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Devils' Advocate
The news site of Hinsdale Central High School

Devils' Advocate
The news site of Hinsdale Central High School

Devils' Advocate
Everett Eck

Everett Eck, Section Editor

Everett Eck is a senior who loves the sport of basketball.  If he is not playing it, he is probably watching it.  When he isn’t playing basketball, he is probably playing and beating all of his friends at ping pong.  Everett also enjoys watching his favorite team in all of sports, the Chicago Cubs, during the summer. Everett will be a junior this year and is excited for the new school year. You can contact Everett at [email protected].
All content by Everett Eck
Indian Culture Clubs meets twice a month to create a friendly, Indian community within the school.

Indian Culture Club, the newest club

Everett Eck, Kabir Sawlani, Editor-in-Chief, and Abby Stockmal, Editor-in-Chief
May 16, 2018
The school will host its annual college fair on Thursday, April 19.

Central hosts annual college fair

Everett Eck and Hannah Anderson, Editor-in-Chief
April 18, 2018
Many students are going out of their way to make literary references in their promposals, as the theme this year is The Great Gatsby.

Varsity Club hosts promposal contest

Everett Eck and Hannah Anderson, Editor-in-Chief
April 3, 2018
Trevor Hamilton and Andrew Buehlos will look to recreate their 2017 season, where they advanced to the State Championship match for doubles.

Boys tennis looks to continue tradition of excellence

Everett Eck and Hannah Anderson, Editor-in-Chief
March 6, 2018
LEAP into Africa hosted a three-on-three basketball tournament on Sunday, Feb. 25 in the field house. They had a big turnout for the game, with many students participating in the tournament.

LEAP into Africa hosts three-on-three basketball tournament

Everett Eck and Hannah Anderson, Editor-in-Chief
February 27, 2018
Valentine's Day is always full of activities, and last year's junior class board introduced a new tradition with its matchmaking questionnaire.

Class board organizes Valentine’s Day matchmaking

Everett Eck and Hannah Anderson, Editor-in-Chief
February 6, 2018
This year's winter dance fell on Saturday, Feb. 3. With the theme being "Dancing in the Moonlight", the fieldhouse was decorated with starry lights and scenes of the night sky.

Winter dance makes students “dance in the moonlight”

Everett Eck and Hannah Anderson, Editor-in-Chief
February 6, 2018
Participants take part in the 2017 Abominable Snow Race. As the 2018 race approaches, students look forward to participating.

Outdoor Adventure Club to participate in obstacle course

Everett Eck and Hannah Anderson, Editor-in-Chief
December 19, 2017
On Monday, Nov. 14 and Tuesday, Nov. 15, students nominated by their English teachers attempted to write a quality essay in under 50 minutes to qualify for a national competition.

Students compete in writing competition

Everett Eck and Hannah Anderson, Editor-in-Chief
November 28, 2017
The winning team at the Turkey Bowel consisted of seniors Matt Bjorson, Garrett Oakey, Nick Biancalana, and Lonnell Smith. Junior Aidan Cruickshank and sophomore Guy Goss were also on the team.

Sports Club hosts first annual Turkey Bowl

Everett Eck and Hannah Anderson, Editor-in-Chief
November 28, 2017
Boys varsity cross-country charges through the grass at the Palatine Invite on Saturday, Sept. 23.

Central completes successful fall sports season

Everett Eck and Hannah Anderson, Editor-in-Chief
November 14, 2017
Chicago Cubs players celebrate after defeating the Nationals in the 2017 NLDS.

Students and faculty excited by prospect of Cubs playoff run

Everett Eck and Hannah Anderson, Editor-in-Chief
October 16, 2017
Megan Michaels, freshman treasurer, chose wordplay to advertise her campaign.

School announces freshman class board

Everett Eck and Hannah Anderson, Editor-in-Chief
September 10, 2017
Aaron Davis, motivational speaker, gave a presentation to students on the first day of school on Aug. 16.

School year kicks off with motivational speech

Everett Eck and Hannah Anderson, Editor-in-Chief
August 30, 2017
The moon covered 95 percent of the sun in Mount Auburn, Ill. during the solar eclipse on Aug. 21.

Entire school observes solar eclipse

Everett Eck, Sydney Seda, and Hannah Anderson, Editor-in-Chief
August 22, 2017
District 86 is considering changing the academic calendar for the next school year.

District 86 considers new schedule for 2017-2018 school year

Everett Eck and Hannah Anderson, Editor-in-Chief
May 15, 2017
The annual Walk the walk for Autism will be held on Sunday, April 23.

Walk the Walk for Autism held on April 23rd.

Everett Eck and Sanya Sawlani, Editor-in-Chief
April 21, 2017
The annual Central college fair will be held on Thursday, April 20.

College Fair comes to Central

Everett Eck, AlI Ardehali, Copy Editor, and Sanya Sawlani, Editor-in-Chief
April 20, 2017
Voters defeated a 76 million dollar referendum by a 70-30 margin.

District 86 voters reject $76 million referendum

Everett Eck and Sanya Sawlani, Editor-in-Chief
April 18, 2017
Students participate in activities at Dare lock in.

Hinsdale Central Hosts Dare lock in

Everett Eck and Sanya Sawlani, Editor-in-Chief
March 31, 2017
Hinsdale District 86 presents a $76 million referendum at a board meeting held at Central.

April 4 Referendum proposes changes

Everett Eck, Kunal Jobanputra, News Editor, and Sanya Sawlani, Editor-in-Chief
March 23, 2017
Class Board election results for current freshmen, sophomore and juniors were announced on Thursday, March 9.

Class Board election results announced

Everett Eck, Kunal Jobanputra, News Editor, and Sanya Sawlani, Editor-in-Chief
March 13, 2017
Student Council elections for the 2017-2018 school year were held on Wednesday, Feb. 22.

Executive Board Candidates give their pitch

Everett Eck, Kunal Jobanputra, News Editor, and Sanya Sawlani, Editor-in-Chief
February 22, 2017
The class board is hosting a school-wide bingo night on Wednesday, Feb. 22 in the cafeteria.

Bingo Night to raise money for Prom

Everett Eck, Kunal Jobanputra, News Editor, and Sanya Sawlani, Editor-in-Chief
February 22, 2017
Students welcomed an African American drumming troupe to perform during the lunch periods on Feb. 7 as part of the Black History Month celebrations.

Celebrating Black History Month

Everett Eck, Kunal Jobanputa, News Editor, and Sanya Sawlani, Editor-in-Chief
February 15, 2017
The Special Olympics basketball team won on Jan. 28 and will move on to state.

Special Olympics basketball team advances to state tournament

Everett Eck, Shannon Ging, Sports Editor, and Sanya Sawlani, Editor-in-Chief
February 1, 2017
Signs for the “Snowcoming” dance hosted by Varsity Club are hung around the school.

Snowcoming: Turnabout with a twist

Everett Eck, Kunal Jobanputra, News Editor, and Sanya Sawlani, Editor-in-Chief
January 22, 2017
Hinsdale Central honors art students showcase their work at this year's Honors Student Art Show in the art gallery.

Honors Art Show displays students’ hard work

Everett Eck, Kunal Jobanputra, News Editor, and Sanya Sawlani, Editor-in-Chief
December 17, 2016
The school's orchestra performed at the Winter concert last year and will host the holiday concert this year on Dec. 13.

Music department to perform holiday tunes for student body

Everett Eck, Kunal Jobanputra, News Editor, and Sanya Sawlani, Editor-in-Chief
December 12, 2016
Fans cheer on the Red Devils at last year’s game against Lyons Township.

New dress themes for basketball season builds excitement

Everett Eck, Kunal Jobanputra, News Editor, and Sanya Sawlani, Editor-in-Chief
November 30, 2016
"Meet the Contestant" posters are hung around the school to advertise the pageant on Dec. 8.

Mr. Hinsdale pageant showcases early December

Everett Eck, Kunal Jobanputra, News Editor, and Sanya Sawlani, Editor-in-Chief
November 21, 2016
Kelly Nash, junior, poses with her mother in the hallway during Parent Participation Day.

Parents get a glimpse into a day at Central

Everett Eck, Kunal Jobanputra, News Editor, and Sanya Sawlani, Editor-in-Chief
November 15, 2016
Founded by a student, Geeth United is a recreational soccer team in which many Central students participate in.

Student Run Soccer Team Excited for Season

Everett Eck and Sanya Sawlani, Editor-in-Chief
November 9, 2016
Central is hosting anti-bullying month in November in hopes to educate the student population

Anti-bullying week becomes “Take a Stand Month”

Everett Eck, Kunal Jobanputra, News Editor, and Sanya Sawlani, Editor-in-Chief
November 2, 2016
The Hinsdale Police Department advises residents of Hinsdale to keep their cars locked at all times given a surge of recent car robberies.

15 car burglaries reported in Hinsdale

Everett Eck and Sanya Sawlani, Editor-in-Chief
October 24, 2016
Printers in classrooms will be removed as Central moves towards becoming 1:1.

School to greatly reduce printer use

Everett Eck, Kunal Jobanputra, News Editor, and Sanya Sawlani, Editor-in-Chief
October 19, 2016
A Hinsdale South student had threatened the school's safety with a "Southocaust."

Student threatens “Southocaust”

Kunal Jobanputra, News Editor, Everett Eck, and Sanya Sawlani, Editor-in-Chief
October 18, 2016
Students in all grades were able to participate in a mock election on Thursday, Oct. 6.

Republican nominee Donald Trump wins school-wide mock election

Everett Eck, Sanya Sawlani, Editor-in-Chief, and Kunal Jobanputra, News Editor
October 7, 2016
Brett Koronkiewicz, senior, settles for regular fries, as curly fries aren’t available every day anymore.

Students react to limited availability of curly fries

Everett Eck and Sanya Sawlani, Editor-in-Chief
September 21, 2016
Runners take off from the school at last year's Habitat for Humanity Race. This year's race will take place on Sunday, Sept. 18.

Habitat for Humanity “Raise(s) the Roof” for those in need

Everett Eck, Kunal Jobanputra, News Editor, and Sanya Sawlani, Editor-in- Chief
September 17, 2016
Select spanish classes are enjoying the new desks that are part of an improvement plan to create more comfortable classrooms.

Students excited at prospect of new classrooms

Everett Eck, Kunal Jobanputra, News Editor, and Sanya Sawlani, Editor-in-Chief
September 13, 2016
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