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Artificial Intelligence: Robots

Anxiety and Stress:

How can we properly address it?

Kilbourne Through the

Years: What is different, and what has

changed?

Teen Voting: Vote early, vote often.

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CONTENTSOctober 2019V o t e E a r l y , V o t e O f t e n

Ohio has two elections coming up: the General Election and the Presidential Election, and many of Kilbourne’s

students will be able to vote. Though they are a part of the largest age group, that age group that votes the least. Will Kilbourne students be making their voice heard, or joining

the other 18-29 year olds that don’t vote?

Written by Rachel Rinehart

Young Voter Motivation Art by Alex Sauer

News5: Teen Voting

Feature 11: Kilbourne Through The Years

18: Stress and Anxiety

22: Artificial Intelligence

Sports24: Football Coach Transitions to Cross Country

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EDITORIALLEAST RECOGNIZED SPORTS

Sports are a huge deal to any teenager; they love hanging out with friends at football games, taking funny pictures at soccer games, and cheering on their classmates at cross country meets. But it’s hard to feel encouraged during a game when you look up into the stands and only see a handful of familiar faces when other teams get a stadium full of cheering fans. Only the people on your team know of the accomplishments and obstacles you’ve overcome, and sometimes without that boost from student support, it’s difficult to push through. “All people talk about is football or say things to me that they wouldn’t to football players,” Melanie Fisher stated, a senior on the water polo team. “Everyone said, ‘Oh I’m sorry, you were so close to winning’ instead of congrats which they probably would have to football. It just annoys me sometimes when people only care when we do well.” The girls’ water polo team ranked third in the state, the highest the team has placed in over a decade. Yet no one is talking about it. The girls started the season strong and held a streak of twelve games before losing. This year, they received new players that caught on rather quick: Allison Brown, Joana Bürge, Nanami Campbell, and Kennedy O’Brien. They all have contributed greatly to the team despite being first-year players. Seniors, Melanie Fisher, Cleo Melvin, and Katie Ryzmek, tried their hardest to help the team improve so they knew it was being left in good hands. Overall, the team seemed to click better this year than past years and the team chemistry has grown greatly. The boys’ water polo team finished thirteenth in the state.But they have greatly improved from last year. Last season, they barely had enough members for a team and there were times where they had to borrow players from the Thomas team. Because of a season without any subs, they learned to push through a tough game and keep a level head. This year, they are losing three key players on the team: Mitchell Fisher, Matt Gerold, and Thomas Ryzmek. It’s going to be a huge adjustment next season without those seniors to guide them. “The other team members are there to cheer me on,” Evelyn Bomsta stated, a sophomore on the tennis team. The team held each other up throughout the season and always gave 110%. The tennis team ended with a record of four wins and seventeen losses. Bomsta said, “However, I feel like the team would all try harder if more people came to watch.” For three of their players, Libby Costello, Elise Elliot, and Hannah

Lindaman, this was their last year playing for Kilbourne. Sophomores Evelyn Bomsta and Ellie Needleman greatly improved and stepped up this year, winning ten of their matches. Lily Hershey joined the team as a freshman and worked her way up to playing second singles during matches, passing their top three players. She has been playing for many years before and won the team many of their singles matches. They wrapped up their season in Division I sectional on October 3. “We would like to be encouraged by students as much as possible because we are kind of underappreciated,” stated Presley Zwayer, a sophomore on the golf team. She also said that she feels the team needs more support from the student body. Zwayer led the team the weekend of divisions with a 109 and junior Hannah Kramer followed closely with a 126. They placed eleventh in Division I sectional, shooting a total of 548. Thankfully, they didn’t have any seniors this year and everyone is returning from this year as well as, hopefully, three incoming freshmen. The girls have shown nothing but support for each other and really embraced their newcomers. The boys’ golf team finished their season with a record of 8-20 and tenth out of fifteen teams in Division I sectional. All five golfers shooting in the 80s that weekend, shooting a total of 334. At sectionals, freshman, Owen Cotterman, also competed and shot an 89, rounding out the score. This year, they will be losing key senior players: Jake Hale and Garrett Meeks. Meeks had led the way with an 80 and Hale followed closely with an 87. The team radiated positivity this season and many of the boys are already excited for next year. So many sports at WKHS don’t get the recognition they deserve. Fisher, when asked if impacted by the low amount of direct student support like from the Kilbourne Krazies, said that it wasn’t such a big deal “because we’ve never had them.” It’s hard to stomach the thought that most of our student body doesn’t support the sports that aren’t football or soccer. We’ve been told the Krazies are there to hype up the teams and get them ready to play. But in reality, nothing is being promoted. Most students don’t understand how hard these teams work and eventually, that determination can die down because no one’s there to keep the spark lit.

Rachel BrennanEditor

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V o t e E a r l y , V o t e O f t e n

Ohio has two elections coming up: the General Election and the Presidential Election, and many of Kilbourne’s

students will be able to vote. Though they are a part of the largest age group, that age group that votes the least. Will Kilbourne students be making their voice heard, or joining

the other 18-29 year olds that don’t vote?

Written by Rachel Rinehart

Young Voter Motivation Art by Alex Sauer

6 OCT 2019Responses from Worthington Kilbourne Juniors and Seniors

On November 5th, Ohioans will head to the polls to cast their vote in the General Election, and among them will be some of Worthington Kilbourne’s seniors. If 18 by voting day, high schoolers will get the chance to have their voices heard. While the Presidential Election may draw the most attention, many underestimate the impact their vote can have in local elections. In the General Election, students will place a vote on local judges, municipal government, and the school board. There are three candidates running for the two seats open on the Worthington Board of Education. Students will have the opportunity to choose the candidate they believe will influence the most positive change in their school.

The General Elections deal with local government, whether it be a city or

county. Those living in Franklin County will be able to vote on a municipal court judge. Four seats are open for election, three municipal court judges and one environmental court judge. Jodi Thomas and Trent Dougherty are campaigning for the first seat in municipal government, which has a term commencement of January 1, 2020. Thomas has been in this seat since 2016 and is running for reelection. Amy Salerno was a judge this past term and is running for reelection for the second seat with a start date of January 2, 2020, against Jessica D’Varga, an attorney. James E. Green is running unopposed for reelection of the third seat, which has a start date of January 3, 2020. Stephanie Mingo and William A. Sperlazza are running for a special seat on the environmental court. Mingo and Sperlazza both are new to the environmental court and have not served as a judge in the municipal

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“if we don’t [vote] then they could possi-bly take it away some-day being like ‘No one is voting, so we might as well just take it

away’”

government. By voting for a judge, students can dictate who it is that interprets state laws. These laws are the ones that will affect them the most, for those are the laws that are closest to them. If students need to fight a parking ticket, they will be dealing with these municipal judges rather than Supreme Court Judges. Looking into these judges and voting for who is believed to be the best representative can help students down the road if they break the law.There are two seats open on the Worthington School Board, and there are three candidates. One is Charlie Wilson, who is currently apart of the school board. He defeated one of the other candidates, Amy Lloyd, in the 2017 general election. Lloyd is going for her second try at a seat on the school board. Kelly Needleman is the third candidate running for a seat, the only one new to the campaigning process.The Worthington School Board greatly affects the lives of every student, more so than the law and judges. The school board has a say on everything done in the elementary, middle, and high schools in Worthington. They adopt policies that they feel will positively impact Worthington district schools, hire the superintendent, and oversee the annual budget. Students that will

be 18 by November 5th will be able to play a part in decisions that affect their school, and their lives. Though those students will be graduating before seeing any of their actions come into play, they will be able to improve their school and community for future generations.Gabe Knuth, a senior who will be voting in the Ohio General Elections, explains why he cares about city council. “I care because I always think that I should have a say in our government, and even something as small as city council that we should always put our two cents in because if we don’t then they could possibly take it away someday being like ‘No one is voting, so we might as well just take it away’, but I want to have a say in who I want to run my city. I think others should care for the same reasons, disregarding party affiliations and everything, just voting is generally a good idea to have.” Knuth is aware of the changes that may come from a new member of the school board. “I think that our school board has been very...east side of the river, like Thomas side heavy, and I think that this election is going to change that, and I am very excited for that.” He says that to find out about the candidates and their

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Responses from Worthington Kilbourne Juniors and Seniors

issues you should look at the “Local news. 10 TV does a really good job of publishing the candidates and issues, and just individual research on each.” About four months after the General Elections, Ohioans will return to the polls. Voting for the Primary Election, picking the front runner who will appear on the presidential ballot, will be held on March 17, 2020. In this election, registered Democrats

In the Primaries, Democrats will vote on the candidate that they feel will best address gun control and universal medicare, some of the party’s major concerns. The states do not vote on the same day, so voting will continue across the country until the summer of 2020. This polling is used to find the Democrat that will be on the ballot. Then, he or she will face off against Trump.

will vote for one of the twelve candidates to be the sole name on the ballot against the Republican front runner. Only people registered with the Democrat party will be able to vote in this election, because the Primaries are for parties that do not have a president running for reelection. Though the Primaries are held in March, 17 year olds that will be 18 by November 3, 2020 (election day) will be eligible to vote.

Though Kilbourne youth fall under Gen Z, the age range of youth (18-29) groups Gen Z with Millennials. Millennials are now rivaling Baby Boomers (55-75) in the voting pool because of aging millennials and dying boomers. Both generations make up about 31% of the electorate, according to NPR, but in the 2012 election millennials made up 19% of people that actually

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casted their vote, while boomers made up 38%. If their age group can have a great impact, why don’t teens vote? In a survey of Kilbourne Juniors and Seniors with 77 responses, some said that it is due to laziness and apathy. This is backed up by a CIRCLE study that found “In 2016, nearly six million young people (ages 18-29)... were registered but did not vote”. CIRCLE is a distinguished, nonpartisan, scholarly commission that investigated rigorous data on young Americans’ civic knowledge and voting. Others think that the youth don’t vote because they just don’t care. This is backed up as well by the same Civic Youth study, where they found that “ the most common reason given for not voting, by both youth with and without college experience, was not liking the candidates or the issues (65% cited it as a minor or major factor)”. Civic Youth has found that young voters increasingly lean away from the Republican party and towards the Democrat party and even the third party. Due to these results, the Democrat party has reached out to the youth. Five Democratic candidates, Amy Klobuchar, Bernie Sanders, Kamala Harris, Pete Buttigieg and Elizabeth Warren, went to town halls to hear and answer questions from students in New Hampshire’s Saint Anselm College. Getting youth voters to the booths is imperative for Democrats, because, according to The New York Times’ article Young Voters Could Make a Difference. Will They?, “Nearly 60 percent of voters ages 18 to 25 identify as Democrats or lean Democratic”. With the youth voting Democrat, the party will be able to rival Trump, who has the support of the Republican leaning Baby Boomers. With Republican Trump running for reelection, the focus is on the Democrat party to see their fresh ideas. Kilbourne’s

Jocelyn Elder, Maggie Dyer, and Annie Z tell what issues they want to see the Democrat party solve. Annie Z says “My number one, is to fix American Democracy because nothing can get done, even solving climate change, until you fix a lot of the institutions that are broken or could be improved, such as in the Senate, got to get Mitch McConnell out of there, got to remove the filibuster, to make sure that the Judicial branch is not used as a political weapon, that it is inherently neutral. Once we fix the electoral college, then we can focus on fixing climate change, because that affects absolutely everything. Our planet should be our number one priority.” Dyer says her priorities are in a candidate is “Basically anyone who is actually willing to reach out across party lines and work with the entirety of the government system instead of just keeping to one side...that separation of people and not compromising and actually enforcing Democracy is what is keeping a lot of issues from being taken care of. Immigration definitely has to be addressed, whether it’s addressing different ways to handle illegal immigrants instead of just deporting them through [Immigration and Customs Enforcement]”. Elder says she wants a President “who can actually compromise with the Congress and be able to get actual beneficial things done, no matter which side it’s for or which side it’s benefiting. If it is benefiting America as a whole, it should be allowed through. Another thing is with our economy… getting towards those times of a recession. That’s just how the times are and we need a

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candidate that has that in the back of their minds. They need to allow welfare programs in times of need, not like ‘Oh well pull yourself up by your bootstraps’. We need to take our economy into effect because it is going down”Elder on doing her own research says “I personally just think getting multiple news sources and media from both sides, Democratic and Republican, is very important because I am not the type of person that is just like ‘I’m a Democrat I have to vote Democratic” because I find myself in the middle on a lot of issues, so just finding both sources and not being stuck on either party, but actually voting for what I believe in and who would represent my views well.”

Why should you vote? Kilbourne students say they want to vote in order to have a voice on what the future of the country will be. By voting, in both the general election and presidential election, you are voting for someone with similar ideals to you, someone who will take the country where you want it to go. Mr. Buck, a history teacher and leader of Kilbourne’s Junior State of America, says voting is important because “In the United States, 18 is the age of being an adult, so you now have to follow all the laws, you can sign contracts, you can be in the military, you can be arrested and tried as an adult, so you should be voting for the people who are making the laws that are now directly impacting you. It’s very important for teenagers to vote because the government has a huge say in parts of your life. In a Democracy, you want a say over the people who are making the laws that will impact you. Also, with things relating to college tuition and college debt,

and impacts on social issues, all of the things that directly impact teenagers, you should have a say in those laws.” In order to responsibly vote, you must know who the candidates and the issues they stand for are. Mr. Buck advises students to do some research and says “A great thing to do is go to their websites, which usually have a tab that says ‘Issues’ or ‘Platform’ and they will very nicely list what they believe in. That’s a good way to narrow down which candidates most closely align with what your views are. Watch the debates on television to see how they interact with each other and question each other. The League of Women Voters is another great resource. You can just google ‘League of Women Voters’ and they will give you a run down of what every candidate says. Watch the news. Watch their speeches when they give speeches and they’re televised. Read the news. Just the internet in general is a great way in general to figure out who is doing what and what they believe.” Once Worthington Kilbourne’s Juniors and Seniors become well acquainted with the candidates who will be solving issues for Worthington or the United States, those that will be 18 for the election will hopefully head to the polls and raise the youth voting percentage. Whether it is the Ohio General Election on November 5, 2019, or the Presidential Election on November 3, 2020, make your voice heard!

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Kilbourne

Then

Vs.

Now

Written by Camille Shiffer 90’s Border By Lexi Sauer

12 OCT 2019

Kilbourne is an active school, established in the year of 1991. Since then, several things have changed and some have stayed the same. I talked to Kilbourne alumni to find out how their highschool ex-periences differ from those of todays’ students.

The Balcony

At Kilbourne, there is an un-written rule that everyone knows of. That is the rule of the Junior and Senior balcony. When, and only when, you become an upperclassman are you allowed to hang out at the balcony looking over the commons of Kilbourne. The Juniors and Seniors each have their own section of the balco-ny, and students from the past confirm that the rules of the balconies were enforced when they were students.

The “Hangout Spots” The most common spots to find students today are hang-ing out at each other’s hous-es or out getting food. For a quick eat, Chipotle and Canes are the places to go. These current “hangout spots” aren’t far from where students in the

past used to get together. Mr. Patch, current social stud-ies teacher and Kilbourne alumni of 2009, states that common places for him and

his friends to hang out in his highschool days were also at friends’ houses. He also men-tions that, “During soccer two-a-days in the summer some people from the soccer and football team would all come over in between prac-tices and we would all play board games. Even though technology has become more advanced and addictive, I hope that students today still know what it’s like to do things like this when they are together.”

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He also added that the Chipotle on Sawmill was also a very com-mon place to eat, especially after sporting events. Mr. Peterson, current assistant principal and Kilbourne alumni of 2004, also mentions Chipotle, “the first ever Chipotle came to Columbus when I was a Freshmen,” he says. “So you can imagine how popular that be-came.” Mrs. Rehkoph, current intervention specialist and Kil-bourne alumni of 2008, mentions some different places that are not as common for students today. “When I was in high school, some popular spots were bowl-ing at the AMC and the movie theaters at Crosswoods.” Besides bowling, the spots for students to hang out have not really changed. Today, anytime a Kilbourne stu-dent goes to Chipotle, they can be guranteed to see at least one other familiar face of Kilbourne.

Social Events

Today at Kilbourne, a popular school-related event is Football Friday nights. The Kilbourne Krazies, a selected group of seniors who are in charge of pumping up the crowd during sporting events, assign a theme to each game and they lead the

student section with different cheers such as “do it” and the rollercoaster. Home games are everyone’s favorite so away games are not as common for students to attend. Mr. Peterson states that Foot-ball Friday nights were also very common when he was a student, however, he believes that there was a different atmo-sphere back in his day. “When I was a student, friday night football was more about com-munity and just being together. Back then, people still needed people, especially a community of them.” He also points out the difference in the popularity of away games, “Away games were a lot more common than. Everyone went to them. They were always just as packed as a home game was.”

What a School day Looked Like

Today, our school days have eight 50-minute class peri-ods a day. Students start their day either by gathering in the commons to talk with friends or rush to the library to print out their essays before the bell rings. We eat lunch in the com-mons, while the Seniors

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are allowed to leave during their lunch period. There is also access to extra resources such as the drop-in lab with Mr. Dickson, the library, and 209. School days at Kil-bourne have changed over the past couple of years. Be-fore the eight period sched-ule, Kilbourne had what they called a block schedule. A block schedule is basically where different classes take turns. There are A and B days and you have classes that alternate on both days. Mr. Peterson recaps his days of having a block schedule, “Sometimes two class periods would come together. There were some days where my social studies class and my english class would all collide into one class and we would incorpo-rate both social studies and english into one.”

Tests and Homework At Kilbourne today, all kids believe that they have unreasonable amounts of homework and tests. But what we don’t realize is that students now actually have it easier than students did

years before us. Mr. Patch states that the workload of high school was a lot harder when he was a stu-dent. He recalled that for every AP class, they had at least four different books assigned to them each summer and an essay to go along with each one. Mr. Patch also mentions the strictness of the curriculum, “Classes were much more uptight when I was in school rather than now. We didn’t have any learning targets that broke down each unit. In class, we would go over the unit day by day and if you missed, you would have to borrow notes from a classmate. Our tests were over the entire unit as a whole, it wasn’t broken down into sec-tions and learning targets like yours are today.” Mr. Peterson adds onto this as he recalls what would happen if you missed a day of school, “Test retakes were very rare. If you missed a day of a test, it would be really compli-cated to figure out when to take it and some teachers wouldn’t even let you.” Because of this difference of relaxation in the classroom, the generations of students are very different. Mr. Peterson elaborates on this, “This generation of students is a lot different than it was when

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I was a student. This gener-ation is much more used to receiving forgiveness from teachers which was the com-plete opposite for me when I was in school.”

School Dances

Currently, at Kilbourne, our school dances go along with the three different seasons of the school year, such as Homecoming for all grades in the fall, Winter Formal for all grades in the Winter, and Prom for Juniors and Seniors in the spring. Little do stu-dents know that Kilbourne used to have many more school dances. Mrs. Rehkoph goes back to her time as a student at Kilbourne and states all the different dances they had, “We had a ton of school dances, such as Homecom-ing, the Halloween dance, the ‘Jingle Jam’ which was holiday-themed, Valentine’s day dance, and the Spring Fling. We even had some school dances after football games. Those were especial-ly fun because of how laid back they were.” School Spirit

Although Kilbourne has always been known for having a lot of school spirit, teachers who currently work at Kilbourne and also attended as students, tend to see a difference in school spir-it between the generations. “I think the reason why students have kind of lost some spirit is because there are less students involved in extracurric-ulars such as sports, marching band, theater, and clubs. Also, we had a lot more pep rallies when I was a student, which really forced the students to see the spirit they should feel for their school” Says Ms. Rehkoph. Technology

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An obvious difference between the lives of students then com-pared to the lives of students now, is the advancement of technology. Today we have cell phones that fit in our hands and our pockets. They are addictive and can access information with-in seconds, just by the tap of a screen. Mr. Peterson states that students today have the advan-tage of infinite campus. “When-ever we got a grade, we couldn’t just privately look at it on our phones. Our teachers would post them up on the wall and you had to go and find it. The students also had to keep track of their own grades to figure out what percentage they are at, at that time.” Mr. Peterson also ex-plains how whenever he and his friends wanted to communicate, they would have to go into chat rooms and see who was online. “There was this thing called an away message which is basically the same thing as a status for you guys today. Everyone would try to come up with a really creative message or quote so that when people logged on, they would see what you left.” Additionally, he explains how when he was a stu-dent, it was much more of a guy thing to call each other; it would be weird for them if guys texted each other. This is interesting

because today, typically, it’s the girls who are calling each oth-er and guys typically do not. Mr. Peterson also brought up the example of dopamine, also known as the “happy hormone.”

In this generation, social me-dia structures are designed around the idea of dopamine. Mr. Peterson points out that technology in his generation was also designed around the same thing. In their chat rooms, people would leave and then come back to see what mes-sages were left for them. It’s the same thing with Instagram and Snapchat today, as students come back to their phone to see how many snaps or likes and comments they got while they were gone. “Overall our brains have not changed technology has advanced since then,” says

Mr. Peterson as a Junior

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Worthington Kilbourne high school being constructed

Worthington Kilbourne high school currently

Mr. Peter-son.

Driving

Today, students have access to Siri and Google Maps to give us directions. Mr. Peterson explains how when he was a student driver, they had to pull out actual maps and figure out where they were going, rather than just asking Siri to do it for you. Mr. Peterson explains, “If we needed directions to a friend’s house, they would have to write it down on paper for us to try and figure out. But the directions were pretty vague using signs and colors of hous-

es and scenery to tell us when and where we should turn. Although it’s a lot easier for students now, I believe it was almost better that we had maps because everyone had a better un-derstanding of their sur-roundings and how to get places.” Overall, Worthington Kilbourne is a vibrant school environment that has served generations of

students for the past 28 years. The advancements of technology have cre-ated a significant separation between students now and then. It has brought students now the benefits of google maps, texting, online classrooms, online textbooks, and several different ways of communicating. Although there are several differences between stu-dents lives then and now we are still all strung together by the same culture of Kilbourne.

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Stress to Anxiety

By Mycah hill

KilbourneStress is common in almost all teens and a lot of stress, if not addressed properly, has the potential to develop into anxiety. According to Noelle Leonard, a senior research scientist at the New York University College of Nursing students have reported school as the main cause of stress in their lives, whether it be from homework, teachers, other students, or parent expectations. There is much to be done in order to lessen the stress placed on high schoolers, but the first step is to catch and treat the signs before it develops into anxiety .

Commanality

Stress is a common attribute in human life, however too much stress can lead Anxiety. When anxiety is present life can be harder, and if left untreated can develop into disorders that have massive effects on a person’s life. Worthington Kilbouren is taking steps

in preventing student anxiety, while it still identifies as stress, such as the calm cafe and counselors offering help. Kilbourne counselor, Brianna Abbott explains, “Stress is very common among WKHS students. In fact, when seniors are surveyed at the end of their high school career, stress is identified as the most significant factor impacting Kilbourne students. Students have identified that pressure to succeed and peer and family relationships are among the most stressful aspects of high school.”

College is the next step for most teens after high school, and if they do not want to pursue college then they are looking into the workforce. Either way, the pressure to succeed in high school is placed on teens from the moment they pick their first classes to when they take their last test. While striving for success is not by all means a bad thing, the pressure put on these children to obtain

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Lexi Helping out in the counselor’s office.

success can cause massive stress. The pressure of peer acceptance is a major stressor in almost all students, and a lot of times this focus on peer acceptance can cause stress in other aspects of the students’ lives as they spend time trying to fit in with a certain crowd. Sophomores, Katie Buterbaugh and Gwen Hatcher report, “As freshmen, their social acceptance caused a great deal of emotional turmoil in their lives that also amounted to a great deal of stress.”

RelievingWhile for some teens, parents help relieve stress, for others, they can also be the main cause of stress. Parents’ expectations are known to increase the amount of stress put on children as they strive to meet their parents’ expectations, whether it be in school or sports. Sophomore, Misha Sohial, a student at Worthington Kilbourne, expresses the increased amount of stress

her parents’ expectations have on her. She states she strives to not only meet her expectations for herself, but to also meet theirs which often causes her to worry about disappointing them and not being the perfect child.

Teenagers stress about pleasing their parents,their friends , and achieving success. These are common in all teens; however, when these stressors are left unresolved, they begin to develop into anxiety.

AnxietyShaking, curled up in a ball on the bedroom floor, papers scattered across the ground feeling like the world is ending. This is the poster for anxiety; it’s what everyone sees in their head when picturing anxiety. But, that is not always the case. Anxiety is not a state; it’s a feeling that can be expressed in hundreds of different ways.

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According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Child Mental health, “Approximately 7.4% of children three to seventeen suffer from anxiety. However, this is just the record percentage. Many teens suffer in silence as they do not fit the picture of a person suffering from anxiety. Anxiety may present as fear or worry, but can also make children irritable and angry. Anxiety symptoms can also include trouble sleeping, as well as physical symptoms like fatigue, headaches, or stomachaches. Some anxious children keep their worries to themselves and, thus, the symptoms can be missed.”

Anxiety can happen to anyone. In order to prevent it, people must identify the difference between stress

and anxiety and the characteristics of stress turning into anxiety. Stress, according to Better Health channel, is the reaction to feeling under pressure with looming thoughts of failure and can often be managed with a balanced lifestyle and coping strategies. Anxiety, on the other hand, is the result of untreated stress, and if it goes untreated, it can develop into long term disorders. Millions of teens suffer from anxiety across the country, but it only becomes a problem after someone has a mental breakdown. Things like homework, sports, and social life have been linked to anxiety. What steps should be taken to prevent teenage anxiety before it affects a teen’s mental state?

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KilbourneThis year Kilbourne has added a calm cafe, in which students can visit if they need a quiet place to relax or do their homework. Students can also visit the councilors’ website for peace management skills. Worthington Kilbourne Council, Brianna Abbott explained the steps students should take to help relieve stress. “At Kilbourne, we try to help students to effectively manage their stress by providing information and resources on the WKHS Counselor website, by working individually with students, and, of course, with Lexi, the school’s therapy dog. Students today have all kinds of stressors impacting them and talking about them is very important and helpful. Sometimes we like to talk to our friends and that can be a nice place to start, but sometimes talking about what we are going through

with a trusted adult who can help brainstorm and problem solve with us is what can take our problems from a point where we are just admiring the stress to doing something about it.”

Students also develop their own way of relieving stress. Misha Sohail, says she takes breaks to keep from over stressing during homework and taking time for herself allows her to control her stress before it becomes something bigger. Everyone’s reaction to stress is different, so whatever they need to do to calm their stress will differ also. School is generally the center of stress for most teens, and with Kilbourne taking steps to prevent and maintain the stress, anxiety is less likely to develop.

22 OCT 2019

The innovation of technology is an essential aspect of the progression of humankind. How-ever, new advancements bring risks along with the positives. These risks could be detrimental to society and the status quo. Renowned ge-niuses such as Elon Musk and Stephen Hawk-ing often shared their fears of artificial intel-ligence (A.I.) , such as the risk of A.I. having misaligned goals with humans and the potential usage of A.I. in deceptive ways. One of the shared main concerns with-in A.I. is the likelihood that it will be far more intelligent than humans. Elon Musk goes as far as to claim the difference between humans and A.I. is the gap of intelligence between humans and chimps, as chimps do not really understand humans and we seem extraterrestrial to them. Stephen Hawking claimed artificial intelligence could possibly end mankind due to the slow process it takes men to evolve compared to the rapid evolvement A.I. can attain either from humans or by itself. A tech company called OpenAI devel-oped a text writing model named GPT-2 that predicts and generates sentences with relatively cohesive and feasible ideas in succession to an original sentence.

Many fear that bots similar to GPT-2 will be used to deceptively spread coherent false news quickly in an attempt to divide people and confuse. So far there are little plans set into place to regulate A.I. despite the con-stant development that will affect the daily routine, negative or positive. Along with the generally shared fear between the top brains of the field, studies have come to light that shows major cities are not prepared for the risks of A.I., which spurs the question if we should regulate ar-tificial intelligence or if it’s even possible to regulate.

The Risks of Artificial Intelligenceby Austin Aldous, Photographs by Alex Grabowski, Illustrations by Lexi Sauer

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Half of the students interviewed replied they knew little about the development of artifi-cial intelligence or had a vague idea of what it actually entails, although the other half were knowledgeable about the subject and the conse-quences. When it comes to regulations to pre-vent the consequences, George Fang, a WKHS sophomore, said: “We do significant testing to assure that it doesn’t have negative impacts; it does not turn against us. It can all be managed in some way.” The main preven-tion of all the conse-quenc-es of arti-ficial intelli-gence is reg-ulation, but that would take a propos-al and then insight into the proposal before it’s codified which takes a significant amount of time in a situation where we need to be proactive in order to guarantee safety. In spite of the lack of regulation, many busi-nesses such as NeuraLink are developing technology that essentially merges the human brain with artificial intelligence in efforts to

join them if you can’t beat them. Chris Cox, a sophomore at WKHS, is wary of potentially getting a brain implant to catch up with ar-tificial intelligence, saying: “I wouldn’t want a virus. If I became a computer, what would happen if I was hacked?” Artificial intelligence is certainly capable of being hacked in this day and age, which could potentially lead to disaster if we rely on it for everyday conveniences and work. Compara-

tively, a stu-dent at WKHS doubt-ed the reli-ance of arti-ficial intelli-gence: “Com-puters and stuff break down, you’d still want to have hu-

mans that can do things.” Regardless of ar-tificial intelligence being regulated or not, or if humans begin to modify their body cyber-netically, artificial intelligence is undoubtedly the next step in technology and will affect everyone globally in everyday life and is already starting to be integrated into homes through products like Alexa.

24 OCT 2019

Footballer coaches Kilbourne XCJust like any other season, the Kilbourne Cross Country (XC) runners have been grinding since June to fulfill their high-minded ambitions. The temperatures are usually over 80, sometimes even 90 degrees, but the heat never bothers the runners who are armed with incredibly strong endurance and the belief of mind over matter. Hard work always pays off, and the Wolves are enjoying their great success so far this season. Over

70% of the team members achieved a Personal Record (“PR”ed) at the Tiffin and Gallion races. The morale is high and everyone is eager to see what their hard work would be paying off. Most of the team members agree that this year’s performance is significantly better than that of last year, and there are stats to prove it. What lead the Cross Coun-try team to their success? Hard work-

ing athletes and their desire to achieve their goals? Obviously, yet, there is one huge dif-ference from last year: Wolves XC has a new head coach. Unlike previous years where they always followed the ‘tradition’ of scouting coaches with running experience for the head coach, this year, the Wolves approached that in a totally different way. The Wolves Cross Country reached out to Josh Stegman, a for-mer football coach to be the 2019 Wolves XC head coach. Standing at 5’10’’ and 230 pounds, it is hard to

see Stegman as a long dis-tance runner. In fact, until this year, Stegman’s coach-ing experience had been limited to that of McCord and Kilbourne football. At first, the boys XC athletes were overall disappointed by the fact that they would be under a coach that has no coaching experience in running. Many doubted his leadership as an XCcoach due to his lack of experi-ence with the sport. Some runners even intentionally

skipped summer practice and trained on their own, just to avoid the training schedules that the former football coach had planned. So, how did Stegman, despite low expectations and little experience, lead the team to such a remarkable season?The biggest difference, based on interviews with XC runners, are the new practice methods Stegman has put into place. Until this year, XC used the track for workouts. Stegman’s philosophy is different. He believes the best practice is done

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with conditions similar to that of the races. Cross Country races are almost never done on a track, nor nicely paved roads. The rigorous, bumpy, and grassy trails where XC races are held require runners to be used to the rough terrain. Running on grass and track actually is significantly different as runners tend to feel much faster running on track than on grass due to the nicely paved track allows the runners to comfortably pace them-selves unlike bumpy grass fields. Hence, workouts done on tracks are less effective in terms of building endurance and getting used to the feeling of running on trails. When Stegman first implemented grass workouts at the beginning of August, most of the team members were out-raged. But, as they began to perform better at meets, the team started to approve of Stegman’s methods. The overall results of the races at Gallion, Lancaster, and Eisenhart prove that grass workouts are more effective than track workouts when it comes to

Cross Country.Many runners also credited Coach Stegman’s leadership for their newfound success. Some runners proclaimed Stegman as “the real professional coach” or “the first organized coach ever”. Stegman has a sense of humor which he uses during pre-workout briefings. Run-ners mostly agreed that Stegman’s proper use of humor has definitely helped the teammates break the ice between themselves and the new coach much faster than in previous years, (Kilbourne XC has had four different head coaches in the last five years). and furthermore develop a good image of the coach which also boosted up the morale of the team.

Boys and Girls XC runners running on grass in-stead of track

XC runners on their easy day

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Based on his “generous neighbor” im-age, Stegman was able to gain trust from his athletes and ultimately led them to trust his methods.However, Stegman’s leadership goes beyond just incorporating effec-tive practice methods. The lifting program has become much more systemized compared to last year. 2018 Kilbourne XC did not have a designated lifting coach, nor did it have elaborate workouts. Many XC runners agreed that they never tried hard in the weightroom due to poor instruction and bad understanding of lifting. Coach Stegman, as a former football coach, specifically explained the importance of weight lifting, as it prevents injury and develops proper muscles that must be built for better

long distance running. Thanks to Coach Stegman’s abundant knowledge on weight lifting and proper guidance, the Wolves are enjoying their effective lifting workouts after practice on Mondays and Wednesdays.Thursday pre-race meetings are also contributing significantly to runners’ better performanc-es. While Thursday meetings did exist last year, in terms of quality, this year’s meet-ings have been more beneficial than last year. In past years,the athletes were simply handed course maps and were asked to share a goal, whereas this year, Coach Stegman and his Assis-tant Coach, Keeyes, take time

to explain the specifics of the race, analyze the course, and plan strategies with the runners. The coaches make runners share their race strategies for their race every meeting. This elaborate and detailed planning during meetings has definitely helped runners in their races. No leader can be perfect. Stegman still has some drawbacks despite his great contributions. One of the flaws of Stegman’s coaching that many runners point out is that Stegman assigns groups randomly and makes

Runner putting in 100% effort for his high minded goals

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them run with their group on easy days (Tuesdays and Thursdays). Cross Coun-try is a sport that cannot be practiced with people that have great differences in their speed, yet Stegman be-lieves in “team bonding” and forces the fast runners to run with slow runners. About a quarter of the team, dislike Stegman’s “team bonding” policy on easy days. They say: “fast runners are held back since they have to pace the slow runners”, and “slow runners are pushing too hard on easy days,” which are designated for recovery from the workout the day before. But a few runners, including those who are some of the fastest on the team, agree

with Stegman. They say easydays are for recovery, and the practices are supposed to be “more than easy”. Despite his lack of coaching experience, Stegman is successfully leading the Kilbourne Cross Country team towards a larger goal with great passion and ambition. A lot of the runners are glad to have Coach Stegman, and Steg-man also appreciates everyone’s hard work. He said during an interview, “successful outcomes would not have been made without painstakingly hard work of each and every one of you”.

WKHS students are making a difference, one backpack at a time!

During the 2018-2019 school year, Kilbourne International Baccalaureate (IB) students raised, and donated, $1,650 to Partners for Care to help supply water backpacks to students in Kenya.

Partners for Care is a com-passion driven, non-profit organization that exists to serve, equip, empower, and encourage their staff and the partnering organizations they work with in East Africa to achieve the goal of eliminat-ing needless suffering and death caused by preventable diseases – including malaria, HIV/AIDS, waterborne illness-es and malnutrition.

END ON A GOOD NOTE

The IB program recently re-cieved a report back from Partners In Care on just how their donation money impact-ed lives around the world!

These backpacks filter dirty water and make it drinkable for students, allow-ing them to focus on school, rather than where they will get their water from.

Victoria Stavish

Thank you to Sharon Dicks Of Partners In care for the wonderful photos!