The Clypian 2011-2012 Issue 4

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The Clypian

From Revolutionary Protest to Empty Park

The Purpose

Occupier Conner McHammon displays his feelings toward the injustices of the government. Photo by Samantha Grainger-Shuba.

The Occupy movement means to call attention to the financial and social divide between the upper 1% and the rest of the population. Protesters occupy public locales as a reminder that they have a voice.

Wall Street

This is where it all began. On Sept. 17, between 100 and 200 protesters gathering at Zuocotti Park in New York City catalyzed a movement that has spread across the United States and internationally.

Left: Occupiers gather on Oct. 10 to join the movement in Salem. Right: Wilson Park stands empty after the City of Salem evicts the occupiers. Photos by Samantha Grainger-Shuba.

Anna Sieber Editor-in-Chief & Samantha Grainger-Shuba Copy Editor

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f the big cities one might expect to see joining the Occupy movement, Salem would not have made the Top Ten list. Yet, on Monday, Oct. 10, protesters met at the capital to rally together in a march through downtown Salem around Riverfront Park

and back to set up camp at Wilson Park. Wilson Park, next door to the Capital Building, is prime real estate to be a constant reminder to the government of the failing economy, with Michelle Darr at the head. “We are essentially bankrupting the future of our children and grandchildren,” Darr said. “The population this affects the most can’t even vote yet.” However, the future generations do seem to be taking notice. South students Alexis Ramos ‘12, Anna

Fitzgerald ‘12 and Emily Fitzgerald ‘15 were among the attendees of the protest on Oct. 10. Protesters wielded signs with messages such as “99 vs. 1--We Win” as a proclamation of their dissatisfaction with tax on the rich. Essentially, they carried over the message from Occupy Wall Street to little, old Salem. “Dispersal of resources has been unequal for so long, and people are finally waking up and realizing that this can’t go on,” Darr said.

For the next two months, Occupiers staked camp in Wilson Park, upholding their message with a firm protocol of non-violence. Unfortunately for Occupy Salem, their permit to inhabit the park expired, leaving the City of Salem no choice but to evict them. Darr remains positive asserting, “We will stay until this is dealt with, until we have more security and stability as a country, and as the world. The 99 percent is not remaining silent anymore.”

Girls’ Soccer Gets a Taste of Victory

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his season, there was no doubt that the Saxon girls’ soccer team was eyeballing the State Title. Unfortunately for them, however, their season ended one game short of making it to the championship. They faced Tualatin and lost 0-1 to the soon to be 2011 State Champions. The team jokes that they did accomplish one great feat this season. Girls Soccer did something no team in South’s history

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has ever been able to do: they defeated Jesuit in the State Quarterfinals. “Jesuit has always been the one kicking us out of the playoffs over the years so it was so exciting to return the favor,” team captain Whitney Pitalo ‘12 said. The game was scoreless until the final few seconds when senior Katie Wasser’s shot, deflected by the goalie headed straight to Anne Burnham ‘12,

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who impulsively went for the strike. As the ball flew through the air it looked as if it would not make the goal, but after hitting the upper right side of the post, the ball dropped into the net. “And after the game they dropped down to their knees and cried and we were all cheering,” Burnham said. Photo Courtesy of Emilio Paz of the Sword & Shield.

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Portland

Oregon has seen one of the more violent and controversial “occupations” in Portland. Protesters have been seen defecating on public property, and have battled to keep the protest alive, even after being forcibly removed by Portland Law Enforcement. This protest continues to attempt to remain peaceful.

Worldwide

The Occupy movement has taken the world by storm. Movements have erupted in countries such as Spain and Israel during Nov., the Month of Global Uprising.

Havercroft to Retire Samantha Grainger-Shuba Copy Editor

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E teacher and former coach Rick Havercroft will retire Jan. 2012, at the end of first semester. Havercroft has had a tremendous 34-year teaching career, 12 of those years at South as a PE teacher and former head boys basketball coach, leading the boys to the State Championships in 2004. “With my free time, I’d like to spend more time with my five children, who all live in different cities than I do. I’d like to see them and I would also like to travel. It will be like doing what I do on the weekends during the weekdays,” Havercroft said. Replacing Havercroft will be volleyball coach Matt Leichty, who as of now teaches math.

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