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Issue 5 2014
Tylersville Rd
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Tylersville Rd
5.1miles
4.8 miles
4.8 miles
4.8 miles
4.0 miles
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- Kroger
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- Creekside ECS
- Meijer
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Food distributors are abundant
around the proposed location of
the new Kroger.
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“STOP Kroger”
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D
espite West Chester Township
Zoning Commission’s 4-1 vote
against the development of Ohio’s
second largest Kroger marketplace
on State Route 747 (SR) and Tylersville Road
on March 18 and the developer’s withdrawal
of its current proposals as a result, the new
Kroger could still be built.
On the day of the vote, West Chester
Township Hall’s main meeting room, lobby and
two conference rooms were filled to capacity
as more than 100 West Chester residents and
Smith Road and SR 747 Kroger employees
occupied the building. Two days later, Kroger
sent an email out to West Chester Twp. officials
stating its decision to withdraw its plans,
although it did not indicate whether a new one
would be submitted.
Commission members did not approve the
plan due to community concerns that were not
satisfactorily addressed, and several members
requested that Kroger come up with a new
proposal that would comply with the current
2004 Land Use Plan, which states that the land
is to function as a transitional area between
Stop Kroger signs were also
created and distributed to residents of
neighboring subdivisions that would be directly
impacted by the new development.
Two postponed meetings and four months
later, Silverman attended the March meeting.
At that point, Eggert and his neighbors had
already raised enough money to hire Tim Mara,
an attorney who addressed the West Chester
Zoning Commision and spoke on behalf of
Stop Kroger constituents about the “negative
impacts this shopping center would have on
homes, families and the community at large.”
Burgoyne, on the other hand, said that great
communities are more than just the homes and
are “[made by] the level and types of services
that are offered [such as] retail and shopping.”
Negative impacts discussed during the
public comment segment of the meeting
included unnecessary smells, light and noise
that could reduce quality of life as well as crime
and decreased property values. However, the
two concerns mentioned most were over traffic
safety and adherence to the Land Use Plan.
Although a traffic impact study (TIS) on the
area, conducted by Bayer Becker, was approved by both the
development and homes.
However, Director of Site Acquisition and
Development for Silverman and Company
Tim Burgoyne said that Silverman has been
sensitive to the Land Use Plan.
“This is a community oriented
development,” Burgoyne said. “It’s not like
an IKEA or a Target that’s going to draw
from 20 or 50 miles. “Our company has done
residential development for over 35 years, and
we’re one of the few companies that do both
commercial and residential.”
Commission member Scott Gilliam
acknowledged that the development could
bring business to the community, but said that
the proposal was too unpopular with residents.
“Look at the 677 petition signatures [that the
residents obtained in seven months],” Gilliam
said. “That takes a little effort. This is our
community speaking to us.”
Vice Chairman and 22 year West Chester
resident Jim Williams agreed, and said that he
did not want to second guess a Land Use Plan
that has been “on point” for the last 20 years.
“Kroger needs to plan in conjunction
with the Land Use Plan, not ask for changes,”
Williams said.
Township planner Bryan Behrmann said
that if Silverman provides a new plan that
conforms with the current residential zoning,
it could go back to the West Chester Township
Zoning Commission instead of starting the
whole application process over again with the
Butler County Planning Commission.
“Silverman missed the March 12 deadline
to submit a plan for the zoning commission’s
next meeting on April 15,” Behrmann said.
“If the developer submits a new plan by April
16, there is a chance it can be reviewed at the
zoning commission’s May 20 meeting.”
But whether or not the zoning commission
gives its recommendations in the near future,
“the ultimate say so” will be made by the West
Chester Board of Trustees, according to Board
member George Lang, who said the trustees
would likely support whatever decision was
made by the commission.
“In my 10 years on the Board, we have
never overturned a decision of the zoning
commission,” Lang said. “We’ve never
denied, but we have accepted with condition,
so we have made changes to what the zoning
commission did.”
***
Community backlash against the development
of a new Kroger marketplace began after West Chester
residents, who would be directly impacted
by the construction, were informed of an
application for a zoning change. On Sept. 10,
Civil Engineering, Surveying, Land Planning
and Landscape Architecture design firm Bayer
Becker had requested that the 35 acres of land
surrounding Tylersville and 747 be changed
from R-1A Suburban Residence to C-PUD
Commercial Planned Unit Development so
that Silverman could build a 133,00 square
foot Kroger in Phase 1 and reserve 40,000
square feet for other commercial businesses
for Phase 2.
On Oct. 9, Silverman gained the Butler
County Planning Commission’s approval of
its proposals. Later that day, West Chester
Resident Thomas Eggert began organizing a
campaign against the development of a new
marketplace called Stop Kroger.
“We had approximately [six] days between
Oct. 9 and Oct. 15, [the date of the West
Chester Township Zoning Commission’s
recommendation], to gather and start our
opposition team,” Eggert said. “Once
the zoning commission saw what kind of
opposition they had and the questions that
were unanswered as well, they decided to [table
the next meeting] and give us more time.”
In preparation for the next meeting, which
was scheduled to take place on Nov. 19,
“Stop Kroger” campaigners began utilizing
social media in late October to inform the
community. During this time, West Chester
resident Challis Hodge launched stopkroger.
com.
“Social media has been effective in the
sense that it has given us a place to come
together,” Hodge said. “It doesn’t necessarily
have an extensive reach beyond our
neighborhood, but in terms of coordinating
communication, it was good.”
Still, digital communication played a huge
role in the campaign. A fourth of the 677
petition signatures gained by people who
were opposed to any rezoning of the subject
property were collected digitally, according to Hodge.
Butler County Engineer’s Office and the Ohio Department of Transportation, West
Chester Resident and retired Miami-Dayton
police officer Stephen Harris still did not feel
that traffic safety was adequately addressed.
“This area is near Wokini Academy, Lakota
West Freshman School and Creekside Early
Childhood Development Center,” Harris said.
“Out of the 285 pages [in the study report],
200 pages were graphs, charts and algorithms.
The only mention of traffic safety is on page
48, and it’s two sentences long.”
These two sentences stated that intersection
sight distance was not an issue and that
“school zones or pedestrian plans were
not developed or evaluated as part of [the]
study,” despite what the traffic accidents and
crash reports provided by the West Chester
Police Department spanning from February
2012 through March 2013 showed, which
was that Tylersville was a dominant factor in
all the cases.
Butler County Engineer’s Office Matthew
Loeffler argued that the study was accurate.
“It really only took into account the
vehicles, and there was a comment made
regarding a safe walking environment for
pedestrians,” Loeffler said. “But it’s likely that
the impacts would be less going forward only
because the consultant used a very conservative
estimation on what land uses would be in.”
The one community residential proponent
for the Kroger development was Etta Reed, the
Principal of Bayer Becker.
“As a resident of the Foxborough
subdivision, caddy corner of the development,
safety is a big concern of [for my family],” Reed
said. “But we reviewed the TIS and we don’t
feel like it’s going to create any safety hazards
for our family.”
Residents proposed alternative locations,
such as the vacant Biggs lot by near Union
Centre Pavilion Dr., but Kroger Real Estate
Manager for the Cincinnati and Dayton area
Lisa Ammons, who has been involved in over
35 new store developments, said that relocation
to this area was not a possibility.
“We have been presented that site before,
during and after the Biggs occupancy,”
Ammons, who has been in her current position
for 18 years, said. “The location does not meet
our business model site criteria. It does not
lend itself to a retail grocery store location, at
least not for Kroger, and that is evidenced by
Biggs’ closing.”
While Burgoyne said
that he didn’t see a vision
for the plan that would be
agreeable to the community,
he said Silverman is still
willing to sit down and
story lauren fang | photo madi root
STOP
West Chester Residents hold Stop Kroger signs to
protest the new Kroger development.
[The West
Chester Land
Use Plan] was
created decades
ago by the
forefathers
to guide and
develop our
KROGERAfter several delayed meetings,
the West Chester Township
Zoning Commission finally
votes against the development
of a new Kroger along
Tylersville and S.R. 747.
Kroger employees and West Chester residents
wait for the commission’s vote on March 18.
news | district
Tylersville Rd
Tylersville Rd
Tylersville Rd
5.1miles
4.8 miles
4.8 miles
4.8 miles
4.0 miles
4.1 miles
Tylersville Rd
- Kroger
- Walmart
- Target
- Creekside ECS
- Meijer
- On
Tylersville Rd.
Local
Markets
KEY
Food distributors are abundant
around the proposed location of
the new Kroger.
Common Application
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2014
Even though this graphic
was never published, it
great to have a graphic
where I needed to per-
form interviews and find
more information. Even
Infographics need an in-
formative backbone and
real support.
4. F
or seven days, I thought of nothing
but food. When I was about to eat, I
was consumed in my meal. When I was
stuffed to the brim with vegetables, all I
could think about was what I would eat next.
On the last day of my seven day diet, I could
think of nothing except the sandwich that was
sitting in the fridge waiting for me.
I had first heard of the Seven Day Diet
Detox when browsing the Health & Fitness
section of my Pinterest.com account. At
first glance, it didn’t appear to be anything
spectacular. But the high number ofå “re-pins”
and comments from people that have used the
diet successfully made me take a second look.
With the diets promise of losing 10 pounds,
I immediately opened Google and researched
more on the diet. But this time, I was horrified.
The Seven Day Detox Diet works by
breaking down the basic food pyramid into
a seven-day meal, training the body to lose
weight as quickly as possible. Each day consists
of eating specific foods, and sometimes only
specific amounts. Most of the foods in the diet
are fruits, vegetables and proteins. By giving the
body only certain nutrients and components of
the food pyramid, it pushes out all of the toxins
that build up when eating unhealthy foods.
As a key component in flushing out toxins,
water is imperative in the detox. The diet calls
for at least 80 ounces of water a day.
Having had success from a detox diet before,
I thought it may be interesting to see how
effective this specific diet was. One a Friday
evening, I bought all of the required foods in
the diet. I stocked up on all of the fruits and
vegetables I could fit into my grocery cart and
prepared to start the diet from hell. Going into
the diet itself, I knew very little about how the
diet would affect my body, mood and health.
Day One (Starting weight: 142 pounds):
Eat all fruits except bananas. Watermelon
and cantaloupe are the best.
Day one prepares the body for the detox.
The only sources of nutrition are fruits,
which provide many of the nutrients that are
required for sustainable life. After my first
day of eating only sweet and juicy fruit, I only
thought about salty foods. Overall my body
seemed to be doing okay—I felt light headed
and had a minor headache throughout the day.
I found myself complaining about my baggie
of peaches as I watched my friends indulge in
chicken sandwiches and French fries at Chick-
Fil-A.
Day Two (140 pounds): Eat all vegetable.
There is no limit on amount or type. For
a complex carbohydrate, start the day
with a large baked potato with butter for
breakfast.
Having complex carbohydrates with oil
butter provides higher energy levels early in
the day. I noticed this higher energy level in
my own body. Eating the vegetables provides
essential nutrients and fibers, enabling the body
to process food as normally.
Having eaten only bland vegetables on
this day, I was craving flavor. I found myself
drinking a lot of water instead of eating
because I was sick of eating broccoli and celery.
I felt jittery and was having trouble keeping
my mind focused throughout the school day.
I was bruising very easily due to my lack of
potassium and protein.
Day Three (136 pound): Have a mixture
of fruits and vegetables of your choice, with
the exception of bananas and potatoes.
Any amount, any quantity.
By day three, the body began to burn excess
weight because of a low supply of glycogen,
or natural sugars. Because fruits provide
carbohydrates for energy, the potato isn’t
necessary this day. This day was easier for me
than the other two days, even though I was at
school. I was still extremely hungry all the time,
so it was helpful that I could eat both fruits and
vegetables. Planning ahead and packing lots of
snacks helped me stay on course throughout
the day so I wasn’t starving or exhausted.
Day Four (133 pounds): Eat bananas
DETOX
ANGERS
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East junior Halley Davidson tests a seven day Pinterest diet
and relays her experience about this unhealthy way to lose
weight.
5. and milk. Today you will eat as many as
eight bananas and drink three glasses of
milk. You may also eat the “Wonder Soup.”
The bananas on day four make up for the
lack of potassium throughout the first part
of the diet. The “Wonder Soup,” which has 0
calories and is composed of vegetables, helps
to keep the body sustained while also providing
nutrients that are absent from bananas. The
milk helps to replenish a loss of calcium.
This day was the worst part of the diet.
Because bananas are one of my least favorite
foods, it was extremely difficult to eat six of
them. The milk was okay, but it left me very
thirsty with a coat of phlem in my throat.
Eating wonder soup helped with my salt
craving because of the garlic and vegetables
that are in the soup.
Day Five (133 pounds): Eat beef and
tomatoes today. Eat two 10 ounce portions
of lean beef. Hamburger is okay. Combine
this with six whole tomatoes. Increase
water intake by one quart.
The large amounts of beef make up for
the large absence of protein in the diet, while
tomatoes are a low calorie way to get fiber that
helps with digestion. The increase of water
helps purify the body system because of the
low amounts of vegetables and fruits.
By this day, I noticed some very distinct
changes in my muscles and was ready to
get some protein in my body. I felt as if my
muscles had shrunk, rather than the fat around
my stomach or thighs. The beef tasted great—I
was finally able to eat food with substance. By
day five, I had lost all of my extra energy and
was fatigued earlier in the day.
Day Six (132 pounds): Have all the beef
and vegetables desired.
This day had the most variety so far in the
diet because it covered a greater range of the
food pyramid. Similar to day five, the beef
provides the body with iron and proteins, while
vegetables provide vitamins and fiber.
The meals on this day were the most
enjoyable for me because I was able to eat an
almost completely balanced meal by having
vegetables and a serving of beef. However, I
still felt grumpy and was very moody— Even
though the diet plan specified that I should
have felt otherwise.
Day Seven (132 pounds): Eat as much
brown rice, fruit juices and vegetables
desired.
Because it was the last day of the diet,
the body was being reintroduced to complex
carbohydrates like brown rice. At the end of
the diet I felt much lighter and noticed loss of
weight in in my thighs neck and chin. It was
an easier day, though, because I was allowed to
have my first complex carbohydrate in the last
five days. It was refreshing to be able to mix the
flavors of sweet fruit juice, vegetables and rice.
End Weight: 130 pounds
Though the diet is intended to heal the
body, the diet itself is not sustainable for proper
health. Many of the required nutrients and
vitamins are not found consistently through
the diet.
“There’s a generally poor nutrition about
the diet,” says Springdale-Mason Pediatrics
pediatrician Dr. Linda Jost, MD. “What’s really
lacking in this diet is general and essential
minerals like iron, protein and calcium on some
of the days.”
One of my doctor’s main concerns was that
the diet did not include the recommended 50
grams of protein a day. A protein deficiency can
result in multiple symptoms such as lethargy,
easy bruising and a noticeable change in mood.
A lack of protein can also cause a considerable
amount of weight loss, which is one reason the
diet appeared to be so effective.
“Because it’s very low on protein, you
are most likely losing more muscle than you
are losing actual fat,” Jost says. “The biggest
problem I see is that it promotes weight loss,
but it’s too fast.”
Another factor neglected in the diet was
exercise. This is the key to any diet when
people are trying to lose weight in an effective,
yet healthy way.
“There are four major food groups, but
exercise should be the fifth,” says Jost. “I
think if you match regular exercise with eating
a healthy diet that contains all of the food
groups, you may really like the results you [will]
get.”
Another issue is because there is a low
amount of protein, the muscles will begin
to suffer from atrophy if someone is not
sustaining their muscles with proper exercise.
“Once you don’t use a muscle for so long
your body will think that you don’t need [the
muscles] and they begin can to deteriorate,”
LA Fitness personal trainer Brandon Moore
says.
Due to the low amount of calories in the
diet, the best exercises would include muscle
training and development. Cardio would only
exhaust the few calories stored in your body
and you would quickly become tired and crash.
“Some days you’re probably getting only
1000 [calories in the diet],” Jost says. “A
teenager requires at least 2000 or more calories
a day to function properly.”
East junior Tara Stith also tried the seven
day detox and struggled with the results. Stith
found the lack of protein unbearable and
added a handful of nuts to the diet each day.
Even with this addition, Stith discontinued the
diet after five days.
“I felt like it was hurting my body,” says
Stith. “It was making me feel tired all of the
time.”
Overall, the Seven Day Diet Detox has been
very effective in terms of rapid weight loss, but
not as a healthy decision. The consequences of
fatigue, breakouts, irregular bowel movements,
muscle atrophy, moodiness, dull headaches,
irritability and lack of focus are not worth the
12 total pounds lost. And because the weight
I lost was mostly muscle and water weight, I
gained seven pounds of the weight back in the
week following the diet. In the end it seemed
as though the diet was never worth it in the
first place.
“You’ll feel tired, you’ll be irritable and not
well, and you won’t have the energy you need
to do your daily routines,” Jost says. “You’re
essentially starving yourself.” SM
As my first Indepth story, it was a great learning experience to
have to utilize first-hand information about how this diet affects
the body. Talking with both doctors and other students who
tried the diet was a real eye opener to how the body works,
and how sources come together to create an extremely infor-
mative story.
Indepth
6. he high school
cafeteria is a jungle.
It’s full of different
types of students,
all competing for the best and
freshest food they can find. They
claim their territory surrounded
by people who provide the best
protection, or at least the best
conversations. One aspect that
doesn’t resemble a tropical jungle
is the lack of foliage, or in the case
of food, vegetables.
It’s hard to believe how
difficult it is for people who have
specific health requirements to
have easy access to choices, for
example vegetarians. For the five
percent of 504 East Students
surveyed who are vegetarians,
some of the only options there
are include French fries, cheese
pizza, bosco sticks or a collection
of wilted and variety free salads.
The larger salads that have carrots
and tomatoes in them also have
some chicken tender that usually
just wasted by being thrown away
by the people who purchase them.
Many people choose a
herbivorous lifestyle because
it eliminates the fats found in
each serving of meat, but when
a school’s most popular items
are a range of carbohydrates and
BY HALLEY DAVIDSON
For those who have no other
option than to follow strict
diet restrictions, such as
people with food allergies, the
limitations can be even more
disabling.
WELCOME TO
THE JUNGLE
fat-saturated foods, it often
leaves health conscious people
scrambling. Even after Michelle
Obama released her Healthier
US Schools Challenge and
schools began updating their
menus to bring better options
to the cafeteria, there still isn’t a
“challenge” in place for schools to
provide meat free meals.
A complaint by those who do
eat meat is that meat-substitute
meals are often marginally more
expensive, but vegetarians are
aware of this and make changes
to their personal budget to adjust
to higher prices. According
to statistics published by the
Vegetarian Research Group, three
percent of children ages eight to
18 consider themselves vegetarian.
Though Lakota Local Schools
may need to make adjustments to
the lunch budget, if it provided
even a small number of complete
vegetarian and health conscious
meals, the percentage of
vegetarians in the cafeteria would
be large enough to sell them all.
When venturing out of the
school jungle and into the even
more threatening “real world,”
there are still few improvements.
When visiting a restaurant or even
fast-food venue, there are often
little to no vegetarian products
available. Browsing a McDonald’s
menu, the only vegetarian options
out of 27 sandwiches, 15 wraps
and 7 salads are the Southwest
Salad and side salad. All that is
left to chose from are the side
and dessert items such as fries or
a parfait, none of which could be
called a “meal.” Ordering a meal
requires personal revisions to diet
requirements, usually with no
compensation on price.
T
he accommodation for
those with specific health
requirements outside of
personal choices are also tossed
aside by food sources. In a
University of Iowa survey, 74
percent of consumers claimed
to have changed their eating
habits due to health and nutrition
concerns. Grocery stores often
sell few diet “minority” selections
like gluten-free, vegan and organic
products, forcing customers
towards more expensive produce
markets such as Whole Foods or
The Fresh Market. A popular pasta
brand at Whole foods, bionatura,
sells a bag of gluten-free pasta for
$4.99 while a box of Kroger brand
pasta is $0.79.
For those who have no
option than to follow strict diet
restrictions, such as people with
food allergies, the limitations
can be disabling. The “Product
Warning: This product MAY
have come in contact with
peanuts” is often found on the
backs of objects as common as
marshmallows and chocolate.
People with severe food related
allergies are unable to eat these
without the fear of falling under
an allergic reaction, in which they
are unable to breath and loses the
ability to move, called anaphylactic
shock.
According to the Food Allergy
Research and Education group,
one in every 13 children suffers
from a food allergy. With acts
placed by the Centers of Disease
Control, schools are required to
have a pre-set agreement with the
parents of students with allergies
to protect them from . However,
there is no statement published by
the CDC that schools are required
to provide a meal for these
students.
The school’s cafeteria is
supposed to provide food
necessities so that every students
can have a filling meal during the
seven hour school day. If not
every student has an option, the
few who are accountable for
their own meal may be left with
unhealthy “snacks” rather than a
wholesome meal.
A
s changes to diets and
lifestyles evolve, there
should also be a change
in the products that are sold to
consumers inside and outside
the school. It doesnt make sense
to encourage people to make
healthier lifestyle choices if these
changes are not made accessible to
everyone. In the survey published
by uiowa.com, 87 percent of
consumers considered nutrition
an important factor when selecting
groceries. If unhealthy options are
the only ones they see however,
they may make the easy choice
rather than the right one.
And even though there may
not be many vegetarians in the
Lakota East cafeteria, their diets
shouldn’t be tossed aside like the
leftover chicken, but instead have
a chance to receive a filling lunch.
If the student jungle follows
survival of the fittest, than its time
that vegetarians step up and fight
for their right to veggies.
T
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halley.davidson@lakotaeastspark.com
Opinion
7. Back to the Future
Every generation has a counterculture movement that will become
the decade’s definitive identity in both history books and Halloween
costume apparel. From the thrill-seeking flappers of the 20s to the anti-
war hippies of the 60s, the fashion industry is a staple in the expression
of historical activists. The clothing embodied the movement as the
people behind the clothes strived for a redirection in the social order.
That is, until the rise of the 21st century hipster.
“I’m a hipster.” That is one statement that will never be uttered by the
mouth of a hipster, along with remarks like, “I prefer PCs” or “Taylor
Swift is a talented artist.” There is a particular set of behaviors that qualify
a person as a hipster, most of which relates to a specifically unique taste
in clothing and a rejection of mainstream media. This counterculture
is the first to be produced by the Information Age, comprising of a
cluster of conforming non-conformists whose only notable goal is
to express their individuality. This expression is achieved not through
protests demanding change or cross-country journeys of enlightenment,
but rather through religiously partaking in consumerism. Stereotypically
sporting thick-rimmed glasses, thrift store flannels, skinny jeans, scarves
and beanies, this infectiously expanding social group silently demands a
spotlight. A spotlight to showcase their superior taste, intelligence and
originality. A spotlight that broadcasts the message, “Hey, we’re different
from the rest of society.”
While they subtly strive to convey this idea, hipsters have paradoxically
Lauren Barker shares her opinion on how hipsters are failing as a counterculture movement,
while Spark showcases how past countercultures are influencing summer fashion.
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blackburn kieth brady hayley conoway hannah downs emily gweskoviak ethan leanow adam lewandowicz
michael sell nick smith christina wilkerson | clothing provided by H&M
1960s-The Hippie
The Look: Clothing of this time closer reflected
freedom of expression. Dressing in loose and free
style clothing that reflected an earthly connection
The Movement: With growing unrest with the
workings of society, a “generation gap” began to
widen in households. Many young people joined
The Modern Spin: Many of the styles of the 60’s
are present in today’s world in the styles of “color
blocking” wearing bright and not always matching
khaki button down: $34.95
embroidered vest: $27.95
fring tank: $15.50
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8. East Pinterest
“My favorite pair of shoes is my
tan Oxfords because they are
more comfortable than gym
shoes, and they’re cuter than any
other shoes that I own. They can
dress up any outfit.”
Junior
Mikaela Berger
Senior
Kelsey Lynch
Senior
Matthew Kiser
“I have this air freshener that I like
called Black Ice, I pick one up
everytime I stop by O’Reilly Auto
Parts. I have about eight of them
so I call it the Black Forest.”
“I have this Hello Kitty necklace that
my boyfriend of the time got me for
my birthday before he left for the U.S
Marines. He’s a really great guy and
it meant a lot to me.”
“I have a memory box and it has
notes from old boyfriends and
everything like that. It’s in a big
shoebox and I have tons of stuff
in it like a newspaper from the
day I was born, a ring and all this
stuff from middle school.”
East students“pin”
their favorite items
at the moment.
“It’s produced by Diplo, and
he’s one of my favorite EDM
producers. I enjoy Snoop Dog so
when I heard he was switching
to reggae I was really excited. It’s
basically electronic reggae, and
electronic is my favorite genre.”
Junior
Natalie Bloomer
as told to halley davidson | photos madi root
Sophomore
Collin McLean
Junior
Sam Movish
Hello Kitty Necklace Black Ice Air Freshener
Oxford Shoes
“I’ve had [my bass guitar] for
about three years now. It’s one
ofmyfavoritethingsbecauseit’s
really fun to play and it’s a great
way to express mAfteryself.”
Triban 5 String Bass Guitar
Memory Box
Snoop-Lion“Reincarnated”
8 | Spark May 30, 2013|
9. I spent three years working as a staff member of my nation-
ally recognized high school news magazine, The Spark magazine.
I worked as an editor and writer for the Lifestyle section. This was
my first leadership position where I was responsible for completing
a projects in a timly fashion. Working as an editor gave me a lot of
fine-tuning skills, both in my own work and in the writing of others.
I learned alot about how to motivate people to reach deadlines,
and different ways to coach people to help them grow as writers
and team members.
As a writer for my section, and other sections like News and
Opinion, I was able to get a full rounded writing experience. Hav-
ing the chance to be editorial as well as learning to write unbiased
accurate stories
Experience
Design/Layout
This was a page often featured in our section of the
magazine, developed one of the years I was the edi-
tor. We tried to create a “Cork Board” feel for the layout
while maintaining our paper’s style. To the right was the
final layout and eventually template that we used each
issue.
Contact
Email: hd645213@ohio.edu Phone: (513)-470-6920
