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SOUP Devon Weaver
SOUP by Devon Weaver
Soup is a poor man’s dish. Soup is the invention of a man who realized that his life needed to be worsened. Soup, in its entirety, is an utter disgrace to the global population and society as a whole. There has been evidence in history that soup has been around since as far back as 20,000 BC. The fact that soup stayed throughout all those years may seem impressive, but what’s more impressive is how the braindead and nonsensical the people who kept and consumed soup stayed alive through the natural selection process. Q.1 to an article published on sheknows.com, soup is “great” because “The high water content of soup means it can satisfy your appetite in a healthy and hydrating way”. To this bold statement, I say shame. Shame on anyone who thinks this way. Saying a food is good because it’s mostly liquid is the most outrageous thing I've ever heard. If I took a hamburger and mashed it, stomped it, grinded it, and destroyed it until it was an almost completely liquidated form, would that be enjoyable? Would that “satisfy your appetite in a healthy and hydrating way” ? The consistency of soup is similar to that of a dissapointment. It’s a mudded pile of warm salt water with solid objects mixed in to purposely ruin the consistency and overall enjoyment factor.
I apologize for any heavy negative emotion or volatile reactions that you readers experienced after my enlightening on the disgusting, putrid world of soup. I’ll leave my opinion with you readers to your own time, and let you think about both the “positives” and “negatives” of soup.
Physical Education Course Options
Anabelle Hernandez, Galilee Araujo - April 2022
The issue of preparing students for a long term life of balanced fitness and wellness is one that surrounding schools have adjusted for through their physical education classes.
The Grayslake school district offers a course titled P.E. Leaders which focuses on providing students with leadership and teaching skills. A similar course offered allows these student leaders to guide a special education class through physical activities.
Antioch and Grant High School each offer a variety of gym options as well. The options offered at Antioch being: Food and Fitness, Adventure Education, P.E. Assistant and even a Fit For Life class that focuses on each individual student working to improve their fitness as well as researching ways to maintain fitness. Grant High School offers a couple of similar classes along with Aerobics and Spin.
Wauconda high school, however, offers only a few specialized physical education courses, Athletic PE being the only available gym class for zero-hour. This is the only “extra” gym class offered, and its intensity could be turning students away from the chance of having an open period.
Willowbrook High School, for example, has implemented heart monitors into their zero-hour P.E. course “to provide more options for lifetime activities to improve overall fitness in a personalized setting” (*Warrior Wellness). This also allows for a more diverse assessment of fitness and health instead of doing so through a limited lense.
As students we believe that if other 0 hour classes were offered at Wauconda, more students would find this option appealing as it could also offer different means of physical activity that better suit students athletic, physical and mental needs. It could also potentially benefit student's academics as it would open a period in their schedule, giving them the chance to earn a credit for another course or give the student a needed study hall.
Boys volleyball
Sara Bernabe and Kaitlynn Marsek
Wauconda High school offers multiple sports for students, both for boys and girls. Even though the school offers a girls volleyball team, it doesn’t offer a boys volleyball team and the only time boys are able to play in school is in the gym as an activity. It isn’t too surprising, out of the 1,292 high schools in Illinois 6barely 100 schools have boys volleyball, meaning not even 1% of schools offer it as a sport throughout Illinois. Despite this, 78 out of the 184 offer boys volleyball meaning about 43% of schools will have the option.
Many boys at Wauconda High School seem to enjoy playing volleyball when it is offered in gym classes. There is the potential for a team but the school still doesn’t offer it. If a student is interested in playing volleyball, they would have to play in a travel league out of Wauconda. Travel leagues for volleyball could cost a family anywhere from $150-$1,000 to pay for equipment, space to practice, uniforms etc. With Wauconda High School already having some equipment provided, it would save families a lot of money and time. With multiple colleges also offering the sport, it helps students get a better understanding of the sport and a higher skill level.
NBA Basketball Play-In Changes
By Christian Muniz, Evan Christensen, and Evan Guffey, BulldogTV
April 8, 2022
The NBA play-in tournament is where the NBA expanded the playoffs from 8-10 teams as the 7-10 seed would compete for the last two spots, the 7 and 8 seed. The standings, that was taken from ESPN, shows the seeding as the Eastern Conference has their play-in tournament has around a 2 game difference and the Western Conference has around an 11 game difference. The Eastern Conference is fair to us as each team is very similar in the difference of games but the Western Conference is unfair. We believe that even a 5 game difference is unfair for the higher seeded teams, such as the Minnesota Timberwolves and the Los Angeles Clippers. Our idea that we propose, is that there is a maximum difference of games that will be 3 games, as the teams are at a similar skill level and they will be competitive against each other. Our idea would eliminate the 9 and 10 seeds in the Western Conference, and the Eastern Conference would stay the same. This would cause fair play in both the conferences as the teams that deserve to be in the play-in have a chance, and teams that deserve to be in the playoffs are guaranteed a spot.
Major League Baseball Strike
Jeffery Nolan
Major League Baseball is finally back, after a tumultuous offseason full of labor disputes and strife. The MLB Players Association and the league reached a deal on a new CBA, or competitive balance agreement, after the previous one expired. The negotiations were intense, with a 99 day lockout where all transactions, like signing and trading of players, was paused. Players wanted an increase in their minimum salaries, as well as less team control over their contracts. In Major League Baseball, teams have 6 years of control of a player when said player first gets into the league. This allows teams to pay low salaries to star players who, on the open market, would be making far more than their teams are paying. Owners wished to lower team spending, as the less they have to invest into their rosters, the greater their margins are. Yet neither side fixed what I personally see as the largest issue in the sport, namely uncompetitive franchises. Teams like the Pittsburgh Pirates and Oakland Athletics are fielding entire major league rosters for the same annual salary as a single star player. These teams do not invest money in their franchises, causing them to be uncompetitive for years, yet incredibly profitable. Major League Baseball has vast television deals, totalling almost two billion dollars in annual revenue for the league. That money is evenly distributed amongst each team, allowing franchises to maintain profitability while spending as little money as possible on success. This hurts parity across the league, as a large portion of franchises are not trying to win. There needs to be a salary floor in Major League Baseball, likely in the 110 to 130 million dollar range. This would make teams spend their large sums of money and reinvest them back into their teams, increasing competition and making the sport more entertaining to watch year over year, as more teams have a chance to succeed. But that’s just how I feel. I’m Jeffrey Nolan, and this has been a Bulldog Bite.
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