About the editor:
Why I Have Beef With DECA
Our "business leaders" at Disneyland (credit: Instagram)
BY LILY HERSCH
EDITOR IN CHIEF
HEADLINE NEWS EDITOR
When you read the Our Mission section on DECA.org, it states “DECA prepares emerging leaders and entrepreneurs for careers in marketing, finance, hospitality and management in high schools and colleges around the globe.” How inspiring. I don’t buy it; no pun intended. I must admit something kept to myself ever since I found out these little “business leaders” went to Disneyland: I have beef with DECA.
Last June, do you know where I was? Des Moines, Iowa. And no offense to Iowans, but it was boring. I had to pay $20 for a Polly Pocket portion-sized piece of vegan toast. This was all for Speech and Debate Nationals; yeah, I was grateful to be there, but do you know where DECA Nationals were? Anaheim, California. AKA, Disneyland.
This was when my antipathy began. They live it up, meeting Mickey Mouse and Tarzan, eating heart-cancer-causing deep fried whatever, while us Speech and Debaters go to Target and the gas station Casey’s for entertainment.
Considering they went to Disneyland, DECA members may be familiar with the story of the Hunchback of Notre Dame: Speech and Debate is like Quasimodo, waiting for a chance to prove ourselves and have the same opportunities our peers do, specifically, the finance bros.
So, where are they now? Well, they just went to Boondocks, to learn about “business”. I didn’t know playing laser tag and riding in go-karts counted as a lesson in becoming the next Elon Musk or Jeff Bezos. This was the boiling point for me. Future business leaders of America? More like future LOLLYGAGGERS!
“Whatever, DECA rocks. I love DECA.” States Grace Norton, DECA president. De Nile is a river.
The clubs of CCHS have been cheated; where is our fun in the sun?
“I have the best advice for women and business. Get your [friggin butt] up and work. It seems like nobody wants to work these days," Kim Kardashian said, a legendary business woman. Where does Disneyland fall into that? Riddle me that.
POSTED 10/7/24
EDITOR IN CHIEF
HEADLINE NEWS EDITOR
When you read the Our Mission section on DECA.org, it states “DECA prepares emerging leaders and entrepreneurs for careers in marketing, finance, hospitality and management in high schools and colleges around the globe.” How inspiring. I don’t buy it; no pun intended. I must admit something kept to myself ever since I found out these little “business leaders” went to Disneyland: I have beef with DECA.
Last June, do you know where I was? Des Moines, Iowa. And no offense to Iowans, but it was boring. I had to pay $20 for a Polly Pocket portion-sized piece of vegan toast. This was all for Speech and Debate Nationals; yeah, I was grateful to be there, but do you know where DECA Nationals were? Anaheim, California. AKA, Disneyland.
This was when my antipathy began. They live it up, meeting Mickey Mouse and Tarzan, eating heart-cancer-causing deep fried whatever, while us Speech and Debaters go to Target and the gas station Casey’s for entertainment.
Considering they went to Disneyland, DECA members may be familiar with the story of the Hunchback of Notre Dame: Speech and Debate is like Quasimodo, waiting for a chance to prove ourselves and have the same opportunities our peers do, specifically, the finance bros.
So, where are they now? Well, they just went to Boondocks, to learn about “business”. I didn’t know playing laser tag and riding in go-karts counted as a lesson in becoming the next Elon Musk or Jeff Bezos. This was the boiling point for me. Future business leaders of America? More like future LOLLYGAGGERS!
“Whatever, DECA rocks. I love DECA.” States Grace Norton, DECA president. De Nile is a river.
The clubs of CCHS have been cheated; where is our fun in the sun?
“I have the best advice for women and business. Get your [friggin butt] up and work. It seems like nobody wants to work these days," Kim Kardashian said, a legendary business woman. Where does Disneyland fall into that? Riddle me that.
POSTED 10/7/24
credit: DECA.org
When does fall start |
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BY ANNA BROCK
EDITORIALS EDITOR It’s finally October and the fall vibes are in full spring (except for the weather). The leaves are turning bright reds and browns. All of the pumpkin spice varieties are out, whether or not we want them to be. Time to start wearing sweaters and fuzzy socks. But that begs the question, when does fall officially start? For me, there’s a certain feel in the air that makes it fall, it’s also a combination of things. The weather has to be cooler, which it isn’t currently. The leaves have to start falling, Junior Claire Harned, a student I bombarded in the halls when asking around about how others feel, feels the same way. “When the leaves fall off the trees is when it starts to feel like fall to me.” There’s a million factors for me, and if not all of the boxes are checked, then it starts on October 1st. October feels like the prime fall time. Arguably, there is technically a start date for fall on the calendar. For everyone that goes by that, it starts September 22nd. Senior Avery Massey said it’s the middle of September for her, so even earlier than that. I get that, kindaaaa. I don’t believe it though, this year felt like summer still when it was supposed to be fall. Izzy Sorenson, junior and past staff member, said, “I feel like it's fall when it starts to smell like fall, the air is fresher.” That’s kind of what I’m talking about! There’s a feel in the air! The air is definitely fresher, or at least different. A certain chill perhaps. Maybe you’re like some people (Staff editor Thomas Cooper) and think fall starts a few days before or on Halloween. And that, that is just wrong. He took that statement back after he saw the bewilderment on my face and changed his response. I still can’t look at him the same. Regardless of when you think fall starts, go do some fun fall activities! It’s never too early to go to a corn maze with your friends! Posted 10/7 |
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More sleep or more free time?
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BY REKAILAH CRAM
MIND AND BODY EDITOR
On Fridays, the school is filled with zombies. Huh. Wait. They look a bit- oh… ohhh those are humanssss I couldn’t see the differenceee. I mean, do zombies chug five Monsters and wear baggy hoodies and slowly shuffle in their Converse they wish were slippers to their next class? If zombies were alive, yeah, they probably would. So you can see why I thought those students were zombies. It makes sense. Right…?
NO!! It shouldn’t make sense!! They shouldn’t even look like zombies!!! So why do they? The answer is simple. It’s a short-day on Fridays and school starts at the same time as every other school day in the week rather than being a late start. A study done by Santa Clara University states that “Many adolescents are sleep-deprived because of both early school start times and changing sleep patterns during the teen years.”.
After delaying the start of the school day by 50 minutes, they found a huge improvement in grades, which they say is the same as “raising teacher quality by one standard deviation”. That’s a drastic change. If that school improved the grades of students just the same as having highly qualified teachers, then having a late start would make a large, positive impact on our students.
The National Education Association, or NEA, did a study which compared graduation and attendance rates of students when their schools started later than earlier. Schools that started earlier in the day had a graduation rate of 79%, and an attendance rate of 90%. When they compared this to schools that began later in the day, they found that those numbers rose to 88% and 94% respectively.
Through a quick poll, I realized that many would actually want to have an early-out. Skylar, a junior at CCHS, said that “you get home later with a late start day, and you lose time to do homework earlier on”. If you add club/sport commitments on top of that, many students don’t get home until 4 or 5. Thomas, a sophomore, went even further with this to say he’d be “very glad” if the school started earlier for the entire week, and “wouldn’t mind” getting up early. He does admit, though, that late start days would help on Fridays when he has cross country races, “The buses on Fridays always leave at 3:00 something.”. Since school gets out at 12:45 on Fridays, that just means a lot of waiting around at the school. Sure, you could go home during that time, but it’s a hassle.
In my opinion, late starts, at least on Friday, would be better, but maybe keeping things the way they are is best. What do you think?
Posted 9/30
MIND AND BODY EDITOR
On Fridays, the school is filled with zombies. Huh. Wait. They look a bit- oh… ohhh those are humanssss I couldn’t see the differenceee. I mean, do zombies chug five Monsters and wear baggy hoodies and slowly shuffle in their Converse they wish were slippers to their next class? If zombies were alive, yeah, they probably would. So you can see why I thought those students were zombies. It makes sense. Right…?
NO!! It shouldn’t make sense!! They shouldn’t even look like zombies!!! So why do they? The answer is simple. It’s a short-day on Fridays and school starts at the same time as every other school day in the week rather than being a late start. A study done by Santa Clara University states that “Many adolescents are sleep-deprived because of both early school start times and changing sleep patterns during the teen years.”.
After delaying the start of the school day by 50 minutes, they found a huge improvement in grades, which they say is the same as “raising teacher quality by one standard deviation”. That’s a drastic change. If that school improved the grades of students just the same as having highly qualified teachers, then having a late start would make a large, positive impact on our students.
The National Education Association, or NEA, did a study which compared graduation and attendance rates of students when their schools started later than earlier. Schools that started earlier in the day had a graduation rate of 79%, and an attendance rate of 90%. When they compared this to schools that began later in the day, they found that those numbers rose to 88% and 94% respectively.
Through a quick poll, I realized that many would actually want to have an early-out. Skylar, a junior at CCHS, said that “you get home later with a late start day, and you lose time to do homework earlier on”. If you add club/sport commitments on top of that, many students don’t get home until 4 or 5. Thomas, a sophomore, went even further with this to say he’d be “very glad” if the school started earlier for the entire week, and “wouldn’t mind” getting up early. He does admit, though, that late start days would help on Fridays when he has cross country races, “The buses on Fridays always leave at 3:00 something.”. Since school gets out at 12:45 on Fridays, that just means a lot of waiting around at the school. Sure, you could go home during that time, but it’s a hassle.
In my opinion, late starts, at least on Friday, would be better, but maybe keeping things the way they are is best. What do you think?
Posted 9/30
Paradise Lost? Paradise found
BY ANNA BROCK
EDITORIALS EDITOR Only a select few will understand what I’m about to talk about, so if you weren’t in Mr. Orams 10th English Honors class, good luck. Paradise Lost is an epic poem in blank verse by the 17th-century English poet John Milton. It discusses Satan's fall to Hell and also the story of Adam and Eve and the Garden of Eden. It’s not like the normal story, so when people read it, they have some opinions. Although it has 3.85 on Goodreads so take that how you will. Arguably, Utah is one of the most religious states, and for a book that uproots so much of the established religion, it’s a book that stirs the pot. I personally love the book and the ideas of it. I’ve always loved books that make you question or look at something in a different light, so this book particularly is so great. I also love the reactions that others have to it. Class discussions about this book are always fascinating and really show you so much about a person. Eli Sorensen, a fellow sophomore and friend, talked about this with me and my other sophomore friend, Eric Wolf. “I absolutely love the depth and detail of Milton’s writing.” Eric Wolf had a lot to say as well. “I like Milton’s ability to integrate values that he holds himself and with his religion and put them into Satan… it’s about what you put those values into. I also think it’s interesting how he symbolizes sin and death, in that it wasn’t until Satan’s action with sin that led to death's creation.” We had a long conversation about Paradise Lost, and we all had very similar ideas to each other. I can positively say that this should be read in high school just like Great Gatsby.
In our conversation, Eric had mentioned that it makes him analyze his own mind, and I think that is so cool for a book to make us think like that. It makes us feel and question ourselves and the things around us. It can make us see different things in a completely new way. I asked Mr. Oram why he taught this book to his classes, and he told me this. “Paradise Lost is an escape room in which every clue refers you to another clue. In order to unlock the poem’s mysteries, the reader must first discover how to unlock their own mind.” Posted 9/24 |
To enhance his students' experiences, he does what he calls simulations that puts us into the setting we are reading about!
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For Hell, he makes the lights red and has some fog machines going, and has some creepy music playing in the background. He wears a pair of devil horns and once class starts, performs a monologue that Satan says in the book!
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For Heaven, he makes the lights soft pinks, blues and white. He puts sheets all around the classroom and then has a church choir playing in the background.
For Earth, there are vines everywhere with green, yellow, and brown lights. There are stuffed animals all over that place too!
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HOw corner canyon should reform its parking lot
BY GAGE WOODBURY
ENTERTAINMENT 2 EDITOR
“The traffic at Corner Canyon High School is a total nightmare,” said student Gavin Woodbury. And he's right, traffic is a colossal problem for students, especially those who live far away, in getting to and from Corner Canyon High School. If we wish to create a school which is quickly and easily accessible, one where we don’t have to wait in these agonizing and frustrating lines, something must be done.
One potential solution would be to widen the roads around Corner Canyon. This makes sense on the surface, but in reality does not address the root causes of traffic. First of all, many students will be turning into the same place, so the turn lanes will still be congested. Additionally, according to Interesting Engineering, emerging research shows that widening roads does not fix traffic because it encourages more people to commute by car on that road, creating more traffic. The only way to reduce traffic around the school is to have fewer cars on the road.
Here is my solution: a policy stating parking passes cannot be purchased by students who live within a certain distance, perhaps 2 miles, of the school. The first question becomes how students affected by this will get to school. The answer is walking and biking. According to Cyclists Hub, a 2 mile bike ride can easily be completed in 8 to 12 minutes at an average speed of 9 to 14 mph, making this a realistic way to get around that will substantially reduce car traffic. As for enforcement, this hypothetical policy would be enforced by requiring students to provide their address when signing up for a parking pass. Another valid question would be safety; our current bike lanes can seem dangerous. There are a number of ways this can be addressed, such as by widening the sidewalks and making them shared between pedestrians and cyclists, implementing thin curbs that physically separate cyclists from cars, or by making the roads thinner, which forces drivers to slow down enough to where the roads can be safely shared by cars and cyclists.
There are numerous benefits to this policy. Obviously, less traffic for those of us who have to drive to school is the major one. But also it would create a more physically fit student body, allow the school to use land formerly dedicated to parking for better purposes, and if similar measures were implemented across the county, it would drastically improve our air quality, reducing the effects of pollution.
Thus, in my opinion, Corner Canyon High School should adopt this parking policy.
POSTED 9/15
ENTERTAINMENT 2 EDITOR
“The traffic at Corner Canyon High School is a total nightmare,” said student Gavin Woodbury. And he's right, traffic is a colossal problem for students, especially those who live far away, in getting to and from Corner Canyon High School. If we wish to create a school which is quickly and easily accessible, one where we don’t have to wait in these agonizing and frustrating lines, something must be done.
One potential solution would be to widen the roads around Corner Canyon. This makes sense on the surface, but in reality does not address the root causes of traffic. First of all, many students will be turning into the same place, so the turn lanes will still be congested. Additionally, according to Interesting Engineering, emerging research shows that widening roads does not fix traffic because it encourages more people to commute by car on that road, creating more traffic. The only way to reduce traffic around the school is to have fewer cars on the road.
Here is my solution: a policy stating parking passes cannot be purchased by students who live within a certain distance, perhaps 2 miles, of the school. The first question becomes how students affected by this will get to school. The answer is walking and biking. According to Cyclists Hub, a 2 mile bike ride can easily be completed in 8 to 12 minutes at an average speed of 9 to 14 mph, making this a realistic way to get around that will substantially reduce car traffic. As for enforcement, this hypothetical policy would be enforced by requiring students to provide their address when signing up for a parking pass. Another valid question would be safety; our current bike lanes can seem dangerous. There are a number of ways this can be addressed, such as by widening the sidewalks and making them shared between pedestrians and cyclists, implementing thin curbs that physically separate cyclists from cars, or by making the roads thinner, which forces drivers to slow down enough to where the roads can be safely shared by cars and cyclists.
There are numerous benefits to this policy. Obviously, less traffic for those of us who have to drive to school is the major one. But also it would create a more physically fit student body, allow the school to use land formerly dedicated to parking for better purposes, and if similar measures were implemented across the county, it would drastically improve our air quality, reducing the effects of pollution.
Thus, in my opinion, Corner Canyon High School should adopt this parking policy.
POSTED 9/15
Whale watching
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BY BENTLEY SMITH
STAFF WRITER According to the Animal Welfare Institute, over thirteen million people go whale watching every year, now that’s a lot of peepers. Before making a judgment it’s important to know the history of what you’re pondering, so here is a brief history of whale watching. The first whale watch was in San Diego, where they watched the migrations of gray whales. The original whale watch was a dollar entry and brought in ten thousand visitors. By the 1970s it was a fairly popular activity, and the first commercial whale watch launched in 1971. Whales have huge brains and are thought to be more emotionally intelligent than humans. You would assume that something that has empathy would also have some level of dignity. If a group of whales came around the streets of my neighborhood watching me in my home. I think I would be. It's pretty uncomfortable, so why wouldn’t the whales and dolphins feel the same way? Some might take them swimming up to the boats as a form of excitement or consent to being watched, but if someone that couldn’t talk or use body language came up to you and tried to tell you to leave it could be misconstrued as an invitation to their dinner party and all of a sudden, you’re stuck in a dolphin’s kitchen eating with a bunch of other whales and orcas you don’t know. All in all, I believe that whale watching is a tremendous breach of privacy. It is also somewhat ironic that you would be using a fossil fuel-based form of transportation to go through their home when aquatic animals are some of the most affected creatures when it comes to pollution. Maybe next time you get the urge to look at some moist mammals you can reconsider and just take that trip to Disney world or just go to the zoo. Posted 9/10 |
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