Ella Isaman 12 Page Publication
Letter From The Author All of the pieces in this publication reflect my works throughout Journalisim this year. I learned alot of skills such as InDesign, proper grammar, and just becoming a better writer in general. Sincerely, Ella Isaman
Table of Contents Personality Profile - 1 Hard News Article - 2 Feature Story - 3 Review - 4 Sports Story Coverage - 5 Opinion Piece - 6 Photo Essay - 7-8 Review - 9
Tough Toddlers and Joy for Choir Sadee Morgan, Berlin High School student class of ‘26 has found joy in vocalize Berlins Choir. Her childhood has been filled with music, she joined the choir to perform, and brought her voice to the stage. She also enjoys to take care of children and has her own babysitting business. Morgan joined choir because she was influenced by her family. Her sister participated in Berlin Choir, and her uncle’s profession is involved with music, naturally she gave it a shot. She enjoys to learn new songs and to socialize with her friends at choir. Her favorite song to perform is the Berlin Omamoter. “It’s a shorter song, and I get to do the harmony part, and it’s really fun.” Morgan said. Morgan is in the alto section, which is the lowest voice in women’s section. She plans to continue choir for the rest of high school, since the classes get more difficult as it progresses, and smaller. To learn music she records her teacher’s voice for a reference. In class, Morgan’s vocal exercises include: breath control, ability to sing notes higher, and vowel pronunciation. Whenever the choir does vocal warm ups they usually consist of nonsense words or scales. “We have to learn to say different vowels differently, so it doesn’t sound weird, but more professional is the goal.” Morgan said. Morgan explained the Berlin Choir, along with “Does the World say,” vocal group, is set to perform on October 23rd, 2022. In addition to choir, Morgan babysits kids in her local neighborhood and many other subdivisions. Based on the number of children, she takes care of 1 to 2 kids per week. It takes usually 3-6 hours. Morgan started to babysit with her sister, but now that her sister is in college, she works on her own. Morgan likes childcare, because little kids they tend to be cuter and easier to take care of than older kids. She specializes in the care of children from ages two through six. In the future, she aspires to be an art teacher because it fuses two things that she loves. Art, specifically illustration involved with colored pencils, oil pastels and watercolors. And most of all, her love of young children. “I’m thinking of being an art teacher. I love art, and working with younger children.” Morgan said. Morgan has found her passion in kids and in babysitting(ing). She wants to continue to incorporate kids and music in her life. Photo By: Ella Isaman
Lethal disasters of TikTok challenges There have been many stunts that teenagers on TikTok have pulled to gain social media attention. In one recent case, a 13-year-old- boy died in Ohio, due to overdose of Benadryl, which is known as the “Benadryl Challenge”. It’s a deadly challenge where you take 12 to 14 Benadryl pills to trigger hallucinations. It ultimately started in 2020 on the platform, but because of this many hospitalizations occurred. The FDA got involved, and reached out to TikTok to remove all videos of teenagers who attempted this challenge. Another absurd challenge that gained popularity is the Blackout Challenge. This actually circulated in 2008, but resurfaced on TikTok. Its challenge is to hold your breath until you have no oxygen left in your system. Many detrimental deaths rose, but in February 2021 a 9 year-old died from the Blackout Challenge. Many parents who lost their children to the challenge sued TikTok to prevent more children on the platform from these dangerous challenges, but the judge overturned the lawsuit. Lastly, is the Chicken NyQuil Challenge. People on the app boil chicken and Nyquil, two odd combinations, and eat the product. The FDA also reached out to users, and said it’s lethal to boil NyQuil due to the properties inside the medicine. As the FDA said, “Even if you don’t eat the chicken you can inhale the medications vapors while cooking. Which can cause high levels of drugs to enter your body.” Many parents have tried to sue TikTok over the challenges, which has resulted in many lawsuits. Tiktok also invades user’s privacy. The app can access personal information, and steal it. TikTok can destroy a teenager’s mental health, due to the pressure to be ‘TikTok Famous’. Akshaya Para 26’ said, “Why would you watch a 30 second video telling you how cool it is to take an overdose amount of drugs? Let’s go back to the person who came up with the idea. You’re now responsible for the death of anyone who plays your ‘game’ and the future deaths of people who decide to go along with it. That’s not smart.”
Local mountain lion dead after hit by vehicle After the devastating loss of P-22, a Mountain Lion who crossed busy roads left and right successfully, another death followed . Possibly on Jan. 22, P-88, a four-year old Lion was hit by a vehicle. This was located at the Pacific Coast Highway near Las Posas Road. In addition to the death of this Lion, The Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area captured this Lion in March of 2020, they also attached a radio collar to indicate where the Lion is. According to “Abc News”, “It (Lion) was significant in their study because of it’s physical abnormalities including a bent tail and deformed reproductive organ,” Researchers at The Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area said. They also wanted to conduct this study due to the issue of inbred cougars. Los Angeles and Mumbai are the two areas to help big cats and the decrease in their population. However, due to the many roads and traffic, has prohibited these cats to roam, and has caused more accidents. It is estimated that there have been 34 deaths of Mountain Lions in the state of California. The death of these Lions has raised awareness, to the state of California. According to Abc News , “The Survival of P-22s on an island of wilderness in the heart of Los Angeles has captivated people around the world and reinvigorated efforts to protect our diverse Natives Species,” California Governor Gavin Newsoms” said They have raised efforts to construct large areas for these Mountain Lions to roam, and began a fundraising campaign called, “Save LA Cougars”. Photo By: 5 Chicago of P-88 the mountain
Eating at Oishii Sushi is Ramen Roll The Oishii Japanese Bistro is a wondrous restaurant filled with various Japanese dishes you can choose from. It all started with a vision that started with the founder, Chef Dennis wanted to build off of. He started his career at New York, and wanted to bring the colorful flavors of New-York styled Sushi to Ohio. When entering the restaurant, my company and I were greeted with a comfortable atmosphere, the lighting contributed making it feel like a cozy environment. We were automatically seated upon arrival, and given menus. The menu had many unique and diverse meals with interesting combinations of ingredients/sauces. The items that intrigued me the most were the Beef Negimaki, Rainbow Rolls, and the Steamed Dumplings. All had mini descriptions of the underneath, going in depth about what was contained inside the food . As an appetizer, my sister and I ordered the Steamed Dumplings, with a side of Soy Sauce. It was a great choice of food to start off the visit, the heat was the right amount to seep into my mouth, and the Soy Sauce made it 10 times better, adding a inviting taste, 5/5! After we devoured the Dumplings, the Beef Negimaki was served. I had high expectations for the Beef Negimaki that were not met. The marination of Teriyaki Sauce was enjoyable, it gave a distinct zest! Although, the beef was cooked to the point were it took an extensive amount of effort to chew. In my opinion, this dish could have been executed perfectly if the beef wasn’t so chewy, therefore its a 1.5/5. Finally, excitement overcame me and my sister when the Rainbow Rolls were put in front of us. It looked very appealing, and like it came straight out of an advertisement. The raw fish, however, was intimidating to eat. When tasting it, it tasted okay, the fish was the only problem I had. It was an interesting experience, 3/5. All in all, Oishii Japanese Bistro is a wonderful place to dine out with friends and family. There was great customer service, our server was quick and friendly. Tasting and trying new things can lead to adventure of discovering fresh tastes. I recommend this restaurant to anyone. Photo By: Ella Isaman Photo By: Ella Isaman
Olentangy and Berlin High School Approach at the Alley On November 30, 2022, at Delaware Lanes the two rivalry schools Berlin and Olentangy, battled out, both the Boys and Girls Varsity teams attempted to claim the win. The tension is heavy and thick between the two teams, and concentration is present in all players. To start, the Olentangy Girls’ team was on a rampage with the scoring, receiving various spares and strikes. One of the players, Phoebe Anderson, a senior at Olentangy, got strikes and spares, scoring with the highest points on Girls. With a 220, and 233. On the opposing side, the Girls team at Olentangy Berlin Addison Kearns 24’ with a strike came in with a 192, spared with a 136. Many of the Girls on Berlin’s Bowling team are happy with the win and their performance. One thing that impacted the Girl’s performance was the coach’s instruction. Noelle Idubor said, “The coaches help me a lot, and give me a lot of advice as to how to fix my bowling.” The coaches help each player with their technique and accuracy to achieve better bowling. Overall, the Girls Team from Berlin came in the win, all the players were proud of their performance and strives for more. Olentangy Berlin the leading players that lead the game were Payton Chapman 25’ who made an astounding strike that came in with a score of 198, and a spare with a 213. Olentangy’s side won, with Alex Hilger in first, a strike of 213, and a spare scoring at a 235. Although the Berlin team lost and many of them were devastated, Xavier Echenrode 25’ said, “It’s just difficult balancing time, but it’s fun and it’s worth it.” Both School’s Teams gave it their all and enjoyed the match. Many of them were happy with their team effort and hope to accomplish more.
Meet the Haunt� ed Sounds of the Musical Spirited The Christmas Carol is a classic Christmas Tale about rebirth, someone changing under one circumstance. What if the Christmas Carol was more modernized and with music? The movie “Spirited” staring Ryan Renoylds, playing Clint Briggs Will Ferell playing Christmas Ghost of Christmas Present is a wild ride, and Octavia Spencer who plays Kimberly. It takes place in many time periods, it varies in the 1800s-to present. The Ghosts of Christmas Past (Sunita Mani), Jacob Marley (Patrick Page), and Chirstmas Future who voices Tracey Morgan all enjoy their job by haunting people and see them become a better person. However Christmas Present wants to fulfill his life by doing stuff he missed out on. All the Christmases move on to haunting a new person, and Chirstmas Present finds Clint Briggs who’s a corrupt con man, and sells Christmas Trees to gullible people. They decide to haunt to him, yet all the efforts are useless because hes too stubborn to listen. The movie was released on November 11, 2022 for the upcoming Christmas season. There are many musical numbers throughout the movie that range from funky, upbeat to more sentimental and slow. Throughout the songs there is amazing choreography that add more spunk. The comedy that is incorporated make it more light-hearted and entertaining to watch. It sometimes breaks the fourth-wall in certain areas of the movie too. In my personal opinion, however, I would rate ‘Spirited’ a 8.5/10. I feel like everything was executed very well, but in some ways I thought that the plot was predictable, especially towards the end. Certain songs are very boring, and just makes me overall want to skip over it. In my view, just less sentimental songs would make the movie much more better. There are many cameos that are unexpected, too. The many funny lines as I mentioned, make the movie ten times better, and made me laugh a lot. The most interesting parts I felt that stood to me out was the tap dances scenes that were included. The scenes I loved the end, how Christmas Present, and Clint Briggs reunite. One of my favorite quotes were, from one of the introductory songs, ““We haunt someone and change them into a person, then we sing about it.” I would suggest watching this move if you want to have a good laugh, and enjoy miracles. There are many elements to the movie that I felt were great, and some that needed work on. You can find this movie on Apple TV+ or at your local Movie Theatre. Photo By: IMDb
Stuck In A!umn Time Great shadows of trees wander, and blankets the yellow tall grass. The grass wallowed downward, after the sun sets. The sun starts to fall to dusk, and the clouds accumulate in the blue sky. Shy yellow began to illuminate under the blue hues. !"#$%&%'(#$))*+,"#&-,#.,//012#0)$(3,#/,$+,"#4$//#&0#&-,# 3)0%(52#$(5#&-,#0(6,#7%)7/,#-.5)$(3,$"#5,6$.,58#!# /*&&/,#6-*/5#7/$."#1*&-#&-,#5*)&#*(#&-,#5*"&$(6,8 The withered down sedum soaks in the sunlight. The purples started to show, the summer-green colors have now vanished. By: E"a Isaman
A lonely dandelion swaying to wind’s breeze. Surrounded by vibrant green grass. The mini seeds waited to be blown on. The pale tall grass spreads like wild !re, in bunches. An inquisitive child wandered around the enviroment afar. The wild bu"aloberries stand out as the leaves color drains to brown. The berries grazed the branches, and sprouted under the feeible twigs. The rays of orange sunlight slowly fade under the crispy cold weather. The crippled #owers shrivel under sunset.
Cadet placed second in Colum� bus OH fencing competition On April 2nd 2023 Elise Lemasters scored 2nd place at the Foil Fencing Competition in Columbus Ohio. To her placing 2nd place was a big accomplishment. Lemasters said, “You obviously want to win, and try your best.” All the opponents she faced made her work for it. Throughout the competition she compared the sport to a game of chess, and how it intellectually challenges you to make reasonable moves. Lemasters said, “You have to be very observant, and you have to know what the opponent is doing. It’s a lot with the mind.” The night before the competition nerves get the best of her. Once she entered the competition she starts to loosen up, and figure out who she’s facing. Her routine before she hits the strip is she puts on her motivation music, and gets to it! One thing that Lemasters enjoyed getting caught up with fencers she had et in previous competitions or fencing clubs. Her future Lemasters is going to Nationals over the summer. For many years shes been qualified for Nationals in Arizona, Phoenix. She wishes to pursue fencing further by getting a scholarship.