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May 20, 2011 <strong>Walnut</strong> <strong>Hills</strong> <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong><br />
Vol. CV, No. 1
From the Editors May 20, 2011<br />
<strong>The</strong> Chatterbox<br />
<strong>The</strong> Chatterbox Editoral Staff<br />
Shiwani Kamath, Co-Editor-in-Chief Marshalla Eves, Co-Editor-in-Chief<br />
Letter from the Editors<br />
Dear Readers,<br />
As I sit here and write my final<br />
submission for <strong>The</strong> Chatterbox, I<br />
can’t help but be overcome with<br />
waves of nostalgia. I started as<br />
a contributor four years ago, and<br />
now I leave as co-Editor-in-Chief.<br />
Admittedly, my view of these<br />
years is fogged up by the “Graduation<br />
Goggles” (nicely explained on<br />
“How I Met Your Mother”). Whenever<br />
someone asks me about my<br />
favorite parts of working for <strong>The</strong><br />
Chatterbox, I immediately spout<br />
off accomplishments, like going<br />
online, re-formatting into a news<br />
magazine, adding color, and making<br />
our pages more interactive. As<br />
I clean out my desks and email, I<br />
am reminded of the downfalls. I<br />
cringe whenever I see a published<br />
copy filled with red editing marks<br />
or a picture of an interviewee with<br />
a squashed head. I am absolutely<br />
thankful that I can certainly think<br />
of more positive notes than bad<br />
ones (self-serving bias, anyone?)<br />
Nevertheless, no EIC can produce<br />
a paper alone, and I am indebted<br />
to our fine staff, Editorial board,<br />
and Advisors for creating a worthy<br />
set of issues this year. From<br />
our production team and business<br />
staff to our writers, columnists<br />
and photographers, I have never<br />
seen such collaboration in this or-<br />
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Mia Manavalan, Senior Managing Editor<br />
Mac Calvert, Photo Editor Clayton Castle, Fine Arts Editor<br />
Serena Dugan, View Points Editor Emily Friedman, Style & Culture Editor<br />
Simon Lazarus, Copy Editor Jonah Roth, News & Features Editor<br />
JP Schmitz, Cartoon Editor Riley <strong>The</strong>urer, Visual Editor<br />
Adam Wolf, Sports Editor Tanner Walters, Gleam Editor<br />
ganization and I am grateful for such<br />
commitment.<br />
I must also give a special thanks<br />
to our Advisors, Mrs.Wolfe & Mrs.<br />
Gerwe-Perkins, who work tirelessly on<br />
our behalf. We could not be successful<br />
in what we do without your help. I am<br />
very grateful to Mrs.Heldman and the<br />
rest at the Alumni Office; your support<br />
in continuing this paper is truly<br />
appreciated. Thanks must be given to<br />
administration and the teachers who<br />
continuously spare a few minutes to<br />
give us words of support. Thank you,<br />
Mrs.Wathen, for always giving us the<br />
opportunity to browse through past<br />
volumes; your patience and assistance<br />
is duly noted. Lastly, thank you, readers.<br />
Thank you for your encouraging<br />
words and valued critiques. As Abraham<br />
Lincoln once said, “He has a right<br />
to criticize, who has a heart to help.”<br />
This year at <strong>The</strong> Chatterbox has<br />
been amazing though. I’ve seen significant<br />
changes in the quality of the<br />
paper and the staff members. Everyone<br />
has grown so much and knowing<br />
what I’ve seen this year, I know next<br />
year will be even better. I leave the<br />
newspaper in good, capable hands.<br />
Until then, I hope you enjoy my final<br />
issue, the SENIOR edition. Let’s reminisce<br />
through the pages and continue<br />
counting-down till May 26.<br />
Sincerely,<br />
Shiwani Kamath, Co-Editor-in-Chief<br />
<strong>Walnut</strong> <strong>Hills</strong> <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong><br />
<strong>The</strong> Chatterbox Policy Statement<br />
<strong>The</strong> Chatterbox has been guaranteed<br />
the right of freedom of the press<br />
through the First Amendment of<br />
the United States Constitution. <strong>The</strong><br />
administration of <strong>Walnut</strong> <strong>Hills</strong> <strong>High</strong><br />
<strong>School</strong> is thus bound to support and<br />
protect <strong>The</strong> Chatterbox’s inalienable<br />
rights as a free press.<br />
As an integral part of the <strong>Walnut</strong><br />
<strong>Hills</strong> <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong> community, <strong>The</strong><br />
Chatterbox has the responsibility to<br />
report in the most comprehensive and<br />
objective manner possible. Students,<br />
parents, faculty, and administrators<br />
are encouraged to use this publication<br />
as a forum to express any ideas or concerns,<br />
whether they be personal or of<br />
local, national, or international scope.<br />
Journalists are required to work<br />
under established guidelines. Invasion<br />
of privacy as a means of news gathering<br />
is prohibited. Articles found to be<br />
discriminatory, libelous, or unnecessarily<br />
obscene (as determined by the<br />
editors or the advisor) will not be published.<br />
Finally, journalists are granted<br />
the right to keep private the name of<br />
a source from whom they received information<br />
with the understanding that<br />
the source was to remain anonymous.<br />
<strong>The</strong> role of the newspaper advisor will<br />
be to provide counsel and criticism<br />
pertaining to the newspaper’s content<br />
and production. Although both the<br />
advisor and the administration hold<br />
certain powers regarding <strong>The</strong> Chatterbox,<br />
both must respect the paper’s autonomy.<br />
No student shall be prevented<br />
from joining the staff on the basis of<br />
sex, race, creed, or national origin.<br />
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Senior Staff May 20, 2011<br />
SHIWANI KAMATH<br />
9th Grade: Reporter<br />
10th Grade:Page Editor<br />
11th Grade: Page Editor<br />
12th Grade: Co- Editor-in-Chief<br />
MAC CALVERT<br />
9th Grade: Photographer<br />
10th Grade: Photographer<br />
11th Grade: Photographer<br />
12th Grade: Photo Editor<br />
SERENA DUGAN<br />
11th Grade: Columnist<br />
12th Grade: Page Editor<br />
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MARSHALLA EVES<br />
12th Grade: Co- Editor- in-<br />
Chief<br />
SIMON LAZARUS<br />
12th Grade: Copy Editor<br />
CLAYTON CASTLE<br />
11th Grade: Reporter<br />
12th Grade: Page Editor<br />
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RILEY THEURER<br />
10th Grade: Page Editor<br />
11th Grade: Page Editor<br />
12th Grade: Visual Editor<br />
ADAM WOLF<br />
11th Grade: Reporter<br />
12th Grade: Page Editor<br />
RACHEL CHUNG<br />
12th Grade: Columnist<br />
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View Points May 20, 2011<br />
Serena Says: <strong>The</strong> Art of<br />
Graceful Derision<br />
Serena Dugan, ‘11<br />
View Points Editor<br />
It is a pitiful but true fact that<br />
insulting one’s peers is an art form<br />
sadly lacking in modern culture.<br />
Insult, while having many gradations<br />
in usage and meaning, is,<br />
in its simplest form, the pointed<br />
manifestation of our anger or frustration<br />
toward societal incompetence.<br />
This propensity for slander<br />
is universal; it is a cross-cultural<br />
bridge of our fundamental humanity.<br />
Whether someone is cut off by<br />
a discourteous driver in Kentucky<br />
or Hong Kong, the subsequent<br />
invectives of the aggrieved will<br />
ring with the same sonority. And<br />
despite the moral ramifications of<br />
launching oneself into a vindictive<br />
diatribe, nothing is quite so satisfying<br />
as regressing to a childish<br />
state of mockery and name-calling.<br />
Immaturity is unparalleled bliss.<br />
However, while the instinct to<br />
insult remains anchored in our<br />
ranks, the grace with which we<br />
attempt to accomplish this end is<br />
sorely wanting. This laxness in refinement<br />
of rant we can attribute<br />
mainly to ill-conceived attempts at<br />
propriety, laziness, and a growing<br />
deficiency in the facility of<br />
language. But all hope is not lost.<br />
By addressing these impediments,<br />
perhaps we can reinstate the skill<br />
of elegant disdain into society’s<br />
invective arsenal.<br />
<strong>The</strong> first hurdle to witty slander<br />
is the growing impetus towards<br />
non-confrontation. This,<br />
in my opinion, is a serious social<br />
problem and also a viable health<br />
concern. Internalizing one’s<br />
anger can exacerbate numerous<br />
health conditions, not to mention<br />
its psychological ramifications.<br />
Observing humility for the sake of<br />
propriety only leads to feelings of<br />
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worthlessness and regret. Why willingly<br />
surrender to inferiority? Square<br />
off, confront your opponent, and carpe<br />
every last shred of self-dignity you can<br />
muster out of each diem. This is all<br />
about establishing an internal locus<br />
of control. Once you manipulate your<br />
words, you can manipulate your world.<br />
So throw decorum and propriety out<br />
the metaphorical window of selfinflicted<br />
obstacle, and get vocal about<br />
some things.<br />
<strong>The</strong> next issue at hand is perhaps<br />
more serious than the first. Even having<br />
embraced derision, one can accomplish<br />
nothing of wit without the proper<br />
drive. And thus we delve into the problematic<br />
realm of indolence. People are<br />
lazy. Instead of generating a thoughtprovoking,<br />
insightful, and delightfully<br />
convoluted snub, the majority of<br />
our populous relapses into worn and<br />
tired invectives. Cursing surely has<br />
its place in society, but a well-crafted<br />
insult will trump foul language in 9<br />
out of 10 confrontational situations.<br />
<strong>The</strong> best way to flex your muscle for<br />
wit is to practice making sarcastic<br />
remarks about societal annoyances:<br />
inadequacies in the government, the<br />
stupidity of morning radio talk show<br />
hosts, faults in the education system…<br />
whatever has you particularly peeved<br />
at the moment. But whenever you<br />
attempt to deride, do so with passion,<br />
with precision, and most imperatively,<br />
with élan.<br />
A Field Guide to <strong>My</strong>thical<br />
Creatures<br />
Rachel Chung, ‘11<br />
Chatterbox Staff Writer<br />
She came through fire. She came<br />
through water. She rose, hatched from<br />
an egg, to captivate millions of viewers<br />
young and old. What many would<br />
call the Madonna of this generation,<br />
Lady Gaga emerged on the popular<br />
music scene some number of years<br />
ago. However, Lady Gaga runs in a<br />
different vein than your average pop<br />
star. In addition to her catchy music<br />
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(complete with four-note choruses and<br />
driving, computer-generated beats),<br />
Lady Gaga has earned a reputation as<br />
more of a performance artist than a<br />
musician. Overall, her performances<br />
consist of approximately 30% music,<br />
30% expensive effects, and 40%<br />
something else. This “something else”<br />
might be anything from arriving in an<br />
egg to wearing dangerous objects as a<br />
dress. <strong>The</strong>se distinctly Gaga behaviors<br />
have both shocked and enthralled our<br />
nation.<br />
Perhaps you ask, “Why are you<br />
writing about Lady Gaga, Rachel?” It<br />
is true; Lady Gaga is not in the same<br />
genus as the Loch Ness Monster or<br />
Edward Cullen. Some would say that<br />
Lady Gaga has invented an entirely<br />
new breed of performer. (However,<br />
some discredit Gaga, accusing her<br />
of emulating Madonna. In addition,<br />
performance art has existed as a genre<br />
for almost half a century.) Regardless<br />
of your artistic perspective, Lady Gaga<br />
is a mythical creature in her own<br />
right. Audiences are obsessed with her<br />
bizarre antics, rabid to know her true<br />
name, and engrossed by her personal<br />
life. Lady Gaga is a mythical creature<br />
because she has shamelessly and completely<br />
reinvented herself to become<br />
an entity not entirely human. Perhaps<br />
she aims to be something closer to a<br />
deity, and many would argue that she<br />
has very nearly become one.<br />
Like any mythical creature, Lady<br />
Gaga’s mystical image lends her music<br />
the allure absent from the music of<br />
other pop stars today. However, the<br />
popularity of Gaga’s music may also<br />
be attributed to innate musical talent.<br />
As someone distinctly pop-music challenged,<br />
I have often suddenly found<br />
myself listening to a song of Lady<br />
Gaga’s. Free of bias, I often appreciate<br />
her music more than that of other<br />
pop artists. Like the results of a blind<br />
taste test, the results of my accidental<br />
experimentation are clear: Lady Gaga<br />
is a musical deity. I am gaga for Gaga.<br />
(Just kidding...)<br />
Vol. CV, No. 6
Sports May 20, 2011<br />
SENIOR Track and Field<br />
Runners<br />
Kibret Alem, ‘15<br />
Chatterbox Staff Writer<br />
While football and basketball<br />
may reign at <strong>Walnut</strong>, track and<br />
field is gradually becoming the<br />
most successful sport in the school.<br />
Under the guidance of Coach<br />
Valenzano and Coach Turner, the<br />
varsity team -especially class of<br />
‘11 SENIORS, are making a name<br />
for themselves and WHHS above<br />
all throughout the city. This Varsity<br />
team includes great SENIOR<br />
track athletes, such as Phillip<br />
Akanbi, Emily Akin, Keita Arthur,<br />
Keith Benjamin, Ferris Harvey,<br />
Tiffany Caldwell, Cush King, Jaelynne<br />
and Trafawn Johnson, JR<br />
Roley, Karen McCormick, Allison<br />
Nurre, Lovieree Simmons, Brianna<br />
Woods and Dez Stewart, who in<br />
fact most of them has worked with<br />
Coach Valenzano for three years.<br />
When Coach Valenzano was<br />
asked how he feels about his SE-<br />
NIORS, he replied saying, “I have<br />
some great SENIOR runners in<br />
my team. <strong>The</strong>y all have great potential.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y are very easy to work<br />
with and they were the 2009 Boys<br />
Lead Champions.” So far, this is<br />
their best year and the season is<br />
going great for the Eagle runners.<br />
As long as they keep doing what<br />
they’re doing, they will have no<br />
problem competing for the state<br />
championship into their hands.<br />
Coach Valenzano continues to<br />
rave about his team, saying that,<br />
“<strong>Walnut</strong> <strong>Hills</strong> has a good tradition<br />
of track and field. It’s one of the<br />
most successful sports in school<br />
and we’ll keep on getting better<br />
and better. We have great athletes<br />
that both achieve greatly in<br />
academics and sport. That’s what<br />
makes <strong>Walnut</strong> great.”<br />
SENIOR runner Dez Stewart<br />
also has only good things to say<br />
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about the track team. “Track is fun.<br />
<strong>The</strong> meetings are interesting. Our<br />
coaches are entertaining, training us<br />
better while having fun. Me and my<br />
teammates have watched track teams<br />
and since this is out last year, we are<br />
working hard to achieve what has to<br />
be achieved.” This high school track<br />
team is working hard to make it to the<br />
state 4x100 and 4x200 relay teams,<br />
and they believe the eagles are capable<br />
of anything they set their minds to.<br />
SENIOR Captains Interview<br />
Adam Wolf, ‘11<br />
Sports Editor<br />
This month I sat down with<br />
SENIORS Brooke Smith and Jake<br />
Holden to talk to them about their<br />
highschool softball and baseball<br />
teams.<br />
Q: How long have you played for <strong>Walnut</strong>?<br />
Brooke Smith: I’ve been a Varsity<br />
starter all 4 years, thank you very<br />
much. But I’ve played softball since<br />
5th grade.<br />
Jake Holden: I’ve been playing for<br />
<strong>Walnut</strong> since I was a freshman.<br />
Q: Are you going to continue playing<br />
in college?<br />
B: No, this is my first year not being<br />
on a summer-travel team, and then<br />
I’m not playing in college so this is my<br />
last season ever.<br />
J: No. Its tough to get on the UC team.<br />
Q: What’s your role on the team?<br />
B: I’m a SENIOR captain with Liz<br />
Arthur and Kiara Hampton, and I<br />
play every position except for pitcher<br />
and catcher. I like to play 3rd base the<br />
most.<br />
J: <strong>My</strong> role is to be the SENIOR captain<br />
and play in the outfield and pitch<br />
the ball.<br />
Q: What’s your favorite part about<br />
playing your sport?<br />
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B: Lauren Boulding and Ashley Larkins.<br />
Def totes towntest people alive.<br />
J: <strong>My</strong> favorite thing to do is win baseball<br />
games, but that doesn’t seem to<br />
happen very often this year.<br />
Q: What is your schedule like?<br />
B: We have games everyday, and if we<br />
have a game we have practice, everyday,<br />
for a month and a half. That’s<br />
50-plus days.<br />
J: We have ten games the next eight<br />
days. ‘Nuff said.<br />
Q: What are your practices like?<br />
B: We run, and then we do a dynamic<br />
warm-up, and then we toss, and we do<br />
an infield, and then we hit, and then<br />
we to listen to the coaches prepare us<br />
for the next game.<br />
J: We basically practice plays the<br />
whole time. Of course, we run and hit,<br />
but mainly its practicing working as a<br />
team.<br />
Q: What are you going to miss most<br />
about playing ball?<br />
B: I’m really going to miss playing.<br />
It’s a fun past-time. It was definitely<br />
my favorite part of high school.<br />
J: I’m gonna miss being able to go outside<br />
and play everyday. I won’t have<br />
an excuse to do that anymore.<br />
SENIORS Brooke Smith and Jake<br />
Holden are this year’s captains for the<br />
softball and baseball teams.<br />
Photo by: Adam Wolf, ‘11<br />
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Style & Culture and Fine Arts May 20, 2011<br />
Kara Kroeger: Best<br />
Dressed 2011<br />
Clayton Castle, ‘11<br />
Fine Arts Page Editor<br />
Best dressed. <strong>The</strong> winners of<br />
this superlative always stand out<br />
from the rest. As one of the most<br />
sought-out SENIOR superlatives,<br />
Kara Kroeger, who plans on majoring<br />
in Fashion Design at Kent<br />
State next year, is a clear winner<br />
for the Class of 2011. Unlike most<br />
fashion-crazy dressers, Kara says<br />
she doesn’t have a specific “inspiration.”<br />
“I love taking designer ads and<br />
finding my own way to make them<br />
wearable. I just love fashion in<br />
general so most of it comes from<br />
my head.” Kara loves thrift stores<br />
and Akira in Chicago. “Unfortunately,<br />
I don’t live in Chicago so<br />
a lot of it comes from Nordstrom<br />
where I work.”<br />
Nordstrom also sells shoes,<br />
which Kara has a large amount<br />
of (though not necessarily from<br />
Nordstrom). “I probably have<br />
enough shoes for the entire SE-<br />
NIOR class,” says Kroeger. As for<br />
the number of different outfits<br />
she adds, “I have no idea. Way too<br />
many!”<br />
But whether it’s a new dress or<br />
vintage shoes, Kara seems to al-<br />
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SENIOR Kara Kroeger poses<br />
in a sweater and romper.<br />
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ways be dressed like a fashion model.<br />
She’s the person most girls see in the<br />
hallway and wish they dressed the<br />
same. Kara’s future is no doubt bright<br />
in field of fashion.<br />
Backstage with Clayton:<br />
Jacob Kraus<br />
Clayton Castle, ‘11<br />
Fine Arts Page Editor<br />
<strong>The</strong> award-winning <strong>Walnut</strong> <strong>Hills</strong><br />
theater department has been the origin<br />
of many acting careers. SENIOR<br />
Jacob Kraus is a product of the department.<br />
Though he does not plan on<br />
majoring in Drama, he will continue<br />
acting in community and regional theaters.<br />
Next year, Kraus will be attending<br />
Macalister College in Minnesota.<br />
Q: When did you first start acting?<br />
Jacob Kraus: <strong>The</strong> first show I was<br />
ever in was a fourth grade production<br />
of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. That<br />
is when the ‘acting bug’ first bit me.<br />
Q: What has been your favorite moment<br />
as an actor, onstage or off?<br />
J: It is difficult to pick one, but a<br />
moment that will always stick in my<br />
mind occurred during a Cincinnati<br />
Shakespeare Company Groundlings<br />
production of Hamlet. <strong>The</strong>y ended the<br />
play a little early, with Horatio’s the<br />
line, “And flights of angels sing thee to<br />
thy rest!” However, rather than Horatio<br />
saying the word “rest,” Ophelia<br />
returned to the stage, Hamlet revived,<br />
and they shared a last embrace. It<br />
was unconventional, but adorable and<br />
memorable.<br />
Q: What has been your favorite play<br />
and/or musical and why?<br />
J: I’m extremely partial to classical<br />
drama, especially Shakespeare, but<br />
one of my absolute favorites is James<br />
Goldman’s <strong>The</strong> Lion In Winter. I was<br />
first exposed to the show in Mr. Peters’<br />
Advanced Drama class, where we read<br />
it and researched the history sur-<br />
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rounding it, and the next year I got<br />
the amazing opportunity to be a part<br />
of <strong>Walnut</strong>’s production. It’s a great<br />
story with some meaty roles and witty,<br />
intelligent dialogue.<br />
Q: Any last words for the aspiring<br />
actor?<br />
J: If you’re not currently in a show or<br />
taking an acting class, take advantage<br />
of the opportunities Cincinnati,<br />
a great theatre town, has to offer.<br />
<strong>Walnut</strong> gives students in every grade<br />
at least two opportunities to be in<br />
shows, along with acting courses, and<br />
there are many programs and theaters<br />
around town that have classes and<br />
sometimes offer roles to teens. If you<br />
are working on a show, and want to<br />
grow as an actor/actress and ensemble<br />
member, work diligently, stay focused<br />
in rehearsal, and have a positive, open<br />
attitude.<br />
Read the other Fine Arts and Style<br />
and Culture articles online:<br />
AP Studio Art: What makes this AP<br />
different and how the artists prepare<br />
for the exam.<br />
Ghapi: A new fabric and fashion line<br />
created by Jene`a Nicole, a fashion<br />
designer.<br />
<strong>The</strong> new fashion line Ghapi can be worn<br />
while excersing. Photo by: Jene`a Nicole<br />
Vol. CV, No. 6
News May 20, 2011<br />
<strong>Walnut</strong> 24 Hour Walkathon:<br />
A Huge Success<br />
Mia Manavalan, ‘12<br />
Managing Editor<br />
<strong>The</strong> First Annual <strong>Walnut</strong>24<br />
Walkathon took place on April 9th<br />
and 10th and was a huge success,<br />
raising $57,000. Students raced to<br />
the football field early on Saturday<br />
morning, only to find that<br />
the field was soaked. After a few<br />
hours of dismay while being held<br />
in the school gym, Mr. Brokamp<br />
finally let the students head back<br />
to the field once the storm and the<br />
rain had passed. By that time, the<br />
party was rolling.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Walkathon consisted of<br />
music, dancing, face painting,<br />
food, and even a moon bounce.<br />
Student bands performed, including<br />
Amanda & the Amoebas,<br />
Eunoia, Flaccid Logic, and DJ<br />
Shoe. Junior Alex Shoemaker (aka<br />
DJ Shoe) says, “It was a stellar<br />
night and it’s good to know that<br />
<strong>Walnut</strong> kids know how to boogie.”<br />
Students excitedly danced along to<br />
their music or relaxed on the field<br />
while rooting on their fellow <strong>Walnut</strong><br />
peers. Students also participated<br />
in frisbee, Quidditch, Tug of<br />
War, and Twister. Many students<br />
also formed teams to raise money<br />
for their particular club or sport.<br />
<strong>The</strong> track team surely got in the<br />
spirit of the Walkathon, wearing<br />
their own t-shirts and putting up<br />
a huge tent. “Walking on a team<br />
was awesome because it gave me<br />
a motive to stay there, friends<br />
to hang out with, and best of all,<br />
sweet matching t-shirts to wear.<br />
When a walkathon is held next<br />
year, I plan to get a team together<br />
again!” says Junior Josh Mansfield.<br />
Even those who weren’t on a<br />
specific team bonded with others.<br />
Junior Jessica Fan says, “I<br />
made some new friends when I<br />
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hung out with the track team kids. It<br />
was definitely a fun environment for<br />
meeting people since you had a whole<br />
bunch of people ranging from all the<br />
grades there for the same reasons: to<br />
walk, have fun and eat bananas!” <strong>The</strong><br />
Walkathon was headed up by Doug<br />
Newberry to raise money for the 81<br />
competitive sports teams, 60 clubs, the<br />
marching band and the theater program.<br />
<strong>The</strong> goal of the Walkathon was<br />
to raise $110,000. Many students were<br />
extremely energetic about fundraising,<br />
including Junior Erin Heiser, who<br />
raised $1000, and won herself a brand<br />
new iPAD. Despite the outstanding<br />
work of the students, only about 50%<br />
of that goal was met.<br />
<strong>The</strong> goal of this fundraiser was to<br />
have each student raise $50. However,<br />
out of 2100 WHHS students, approximately<br />
1/3 of them participated.<br />
About 1400 students and families still<br />
have not made donations. “Gleam<br />
[<strong>Walnut</strong>’s literary magazine] is definitely<br />
suffering from the budget cuts.<br />
<strong>Walnut</strong> needs funding to keep clubs<br />
like Gleam, which has been around<br />
for over a hundred years, up and<br />
running,” says Gleam’s Senior Editor<br />
Tanner Walters. Failure to reach the<br />
fundraising goal means that many<br />
programs will raise their fees or may<br />
even be cut. This is common in other<br />
school districts, but the adminstration<br />
and parents of WHHS are trying their<br />
best to avoid that. Cassanda Clement,<br />
mother of Junior Sophia Melnyk, says,<br />
“It was such a great time and the need<br />
continues for funds... so the administration<br />
and parents met and we will do<br />
it all again on October 15 and 16, 2011<br />
to raise money for the 2011-12 school<br />
year student activities.”<br />
<strong>The</strong> Renovation: A Senior’s<br />
Perspective<br />
Cody Tolbert, ‘11<br />
Chatterbox Contributor<br />
<strong>The</strong> class of 2011’s senior year is<br />
rapidly coming to a close, with less<br />
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than six days left. And with that,<br />
there comes both the joy and excitement<br />
of a new adventure and the nostalgia<br />
of letting go of our present one.<br />
But one new aspect of <strong>Walnut</strong> that we<br />
aren’t going to miss is the renovation.<br />
Although we look forward to the unveiling<br />
of a beautiful new <strong>Walnut</strong>, the<br />
addition of “Eagle Village,” “Mod City,”<br />
or whatever you may choose to call it<br />
has really changed the feel and flow<br />
of the school day. Even with the new<br />
amenities the mods come equipped<br />
with, I can confidently say we miss<br />
our old classrooms. Whether it’s the<br />
sound of a saw cutting in the background,<br />
a hammer pounding along,<br />
or a large piece equipment starting<br />
up and clamoring around, the idea of<br />
the school becoming an active construction<br />
site is taking some getting<br />
used to. One of the other changes for<br />
SENIORS this year that came along<br />
with the renovation was the doling out<br />
of individual parking spaces, including<br />
teachers being assigned spaces in the<br />
SENIOR Parking Lot, once an enclave<br />
for the seniors. However, this is not<br />
to say things all things are bad. <strong>The</strong><br />
air conditioning and new bathrooms<br />
have been a great improvement over<br />
what was left behind, and I am sure<br />
just by looking over the plans of the<br />
renovation that once it is all done, the<br />
pain will be well worth it. But for the<br />
six days left for the class of 2011, the<br />
current condition of the school will<br />
just be a small glimpse of our six years<br />
of memories before we will be setting<br />
out for a college campus. <strong>The</strong>re we<br />
will look back and won’t remember<br />
the inconvenience of the renovation,<br />
but merely the people, the relationships,<br />
and the both trying and amazing<br />
times we had here at <strong>Walnut</strong> <strong>Hills</strong><br />
<strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong>.<br />
This is the final article in this<br />
series for the school year. However, as<br />
always, questions and comments can<br />
be emailed to whhsrenovation@gmail.<br />
com.<br />
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Gleam May 20, 2011<br />
Veritas<br />
Emily Luken, ‘11<br />
Gleam Senior Editor<br />
In all the shadows ‘cross the world<br />
Skies unpainted waves unfurled<br />
Thoughts and tears<br />
And questions hurled<br />
Through this deep blue spinning<br />
pearl<br />
Every boy and every girl<br />
Searches for the truth<br />
Beaten back by sands of time<br />
Cloaked by mystery, cloaked by<br />
grime<br />
Overturning every mind<br />
Fingers feeling out reason’s rhyme<br />
Hoping with heart and soul in<br />
kind<br />
To find, to catch the truth<br />
Yet I am falling into darkness<br />
Searching for a gleam<br />
But all I see are contradictions<br />
Sometimes sobs and always wonder<br />
And nothing set in stone<br />
So if you follow the yellow brick<br />
road<br />
<strong>The</strong> wizard will smile but won’t<br />
tell<br />
What the good witch already<br />
knows<br />
If it’s the truth you wish to capture<br />
With open heart and wide-eyed<br />
rapture<br />
Wherever you wander your questions<br />
to soothe<br />
It’s in yourself that you’ll find the<br />
truth<br />
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Deviation<br />
Jessica Ly, ‘11<br />
Gleam Contributor<br />
<strong>The</strong> Chatterbox<br />
It’s called the madhouse dance,<br />
the insanity shuffle,<br />
the off-the-deep-end Charleston.<br />
Do they dance only to the music?<br />
NO!<br />
<strong>The</strong>y dance to the dust spray in the<br />
light<br />
and to the smell of antiseptic antipsychotic<br />
antigone.<br />
Don’t look away just because<br />
we’ve meandered<br />
from Conformity Parkway.<br />
Can you feel the PINCH from those<br />
glass slippers, Cinderella?<br />
We can remember; those shoes didn’t<br />
fit and our toes wanted to breathe.<br />
Blisters, peeled stickers, nit pickers,<br />
zit poppers, fat coppers, hip hoppers,<br />
redwhiteandbluegreenyellow<br />
STOP.<br />
We will choose to parade<br />
through that road less traveled.<br />
Let that string unravel behind us<br />
towards our exodus<br />
to Purgatory.<br />
Found down our path paved with<br />
bad intentions,<br />
often glass<br />
will shatter to our<br />
pitterpatter<br />
while we collect neon 3AM dreams in<br />
the red light district<br />
drunk from honeyed smoke.<br />
YOU may “allow” yourself to groove to<br />
that<br />
psychosis jive<br />
only once a month,<br />
(twice during a blue moon)<br />
but always feel free to<br />
follow that string<br />
and let your feet breathe.<br />
<strong>Walnut</strong> <strong>Hills</strong> <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong><br />
Twilight (Pantoum)<br />
Madison Koenig, ‘11<br />
Gleam Editor-in-Chief<br />
One night we waited on the swing set.<br />
Our arms strained in tandem,<br />
As we pulled our feet from the dirt<br />
And let the night spill over us.<br />
Our arms strained in tandem—<br />
Two friends and I,<br />
Letting the night spill over us,<br />
Watching the stars wake from their<br />
days<br />
Two friends and I:<br />
No longer children, yet still young,<br />
Watching the stars wake from their<br />
days<br />
We kicked at the sky a final time,<br />
No longer children. Yet still young<br />
Darkness was settling into the trees<br />
As we kicked at the sky a final time<br />
And dropped to the ground.<br />
Darkness was settling into the trees,<br />
So we halted our flight<br />
And dropped to the ground<br />
To sit together in the twilight.<br />
<strong>The</strong> cool wind caressed our faces<br />
As we pulled our feet from the ground<br />
And left the empty swings behind.<br />
One night we waited on the swing set.<br />
All editions of Gleam are available in<br />
Dr. Bard’s room for $5.<br />
All newcomers and submissions are<br />
welcome<br />
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<strong>The</strong> Wally Hill May 20, 2011<br />
Wally Hill Revealed:<br />
Rachel Chung<br />
Rachel Chung, ‘11<br />
Chatterbox Staff Writer<br />
By this time, I suppose you<br />
know it’s me. <strong>My</strong> guess is that<br />
you are one of three demeanors<br />
regarding my identity: not at all<br />
surprised, completely apathetic, or<br />
outraged. Regardless of your reaction,<br />
I should explain a few things<br />
while I have your attention.<br />
First, I should apologize to all<br />
the people I lied to when asked if<br />
I was Wally Hill. Subsequently, I<br />
should thank my editors and advisors<br />
for their patience with me.<br />
Now that the formalities are over,<br />
I can dig into the grit of my time<br />
as Wally Hill. <strong>The</strong> truth is that<br />
many of my articles were not the<br />
truth. I’m a fairly talkative person.<br />
<strong>My</strong> opinions are distinctive<br />
and pronounced. As a result, many<br />
of the opinions explored in my<br />
articles were not representative of<br />
my own.<br />
For example, I expounded<br />
upon the idea that “brand name”<br />
schools are becoming less distinguished<br />
among post-secondary<br />
institutions. On the contrary, I do<br />
not believe that at all. I actually<br />
believe that highly ranked schools<br />
are ranked so for a reason. However,<br />
to share this opinion would<br />
reveal my identity to my close<br />
friends, who are acutely aware<br />
of my opinions regarding college.<br />
<strong>The</strong>refore, I attempted to provide<br />
neutral observations or cover the<br />
many sides of each topic.<br />
Behind this mask of impartiality,<br />
it was difficult to give my work<br />
the bite and wit that makes Wally<br />
Hill readable. <strong>The</strong> unfortunate<br />
result was often a combination<br />
of public disapproval and boring<br />
articles. Upon reviewing my collection<br />
of writings from this year, I<br />
noticed that my best articles were<br />
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those that displayed a flagrant and<br />
usually controversial opinion.<br />
After my first few articles, I came<br />
to learn that regardless of my method,<br />
my espousals were always received<br />
badly by someone. Upon publishing<br />
my first article and witnessing the<br />
onslaught of criticism thrown at my<br />
work, I was affronted. I felt assaulted<br />
and hurt.<br />
However, the longer I let my<br />
wounds fester, the more I came to<br />
realize that this was exactly what I<br />
had wanted. As a tradition, Wally Hill<br />
is meant to serve as an incognito, and<br />
therefore safe, champion of the unheard<br />
voices of <strong>Walnut</strong> <strong>Hills</strong>. Perhaps<br />
too ambitiously, I wanted Wally Hill<br />
to be more than just a mysterious<br />
social critic. I wanted Wally Hill to be<br />
an undercover artist, one that could<br />
be criticized or praised by my readers<br />
without reservation. And I was.<br />
Once I became accustomed to the<br />
idea, I enjoyed nothing more than<br />
hearing, and sometimes participating<br />
in, conversations about Wally’s latest<br />
article. Wally’s toughest critics were<br />
almost always in my circle of friends,<br />
many of whom are on the Chatterbox<br />
staff. As a result, I almost always<br />
received the most accurate and most<br />
polarized criticism of Wally Hill. I<br />
observed the spectrum of human reaction:<br />
from moderate disapproval<br />
to blind hatred. This occurred most<br />
notably when my first article made<br />
somewhat of a splash. I later learned<br />
that some of the people who criticized<br />
my work had not even read the article.<br />
But it made no difference to me. None<br />
of these “episodes” were personal; had<br />
everyone known I was the writer of<br />
these articles, I doubt that any of what<br />
was said would have ever been mentioned.<br />
I must say that this whole experience,<br />
like many in the past few years<br />
of my life at <strong>Walnut</strong> <strong>Hills</strong>, has been<br />
unique and eye opening. I have seen<br />
first-hand the power and the danger<br />
of anonymity. However, I can’t help<br />
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but be relieved to drop my charade<br />
(I told an outright lie approximately<br />
four times, and only one unauthorized<br />
person found out about my secret identity.<br />
It was not my fault.) I am more<br />
than happy to return to my usual<br />
habit of writing with unbridled transparency.<br />
I have learned that writing<br />
without the support of one’s innermost<br />
beliefs is more difficult than I thought,<br />
and I intend to continue my writings<br />
with an appropriate combination of<br />
wit and truth.<br />
I also observed the frequency with<br />
which people speak before thinking,<br />
fueled by the safety of attacking an<br />
anonymous subject. Moreover, I have<br />
noticed similar hasty philippics posted<br />
on the Internet, tirades that would<br />
never be spoken out loud. I propose<br />
that we all step out from behind our<br />
technological masks and fight our<br />
cognitive bias to act quickly and assume<br />
the extremes. I plan on making<br />
a conscious effort for the rest of my life<br />
to build a solid foundation for all of my<br />
opinions; I think I’ll begin by reading a<br />
newspaper.<br />
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Timeline May 20, 2011<br />
7th Grade 2005 - 2006<br />
Construction begins on the new Robert S. Marx Stadium.<br />
<strong>Walnut</strong> <strong>Hills</strong>’ football team goes 0-10, aiding Amelia in breaking<br />
its 2 1/2- year losing streak.<br />
More than 100 students walk out at 7th bell, yelling anti- war<br />
chants and cheers, all receiving Friday <strong>School</strong>s.<br />
<strong>The</strong> class of ‘06 doesn’t quite live up to the previous year, leaving<br />
the Commons painted pink and killing some of the trees<br />
as a SENIOR prank.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Cincinnati Bengals make the NFL playoffs for first time<br />
since the 1990 season.<br />
Hurricane Katrina strikes New Orleans, displacing hundreds<br />
of thousands of people and causing heartbreaks and hardships.<br />
Brian Ehrsam and Austin Barth duke it out at lunch. Spectacles<br />
fly.<br />
8th Grade 2006 - 2007<br />
<strong>The</strong> Class of ‘07 leaves a giant cougar in the Blair Circle. Students<br />
don’t know how to react. “Bewildered” is the common<br />
description.<br />
Class of ‘10 SENIORS are the last class to have the FROSH<br />
dance outside of school.<br />
Marvin Koenig, the longest tenured principal in the school’s<br />
history, announces his retirement, bringing about mixed feelings<br />
among students and staff.<br />
Robert S. Marx Stadium is completed. Athletes are excited<br />
about getting to compete in a state of the art facility.<br />
For the first time in REM yearbook history, the SENIOR superlative<br />
“Cutest Couple” is won by a same-sex couple.<br />
<strong>The</strong> annual Homecoming pep rally is cancelled. SENIORS are<br />
furious.<br />
Dr. Thurman leaves <strong>Walnut</strong>, for now...<br />
9th Grade 2007-2008<br />
Jeff Brokamp takes the reins as new principal: <strong>The</strong> majority<br />
of students and faculty are pleased with the decision.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Class of ‘08 leads a giant food fight during 3rd lunch. <strong>The</strong><br />
administration, led by Brokamp, is more than disappointed.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Democratic presidential primary rages between Barack<br />
Obama and Hillary Clinton.<br />
<strong>The</strong> first African Drum Ensemble performs.<br />
<strong>The</strong> annual Homecoming pep rally is back, featuring a crazy<br />
Eagle and many cheers, showing that school spirit is on the<br />
rise.<br />
FROSH is held inside the Forum for the first time ever.<br />
10th Grade 2008-2009<br />
All sophomores excluding Cody Tolbert campaign for Obama.<br />
Sorry Cody.<br />
Barack Obama defeats John McCain in the presidential election.<br />
Many students celebrate the historic moment of the first<br />
black president.<br />
<strong>Walnut</strong> <strong>Hills</strong> Varsity Football team defeats Purcell Marian to<br />
break a 36- game losing streak. Fans storm the field.<br />
<strong>The</strong> remnants of Hurricane Ike sweep in from the South,<br />
leaving three unprecedented wind days and a cracked <strong>Walnut</strong><br />
dome in its wake.<br />
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10th Grade 2008-2009 continued<br />
In October, Mr. Mersch finally retires after years of talk.<br />
<strong>Walnut</strong> <strong>Hills</strong> becomes the first high school to perform a<br />
student-led rendition of RENT. Original RENT broadway<br />
cast member, Anthony Rapp, joined the Drama Department<br />
as they put on their final performance of the show.<br />
Class of ‘09 SENIOR pranks include balloons in Mr. Brokamp’s<br />
office, hacking the annoucements to play the radio,<br />
cooking oil on the floor, and egged walls.<br />
Massive drug bust causes several students to face repurcussions<br />
for possession.<br />
11th Grade 2009-2010<br />
Beloved Dr. Houghton retires after a long and successful<br />
career at <strong>Walnut</strong> <strong>Hills</strong><br />
<strong>The</strong> football team goes 5-5, the first year it hasn’t had a losing<br />
season since 2000.<br />
Construction begins on new teacher parking lot.<br />
Girls Varsity Basketball makes it to the Sweet 16 in the<br />
FAVC Conference.<br />
DJ Ruck Ruck reproduces.<br />
Ms. Shank works her 30th and final year at <strong>Walnut</strong>, while<br />
leaving students disappointed at St. Baldricks.<br />
<strong>The</strong> girls’ cross- country team has one of its best seasons ever,<br />
winning the FAVC Division.<br />
<strong>Walnut</strong> <strong>Hills</strong>’ marching band travels to England to perform in<br />
London’s New Years Day Parade.<br />
Jesse Kleinhenz earns himself the nickname of Big Chief<br />
Brown-Bottom.<br />
President Obama sings the national health care reform bill<br />
into law, expanding health are coverage to tens of millions of<br />
uninsured Americans.<br />
SENIOR Year 2010 - 2011<br />
Dr. Thurman returns for the class of ‘11s final year.<br />
Renovations finally begin. <strong>The</strong> north wing of the Old<br />
Building is moved to the modulars after Spring Break.<br />
Commons disappear. Mods appear. Complaints begin.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Chatterbox makes a switch from newspaper style to<br />
magazine style.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Football team ends the year with an even record of<br />
5-5.<br />
<strong>The</strong> first ever 24- Hour Walkathon takes place to raise<br />
money for <strong>Walnut</strong>’s sports and clubs, earning more than<br />
$55,000. Students are ecstatic about the idea of spending<br />
the night on the football field.<br />
For the first time, students are given assigned parking<br />
spots. <strong>The</strong>y don’t last long in the gravel lot.<br />
Chamber Orchestra and Wind Ensemble perform at<br />
Carnegie Hall.<br />
Benson Brown, Miles Crawley, Emily Aiken, Alex<br />
Mcglothlin and Chelsea Rose receive scholarships to<br />
participate in collegiate athletics<br />
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College Map May 20, 2011<br />
Armed Forces<br />
Marco Orso, Paige Reid<br />
Manipal University(Kasturba Medical College),<br />
India<br />
Shiwani Kamath<br />
Angel Academy of Art, Italy<br />
Savannah Cuff<br />
Auburn University, Alabama<br />
Daniel Bordicks, Kiara Hampton<br />
Wesleyan University, Connecticut<br />
Julia Kelley-Swift, Benjamin Record<br />
Yale University, Connecticut<br />
Carter Michael<br />
Florida International University<br />
Corbin Noschang<br />
Clark Atlanta University, Georgia<br />
Tiara Rice<br />
University of Georgia, Georgia<br />
Layla Franke, Braden Mossbarger<br />
Hawaii Pacific University<br />
Marisa Castagna<br />
DePaul University, Illinois<br />
Marissa French<br />
Loyola University, Illinois<br />
Julia Esposito, Avery Waklatsi<br />
Northwestern University, Illinois<br />
Emily Windle<br />
University of Chicago, Illinois<br />
Simon Lazarus<br />
Indiana University, Indiana<br />
David Gordon-Johnson<br />
Purdue University, Indiana<br />
Jacob Findley, Karen McCormick<br />
Wabash College, Indiana<br />
Thomas Witkowski<br />
Centre College, Kentucky<br />
Emily Akin<br />
Eastern Kentucky University<br />
Allison Gibson<br />
Kentucky State University<br />
Jalen Thomas<br />
Northern Kentucky University<br />
Keita Arthur, Sarah Blume, Clayton Castle,<br />
Jasmin Chapman, Samantha Chesser, Alan Fon,<br />
Samuel Heldman, Jackson Kosztala, Alexander<br />
McGlothin, Samantha Nelson, Robert Rankin,<br />
Nicholas Robertson, Kayla White<br />
Sullivan University, Kentucky<br />
Allen Jones II<br />
University of Kentucky<br />
Kenan Daniels, Autumn Hansen<br />
Bellarmine University, Kentucky<br />
Brooke Smith<br />
Bowling Green State University, Kentucky<br />
Jonathan Simmons<br />
University of Kentucky<br />
Shamia Payne<br />
University of Louisville, Kentucky<br />
Kermit Smith III<br />
Tulane University, Louisiana<br />
Nicole Fisher, Matthew Hagerty<br />
Maryland Institute College of Art<br />
Madeline Becker<br />
Massachusetts Institute of Technology<br />
Sarah Brennan<br />
Michigan State University<br />
Joseph Nutter<br />
University of Michigan<br />
Somalia Jones<br />
Macalester College, Minnesota<br />
Jacob Kraus<br />
University of Missouri-Columbia<br />
Elizabeth Bosken<br />
Washington University-St. Louis, Missouri<br />
Emily Luken, Dana Roth<br />
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University of New Hampshire<br />
Gabriela Aguilera<br />
Columbia University, New York<br />
Rachel Chung<br />
Cornell College, New York<br />
Vashti Blackmon<br />
Skidmore College, New York<br />
Ian Privitera, Kasmir St. John Fausz<br />
Davidson College, North Carolina<br />
Lindsey Lassiter<br />
Elon University, North Carolina<br />
Anna Kuertz<br />
North Carolina State University<br />
Benson Browne<br />
Antonelli College, Ohio<br />
Alese Packer<br />
Art Institute, Ohio<br />
Page Davis<br />
Bluffton University, Ohio<br />
Gymii Roley<br />
Bowling Green State University, Ohio<br />
Grant Hackett, Bria Neil<br />
Capital University, Ohio<br />
Shaquisha Harris-Hayes, Ciara Williams<br />
Central State University, Ohio<br />
Skylar Lewis<br />
Cincinnati Christian University, Ohio<br />
Elizabeth Arthur<br />
Cincinnati State Technical & Community College,<br />
Ohio<br />
Philip Hamilton, Markisa Harris, Terrence Padgett,<br />
Anthony Sena<br />
Cleveland Institute of Music, Ohio<br />
Jacqueline Kitzmiller<br />
College of Wooster, Ohio<br />
George Harrison<br />
Denison University, Ohio<br />
Jessica Donaldson, Alyxandra Ingram<br />
Heidelberg University, Ohio<br />
Mackenzie Gable<br />
Kent State University, Ohio<br />
Kara Kroeger, Devin Landers, Jaron Warmack<br />
Kenyon College, Ohio<br />
Alisa Rethy<br />
Miami University, Ohio<br />
Elizabeth Fricke, Amber Gray, Emily Neely, Alison<br />
Nurre, Lucien Turner, Shelley McKinley<br />
Notre Dame College, Ohio<br />
Miles Crawley<br />
Oberlin College, Ohio<br />
Jenna Bange<br />
Ohio Dominican University<br />
DezMeawn Stewart<br />
Ohio University<br />
Matthew Guffey, Carly Irvine, Harry Kran-Annexstein,<br />
Riley <strong>The</strong>urer, Destini White, Makiah Sebastian<br />
Raymond Walters College, Ohio<br />
Stephen Bishop, Crista Brown, Ebony Clarke-Evans,<br />
Marshalla Eves, Alexandra Kelley, Brian Konermann,<br />
Thomas McMillan, Marie Menzies, Sophen Mil, Alex<br />
Miller, Henry Risemberg, Bunrith Seng, Courtenay<br />
Summers<br />
<strong>The</strong> College of Mount St. Joseph, Ohio<br />
Jacquilyn Gardner<br />
<strong>The</strong> Ohio State University<br />
Kori Asante, Roman Campolo, Lianna Costantini,<br />
Monique Donald, Samuel Dubin, Isaac Durst, Brian<br />
Ehrsam, Isaac Folzenlogen, Michelle Glazer, Charlotte<br />
Hines, Gabrielle Junker, Molly Koenig, Samuel Lustig,<br />
Rebecca Risch, Jessica Siemer, Ruby Wilz, Eric Krohn,<br />
Phillip McDonald<br />
<strong>The</strong> University of Akron, Ohio<br />
Tiffany Caldwell<br />
<strong>The</strong> University of Toledo, Ohio<br />
Jorden Davis<br />
<strong>Walnut</strong> <strong>Hills</strong> <strong>High</strong> <strong>School</strong><br />
University of Cincinnati, Ohio<br />
Temiloluwa Adeniyi, Rachelle Ancona, Terrence<br />
Aufermann, James Avant IV, Simone Bates-Smith,<br />
Bridget Battle, Zachary Beckner, Eden Belay, Keith<br />
Benjamin, Elizabeth Berliant, Kishan Bhakta, Alexander<br />
Bill, Crosley Brammer, Peter Burrell, Cayla<br />
Burton, Emily Butterbaugh, Thomas Caley, Hollis<br />
Carlton-Ford, Nicholas Defilippo, Laura Dent, Victoria<br />
Eby, <strong>The</strong>resa Evans, Sonja Faul, Janusia Figueiredo,<br />
Caleb Fleischer, Tasia-Iman Franklin, Jaisha Garnett,<br />
Benym Gebremeskel, Brittany Goodin, Kiyana Gordon,<br />
Jeleah Griffin, Monzer Haj Hamed, Caleb Herrick,<br />
Megan Hoard, Jacob Holden, Rachel Hopkins, Derek<br />
Jackson, Jaelynne Johnson, Jesse Kleinhenz, Aysia<br />
Lathan, Olivia Lucas, Jessica Ly, Michelle Martinez,<br />
Aviance McBride, Kelsey Medley, Jasmine Mitchell,<br />
Michael Peelman II, Johnathan Peterson, Lydia<br />
Prophett, Gabriel Puente-Lay, Jason Schmidt, Ahana<br />
Sen, Ellen Sorkin, Amber Stokes, P. J. Thompkins,<br />
Cahla Thorman, Cody Tolbert, Matthew Verbryke, Albwin<br />
Wagner-Schmitzer, Barrett Weckel, Eric Wessling,<br />
Adam Wolf, Gabrielle Wray<br />
University of Cincinnati-DAAP, Ohio<br />
Chloe Watkins, Latrice Williams<br />
University of Dayton, Ohio<br />
Emily Back, Chelsea Rose, Julie Shaw<br />
University of Toledo, Ohio<br />
Olivia McKinney, Morgan Mosier, Summer Robinson,<br />
Brent Bruner<br />
Ursuline College, Ohio<br />
Tyler Gassett, Brianna Woods<br />
Wright State University, Ohio<br />
Asia Mays, Lovette Mike, Jameeka Miller<br />
Xavier University, Ohio<br />
Savannah Caldwell, Stephanie Fiorelli, Katelyn Price,<br />
Madisynn Beckett, Mose’ Demasi<br />
Lewis & Clark College, Oregon<br />
Benjamin Klein<br />
Oregon College of Art & Craft<br />
Sean Wood<br />
Pacific Northwest College of Art, Oregon<br />
Celine Carey<br />
University of Pennsylvania<br />
Abraham Moller<br />
Tennessee State University<br />
Brittany Hodge, Sterling Hubbard, Moriah Israel,<br />
Trafawn Johnson, Briana Shaw, Jasmine Stuckey<br />
Vanderbilt University, Tennessee<br />
Serena Dugan<br />
Hampton University, Virginia<br />
Tierra Dennis<br />
Howard University,Washington D.C.<br />
Nia Furr, Ferris Harvey, Chelsea Ralls<br />
Beloit College, Wisconsin<br />
McCall Calvert<br />
Undecided<br />
Philip Akanbi, Bethany Bartmess, Sarah Berman, ,<br />
Duvall Davis, Austin Ferrari, Shante George, Bridget<br />
Hamilton, Molly Johnson, Jay Jung, Melani Kekulawala,<br />
Cush King, Madison Koenig, Jeremy McConnell,<br />
Adrienne Miller, Donneshia Mitchell, Kalilah Montgomery,<br />
Corey Morin, Claire Randall, Lovieree Simmons,<br />
Hugh Smith, Alexandra Spitz, Raven Walker,<br />
Nicole Womack, Hannah Yunger<br />
This information was obtained from the Senior Future Plans<br />
forms submitted to the couseling office and was as accurate as<br />
possible at time of printing.<br />
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Where<br />
will the<br />
WHHS<br />
class of<br />
2011 be<br />
next year?<br />
For a<br />
detailed<br />
list see the<br />
back of<br />
this page.<br />
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INTUNES<br />
CARD!!!<br />
<strong>The</strong> first<br />
students to<br />
correctly name<br />
all 50 states<br />
win! Turn in<br />
a numbered<br />
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Mrs. Wolfe or<br />
Mrs. Gerwe-<br />
Perkins to<br />
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