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INSIDE<br />

Features 2<br />

Entertainment 8<br />

Sports 9<br />

Opinions 10<br />

Houston<br />

Hockey?<br />

Freshman<br />

Connor Baily<br />

competes on ice<br />

Global<br />

Warming<br />

Debate continues<br />

over climate<br />

dangers<br />

Lacrosse<br />

Squared<br />

Boys and girls<br />

LAX hoping to<br />

turn corner<br />

Page 2<br />

Page 6-7<br />

Page 9<br />

<strong>THE</strong> <strong>KNIGHT</strong> <strong>TIMES</strong><br />

Official Student Newspaper of Episcopal High School<br />

April <strong>2018</strong> 4650 Bissonnet, Bellaire, Texas 77401 www.ehshouston.org Volume 33, Issue 8<br />

STUCO reveals<br />

new outerwear<br />

rules and options<br />

EHS Onstage ventures Into the Woods<br />

Spring musical presents a twist on children’s classic stories<br />

PATRICK BAYOUTH<br />

SYDNEY HUTCHINS<br />

Staff Writer<br />

Student Council has recently unveiled<br />

a new and improved outerwear policy approved<br />

by the Deans’ office, which gives<br />

students more options as to which jackets<br />

they can wear to school. After much anticipation<br />

and rumors about the rule change,<br />

Student Council displayed each new style<br />

in their fashion show during a recent Chapel<br />

reveal. Permitted styles include sweatshirts,<br />

hoodies, cardigans, pullovers, zipups,<br />

and crew neck sweaters.<br />

The policy not only allows students to<br />

wear a wide variety of styles but also accepts<br />

the use of either solid black, solid<br />

white, solid dark gray, solid light gray, or<br />

navy blue outerwear.<br />

Any logos on a student’s outerwear must<br />

not exceed the size of a quarter and college<br />

logos are not permitted. Outerwear also<br />

may not be longer than a student’s shorts<br />

or skirt.<br />

Student Council has been working with<br />

the deans on these rule changes for months<br />

and hopes the student body will greatly<br />

appreciate the changes. In addition to the<br />

While portraying princes looking for their princesses, Clayton Reid and Will McKinnie perform their duet “Agony” during the<br />

musical Into the Woods. Photo by Mauro Gomez.<br />

An example of an outfit that follows the<br />

new outerwear policy. Photo by Lauren<br />

Porter.<br />

new outerwear policy, there seems to be<br />

a possibility of a slight uniform change<br />

since Parker School Uniforms has closed.<br />

There have been many possibilities regarding<br />

the new uniforms, including a sportier,<br />

more comfortable design for the shirts and<br />

bottoms. Decisions regarding current uniforms<br />

and dress codes have not been made<br />

yet; however, the deans are actively meeting<br />

about this issue. The deans hope to issue<br />

guidelines before summer.<br />

ANGEL STRINGER<br />

Staff Writer<br />

Battling the lack of a theater for rehearsal<br />

on campus due to ongoing construction,<br />

members of EHS Onstage persevered<br />

and presented the spring musical Into the<br />

Woods before captivated audiences at Dunham<br />

Theatre on the Houston Baptist University<br />

campus April 18-20.<br />

Into the Woods is a theatrical twist on<br />

many of Grimm’s fairy tales, mixing the<br />

plots of several stories and their characters<br />

while examining the results of their various<br />

journeys.<br />

The amazing program, under the direction<br />

of Mr. George Brock, came together<br />

despite the logistical nightmare. Mr. Garmon<br />

Ashby served as musical director, Ms.<br />

Kristina Burgess provided the choreography,<br />

and Mr. Paul Revaz orchestrated the<br />

stagecrafting.<br />

The Stephen Sondheim musical combines<br />

the plots of several Brothers Grimm and<br />

Charles Perrault fairy tales like “Little Red<br />

Riding Hood,” “Jack and the Beanstalk,”<br />

“Cinderella,” and more. Tying it together is<br />

the story of a baker and his wife and their<br />

quest to begin a family.<br />

“The logistics of doing a musical in a<br />

theatre that you are accustomed to working<br />

in and know like the back of your hand<br />

is difficult enough,” reflected Mr. Brock.<br />

“Having to move into a theatre one and a<br />

half times the size of your theatre and construct<br />

scenery for that space and light that<br />

space and make the whole thing work in<br />

10 days is a challenge that is almost insurmountable.<br />

The students and faculty and<br />

staff managed this difficult feat and made<br />

it look easy.”<br />

Senior Clayton Reid added, “Sondheim’s<br />

music and writing is notoriously difficult,<br />

and to have our actors not only grasp it but<br />

excel in performance was phenomenal.”<br />

EHS Onstage completed its performance<br />

season with one-act plays April 27-28.<br />

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Theater Department delivers musical despite site issues<br />

Musical from Page 1<br />

Cast<br />

Narrator - Quinn Ogle<br />

Cinderella - Gwendalyn Diaz<br />

Jack - Austin Wills<br />

Jack’s Mother - Hanna Nyberg<br />

Baker Ethan McAlpin<br />

Baker’s Wife Payton Herbert<br />

Cinderella’s Stepmother - Bella Ray<br />

Florinda - Charlotte Baird<br />

Lucinda - Elizabeth Barineau<br />

Granny - Grace Rampaul<br />

Little Red - Alison Newton<br />

The Witch - Jillian Branch<br />

Cinderella’s Mother - Caton Murry<br />

Mysterious Man - Liam Griffin<br />

Wolf/Cinderella’s Prince - Clayton Reid<br />

Rapunzel’s Prince - Will McKinnie<br />

Steward - Price Palmer<br />

Rapunzel - Paris Bailey<br />

Giant - Lani McHenry<br />

Milky White - Chandler Levinthal<br />

Milky White - Addie Elmer<br />

Ensemble - River Reinersten-Forehand,<br />

Lani McHenry, Bridget Kearney, Alena<br />

Haney, Kate Donaldson, Elise Branch<br />

Crew<br />

Production Stage Manager – Ian Evans<br />

Assistant Stage Managers – Amelia<br />

Traylor, Emma Walker<br />

A look around Math Corner<br />

BLAIR BARINEAU<br />

Guest Writer<br />

On Thursday, April 12, over 50 EHS<br />

students attended the <strong>2018</strong> Engineering<br />

Design Showcase and Poster Session held<br />

in the Tudor Fieldhouse at Rice University.<br />

The evening included poster presentations<br />

from over 90 teams from different<br />

disciplines who described their projects<br />

and answered questions regarding the use<br />

of mathematics and science in engineering.<br />

This was an opportunity for students to<br />

learn more about STEM, in particular, applied<br />

mathematics and industry-sponsored<br />

engineering projects. The EHS students<br />

were able to speak one-on-one with<br />

graduate and undergraduate students and<br />

engineers and even vote for their favorite<br />

project for the people’s choice award.<br />

A sophomore math student explained,<br />

“It was neat to see innovations that will<br />

affect our lives in the future and it was a<br />

great way to explore many different types<br />

of engineering, and its real world implications.”<br />

It has been a very exciting year for the<br />

Math Club. Congratulations to next year’s<br />

Math Club officers: President - Anna<br />

Moise; Internal Vice President - Blair<br />

Barineau; External Vice President - Emeline<br />

Birdwell; Secretary - Gloria Ni; and<br />

Social Media Coordinator - Garret Sisk.<br />

In addition, next year’s Mu Alpha Theta<br />

Officers are Ellie Ragiel as President and<br />

Ashley Chandler as Vice President. We<br />

hope to see you next year for even more<br />

exciting STEM activities!<br />

Dresser – Lizzie Barringer, Sara Faulconer<br />

Deck Crew – Sarah Andrews, Madeleine<br />

Berckley, Caroline Campbell, Pate<br />

Herrold, Emily West<br />

Spotlight Operator – Catherine Andrews,<br />

Will Nakfoor, Ken Pereira, Harlan<br />

Solsbery<br />

Light Board Operator – Eric Nagueh<br />

'SU P with Soph<br />

SOPHIA HENRY<br />

Staff Writer<br />

Sadly, this is the last masterpiece I will<br />

ever write in the newspaper as I will be<br />

graduating (maybe?). I will leave you with<br />

my legacy of advice filled with tricks and<br />

tips on how to survive high school.<br />

1. Treat every day like it’s tomorrow and<br />

tomorrow like it’s yesterday so you live in<br />

an infinite loop.<br />

2. When you see upperclassmen, know<br />

they care less about everything than you,<br />

so do not be afraid.<br />

3. Learn to fly so you can get to class<br />

faster.<br />

4. Be a trend setter and wear khaki skirts<br />

to #standout…<br />

5. … but don’t #standout tooooo much because<br />

then you will be shunned into a box<br />

and shipped to Steve Harvey’s front door.<br />

6. Introduce yourself to every teacher until<br />

you reach Bowser, then use your shiny<br />

star to take him down.<br />

7. Wear heels or a suit to school one day<br />

Students practice for the musical in the<br />

Band Hall. Photo by Celine Waxham.<br />

and act like you are going to a corporate<br />

job. Then every B or lower grade will be<br />

a determinant as to whether you lose your<br />

job and cause your family to starve.<br />

8. Focus all your free time on learning to<br />

focus; then focus on how to focus better<br />

while still focusing on focusing.<br />

9. Goof and gaffe.<br />

10. Join newspaper! It’s a hoot and a holler!<br />

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Features<br />

The Snake Man cometh<br />

ISABEL YOUNG<br />

Staff Writer<br />

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Your Spanish Corner<br />

Thomas Davis, otherwise known as the<br />

“Snake Man” around campus, came to the<br />

EHS student biology classes to share his<br />

love of reptiles.<br />

Mr. Davis visits Episcopal every year<br />

when the freshmen study reptiles in biology.<br />

The students look forward to this day<br />

because they get to pass around and hold<br />

different types of snakes. This helps some<br />

students overcome their fears of the scaly<br />

reptile while getting up close and personal<br />

with the animal.<br />

To start the presentation, Mr. Davis<br />

gives an introduction to the different types<br />

of snakes and talks about where they can<br />

be found. The students learn that venomous<br />

snakes thrive just a few miles from<br />

where they live because all poisonous<br />

snakes live in Houston. These consist of<br />

the moccasin, rattlesnake, copperhead,<br />

and cottonmouth. Although they exist in<br />

the city, Mr. Davis did not bring these<br />

snakes to show the classes. The snakes he<br />

brought were harmless and friendly.<br />

He taught the students how to identify<br />

poisonous and nonpoisonous snakes so<br />

they can be aware if they ever see a snake<br />

outside of the classroom. Students learn<br />

that they can differentiate among these<br />

snakes by color, and he reminded the<br />

students of the popular rhyme, “Black and<br />

yellow kill a fellow, red and black, it’s<br />

okay Jack.”<br />

The students and teachers enjoy Snake<br />

Day because it is a unique and fun way<br />

to learn and coincides with their unit on<br />

reptiles.<br />

Prom delivers memories<br />

GABRIELLE DUCOTE<br />

Staff Writer<br />

The EHS Senior Prom was hosted at<br />

Life HTX on April 21. The venue was<br />

chic and unique and featured an array<br />

of photos and videos projected onto the<br />

walls, including one of the members of the<br />

Senior Class of <strong>2018</strong> with their banner.<br />

The evening began with everyone on the<br />

dance floor thanks to a great DJ. Hip Hop<br />

Harry (Philbrick) busted his moves, and<br />

the grade had a great time dancing and<br />

singing along together. A photo booth was<br />

also available.<br />

The second part of Prom involved the<br />

conversion of the dance venue into a<br />

casino, complete with a buffet, for the remainder<br />

of the night. Whataburger “Hubchubs,”<br />

Raising Cane’s chicken strips, and<br />

an assortment of River Oaks donut holes<br />

Freshman Rachel Barker holds one of<br />

the many snakes the Snake Man brought<br />

for the students to hold. Photo by Trinity<br />

Watts.<br />

satisfied the hungry group.<br />

Casino tables filled the space as well so<br />

prom goers could play blackjack. Each<br />

student was given raffle tickets and an<br />

amount of play money to begin and was<br />

able to cash in winnings at any point in<br />

exchange for raffle tickets toward enviable<br />

prizes. Some of those included printers,<br />

TV’s, clothing and jewelry items, dorm<br />

room necessities, a MacBook Air, Beats<br />

headphones, Google Home devices, an<br />

iHome, and much more. The grand prize,<br />

a moped, was won by Will Edens. Many<br />

students went home from Prom with raffle<br />

prizes, making the night that much more<br />

memorable.<br />

Prom was a success that capped off the<br />

many dances and special events the Senior<br />

Class of <strong>2018</strong> spent together over four<br />

years of high school. It was an evening<br />

filled with future memories.<br />

LAUREN PORTER<br />

Editor-in-Chief<br />

Hola a todos, este mes El Rincón Español<br />

discutirá el tema del cinco de mayo.<br />

Mucha gente cree que el cinco de mayo es<br />

el día en que México ganó su independencia<br />

de España, pero la fecha de ella es el<br />

16 de septiembre. Cinco de mayo celebra<br />

el día en que el ejército mexicano luchó<br />

contra el ejército francés de Napoleón<br />

y ganó. La batalla se llama la batalla de<br />

Puebla y causó la unidad nacional entre<br />

el pueblo mexicano. El día festivo es<br />

reconocido en los Estados Unidos como<br />

una celebración de la cultura mexicanaamericana,<br />

sin embargo el día no es una<br />

fiesta nacional en México. Cinco de mayo<br />

es un día muy divertido–celebra este<br />

día mientras que celebres la historia de<br />

México.<br />

NHS welcomes junior inductees<br />

LAUREN PORTER<br />

Editor-in-Chief<br />

The Benitez Chapter of the National<br />

Honor Society (NHS) inducted new members<br />

this month.<br />

The National<br />

Honor Society<br />

induction<br />

was held in<br />

the Alumni<br />

Center in the<br />

Hildebrand<br />

Athletic Center,<br />

and parents as<br />

well as current<br />

senior NHS<br />

members came<br />

to watch the<br />

induction. The<br />

current officers<br />

of NHS gave<br />

speeches explaining the mission of the<br />

National Honor Society and the history<br />

behind it.<br />

National Honor Society members must<br />

show leadership, morals, and service to<br />

be inducted in the chapter, and they also<br />

must maintain a 3.75 GPA to remain in<br />

the society.<br />

After the speeches, the newly admitted<br />

juniors were called to the podium to<br />

receive their<br />

certificates.<br />

After the<br />

distribution of<br />

the certificates,<br />

the inductees<br />

repeated the<br />

NHS oath<br />

and enjoyed a<br />

specially decorated<br />

cake and<br />

refreshments.<br />

The officer<br />

elections for<br />

next year were<br />

also held this<br />

month, with Mark Nylund elected President,<br />

Carter Kardesch as Vice President,<br />

Claire Kardesch as Secretary-Treasurer,<br />

and Sophia Haugh as Parliamentarian.<br />

New members of NHS were inducted into the organization<br />

during a ceremony in the Alumni Center.<br />

Photo courtesy of Lauren Porter.<br />

EHS SPEAKS OUT<br />

If your life were a novel, what would it be called?<br />

SAM HOLDEN<br />

“My Mom’s a Reverend<br />

and It’s Ruining My<br />

Social Life”<br />

SANIA PETTIES<br />

“Volleyball is Life”<br />

HARRISON HOBBS<br />

“I’ve Been Tired for 17<br />

Years and Counting”<br />

TANNER FOX<br />

“Tired and Hungry”<br />

MRS. SUCCI<br />

“Quiet: The Power of<br />

Introverts in a World<br />

That Can’t Stop Talking”<br />

MOLLIE HANNA<br />

“The Book of Mollie”<br />

COACH FOX<br />

“Light From Dark”<br />

SOPHIA HAUGH<br />

“Sophunny”<br />

ALISIA CRUZ<br />

“Latin Alisia”<br />

HARRISON MANLEY<br />

“Swole is the Goal”


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Freshman competes in unlikely Houston sport - ice hockey<br />

SYDNEY HUTCHINS<br />

Managing Editor<br />

Of all the places you would expect ice<br />

hockey to be played, Houston would be<br />

the last, but freshman Connor Baily is doing<br />

just that.<br />

How did you get involved in ice hockey<br />

living in Houston?<br />

Originally, I’m from Washington D.C.,<br />

and my father went to Lehigh University<br />

and was roommates with the goalie of<br />

the ice hockey team there, so he decided<br />

to join the team as well. Since my father<br />

played ice hockey, it was the first sport<br />

I ever played, and I have been on skates<br />

since I was 18 months old. I just fell in<br />

love with the sport after that.<br />

Where do you find a place to practice<br />

and play ice hockey in Houston and<br />

who do you play for?<br />

There are four ice rinks in Houston, so<br />

some weekends I’ll play at all four. Currently,<br />

I play for Ridgepoint Hockey and<br />

sub for the Houston Junior Wild team. I<br />

practice Monday to Friday about two to<br />

three times a week, and I have about three<br />

to four games on the weekends.<br />

Have your teams had any success this<br />

season?<br />

Yes, recently my team won the state<br />

championship.<br />

Far right, Connor Baily, standing with his teammates, holds the championship trophy,<br />

which his Ridgepoint hockey team captured recently. Photo courtesy of Connor<br />

Baily.<br />

Choices addresses drug abuse<br />

CAMI PYNE<br />

Contributing Editor<br />

Choices counselor Mrs. Sam Scharff addressed<br />

the fastest growing area of minor<br />

drug abuse, prescription drugs, as part of<br />

the Choices topic of the month.<br />

Seventeen percent of teens have tried<br />

designer drugs. These synthetic drugs are<br />

incredibly dangerous and can lead to death<br />

or hospitalization.<br />

Though the numbers are dropping for<br />

A Complete and<br />

Utter Lack of Witt<br />

heroin, ecstasy, and methamphetamine use<br />

among high schoolers, 14-year-olds are<br />

demonstrating a greater likelihood to take<br />

prescription drugs than they are to drink<br />

alcohol because of their accessibility.<br />

With four billion prescriptions filled<br />

each year, a third of the medicine remains<br />

unused, which leaves it vulnerable to<br />

prescription abuse.<br />

Preventing abuse includes safekeeping,<br />

storage and disposal, monitoring prescription<br />

drugs, and education.<br />

Connor Baily is originally from Washington D.C. and has been skating since he<br />

could walk. Photo courtesy of Connor Baily.<br />

Spring Coffee House pours<br />

out a cup of talented Knights<br />

ELLIE RAGIEL<br />

Staff Writer<br />

Even though there was no caffeine<br />

in sight, the HAC driveway was abuzz<br />

on Tuesday, April 9, for Spring Coffee<br />

House. Bad weather caused the performances<br />

(which are given outside) to be<br />

pushed back this year, so students were<br />

treated to the beloved A 2nd Cup coffee<br />

on the original date and then enjoyed food<br />

truck fare while watching the performances<br />

the following week.<br />

5A lunch performances included Trey<br />

Hernandez’s tribute to Hurricane Harvey<br />

victims with a mash up of Coldplay songs;<br />

Cami Pyne’s acapella version of Leaving<br />

on a Jet Plane by John Denver; and a rendition<br />

of Wagon Wheel by the Bradshaw<br />

Bunch – which included Kenny Otah on<br />

drums, Rohan Asthana on the violin, and<br />

vocals by Grace Neblett. Senior Clayton<br />

Reid also grabbed the mic to make a PSA<br />

about….well, nobody really knows.<br />

During 5B lunch, Antonio Cruz and his<br />

saxophone made a touching Promposal<br />

to his longtime girlfriend Sarah Venker;<br />

Pablo Villas wowed with a drum solo to<br />

Bon Jovi’s Living on a Prayer; and the<br />

Bradshaw Bunch once again took the<br />

stage to perform Wagon Wheel – this<br />

time with Cami Pyne on vocals. The most<br />

anticipated performance, however, was<br />

the return of Fall Coffee House favor-<br />

ite Sophia Henry, decked out in a black<br />

turtleneck and beret, performing her slam<br />

poetry.<br />

Despite some original technical difficulties,<br />

<strong>2018</strong> Spring Coffee House can only<br />

be described as a great success, and was<br />

an amazing way to kick off Dude Be Nice<br />

Week this month.<br />

Taylor Ferguson uses her voice to show<br />

what she’s about.<br />

PRESTON WITT<br />

Staff Writer<br />

Buenos días mis amigos intelectuales.<br />

This article of knowledge has been a treat<br />

for me to write this semester and I enjoy<br />

opening the minds of every individual,<br />

similar to Gandhi. Writing this not only<br />

helps others gain the intellect of a super<br />

genius like myself, but also allows me to<br />

take my mind to its limits. In this month’s<br />

issue I will be blowing your mind with<br />

questions that will boggle your cerebro,<br />

a.k.a. your brain.<br />

Is a hot dog a sandwich?<br />

If you pinch yourself and it hurts, are you<br />

too strong or too weak?<br />

Will we ever see the fries at lunch again?<br />

Are eye brows considered facial hair?<br />

Do you realize the year 2000 is further<br />

away than the year 2030?<br />

Isn’t saying something is indescribable,<br />

describing it?<br />

Left to right, Iman Lloyd, Hannah Nyberg, Pablo Vilas, and Gabrielle Small enjoy<br />

Coffee House performances and the food. Photos by Miranda Greenwalt and Cydne<br />

Harrell-Malveaux.


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Environmental group offers ways to<br />

curb the effects of global warming<br />

ELLIOTT JONES<br />

Staff Writer<br />

Global warming has a horrific effect on our<br />

planet, and it is only worsening with the dangerous<br />

amount of carbon dioxide we generate. The pollutants<br />

from power plants and fossil fuels are constantly<br />

causing the temperature around the globe<br />

to rise, resulting in the melting of the polar icecaps<br />

and the destruction of the ozone layer.<br />

Although the President has decided not to act<br />

on this inevitable global issue, as demonstrated<br />

through his withdrawal from the Paris Agreement,<br />

a global agreement to control the amount of gas<br />

emissions produced, there are several ways we can<br />

act upon global warming. The National Resources<br />

Defense Council (NDRC), a United States<br />

non-profit international environmental advocacy<br />

organization, provides 12 ways we can help this<br />

crisis.<br />

1. Tell your friends, family, and state representatives<br />

about global warming. Make them see the<br />

danger this has caused and will cause to our planet<br />

and encourage them to make a change, either to<br />

their daily routines or through the establishment of<br />

laws that limit carbon production.<br />

2. Power your house with renewable energy. This<br />

can be done by joining a new energy company<br />

that generates most of its power through the use<br />

of wind or solar energy. If that is not an option for<br />

you or your family, look at your electric company<br />

and see if they offer ways to use renewable sources;<br />

most do now.<br />

3. Seal any drafts and fully insolate your homes.<br />

Air conditioning and heating are the some of the<br />

biggest uses of energy that account for about half<br />

of an average home’s energy use.<br />

4. Buy appliances that are energy-efficient. If you<br />

are looking to buy a new fridge, dishwasher, or<br />

washing machine, buy ones that have an “Energy<br />

Star” label. Those are the most efficient in<br />

reducing the carbon dioxide produced from these<br />

appliances.<br />

5. Believe it or not, reducing the amount of water<br />

you use can significantly reduce carbon pollution.<br />

Take shorter showers, turn off the faucet when<br />

brushing your teeth or hands, and buy Water-<br />

Sense-labeled appliances. The EPA even estimates<br />

that 100 million kilowatt-hours of electricity per<br />

year would be saved if just one out of every 100<br />

Climate change is a direct result<br />

of natural and man-made gases<br />

ISABELLA GOODMAN<br />

Staff Writer<br />

Climate change theory is backed by many<br />

scientists, and there is a great deal of evidence in<br />

support of it.<br />

Climate change is caused by a layer of greenhouse<br />

gases: water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane,<br />

and nitrous oxide. These gases act as a blanket<br />

homes converted to water-efficient appliances.<br />

6. Eat all of the food you buy and purchase less<br />

meat. According to NDRC, 10% of U.S. energy<br />

use comes from growing and processing food.<br />

The less you buy in a certain amount of time, the<br />

less energy is being used up. Because livestock<br />

products are some of the most resource-intensive<br />

to produce, cutting down on the amount of meat<br />

you eat will significantly help this crisis.<br />

7. Buy better, more energy efficient lightbulbs.<br />

LED lightbulbs use less than 80% of the energy<br />

of a conventional incandescent. Not only that but<br />

buying a 10-watt LED bulb will save you $125<br />

over the lightbulb’s life.<br />

8. Unplug fully charged devices and appliances<br />

that you do not use that often. The amount of<br />

electricity Americans use per household adds up to<br />

the output of 50 large power plants. By using your<br />

outlets less often or even plugging in multiple devices<br />

to power strips, you can drastically decrease<br />

this statistic.<br />

9. Drive a fuel-efficient car, such as an electric,<br />

hybrid, or gas-smart car, to save money and gas.<br />

By doing this, Americans will spend $80 billion<br />

less on gas and cut their emissions in half. If the<br />

U.S. can meet the 2025 clean car standards, which<br />

means a car or truck will average 54.5 miles per<br />

gallon as opposed to the current national average<br />

of 28.1 miles per gallon, we will be able to consistently<br />

save gas and reduce emissions.<br />

10. Get car maintenance more often. Americans<br />

could save 1.2 billion gallons of gas per year if<br />

we kept our tires inflated properly and boost miles<br />

per gallon from 4% to 40% just by going to get<br />

our cars checked. This simple task can help our<br />

environment incredibly.<br />

11. If you have the chance, live in a more walkable,<br />

smart-growth city or town. Public transportation<br />

significantly decreases the number of cars<br />

on the road, money spent on gas, and air pollution.<br />

Trains are also more environmentally friendly in<br />

comparison to planes.<br />

12. Decrease your carbon profile or footprint, or<br />

the amount of carbon dioxide emitted due to the<br />

consumption of fossil fuels by a person or group.<br />

Purchase items from carbon offset companies<br />

(clean power) in order to add to the nation’s energy<br />

grid in place of power from fossil fuels.<br />

around the Earth, and as a result, this ecological<br />

cover traps heat.<br />

There have already been observable effects on<br />

the environment, such as glacial shrinking, ice<br />

breakage, and extreme weather. Many scientists<br />

believe that these effects will keep happening, as<br />

well as many others.<br />

Future effects could include wildfires, droughts,<br />

and more intense tropical storms.<br />

Artwork by Mckenzie Minx.<br />

Global Warming:<br />

Catastrophic reality or<br />

Earth’s natural cycle?<br />

Scientists debate the speed of change<br />

LAUREN PORTER<br />

Editor-in-Chief<br />

Global warming has been the topic of many<br />

scientific debates, with some scientists concluding<br />

that global warming does not exist.<br />

The most popular theory many scientists believe<br />

is that the current climate change is simply glacial<br />

advance and retreat. According to NASA, there<br />

have been seven periods of glacial advance and<br />

retreat in the past 650,000 years, and the last period<br />

was marked by the Ice Age. Scientists believe<br />

these climate changes are caused by variations<br />

in the earth’s orbit that alters the amount of solar<br />

energy the planet receives.<br />

Many scientists agree the earth is heating up at a<br />

faster rate, but the dividing factor among scientists<br />

primarily lies in the longevity of this change. Scientists<br />

who do not believe in the imminent danger<br />

of climate change think that there is a severe overreaction<br />

to the warming of the planet. Advocates<br />

that spread global warming misconceptions cause<br />

many in the population to panic about the state of<br />

the earth.<br />

A recent Duke University study debunks the<br />

myth that global warming is rapidly changing the<br />

state of the earth, as researchers found that climate<br />

change is not necessarily progressing as quickly<br />

as it could. Researchers found that the earth could<br />

start warming at a much faster rate if the amount<br />

of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere steadily<br />

increases without offsetting variations in aerosol<br />

concentrations. However, the earth is not at that<br />

stage yet, so the most important action against<br />

climate change would be preventing abundant<br />

amounts of greenhouse gases.<br />

Overall, scientists do not disagree on the fundamental<br />

fact of climate change, but rather the<br />

longevity and effects of this naturally occurring<br />

phenomenon.<br />

Climate concerns adding to the<br />

growing list of conspiracy theories<br />

ISABEL YOUNG<br />

Staff Writer<br />

Although it is very hard to debunk global<br />

warming due to the scientific proof that has been<br />

presented confirming its existence, there are some<br />

people that still will not accept the facts of the environmental<br />

catastrophe that is taking over Earth.<br />

Some people believe global warming is part of a<br />

conspiracy to increase economic areas; others just<br />

do not want to accept the facts that soon the polar<br />

ice caps will melt and the animals living in Artic<br />

regions will die. The conspiracies differ, but Keaton<br />

Patti’s Rebunking Conspiracy Theories: Global<br />

Warming attempts to give voice to the conspiracies<br />

while putting minds at ease about their legitimacy.<br />

In the book he gives examples of people that<br />

believe global warming is a myth while explaining<br />

Image courtesy of newsguardians.com.<br />

their thought processes.<br />

For example, John Coleman, co- founder of<br />

the Weather Channel, states the opposite of what<br />

science says is happening. He claims that the polar<br />

ice caps are actually increasing in size and polar<br />

bear populations are expanding. He says it is “the<br />

greatest scam in history.”<br />

Another argument he discusses is that global<br />

warming is beneficial for the planet. A little crazy,<br />

right? How can this problem that many are concerned<br />

about actually benefit us. Well, some people<br />

believe that warmer weather means plant growth<br />

will increase and help farming in Northern areas.<br />

Some think that the government made up global<br />

warming to spark the financial gain of the environmental<br />

industry. Although these theories are<br />

intriguing, global warming remains an environmental<br />

concern.<br />

The Solar Spark<br />

Image courtesy of solarspark.co.uk.<br />

Image courtesy of garydavenport.org.


8 Entertainment<br />

A Quiet Place scores big Cardi B leads the way in <strong>2018</strong><br />

with horror film enthusiasts with new hip-hop album release<br />

ELLIOTT JONES<br />

Staff Writer<br />

After only a few weeks in theaters, A<br />

Quiet Place is already making headlines<br />

as “one of the year’s best” horror films,<br />

according to critic Jackie K. Cooper.<br />

After scoring<br />

a 97% on<br />

Rotten Tomatoes<br />

in its first<br />

week, the film<br />

has people<br />

sprinting to<br />

theaters to see<br />

what many are<br />

calling <strong>2018</strong>’s<br />

version of Get<br />

Out, a successful<br />

horror/<br />

thriller from<br />

last year.<br />

Written and<br />

directed by The<br />

Office star John<br />

Krasinski, his<br />

lead character,<br />

Lee, joins his<br />

real-life wife<br />

Emily Blunt’s<br />

character, Evelyn,<br />

in a story<br />

about a young<br />

family living in<br />

a post-apocalyptic<br />

world in<br />

the year 2020.<br />

Only communicating<br />

through<br />

sign language,<br />

they and their<br />

three children<br />

must avoid being killed by creatures who<br />

feed off of noise by being completely<br />

silent. However, this is not as easy as it<br />

seems. With Evelyn expecting a baby<br />

and children who are trying to enjoy their<br />

adolescence by playing with toys, the fa-<br />

mily frequently has extremely close calls<br />

with these vicious monsters, leaving the<br />

audience completely captured with every<br />

scene.<br />

The blockbuster horror/thriller film<br />

keeps audiences on the edge of their seats<br />

and eyes glued to the screen for the full 90<br />

John Krasinski directs and stars in the new horror/thriller release<br />

A Quiet Place. Image courtesy of teaser-trailer.com.<br />

minutes. The acting is phenomenal, especially<br />

from the children, and the suspense<br />

can make nerves go haywire.<br />

You do not want to miss A Quiet Place,<br />

which is more than dumb jump scares and<br />

clichéd plots.<br />

PATRICK BAYOUTH<br />

Staff Writer<br />

Among the new music that has been<br />

released recently, the most talked about<br />

and anticipated is Cardi B’s new album<br />

Invasion of Privacy. Released on April 6,<br />

her first studio album is blowing up. New<br />

music by Drake, as well, is seeing plenty<br />

of play<br />

With notable feature performers like<br />

Chance the Rapper, Migos, 21 Savage,<br />

and SZA, Invasion of Privacy appeals to<br />

hip-hop fans across the globe. Singles<br />

“Bodak Yellow” and “Bartier Cardi,”<br />

which broke chart records, are featured on<br />

the album.<br />

At only 25 years old, Cardi B and her<br />

career are just beginning to take off as she<br />

is sure to be one of the faces of hip-hop in<br />

the near future.<br />

Drake also dropped his new single<br />

“Nice for What,” which is currently the<br />

#1 song in the United States and the #2<br />

song in the world behind his other notable<br />

single “God’s Plan.” Drake, the most<br />

streamed artist on Spotify, always creates<br />

a stir when he releases a new piece. The<br />

new single sounds like his older music<br />

which listeners are excited about, and this<br />

is arguably his best song yet.<br />

Looking ahead, the future release of<br />

Post Malone’s new album on April 27 is<br />

much anticipated.<br />

Cardi B’s album Invasion of Privacy has already gone gold with a little help from<br />

numerous artists. Image courtesy of bellanaiija.com.<br />

Make Mother’s Day<br />

a culinary experience<br />

with these restaurant<br />

suggestions<br />

Six-year-old Cami Pyne in the big kitchen, learning the skills that she would soon<br />

share with the EHS community in Cooking with Cami. Photo by Mrs. Pyne.<br />

Cooking with Cami<br />

CAMI PYNE<br />

Contributing Editor<br />

This month will be my favorite recipe<br />

for chocolate chip cookies (when Tiff’s<br />

Treats breaks the bank).<br />

Serves around 30-40<br />

• 4 1/4 cups all- purpose flour<br />

• 2 teaspoon baking soda<br />

• ½ teaspoon of salt<br />

• 1 ½ cup of real butter<br />

• 1 ¼ cups granulated sugar<br />

• 1 ¼ cups packed brown sugar<br />

• 2 teaspoons vanilla<br />

• 3 eggs<br />

• 1 to 2 bags of chocolate chips<br />

1. Preheat oven to 375*, beat the granulated<br />

sugar, brown sugar, and butter in an<br />

electric mixer.<br />

Beat in the vanilla and eggs until well<br />

blended. Beat in the flour, baking soda,<br />

and salt. If you are feeling bold, you can<br />

do this in a huge bowl hand mixed. Stir in<br />

the chocolate chips.<br />

2. Drop tablespoon sized cookie dough<br />

balls on cookie sheets, about 2 inches<br />

apart.<br />

3. Bake 8-10 minutes or until light<br />

brown. Make sure to cool before consumption.<br />

Young and Hungry<br />

ISABEL YOUNG<br />

Staff Writer<br />

This month on Young and Hungry, I<br />

will be reviewing the brunch bests in<br />

the Houston area in honor of Mother’s<br />

Day. Brunch is one of my favorite meals<br />

because it combines breakfast with lunch,<br />

and you can get eggs and waffles or a<br />

burger and fries…or both.<br />

Some of my favorite brunch spots are<br />

Emmaline, Tiny No. 5, Adair Kitchen, and<br />

Liberty Kitchen. You cannot go wrong<br />

with any of these brunch spots, and I am<br />

sure you will enjoy a lovely brunch with<br />

your mother wherever you go. Let me<br />

give you some recommendations to ensure<br />

your taste buds a sweet time.<br />

If you are feeling like something along<br />

the line of dessert, I suggest the pastry<br />

cream-stuffed French toast or the mascarpone<br />

pancake stack from Emmaline.<br />

If you are wanting something savory, the<br />

eggs benedict or the Emmaline burger will<br />

not disappoint.<br />

At Tiny No. 5, the West U Special or<br />

Southside Special are a great combo of<br />

sweet and savory and will start your day<br />

off right.<br />

Adair Kitchen will also be a great spot<br />

for you for Mother’s Day brunch, and<br />

some favorites from there are crispy<br />

chicken and waffles or a classic omelette.<br />

Some of Liberty Kitchen’s brunch favorites<br />

are Dixie Chicken Fried Sliders and<br />

the pancakes.<br />

Hope some of these brunch dishes inspire<br />

you for your Mother’s Day.


Sports<br />

BASEBALL<br />

SOFTBALL<br />

Sports<br />

Brief<br />

The varsity baseball team had a very<br />

successful <strong>March</strong> and the start of SPC<br />

play. The Knights began SPC against our<br />

neighbor school in red, St John’s. The<br />

offense for the Knights was hot, putting<br />

up five runs in the first inning, and the<br />

Knights’ pitching behind sophomore Tanner<br />

Witt earned them a 10-1 victory over<br />

the Mavericks.<br />

With a SPC Championship rematch, the<br />

Knights took on their rivals, the Kinkaid<br />

Falcons. Behind the outstanding pitching<br />

and offense of seniors Justin Fox and Jack<br />

Grams respectively, the Knights earned<br />

themselves a 5-4 win over the Falcons.<br />

Next, the Knights took on John Copper<br />

for the first place seed in SPC. Behind the<br />

offense of Peter Geib, Tanner Witt, Colton<br />

Rathjen, and Antonio Cruz, the Knights<br />

earned an undefeated record in SPC play<br />

for the month of <strong>March</strong>.<br />

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Girls lacrosse prepares for final SPC push<br />

ELLIE RAGIEL<br />

Staff Writer<br />

Heading to Dallas this<br />

weekend for the SPC<br />

tournament, the<br />

girls varsity lacrosse<br />

team is<br />

looking back on a season<br />

full of highlights under<br />

head coach Jessica Adams.<br />

The team, which placed fifth<br />

in last year’s SPC rankings, hopes<br />

to gain one of the top seeds at this year’s<br />

tournament. Coach Adams, along with<br />

assistant coach Emily White and senior<br />

captains Anna St. Denis, Sophia Maldonado,<br />

and Merrie Afseth, has led the team<br />

to an impressive SPC record, despite the<br />

setback of a personal injury at the start of<br />

the season.<br />

This month the girls had a notable win<br />

against Houston Christian at home<br />

on<br />

April 12. With<br />

an impressive<br />

10-9 win in<br />

overtime<br />

against Memorial as well as a 15-1 sweep<br />

of Friendswood already under their belt,<br />

the team is looking optimistically toward<br />

the SPC Tournament and is excited to play<br />

long time SPC rivals in Dallas next week.<br />

Additionally, girls lacrosse celebrated<br />

their Senior Night this month, when they<br />

paid tribute to the team’s four seniors -<br />

St. Denis, Maldonado, Afseth, and Kylie<br />

Jones, - after their win against GCGLA<br />

storm on April 17.<br />

EHS varsity softball has an outstanding<br />

record of 27-1 and 2-0 in SPC play. The<br />

team has had critical triumphs over top<br />

public school teams all across the South.<br />

Their recent victory over Kinkaid ended<br />

with a dominating 10-0 score. They also<br />

attended the Schulenberg Tournament and<br />

came out undefeated.<br />

Seniors Alexis Aboulafia, Sarah Venker,<br />

Daryn Grams, Sarah Mouton, Isabelle<br />

Ross, and Abby Corder have been working<br />

tremendously on and off of the field.<br />

TRACK<br />

The track teams’ <strong>2018</strong> season had an<br />

incredible start and they look to keep their<br />

momentum rolling into SPC. In his new<br />

role as head track coach, Coach Isaiah<br />

Coleman has transitioned smoothly.<br />

With exceptionally strong performances<br />

in the Texas Relays and Victor Lopez<br />

Classic, the teams have made their names<br />

known across the state. Led by seniors<br />

Omar Denmon and Kansas Watts, the<br />

teams looks to bring home the gold next<br />

week at SPC.<br />

TENNIS<br />

The varsity boys and girls tennis<br />

teams are finishing up the last remaining<br />

matches on their schedules before preparing<br />

for SPC.<br />

The girls have gone undefeated in their<br />

season thus far, with a recent 3-2 win<br />

against Emery Weiner and 5-3 against St.<br />

Agnes.<br />

The boys team redeemed itself after a<br />

rough two loss start to the season, beating<br />

St. Thomas 5-2 on April 3.<br />

These teams, as well as the school, are<br />

very hopeful and confident that they will<br />

beat SPC rivals St. John’s and Houston<br />

Christian in the weeks to come in order to<br />

hold their seed in the conference.<br />

GOLF<br />

The Knights girls and boys golf teams<br />

are having a stellar year so far and are<br />

hungry for the SPC Championship.<br />

The boys team, led by juniors Jack<br />

Matthews and Jack Panus, had two recent<br />

tournaments. On April 17 they traveled to<br />

the Quail Valley Golf Club and on April<br />

24 they participated in the Meadowbrook<br />

Farms Golf Club Tournament.<br />

The girls golf team, captained by seniors<br />

Mary Hellen Kennedy and Margaret Runnels,<br />

will participate in these tournaments.<br />

Senior Sophia Maldonado and junior Finty Milton reach for a stray ball during a varsity lacrosse game. Photo by Parker Vining.<br />

Lacrosse team ends season in tough SPC tourney<br />

LAUREN PORTER<br />

Editor-in-Chief<br />

Knights lacrosse had many exciting<br />

games to close out the season and demonstrated<br />

true athleticism at SPC.<br />

Senior leadership this season has been<br />

very strong, with captains Harrison<br />

Hobbs, Ford McCann, Marshall McCann,<br />

and Noah Dahlberg leading the way. One<br />

of the highlight victories of the season<br />

was against Houston Christian on Senior<br />

Night. Senior Night celebrates the seniors<br />

on the<br />

team and their<br />

future<br />

endeavors in<br />

college.<br />

There<br />

were<br />

also gift<br />

cards to Chickfil-a,<br />

Whataburger, and<br />

Starbucks that were awarded to<br />

attendees as prizes.<br />

During the game, the boys played stellar<br />

defense and brought home a 10-7 victory.<br />

However, the season has been tougher<br />

than most for the boys, as they had a close<br />

loss against St. Thomas and a loss against<br />

St. John’s. The team looks to strengthen<br />

their offense by utilizing new methods for<br />

next year.<br />

On the defensive side, senior Charlie<br />

Buckner and junior Holt Johnson have<br />

been essential parts of the team as goalies<br />

and have blocked many potential goals.<br />

Before SPC, the boys had one final game<br />

against Ridge Point that resulted in a 10-6<br />

win. The SPC Tournament resulted in<br />

three games for the Knights, the first being<br />

against Epis-<br />

copal School<br />

of Dallas, which resulted in a heartbreaking<br />

loss, 22-1. The boys then played<br />

Greenhill and came up short, 13-5. However,<br />

the boys finished the season strong<br />

with a 16-6 victory over St. Stephen’s.<br />

Freshman Gannon Amendola uses his excellent stick skills to evade a defender on his way to the goal during varsity action.<br />

Photo by Amelia Traylor.


10 The Knight Times<br />

Opinion<br />

Debate remains on the subject of finals in spring religion courses<br />

ANGEL STRINGER<br />

Staff Writer<br />

The EHS community faced hardship at<br />

the beginning of the school year due to<br />

Hurricane Harvey and its resulting flood<br />

damage. The effects were far-reaching, and<br />

among them was a change to midterms,<br />

which were cancelled in every class due to<br />

loss of time to cover material. While finals<br />

will be administered for the end of the year,<br />

I believe that the religion final should be<br />

cancelled for the students in those spring<br />

semester classes.<br />

By Episcopal High School’s credit requirement,<br />

all students must take four semesters<br />

of religion in order to graduate.<br />

The courses are a semester long, and due<br />

to Harvey, the students that took the course<br />

first semester did not have to take a final.<br />

So why should spring semester students?<br />

Finals are tough, stressful, and count for<br />

twenty percent of a student’s average, not<br />

to mention the test is at least 100 questions<br />

and is subject to a time limit. Rather than<br />

Safe injection<br />

sites invoke<br />

ethics question<br />

CAMI PYNE<br />

Contributing Editor<br />

Heroin and other opioids are taking the<br />

country by storm and taking thousands of<br />

lives every month with them. Many cities<br />

are losing people by the day and are turning<br />

to drastic measures to save lives, such<br />

as “safe injection sites.”<br />

The concept of safe injection sites came<br />

out of Vancouver, where one of the biggest<br />

heroin problems in the world exists. Since<br />

then, cities like Seattle have started a similar<br />

process in order to save lives. But what<br />

exactly are safe injection sites and what effect<br />

do they have on the surrounding communities?<br />

Safe injection sites are sites where people<br />

can inject heroin safely with clean needles<br />

and medical professionals to observe users<br />

to make sure that they do not overdose. If<br />

they do, to reverse it with drugs like naloxone,<br />

an over-the counter chemical that can<br />

reverse an opioid overdose.<br />

California is presently attempting to pass<br />

legislation that would allow safe injection<br />

sites that exist in tents with medical equipment<br />

and a “bring your own drugs” policy.<br />

Seattle is in the process of adding safe injection<br />

sites due to its horrendous amount<br />

of opioid deaths in the past three years.<br />

Three safe injection sites have already<br />

been approved for Seattle yet not one has<br />

been implemented.<br />

Vancouver has over 700 people come in<br />

per day to use heroin, and among those,<br />

4,000 people have overdosed yet not one<br />

has died. For this Canadian city, safe injection<br />

sites are actively saving lives.<br />

The heroin epidemic has killed more than<br />

52,000 Americans in 2015 alone. Sadly,<br />

this number is rising, along with the rise of<br />

the drug fentanyl and the lacing of heroin<br />

with it, making it 10 times deadlier.<br />

Safe injection sites will help with the<br />

fentanyl crisis as these locations will test<br />

heroin and other opioids for trace amounts<br />

of fentanyl, which could easily kill someone,<br />

prior to their use.<br />

Ultimately, the sites will bring addicts<br />

to their area, individuals who are clearly<br />

unstable, causing community members to<br />

feel uncomfortable. This could also lead to<br />

an increase in crime in an area and a clear<br />

and present danger to residents, all while<br />

saving lives.<br />

It’s up to you… is this ethical?<br />

just cancelling the final, I’m sure students<br />

would rather take an in-class test or do a<br />

project like those during first semester.<br />

EHS Knights work hard and are stressed<br />

about upcoming exams. Please take it into<br />

consideration. Stand out, work hard, be<br />

Knights!<br />

JOSHUA SMITH<br />

Guest Writer<br />

No one enjoys standard methods of testing.<br />

Whether an essay or multiple-choice<br />

test, we would prefer to listen to beautiful<br />

music, watch a performance, or hang with<br />

friends to identifying the pluperfect tense<br />

of “swim.” Yet, testing in some manner is a<br />

proven method to evaluate students’ shortterm<br />

retention and comprehension of material.<br />

If testing is such a good method of evaluating<br />

students, then the issue is what reason<br />

is there for not giving a test in religion<br />

courses for Spring <strong>2018</strong>? Some will argue<br />

that since Fall 2017 students did not have<br />

to take a final for their religion classes, neither<br />

should Spring <strong>2018</strong> religion classes.<br />

To require Spring <strong>2018</strong> students to take a<br />

religion final is not fair.<br />

There is at least one reason to reject such<br />

an argument. The goal of education, in essence,<br />

is not “fairness.” Rather, it is to lead<br />

one out of ignorance and to enlighten. Last<br />

semester, the best way to reach this goal<br />

of education was through the appropriate<br />

reductions in workload. This semester, to<br />

reach that same goal, no such reductions<br />

are warranted. For this reason, it seems<br />

clear that final tests in religion classes<br />

should be given in Spring <strong>2018</strong>.<br />

Algorithms changing Wall Street trading strategies<br />

JACKSON WILLIAMS<br />

Guest Writer<br />

Algorithmic trading, high-frequency trading,<br />

algo trading, black box trading, and<br />

more are all investing strategies becoming<br />

ever more prevalent in our high-tech world.<br />

Algorithmic trading is automated trading<br />

by computers which are programmed to<br />

take certain actions in response to varying<br />

technical trends and market data. These<br />

programs are able to make trades at speeds<br />

not humanly possible, use historical data to<br />

find patterns in stocks and other financial<br />

assets, help predict future prices, and more.<br />

For example, some algorithmic trading<br />

programs might slice up large buy or sell<br />

orders to try to receive the best price. Splitting<br />

up the order into smaller orders and<br />

executing them at different times helps the<br />

Image courtesy of themedallion.ndahingham.com.<br />

trader receive a better price and can help<br />

hide their trades so others don’t recognize<br />

their strategies. Other types of algorithmic<br />

trading programs use a specific set of rules<br />

to execute trades based on a strategy. This<br />

is very helpful because it eliminates the<br />

human emotions of greed or fear and follows<br />

commands based on rules instead of<br />

feelings.<br />

Nasdaq estimates that fifty percent of<br />

stock trading volume in the U.S. is currently<br />

being driven by algo trading. Investopedia<br />

claims algorithmic trading and<br />

high-frequency trading are dominating the<br />

trading world. They credited sixty to seventy<br />

percent of U.S. trading to high frequency<br />

trading during 2009 – 2010.<br />

While there are a multitude of pros to<br />

algorithmic trading, people worry they<br />

can cause irregular volatility and “flash<br />

crashes.” These situations are caused by a<br />

domino effect of programs setting off one<br />

another. Many programs set stop-losses,<br />

which are orders to sell an asset at a specified<br />

price in order to limit a loss. If there is<br />

a large dip in an asset’s price, an algorithmic<br />

trading program would see this dip and<br />

sell the asset, making the price go down.<br />

As the price goes further down, more algo<br />

trading programs sell the asset automatically.<br />

While this is also what can happen when<br />

humans sell stocks, humans cannot sell<br />

these assets nearly as fast as algo trading<br />

programs can. This rapid sell-off is what<br />

gives the “flash crash” its name.<br />

Machine learning, artificial intelligence,<br />

increasingly fast computers, and more are<br />

leading the way to revolutionize algorithmic<br />

trading and the way we invest.<br />

image courtesy of digitaledge.org.


Opinion<br />

The Knight Times 11<br />

Technology may be to blame for Instant Gratification Generation<br />

SOPHIA HENRY<br />

Staff Writer<br />

Older generations are quick to call us<br />

lazy as they discuss their more interpersonal<br />

lives without cell phones and social<br />

media. They tell us of their fond memories<br />

of playing outside, writing love letters,<br />

and eating without technology at the table.<br />

This was a time before people could hide<br />

in their rooms and indulge in binge watching<br />

TV shows or gaming until 3 a.m. While<br />

past generations may refer to us as lazy,<br />

perhaps we are just more efficient or have<br />

a higher need for instant gratification.<br />

Today, anything can be delivered within<br />

moments: packages, food, clothes, flowers,<br />

furniture, groceries, answers to Google<br />

questions, and even a date. This contributes<br />

to a lack of patience as “we want what<br />

we want, and we want it now,” without any<br />

delay and minimum effort.<br />

Commercials are even becoming obsolete<br />

with Netflix, Hulu, Youtube (if one uses adblock),<br />

and pre-recorded shows; therefore,<br />

companies such as ABC and NBC have<br />

developed features to prevent their viewers<br />

from fastforwarding, but one can always<br />

pay more money to skip them. Ramesh Sitaraman,<br />

a computer science professor at<br />

the University of Massachusetts Amherst<br />

and researchers at Akamai Technologies<br />

Inc., who works with companies such as<br />

Major League Baseball and Fox Broadcasting<br />

Co to deliver faster videos, says<br />

that a video should start working within<br />

the first “two seconds” or people will begin<br />

to “abandon [the] video.” They studied<br />

over 23 million online streams and found<br />

that after two seconds, every proceeding<br />

one-second delay results in a 5.8 percent<br />

increase in viewers leaving the page.<br />

A society that experiences instantaneous<br />

feedback will slowly possess less and less<br />

patience. A graduate fresh out of college<br />

will join the workforce with disappointment<br />

as they are passed over for raises and<br />

promotions, and a lack of positive reinforcement<br />

may cause a struggle in staying<br />

motivated. Without the expected constant<br />

fulfillment, millennials feel frustrated as<br />

they lack a degree of patience for the “good<br />

Intellectual property rights<br />

can open tricky legal doors<br />

job” to come quickly. This instant gratification<br />

replaces lasting satisfaction with fleeting<br />

pleasure as we receive constant notification<br />

on our phones through text messages<br />

and social media updates. Instagram’s recent<br />

update even notifies users if people<br />

have commented on a photo they simply<br />

liked.<br />

The diagnosis of attention deficit disorder<br />

has skyrocketed in the last decade, and<br />

adults are beginning to be prescribed medication.<br />

In 2003, twelve percent of American<br />

children ages 5 to 17 were diagnosed<br />

with ADHD, and those numbers increased<br />

to 43 percent in 2011. This means that 5.8<br />

million children in the U.S. have ADHD.<br />

One must consider the cause of this enormous<br />

jump. Is it our instant gratification<br />

culture or a problem rooted in diagnosing<br />

kids too soon?<br />

Will our short attention spans prevent us<br />

from ever learning patience?<br />

ISABELLA GOODMAN<br />

Staff Writer<br />

Intellectual property is outlined as any<br />

product of human intellect that the law<br />

protects from unauthorized use by others,<br />

and can be protected through trademarks,<br />

patents, and copyrights. Intellectual property<br />

can be hard to clearly define, unlike<br />

physical property, because it pertains to<br />

ideas and concepts. Since the conception<br />

of intellectual property laws, there have<br />

been disagreements and controversy as to<br />

what constitutes intellectual property and<br />

who can reap the benefits.<br />

The first article and eighth section of the<br />

United States Constitution states that Congress<br />

issue copyrights, allowing people the<br />

exclusive rights to their creations. There<br />

have been countless high profile intellectual<br />

property cases where two entities fight<br />

over an idea that is potentially worth millions.<br />

In 2008, the creators of Barbie went<br />

head to head with a rival doll maker, Bratz.<br />

With similar designs and increasing popularity,<br />

the two went after each other; ultimately,<br />

the creators of Bratz were forced<br />

There are students at EHS<br />

who are making creations<br />

worthy of patents and copyright.<br />

to both remove all stock from shelves and<br />

pay $100 million. In Michael Baigent and<br />

Richard Leigh vs. The Random House<br />

Group, the writers of the non-fiction book,<br />

The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail, argued<br />

that Dan Brown’s The DaVinci Code<br />

infringed on their intellectual property.<br />

While Brown did not outright plagiarize<br />

their work, the two claimed that there was<br />

non-literal copying of a substantial portion<br />

of their book, and more specifically that<br />

he copied the manner in which their book<br />

had been written. The court decided that<br />

although Brown had clearly drawn from<br />

their book, he did not necessarily infringe<br />

copyright. One of the most famous cases<br />

of intellectual property law is the Napster<br />

case. Napster was a pioneering, file-sharing<br />

site where users could download songs<br />

for free instead of purchasing CDs. Popular<br />

bands signed to major labels, such as<br />

Metallica, were vocal in their animosity<br />

toward Napster. The site gained a huge following<br />

and as a result, garnered the attention<br />

of the Recording Industry Association<br />

of America (RIAA), who sued the emerging<br />

tech startup. Napster never owned the<br />

rights to the music that users were uploading<br />

and sharing; those rights belonged to<br />

the artists and their studios. Napster agreed<br />

to pay a $26 million settlement, and users<br />

now must pay licensing fees.<br />

While the idea of intellectual property or<br />

a personal disagreement as to who owns it<br />

may seem a distant possibility to a teenager,<br />

there are students at EHS who are making<br />

creations worthy of patents and copyright.<br />

In Mr. Duncan’s Computer Science<br />

Projects class, students are encouraged to<br />

follow their passions in computer science,<br />

whether that means creating apps, websites,<br />

and algorithms, or mining bitcoin. As<br />

a result, some students have questions as<br />

to the ownership of their ideas. If they created<br />

something in an EHS classroom, with<br />

an EHS computer, on EHS Wi-Fi, is it still<br />

solely theirs? If their product is believed<br />

to have monetary value, is EHS entitled to<br />

some form of financial compensation?<br />

The answer is a little complicated and<br />

would differ on a case-by-case basis. You<br />

will not find any clear-cut intellectual property<br />

guidelines in the Student Handbook<br />

because there are none. According to Mrs.<br />

Evelyn Cambria, the Director of Finance<br />

and Operations as well as the Chief Financial<br />

Officer of EHS, a creation is solely the<br />

student’s, and he or she would be encouraged<br />

to apply for a patent. For instance,<br />

when John Wall (’14) created wearable<br />

technology, he was encouraged to continue<br />

his work outside EHS. There are several<br />

students who have taken their technological<br />

creations and projects to college and<br />

beyond. Teachers, on the other hand, operate<br />

under a different guidelines. If a teacher<br />

creates something that is considered to be<br />

under the scope of his or her job, it not only<br />

belongs to the teacher but it also belongs to<br />

the school. If the teacher wanted to pursue<br />

the marketing of his or her idea, it would<br />

be the property of the school.<br />

As we move further into the age of technological<br />

advancement, intellectual property<br />

is something to consider. We have<br />

seen time and again a single idea leading<br />

to a billion-dollar enterprise. Intellectual<br />

property can be a tricky thing to deal with,<br />

and if you end up on the wrong side of an<br />

intellectual property battle, it can be damaging<br />

both financially and to the integrity<br />

of your business.<br />

The Knight Times<br />

Head of School<br />

Ned Smith<br />

Assistant Head of School<br />

Nancy Laufe Eisenberg<br />

Dean of Arts<br />

Jay Berckley<br />

Visual Arts Chair<br />

Kate Philbrick<br />

Publications Coordinator<br />

David Framel<br />

Photojournalism Instructor<br />

Jaime Sonnier<br />

Photojournalism Editor<br />

Miranda Greenwalt<br />

Episcopal High School<br />

4650 Bissonnet, Bellaire, TX 77450<br />

713-512-3400<br />

Image courtesy of amazon.com.<br />

Editor-in-Chief<br />

Lauren Porter<br />

Managing Editor<br />

Sydney Hutchins<br />

Contributing Editor<br />

Cami Pyne<br />

Staff Writers<br />

Ellie Ragiel<br />

Isabel Young<br />

Isabella Goodman<br />

Angel Stringer<br />

Sophia Henry<br />

Preston Witt<br />

Patrick Bayouth<br />

Elliott Jones<br />

Daniel Davis<br />

Gabrielle Ducote<br />

Photographers<br />

Teagan Ashworth, Chris Castro Janecki, Cara Kennedy, Lane McCool, Mason Morris, Parker<br />

Nickerson, Julia Toups, Trinity Watts, Hannah Windle, Rohan Asthana, Phoebe Crow, Layton<br />

Debes, Caroline Fertitta, Elliott Jones, Robert Mason, Taylor Ranucci, James Henry Ray,<br />

Stockton Shaffer, Madison Stanke, Sophie Thomas, Sasha Vermeil, Rachel Boeker,<br />

Sydney Bosarge, Kaveinga Davis, Will Davis, Spencer Donley, Cydne Harrell-Malveaux,<br />

Amber Hatfield, Alexandra Herrera, Sadie Jensen, Elliott Leathers, Chloe Masterson,<br />

Luke Pugh, Ethan Tuckwood, Luke White, Alan Ayanegui, Christina Betti, Isabel Frasier,<br />

Sophia Pamphilis, Margaret Runnels, Sophia Wayne, David Bebczuk, Sydney Cooper,<br />

Alex Deutsch, Elizabeth Anne Charbonnet, Sophia Haugh, Sadie Jensen, Lindsey Little,<br />

Anna McLauchlin, Julia Nasser, Chandler Onyekwelu, Kate Peterkin,<br />

Lexi Sagers, Madelyn Scholtes, Amelia Traylor, Celine Waxham<br />

The Knight Times is a product of students in the Episcopal High School newspaper class, who are<br />

solely responsible for its creation and editorial content. The opinions expressed are those of the<br />

writer and do not necessarily represent those of the Episcopal Board of Trustees, administration,<br />

faculty, and staff. Published ten times a year, The Knight Times is a non-profit educational tool.<br />

The staff encourages the submission of letters, editorials, and story ideas from the community<br />

but reserves the right to edit and/or use said articles.


Answers: Mr. Drexel - C; Mrs. Succi - D ; Mr. Smith - A ;<br />

Mr. Milani - B; Mrs. Adams - F: and Ms. White - E<br />

e: ___________________________________________ Date: ___________________<br />

KT Crossword<br />

12 The Knight Times<br />

Knight Shift<br />

KT Crossword<br />

1<br />

2 3<br />

4 5<br />

6<br />

1.<br />

Hot or Not<br />

Making your Instagram<br />

If you don’t know<br />

caption, “#ifyouknowyouknow”<br />

7 8<br />

9<br />

Listening to Cardi B’s new album<br />

Siri interrupting the beat drop,<br />

10<br />

Across<br />

3 Canyon Goheen (5A) and Emeline Birdwell (5B) won this<br />

annual library competition known as the _____Off<br />

4 cowboy boot enthusiast, facial hair aficionado, and<br />

possible spy<br />

7 it was hard to scroll through your meme feed this month<br />

without seeing this tech exec./possible robot<br />

9 delicious condiment; word that follows Cinco de<br />

10 EHS's favorite type of poetry<br />

on your way to school<br />

Using a dongle with your<br />

headphones<br />

Going to Prom<br />

telling you to turn right on Bissonnet<br />

(do you really not know<br />

how to get to school by now?)<br />

Apple headphones that look like a<br />

toothbrush in your ear<br />

Someone mistakenly writing a<br />

Down<br />

1 yodel in the aisles of this store and you, too, can become<br />

internet famous<br />

2 the best branch of the arts pillar<br />

5 a small device used to attach normal headphones to new<br />

iPhones (Ellie Ragiel approves this message)<br />

6 where you can find most upperclassmen on any given<br />

Sunday night<br />

8 real name for the Bissonnet driveway; you learn this in<br />

Algebra 2<br />

1. 4th floor C is haunted<br />

Top 10 Episco-Myths<br />

Prom-posal on your car<br />

Senior speeches on inspirational, Mr. Framel giving you a speech<br />

life-changing moments<br />

about The Knight Times deadlines<br />

(Celebrity Sighting)<br />

2. 3rd and 1/2 floor C is like the train platform that takes you to<br />

Hogwarts<br />

3. Mr. Binder’s beard is fake<br />

4. The coffee in the breakfast line is free<br />

5. Freshman Service Day is voluntary<br />

6. Daniel Davis’s hair is a wig<br />

7. Recycling.<br />

8. The dongles in the school store work<br />

9. The Chess Club is actually a secret society<br />

10. Ms. Sheila has a radar gun brain function<br />

Yodel-ey-he-hoo! Junior Pate Herrold (known among friends as Lil’ Pate) shares a<br />

striking resemblance to Lil’ Hank Williams, the young boy known around the globe<br />

as the yodeling Walmart boy after a video of him singing “Lovesick Blues” in the<br />

store went viral. But while Lil’ Hank took the stage at Coachella this month, Pate<br />

prefers to stay behind the scenes with Mr. Rivaz’s stagecraft class. Photos by Daniel<br />

Davis and courtesy of @lilhankwilliams.<br />

ehsknighttimes<br />

Teacher Trivia<br />

Mr. Drexel Mrs. Succi Mr. Smith Mr. Milani Mrs. Adams Ms. White<br />

A. This teacher<br />

grew up in<br />

Chocolate Town,<br />

USA where he or<br />

she attended<br />

Hershey<br />

Elementary,<br />

Hershey Middle<br />

School, and<br />

Hershey High.<br />

B. This teacher<br />

speaks fluent<br />

Japanese after<br />

spending<br />

several years living<br />

in Tokyo and also<br />

used to partake in<br />

exotic sports like<br />

bunjee jumping.<br />

C. This teacher<br />

went to college<br />

with Steph Curry<br />

and one time sat<br />

next to him in the<br />

training room while<br />

they were getting<br />

their ankles taped.<br />

D. This teacher<br />

won a state-wide<br />

piano contest when<br />

he or she was 8<br />

years old in their<br />

home state of<br />

Oklahoma.<br />

E. This teacher has<br />

a black lab named<br />

Wriggley that has<br />

several nicknames<br />

like Wriggles,<br />

Wriggs, and Baba<br />

Ghanoush.<br />

F. This teacher is<br />

named after the<br />

character Jessica<br />

Kringle (Mrs. Claus)<br />

from the Christmas<br />

Classic, “Santa Claus<br />

is Coming to Town.”<br />

She was a<br />

schoolteacher!

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