memories,  she immerses herself in activities she enjoys to avoid dwelling on the incident.
SARAH LIU // Photo

CHS students who experienced, witnessed cyberbullying encourage others to speak up

feature February 19, 2016

Last year, sophomore Catherine Baker attended a private school. At that school, Baker’s closest friends made a hate account about her by posting pictures and following Baker’s followers on her real...

CHECKING IT OUT:
Mobile librarian Kasey Courter replaces a book from the mobile library’s collection. The mobile library carries best-selling books, as well as those most checked out at the main building. SHREERAM THIRUNAVUKKARASU // PHOTO

New mobile library to deliver books to Carmel’s West side, encourage teens to read more

feature February 19, 2016

Since its debut on July 30, 2015, the Carmel Clay Public Library’s (CCPL) mobile library has been delivering books and DVDs to venues all across Clay Township. “Basically, it’s a truck filled...

MORE THAN JUST A NUMBER: Senior Joe Philleo plays chess at Chess Club. Philleo said he hopes the college he ends up going to will have many opportunities to play chess both competitively and for fun. VISHNU VAID // PHOTO

Low college acceptance rates pressure students to look into personal fit with schools

feature January 21, 2016

Senior Joe Philleo has applied to several of the most well-known and prestigious universities in the country: Harvard, Yale, Princeton and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are all possibilities...

Students, teachers compare American education system to foreign counterparts

Students, teachers compare American education system to foreign counterparts

feature January 21, 2016

As the school day progresses, senior Terry Zhou is reminded of the differences in education between China and the United States. These differences go unnoticed by most CHS students, who have never experienced...

POLITICAL PARTICIPATION:
Quinn Gordon, Model U.N.co-president and senior, facilitates a Model U.N. debate. Gordon said even though  over 60 percent of Americans between the ages of 18 and 24 don’t vote, he thinks it’s a necessary process.
CAROLYN ZHANG // PHOTO

Fewer high school students vote nationwide, but current election interests CHS students in politics

feature January 21, 2016

The 2016 u.s. presidential election, scheduled for Nov. 8, will be the country’s 58th quadrennial election. Although many people consider this event one of the most important phenomena in the United...

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