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The student news site of Hershey High School

The Broadcaster
Kieri Karpa

Kieri Karpa, Layout Manager

Kieri Karpa is a layout manager for the Broadcaster. She is a senior at Hershey High School and has been a part of the Broadcaster for three years. Kieri also enjoys running, listening to music, and playing instruments.

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Each dot represents a piece of space junk and not pictured are the thousands of operational satellites in orbit. This image was computer generated to provide a good view of the objects in the geosynchronous orbit area (around 35,785 km altitude). (NASA)

There’s No More Space for Trash

Kieri Karpa, Head Layout Manager
April 15, 2019
Death Valley, California is the number one place in the US to stargaze. Containing some of the darkest skies in the US, it is recommended to visit during the new moon as it will be darkest. (National Park Service)

Three great places for summer stargazing

Kieri Karpa, Head Layout Manager
June 10, 2018
The May 5, 2012 supermoon, right, appears much large than the November 28, 2012 micromoon, left. A supermoon occurs when the moon is at perigee, the spot where the moon is closest to Earth in its’ orbit. (NASA/Catalin Paduraru)

Three Supermoons Coming this Summer

Kieri Karpa, Head Layout Manager
May 16, 2018
A meteor streaks across the sky during the annual Perseid meteor shower Friday, Aug. 12, 2016 in Spruce Knob, West Virginia. The Perseids, a meteor shower that occurs in mid July to mid August, is one of two meteor showers created by Halley’s comet. (NASA)

Meteor shower visible this weekend

Kieri Karpa, Head Layout Manager
May 4, 2018
Smartwatch Review

Smartwatch Review

Kieri Karpa, Head Layout Manager
April 30, 2018

Editorial: phones are good for our brains and our language

Kieri Karpa, Head Layout Manager
April 25, 2018
Auroras are created when highly charged particles from the sun interact with elements in the Earth’s atmosphere. The Northern and Southern lights appear around their respective magnetic poles. (CC0 Creative Commons/Pixabay)

Dancing lights: The science behind Auroras

Kieri Karpa, Head Layout Manager
April 11, 2018
A view of the aurora australis as taken by the Imager for Magnetopause-to-Aurora Global Exploration (IMAGE) spacecraft on Jan. 7. This photo was taken by the IMAGE satellite in 2005, after which it was lost for 12 years before being found again in early 2018. (NASA)

Long Lost NASA Satellite Found by Amateur Astronomer

Kieri Karpa, Head Layout Manager
February 21, 2018
The final exercise for the gluteus medius is the step up. To complete this exercise, step up onto a raised surface, typically about one foot tall, and bring the other knee up to 90 degrees, as if to step onto another, taller step, and step back down. This exercise will work best if it is done on both legs. (Broadcaster/Jenna Thomas)

Fitness and nutrition tips for healthy living

Kieri Karpa, Head Layout Manager
February 13, 2018
Christmas Tree Genetics works to help farms like this one to produce the best trees possible. Through cross breeding and other methods of genetic manipulation, the organization has already made improvements to the modern Christmas Tree. (Sara Hina/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Geneticists Develop Better Christmas Trees

Kieri Karpa, Layout Manager
January 5, 2018
As cold and flu season approaches, experts have tips on how to stay healthy. Once someone is sick, there are a number of tricks experts have to getting better faster. (Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0)

How to beat the common cold

Kieri Karpa, Layout Manager
November 30, 2017
Fear factor: how horror attractions make you afraid

Fear factor: how horror attractions make you afraid

Kieri Karpa, Layout Manager
October 31, 2017
The brain processes information that we do not even realize we have seen. This allowed very tiny visual cues to alert us that someone may be watching. (Flickr/CC BY 2.0)

Are you being watched?

Kieri Karpa, Layout Manager
October 12, 2017
Junior Jacob Fox snaps a selfie in band on May 12th, 2017. (Submitted/ Jacob Fox)

Selfies Have Changed Over the Years

Kieri Karpa, Layout Manager
June 21, 2017
As the first marking period comes to an end, Karis Gould is hard at work in math class on Thursday November 3rd, 2016. She was striving hard to earn a good grade on an assignment to secure her A for the marking period. (Broadcaster/Meredith Gould)

Teachers guide students through finals

Kieri Karpa, Layout Manager
May 25, 2017

Photo Essay: DC Field Trip

Kieri Karpa, Layout Manager
April 20, 2017
New Learning Options Come to HHS

New Learning Options Come to HHS

Kieri Karpa, Layout Manager
April 10, 2017
Creative Commons License 2.0 (AIM Neutron/ Flickr)

The science of stress

Kieri Karpa, Layout Manager
March 29, 2017
A pencil case is seen on a table inside a classroom in an elementary school in Frankfurt/Main, Germany, on Wednesday, January 18, 2006. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

HHS teachers share advice for Success

Kieri Karpa, Layout Manager
February 17, 2017
(Pixabay/Luis MGB)

Secrets Hide in Plain Sight

Kieri Karpa, Layout Manager
January 27, 2017
Sophomores Mayah Nicholson, Micah Nicholson, and Katie Cocco are selling backed goods for mini-THON during the volleyball tournament on December 22, 2016. The baked goods were 50 cents a piece. (Broadcaster/Kieri Karpa)

HHS Mini-THON raises money for 4-Diamonds at annual HHS Volleyball Tournament

Kieri Karpa, Layout Designer
December 23, 2016
The official White House Christmas tree, an 18-foot-6-inch Frasier fur from Jefferson, N.C., is trimmed with ornaments decorated by children of military families in the Blue Room of the White House in White House in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012, during a preview of the holiday decorations. The theme for the White House Christmas 2012 is Joy to All. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

They Won’t Be Home for the Holidays

Kieri Karpa, Layout Manager
December 20, 2016
This Oct. 14, 2016, photo shows some of the food from a Thanksgiving dinner from Martha & Marley Spoon in New York. For $120, or $180 which would include an 11-15 pound free-range turkey, Martha & Marley Spoon will ship just about everything you need to cook a decadent Thanksgiving dinner for eight to 10 people. (AP Photo/Bree Fowler)

Sleepy Science: The real reason you’re tired after holiday meals

Kieri Karpa, Layout Manager
December 7, 2016

Fight or Flight: The Science Behind Fear

Kieri Karpa, reporter
October 26, 2016

WireWorks Club inspires students

Kieri Karpa, Layout Designer
October 18, 2016

Homecoming Court Q&A

Kieri Karpa, Layout Manager
September 30, 2016

Ben and Tim Day Celebrates 25 Years

Kieri Karpa, Layout Manager
September 20, 2016
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