THE NEW YORK MASK

Andreas Loucopoulos ‘23

New Popular College Degree Offered - Percentage of students failing is increasing

Thousands of colleges and universities in the US have been offering a new degree following COVID guidelines. This is a response to some of the newest COVID regulations dictated by many government officials. These rules can be confusing and hard to follow, so the government decided that people who understand these rules deserve a college degree. Therefore, when these people graduate, they can brag to their kids how smart they are because they were part of history-but by that time, these alums will be able to teach a history class about these rules because these rules change weekly.

According to the CDC, the rules this week include rules such as the following:

- Everyone in the US except for New York and California who is taking a test during the period 9:30 - 11:45 is REQUIRED not to wear any face covering.

- Everyone in the US except for New York and California who is writing essays after 1:30 pm ET is REQUIRED to wear AT LEAST three face coverings to protect the unvaccinated.

- Anyone in the US who is vaccinated is required to wear one mask at all times due to new concerns about how unvaccinated people may react to germs from vaccinated civilians.

- Due to lung capacity and limited oxygen in certain facilities, anyone over the age of 1 second must socially distance themselves by their height.

E.g. if you are 6 ft, you have to social distance 6 ft.

Professor Irie Kirving has had a great deal of experience with these types of rules and is teaching the leading COVID class at Harvard. Irie Kirving was a 7 time NFL All-Star but dealt with issues about choosing not to get vaccinated. Kirving was told he was not allowed to play, but he could watch the game on the sideline with his team because playing would affect his team even more. This rule is perfect and makes total sense for the NFL. He later did an interview with the “New York Mask,” and stated the following:

“I thought the rule was thoughtful. It is ethical and completely solves the problem. I wanted to learn more about these kinds of rules, and want to teach in the future.”

Irie Kirving realized how much the US would fall without these rules and if more players who aren’t vaccinated would not play, it would help the environment we live in massively. The New York

Mask has also interviewed a former Harvard Law school graduate, Amar Smith, who has chosen to change his career and will try to get a Ph.D. for the degree of the COVID restriction at his SECOND attempt. He claims it will be a tough but valuable year. In an interview with Amar, he stated the following:

“I have had experience and completed many challenging things, some of the hardest things I have ever imagined, but I have never seen such a confusing and challenging degree such as this. I know I failed the first time, but I have faith and know I can at least come very close to passing this term. These rules are clever but confusing, and I wish luck to any student willing to take on this challenge with me,” interview with Amar, he following:

During the interview, Amar also explained that many students have been having an increased rate of depression and anxiety studying these rules. We have interviewed many historians and people who were survivors from the beginning of COVID, and they tell heroic stories about many of the early rules. Many such as: if you are sick, put a mask on, or anyone in an indoor facility is required to wear a mask. It is amazing and impressive how people have survived these rules with what we know now. These survivors had to have been the luckiest people I have met!

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“I thought the rule was thoughtful. It is ethical and completely solves the problem. I wanted to learn more about these kinds of rules, and want to teach in the future.”

Irie Kirving realized how much the US would fall without these rules and if more players who aren’t

Home Is About The People

Charlie Sossen ‘23

Home is wherever you make it. My nonna (grandmother in Italian) gives me this message all of the time in her slight Italian accent when we talk on the phone, because this applies so deeply to her. My nonna lives in Florence, Italy for half of the year; but my nonna is technically not Italian. When my nonna was much younger she traveled back and forth between Italy and America for years, until one day she decided to move to Italy; she was so in love with Italian culture that she dropped everything to live there. For most of my childhood I thought that she was crazy to do this, and I wondered why she lives in Italy if she is not Italian.

A few years ago I went with my mom to Florence to visit my nonna. Instantly, when I stepped off the plane and felt that Italian air I knew that this was going to be a memorable trip. During the days following, I did many noteworthy things that I will never forget, with the first being one that you would expect when you go to Italy, the food. We were able to go to some of the best restaurants in Florence, because my nonna knows everyone, so much so that everytime we walked around the corner it felt like I heard “ciao” (hello) from a person walking in our direction. This made me laugh inside because before this I thought of nonna as a foreigner in this country, when in reality this is home for her.

We went to many restaurants over the trip, but my favorite was Cinghiale Bianco which is right in nonna’s neighborhood. We sat in a corner seat that was surrounded by bricks, resembling an old fashioned pub. I ran my finger through the gap of the bricks, like many kids do, and impatiently waited for the ravioli. When it arrived, I was blown away by how incredible it looked. I had to take a photo of it. The four separate pieces of ravioli were laid perfectly one on top of the other; and it had three leaves of basil placed on the top. The taste did not disappoint either, creamy yet savory. Everytime I look at this photo it reminds me of my nonna’s Italian life and how I am so lucky that she introduced me to her home so we can share Italy together. Later in the trip we went to see one of the greatest pieces of art of all time - The Statue of David. The statue was incredible, but the thing that I was most surprised by was our tour guide. Our guide was one of my nonna’s close Italian friends, which baffled me. My whole life I did not think that nonna knew that many people in Italy, and was lonely in this big country. I saw that her Italian friends were like a second family to her; and that a connection to a place is not only that you were born there, it is the people that make it home.

Venice in Florida

Charles Greenwald ‘23

My trip to Italy completely shifted my view on what my Nonna did years ago. Her secret Italian life that I assumed to be crazy now did not seem crazy in the slightest. Now that I have seen what she loves so much, it made me want to move there with her, which I never thought I would have said before this trip. I have all of these memories in a country where I am technically not from. Now I look at the question: What do you consider your ancestral or ethnic identities? Throughout this experience of looking back on one of my favorite trips of all times, I have learned that humans have a tendency to make home wherever they are: whether this is at school, at camp or in a different country, you can make home wherever you want it to be. But, even if you make a place your home it can not truly be your home if you do not have great people around you - which I can see nonna definitely has many great people around her in Florence.