Bradley and Nicole Ridge are freshman twins who are part of a closed adoption.  This means that the twins are legally not allowed to know hardly anything about their birth parents until they turn 18.  Bradley and Nicole tell their story and explain how being part of a closed adoption has affected their lives.  They tell what it's been like having a twin and also what it is like to wonder about your "real" parents every day.

When we think of censorship, we usually imagine that little sticker on the corner of a CD.  What about books?  What happens when the ultimate irony occurs; you are a librarian in a town that burns books.  Carmel High School Media Specialist Bonnie Grimble found herself in this situation many years ago at an Indiana school.  In this piece, WHJE reporter Ty Maguiness examines what censorship can do to an entire community.

Kevin and Emily become acquainted and get friendly very quickly, just weeks before their Sadie Hawkins Dance.  This drama goes into the minds of these two characters as they have very innocent conversations.

Kyle Killworth is a senior at Carmel High School.  He is just your average, everyday kid, minus a left leg.  Kyle was born after his mother had chicken pox while Kyle was in the womb.  This complication has only affected about 200 total pregnancies.  Kyle doesn't mind, in fact he could care less.  With the help of his family and friends, Kyle leads a life that he would never trade.  On top of that he has found a passion in wheelchair basketball.  He's just your average everyday kid.

With America’s economy going through some rough times, college graduates are quickly learning that landing a job right after college isn’t so easy anymore. However, the younger generation has come up with creative solutions to this growing problem. WHJE reporter, Ariel Byam, tells the story of John Ban, co-founder of the Indianapolis food truck, West Coast Tacos. John explains the daily sacrifices and struggles of running his brand new business. Thanks to John’s social media marketing approach, W.C.T. has already accumulated thousands of loyal customers across Indianapolis.

I believe that no matter who you are, or who people think you are, there is a story to every peron.  I wanted to get to know someone’s story but I wasn’t sure how to pick someone until my band had a gig at this Battle of the Bands thing going on.  I didn’t know much of the details until I got there because our band manager isn’t the best on getting all the info out.  After I got there, there were a bunch of people that had just got done with a big bike race.  That was when I found out that the whole event was put on by YAMS, which stands for Youth Against Multiple Sclerosis.  This organization has had multiple events that I’ve heard about before but it wasn’t until Battle of the Bands, I found out that it was run by one of the students in my grade.  Her name is Lexi and her dad has Multiple Sclerosis.  When you first meet Lexi, you would think she was perfect.  She has been on homecoming court all three of her years in high school, is dating a football player, and is the sweetest girl you would ever meet.  I thought to myself, no one could possibly be that perfect.  That’s when I decided to get to know her story and how her life is affected by this.  Even I was guilty of stereotyping Lexi and I wanted to find out more about what her life was really like.

WHJE Reporter Sara Zhang's work sitiuation is a little unusual.  She's and Atheist, and she works at a church doing audio-visual operation.  This piece addresses Zhang's internal moral struggle:  Is it morally ambigious for her to work in a religion instituation?

On the day my grandparents learned that their first son was born Down Syndrome, their worlds flipped upside down. Raising Adam, my 27-year-old uncle with Down Syndrome, was difficult at times and they often found themselves facing situations the average parent never will. My grandparents and aunt open up and share their experiences with Adam through the years and their feelings about his undetermined future. Adam talks about how he feels about having Down Syndrome and the life he hopes to live in the upcoming years. He's at the age where most people are settling down and it's hard for everyone in my family to watch him begin to go down a different path that Adam finds less satisfying. Though we have and continue to go through challenging times with Adam, he's what makes my family so unique.

My mother dealt with terrible asthma in her youth. She could not enjoy outdoor activities and was plagued by wheezing and coughing whenever she participated in them. Therefore, Halloween was a misadventure for her. While her friends ran from door to door and screamed and shouted, Patti was forced to remain indoors. But, my grandmother just would not stand to have her daughter unhappy! She created a haunted house just for her. But what was just a game for my Mom and her family became a local legend and one of the first haunted houses in Indianapolis.

Ronald Phillips is a boy with a problem.  He needs to get his girlfriend a present...but doesn't have a clue what to get.  He takes his brother Bobby to Wal-Mart on a funny search for the perfect gift.  I won't give away the ending, but I will say this...he should have listened to everybody around him. I hope you enjoy.

This in-depth really brought my attention to the reality of teen sex.  It really does surround teens in this world and it's hard to run away from.  For this piece, I really wanted to capture both views of a typical teenage girl and boy and what they thought about the experience they went through.  They learned that it's not something to mess around with and though it may seem fun at the time, in the long run it only brought stress and madness into their lives.   They had to find out the hard way that a moment of satisfaction can lead to indescribable pain.

Across America, there are hundreds of thousands of dogs living inside the horrific walls of puppy mills mass-breeding puppies for their entire lives. The mill operators take extremely poor care of the animals, rarely providing healthcare and adequate food, water, and shelter. The dogs are abused and neglected until, hopefully, they are rescued from the mill. Stephanie Jobe, board member from the Petite Paws Rescue branch in Indiana, describes her disturbing experiences while on a rescue mission at a puppy mill located in Ohio. Additionally, this piece addresses the issue of mill puppies being sold at pet stores across the country. When buying dogs from pet stores, it becomes much more of a challenge to end the puppy mill operation. The mills are a widespread problem, but it is difficult to raise awareness among the public.

Music has evolved over the years, and now a new genre of music is emerging-dubstep. This piece is quick look into dubstep that shares it with the listener to expand their musical knowledge and hopefully augment their musical interests in an instant. Come along on the haunches of the subwoofer and listen to dubstep.

This new day and age prides itself on cultural diversity. In fact, pop culture encourages it! Naturally, we harbor a sense of curiosity for the elements of another's culture. If you hear someone speak another language, you can't help but wonder what they must be saying, or if you're in an international restaurant, you wonder what sort of food they must have. There's a charm associated with another culture now, that has resulted from this wave of curiosity.

Unfortunately, if you've been surrounded by such an intriguing culture, you often forget about that foreign curiosity factor. Our project was to feature what was unique about us, and it took me too long to realize that my culture, that defines me, was a topic of general curiosity. It is foreign. It makes me unique.

In 3 minutes and 52 seconds, I've pieced together the most prominent aspect of my life, my Indian culture that not many people see from me, that contrasts so much to the American culture at Carmel High School. "In a school of 4600 kids, it's hard not to get your browns confused, but when you're the only Indian on staff, "Where's Waldo?" just got a whole lot easier..."

A discoverer of time travel learns of the dangers of utilizing the aforementioned technology without proper preparation, leading to a miserable ending.

Something like this happens roughly once a month.

Rape culture stems from these twisted ideas because too many people accept that the objectification and degradation of women from peers and the media is the societal norm. Americans don’t believe that this is wrong; rather they believe that if they keep quiet about the crimes done to them, or to others, the crimes will simply go away. But more and more people, almost exclusively women, believe that rape is something that is unavoidable. Rape culture is not just about rape; it’s about the growing idea that women are objects to be used once and then thrown away, which then creates the concept that sexual assault is normal and even expected.    

“Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore.”  These words, written upon the Statue of Liberty, are ironic coming from a nation that has so often ostracized its immigrants.  Whether it is banning Chinese immigration or passing the Patriot Act, the United States has, at times, adopted a nativist point of view that results in stereotypes and hostility towards newcomers.  Yet most of these stigmas are inaccurate, as I learned during the summer of 2013 when I spent 6 weeks living with a host family in Mérida, Mexico, speaking only Spanish.  In this project, I disprove typical views of Mexico while emphasizing the importance of tolerance in creating a more united and tolerant United States.

Alzheimer’s is the most common form of dementia and affects 1 in 3 senior citizens, including my grandma, Pauline Thomas.  In this feature, I took a look at Alzheimer’s as a disease, specifically in my grandma, also looking at what it does to family as a whole.  I discussed my own experiences as well as the fears that my family and myself have associated with this disease.  Overall, I emphasize the importance of living life to the fullest and making memories with those you love.