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Walnut Hills High School Volume CX, Issue 2 ursday, September 24, 2015 WHAT ARE THOOOSE?! “Art Hoe” Movement Elise Fritts, ‘16 Colorblocked clothing, hyper- color backgrounds, and drawn-on selfies are all featured in the #ar- thoe movement. e movement, started by two bloggers called Mars and Jam, is one that appreciates the beauty of both art and people of color. rough Tumblr and In- stagram, the movement has spread throughout the internet, even having celebrities like e Hunger Games star Amandla Stenberg join- ing in. According to Mars, the con- troversial name ‘Art Hoe’ is just as important as the movement itself. “‘Hoe’ is AAVE (African American Vernacular English) and is nor- mally a derogatory way to refer to women – especially black women – as being promiscuous, within the male gaze. Using the term in an ar- bitrary way diminishes its harmful origin in light of something bet- ter,” Mars said in an interview with e Guardian. While the movement was start- ed as one to empower people of color, it has recently changed into something different from what Mars and Jam had intended it for. e hashtag has been adopted by a collection of “skinny, frail, white girls,” Mars says. e original movement was made to be all inclusive and non discriminatory. In contrast, those who have adopted the trend have made it into an exclusive group of girls with $100 backpacks and expensive accessories. Mars said it seemed classist to them. For people who cannot afford those kinds of items, that aesthetic was unobtain- able. When Mars tried to call out those changing the movement to something harmful, others used the ‘angry black person’ stereotype against them. “People tried to use the ‘angry black person’ stereotype when I called them out on it; tell- ing me it wasn’t a big deal. But it felt like a big deal. People of colour are often denied artistic ability, or the things we birth into the world are stolen by white counterparts. I never intended Art Hoe to be that way.” Mars said. Although there are obstacles, Mars says that they are focused on making people happy and tell- ing people of color that they can do whatever they want. “Art can change the world. Art is a kind of propaganda. It triggers a reaction in people. Hopefully this can trig- ger something great.” PHOTOS COURTESY OF JAZZ <SUSPICIOUSMILK.TUMBLR.COM> Chacos have become a very popular shoe in the last year, they were originally intended for whitewater rafting guides, but can be used for all outdoor activi- ties. Each pair of sandals feature webbing straps that wrap around the foot and through the midsole offering the most comfortable and customizable fit that will not fall off through your wild adventures. You can find Chacos at REI, Dicks and online priced between $60-$150. is past summer Birkenstocks made a huge comeback. ey come in many different styles and colors; they are priced at $135 and can be bought at Nor- dstrom, Journeys and online. Birkenstocks have been around since 1774. Johann Adam Birkenstock registered in the church archives as “vassal and shoemaker.” Rainbows are a basic leather flip flop that provide comfort and support in a fashionable way; they started in 1972 in a Laguna Beach garage. Jay Longley experimented with only $200, a sewing machine and some rubber. Rainbows are extremely durable and every pair comes with a lifetime guarantee just in case anything happens to your pair; you can buy a pair at Nordstrom, e Flip Flop Shop, Journeys and online for about $60. Tevas are a shoe that a quite similar to Chacos; they were created in 1984 when a river guide velcroed watchbands to a pair of flip flops to have a shoe that would not float away. Many people have started to wear Tevas as a san- dal in their everyday life; you can buy them at Nordstrom, Dick’s and online for just under $50. Jazz is a member of the #arthoe movement. ey have a whole collection of selfies dedicated to the movement. Katie Chase, ‘16 FOOTPRINT GRAPHIC: ADAM BEASLEY/THENOUNPROJECT.COM ALL PHOTOS BY ISABELLA PITTMAN/CHATTERBOX

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Walnut Hills High SchoolVolume CX, Issue 2 Thursday, September 24, 2015

WHAT ARE THOOOSE?!

“Art Hoe” Movement

Elise Fritts, ‘16

Colorblocked clothing, hyper-color backgrounds, and drawn-on selfies are all featured in the #ar-thoe movement. The movement, started by two bloggers called Mars

and Jam, is one that appreciates the beauty of both art and people of color. Through Tumblr and In-stagram, the movement has spread throughout the internet, even having celebrities like The Hunger Games star Amandla Stenberg join-

ing in. According to Mars, the con-troversial name ‘Art Hoe’ is just as important as the movement itself. “‘Hoe’ is AAVE (African American Vernacular English) and is nor-mally a derogatory way to refer to

women – especially black women – as being promiscuous, within the male gaze. Using the term in an ar-bitrary way diminishes its harmful origin in light of something bet-ter,” Mars said in an interview with The Guardian. While the movement was start-ed as one to empower people of color, it has recently changed into something different from what Mars and Jam had intended it for. The hashtag has been adopted by a collection of “skinny, frail, white girls,” Mars says. The original movement was made to be all inclusive and non discriminatory. In contrast, those who have adopted the trend have made it into an exclusive group of girls with $100 backpacks and expensive accessories. Mars said it seemed classist to them. For people who cannot afford those kinds of items, that aesthetic was unobtain-able.

When Mars tried to call out those changing the movement to something harmful, others used the ‘angry black person’ stereotype against them. “People tried to use the ‘angry black person’ stereotype when I called them out on it; tell-ing me it wasn’t a big deal. But it felt like a big deal. People of colour are often denied artistic ability, or the things we birth into the world are stolen by white counterparts. I never intended Art Hoe to be that way.” Mars said. Although there are obstacles, Mars says that they are focused on making people happy and tell-ing people of color that they can do whatever they want. “Art can change the world. Art is a kind of propaganda. It triggers a reaction in people. Hopefully this can trig-ger something great.”

PHOTOS COURTESY OF JAZZ <SUSPICIOUSMILK.TUMBLR.COM>

Chacos have become a very popular shoe in the last year, they were originally intended for whitewater rafting guides, but can be used for all outdoor activi-ties. Each pair of sandals feature webbing straps that wrap around the foot and through the midsole offering the most comfortable and customizable fit that will not fall off through your wild adventures. You can find Chacos at REI, Dicks and online priced between $60-$150.

This past summer Birkenstocks made a huge comeback. They come in many different styles and colors; they are priced at $135 and can be bought at Nor-dstrom, Journeys and online. Birkenstocks have been around since 1774. Johann Adam Birkenstock registered in the church archives as “vassal and shoemaker.”

Rainbows are a basic leather flip flop that provide comfort and support in a fashionable way; they started in 1972 in a Laguna Beach garage. Jay Longley experimented with only $200, a sewing machine and some rubber. Rainbows are extremely durable and every pair comes with a lifetime guarantee just in case anything happens to your pair; you can buy a pair at Nordstrom, The Flip Flop Shop, Journeys and online for about $60.

Tevas are a shoe that a quite similar to Chacos; they were created in 1984 when a river guide velcroed watchbands to a pair of flip flops to have a shoe that would not float away. Many people have started to wear Tevas as a san-dal in their everyday life; you can buy them at Nordstrom, Dick’s and online for just under $50.

Jazz is a member of the #arthoe movement. They have a whole collection of selfies dedicated to the movement.

Katie Chase, ‘16

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Meet the exchange students

Q: How is school here different from where you’re from?A: We do not have the same subjects every day in Germany, and it’s larger, much larger, and it’s all mixed up.Q: Why did you decide to come to America?A: I actually do not have an answer for that. I just knew a guy who went to the U.S. and I thought it would be a good experience for me.Q: You’ve only been here a week, but what is your opinion on the school far? A: I like it very much actually. It’s not that hard and you have the same classes every day and you get to see the same people more often.

Q: How is school here different from schools in Bosnia?A: The school here is much larger and in Bosnia we had fix classes with the same people. The same people in one class would go to class to class. The school I went to had maybe 900 students. Also, we had more classes in Bosnia. Here, I have five, but in Bosnia I had 15.Q: Do you have different classes every day?A: Yeah. It’s not like we have 15 classes every day. Q: How long do you plan to stay here?A: I’m staying here for the whole year.Q: Why did you decide to study abroad in America?A: Well, I earned a scholarship. I applied for this program and won the scholar-ship. Only 12 students in Bosnia could get it.

Q: Where from Germany are you?A: Frankfurt.Q: How long do you plan to stay in America?A: Just six months. I’m leaving at the end of the semester.Q: How are schools here different from where you are from?A: My school in Germany was much harder. I can’t really explain it, but it was just a lot hard-er. We are with the same students in each class until the eleventh grade.Q: Why did you pick America to study abroad?A: I wanted to learn English. I knew a little before I came here in my school in Germany.

Q: How is school here different from where you are from?A: Well, first of all, moving from classroom to classroom is different as the teacher moves from classroom to classroom. The school here is much bigger than the schools in Denmark and the graduating class had 14 students. That was a small school, but schools didnt have more than a 1000 students. Q: How long do you plan to stay here?A: I’m staying here for the next nine months.Q: Why did you decide to come to America?A: My brother did the same, back when he was my age, and I dont know how he found out that he wanted to, but he asked me if I wanted to, and my mother said she’d pay for it, and I said yes.Q: After about a month at Walnut, what is your opinion on the school?A: The school is very big and the people here are very differ-ent, but they generally seem very nice.

Q: How is school in America different from where you are from?A: In Italy, you stay with one class the entire year and the teachers come to your classroom. I thought this was better because you make rela-tionships stronger with your classmates, but here you are with [your] classmates for only one bell, so relationships aren’t as strong.Q: How many classes do you take in Italy?A: It depends on the school. We have five years of high school, so we finish when we are Q: What’s the fifth year of high school called?A: There isn’t really a specific name.Q: How long do you plan to stay in America?A: A year.Q: Why did you decide to study abroad in Amer-ica?A: That’s a good question. I’ve always seen older guys in my school travel abroad to the United States and Belgium and other countries and I thought, “what would my life be like in Amer-ica,” because I always liked the United States. I went to Australia the past year. My program, AFS, teaches to scholar yourself and challenge yourself.

Q: How long do you plan to stay here?A: For one year.Q: Why did you decide to study abroad in America?A: My goal is to learn English and to speak it very fluently and also to learn the culture of the United States.Q: What is your opinion on Walnut Hills, after being here for a month?A: I like it very much. The school is very nice. The people here are nice and everybody is helping if you need help and the school building is very amazing. In Germany, the school’s have an easy layout and this school is amazing.

Q: How is Walnut Hills different from school where you are from?A: This school is a lot bigger, with more people, maybe almost four times bigger. A lot more classes as well.

Q: In Italy, they have five years of school, so what year would you be in?A: The fouth.Q: Do you prefer the five year system or four year system of high school?A: The four year sys-tem.Q: What is the big-gest difference between schools here to schools in Italy?A: We go to school for six days out of the week and we start at 8 and finish at 1. I love the timings of this school, they are much better. Q: How long are you staying here?A: One year.

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SARAH DAVIDOFF, ‘13

Q: How is school here different from school in Finland?A: My school is much smaller. We only have 600 students in the high school. In Finland, we have to choose either vocational or academic school. I am in academic and it is very similar to high school here. Academic is just more like college. Q: How long do you plan to stay here?A: Until the end of the school year.Q: Why did you decide to come to America?A: My cousins and mother and aunts were also exchange students and I heard many good things from them, so I decided to do it as well.Q: After about a month at Walnut, what is your opinion on the school?A: It’s a good school and it has a good atmosphere.

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How to make money from college

Joseph Glandorf, ‘16

How do you make money from college? It’s a cynical question. Do people really go to college just to make money? Isn’t there more to the experience? But with the ris-ing cost of attending college and its increasing importance to financial success, it’s wise to think of college as an investment. How do you get the most bang out of your tuition bucks? The first answer: prestige.A 1999 paper from the Journal of Human Resources found that graduates of elite colleges tended to have much higher incomes than grads of other institutions. Gradu-

The fine line between Senioritis and stressWally Hill,’16

Hello Walnut Hills! Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Wally Hill and I am a SENIOR at this fine institution. That’s about all I can reveal to you… for now. There’s nothing quite like the first month of school: a mix of confusion, excitement, exhaustion, and for SENIORS especially, exas-peration. As someone who has attended Walnut since the 7th grade, I am very much affected by the same scholarly fatigue that affects hun-dreds of students each year. Com-monly referred to as Senioritis, this affliction is contagious and seem-ingly unavoidable. Although collectively we are amused by this phantom menace of a disease, there is something very real that often times hides under the guise of the “typical,

ates of top-ranked private institu-tions made much more than grad-uates of middle- and low-ranked private institutions. Graduates of top public universities made less than graduates of top private uni-versities, but more than graduates of both middle- and low-ranked private universities. And there’s a chance that your public university of choice could be more prestigious than many private ones-- there are currently 15 public universities on the US News and World Report’s top 50 colleges list. But is it really so simple as all that? Is an Ivy league degree an au-tomatic ticket to fame and fortune? Further examination has shown: maybe not. In a 1999 analysis

of the college-income relation, Princeton and Andrew W. Mellon Foundation economists separated students of “seemingly comparable ability” into groups based on their high school class ranks and stan-dardized test scores and compared them separately. The study showed that students in each group all had similar wages regardless of their college’s prestige: students of higher academic caliber were con-sistently more successful than their lower-achieving peers, even with-out elite degrees. A 2012 Atlantic piece dem-onstrated the combined influence of high school success and college prestige. Citing several studies, the article showed that students

with both significant high school achievement and prestigious de-grees had the best-paying jobs. High-caliber students with degrees from elite private universities had about the same degree of success as high-caliber students who attended less-elite public universities. Which colleges have the highest return on investment? Payscale, a jobs and wages informa-tion website, has compiled a list of the top universities in the United States ranked by their 20-year re-turn on investment, which is the difference between the median amount of income their gradu-ates make in 20 years and the total tuition they typically pay for a de-gree. Their top universities are dra-matically different from those on the US News list-- Payscale’s top 50 features mainly colleges with specializations in math, science, and technology. Top universities with a broader focus or a different specialization that appeared on the US News list, including Harvard and the University of Chicago, appeared much farther down the Payscale list. Therein are the final factors in your college’s return on invest-ment, the degree you pursue and the strength of your college’s pro-gram for it. Some researchers, according to a 2010 New York Times article, believe that a college should be judged not by its prestige but by

the quality of its individual pro-grams. Prestigious programs at nearby universities include the business and engineering schools at Ohio State University and the business school at Indiana University. What degrees are the best mon-ey-makers? Right now, mostly ones related to math, science, and tech-nology. Forbes’ list of the 15 Most Valuable College Majors includes Mathematics, Computer Science, Civil Engineering, with Biomedi-cal Engineering at the number-one spot. But don’t aim for or settle for a specific college just because you feel it would be a good money-maker. College is far more than just a financial decision. It is a per-sonal decision, and one that will consistently impact you for years afterwards. Sally Rubenstone of the college admissions information site College Confidential recommends: “You should seek out all colleges that offer what you’re looking for: academic departments, location, size, extracurricular activities, reli-gious affiliation (or lack thereof ), as well as simply the right “feel.” Bear in mind when you go off to a college, you invest more than your money. You invest your time, your experiences, and yourself. For the best return on all these, find the college that “feels right” to you.

lazy SENIOR”-- stress. The word “stress” has become so common-place in our daily dialogue (you’re stressing me out right now) that we sometimes forget that symptoms of stress can affect our daily lives and should not be written off as some-thing that you “just have to deal with.” Of course, Walnut, as the #1 public high school in Ohio, expects a certain caliber of academic excel-lence from it its students, but are our students sacrificing their men-tal health for a flawless transcript? The American Psychological Association has found that com-mon symptoms of teen stress in-clude: feeling nervous or anxious, feeling tired, procrastinating or neglecting responsibilities, feel-ing overwhelmed, having nega-tive thoughts, and experiencing changes in sleeping habits. All of these seemingly mild symptoms

can develop into more sinister conditions if left untreated for an extended period of time, includ-ing: extreme anxiety, high blood pressure, insomnia, a weakened immune system, and can contrib-ute to diseases such as depression, obesity and even heart disease. Stress is more than a buzzword; it is a serious condition that can have a huge impact on your mental and physical health. Hey Wally, I’m dealing with these symptoms, what do I do? Late-night Orange is The New Black marathons on Netflix seem like great ideas at 9pm, but in the long run, engaging in screen time, drinking caffeine, or other stimu-lating activities right before bed can wreck your sleep schedule. Reach out to your teachers and counselors; they are not scary mon-sters (well, most aren’t anyway) and don’t want you to suffer in silence.

Be aware that “duck-syndrome” is very real; your friends, who seem to be calm on the surface, could be frantically paddling underneath. Stress does not discriminate, it can affect any age, race, and gender. Do not neglect your body; eat healthy food and drink more water. Go for

a run, try a yoga class, stop ignor-ing your dog’s request to go for a walk. Exercise is a key element to lower stress levels. After all, exercise gives you endorphins. Endorphins make you happy. Happy students don’t shred their homework.

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Sports4The AFFA

Aaron Espelage ‘18

With the first pick in the 1991 AFFA Draft, math teacher Mi-chael Herald selected a placekicker. That may be shocking, but when points were only awarded for touchdowns, field goals and extra points, a kicker may have been the best choice for #1. “Kickers scored more than everyone, and everyone thought I made a smart pick,” said Herald. Sadly the selection of a kicker turned out to be a mediocre choice when each team's kicker scored about the same amount. The AFFA (Aiken Fantasy Foot-ball League) began in the fall of 1991 with 12 Aiken High School teachers sitting around a table eat-ing lunch together. They happened to all be avid football fans and football season was right around the corner. So in the spirit of com-petition, Robert Scherder, a math teacher, presented the idea of hav-ing a fantasy football league. Fanta-sy football was in its infancy at the time, with very few people know-ing what it was about and how to form or join a league. Scherder was tasked with cre-ating and commissioning a fan-

Rin Dogs 23- Exponents 15 (1991)Thumpers 34- Pi Brothers 15 (1992)Rookies 36- Outsiders 11 (1993)Pumas 17- Thumpers 7 (1994)Thumpers 28- Anats 27 (1995)Whats Ifs 39- Krauts 33 (1996)What Ifs 34- Anats 13 (1997)Anats 35- What Ifs 17 (1998)Anats 30- Kingfishers 29 (1999)Rin Dogs 56- TNT 6 (2000)Hammerheads 41- Kingfishers 34 (2001)Orangutans 33- TNT 21 (2002)Thumpers 38- TNT 29 (2003) Anats 38- TNT 34 (2004)Thumpers 55- Exponents 14 (2005)Orangutans 82- Kingfishers 27 (2006) Hammerheads 54- Pythons 48 (2007)Pistons 74- Pythons 45 (2008)Thumpers 74- Poolmen 51 (2009)Pistons 59- Myassis Dragon 39 (2010)Anats 53- Steel Curtain 34 (2012)Poolmen 53- Anats 42 (2013)

QB 1- P. Manning (DEN)QB 2- D. Brees (NO)RB 1- C.J. Anderson (DEN)RB 2- C. Hyde (SF)RB 3- A. Abdullah (DET)WR 1- J. Matthews (PHI)WR 2- M. Wallace (MIN)WR 3- C. Johnson (MIN)WR 4- M. Floyd (ARI)WR 5- L. Hankerson (WAS)K 1- J. Brown (NYG)K 2- B. McManus (DEN)D/ST 1- Arizona CardinalsD/ST 2- Buffalo Bills

tasy football league. This was in a time period before computers, so there were no online fantasy sites like Yahoo, CBS and ESPN Draft Kings. Two of the 11 teachers who ate lunch with Scherder are current Walnut teachers: Dominic Lova-glio, a science teacher, and Herald. Out of these 12 teachers the AFFA was created and today the league is entering its 25th season with only 3 original teachers remain-ing Lovaglio, Scherder and Carl Snyder. Snyder is now a traveling fisherman and represents through his team name, The Kingfishers. The beginning of the AFFA "was all new and exciting," Her-ald said. Fantasy points were only awarded for scoring plays. Which is unlike modern fantasy football where scoring is very detailed and yards gained for quarterbacks, run-ning backs and wide receivers pro-vide major points. Scherder set up the weekly match-ups, playoffs, scores, waivers and trades all by pen and paper unlike modern day where it’s all computer generated. In fantasy football two teams play each other head to head each week of the NFL season and the team whose players score the most

points wins. There are 17 weeks in an NFL season, for fantasy the first 12-14 weeks make up the regular season and weeks 13-16 make up the playoffs, depending on the league size. Scherder, with the help of the other teachers, recorded all the players’ points using newspa-pers. "The ones who bought the pa-per on a daily basis usually were the ones with the winning teams" said Lovaglio. If players were injured or benched, the ones with the paper would know and set their lineup accordingly, while those who bought the paper once a week were kept in the dark. That is very differ-ent from today's world where there are constant online updates about football players and even weekly fantasy predictions. Waivers, which are the process of adding an unowned player, were conducted by writing the player you wanted and who you wanted to drop on a slip of paper and turning it into Scherder. That may sound crazy in a world where you can add players at the click of a button, but that's how it was done 25 years ago. Trades were done the same way and the deals were struck between the teachers in person rather than an email. Since then the AFFA has moved to CBS Online Fantasy in 2006, but they still keep some of the old traditions. The draft is still in per-son rather than online, which isn't very common anymore. Scherder is still the commissioner after two and a half decades. And lastly the draft order is picked from a hat just like it was back in 1991, instead of having a computer-generated or-der. But the points have changed to modern scoring and many teachers have come and gone. As Herald said, "we've all gone through our phases, I think Bob (Scherder) loves it the most". Herald owned a team in the

AFFL from 1991-2001. Herald left the league for a couple reasons. First off he was a huge Cincinnati Bengals fan and he couldn't stand rooting for players he owned to score when they played against the Bengals. Herald also hated to lose, and he did often in fantasy foot-ball. Lovaglio loves it to this day and has had much success over the years, winning four and losing four Superbowls. Lovaglio credits his winning to his draft strategy of picking the best available player no matter the position. If he has an excess of good players at one posi-tion he'll make trades with other teams to fill any gaps he has. That is much like the strategy he employed during his years of coaching high school baseball and youth football in the 1970's. He would recruit the best athletes and talent regardless of position. He'd teach them to play other positions if there were too many players for the position they'd been accustomed to. For years he worked with punters in football and catchers in baseball, when he wasn't a head or assistant coach. The AFFA has evolved alongside fantasy football itself and technolo-gy. They have gone from using pen paper and newspapers to now hav-ing online league with computers controlling everything. The AFFA has withstood the test of time with 3 original Aiken teachers remain-ing. This Fantasy League has been around longer than any Walnut Hills student has been alive and it may be around for another 25 years.

The Story of a 25 Year Old Fantasy Football League

Krijn Schwartz ‘16

The Walnut Hills Varsity football team has had a prosper-ous start to the season. Their new leadership method may be contributing to this success. Un-like prior years where the team selected set captains for the season, this year every week new captains

are chosen. Furthermore, unlike a typical team where the captains are seniors, anyone can be a captain no matter their age or grade. “We have weekly captains based upon work ethic during the practice week," said SENIOR Jeremiyah Hairston. The new method has seemed to create a positive spark in the team.

"I like this, because having set cap-tains can make people feel com-fortable and lack responsibility because no one else is there to take their place. Picking captains every week makes each individual step up on and off the field, whether if it's a sophomore playing JV or a senior playing Varsity, so anybody is worthy of being a captain," said

SENIOR Roe Taylor. In the past, the Eagles have been hopeful with their outcomes of the season, but this year, they have more than hope: “My biggest goal for the team is to be the first football team in school history to win the league. I think we can match up with any team and go pound for pound with their best

guys,” said SENIOR Jairus Cope-land. Even though the season has just started, there are high hopes for the Eagles this year with just four games under their belt so far.

No captains? No problem.

The football team sets out to practice for Friday’s game. Despite the fact that they have weekly captains, the team has a structured practice starting with squats.KELLI STEWART/CHATTERBOX

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Refugees run for their rights

Matthew Youkilis, ‘19

11.7 million people have fled or have been internally displaced in Syria since the beginning of the Syrian Civil War in 2011. It is greater than the population of Ohio, which is just under 11.6 million. Syrian citizens took to the streets in March 2011 to protest the regime of Bashar al-Assad, the president of Syria. This followed the Arab Spring, a wave of revolu-tionary outcry in the Middle East that year. By July 2011, protesters were arming themselves, insisting that Bashar al-Assad must resign as president. Since then, Syria has been en-gaged in a deadly civil war, with some people estimating that up to 220,000 people have died, many of them being civilians. President Assad has attempted to restore peace several times. In February 2012, there was a refer-endum approving a new constitu-tion, which regulated the power of his political party, the Ba’ath Party. However, many of the rebels con-

sidered it to be a trick, and seized major parts of the country, even assaulting the biggest city, Aleppo and the capital, Damascus. By 2013, Assad had regained momentum because of the West’s reluctance to arm the rebel civil-

ians who they thought could be linked to Al-Qaeda. Assad also uti-lized chemical weapons in August of that year, but the United States forced him to destroy the weapons. As the war has continued, more

radical extremists have taken part in it, such as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). They have taken advantage of the chaos in the nation and are now outnumbering the more moderate rebels. The war has triggered a major refugee crisis. Within the country, 7.6 million people have been displaced, while over four million have fled the country. Among those four million, a small number of Syrians have come to the United States, some even to Cincinnati. One of these is Nada Mar-cho Halabi, who originally traveled to the United States in the summer of 2012 to visit family. Because of the increasingly dangerous situ-ation in Syria, she and her children could not go back and remained in the United States for the school year. When the school year ended “it was impossible to go back because the situation [was getting] worse and worse.” Halabi even said, “My house, actually, had

“...it helps build in-

ternational bonds.”-Lina

Olivier, ‘17

two bombs [hit it].” Halabi, who is currently work-ing as an interpreter for Arabic-speaking patients at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, described the situation in Syria by stating, “It was unsafe everywhere, and the…qual-

ity of life was really miserable. No electricity, no gas, no heating, no air conditioning, no water…” Halabi’s husband is still in Syria and has been has been unable to gain approval to come to America, which has been very difficult for her entire family. However, Halabi and her children are very grateful to be in the United States. Since the war began, over three million people have fled to the countries neighboring Syria in-cluding Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey and Iraq. Meanwhile, fewer than 150,000 people have gone to the European Union. However, the EU is currently planning to resettle an-other 33,000 refugees, with nearly 29,000 of them going to Germany. Recently, tens of thousands of refugees have attempted the ex-tremely dangerous trek from Tur-key to Greece, across the Mediter-ranean Sea. Many have died along the way, and for those who do

make it, they struggle financially and the services provided for them are meager. Ryan Gambrel, ’20, said, “The United States is about to help be-cause Hungary is starting to shut off because of the wall they’re build-

ing.” Hungary has been very reluctant to take in refugees, sometimes holding them for days in transit camps. Gam-brel said, “[The United States] should start let-ting refugees come here” in order to help out with the situation. The recent wave of refugees trying to cross the Mediterranean has been widely publicized because many have per-ished at sea. An image of a drowned 3-year-old Syrian boy, Aylan Kurdi, washed up on a beach in Turkey, has become a

symbol of the crisis. It has caused the entire world to take greater no-tice of the disaster, inspiring people to take action. While the Syrian refugee crisis is the most well known, there are many situations involving refugees in the world today. Lina Olivier, ’17, describes one such crisis in Af-ghanistan: “Because of the war in Afghanistan, Pakistan has had to deal with a lot of refugees.” Olivier believes that bringing in refugees could “put strain on the economy to support them, it helps build in-ternational bonds.” The refugee crisis continues to be a major issue in the news. Halabi emphasizes that “everyone is trying to get out of this country.” How-ever, Halabi still hopes to be able to return to Syria one day, wishing to return to the “very safe country [she] lived in five years ago.”

“It was unsafe ev-erywhere, and

the...quality of life was really miser-

able.”-Nada Marcho

Halabi

PHOTO COURTESY OF Jordi Bernabeu Farrus

PHOTO COURTESY OF Nada Marcho Halabi

A young Syrian refugee holds onto a fence surrounding a refugee camp in Turkey. Refugee camps have been common in some European countries in order to house refugees.

The home of Nada Marcho Halabi after it was bombed during the Syrian Civil War. Bombings have been common during the war, used by all sides in the conflict.

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Edgar Allen Bros

Art Club

Gleam

Theater Onstage

Film Production Club

Isabelle Jenkins, ‘16

This year Walnut welcomed a new teacher to lead the marching band to even higher ratings: Richard Canter. Although it is his first year at Wal-nut, Canter has taught for sixteen

years as the director of the marching band at Finneytown and at Mariemont for. After teaching at these other schools he says, “Walnut is kind of like the best of both worlds,” with a diverse and driven student body. This year he is teaching beginning band, inter-

mediate band and junior band and will also teach symphonic band after the marching band season is over. “I was a band kid from middle school to high school, and then in col-lege too,” Canter said. He played the trumpet and even went on to be field commander in his senior year.Canter also plays trumpet in a Ger-man band, The Klaberheads, which he joined just after college. “We play rock and pop and all different kinds of mu-sic really,” he says. The Klaberheads are a well established ensemble that per-forms at many events including Cin-cinnati’s Oktoberfest celebration. He has also written a method book already used by Walnut’s beginning and intermediate bands before he was hired. He also composes his own con-cert band music, drawing inspiration from his favorite classical composers Holst and Granger as well as contem-porary composers Holsinger and Gill-ingham. Canter has been directing marching band for sixteen years and is excited about the upcoming year. “This year’s program is called ‘Bells and Whistles’...it’s going to include a lot of interesting

stuff… handbells, slide whistles, even police whistles,” Canter said. The Walnut Hills marching band already has an excellent record with 13 consecutive superior ratings at the state marching band finals. “I hope to continue that tradition and also take it to the next level…[to] increase the overall ability and to challenge the en-semble to greater achievements,” Can-ter said. And it seems that he is doing just that with Marching Blue and Gold al-ready off to a good start. “He’s doing a fantastic job! The adjustment from one school to another is not easy and he’s handling it very well. He is tak-ing all the knowledge from his previ-ous marching bands and applying it to ours which really helps us better our-selves as students and marchers,” SE-NIOR Gus Kohls, one of the marching band’s field commanders, said. The feeling appears to be mutual: “I’m having a great time here. It’s a great place to work and teach,” Canter said.

New band director Richard Canter oversees Marching Blue and Gold’s warm up stretches. Last year, the marching band won 13 consecutive superior ratings. Canter is hopeful for a similar outcome this season.

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New season, New director: Richard Canter

Artistic Expressions

Backstage

Photography Club

the fine arts clubs of Walnut Emily Glazer, ‘17

“It is about students creat-ing films from start to finish,” SENIOR Caleb Smiley, presi-dent of the Film Production Club says. Club members cre-ate a new film about a topic of their choosing each month and complete all the writing, film-ing and directing themselves.

Grades 9-12 can audition for the winter and spring plays,“The Impossible Farce” and “The Cherry Orchard”. Grades 7-8 can audition for the junior high play, “Show and Spell” while they and grade 9 can for the play, “Show and Spell.”

Whether it’s film photography or digital photography, Wal-nut’s photography club has it all. Along with learning about photog-raphy techniques, this club takes field trips where members learn what it’s like to organize photo-shoots, buy supplies and also take pictures around Cincinnati.

Art Club is a time for students to work on art. Students work on a project of their choice or create a “Random Act of Art,” a card that the students create to give someone. Whether they choose a task mentioned or do as they desire, Art Club is a chance to get together with other stu-dents of the same interest.

Students either can work backstage for a produc-tion as sound, lights, costumes or deck crew or can just sign up certain days to help build the set and costumes. No pri-or experience required.

Edgar Al-len Bros is a writing

and book club. Co-Presi-dents SENIORS Avery Samu-els and Isabelle Jenkins hope to "foster a non competitive atmo-sphere in which writers can be productive and feel comfort-

able sharing their work."

Gleam is Walnut’s literary magazine and oldest publi-cation. This club gives students the opportunity to improve their writing, express themselves cre-

atively and be pub-lished in one of two issues that come out each year. In meet-ings, students can write stories and poems as well as draw and paint.

MEETINGS are Thursday’s 2:30-4 in room 2711

MEETINGS are W e d n e s d a y ’s from 2:30-3:30 in Room 2711

MEETINGS are Tuesday’s from 2:30-3:30 in room 2715

MEETINGS start on Tuesday’s at 2:40 in room 2311

MEETINGS are Tuesday’s from 2:45-3:30 in room 2301

GRAPHICS FROM THENOUNPROJECT.COM: CAMERA, SEUK EUMEU; FRAME, MISTER PIXEL; FILM CAMERA, SIMPLE ICONS;FILM, KARSTEN BARNETT;STAGE, WE ALL DESIGN; POE, MICHAEL WOHL;TEXT BUBBLE SUNBZY;PEN FROM OLLY BANHAM; BOOK FROM RABEE BALAKRISHNAN; EASEL FROM AMY SCHWARTZ;PALETTE FROM IRENE TRAUTLUFT

SIGN UP INFORMATION can be found on the scene shop board. Sign-ups for a specific show are announced before they are put up.

DISCLAIMER: AVERY SAMUELS AND ISABELLE JENKINS ARE MEMBERS OF THE CHATTERBOX

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Crossword PuzzleTara Sales ‘17 Octavia Carmen-Houser ‘16Kelli Stewart ‘16 Clues :

SudokuOctavia Carmen-Houser ‘16

Perspectives

“A multi-billionaire”

Davis Sublett, ‘17

“I would be a fireman”

Mitch Puma, ‘17

“An artist”

Leila Bond, ‘21

•How is it that a building burns up, as it burns down ?

•What was the best thing before sliced bread ?

• If you try to fail , and you do fail, did you fail or did you succeed ?

• If you got in a cab and drove back-wards, would they owe you money?

Food for ThoughtOctavia Carmen-Houser ‘16

Across2. The new band Director. 5. Attended Wood stock6. Doubled as a teacher and a lawyer.8. Has a mural bordering her classroom.9. The only Ferd, you’ve ever heard.12. A new Physics teacher , from Lakota East. 13. Was offered a job to draw for the Simpsons.

Down1. Went on the TV show “Wheel of Fortune”.3. Could easily be mistaken for a teacher4. Has a large oriental rug in his room.7. Was married in a kilt.10. Has a batman poster in her door window.11. Is expecting her first child14. Calls every Wednesday “Hump Day” .

Answers:Across:2. Canter; 5. Hansen; 6. Fox; 8. Wolfe; 9. Schneider; 12. Coats-Haaan; 13. CuchettiDown1. Ryan; 3. Thomas; 4. Taylor 7. Stewart; 10. Minano; 11. Gaskin 14. Herald

“Just a professional performing artist”Axel Heekin, ‘17

“A movie director”

Cosette Snyder, ‘20