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BYOD security gets divisive
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New campus policy enforces file saving methods.
smashed, leaving her car full of shattered glass. “My laptop was stolen,” After a sushi lunch with Dana said. “I use Google friends in West Portal last Drive a lot, but some stuff year, senior Coco Dana I lost, mostly photos that I returned to her car hadn’t backed up.” with a friend to With a staggeringly high find one of number of breakins and the her winpossibility of losing or damagd o w s ing their devices, laptop users should have a system to save their files according to Howard Levin, Director of Educational Innovation. “We have formally promoted the use of Google Drive because Google’s product for schools is currently unlimited Photo Illustration by Julia-Rose Kibben Asha Khanna Copy Editor
in terms of space,” Levin said. “When it comes to writing presentations and documents, the more that those are created in Google, the issue of backing up becomes irrelevant.” Junior Cali Debevoise had a similar experience as Dana last year when she found her bag stolen out of her car, except she had her school -owned iPad in her backpack. “I lost some homework, all my chemistry notes and some pictures,” Debevoise said. “It wasn’t backed up, except for my stuff on Google Drive.” Students can also use “Backupify,” a third party service that is available to all students through their Google accounts, to backup their files from Google Drive. “It’s a peace of mind that if for some reason Google’s
servers all died — which is somewhat absurd — that the data is being backed up by some other company somewhere else,” Levin said. The majority of students have opted to use an Apple laptop as their primary device for the BYOD program, which offers the use of iCloud: Apple’s storage system that allows users to synchronize media across different Apple devices. While iCloud is a viable option, it only gives users five gigabytes of free storage and requires a monthly fee for more, according to Levin. “I ran out of iCloud storage so I have a terabyte hard drive that I just plug into my computer,” Dana said. “I used to put photos on my iCloud, but now they are just on my hard drive.” See BYOD p. 2
Old, new campus clubs recruit members Julia-Rose Kibben Managing Editor
Club leaders presented eight new special interest groups and reintroduced eight returning organizations to campus during the Club Assembly in Syufy Theatre last Friday, highlighting the diverse interests within the community. “I was interested in debate, did more research on high school debate clubs and found that Model United Nations was a fun way to have global debates, de-
velop leadership skills and learn about diplomacy,” freshman Arianna Nassiri, whose middle school student council program inspired her to pursue leadership in high school, said. The newly implemented club approval process requires both new and returning club presidents to attend meetings and leadership workshops with Student Life Director Devin DeMartini-Cooke as a part of the application resulted in clubs being categorized into interest
groups. “I hope that eventually we will develop such a strong Model United Nations team so that our team can compete with other high schools in the country or eventually internationally,” Nassiri said. Other new campus groups include Smear the Wall, a rockclimbing club; Social Hour, a political discussion-based lunch group and Sew Close Knit, a crafting collective. “We did have a club applica-
tion last year but there wasn’t a lot of follow-through,” DeMartini-Cooke said. “I didn’t get the information I needed from a lot of clubs, so the new process consists of some really good ways to streamline the clubs and not just hold clubs accountable but hold us accountable for supporting them.” Categories for division of groups included outdoors, social awareness, academic, art and community service clubs. See Clubs p. 2
Volunteer group cleans up creek Julia-Rose Kibben Lisabelle Panossian
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TALKING TRASH Freshmen Malinali Cervantes and Catherine Webb-Purkis pick up trash at the Coastal Cleanup event on Saturday. Over 6O student and faculty volunteers participated in the cleanup.
School community volunteers gathered near Islais Creek in the Potrero Hill area of San Francisco to continue a decade-old environmental-centric service day on Sunday. The annual Coastal Cleanup produced a 65 student and faculty turn out, with volunteers collecting over 48 garbage bags in just three hours. “This area is home to a lot of different animals,” freshman Malinali Cervantes said. “We shouldn’t be polluting where these animals live, even though picking up trash here is very little compared to what’s out in the rest of the world, trying to start somewhere is better than not trying at all.” Ninety percent of trash in San Francisco waterways does not biodegrade, according to regional environmental organization Save The Bay. “Coming here was an eye-
opening experience,” Stuart Hall High School service director Ray O’Connor said. “A lot of trash and heavy debris begins to collect over time, so there was a real need to shift this area.” Actively cleaning up littered areas can lead to the volunteers’ greater awareness of necessary environmental changes. Laws and regulations around littering, especially cigarette butts, should be enforced on San Francisco beaches, according to senior Sophia Hettenkofer. “Collecting all that trash makes us see how it accumulates so quickly and can destroy the beach,” Hettenkofer said. “If we start picking up after ourselves, we can see how it can impact nature so drastically and it’ll inspire us to not litter as much.” Attendees reported collections on data cards that were collated and sent to the state government where lawmakers may instigate environmental legislation. See Cleanup p. 2
2 FRESH START
International Baccalaureate Programme takes off.
3 FACES IN FRANCE
Three San Francisco representatives visit France.
5 GET UP, STAND UP Sitting found detrimental; standing beneficial.
8 BERRY INTERESTING
Açaí berry can have benefits, — and sugar.
12 SUNDAY MORNING City event invites attendees to enjoy car-free roads.
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The annual Blessing of the School Year is scheduled during the all-school Mass of the Holy Spirit at the Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption on Gough Street. Parents are invited to join the service. Mass is scheduled to run 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 29. making for a special class and shuttle schedule. Dress uniform is required. ►►HOMECOMING
The Homecoming Football Game against Woodside Priory is scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 1. The coed Homecoming Dance is scheduled for 7 p.m. in the Columbus Room at Stuart Hall. The game Boxer Stadium and BBQ lunches can be purchased at the stadium. ►►ANNUAL
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Annual Fund Rally Week will begin on Monday, Oct. 3, with its events carrying on the Convent campus in the Flood Mansion until Friday, Oct. 7.
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NEWS IB program earns appraisal
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Many students are satisfied with newly-implemented academic program.
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Following a three-year application process, Convent and Stuart Hall high schools have begun their first year as International Baccalaureate World Schools, with the new program already garnering positive responses from IB students. “I’m definitely happy with the program,” junior Olivia Matthes said. “The classes are interesting and engaging.” Students enrolled in the Diploma Programme take two-year long courses that provide time for more depth and thought into the topics students are studying. “I like the long-term, two-year effect of the program,” Matthes said. “You can just get on a study course of what you’re learning and carry it out.” The rigor of the IB path may be a welcomed characteristic. Many students appreciate the new challenge and learning style behind the program. “I like the fact that it’s a two year program because I know that will keep me focused for the next two years,” junior Katie Thomis said. “The information that I’m learning now I am going to need at the end of my senior
year, so it really motivates me to pay attention.” A combined thirty juniors from the two schools opted to participate in the program, reaching the administration’s goal for the first year. “Students feel challenged but appropriately challenged,” Devin DeMartini Cooke, IB Diploma Programme Coordinator, said. “The Diploma Programme is definitely a higher level of thinking. It asks a little bit more of them but it is relevant and exciting work.” Students are also required to log creativity, activity and service hours to receive the IB diploma. Creativity hours involve extra curriculars such as participating in the school play and activity hours are gained by physical activity such as playing a sport. “I like logging hours because it’s motivating me to do those things,” junior Mary Crawford said. “Because of having to log hours, I have started to go to the gym and I try to do more service.” The Diploma Programme also offers a new style of thought within the classroom, according to Thomis. “My classes are tough but they’ve got me thinking in a
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new way,” Thomis said. “It’s not just memorizing, you really have to think about the information you’re learning, which is cool but hard at the same time.” Crawford agrees. “I like that the program is very much analysis based,” Crawford said. “You are given facts, but then you go and make your own conclusions about them.” The international aspect of IB was one of the reasons Matthes decided to participate in the diploma program. “I expected it to be only internationally focused in humanities classes,” Crawford said, “We’ve actually been talking about applications of biology and math around the world.” Students are pleased with their decision to take part in the Diploma Programme, according to DeMartini Cooke. “I am happy that students are enjoying what they are doing because that is really important for the success of the program,” DeMartini Cooke said. “You want to enjoy what you’re learning and it’s going to make it that much easier for you to gain new knowledge and have interesting conversations.”
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SELF STUDY International Baccalaureate history students work to
compile primary and secondary sources for a self-produced “textbook.” Instead of a traditional course book, students put together photos, scholarly articles and other evidence pertaining to slavery and its lasting effects on America.
Device program protects losses From BYOD p. 1 Hard drives and mediasharing websites like Flickr are good options for saving photos and videos, according to Levin. “I store my PowerPoints on my hard drive,” history teacher Sarah Garlinghouse said. “I upload them onto Google Drive
as PDFs and back them up on an external disc. I don’t rely on Google, and iCloud is just a mystery to me.” Even the tech savvy may not always choose to take extra precautions when it comes to backing up files. “I’m the director of technol-
ogy for all four schools, and I receive notifications on my laptop that I’ve gone 250 days without backing up,” Levin said. “I have have a practice that whenever I import photos, I export them immediately to Flickr. If my laptop were to disappear tomorrow, I really wouldn’t lose anything.”
Clubs formed with new conditions From Campus p. 1 “We are able to really identify what clubs we have and what resources they need available by reorganizing them into five groups,” DeMartini-Cooke said. “We can also plan how faculty are able to help moderate or support them because we had faculty moderators in the past who didn’t always go to meetings or know that they were moderating clubs.” Club heads are required to participate in leadership workshops in the coming months, like the Captain’s Council initiative which Athletic Director Elena DeSantis began directing
last year, according to DeMartini-Cooke. “I think clubs were doing some really cool stuff that not everybody knew about,” DeMartini-Cooke said. “Enacting this club head leadership program and more organization we can share out easier what the clubs are doing and get more students involved.” Many clubs do not require experience or equipment in order to join but encourage students to come prepared to push their limits, according to sophomore Ixchel Boivin, one of the Smear the Wall rock-climbing club leaders. Other clubs encourage partic-
ipation through raising awareness and making donations like Sex-Trafficking Awareness Club, which was founded by current seniors Paula Gutman, Ally Arora and Amelia Bulivant after they were inspired by their sophomore Capstone project. STAC conducted a toiletry drive last year for the safe houses that provide shelter to victims of trafficking. The club’s leaders said they hope to expand their accomplishments by adding more drives and fundraisers to the calendar. “I hope everyone gets to help,” Gutman said. “There’s nothing to lose in joining a club.”
Service day enables awareness
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SAVING THE DAY Students listen to theology teacher Ray O’Connor
and other volunteers relay the history of Islais Creek before cleaning the area. Volunteers then separated into groups and spread to different areas to clean.
From Volunteer p. 1 “There are some real concrete impacts that come out of a day like this,” O’Connor said. “As a school of the Sacred Heart, we have a role to play in taking care of our common home, the Earth.” The event also served as a moment for some attendees to familiarize themselves with fellow
collectors as they partnered up for the project. “We were trying to pick up a decomposing sweater that was in the water and eventually had to ask for help,” Cervantes said. “You really need teamwork when picking trash up.” The annual Coastal Cleanup creates an opportunity for participants to be cognizant of practicing simple green habits once
they return to campus, such as separating trash into the correct waste bins, according to O’Connor. “An event like this raises individual awareness,” O’Connor said. “Once that awareness is raised, we can get to a collective awareness as a community. If we don’t come out to care for the environment, we’ll never truly learn to love it.”
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Seniors establish global Sacred Heart connections.
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hree cities in France hosted Sacred Heart students from seven different countries for a two-week exchange experience focusing on the international image and foundation of Sacred Heart schools this past summer. Seniors Katie Newbold and Bella Kearney, along with Stuart Hall High School junior John Abbott attended Faces of the Heart, an international experience with seven other Sacred Heart Schools in the United States and students from Mexico, France, Italy, Columbia, Germany and Japan. “Allowing people to get together in an environment outside of school but living and experiencing a multicultural exchange together is something that changes your life,” Luciana Jeler, Academy of the Sacred Heart Bloomfield Hills, Michigan French teacher, who lead the trip, said.
Attendees spent the majority of their stay in Nantes, France where they discussed sustainable living and compared how countries deal with waste while incorporating the global perspectives of Sacred Heart education. Activities included visiting the Sacred Heart convent in Joigny, the birthplace of Madeleine Sophie Barat, founder of Sacred Heart and gathering for a walking tour of Barat’s life in Paris. “Being all from a Sacred Heart school had more power in bringing us all together and helping us click a lot faster,” Kearney said. “Most of the U.S. schools do Congé, and so do some of the international schools. Comparing and sharing Sacred Heart’s ideas and traditions, such as the song ‘Coeur de Jésus,’ was really cool.” The group immersed itself in French culture from the beginning of the program, according to Newbold. “We did a cooking class, spent time around the city and did
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scavenger hunts to figure out where we were,” Newbold said. “We also did various getting to know each other activities to make the 25 of us who were there friends.” The group spoke in English, although occasionally spoke French, Spanish, German, Japanese and Italian. “One of the things that was incredible was how great the others’ English was,” Kearney said. “Their English was almost always perfect. Of course, there were some words that they didn’t know, but we could fill it in.” The group continues to text daily in a WhatsApp group chat, according to Newbold, although she mainly keeps in contact with a new friend from Mexico City. “I loved meeting everyone,” Newbold said. “That was the highlight of the trip, coming away and knowing that I have friends now in six other countries.
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he four schools are in the process of an internal review with the Sacred Heart Commission on Goals to continue membership in the Network of Sacred Heart schools in addition to conducting selfstudies for three other academic accreditation agencies. “The California Association of Independent Schools, Western Association of Schools and Colleges, and Western Catholic Education Association accreditations are much more technical, making sure the school is doing its best work as an environment of learning,” theology teacher Paul Pryor Lorentz, who is heading a self-study committee for the SHCOG accreditation, said. The SHCOG self-study committee reflects and analyzes the ways the school aligns itself with the Goals and Criteria of Sacred Heart schools, according to Pryor Lorentz. “We’re not just trying to prove something,” Pryor Lorentz said. “The Network really wants us to take on leadership of this process and use it as an opportunity for growth in our community, so we can come out of the process better and more advanced.” As part of the process, students will give insight regarding ways the Goals and Criteria are expressed in school, as the of-
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The Network really wants us to take on leadership of this process and use it as an opportunity for growth in our community.
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“Upon visiting us, they’ll create an action plan, a list of accommodations and recommendations,” Pryor Lorentz said. “With that list, we form an action plan committee and we try to figure out ways to roll out that action plan overthe next few years.” The action plan divides the list of strengths and improvements by goal.
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“In terms of education, the International Baccalaureate Programme for the high schools and new coed offerings were integrated from the last plan,” Pryor Lorentz said. Library Department Chair Amanda Walker is heading the committees for the CAIS, WASC and WCEA accreditations. These accreditations are an important method of “peer review,” according to school counselor Annie Egan, who is a member of the self-study committee for the WASC accreditation. “We’re pretty self-governing as schools,” Egan said. “It sometimes gets really easy to just get complacent. It is reliant on the schools to be able to make sure that we are doing the best work we can do in order to serve our famlies.” Students may be interviewed by faculty members and external interviewers from the agencies, according to Pryor Lorentz. The four-school, four-agency accreditation process typically repeats every five years, according to Pryor Lorentz. “It’s our opportunity to see where we have been in these past five years,” Pryor Lorentz said. “But the most important question is ‘Where can we go?’ It’s really about where we’re headed.”
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Headphone policy aims to promote socialization Claire Devereux Senior Reporter
A new school policy at both Convent and Stuart Hall high schools asks students to abstain from using headphones in communal areas on campus in an effort to improve school culture and community engagement. “The request is made in support of community and the value of being present with one another,” Head of School Rachel Simpson said. “When we have headphones on, we are blocking out our community.” Although the new rule is not a written policy, the schools “reserve the right to make changes to the Student/Parent Handbook during the school year,” and “all issues that may arise in the school year do not supersede good judgment or formation of consequences,” according to the Convent & Stuart Hall Student/Parent High School Handbook. “ I understand why it’s a new rule,” junior Emma Blaza said. “It’s similar to the ‘Just say hi’ thing, and they want us interact with each other and talk to each other but when sitting down doing homework individually, we should be allowed headphones when in communal areas.” Some teachers are allowing students to use headphones while taking a test, working on projects or having independent work time.
“Every student takes a test differently — some get distracted easily, some like to read out loud — listening to music helps some students focus more easily,” math teacher Amy Leaver said. “If listening to music helps you focus, then I think you should be able to listen to music and take a test at the same time.” Teachers who support the call for no headphones cite better participation in class and conversation in communal spaces, including the Mother Williams Library. “When people put those headphones on, they just go into their own space,” SHHS physics teacher Matt Woodard said. “It doesn’t lead to conversation and interaction.” Some students are not too keen on the new policy because they can find music helpful when it comes to decompressing or completing work. “Headphones make it so that I am not as distracted,” sophomore Wellesley Cohen said. “I don’t listen to obnoxious music. I sometimes listen to classical music because it helps mute out other noises.” Stuart Hall High School more consistently enforces the new headphone usage policy on campus in classrooms and in common areas. “The idea was to have a more communal environment where kids are not tuning out,” Woodard said. “Rather, they are tuning into each other’s conversations.”
A noteworthy discussion Alternate methods of notetaking spark debate.
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he debate over handwritten versus typed notes gained new relevance this school year with the introduction of the Bring Your Own Device program, having most members of the school community carrying around laptops as well as traditional paper notebooks for each class. “I prefer to type my notes, mostly for convenience,” junior Natalie Lunbeck said. “When I type, I am better able to organize my notes, read what I wrote and share them with others.” Many teachers at least strongly suggest handwritten notes in class if they do not require them, according to Lunbeck. “I prefer students to take handwritten notes,” history teacher Sarah Garlinghouse said. “There are published scientific studies which show that the brain both processes and retains information better when we
handwrite.” Students who took handwritten notes in class performed significantly better on an assessment of their comprehension of material when compared to peers who took digital notes, according to a 2014 Princeton University study. “The brain cannot differentiate between the different letters on a computer keyboard, but taking notes by hand forces the brain to recognize different shapes of letters and thereby improves overall comprehension,” French teacher Heather Wells said. Handwriting can also force note-takers to synthesize and write down only important information instead of writing the whole lecture down verbatim, a common challenge digital note-takers face. “When you take down notes by hand, it makes your brain process what is going on in the class,” Wells said. “Since you physically cannot write that quickly, your brain has to go through another step and
write down your own interpretation of the material, not just copy someone else’s thoughts.” Handwriting notes also improves focus and assists in the creation of a healthy classroom culture, according to Garlinghouse. “With a laptop open, you are not totally engaged in what the teacher is saying nor in what your classmates are saying,” Garlinghouse said. “It is a lot easier to be distracted with technology out, it impedes your ability to contribute positively to lectures or group discussions.” Students who use their computers as primary devices for school are prone to multitasking, according to a 2014 University of London study. Multitaskers’ IQs mirrored those of individuals under the influence of marijuana or who did not sleep the night before. “But I do encourage doodling in your notes,” Garlinghouse said. “When you doodle related to the topic being discussed, I think your brain further pro-
cesses information being discussed.” Typing notes does have its benefits, although they are rarely championed or discussed, according to Lunbeck. “When you type your notes, it’s way easier to study for tests,” Lunbeck. “You’re not hunting through notebooks or binders for keywords or scrambling to find that one really important page of notes.” One asset of having iPads was that students could take digital notes with a stylus, and could have both the convenience and portability of digital notes yet all the possible positive benefits of handwriting, but with the BYOD program, most do not use iPads as primary devices. “I probably would have kept my iPad specifically for taking notes, but a laptop is much more practical with most things they want us doing,” Lunbeck said. “I adapt to what the teacher prefers, and I just work around any inconveniences it might cause for me.”
Are laptops ‘on top’?
Students determine the productivity of their laptop usage in the classroom.
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STAND BACK Student artists stand and sit at tables and chairs in the art room. The room, remodeled in summer 2015, has three standing desks and a group of couches and chairs
Taking a stand — not a seat
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Finding a balance between movement and sitting can release energy, decrease chance of health issues and increase focus in the classroom. Lisabelle Panossian
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pdated furniture throughout the campuses is not only adding to school aesthetic, but may be assisting the community in fighting one of the top five international causes of death — staying seated. Furnishings such as the new mobile desk layout in the majority of classrooms can allow students to release energy throughout the day, keeping mind and body active. “I don’t space out during class since I’m actively moving while I’m doing the work,” sophomore Natalia Varni said. “My brain is constantly working along with my body.” Physical inactivity is ranked as the fourth largest killer globally, according to The World Health Organization. Some ergonomic enthusiasts have offered standing desks as a countering force to sedentary academic lifestyles, citing that all students burn 15-25 percent more calories while standing as opposed to sitting in a traditional desk and chair environment, according to Berkeley. “When we’re moving, our brain is alert and awake,” chiropractor Barbara Berkeley said. “When we’re sitting, that tells our body that we’re at rest. “Classroom behavior improves when using standing desks and it will increase focus in all students in general.” Tall “touchdown” tables placed in the Center and Gallery can allow community to increase their productivity by allowing them to stand while working. “When I worked around campus, I felt restless, wasn’t focusing and just felt like I needed to stand up or move around,” senior Katie Newbold said. “I figured out that I focused more when I started working on the tables in the Center.” Some students prefer to take short breaks mid-class over exclusively sitting during a 90 minute period — the average class time. “I like taking breaks in my classes because then I can actually get up, move
around then sit back down,” senior Bettina Giglio said. “Everyone else seems to be more focused too after coming back from a break.” Students should find an equilibrium in their body positioning as standing for too long can cause clogged arteries in the neck, according to Berkeley. “Ideally, you’d take 20 minute breaks where you sit for 20 minutes then stand for 20 minutes,” Berkeley said. Walking for three minutes every hour resets the metabolism and lowers chances of developing diabetes, according to Berkeley. Students with back issues are advised to alternate movements even more so com-
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pared to the average student — sitting for as little time as possible. “If I had an afternoon class and I was standing the entire day I’d definitely start to feel pain in my back,” junior Giulia Oltranti, who has scoliosis, an abnormal lateral curvature of the spine, said. “Moving around would help. My doctor says it’s best for me to keep my muscles moving and active.” Adults who sit less than four hours a day see risks of heart disease decrease by 125 percent. Those who sit less than six hours a day can also experience a 30 percent decrease in breast cancer risk, according to Standup Kids. “Movement is what we are designed for,” Berkeley said. “We’re not designed to just sit at a desk and stare at a screen.”
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Activists fight for rights on-screen Online users take the web for social justice.
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hile high schoolers are often unable to take part in largescale political or social issues in the real world, the internet is giving teens more opportunities to use their voice to spark change. “I think students should try to take action both in the real world and online,” senior Izzy Pontecorvo said. “It might be easier for them to do it online because homework and time is definitely one thing that prevents me from taking more action in the real world.” Online petitions, donations, social media posts and media commentary provide students wanting to give back a way to get involved right from their smart phones. Fifty-two percent of students claimed to take more action online than through physical service, according to an anonymous online survey conducted by The Broadview. “High schoolers should definitely take action both online and in the real world if possible,” freshman Margaret Millar said. “I do mostly anonymous online petitions sometimes for the ASPCA and organizations against animal cruelty.” While some may doubt the effectiveness of the internet as a means of sparking change, the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, a viral call to action popularized in the summer of 2014 inviting participants to pour buckets of ice-cold water on themselves, successfully raised awareness and over $100 million in donations for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease. As a result of the money raised from the viral challenge funding further research on ALS, scientists discovered a key gene contributing to the disease — giving researchers a new target for life saving drug development, according to the ALS Association. “The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge is something that I found
to be really unexpected,” Director of Student Life Devin DeMartini Cooke said. “At first I saw it as something that could have been really cool but turned into a pop culture phenomenon and wasn’t really going to make a difference, but it did. That’s a powerful lessen as we start navigating the different ways of connecting and fundraising online because it’s still relatively new.” Age or experience requirements of many organizations and volunteer opportunities can leave teens feeling incapable of impacting the world around them, but the internet allows teens to become more involved
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without the restrictions that the “real world” can have. Seventy-one percent of student survey respondents wrote being a high schooler inhibits them from taking serious action in the “real world.” “People have it in their minds that we are too young to know what we are talking about, which restricts the amount of help we can do,” one responder wrote. The web connects users to issues that would have otherwise been inaccessible, giving students the ability to take action on both a local and global scale. “That’s one of the wonderful powers of the internet, that it really does expand your ability to connect with people,” DeMartini Cooke said. “There is something valuable about seeing people face to face, but it’s also valuable to connect with people in differ-
ent societies, cultures, governments, and languages online.” Social media can provide a public platform for students to share their views on global issues, giving teens a less restricted venue for spreading awareness on the problems that concern them. Following activists or organizations on social media can increase a student’s awareness about issues, while posting their perspective on social or political issues creates potential to spread awareness to an even greater population. “I always try to represent my views online,” Pontecorvo said. “If I’m for a cause I try to post something about it to show my support, like for Pride, I end up posting rainbows and stuff like that.” Even though the internet can provide opportunities for teens to contribute, it can also be a place for reckless behavior with the intent of social change. Comment “wars” are common on articles, YouTube videos and other forms of media, pitting multiple viewpoints against each other and creating more division between perspectives. “A lot of times taking online action can be really looked down upon, and there’s a lot of negative feedback that I want to avoid,” Millar said. “I would definitely be scared of getting into comment arguments online.” As political issues come to the forefront of the media with the upcoming presidential election, some students may fear getting into comment wars with both peers and strangers by showing support for a certain candidate both online and in real life. “I talk fairly often with my friends about how to navigate politics with you guys, because it’s hard not to be polarizing,” DeMartini said. “I do think students should participate because four years from now, you’ll be inheriting whatever this president does. But it’s hard because there’s a lot of anger on all sides.”
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ith a simple click of the “Share” button on Instagram, senior Lillian Lachman can share a photo with her 7,094 followers. Of that number, about 700 of them like her pictures. Numerous unknown users follow Lachman because of her standing as a model and actress. “I do not know all of my followers,” Lachman said. “I am considering deleting my account and starting a professional account, more of a portfolio rather than photos of me,
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don’t understand what I do.” The social media anxiety teens endure can include stressing over how many likes they receive on a given photo and if someone will follow them back. Syufy, who captures landscapes and portraits, says he posts photos because he loves what he does and is not trying to boost his ego through the amount of likes and followers he has. “I do not have to post photos,” Syufy said. “My hobby can sometimes be negated through all the attention I receive on social media and at school.”
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ocial media users are finding a new way to keep in touch with current events through the platform of memes, an image with a humorous caption often make light of relevant news headlines. Meme’s subjects can range from current events, including the 2016 presidential election, to well-known athletes or pop culture references. “I would say I’m practically bombarded with memes on a daily basis,” senior Caroline Salveson said. “There’s TV show memes, there’s a lot of Spongebob memes and then memes making fun of political figures. Donald Trump is always a big meme inspiration.” Evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins coined the term “meme” in his book “The Selfish Gene,” to describe the spreading of a particular cultural trend. The word has since evolved to refer to a static image with overlaying text, often making humorous social commentary. “He talked about memes as this cultural idea that reproduces the way a virus does and it goes from person to person,” physics teacher Riaz Abdulla said. “The internet was propagating that same kind of culture.” The most captivating memes are the ones to which the viewers can find similarities to their own lives, according to junior Rosie Morford. “I think the ones that I most relate to have to do with being tired from school and summer ending,” Morford said. “I find those funny and they pop up in my Instagram feed, so I see them pretty often.” Some memes never make it past the maker’s Instagram post, where others may go viral by getting thousands of retweets and likes. There is no particular formula that makes a meme go viral. The pseudoscience “memetics” uses references from “The Selfish Gene” to analyze what components of a meme constitute its popularity. “There’s kind of this natural selection with memes that works a lot like biology,” Abdulla said. “It’s part of the mystery of memes, what defines fit-ness for a meme and why it survives.” Instagram personalities like Josh Ostrovsky make their liv-
ings by posting memes, as their many followers attract sponsors. Ostrovsky, who runs the Instagram account “thefatjewish” with 9 million followers, posts memes while charging brands $6,000 to be promoted on his account, according to Business Insider. “I follow thefatjewish because he posts funny memes about people, celebrities and things that a lot of people know about so you can understand the humor,” sophomore Grace Boudreau said. “My friends can relate to them, so we tag each other in the posts.” By referencing current events, memes can prompt viewers to look into a certain new item in order to understand the context
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of the joke, according to theology teacher Rachel Bundang. “I think it can be a first step to a more serious conversation for sure,” Bundang said. Despite the capacity to make clever puns and jokes out of current events, memes can also contain derogatory or offensive comments. The death of Harambe, the gorilla shot in the Cincinnati zoo in May, is a trending subject for memes, attempting to make light of a serious issue, according to Abdulla. “My better self sees the Harambe memes and I find them tasteless,” Abdulla said. “Some of them are borderline, if not outright offensive. I’ll kind of catch myself chuckling and then immediately feel like a really bad person about it.” Meme’s primarily serve as a platform for circulating trending news and relatable humor, according to Salveson. “The weird thing about memes is that in a really weird way it keeps me informed,” Salveson said. “People will make fun of something that just happened so I’ll be like ‘Oh what was that?’ and I’ll go search it and know what they mean. Memes are an entertaining way to keep me involved with the world.”
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Athletes get a leg up Offseason players train in advance for school seasons.
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pring and winter athletes already have their game faces on as they start offseason preparation for their respective sports through crosstraining activities and club teams. Cross-training, athletic training in a field other than an athlete’s main sport, ensures optimal endurance and strength leading up to sports seasons. Sophomore Ixchel Boivin started rock climbing last year through a program called “Girls Climb On” to condition for swimming. “I wanted to do swimming in the spring, so I figured I should start building muscle,” Boivin said. “I swim butterfly sometimes and climbing has really strengthened my back and shoulder muscles.” Boivin climbs once a week for two to three hours at Mission Cliffs at 19th and Harrison streets and says she will continue into the swim season. “The pulling up motion that you have to do in the overhangs really helped condition me,” Boivin said. Other athletes train for the school season by working out at local gyms to stay in shape. Senior Charlotte Cobb works at Synergy Fitness as she awaits her last season in CHS athletic
uniform. “It helps me clear my mind and relieve stress,” Cobb said. “The gym helps me strengthen and increase my fitness levels and stamina.” Cobb goes to the gym four to five days a week for about an hour, doing core workouts along with running the treadmill and spin bike. Along with her gym workouts, Cobb works with a physical therapist who gives her specific exercises to strengthen her ankle after an injury last season. Aside from cross-training and working out at a gym, club sports can provide teens opportunities to play the sport they love year-round and get a leg up for their school seasons. Junior Pilar Ballesteros-Cordero has played soccer for Santa Clara Sporting for nine years. “We go through drills for ball skills as well as set plays,” Ballesteros-Cordero said. “It’s a constant workout.” Ballesteros-Cordero’s team practices two times a week and she has traveled all over the United States during the summer, including Colorado, North Carolina and Southern California. “It keeps me in shape and ready for the school season since club soccer is year-round,” Ballesteros-Cordero said.
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KICKING OFF Junior Pilar Ballesteros-Cordero prepares to kick the ball when playing at Club Nationals in Davis this past June. Ballesteros-Cordero made varsity as a freshman and is on the U17 Premier Elite team of her club organization and allows her to play year-round.
SPORTS STATS VARSITY VOLLEYBALL
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8.30 v Bentley 3-2 win 9.19 v Saint Ignatius 1-6 loss Next game: 9.21 v Drew
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8.30 v St. Joseph’s 202-258 loss 9.14 v Bay 240-227 win 9.20 v San Domenico 235-232 win Next match: 9.22 v Holy Names
9.10 Lowell Invitational 14th of 24 teams 9.21 First league meet (results not in as of presstime)
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eens are increasingly gravitating towards açaí bowls, an array of fruits, berries and grains arranged atop a base of blended, smoothie-like açaí berry, almond milk and banana as an attractive, healthy meal alternative. So-called superfoods like açaí, salmon, broccoli or blueberries tend to be rich in antioxidants, fiber and fatty acids are considered beneficial because they augment energy and regulate cholesterol, according to Weil Lifestyle. “Superfoods are generally not native and so they are imported,” physician researcher Jay Udani M.D., who researched the effects of concentrated açaí supplements in a small open-label pilot study, said. While most of the cafes that make the bowls do not tend to use artificial sugars, rather natural sweeteners like agave, the concentration of sugars found in the fruit-based content can overwhelm the potential benefits of the açaí berry itself, according to Functional Medicine Nutritionist Shanti Pappas of Happy Belly Health. “There are a lot of other ways to incorporate nutrients into your
diet aside from sugar packed açaí bowls,” Pappas said. “The quantity of fruit in one of those açaí bowls is insane, it’s so much even in the fruit smoothies and things like that it’s a lot more than what we can process easily.” Fresh seasonal fruits are more beneficial to eating habits and daily eating schedules, as opposed to the frozen ones used in açaí bowls, according to Pappas. Some açaí-based dishes allow consumers to ingest all the suggested fruit servings in a day, as well as the suggested amount of protein, according to the United States Department of Agriculture. “If you can get straight fruit or juice that’s ideal,” Udani said. “If it’s mixed with other things, you have to look at what percentage of the thing you’re eating is actually made from the fruit that you’re trying to consume.” Udani’s research presented significant improvements in the bodies of his study subjects in their insulin levels, leading him to believe that açaí in high concentrations and consumed regularly could reduce levels of insulin and regulate blood glucose levels. “One of the challenges with many of the superfoods is that these benefits which are seen in
clinical studies require extremely high doses of the product,” Udani said. “It is very unlikely that the type of results seen in our study could be replicated by somebody eating an açaí fruit every now and then.” Consumers should consider whether an açaí bowl is useful to one’s diet as opposed to simpler dishes, according to Pappas. “We’re designed to enjoy lots of savory foods and then once in awhile have some fruit,” Pappas said of the fruit and berry density in the bowls. “Especially in the summer months when the days are longer and there’s more abundance in fruits.” Pappas recommends choosing the fruits from at local farmer’s markets to get fresh sources of antioxidants. “Fresh fruit or berries have plenty of antioxidants, not the same concentration as açaí, but it doesn’t have all that sugar impact,” Pappas said. “You need to be able to pay attention in class. When you consume too much sugar from unhealthy sources, you’ll crash.” The short prep time it takes to make an açaí bowl and the taste make the bowls so appealing, according to junior Giulia Oltranti.
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BERRY TASTY Homemade açaí bowl base ingredients include almond butter, maca and other protein powders, assorted berries, banana, açaí, mint and oats. “I can understand the compulsion to want to eat an açaí bowl everyday because it’s sweet,” Pappas said. “The actual açaí is a very bitter fruit, it’s probably not even palatable when eaten raw and so they add a lot of honey and fruit to it.” The nutritional value of the açaí bowl depends on the toppings and content of the bowl. Oltranti favors ingredients like
bananas, frozen berries, almond milk, agave and her homemade granola, which she says feel like healthy ingredients. “Açaí bowls have a texture in between ice cream and smoothies which are two of my other favorite things to eat,” Oltranti said. “They are quick to make and they taste amazing.” An unabridged story runs at broadview.sacredsf.org.
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SPORTS
Meet the captains Abby Anderson
Junior Varsity Tennis Playing for 2 year Fun Fact: Went to a tennis camp with Kiki Apple before they met
Laura Mogannam
Junior Varsity Tennis Playing for 2 years Fun Fact: Went to an overnight tennis summer camp
Sophia Davari
Junior Varsity Tennis Playing for 9 years Fun Fact: Uses tennis racket grip that only a few pros use
Kailey Honniball Varsity Golf Playing for 5 years Fun Facts: Travels to different states for golf
Katie Newbold
Cross-Country Running for seven years Fun Fact: Sings to herself while competing
Olivia Hoekendijk Cross-Country Running for 4 years Fun Fact: Sprained ankle on first practice of junior year
Lulu Desai
Varsity Sailing Sailing for 9 years Fun fact: Teaches sailing over the summer in Nantucket, Massachusetts
Cameron Newman
Varsity Golf Playing for 6 years Fun Fact: Went to North Coast Section playoffs
Grace Apple
Varsity Tennis Playing for 13 years Fun Fact: Plays with her first coach over the summer
Giulia Oltranti
Maya Young
Olivia Matthes
Varsity Volleyball Playing for 8 years Fun Fact: Constantly has floor burns on hips, shins and wrist because of volleyball
Varsity Tennis Playing for 10 years Fun Fact: Has played with a partcipant of the U.S. Open
2. Rap “Sucker For Pain” by Lil Wayne, Wiz Khalifa and Imagine Dragons “Me, Myself & I” by G-Eazy 3. R&B “No Limit” by Usher “Gangsta” by Kehlani Complied by Grace Ainslie 63 0f 217 possible respondents Based on a Google Form sent to all students emails
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Junior Varsity Volleyball Playing for 9 years Fun Fact: Always has lots of snacks for practice
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Senior athletes need to balance college goals, athletics.
hoosing between school and athletics should never really be a decision, but as I sit down for a water break during my nightly workout, I cannot help but think about about the millions of athletes who are at a crossroads. Now is the time when high school athletes have to come to terms with the fact they probably are not going to UConn or Notre Dame and will never be the number one player in the country. We have to ask ourselves if the sport we play is important enough to give up the big name schools in order to continue competing. We need to also find a place that suites us academically and will prepare us for our futures. A big part of college athletics is being realistic. Players who are not tall or strong and do not have the most athletic characteristics have to work at every part of their game to find a specialty and excel at that strength. Two percent of high school athletes go on to
play at the NCAA Division I level, according to Scholarship Stats. If a player cannot imagine her life without a sport and have the opportunity to play at any level in college, she should be grateful and not worry about playing Division I or being “DI bound.” Some of the greatest athletes in the world, like Hall of Fame basketball player Scottie Pippen, were not highly recruited out of high school and worked their way from Division III to NBA. If someone wants to do something for the rest of her life, she will work as hard as she can and make it happen, no matter where she started. Every decision comes with balance and of course education is always the main priority. Players should never jeopardize or downgrade their futures for titles or to please others. Thinking over all the hard work I have put in and playing games across the country, it would be hard to not continue basketball in college. Finding a destination that gives me the best of both worlds is what I am shooting for.
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STAFF EDITORIAL
Social media poses threat to ‘real life’ relationships
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hile lunch provides a time for peers to chat together before resuming their afternoon classes, many students spend the break constantly checking their phones rather than focusing on the friends around them. As constant app updates and social media platforms parallel our increasing addiction to virtual realities, we lose valuable interpersonal connections in the real world, making our social interaction far less “social.” With the avid popularity of social media, teens can feel left out by seeing updates of events or activities across their newsfeeds that they are not participating in. The fear of missing out, prominent among teens, can directly correspond with an addiction to social media applications, referred to as “social media reversion” in a 2015 Cornell University study. Ninety-two percent of teens reported going online daily, including 24 percent who claimed constantly going online throughout the day, in a 2015 Pew Research Center study. Apps like Instagram and Facebook put a large focus on users’ notifications which can leave many teens feeling pressured to gain as many likes and fol-
lowers as possible instead of simply enjoying the content of the app’s users. To test the affect social media has on the brain, 32 teens were confronted with social media and scanned using a functional magnetic resonance imaging scanner to gauge the reactions of the brain to the stimuli, in a study conducted by University of California, Los Angeles. When a teen’s photo was “liked” numerous times, the same part of the brain that responds to seeing a person the subject loved or winning a significant prize was stimulated. Scrolling through one’s own Instagram feed often reveals perfectly-posed pictures showing users at their best rather than with the imperfections of reality. With the help of editing apps, good lighting and ideal timing, these illusions of perfection set unattainable expectations for people to mimic in reality. This mindset creates an unhealthy obsession with one’s online popularity and image of perfection, even if one’s representation online fails to reflect in reality. Some students go to extreme measures to display the appearance of virtual popularity in order to improve their online images. Rather than portraying an accurate picture of their social life online, teens may resort to buying likes and followers to maintain their online persona,
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spreading an unhealthy social expectation that students feel obligated to abide by. Constant use of one’s phone can drive others away from pursuing social interaction, seeing chronic phone use as a sign of not wanting friendly attention. As a result, social media and other forms of online communication can become a replacement for real life interaction, lessening the value and reality of their personal connections.
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To put it simply, put your phone away when socializing with friends. In order to maintain relationships both online and in real life, it’s important to find a healthy balance between our virtual life and reality, creating equilibrium between both ends of the social spectrum. If we don’t, new followers and like for likes will replace authentic social connections, making social media a much more anti-social reality.
HOW DOES SOCIAL MEDIA AFFECT INTERACTION WITH OTHERS?
“Instead of talking to others, people are on their phone and they’re not really in the moment.” — Isabella Melendez-Parmenter freshman
“Because of social media, people can become distant from the real world and they start to only communicate through the world of social media.” — Caroline Schulberg sophomore
“I try not to let social media get in the way of times where I can talk to people face to face.” — Erika Wong junior
“Social media can enhance interaction between people and bring people closer together.” — Georgia Ellis senior
ON THE RECORD
Global terror is no joke
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friend asked me if I wanted to see a modified version of the dated, yet continually addicting, game Flappy Bird. The new game replaced the bird with a plane, the green tubes with buildings, and the sound effects with the Islamic State’s anthem. Yes, internet, you have gone too far. One of the earliest examples of terrorism being twisted into digitized humor is a 4-year-old “Onion” article written from the perspective of Santa Claus titled, “Ho, Ho, Ho! 9/11 Was an Inside Job!”— bringing jest to a comically untouchable topic. Memes satirizing terrorism have subsequently spread across the internet alongside international attacks by various terrorist groups, including the radical organization identified as the Islamic State commonly known as ISIS. ISIS memes often intersperse across Facebook news feeds, such as a post comparing a photo from website Just Girly Things about pool parties to four ISIS prisoners chained and slowly drowning inside a cage. Terrorist humor instigates hesitant laughs until we realize how ISIS is responsible for at least 55,047 civilian casualties and 3.2 million inter-
nally displaced people in Iraq over the course of a year, according to United Nations monitors. As we view a video recording a man strapped with bombs around his waist screaming “Allahu Akbar” (“God is great”) and releasing confetti from his belt into a large crowd of people, we must be cognizant that in other countries suicide bombings are not merely a prank but a reality. Joking about this reality desensitizes us to people who face fears of being kicked out of their homes or attacked at the hands of terrorism nearly everyday — with terrorism incidents in Iraq tripling between 2012 and 2013, according to the Global Terrorism Database. As a direct descendant of Middle Eastern Christians, I have been a foreign witness to the profound pain of people from my culture being slaughtered, forced to assimilate to radical Islamic ideals, or sold as sex slaves by terrorist groups such as ISIS. Because I have been raised with the telling of firsthand accounts, it’s hard to view so-called jokes, such as a terrorist twist on Flappy Bird, funny. Finding terrorist jokes unamusing does not mean we cannot have a “sense of humor;” it reveals that we acknowledge our common bond of humanity — a bond that transcends borders, cultures and ourselves.
1. President Obama announced the United States will accept 110,000 refugees from around the world. 2. Five hidden bombs across the East Coast were located and defused before detonation. 3. Game of Thrones broke the record for most Emmys for a fictional series. 4. The iPhone 7 arrived in Apple Stores last week. 5. More football players followed Colin Kaepernick’s example by kneeling during the national anthem.
1. Donald Trump Jr. tweeted a photo comparing refugees to poisoned Skittles. 2. Makeshift bombs exploded in New York and New Jersey, injuring 29. 3. There are only two seasons left. 4. The updated phone lacks a headphone jack. 5. Michael Thomas of the Miami Dolphins received death threats for kneeling.
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OP-ED
Gun laws demand a revision Inadequate government action results in dire repercussions.
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he re-opening of Sandy Hook Elementary School garnered media attention in past weeks, with stories focusing on safety features of the new school that include bulletproof windows, two full-time police officers guarding the gates of the school and doors designed to look like wood but are actually militarygrade steel. Adam Lanza shot and killed 20 children and six adult staff members at the school four years ago with a semi-automatic rifle before killing himself. To date, Sandy Hook is the deadliest school shooting ever and the third most destructive mass shooting by a single person in United States history. When safety mechanisms to ward off a potential school shooting are the first features mentioned in the design of a new elementary school, it is obvious that federal gun laws are inadequate. Current statutes allow for the purchase of semi-automatic assault weapons, unregulated online gun sales, and no background checks for buyers purchasing guns from private sellers. Over 12,000 Americans died with the squeeze of a trigger in 2015 alone, according to independent group Everytown for
Gun Safety. Each one of those individuals was someone’s mother, father, brother, sister, husband, wife or friend. One filibuster, two proposals, four party-line votes and zero compromise encompassed the sum total of Congress’ action on gun legislation this past summer. Commonsense measures to improve gun safety — such as stricter background checks and forbidding anyone on the FBI’s no-fly list to purchase a gun — have failed again and again. Congress voted on four gun control measures in June; none of them passed. Any future bills would require 60 votes to pass — a highly unlikely outcome, with the 54 Republican senators generally favoring less gun control than the 46 Democratic senators. Republican amendments S.Amdt.4749 and S.Amdt.4751 attempt to improve the current background check system and require anyone on FBI terrorist watch lists to wait 72 hours before purchasing a gun. Senate Democrats said neither amendment made enough significant changes in current gun control, and so refused to vote in favor of either. The Democrats had their own ideas about gun control. Democrat-sponsored S.Amdt.4720 prohibits anyone on any FBI
watch list from purchasing a gun, while S.Admt.4750 requires a background check take place on every single gun sale in the United States. A majority of Senate Republicans claimed the Democratic amendments to be far too radical — S.Admt.4720 received 45 ‘yay’ votes to 54 ‘nay’ votes, while S.Admt.4750 lost 48-50. Gun advocates commonly cite the Second Amendment and the right to due process — innocent until proven guilty — in defense of looser gun regulations. But most Americans think that stricter gun control is necessary. According to a 2016 report by the Pew Research Center, 88 percent of Democrats and 79 percent of Republicans support expanded background checks on gun sales and measures to prevent those with mental illness from purchasing guns. Somewhere, the facts don’t line up. Wondering what will finally force the government to move on gun control — if deadly mass shootings such as those that took place at Sandy Hook Elementary School or Orlando nightclub Pulse — do not spur it to action, is the scariest thought of all. The thing is, no one wants to know the answer to that question.
ARE CURRENT GUN LAWS ADEQUATE?
“We need stricter laws and thorough background checks of people buying guns, especially semiautomatic weapons.” — Lauren Mogannam, sophomore
“You should be able to buy a gun after passing a background check,it’s ridiculous that some people can just walk into Walmart and buy an AK-47.” — Olivia Mohun, sophomore
“Gun laws are hard to regulate for the whole country, but I don’t think that anyone should be able to go out and buy a gun just because.” —Francesca Petruzzelli, junior
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“It’s hard to say if current gun laws are adequate since people who are getting guns with bad intentions don’t want to follow the law. Something has to be done with issuing guns.” — Mackenzie Maly, senior
Social media reinforces gender stereotypes
uring a double date at Super Duper Burger in my freshman year of high school, the boy I was with asked me what I wanted. I hesitated — girls were “supposed” to order salads on dates. I settled on a chocolate milkshake. He ordered a hamburger and soda. The others enjoyed their burgers as I sat sipping my shake. The guy probably doesn’t remember this at all, but I haven’t forgotten it. It was my first experience with gender expectations in eating. Gender norms follow us from shopping at Target to swiping through filter options on social media. Snapchat recently sponsored a day-long set of geotags to recognize a Ladies vs. Dudes brunching contest. The graphics and geotags accompanying the internet-deemed holiday depicted pictures, each in support of an opposing team. One filter depicted a yellow ribbon with “Ladies Lunchin’” in a delicate, lowercase, pink print across the top with a tiered plate of muffins, a short stack of pancakes and waffles, bowls of strawberries, bananas, a nearly hidden plate of sunnyside eggs, and glasses of bubbly champagne drawn across the bottom. The next filter portrayed a scoreboardesque sign in large, uppercase, blue letters reading “BRUNCHIN’ BOYS.” A cartoon of mountainhigh stacks of waffles and pancakes overflowing
with butter squares and maple syrup lined the bottom, accompanied by hefty plates of bacon and sausage. Tall glasses of beer and lots of eggs sporadically appeared throughout the picture. A third filter pitted the two teams against each other posing the question, “Who brunches harder?” It offered two checkboxes, “Guys” next to a mile-high pancake stack, or “Girls” next to a tiered plate of fruity muffins. Mass media enforces gender norms in eating. The pressure from mass media for men to be muscular appears to be related to body dissatisfaction, yet men are less likely to seek help for disordered eating due to the perception that they are “women’s diseases,” according to National Eating Disorders Association. Flipping through the filters left me conflicted about whether I wanted to filter my selfie with “Ladies Lunchin’” and decorate my pic with some muffins and strawberries or wanted the “BRUNCHIN’ BOYS,” depicting the meal I would actually order given the choice. Questioning the connotations of each filter, I asked myself if I wanted to appear “ladylike.” The men’s option offered protein, while the women’s offered fresh fruit, as if gender limits individuals to certain food groups. I should be able to want the salty, thick strips of bacon reserved for the brunchin’ boy, — and still be a lady who lunches.
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CITY LIFE
Taking to the streets
Event provides opportunity to explore San Francisco Neighborhoods
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Claire Devereux Senior Reporter
ity streets closed to Sunday traffic are inviting public exploration of funky boutiques, hole-in-wall restaurants and hidden gems while building community relationships with local shop owners. Sunday Streets — a monthly event taking place during the spring and fall months — blocks off several consecutive blocks to allow families and friends to walk, bike and run at leisure through neighborhoods such as the Western Addition, Mission and Embarcadero. “For Fillmore in particular, our mission is to provide temporary open space and recreational opportunities that are most lacking or in neighborhoods that are most lacking,” Sunday Streets Director Katy Birnbaum said. “So for Western Addition there is some open space available.” Originating as a communitybuilding event, Sunday Streets gives license to roam freely on
blocked off streets of hosting San Francisco neighborhoods that residents might otherwise be unlikely to visit. “Sunday Streets brings the neighborhood together,” District 5 Supervisor London Breed, who represents the Western Addition, Lower Fillmore, Alamo Square and North of the Panhandle areas where the Sept. 11 event took place, said. “There are people here not just from this neighborhood but from everywhere — people who traditionally would not approach one another have the opportunity to do so.” Experiences vary depending on the hosting neighborhood, and each weekend is different. “The difference is in the communities that come out for Sunday Streets, for example we have a lot of historical African American institutions and businesses on Fillmore,” Birnbaum said. “There’s a lot of housing in the area that serves Section 8 low income, so we try to serve those communities as well.”
Claire Devereux | THE BROADVIEW
SUNDAY CYCLING Three bikers ride down Fulton Street, a car-free area of the Western Addition Sunday Streets. The concept of closing streets to vehicles to create outdoor neighborhood markets stared in Bogotá, Colombia and has spread to cities spanning around the globe.
Outside vendors are prohibited so that local contributors and businesses reap the benefits that come with an influx of visitors. Restaurants like Wise Sons Bagel and Bakery on 1520 Fillmore St. had standing room only for customers waiting for orders. “I think that it’s good for businesses that are open because people who probably would never walk into a particular business would,” Breed said.
“Since they are in the neighborhood and it might be the only business open they might go in.” While not all businesses were active, merchants like Book Mobile a public library on wheels, SF Rec and Park, radio stations and nonprofits to promote help their services. “We are creating a moment and space for people to come together and learn about their neighborhood and find differ-
ent resources they can tap into,” Birnbaum said. Part of Sunday Streets’ goal is to create new open space and recreational opportunities which they accomplished by gathering neighborhood natives and outsiders according to Birnbaum. The last two Sunday Streets events are Oct. 16 in the Excelsior and Nov. 13 in the Embarcadero. The event runs 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., and admission is free.
It's a cat-astrophe
Cat cafe fails to live up to hype, high prices.
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Grace Ainslie | THE BROADVIEW
PURRRRRRR A KitTea customer plays with kittens during the 2:00
p.m. to 3:00 p.m. session. The cafe offers complementary green tea while patrons play with cats.
art cafe, part boutique and part cat adoption center, KitTea, San Francisco’s first “cat cafe,” greets customers with a large hairless cat mural in a Buddha-style pose, and takes them into the world of catthemed products. The Cat Cafe section of the shop invites visitors to purchase artisanal teas, Belgian waffles, sweet treats and savory bites. The cafe is cat-themed to the extreme, from the free Wi-Fi password to the wallpaper, to a room literally filled with a dozen cats. The cat playroom, the main attraction, hosts eight to 12 ad optable cats and kittens, which guests can play with for an hour,
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s terms like “brow game” are coined through social media selfie hashtags and YouTube beauty gurus, an array of products — pencils, crayons, highlighters and gels — can be used to tame, intensify, and shape one’s eyebrows. Double-sided brow pencils with spoolie brushes on the opposite side can both shade and shape brows, allowing the
user to apply a natural or bolder effect. Gels can add an illusion of thickness to brows, a trend popularized by models and actresses such as Cara Delevingne and Lily Collins. No matter the style of brow desired, many makeup stores such as Sephora and Benefit offer a wide selections of options. — Julia-Rose Kibben
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comes with a hefty price. A $20 entrance fee comes with petting the furry felines and a complimentary side of shedding, but excludes food or drink. Eating is permitted in the playroom, although many patrons opt for just a cup of tea, largely for fear of the new feline friends eating the over-priced food — aside from sanitation considerations. Among the overpriced, mediocre paninis ($9) and mochi ($6.50), the brie and strawberry waffle ($11) stands out as the best option. The waffle’s fluffy texture and crispy exterior was worth the 20 minute wait. The fruit and cheese pairing work harmoniously with the light and airy waffle to create a delicious
snack worth spending an hour’s worth of babysitting money. While the kitty playroom is great for those who are looking to adopt a cat, one could easily have a similar, far less expensive experience at the SPCA or Pets Unlimited shelters and a purchased tea of equal caliber at Starbucks or Peet’s Coffee & Tea. KitTea is a unique and innovative cafe-kennel hybrid, but for most high school students, it’s not worth the time or money — except for extreme cat lovers with an expendable budget. KitTea is located on 96 Gough St. and is open on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday, noon to 7 p.m., Friday 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Tools of the trade Eyebrows: More than a game
Benefit $32 Benefit, Sephora
Anastasia Bevery Hills $21.00 Sephora
MAC $16.00 MAC Cosmetics
NYX $4.49 Target, Ulta