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A Day in the Life of Finley Starr

P.E. Department Changes its Lineup

Cheerio, Boston!

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Senior Shines Offstage

New Buses Roll into Penson Parking Lot

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It is predicted that chocolate will most likely go extinct by the year 2050. The natural source of chocolate, the cacao plant, is dying out.

Cacao trees are victims of fungal diseases commonly triggered by climate change. According to an article

by Scientific American, fungal diseases, including frosty pod and witch’s broom, attack cacao plants primarily in their native Central America. Cacao trees are very picky to their environment as they need an extremely humid atmosphere with fairly warm temperatures, nitrogen-rich soil and wind protection. Thus, these fungal attacks on one of the few places cacao trees flourish in could lead to the species demise.

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KOREAN TENSION

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Looking back on the last time that South Korea hosted the Olympics, the Summer Games of 1988 in Seoul, one would be afraid to have tensions between South and North Korea escalate to the same level. 29 years ago, just one year after boycotting the Seoul Games, North Korea wanted to steal the spotlight from South Korea so badly that they attempted to throw their own version of the games, a World Youth Festival. Spending billions on the festival, North Korea hosted delegates from more than 107 countries, imported more than 1,000 Mercedes-Benz to accommodate foreigners, built a never-occupied 105 floor hotel, subway stations, an Arc de Triomphe replica and a stadium for 105,000 spectators.

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A man aboard a train from Amsterdam to Paris passes a confused glance to his wife in the new film “15:17 to Paris.” He hustles to the area right outside the bathroom and knocks, unknowingly waiting for the shock of a lifetime: a terrorist with a machine grade rifle lurks in the bathroom, preparing for his attack. Director Clint Eastwood has famously portrayed modern heroes in his films “American Sniper” (2014) and “Sully” (2016). More recently, Eastwood has gained press for his new movie about three Americans, Spencer Stone, Alek Skarlatos and Anthony Sadler, the actual men who thwarted a terrorist attack on a train to Paris in 2015. And that is the best-selling facet of the movie—the heroes play themselves on screen.

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Flu Invades the United States, Hockaday Braces for Impact Senior Hannah Sipes’s body begins to ache. Within the next half-hour, her head begins to pound and she starts to get the chills. Only a few hours after it begins, she feels as though she cannot leave her bed. Sipes has the flu.

With a vaccine effective rate of roughly 30 percent, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, this year’s flu season has hit the entire United States with thousands being hospitalized. At Hockaday, the flu has been affecting students since November but has not resulted in the same effects seen throughout both Dallas and the rest of the country.

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Schools have to do what is best for them and what they feel like they need to do. But right now I feel like we are in a good place.

Erika Herridge Hockaday Director of Health Services

you miss a week.’ We like to obsess about how much suffering we have that is true because the pace is fast and we are moving beyond. I think it creates a level of stress,” Murray said.

“It creates pressure on kids to stay up later and create some bad habits for them, which then don’t help you get better. [This mentality] forces kids to come when they shouldn’t be here.”

Sipes agrees with Murray and believes that when students attempt to limit how much school they ultimately miss, they in fact just make everyone else around them sick.

“I think [the culture] definitely prolongs the flu. You have people where they may be out for a few days because of the flu, but once they are feeling like okay, even if they are still contagious they will come back because they really can’t miss anything,” Sipes said.

“Even me, getting it over Thanksgiving Break, I was still out for a week of school. I missed so much that it was hard to get back. People who can manage to come back after a few days, like they feel like they can, are really just spreading it even more.”

As flu season continues, the administration will continue to monitor the flu within the school, and take necessary actions, when needed.

The Flu Epidemic Throughout Texas Since the start of flu season in October 2017, the state of Texas has seen unusually high numbers of positive flu tests and patients with flu-like symptoms.

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As of Feb. 7, according to The Dallas Morning News, there had been over 106 flu-related deaths within the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. These deaths represent 3.6 percent of the total 2,902 flu-related deaths that the state of Texas had reported on Feb. 2.

Throughout the United States, the flu illness rates have now reached a level equal to that of the Swine Flu epidemic of 2009.

In a report released by the CDC on Feb. 9, their reports listed that one in every thirteen doctor visits were related to flu season.

According to Director of Health Services Erika Herridge, RN, the number of flu illnesses at Hockaday has increased, with this flu season being the worst that she has ever experienced in her six years at the school.

“This is really my first year where have had to track it every day and keep track of all attendance because of everything in the news and then not only in Dallas, but nationwide we definitely have more cases this year,” Herridge said.

Prior to working at Hockaday, Herridge worked at Children’s Medical Center, and she was there during the Swine Flu Outbreak in 2009. Yet she believes this flu is different from almost any of the others that she has seen throughout her years in the medical field.

“The flu season itself just seems different and the symptoms seem a little different than in years’ past, where if you had flu, it was definitive. You knew you had a high fever, body aches and those things,” Herridge said. “And now we are seeing people who have mild symptoms who only feel like they have a cold and then it kind of lingers and when they go to the doctors and they end up having the flu.”

For Sipes, she quickly experienced typical flu symptoms, including nausea and high fever.

“I could not get out of bed for two weeks straight because I felt nauseous and physically could not stand,” Sipes said. “And then I actually caught post-flu bronchitis/pneumonia, and that lasted a while as well.”

In the past flu seasons, Sipes has received the flu vaccine, but this year she did not. Right as she was planning to get the vaccine, the flu infected her.

“The effectiveness of this year's flu shot has been only about 20 to 30 percent. However, the CDC still recommends that people get it because there is still a chance it would help,” Herridge said.

Even though schools in Dallas like Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas and Bishop Lynch High School have closed for two days due to the flu, Hockaday has not yet reached a status to warrant a school closing, according to Herridge. The two reasons for a closure would be if there was an absence rate of flu-related illness of above 10 percent when all three divisions are combined or if too many faculty and staff were out sick.

“Our highest percentage rate in Lower School was six percent and that was two weeks ago [in mid-January], and even since then it has been between one and three. Middle School has been really low and then Upper School has fluctuated somewhat,” Herridge said. “With last week at seven percent was the highest. But collectively as an entire school, our max was 4.2 percent absence rate, so nowhere near the ten percent that we would be looking for.”

In fact, according to Herridge and Head of Upper School Terry Murray, Hockaday has never had to close due to illness, even during the Swine Flu Outbreak in 2009 and 2010.

Even though the flu has affected the country more than normal, Herridge believes that Hockaday has taken steps that has limited the flu’s effect on the larger school population.

“Schools have to do what is best for them and what they feel like they need to do. But right now I feel like we are in a good place. We have excellent cleaning staff. We have upped our nightly cleaning with them,” Herridge said. “I communicate with Housekeeping and Carolyn [Hoke, Director of Housekeeping].

We look at our numbers and then say, ‘Okay I think we need to up our cleaning when the flu season starts’ so they clean nightly.”

Yet even with these increased efforts within the school, a mentality still exists, especially within the Upper School, to want to keep going to school. Murray recognizes this culture within the Upper School, especially amidst cold and flu season.

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The Fourcast's Business Manager Morgan Fisher asked Lower School music teacher Sabrina Kessee about receiving the Next Generation Music Professional Award.

CLIMATE CHANGE

BURNING UP Since President Donald Trump’s Dec. 28 tweet that asserted since it was a cold night on the East coast, the country should not pay trillions of dollars to protect against global warming, people have had concerns about the White House’s ability to reason. Despite Trump’s logic, scientists almost unanimously believe in climate change. The Earth experienced the warmest year to date in 2016, setting a record for the third year in a row. Warming temperatures threaten our planet’s natural systems, as an increase of 0.5 degrees Celsius can increase sea level as well as storm intensity by 30 percent. Ninety percent of scientists agree that climate change is real, so where does the rest of the world stand?

Q. Tell us about your involvement in music and the arts throughout your life?

WASHINGTON D.C. On Feb. 17, 2017 the United States Senate confirmed former Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, an open denier of climate change, to be the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.

Since then, nearly a year later, Pruitt has by any means worked to steer the EPA away from it’s regulations of the past by dismantling the environmental legacy that Barack Obama left. Since Trump’s debut in office last January, he has made eliminating federal regulations a priority.

Twenty-nine rules have been overturned, include removing regulations on fossil fuel industry and minimizing government protected lands.

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According to the Union of Concerned Scientists, China is the leader in carbon dioxide emissions with 6.59 metric tons per capita carbon dioxide emissions from fuel combustion and produces 28 percent of the world’s carbon dioxide emissions. As of 2015, the United States follows with 15 percent; however, the country’s population only consists of a fourth of the world’s population.

The Yale Program on Climate Change Communication came out with a study in 2016 that reports how Americans view climate change.

This study revealed that while just below 70 percent of U.S. citizens think global warming is happening, only 52 percent think it is caused by human activities and only 38 percent think it will have any impact on themselves personally. Basically, the risk of this reality is often misperceived.

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In Hollywood, there are many celebrities who utilize their platforms to educate the public about climate change. Actors Meryl Streep, Shailene Woodley, Mark Ruffalo, Olivia Wilde and Leonardo DiCaprio frequently use their social media accounts and funds to amplify the effort against and awareness of global warming. The Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation works to generate reusable energy sources and protect ecosystems that serve an important role in mitigating climate change.

Because the earth’s ocean temperatures are rising, tropical storms are able to collect more energy. According to the National Resources Defense Council, this often turns category three storms into a dangerous category four storm. Scientists have even reported that the frequency of North Atlantic hurricanes has increased since the early 1980s, as well as the number of storms that reach categories four and five.

Therefore, areas such as Houston and New Orleans are at a greater risk in the future.

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DALLAS Last year was the second hottest year on record. In the AccuWeather database of more than 3,800 cities, the New York Times reported that 88 percent recorded annual temperatures higher than the normal amount. AccuWeather documented that Dallas was 2.8 degrees warmer in 2017 than in 2016, and the Yale climate study reported that only 32 percent of Dallas residents discuss climate change on a regular basis, or even occasionally.

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A. Outside of music in church, my mom would do some local things and I would sing with her, and I did choirs in elementary in middle school.

I went to Booker T. Arts Magnet [Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts] and studied music there, then I got my music degree from Fiske University and University of North Texas. I’ve just done music ever since.

Q. When did you decide to start teaching music in the Lower School?

A. When there was a job available. I was at first a Kindergarten teacher, and I love to teach reading, and of course while teaching reading I added music to teach them how to spell. Then I got an opportunity to work with a school in Carrollton and through that I was introduced to Hockaday by working with the gospel choir in Upper School. While I was here, they had an opening in the lower school. I’ve been here for 15 years.

Q. Can you tell me about your experience with the Gospel Choir?

A. I love that it’s such a diverse group of people who love to make gospel music and have such a good time. We go to a lot of different places in town and out of town, of course. We went to ISAS and other festivals and we’ve been on TV. It’s been really fun. It’s a good time for girls to come together, it’s like their downtime but they feel uplifted too if they may be struggling with tests or papers.

I love that they can come together and feel better.

Q. What was it like to receive the Next Generation Music Professional Award?

A. That was really cool. I knew that it was coming, I just didn’t realize it was such a big deal. When I was posted about on social media I thought that it was really neat. When I got the award they had these hall of fame people that got other awards, and these were people that I’ve looked up to since I was really little.

So to be included in a line-up of people I watched as I grew up, I felt really honored and like I didn’t deserve to be there.

Q. What you say to young girls aspiring to have a career involved in music?

A. I would say to honor the love and the passion of music, and if that’s something you want to do, do it. I know a lot of times there’s the thought of ‘maybe I should be a doctor, maybe I should be a lawyer, maybe I should do something lucrative like that’ but if you love music or you love kids or helping people love music or learn music then follow that. I am a happy person because I love music and I do music, especially because I do it here.

Quick reads to stay up-to-date

Trip to the 20s

Hockaday Athletics Takes on SPC

Final Exams

New StuCo for 2018-2019

The Winter Formal theme was announced on Jan 11: “Winter Formal at Gatsby’s.” The event will be held at Commerce Event Center on Feb. 24 at 8 p.m. Winter Formal chairs and seniors Cheryl Hao and Lauren Puplampu want the event to be unique and memorable, and have added “elements to Winter Formal that have never been introduced in previous years,” Hao said.

SPC starts today in Houston. The swimming and diving meets will take place at The John Cooper School, while soccer and basketball will compete at The Kinkaid School.

Get ready for final exams. On Mar. 7 students will take the language and science exams, and history and math exams will take place on the following day. There will be no classes for the Upper School on Mar. 6 as it is an exam study day. Study hard, these exams count for 20 percent of your final grade.

Speeches and voting for the Executive Board and Council chairs start on Feb. 12. Form Council and Board and Council representative voting is on Feb. 22. Make sure to listen to their speeches and vote for your Student Council representatives for the 2018-19 school year.

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The Olympic Games roll around every two years, and their level of international attention and participation is consistently unmatched by any other event. In the midst of this year’s foreign diplomacy issues with North Korea, however, this year’s Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea could be an important marker in history.

the Olympics is not unprecedented; the two countries displayed their unified flag at the 1991 While the Seoul Summer Games marked World Tennis Table Championship and most a new era of success for South Korea, North recently, at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games.

Korea suffered from the excessive spending However, the interest in joint participation in and ultimately entered into a period of finan- this recent tense political climate has raised the cial crisis just months before the Berlin Wall question for many about North Korea’s sudden fell and marked the end of the Cold War. In shift in attitude. Many assume the niceties will the early 1990’s, a combination of flooding, only last for the roughly two week period that is drought and a withdrawal of food subsidies left the Olympics, and others wonder if Un is trying North Korea with a brutal famine that killed to change public perception about North Korea.

Joseph Siracusa, professor of human se2 to 3 million people. With the state of bankruptcy caused by the earlier festival, North Ko- curity and international diplomacy at Royal Melbourne Institute of rea found itself unable to Technology University pull out of the food shortin Melbourne, Australia age and buy higher priced agrees with the former goods from private markets.

OLYMPICREPORTS opinion and believes that Despite paying for North Korea’s olive branch their own downfall in year’s is simply a facade. past, North Korea is now “If they come across getting the media attention as normal human beings, it once wanted completeif they look normal and ly free of charge. Steve South Koreans treat them Kramer, Chair of the Upper as normal, it’s a great diploSchool History Department, matic victory. It won’t solve has noticed that in the last a single problem though, as year itself, the internationlong as they continue with al spotlight has been on their nuclear weapons and North Korea long before ICBMs,” Siracusa told CNN. the Olympics started.

For Kramer, whether “The relationship beor not North Korea’s actween Donald Trump and but we are responsible for bringing tions are fake is irrelevant Kim Jong Un has devolved Olympic coverage to our viewers to their significance. He into an argument over who argues that North Korea has the bigger weapon, so JUAN RENTERIA maintains an arsenal of to speak,” Kramer said.

ABC News Photojournalist ballistics in self defense to In a surprising gesprevent another instance ture of unity, however, Un reached out to South Korea in a New Year’s of their demise during the Korean War. Their Day speech and brought up the idea of starting civility during the Olympics may be treated as talks for the first time in two years about North separate to political drama.

“In my opinion, anything that lessons Korea’s participation in this year’s Olympics.

South Korea eagerly entertained his offer and the tensions is beneficial. North Korea sees a started conversations in border village Panmun- chance to integrate themselves into the world.,” jom. The two countries agreed to march in the Kramer said.

While Kramer believes that North Korean Opening Ceremony with their united flag, which displays the entire Korean peninsula in blue niceties will help, to a certain extent, further their against a white backdrop. They also formed a relationship with South Korea, he also underjoint women’s hockey team, marking the first stands that Un could have an underlying motive.

“North Korea may also be trying to drive time both countries have contributed athletes a wedge between South Korea and the United to the same team.

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WE MAY VEER OFF TO DO A NEWS STORY AT THE DMZ BECAUSE OF THE CURRENT POLITICAL CLIMATE,

A WARM WELCOME | The mascots of the Pyeongchang Olympics and the Paralympic Games, Soohorang and Bandabi, sit outside of one of the stadiums that is used for the games.

the political stories awaiting him in South Korea because as a ABC employee, his network will have to await host station NBC’s approval before reporting on the actual results of the Olympics.

“With the lack of rights to report on certain aspects of the games, we have to kind of be on peripheral. It does keep us from doing certain stories at the same time, but we can do all kinds of stuff with the location of the games,” Renteria said.

As a photojournalist, Renteria will focus on human interest stories in South Korea. Tales of athletes overcoming challenges and adversity to compete in the games will be taken just as importantly as the current political tension. While the ABC News technical team came to Pyeongchang weeks before the games started to set up sound stages, Renteria himself has done little preparation before going to South Korea aside from getting his official press credentials from the Olympic Committee and researching South Korea as a country. He recognizes that this particular Olympics offers many unique angles on reporting, but will pursue stories as he sees fit.

“Ultimately, the primary focus is covering the Olympic Games. We want to personalize some of the stories of the athletes and teams,” Renteria said.

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for some negotiations. I don’t think he will ever get rid of the weapons, becauase they are leverage to maintain his regime He could be trying to keep a communist ideology while moving towards a more open economy with South Korea.”

Many are deeming North Korea’s actions in the Olympic Games as a “charm offensive”, or an inundation of civil formalities to detract from their ongoing nuclear presence. In furthering this pattern, Un’s sister, Kim Yo Jong came to the opening ceremony and marked the first time any member of Un’s immediate family has set foot in South Korea since the Korean War. She shook hands with South Korean President Moon Jae in the beginning of the ceremony.

North Korea also sent a cheer squad decked out in matching parkas with impeccably choreographed routines and synced chants.

With North Korea acting relatively subdued for the duration of the Olympics, it seems that the most aggressive country in the games right now would be the United States. Just before leaving for South Korea, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence warned that the United States understands the charm offensive as completely fake.

“We will not allow North Korean propaganda to hijack the message and imagery of the Olympic Games,” Pence said after meeting with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo. “We’ll be there to cheer our athletes, but we’ll also be there to stand with our allies and remind the world that North Korea is the most tyrannical and oppressive regime on the planet.”

To further this message, Pence brought along the father of Otto Warmbier, the American student who was jailed in North Korea and died upon his return to the United States, as his guest to the games. He also did not exchange any pleasantries as Kim Yo Jong sat rows away from him.

In the midst of political tension, it could seem that the actual athletic aspect of the Olympic Games is simply a backdrop to North Korean drama; mainstream media coverage of the games is regularly interrupted with footage of North Korean buses pulling up and their cheerleaders performing.

ABC News photojournalist Juan Renteria, however, assures people that his team’s coverage will be a balance between the games and the surrounding current events.

“We may veer off to do a news story at the DMZ because of the current political climate, but we are responsible for bringing Olympic coverage to our viewers,” Renteria said.

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History of South Korea in the Winter Olympics

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In the 1948 Winter Olympics, South Korea participated for the first time, sending three athletes to participate in speed skating.

While none of the athletes placed, South Korea would return to the Olympics for the 1956 Winter games. They did not participate in the 1952 Winter Olympics as the games occurred during the height of the Korean War.

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Current MIT senior Mary Clare Beytagh ‘14 won the Rhodes Scholarship, the third Hockaday alum to receive the scholarship in the past 10 years.

Mary Clare Beytagh ‘14, a senior at MIT, received the 2017 American Rhodes Scholarship on Nov. 18. Out of 866 candidates, 32 students received this highly coveted award. Beytagh plans on pursuing a Master of Science degree in integrated immunology during her two-year study at Oxford University this upcoming fall. “[Immunology] is a hot field, and there’s a lot of interesting questions to be answered,” Beytagh said. “The more you know the better you can develop [the cancer] therapies to help more people rather than just a subset.”

The process started for her in May 2017 when she met with MIT’s English fellowship office.

First, she had to submit three essays and a letter of recommendation to her institution by the end of June. Then after a selection process, MIT nominated a group of students, including Beytagh, in mid-July to apply to the Rhodes Scholarship.

For the actual scholarship application, Beytagh submitted more letters of recommendation

and an essay detailing her work and how she hopes to use the scholarship at Oxford. In the middle of November, 16 finalists from each of the 16 geographic districts met in Houston for an interview and two winners from each district were announced.

Currently at MIT, Beytagh carries out research dealing with cancer immunology at the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research.

Cancer immunology, or immunotherapy, uses one’s own immune system to fight cancer cells.

“I wanted to have a broader base in immunology as a subfield,” Beytagh said. “I’m interested right now in this idea of tumor antigens, which are proteins that rest on the surface of cancer cells that allow the body to distinguish them as foreign.”

If Beytagh enjoys the one-year masters program, she will continue her research into the summer and extend her work on immunotherapy for the second year at Oxford. However, she’s also interested in studying medical anthropology or history of science after her first year since she wasn’t exposed to these type of courses at MIT. Along with applying to the Rhodes Scholarship, Beytagh turned in applications for several MD/PHD programs, which are funded by the

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government. Although Beytagh has been accepted into several programs already, she will defer her acceptance until after her time at Oxford.

Her first experience in scientific research was during her time at Hockaday when Science Teacher Barbara Fishel encouraged Beytagh to apply to UT Southwestern’s STAR Program after her junior year.

“Around that time, Hockaday was realizing that research was a big part of science and would be beneficial to the students,” Beytagh said.

Besides biology, Beytagh is also majoring in literature, which she decided to pursue at the end of her sophomore year.

“The first class that I took in the humanities was a literature course,” Beytagh said. “It reminded me that Hockaday has great literature teachers and English classes.”

While at Hockaday, Middle School English Teacher Diane Glaser first taught Beytagh what literature was and how exciting it could be to analyze books and write poetry. “[Going to college] wasn’t a transition at all because Hockaday prepared me so well for writing in college and having excitement for literature and writing,” Beytagh said. “Hockaday has a big piece of why I find [literature] important and necessary for my life.”

One of Beytagh’s favorite English courses in Upper School was English Department Chair Janet Bilhartz’s Honors English III course during her junior year.

“Mary Clare was one of those students who was always curious about ideas and how to be a better writer,” Bilhartz said. “It feels to me that she’s continue two qualities: her intellectual curiosity with a wide set of interest and the drive to excel and always get better.”

Beytagh would always meet with Bilhartz before and after turning English papers in to improve her writing style. She read widely on her own and brought what she learned into the classroom while also exploring the class discussions outside of the classroom.

With her science courses, science teacher Beverly Lawson influenced Beytagh when she taught her in AP Chemistry. “[Lawson] told me that you’re going to fail sometimes and you have to learn how to study and you’re going to do well but it’s going to be hard,” Beytagh said. “She pushed me early on when things were tough.”

Beytagh grew immensely intellectually and personally in AP Chemistry, according to Lawson. One of Lawson’s lessons for Beytagh was patience, especially in scientific experimentation. “[Beytagh] is everthing that we hope is good about Hockaday,” Lawson said.

Beytagh valued her time at Hockaday due to the teachers, the curriculum and the lessons taught. In addition to her academic studies, she also was a member of the Fourcast and danced as a pre-professional ballerina every day for several hours after school.

“Hockaday always implicated in us that your education should not be for the benefit of you but for the benefit of others,” Beytagh said.

“It’s not about you but using your talents and the privilege that we’ve been given to go out and do something with it instead of sitting back and thinking you can’t do anything.”

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PLAN ON IT! Winter Formal Feb. 24 Winter SPC Tournament Feb. 15

History and Math Exams March 8

No classes for Spring Break March 12-18

No classes for Exam Study Day. March 6

No classes for Winter Break Feb. 16-19

Language and Science Exams March 7

SAT March 10

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As one of Australia's most well-known and most recognizable pieces of architecture, the Sydney Opera House has welcomed over 8.2 million guests every year since its opening in 1973. This July, a familiar face will grace the hallowed stage: one of Hockaday’s own talented musicians.

By Paige Halverson | Castoff Editor

Freshman Jennifer Xiong will perform the clarinet with the High School Honors Performance Series from July 18 to 23 at the iconic Sydney Opera House.

“After performing for the Middle School Honors Performance Series, I decided to apply for the same program for high school. I just had to do it again,” Xiong said.

The honor of performing at the Sydney Opera House is certainly not handed to any young clarinetist who dreams of a wide open stage. Xiong has been playing the clarinet since the sixth grade at Fowler Middle School in Frisco, after the art department thought she would have a certain nack for the instrument.

On its website, the Honors Performance Series states that “Performing at Sydney Opera House is an honor reserved for elite student performers. Selected Finalists experience music in new ways during their international performance adventure.”

Xiong’s teacher of one and a half years, Katie Combest, noticed her skill right away.

“The first time I heard her play, she responded well to feedback, and she has a fantastic ear,” Combest said. “Jennifer is very self aware and aware of others, so I believe these traits set her apart from more teenagers.”

But Xiong is not new to the big leagues, as she has already performed at Carnegie Hall during the summer going into her eighth grade year. She played with the Honors Performance Series for Middle School, which is the same program she will be performing with in the upcoming months. At the time, she had only played the clarinet for a mere two years, but nonetheless was accepted into the prestigious group.

“I didn’t really know what I got myself when I applied, but I really loved it because I got to meet really cool people from all over the world and got to work together for a week and play a really awesome concert at Carnegie Hall,” Xiong said.

The High School Honors Performance Series at Sydney Opera House is a stepping stone from the Carnegie Hall Series and is targeted towards highly-accomplished ninth to 12th grade musicians.

“You go through a tough audition process where you send in a recording, they evaluate it, and if they like you, you get to go,” Xiong said. “They accept around 250 students and people apply from all around the world.”

To prepare for the program in July, the students are given the music in May. They have a couple of days to perform the pieces together for rehearsal and then by the end of the camp, they perform all together.

The few who are chosen spend a total of six days in Sydney, studying and learning with like-minded students under “master conductors” and experiencing one of the country’s “most cultured cities.”

Combest also recalls Xiong’s audition for her first Honors Performance Series at Carnegie Hall for middle schoolers.

“I have had several students audition for various opportunities to perform at Carnegie Hall, etc., and her Mom was aware of this. I believe her mother sought out this specific opportunity for her, and then we prepared,” Combest said.

Combest knows a thing or two about the clarinet, as she has founded her own Combest Clarinet Academy where Xiong studies, and her own website, which divulges Combest’s musical past and how her love for the clarinet

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evolved over her lifetime.

Katie “began teaching clarinet lessons in 2000. She has a passion for teaching and for empowering students to achieve their own personal bests. No one person is the same,” her website says.

Although the clarinet is a huge part of Xiong’s life, she leaves time for other activities such as dancing with Hockadance and playing the piano, which she played long before her time as a clarinetist.

“I love the clarinet, but I like the group experience of being in an orchestra as well,” Xiong said. “You go through so much together and all your hard work pays off in the end, when you perform.”

Xiong practices 30 to 45 minutes after school five days a week. And she practices twice a week with the Hockaday orchestra as well.

“It is not hard to balance school and clarinet,” Xiong said. “As long as you figure out what is the best way to practice for you, it is easily managed.”

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“I would like to say that Jennifer is very diligent. She pays great attention to Mr. Long during Orchestra, and whenever she encounters a hard passage, instead of giving up, she tries her best to study it and practice it during our rehearsals,” Jung said. “I am sure that her talent and practicing enabled her to perform at the Sydney Opera House.”

But as Xiong counts down the days until her upcoming performance in front of a large crowd, she knows she will have the support of her family and friends, who always “attend her concerts and support her whenever she performs”.

“My biggest supporters would be my parents. They tell me to do whatever makes me happy,” Xiong said. “They’ve endured my practicing at home since 6th grade, and they have always cheered me on. When I feel like I can’t do it, they’re my biggest supporters and encourage me to continue. Their support inspires me to work harder.

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Best Actor: Gary Oldman The magic of Gary Oldman can best be described with his often unrecognizable presence in a myriad of films. Sid Vicious, Dracula, Lee Harvey Oswald, you name it, Oldman, known to many as a “chameleon” has probably done it and you can’t remember. I can’t relay how many times I’ve heard someone say, “wait, that’s Gary Oldman?!”. In my opinion, true talent in the acting business is measured by one’s ability to fully embody a role. In the masterpiece, “The Darkest Hour”, Oldman both physically and spiritually captures Winston Churchill’s powerful stoicity and unique rhythmic speech pattern. Spending a total of over 200 hours in the makeup chair and two months of historical research, Oldman deserves this award for his hard work on this role and many others in the past.

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Best Actress: Saoirse Ronan Based on precursor awards Screen Actor’s Guild and Critic’s Choice , Frances McDormand is the clear favorite to win Best Actress. While McDormand’s performance in “Three Billboards Outside of Ebbings, Missourri” was undeniably moving, last year’s Oscars showed a favoritism for Emma Stone’s youthful Mia in “La La Land” over veteran actress Isabelle Huppert’s “Elle”.

If that trend plays out this year, Saoirse Ronan could snatch the title for her heartbreaking, yet heartwarming performance in “Lady Bird”. In an era of female empowerment, “Lady Bird” set the perfect tone for young women everywhere to break free of societal norms and find themselves with or without a romantic relationship.

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Best Supporting Actor: Willem Dafoe Again, Willem Dafoe is not the top choice for Best Supporting Actor, and could easily lose to another member of “Three Billboards Outside of Ebbings, Missouri,” Sam Rockwell. Despite not being an obvious frontrunner, Dafoe’s performance as Bobby, the kind hearted manager of a rundown motel, ironically called “The Magic Castle” made me understand the issue of child poverty on a different level. Instead of trying to shine as one of the few adults in the film, Dafoe acted with and for his child co-star Brooklynn Prince and dedicated himself to carrying out the tragic narrative of the urban lower class. He helped expand on one of the most financially and emotionally confusing issues of today, and for that, I believe he should win this award.

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Best Supporting Actress: Allison Janney When “I, Tonya” was in the production process, I wondered how filmmakers and actors would tell the often contradicting story of the Nancy Kerrigan figure skating scandal of 1994. Would they tell the tale of a doe-eyed, hard-working innocent Tonya Harding or would they slam her as a hardened competitor, willing to hurt others for the win? The film ended up being a compilation of many different perspectives, some of which had never been revealed to the public before. One of these, was Harding’s mother, LaVona Golden. Golden was not willing to share her side of the story, so Allison Janney, the actor playing her, went off of Harding’s memory of their relationship. Out of this recollection came the serial smoking, foul-mouthed and almost hateful depiction of Harding’s mother. Janney played the role flawlessly, making me wonder if it was even the same actress that starred in the loveable comedy “Mom” alongside Anna Faris.

For Janney to play an evil spirited woman with such strong conviction makes her my top pick for this title.

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Best Picture: The Post In watching the other amazing films in this category, such as “Shape of Water” and “Three Billboards Outside of Ebbings, Missouri” and listening to the whispers on the critics’ circuit, it’s hard to fully back “The Post” for this award. As a journalist, however, it would be sacrilegious not to recognize this homage to the power of free press. With Steven Spielberg directing and household names like Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks in starring roles, this movie was set up for success from the beginning. Streep and Hanks’ depiction of The Washington Post head staffers is compelling and a necessary reminder of journalistic integrity in an age where “fake news” accusations are given out like candy. The movie makes the newsroom a dramatic force of truth against a corrupt administration and mimicked reality despite being set in the early 1970’s.

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Best Director: Jordan Peele Although a veteran comedy sketch writer, Jordan Peele is completely new to the directing field and struck out bigtime with his movie “Get Out”. Last year, the award season leaned in favor of younger directors, honoring Damien Chazelle for his work on “La La Land”. However, in my opinion, Peele’s recognition this year has little to do with his age and more to do with the incredibly thought provoking movie he created. The movie made many reflect on race relations in America and even caused some viewers to watch the film multiple times to fully understand the theme of criticizing so called liberals who claim to be advocates for African Americans, but are unintentionally racist. For making so many American citizens rethink their everyday actions, Peele should win this award.

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FASHION FINDS | Wake Up and Make Up Bring on the beauty. These Hockaday Upper School students are their own glam squad.

From mastering the cheekbone highlight to a sharp winged eyeliner, they are creating artistic masterpieces on their faces. Here’s a look into their makeup must-haves and secrets.

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Burns doesn’t think of herself as a very artistic person, but makeup allows her to show off these art skills. Even though Burns is confident in her own skin, makeup gives her an extra boost of confidence. Her favorite makeup look is glowy, dewy and bronzed skin.

Magnuson, who has been dancing for fifteen years, primarily did her makeup for her dance performances. However, in freshman year, she started to watch beauty gurus on YouTube and became more intrigued with doing her makeup for fun. Magnuson’s favorite brand is “Fenty,” singer Rihanna’s makeup brand, because Magnuson appreciates the attention Rihanna has brought to curating shade ranges for all skin tones.

Brodsky’s favorite makeup product is concealer. She uses concealer to cover her acne scars, and believes that even though some people prefer to leave their acne scars untouched, if it makes someone feel better about their skin, they should use concealer to cover their insecurities. Her favorite drugstore brand is NYX, and her other favorite brand is Urban Decay.

Carolyn Naile, Trinity’s mother, introduced her to the world of makeup when Trinity was 10 years old. When she was going to school to get her esthetic license, she brought home an official esthetic makeup kit. Carolyn eventually gave Trinity the makeup kit, which led to Trinity experimenting and trying out different looks. Trinity loves doing her makeup because it relieves her stress and serves as an outlet to express her creativity.

In middle school, Harle ventured into makeup to learn how to cover her acne.

She turned to YouTube videos for help, and after two years of practicing makeup, she began doing makeup on other people. Now, Harle has “glammed” girls for homecoming, Winter Formal, prom, Marksmen and even on adults for events. Now, she says she prefers doing others’ makeup over doing her own makeup.

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“American Sniper” and “Sully” both received popular reviews. Rotten Tomatoes, a website that measures the quality of movies and TV shows, gave these films 72 and 86 percent ratings respectively. But what caused Eastwood’s newest flick, which opened in theaters on Feb. 9, to receive a mere 20 percent score from that same company?

The film begins by chronicling the scene with the terrorists boarding the train. However, the filming angles were strange and somewhat shaky, which caused my mother to comment, “Why do they only keep showing us the terrorist’s behind?”

The setting abruptly shifts to the upbring of the three protagonists in Sacramento, California where Stone and Skarlatos, who attended elementary school together, befriend their new school’s troublemaker, Sadler. The boys religiously talk about the military, often wear camouflage, and play war with airsoft machine guns. The boys part ways

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before high school, and at this point, the background to these characters was finished.

Weaved with a couple flashes of the scene on the train, the viewer sees the now-adult protagonists commence their twenty-something lives according to plan: Sadler is enrolled at college while Stone and Skarlatos separately pursue their military ambitions by enlisting in the army.

Somehow, the three men end up gallivanting through Europe together and a large portion of the movie displays them at bars and clubs. With a few twists of fate, the boys go to Amsterdam and board a train to their next destination: Paris.

This was the moment that I was waiting for: to see the heroic moment of bringing down the terrorist. However, in the blink of an eye, the actual terror attack and heroism was over.

The movie barely covers the aftermath of the attack and quickly finishes leaving the majority of the viewers, myself included, unsatisfied. Eastwood made a bold decision hiring the actual heroes to

play themselves, according to an ABC article, the director denied the stars acting lessons because “he didn’t want them to look like they were acting.” In the end, the movie felt forced because of the heroes inexperienced acting.In the end, the movie felt forced because of the heroes inexperienced acting.

While the quality of the film was low, the notion of putting an authentic story behind three American heroes is very inspiring.It was enthralling to have a first-hand experience of the three characters’ upbringing, and the movie is riddled with excellent themes.The film represents breaking the stigma behind single motherhood and emphasizes that anyone can be a hero.

Despite its downfalls, I would encourage everyone to see the film. It shares the often untold story of an-almost tragedy and honors the heroes who prevented the deaths of hundreds at the hands of a terrorist with 300 rounds of ammunition.

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Showing that the spotlight of mass media can be held by people of color, the film has a 90 percent black cast, and the soundtrack is entirely performed and created by talented black musicians. With Kendrick Lamar holds writing credits for 14 tracks and sings on five of them, this young artist has created a gorgeous album to accompany the film.

Not only has Cooger brought together a cast for the film that is stacked with stars such as Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong’o, Angela Bassett and Forest Whitaker, but the curator of the album, Lamar, brought together some of the most popular black artists of the past few years, as well as several emerging artists. SZA, The Weekend, ScHoolboy Q, 2 Chainz, Ab-Soul, Future, Sacari, Khalid, Rae Sremmurd’s Swae Lee and Vince Staples contribute to the album, and Anderson .Paak, James Blake, Sjava, Reason and Yuhen Blakrok are featured on the soundtrack.

In the theme of resistance, sung by Jorja Smith, “I Am” is one of the most sensitive songs on the soundtrack, and its melodic tones will have me belting it in my car on a rainy day. The soulful artist’s sound is accompanied by lyrics that stir my emotions. In the chorus she says, “sometimes we ain’t meant to be free.”

Filled with anger, sorrow, exhilaration and

pride, Lamar crafts a story through all 14 tracks.

Representing the loss connection of a black person’s African roots, “Redemption,” is a catchy, fast song that has a tribal feel to it.

More familiar to Lamar’s songs that make it to radio, the songs “X,” “King’s Dead” or “Big Shot” create intense background music of riveting action scene with Boseman fighting through the air or Nyong’o drop kicking the villain, Erik Killmonger.

Specifically, I can see “Big Shot,” with Lamar and Travis Scott, rising to the top of the charts in the next few months.

Easily, my favorite song on the soundtrack is “All the Stars,” a celebratory anthem. SZA’s performance of Lamar’s song embodies its underlying message that African Americans are gold stars.

Overall, I can easily say that Lamar’s curation of this album has incredibly heightened my anticipation to see this movie on Feb. 16, and I am not alone. This film is expected to make at least 120 million dollars on its opening four-day weekend, and Marvel’s 18th film will smash box-office records by becoming Fandango’s top selling superhero movie in history.

The fact that 11 out of 14 songs on the soundtrack are collaborative plays into the fact that in the struggle of centuries of racism and exploitation, African American people are not alone in their effort to oppose the oppression.

On first song on the album, “Black Panther,” Lamar writes “sisters and brother in unison, not because of me Because we don’t glue with the opposition.”

BLACK PANTHER: THE MOVIE I can say that Lamar’s curation of this album has heightened my anticipation to see this movie on Feb. 16, and I am not alone. This film is expected to make at least 120 million dollars on its opening four-day weekend, and Marvel’s 18th film will smash box-office records by becoming Fandango’s top selling superhero movie in history.

Since the “Black Panther” movie was announced on Oct. 28, 2014, Marvel a nd Disney have worked together to bring to life the 1966 Stan Lee and Jack Kirby superhero, Black Panther, in a way that is both true to the original comic character and represents what it means to be black in today’s society. The superhero T’Challa, is an African king who rules a nation untouched by exploitative colonization and is the wealthiest and most technologically advanced society in the Marvel universe.

In the context of a society governed by a man who has stirred white nationalist sentiment, Times writer Jamil Smith explains it like this.

“After the Obama era, perhaps none of this should feel groundbreaking. But it does. In the midst of a regressive cultural and political moment fueled in part by the white-nativist movement, the very existence of Black Panther feels like resistance,” Smith said.

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When you step into Commissary, the spacious, blue tiled restaurant and market, you are greeted by smiling employees, natural light filtered in from the window lined walls and the smell of freshly baked goods and quality coffee. And it only gets better from there when you take a bite out of one of the vast breakfast, lunch, bakery or gelato options served at this downtown gem.

I had brunch at Commissary recently and enjoyed a few dishes, all at reasonable prices from a modestly sized menu.

A friendly server brought me complimentary lemon poppy seed bread, which is also available to-go. The bread was moist with a subtle burst of tartness from the lemon, and it was well balanced by the sweet icing.

I also tried two coffee beverages: the cappuccino and the iced vanilla latte. The quality of the coffee was apparent in its rich and full flavor.

The cappuccino is for serious coffee drinkers with a very strong and bitter taste. The subtle hint of vanilla in the latte had no artificial taste and complemented the strong espresso. If I lived closer to the market the latte may replace my regular Starbucks order.

My favorite part of the meal was the cheese grits. Although you may think cheese grits are merely a side dish, they are actually a very filling main course. The not-too-cheesy grits added a soft texture to the meal while the flavor came from the toppings of a runny fried egg, arugula that added a freshness to the otherwise heavy meal, and glazed bacon with a surprising dash of smoky sweetness.

The butcher’s breakfast was appropriate for meat lovers, complete with a tender meat that rotates depending on what the market has in stock, fried egg and roasted potatoes. It was heavily seasoned with spice and hints of sweetness that would have paired well with a lighter side of fruit or greens. I also ordered the chilaquiles, which were topped with a tangy tomatillo salsa that I would pour onto any meal, but had a bit much tortilla for the amount of egg.

If you prefer a simpler breakfast, Commissary offers items a la carte. You can order eggs prepared to your liking, sausage, potatoes and seasonal greens. The turkey sausage was nothing spectacular and lacked in flavor, but the seasoned potatoes were impressively crispy.

For a healthier, but still protein-packed option, try the coconut oatmeal. This is not your average bland oatmeal, with toppings of roasted coconut, brown sugar, banana and almond butter that elevate it with sweet and nutty flavors.

Every dish I ate had a no-frills presentation but was still visually appealing with simple plating, pairing well with the light and airy space I enjoyed them in.

Commissary can be your new go-to spot when you looking for a place to sit down for a luscious brunch, switch up your morning coffee, grab a pastry to-go or pick up a few groceries. The food “factory” sells gourmet groceries and beverages, coffee from an espresso bar, gelato, grab-and-go sandwiches and pastries, frozen meals and a variety of breakfast, brunch and lunch dishes.

Packed with business-casual clad millennials during work hours and more casual guests of all ages on weekends, it’s clear the market is already a popular spot.

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Stormi Racks Up a Storm On Feb. 4, Kylie Jenner had the nation in shock as she revealed to the public that she was now the proud mother of a bustling baby girl. Jenner broke the news with an Instagram picture explaining the reason for her absence on social media and from the public eye. Two days later, she posted a picture of her daughter, which has now claimed the title as the most-liked picture on Instagram.

Twenty-year old Jenner was able to keep her pregnancy secret for nine months, claiming that it was to help her prepare her for her new role as a mother. Stormi--the chosen name for the new addition to the family--will take her father, Travis Scott’s, legal last name, Webster.

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Winfrey Not For The Win Talk show host Oprah Winfrey crushed the spirits of her fans when she officially announced—for the second time—that she would not be running for President in the 2020 election. The idea originally surfaced after she addressed the #MeToo movement in a moving speech which she delivered at the Golden Globes on Jan. 7.It didn’t take long for rumors to circulate of her running as a possible celebrity counter to President Donald Trump. However, despite the overwhelming amount of support that she received from fans, she released official statements declining the prospect in resulting interviews.

Julie Bowden and Husband Split After tying the knot over 13 years ago, Julie Bowden and husband Scott Phillips have called quits on their marriage, officially separating as of Dec. 17, 2017. Bowden supposedly filed for divorce on the claim of “irreconcilable differences” and is now asking for joint legal and physical custody of their three children. Additionally, the actress has requested that the court terminate Phillip’s spousal support. The couple’s spit was not entirely unanticipated, though, as notable problems had arisen between the two in the last year.

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Alone? No problem, there is no better pick-me-up or midday treat than chocolate.

Visit Kate Weiser at Northpark Mall and treat yourself to a fancy box of chocolate before a hitting the stores. Whether you are alone or have a sweetheart, these chocolate shops are a great way to boost your spirits and satisfy any sweet tooth during this “season of love.”

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STORY BY MICHELLE CHEN, A PHOTOGRAPHY BY MICHELLE SAY GOODBYE TO YOUR FAVORITE FOODS On Land Despite ongoing disputes about global warming and the human impact on the world, one thing is clear: the Earth’s climate is changing, and many of the Earth’s animals, plants and ecosystems are on the brink of extinction. According to an article by The Guardian, over 120 million people worldwide rely on the coffee industry as their primary source of income. And 100 million Americans drink coffee daily.Scientists quoted in aUK Independent article, however, have said this popular beverage is destined to go extinct in 60 years. The primary ingredient, the coffee bean, is threatened by climate change.

“More and more extreme weather events in major coffee-producing regions seem set to create supply shortages, and hotter conditions will impair flavour and aroma,” The Climate Institute wrote in the “A Brewing Storm” report.

The Coffee Berry Borer, a beetle which buries and lays its eggs in coffee bean bearing plants, is spreading to higher regions and destroying coffee bean plants in its wake. The beetle is drawn to wet, hot environments.

Climate change has brought an increase of these types of environments, and thus, the beetle is found to live 300 meters higher than where they lived last century. With every meter higher they migrate, that is another meter of coffee plant deaths.

“The Earth does go through cycles of warm and cold and the temperature swings a great deal over long geological periods. I think the difference is simply in how quickly things are happening right now,” Bartlett said.

And this is a domino effect: the earth’s temperature quickly rises, more humid environments are created, the beetles expand and the coffee bean plants die. Studies by the Ethiopian Environment and Coffee Forest Forum have predicted that the best case scenario for wild coffee plants is a 65 percent decrease by 2080 while the worst case is a 99.7 percent site reduction.

But coffee is not the only doomed bean. Recent studies from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have revealed that the chocolate bean will most likely go extinct by the year 2050. The natural source of chocolate, the cacao plant, is dying out.

And who is the culprit behind the decline of chocolate? Climate change.

“More than 90 percent of the global cocoa crop is produced by smallholders on subsistence farms with unimproved planting material,” British researcher Doug Hawkins told the Daily Mail.

Cacao trees are victims of fungal diseases commonly triggered by climate change. According to an article by the Scientific American, fungal diseases, including frosty pod and witch’s broom, attack cacao plants primarily in their native Central America. Cacao trees are very specific to their environment as they need an extremely humid atmosphere with fairly warm temperatures, nitrogen-rich soil and wind protection. Thus, these fungal attacks on one of the few places in which cacao trees flourish could lead to the species demise.

Sophomore Riyana Daulat, president of the Hockaday All Green Club, said “I don’t think I could live without chocolate.”

Think these are the only foods at risk? Nope, it turns out that there are other foods at risk as well. According to Business Insider, some foods, including avocados and chickpeas, are at risk because of the increasing worldwide droughts that climate change is causing. While others, such as maple syrup and peanuts, are going extinct because the stable weather conditions they require for their production are reducing more and more with climate change.

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greatly affected by coral bleaching, a process in which warm water triggers the growth kills the coral.

According to Sean Connolly, the program leader of a government-funded coral ree University, Queensland, in an interview with CNN, 91 percent of the Great Barrier Reef i and 50 percent is severely bleached. Now, some scientists predict that the reef, home to o ocean habitats, could disappear by 2050.

OUR CITIES

As the temperature of the ocean continues to rise, sea level also increases. NASA m sea level rises at a rate of 3.2 millimeters per year, and this change is detrimental to co Known for its gorgeous beaches, the Republic of Maldives is one of the most soug tions in the world. Maldives, however, is the flattest country on Earth. According to th percent of the country’s will be underwater by 2100.

Called the “City of Water,” Venice is also sinking fast. The canals and waterway for will contribute to its demise. Experts predict that this Italian landmark could d the century. The United States will not get spared. Our country is projected to of land due to a rising sea level. The New York Times estimates that in 100 t of New Orleans will be underwater. Twenty percent of Florida will be submer Miami Beach completely wiped out.

Scientists also predict that rising temperatures will render some ci uninhabitable by the end of the century. The predicted heat wave w the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and other countrie from the Nature Climate Change journal, countries near the Pers temperatures ranging from 74°C (165°F) to 76°C (169°F) in midd An article from the Independent points out that the temp that the human body cannot produce sweat to expel the hea Senior Hibah Naviwala moved to Saudi Arabia five y ries that this prediction might come true.

“One thing I noticed when I moved there five yea alot of sand storms during the winter, but not so mu Now, when I go home during the summers, we have said.

According to an article published by Princeto sand storms in the Middle East are likely due to e caused by climate change.

GOOD TO THE LAST DROP

The old saying goes: “There are plenty of fish in the sea…” However the oceans’ fish are quickly depleting.

According to studies by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, at least 1,414 species of saltwater fish are estimated to go extinct by 2048.

Researcher Nicola Beaumont, Ph.D., of the Plymouth Marine Laboratory told CBS News “If Biodiversity continues to decline, the marine environment will not be able to sustain our way of life. Indeed, it may not be able to sustain our lives at all.”

The extinction of salt-water fish won’t only be a loss in the variety of foods we eat, but it will also cause a risk to the safety of the shorelines, as fish protect them. In addition, there will be a surge in algae and toxins in the ocean, because the fish that filter these will be extinct .

According to a Scientific American Article, between 1970 and 2012, the fish population in the ocean has reduced by 50 percent. And, with some commercial species, including bonito and tuna, the reductions of these species have plunged by nearly 75 percent.

According to the Smithsonian Institution, ocean waters have become at least 30 percent more acidic as a result of warming global temperatures, causing damage to coral reefs, the natural nurseries to the majority of fish. While the damage to coral reefs is killing adolescent fish, overfishing is wiping out the adult fish population.

While many groups across the globe are attempting to protect the fish species, less than four percent of global oceans are effectively protected, according to an article published by Science Daily.

But fish are not the only things being affected under the sea. As many of the Earth’s ecosystems are being thrown off balance by climate change, tourist attractions around the globe are disappearing fast. One of the main contributing factors of the decline in global ecosystems is the rising surface temperature of the ocean. The Great Barrier Reef, which stretches 2,300 kilometers off the coast of Queensland, Australia, is one of the seven natural wonders of the world and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. In recent years, however, the reef has been

HUMAN ACTIVITY

Human activity also plays a central role in the c tems around the world. Scientists have recognized tha new human-dominated epoch termed “Anthropocene,” that human activity is now the most important geologica Upper School Science Department Chair Marshall B the power of human activities on the environment.

“Human beings, particularly with the technology we hav large changes to the environment in very short periods of time, The fate of one ecosystem, Antarctica, is under the looming activity. The white continent of Antarctica holds a unique place on the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty, Antarctica is voted to peace and science” (Art. 2) and belongs to no country.

In 2048, however, the agreement under the treaty that bans mining activity in A review, which would open the frozen continent up to commercial mining that will be det ment of Antarctica. If the demand of coal continues to increase, this rich cradle of life w Many ecosystems native to North Texas are also vanishing due to human activitie ronmental Learning Area, a North Texas nature preserve, is dedicated to restoring nativ provide education and information to visitors.

According to LLELA, before Americans pushed westward into the lands of Texas, t were filled with plant species like little bluestem, big bluestem, sideoats grama, indiang After about 150 years of human activity, less than 0.01 percent of this ecosystem remai WALKING A TIGHTROPE

The world’s ecosystems seem to be slipping through our fingers. In the wake of Hurricane Irma, the nation is forced to face the realities of climate change. But we fi tightrope: a balance between conservation and development.

Energy consumption is the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions, and histor ceeded hand-in-hand with development. As a result, developing countries take a deadly by heavily investing in fossil fuels to boost their economy. However, according to Bartl environment will become critical to developing the economy in the future.

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“As you go forward in time, climate change is going to alter real estate values. There are some places that will be more attractive to live in, and others that are attractive right now will be less attractive to live in,” Bartlett said, “I think climate change is going to change the economics of where we get our food from. How much food costs, what the production costs of food are.”

Bartlett believes that the political content of climate change will only increase over time.

“When we move into the range of us saying ‘Now this problem is on par with global poverty or education policy,’ we have to start making hard choices about where we devote our resources to,” Bartlett said.

Developing countries have always been the frontier of environment-related discussions. Struggling to maintain the balance between economic advancement and environmental friendliness, some developing countries have started their process of leaning towards conservation.

China, being the one of the representing nations under rapid developments, has evolved a growing awareness towards environmental protection. Despite the serious air pollution in Northern Chinese areas, the Chinese government has been seeking for alternative solutions, aiming to effectively ameliorate the ongoing issues.

The use of advanced technologies, for example, has been one of the major focuses in the recent years. The Chinese government situated the “capital” of advanced technology developments and environmental conservation in Shenzhen, a mainland city facing Hong Kong.

The awareness of protecting the environment has been growing rapidly ever since the Chinese Economic Reform in 1978. After the economic reform, Shenzhen city has become the testing field of utilizing advanced technology in environmental conservation, leading the frontier of Chinese’s awareness of preserving environment. Winston Wu, deputy director of Shenzhen’s Development and Reformation Commission and father of Hockaday junior Emily Wu, suggests that low-carbon life and environmental conservation are being treated importantly in China.

“A common idea in China now is that we can’t expect to pollute the environment first and treat it after. We can no longer put economical development prior than environmental conservation anymore,” said Wu. Despite making progresses, China still has a long way ahead. According to the Real-time Air Quality index, Beijing’s average index remains as Moderate (57), Hong Kong remains as Unhealthy (124), similar to Shanghai where the index shows Unhealthy (153). The city of Jinan, however, along with the areas around, still remain constantly on Hazardous (999).

Back in the U.S., President Donald Trump is pushing an anti-conservation agenda. In June 2017, the U.S. pulled out of the Paris Agreement, a now 194-country effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Trump states that the agreement will “undermine our economy.” According to an article in the New York Times, published in Dec. 2017, 700 officials in the E.P.A. have resigned since President Trump took office. The near future of federal conservation is uncertain.

However, Mariana Pickering ’00 believes that there is a far but tangible future where conservation and city development may work in conjunction. With a background in architectural design, Pickering founded Emu Systems, now located in Denver, Colorado. Emu Systems is a company that offers professional training and consulting for the construction and design of sustainable buildings based on the Passive House Standard.

“If every building had a green roof we wouldn’t have any problems with permeability and having too much asphalt in our cities. If every building had a Passive House envelope in mechanical ventilation system, we would actually be using our buildings as a way to clean pollution because you’re filtering that air,” Pickering said.

“There’s ways that the buildings, when you look at them collectively in the context of a city, can make that city become almost like a living organism.”

However, Pickering believes that we still have a long way to go before this becomes reality. Facing the situations close at hand, Texas locals are seeking to eliminate environmental issues from the roots. According to William Puplampu, assistant region attorney and regional counsel at the E.P.A. and father of Hockaday senior Lauren Puplampu, Texas is one of the most industrialized states in the United States.

“We have a lot of industries or vehicles that create a lot of emissions into the air and transportations and vehicles are the biggest factors that cause air pollution in Texas,” Puplampu said.

Multiple acts have been addressed to soothe the local environmental issues, while agencies like the E.P.A take charge to administer these acts.

“The E.P.A makes sure that states submit the air quality plan. We have to ensure that the plan meets the standard of the clean act. We also do similar things in every program and enforce the law that helps the environment.” Puplampu said.

Locally, major conservation efforts also depend on grassroots organizations like LLELA. “There are a lot of people fighting every day for a better environment in Texas,” Puplampu commented with regards to environmental NGOs. Physical education coordinator at Hockaday Melinda Nunez is a regular visitor to the LLELA preserve.

“People who work there do a lot of work tracking what’s growing they grow a lot of the Texas native grasses and restore prairies,” Nunez said.

From global efforts to domestic reform and local activism, environmental conservation is moving up the agenda. Bartlett believes that future conservation will closely depend on human demand and market. For example, chocolate and coffee will likely receive priority in conservation due to their high demands.

“The things that are really in danger are the things that human beings find no essentially utilization for,” Bartlett said, “We look at them and say ‘Oh, sad that’s it’s not the way that it used to be,’ but without a human-based market-based incentive to preserve those things, or to propagate them in the future, they are at risk” It’s hard to imagine a world without polar bears or coral reefs, but to what extent can our generation change the future?

“There’s lots of things around us that we look at and say that it’s a problem, a concern, a worry,” Bartlett said. “We have to pick our battles.”

GET THE STATS

30 to 50 percent of all species are possibly heading toward extinction by mid-century

7 to 18 percent of U.S. flora and fauna are endangered

Almost 50 percent of the world’s primate species are at risk of extinction

SOURCE: Biologicaldiversity.com

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Mothers and Daughters Partner in Business A girl’s mother can be her best friend, her workout partner, her biggest supporter and, perhaps, her business partner. These three mother-daughter teams have worked together to create thriving companies, specializing in fashion and home decor.

By Ponette Kim | Staff Writer ZAZA Couture Senior Luiza Gruntmane’s mother, Tereze Gruntmane, founded children’s wear company ZAZA Couture in 2002. Tereze grew up in the Soviet Union, where, to her, the garments were “bland and pale.”

“I never saw orange, lime or fuchsia shades around me, except outside in the flowers and nature, like the sunset,” Tereze said. “I think I just needed to materialize my absence of color and I chose children’s clothing, because you could have so much creative freedom and fun designing with color.”

As a child, Luiza modeled for ZAZA, and when she outgrew the clothing, she helped Tereze pick out fabrics in Paris. Now, she helps her mother in the summers by packing boxes, creating invoices, helping with photo shoots and shipping items to stores.

Luiza’s sister and alumna Marta Gruntmane ‘08 also helped Tereze with ZAZA during the summers when she was still in high school.

Tereze enjoys working with both of her daughters, and hopes that they have learned both business and life skills from ZAZA, such as knowing different ways to approach problems.

“I would never blame anyone, because I also make mistakes, and I would not want anyone yelling at me,” Tereze said. “So, I have created an environment where everyone is free to add their own opinion and only together we can tackle important issues.”

ZAZA is Tereze’s full-time job. She likes to work according to her own schedule, which stems from her admiration of her own mother’s flexibility with her work.

“When I was picking out my profession, one of the major factors was that I did not wanted to have a nine to five job,” Tereze said.

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Tereze Gruntmane ZAZA Couture Founder and Mother of senior Luiza Gruntmane

who was able to slowly sip her morning coffee, and then take on work on her own terms.”

Tereze has expanded her business with a clothing line for babies, Roki & Zoi; a women’s line, ZAZA Couture por la Femme; and a line of linen products, 1924 Linens & More.

Visit zazacouture.com for more details.

Sawyer Collection Junior Sawyer Bannister and her mother, Kim Bannister, worked together to start the Sawyer Collection when Sawyer was in eighth grade. Their brand is a lucite home decor line inspired by the vintage furnishings of the ‘60s and ‘70s and the duo’s love for the sea and travel, with pieces such as bowls, pillars, bookends and tabletop accessories.

This mother daughter duo was first inspired to start the business when they were decorating

their new home last year. Kim took Sawyer and her brother to a vintage store in Venice Beach, California, and allowed them each to pick out one item under $25.

“We found little treasures, but Sawyer and I left with the desire to find some unique bookends— something with a story,” Kim said. “It was on this trip we dreamt up our concept of capturing moments in time as well as filling a need for striking and versatile, high quality lucite home decor statements.”

Each piece in the collection takes around two days to make, and no piece is identical.

Sawyer and Kim have designed these items to be “handcrafted sculptures and objects d’art as luxury and quality statements for the home,” according to Kim. Right now, Sawyer does most of her work on the weekends due to her school and extracurricular schedule and is also able to focus on the company more during the summer. Yet the business still depends on their joint effort, as the duo always consults one another about design ideas and asks for opinions.

Visit sawyercollection.com for more details, and their Instagram, @sawyercollection, for the latest updates.

MILIEU Shelter and Lifestyle Magazine Junior Avery Bowers, mother Shannon Bowers and grandmother Pamela Pierce collaborate on MILIEU, a shelter and lifestyle magazine founded by Pierce, a former interior designer. She loved the interior design industry but was both looking for change and felt that there was a definite need for a new home and garden magazine. The first issue was printed in the fall of 2013.

The goal of MILIEU is to both look to the future and honor the past. Pierce wishes to feature new and current home designs and trends but feels that it is also necessary to remembering the past, because to her, the past is what dictates design.

Both Pierce and Shannon draw inspiration from their experience in interior design.

“We operate with a small but mighty team and produce a beautiful and inspiring quarterly magazine,” Shannon said. “As an interior designer myself, MILIEU is one of my favorite sources of inspiration. I save my issues and review them often for inspiration and resources.”

As Editor-in-Chief, Shannon is Editor-at-Large and Avery is the social media director. The magazine is Pierce’s full-time job, and Shannon helps out part-time, due to her current job as an interior designer. Avery’s jobe entails managing social media accounts (@ milieumag on Instagram and @MilieuMagazine on Facebook) and contrib-

BUSINESS PARTNERS | LEFT: Senior Luiza Gruntmane, pictured as a toddler, modeled for ZAZA Couture, created by her mother Tereze, Luiza now works for her mother’s company during the summer. ABOVE: Started by her grandmother, junior Avery Bowers helps her mother and grandmother with their shelther and lifestyle magazine.

STORY

An integral member of the Hockaday faculty since 1970, Ed Long has become part of the identity of the school itself. Few members of the community are unfamiliar with Long’s contributions to campus, including his development of the History of Art and Music course as well as his leadership of the Upper School orchestra. However, during his 47-year-long tenure, Long has accomplished far more than most students know.

In his last year before retirement, The Fourcast shares some of Long’s stories each issue. This issue, The Fourcast is giving readers an idea of how closely St. Mark’s and Hockaday worked together in the past.

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From about 1972 to 1988, St. Mark’s and Hockaday coordinated a lot more, and not just with extracurriculars. At one point, 400 students shared classes. The two schools had the exact same schedule, which made it possible to have a bus system that left before every single class period to bring Hockaday students over to St. Marks and vice versa. In addition to sharing classes during the school year, the two schools shared a summer school program as well.

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In 1972, computers were rare and too expensive. Most households, and even schools, could not afford one. So St. Mark’s and Hockaday split the cost and shared a computer. St. Mark’s had it in on their campus in the morning, and it would be transported to Hockaday in the afternoon.

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As early as the 1950s, Hockaday students who participated in cheerleading split into three different teams. Girls could try out for the Cistercian cheerleading team, the St. Mark’s cheerleading team or Hockaday’s own cheerleading squad.

Once the Hockaday cheerleading team ended in 1981, Hockaday students formed the Anti-Apathy Association. The club showed up to as many games as possible to cheer for their fellow Hockaday students.

BACK IN THE DAY | Long is pictured here in Cornerstones’ 1972 volume when he taught monuments of culture.

uting ideas.

Although MILIEU is based out of Houston, which means that Avery and Shannon cannot work with Pierce much of the time, both believe that the magazine has brought them closer together.

“Some of my fondest memories include traveling with [Pierce] and Avery for photo shoots and adventures around the country and abroad,” Shannon said. “A highlight would be traveling to LA with Avery and producing a Mark Sikes photo shoot a couple of years ago.”

MILIEU can be found at Whole Foods, Barnes and Nobles and all major airports across the United States and abroad. Pierce hopes to expand to European markets this year.

Visit milieu-mag.com for more details.

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Hammer hanging from his tool belt and hard hat secured on his head, Abdel Ahmed climbs up a shaky ladder onto the slanted wooden boards that would eventually become the roof to his future home. After weeks of hard work Ahmed, his wife, his mother and his three kids will move into a house they helped build alongside dozens of other Habitat for Humanity volunteers.

To continue their tradition, members of the Hockaday and St. Mark’s communities will build their 12th house with Habitat for Humanity this year, allowing Ahmed and his family to own their first home.

Ahmed grew up in Sudan and met his wife in Egypt.

The couple then moved to Boise, Idaho where they lived until they decided to relocate to Dallas in order to take advantage of the many job opportunities that the city had to offer. Ahmed now works two jobs, one in housekeeping at the Brookhollow Golf Club and another caring for the elderly through Angel Homecare.

After hearing about Habitat through a friend, Ahmed and his wife decided to apply in hopes of having a home for their three children.

“After me and my wife filled out the application it took about one year to hear back,” Ahmed said. “We are very excited because this is our first home and it has a backyard for our kids to play in.”

Ahmed and his family will continue to work alongside a dedicated group of students, parents and teachers, including Form II Dean and Spanish teacher Alejandra Suárez, to build their home.

“It’s very uplifting to see the family there giving their very best,” Alejandra said. “I am also inspired by the students willingness to work hard, suffer through the cold and do things that put them out of their comfort zone.”

Alejandra along with her daughter, senior Fernanda Suárez, spent this past summer investing their time in learning everything they could about building a house in order to become Habitat for Humanity core volunteers, who help lead the rest of the crew during builds.

“I loved habitat from first time that I went and I knew that I wanted to take more of a leadership role,” Fernanda said. “I felt like I should know more about how to build a house.”

Similar to Ahmed who has never been involved in the construction of a house, Fernanda enjoys learning new things each time she goes out for a build. Whether it’s nailing in shingles, hammering on the blue board or sliding the trusses on to the roof, each day brings a different task.

“Every time I got out I learn and try something new,” Fernanda said. “Even with all the training there is always something new to learn and try.”

Alejandra always ends the eight hour work day with a picture of the house to track the progress made from the previous build. This allows her and Fernanda to reflect on each day and how far they’ve come in helping create someone’s home.

“I get a lot more than what I give,” Alejandra said.

At the end of the day, Alejandra and Fernanda value the time spent working together and alongside the future homeowners.

“Seeing that family working and knowing in the end that they are going to have a home ignites my passion for helping,” Alejandra said. “It makes me more conscientious of how hard work leads you to great things.”

The last build will take place on March 3. A dedication will also be held on this day to celebrate the family’s move into their new home.

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03. Senior and Habitat for Humanity Core Volunteer Fernanda Suárez uses her upper body strength to help lift the trusses onto the roof of the house. 04. Willing to climb to any height, Form II Dean, Habitat for Humanity Core Volunteer and Fernanda’s mother, Alejandra Suárez works with her non-injured hand as she balances on the work-in-progress roof.

05. Local dog brightens the day as it enjoys a biscuit from the volunteers and explores the build site.

Amelia Brown | Sports & Health Editor

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Finley Starr What does the typical day look like for the young Hockadaisies? To answer that question, the Fourcast sent Photo and Graphics Editor Kate Woodhouse to shadow fourth grader Finley Starr and discover what goes on behind the glass doors.

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8:00 A.M. MORNING MEETING | Starr’s homeroom teacher, Barbara Miller, calls the morning meeting, which was led by fellow fourth grader Emily McLeroy. Miller informs her class that a few Girl Scouts from Middle School will have them decorate socks during their morning meeting the following day. The greeting, a daily occurrence during the morning meeting, is the “no smile greeting,” so the girls go in a circle, shake hands and greet each other with frowning faces.

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TIME TO GO HOME | Starr writes down her homework and Miller reads “Ida B” by Katherine Hannigan to the class until school is over. Before they leave, Miller tells the girls that they are helping the first graders with a project using the 3D printers because they are experts with the software.

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MUSEUM CURATION | Miller explains to the girls how to write a museum plaque for their group project of making an animal hide.

Starr and her group mates, Leyah Philip and Lekshmy Anoop, have to decorate their hide with pictures of the Karankwast and Aktapon Native American tribes.

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DIVISION DAY | Starr and her classmates go over their homework on division with remainders with fourth grade math teacher Gina Hunter. After watching a BrainPOP video on division, the girls learn about dividing with multiples of 10.

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Then, it is time for a spelling test. Words on the test include thesaurus, applaud and nautilus, and the test even has two bonuses.

PHOTOS BY KATE WOODHOUSE

11:45 A.M. OLYMPIANS IN TRAINING | Starr and her friends take a “gymnastics class” during recess, practicing their splits, cartwheels and backbends. They end their recess with a handstand competition that spans many rounds.

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When she’s not on the stage, senior Cate Ginsberg teaches and directs children for the JPAS’ upcoming show.

The curtains open. The spotlight beams. she can.

“I usually help the kids learn music, make The orchestra strikes up a hearty rendition of “Tradition.” But senior Cate Ginsberg is nowhere sure they’re staying on task, write down blocking to be seen on stage. A theater veteran who has notes, or say, ‘Hey, this is a difficult part, let’s go over it again,’” Ginsberg said. performed in the Hockaday The directors of JPAS, Upper School musical every HIGHPRAISE including Leonard and year since her freshman producer Alise Robinson, year, Ginsberg now stands decided at the end of last backstage on the other side summer to put on “Fiddler on of the curtain, helping direct the Roof, Jr.” for their spring young actors to their places. show. Auditions were then Ginsberg is currently held before holiday break, working as an assistant stage and afterwards, the cast and manager for the Aaron Family crew have been meeting for Jewish Community Center rehearsals every Sunday from Performing Arts Space’s spring about her that is uncommon 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. production of “Fiddler on the in young artists.

“Once we get a little closer Roof, Jr.” to the show in March—and The cast of JPAS’ show LEONARD ROBINSON there are multiple shows and consists of children and teens Director of the Jewish Community two casts since so many kids with ages ranging from six to Center Performing Arts sign up—we’ll have a week of 16, and Ginsberg’s job is to tech week where the kids will help teach and direct them as well as help the show’s director and co- come in every day after school until about 8 or choreographer, Linda Leonard, in any way that 9,” Ginsberg said.

And this isn’t Ginsberg’s first experience

SHE HAS A POSITIVE ATTITUDE AND A MATURITY

working on the more technical side of theater.

For the past two summers, Ginsberg has worked as an intern and a teaching assistant at the JCC’s summer camp, where young performers come to take classes and be a part of the summer musical.

“Watching the kids grow has been my favorite part about working at the JCC these past few years,” Ginsberg said. “I saw it every day at the summer camps, where I was able to look back at what the kids accomplished in a few weeks and say, ‘I’m so proud of you!’”

Indeed, both Leonard and Robinson agree on Ginsberg’s affinity for connecting with these young actors. When Robinson asked Ginsberg last year to work on JPAS’ 2018 spring show, she immediately thought of Ginsberg’s responsibility and love of musical theater.

“As the director of the program, I trust her,” Robinson said. “She’s so reliable and always ready to roll up her sleeves. She’s the kind of person you want on your team.”

Indeed, throughout her time working on “Fiddler,” Ginsberg has delved into every task she has been presented with, which include not only the enjoyable ones—assisting with blocking scenes and working on music with kids one-on-one—but also the less pleasant ones.

“I love kids, and these kids are really great, but things are not as fun when you have to discipline them,” Ginsberg said. “It can be a challenge to step in and say, ‘Hey, take this seriously,’ because you want them to have fun

STARTING YOUNG | Ginsberg helps one of her students learn music for JPAS’ “Fiddler on the Roof, Jr.”

and have a good time.”

Leonard, though, affirms Ginsberg’s ability to act as a leader and teacher for these young performers.

“She has a positive attitude and a maturity about her that is uncommon in young artists,” Leonard said. “Cate is kind, but strong. The students love her, and she is able to assist in teaching and be effective in everything she does.”

Because Ginsberg, a current senior, will be heading to college next fall, she believes that this spring show at the JCC will likely be her last.

Prior to beginning work at the JCC two summers ago, Ginsberg had not had any technical experience. Thus, Ginsberg, whose majority of time in theater was spent on stage, has enjoyed gaining a more well-rounded sense of what it takes to put on a show.

“I’m a little sad about [leaving], but I’ve learned so much from the JCC. Before, I’d been strictly on stage and performing, and now I get to see the other side of it,” Ginsberg said. “This has helped me see as a performer that tech is working really hard backstage, and I think that not enough people realize that tech needs to be appreciated.”

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BOARDER LINE We talked to boarder Hope Fu, looked at how some boarders use their room and discussed Ms. Angie’s departure from boarding to give a closer look inside life in the Residence Department.

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Sophomore Hope Fu is a boarder from Shanghai, China. She joined the Hockaday community in 9th grade. Since Fu misses her family and her home, she looks for places in Dallas that remind her of home to help her from being home sick.

What has been your favorite place in Dallas to visit?

I love to go to H Mart. It’s this great Asian market [in Plano and Carrolton] where I love to get a dessert called Mango Mango.

Had you ever been to Dallas before you came to Hockaday?

Before I did my interview, I had actually never been here. I come from Shanghai so I thought that Dallas [was] pretty quiet and peaceful compared to [Shanghai]. I found out that the steak is really good!

What are the main differences between Chinese and American culture?

For me, it’s kind of weird to go up to someone and hug them, but that’s super common here. In China, that would be a little strange.

Had you ever been anywhere in the U.S. before Dallas?

I had been to Boston and in California. I also went to a summer school in New Jersey. Dallas kind of feels like a town compared to the other places in the United States I had been in to before.

What do you miss the most about Shanghai?

The transportation is really good back in Shanghai, so I miss that. You can take the subway to anywhere in Shanghai. In Dallas, you have to drive everywhere; everything is very spread out.

For boarders and sophomores Haylee Salopek and Isabela Lueders, their dorm is not only a place to study and sleep but also a place to hang out and have fun. Boarders are allowed to decorate their doors and personal white boards. Salopek and Lueders like to put candy and little coupons for different acts of kindness on their board to brighten other boarders’ days. For example, someone walking by can take the coupon for book suggestions and ask one of them for a book recommendation. “Community is really important to us,” Lueders said.

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SAYING GOODBYE A beloved member of boarding, Angie Jorgensen, Residence Activities Coordinator, left the Residence Department on Jan. 31. The boarders gathered together to send her off. Girls who wanted to could make speeches about how she affected them throughout their years at Hockaday. Sophomore Lily Zhou says she’ll miss her a lot. “She used to take us on trips and out to get food, which was a great break from studying. She was a great person to just talk too.” In her final message to the boarders, Jorgensen encouraged all the girls to follow their hearts, but also acknowledged how her career affected her personally. “I am grateful for every day I have spent with you and will forever be thankful for the difference you have made in me.”

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Taking the Reins: Cook Balances Academics and Athletics Up down, up down, up down. Senior Jane Cook has become accustomed to this familiar, bouncing motion over the years. More often than not, she can be found on a horse, galloping at high speeds through open fields or performing graceful leaps as she and her horse fly through the air.

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The lulling motion of a moving horse is one that has always been an essential part of Cook’s life, a worn saddle being like her second home.

“I started riding when I was six years old.

I feel like a lot of people when they are little have a crazy horse phase. That was kind of what got me into it,” Cook said. “It was very casual when I first started riding, I just took a couple of lessons a month or so. And then, kind of the rest is history.”

From that point on, Cook continued pursuing her riding career with serious intent, eventually going on to competitions in 2011.

Cook practices eventing, an equestrian event that includes three different parts: dressage, cross-country and show-jumping. Properly known as three-day eventing, this particular type of competition is one of three Olympic equestrian disciplines.

In dressage, riders and their horses are judged based off of their harmony and execution of certain predetermined movements.

Cross-country is meant to test the physical endurance of the rider and horse, as it involves galloping across massive fields and performing a series of jumps over man-made obstacles. And show-jumping comprises a series of colored, lightweight poles that are easily knocked down which the rider and horse must jump over.

Each of these three events take place on separate days, hence the name “three-day eventing.” As one could imagine, setting aside three or more days from the rider’s schedule to attend an out-of-state horseback riding competition would pose some challenges.

In fact, during the months of January and February, Cook attended riding competitions three consecutive weekends. Her first competition of the year was held in Ocala, Florida, on Jan. 26. The “eventing hub of the United States during the winter months,” as Cook put it.

“My horse will be there for a month, and I will fly down every single week on Wednesday nights and come back Sunday nights. I am doing three competitions out of the four weekends,” Cook said.

Generally, Cook attends eight competitions a year. The majority of these competitions take place out-of-state, so she often travels all throughout the country to attend these events. In the past, she has competed in Kentucky, Colorado, Montana, Florida, South Carolina and Virginia.

When she is not flying out of state to attend high-level competitions, six of the seven days of the week Cook can be found at Buck Branch Farm, a barn in Wilmer, Texas, which is located about 15 minutes south of Dallas.

Cook has been training there for the past 10 years. When she was still new to the riding game, Cook trained with Becky Brown at Buck Branch Farm. It was while training with Brown that Cook started to advance her skill.

“I trained with Becky, trained with Becky, trained with Becky, and finally it was like, ‘Okay do you want to get your own horse and maybe take the next step?’ I didn’t even know what eventing was. I had no idea what it entailed,” Cook said, reminiscing on the earlier years of her riding career.

As it turned out, “taking the next step” entailed training with Brown’s daughter, Rebecca Brown, whom Cook still trains with to this day. Under Brown’s guidance, Cook has advanced her skill to a very competitive level.

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I really like who [riding] has shaped me into. I feel like riding is one of the most humbling sports you can be in.

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sport talent is important, but it’s not as important as your work ethic. So because of the schedule, you have to have a certain level of dedication in order to be successful. Jane is so smart—it was never a question of if, it was a question of when,” Brown said.

As she gained more experience over the years, Cook began competing at higher levels and cycled through different horses. Currently, she has an Irish Sport Horse named Xavier, who Cook purchased from Ireland in 2015.

And Cook’s success does not go unnoticed. Over the past few years, she has placed extremely high in several national competitions and received many offers to join elite programs. She was selected to join the United States Equestrian Federation, an organization

whose main purpose is to scout young, ambitious riders who have not yet made it to the Olympics but have the potential to do so.

In Nov. 2016, Cook competed in an international horseback riding event in which she placed 12th out of a total of 71 competitors.

Even more impressive was the fact that her challengers were riders of all ages and expertise levels, some of whom had even competed in the Olympics. In July 2017, Jane participated in the North American Junior and Young Rider Championships, or the Junior Olympics. She hopes to attend again this upcoming year. These accomplishments are only few of the many which Cook has claimed over the past years.

Due to the amount of time and dedication that she puts into the sport, her riding schedule makes it difficult to complete her schoolwork.

However, she does not let her busy schedule interfere with her academic performance.

“Getting right down to it, [Jane] is just incredible at time management. Definitely this year has been the hardest year for her, with her applying to college and what not, but it just takes a lot of time management,” Brown said. “She often wakes up early before school to work out, then she is at Hockaday till about 4 [in the afternoon] each day, and then she is usually at the barn riding until 5:30 [in the evening].”

Whenever she does have to miss school for an extended period of time, Cook makes sure to stay on top of her school work.

“The amount of class I miss and finding the time to make that up is the hardest part,” Cook said. “But all my teachers have been really great about working with me. I tell them before I leave, ‘I’m going to be gone for X number of days,’ and I get as much of the work I can ahead of time.”

Upper School math teacher Karen Sanchez, who taught Cook during both her fresh-

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man and junior years, worked with Cook to keep her up to date with classwork.

“Jane always took a very proactive approach to missing school,” Sanchez said. “She would always get the assignment before she would leave so that when she came back she wasn’t behind. She didn’t let horseback riding take over or interfere [with her academics].”

At the same time, outside of the classroom, Cook dedicates herself completely to her riding. Brown, who has trained her for many years now, has helped guide her to success and has watched Cook become the rider that she is today.

“Jane is so positive, she has the mental game for [riding], which I would say is what ultimately sets you apart at this level. The two most important things are probably your work ethic and the strength of your mental game, and Jane has both, and that is really what has taken her to this level so successfully,” Brown said.

But despite the time commitment which the sport demands, Cook continues to ride. It is an integral part of both her life and character.

“I really like who [riding] has shaped me into. I feel like riding is one of the most humbling sports you can be in,” Cook said. “It is the most rewarding experience [when you do something right] because you put in so much hard work all the time all year, and when it pays off it’s the best feeling.”

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They wrap themselves in aerial silks, senior independent study course.

“Everybody does something a little differhanging and swinging, occasionally dropping themselves from the air by rolling out the silk. ently being a PE advisor, and having one voice With pointed toes and elegant arms, they defy will tell the same message,” Calhoun said.

And this works well for Calhoun. Since she gravity while practicing their newly learned is also the Form IV Dean, she has easy access tricks.

For seniors Kaleigh Beacham and Emily to the seniors, especially with her office being Baschab, this is their senior independent study. located in the Senior Commons. She believes “[Aerial silks] were really just something that being the form dean for the senior class new. It was exciting to try a new workout, and and the fact that the students know her well will also kind of gratifying because I thought that also lead to a good takeaway for the students. “[Calhoun] is super accessible. She is right I wouldn’t be very good at it, but we actually found ourselves having fun and keeping up there in the commons, and I think it would be a lot easier than having a bunch of different with the rest of the class,” Beacham said.

All seniors, like Beacham and Baschab, set senior independent study advisors. I really like the new way they are doing fitness and wellness goals it,” Beacham said. for their senior indepenThe goal of senior indedent study. But this year, pendent study is for seniors the program has changed.

NEWROUTINE to slowly transition from beUpper School Physiing taught by a PE coach to cal Education and Health knowing and planning exerInstructor and Form IV cise routines on their own.

Dean Rebekah Calhoun From this unique experience, overlooks the senior indeBaschab learned to go bependent studies. yond her limits.

Baschab and Bea“It was interesting to cham wanted to improve open yourself to new horitheir body strength and zons and be like ‘yes, I can do Calhoun, their PE advisor, and be like “yes, I can something interesting, like a mentioned silks during do something interesting silks class,’” Baschab said. their meeting. Beacham The P.E. advisor change like a silks class." especially wanted to try was just a step that was part of new routines to help her a bigger change. During the EMILY BASCHAB get ready for track season, Senior 2016-2017 school year, the and ended up finding a beP.E. department changed its ginners silk class to attend schedule from a quarter to with Baschab. a semester system.

“Silks helps a lot with In 2004, Hockaday inevery part of the body, but troduced a block rotation to the schedule. All especially core and legs,” Beacham said.

Senior independent study has been departments, except for the P.E. Department, around for the past 10 to 15 years. The Physi- adopted to the new system by having classes cal Education department, including Calhoun, based on semesters. PE and Health courses discussed its importance and decided to place continued to operate under quarters.

The quarter system brought many issues, it into the Health IV curriculum.

Previously in this course, seniors were both with scheduling and academics. Because assigned to a P.E. advisor, one of the many PE was not in alignment with any other subfaculty members from the Upper School P.E. & jects, scheduling was extremely difficult.

Six weeks was not enough to get in-depth Wellness department, and planed their goals on a topic, and by the time the students beregarding fitness and wellness.

However, 14 different advisors trying to gan to open up in conversations, the quarter get across the same message proved to be a was already over. Having a quarter of health challenge. Calhoun proposed that perhaps every year made it hard for students to reconhaving one advisor would be more consistent. nect to previous topics. Calhoun believes that Thus, she became the only PE advisor for the the curriculum lacked continuity and could be

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improved upon.

The talks among the PE department regarding the schedule have been going on for about five years. At the end of the 2015-16 school year, the importance of bringing in a new schedule for the department was emphasized. The plan began to go into effect last year and will be fully implemented next year.

Instead of having a quarter of health every year, students beginning with the Class of 2021 will have a semester of health every other year with classes taking place during sophomore and senior years. Having longer classes will allow health classes to discuss more material and topics.

“Whenever you make any changes in any courses, there are always going to be adjustments that need to be made. Teachers and students are all working through [the change],” PE Coordinator A.D. Ebeniro said.

Calhoun projects that this change will impact both P.E. coaches and students in a positive way.

“As we work on these developments, I am really excited about some of the thing’s we are able to add that we haven’t had time to really do before. I think there will be things that students find interesting and important,” Calhoun said.

For senior health classes, rather than having a quarter of self-defense and two quarters of senior independent study, they will be combined into one semester. Director of Health & Physical Education Jennifer Johnson said that the embedded independent studies will have the same effect as having two quarters.

“We will be learning the concepts. We will not be working out in class, it will be more talking through the ideas and making a plan,” Johnson said.

The main purpose of the independent studies remains intact, and the rising seniors will still learn time management and the appropriate health care skills that they will need in college.

“When I go to college, I feel like I am definitely more prepared and I have better habits as far as working out on a regular bases or trying new things like this, It won’t be something that is unfamiliar and that I wouldn’t be comfortable doing,” Baschab said.

Eugene Seong | Staff Writer

I’m writing this after the Patriot’s loss in the Super Bowl. I’m from Dallas and I was raised to be a Cowboys fan. I am a Cowboys fan. But somewhere along the line, the Patriots stole my heart.

They are an incredible team to watch, and I consider it a privilege to experience this level of greatness in a professional sport. I believe that the Patriot’s organization is a role model for every single professional sports team in the world. The “Patriot Way” is often discussed, yet can’t quite be described. The recent facebook documentary about Tom Brady on and off the field, “Tom vs. Time,” is the first time I’ve really understood what the Patriot way is.

Tom Brady, a 40-year-old quarterback, five-time Super Bowl champion, three-time Most Valuable Player and undisputedly the Greatest Of All Time, welcomes his fans into his home, his family, his job and into his mind.

I always wonder, what keeps him going, why does he still play, what more can he get out of this sport?

A particular moment that stuck out to me in the documentary is Brady saying he should be perfect. When he says this, you can tell he means it wholeheartedly. Brady believes he should be the perfect NFL quarterback. He’s a perfectionist; he doesn’t think his best football is behind him, he believes it is right there in front waiting for him to grab. This is insane, but what’s more insane is that he truly is getting better.

In his 18th season this year, he was expected to start declining; he didn’t. He won the MVP, led his team to a 13-3 record, got to the Super Bowl and threw for over 500 yards. 22 times in NFL history has a quarterback thrown for 500 yards. He did this against the 4th best defense in the league.

Brady is showing the entire world what mind over matter really is. He’s not the most athletic, actually one of the least athletic, but I have no doubt in my mind that he is the hardest working player in the league. He is the Patriot Way. There is a lot of talk about who is the real mastermind behind this dynasty, Patriot’s Head Coach Bill Belichick or Brady. We probably will never have a conclusive answer.

But here is the question: would Brady have been Brady if he were somewhere else?

I have to say, yes. No matter what uniform he wears, he is still the guy who thinks he should be flawless. He’s the guy who trains on his family vacations, eats pretty much only kale and looks in the mirror every day to make sure he is giving everything to his career.

The Patriots lost the Super Bowl this year, but I believe Brady won. He obviously won’t see this year as a victory, but I do. His career didn’t need this win to be cemented; he’s already a larger than life player who will never be forgotten. What he showed the world this year is that nothing is impossible, and that goes farther than just a football field.

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Suggestions to maintain a balanced lifestyle

HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR SLEEP PATTERNS Check out these tips and tricks to help you get a better night's sleep.

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Say "Later" to Late Night Snacks

Creating a sleep routine can help train our bodies to fall asleep and wake up at a certain time, making both processes a lot smoother. It is important to try to remain consistent with this routine every day, including weekends and holidays.

Whether studying for a big test or warming up for an upcoming game, the life of a Hockaday student is filled with stress, which then causes our bodies to secrete the stress hormone cortisol. This hormonal release leaves us more alert but can disrupt sleep, so experts suggest writing down the sources of stress and storing them away before bed.

A midnight junk food craze may be tempting but research shows that when people stop eating several hours before going to bed they tend to sleep better.

However, late night snacking can be okay, depending on the type of food and how easily it is digested.

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Dr. Karen Coleman facilitates the purchase of new buses to maximize safety for traveling athletes.

For many years, Hockaday students have Task Force investigated the certification and use traveled to away sports games or field trips on of MFSAB vehicles,” Johnson said.

Members of the Financial Department small white buses displaying the green Hockahave been working since day School logo. Now, the stuearly January to sell and dents are traveling incognito. trade in the outdated Late in 2017, a Transbuses used almost daily portation Safety and Security NEWWHEELS for athletic away games, Task Force established by Dr. boarding excursions and Karen Coleman, Eugene Mcvarious field trips. Johnson, Dermott Head of School, met in particular, has had a key to review the Hockaday bus role in the exchanging and fleet to ensure that all transselling of the buses, as well portation safety standards as financially handling the were met. Through this insituation. vestigation made up of HockThe whole fleet has aday faculty and staff, it was been replaced with eight revealed that smaller buses 14-passenger buses as of better met the needs of the the beginning of January, school, since most group trips and have since been used do not require a large bus. and relaxing for a large variety of excurIt soon became evident that on the way back. sions. hiring certified Multi-FuncThe flexibility of tion School Activity Buses these buses are of signifiwere the safest vehicles to RODNEY SKAIFE cance to the athletic teams, transport students as an alVarsity Soccer Coach which use the buses weekternative to the School’s agly to travel in a united ing fleet. fashion, and Varsity Soccer Hockaday Director of Finance and Human Resources, Whitney John- Coach Rodney Skaife has seen benefits to reson, was designated to facilitate a task force placing the buses.

“The main advantage of having the new focused on the creation of an alternative option buses is that I don’t drive the bus to games anyto the antiquated green-and-white buses.

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driving and making it there on time, I can now spend the bus ride there planning the game ahead, and relaxing on the way back.”

According to Johnson, the renting and trading of the new buses has not had a noticeable financial impact on the school, and the transition has been smooth thus far.

“The school has a strong capital replacement fund which is specifically designed and budgeted for replacement of the fleet, among other things” Johnson said. “While the timing of replacement was expedited in this instance, those funds were already reserved for this type of spending.”

Some students, however, haven’t noticed a major difference in the replacement of the Hockaday buses.

“I knew they were getting rid of the old buses, so I was kind of expecting a major change.

But you can’t really tell the difference- they are pretty much the same size, but they are just plain white now” says Elly O’Brien, an athlete on both the field hockey and soccer team.

The one downside to the new buses that O’Brien and her teammates have noticed is the lack of an auxiliary cord, which previously allowed the team to bond over their unique team playlist.

“I just miss the aux cord!” O’Brien said.

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PLAN ON IT! Varsity Golf Brookhaven course 8:30 a.m. Feb. 26

SPC Championships in Houston Feb. 15-17

Varsity Softball vs. HSAA 4:30 p.m. Feb. 20

Varsity Tennis vs. FWCD 4:30 p.m. Feb. 28

Varsity Lacrosse vs. Southlake 6 p.m. Feb. 27

Varsity Softball vs. Ursuline 4:30 p.m. March 1

Varsity Golf Tribute Course 8:15 a.m. March 27

JV Lacrosse vs. Colleyville 7 p.m. March 20

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The Problem of Misogyny in Rap Music I vividly remember the day that Kanye West’s music video for “Heartless” came out. It was the summer of 2009, and my older cousins and my 10-year-old self gathered around the computer screen, all captivated by the colorful animations. Since then, rap music has been an integral part of my life.

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But as I have grown, so has the misogyny in the songs I listened to. The “cold” woman of “Heartless” eventually became the “b*tch” of “Bound 2.”

Hip-hop is unapologetic when it comes to its messages of social justice, as the origins of the genre were a result of oppression of the black community. As a person outside of that community, I appreciate and acknowledge the messages that are crafted into some hip-hop songs. I could never relate to the experiences that rappers narrate in their songs, so I can only listen to try to understand a sliver of what it is like to be African American in America.

However, not all hip-hop albums are as socially conscious as Public Enemy’s 1988 album “It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back” or Kendrick Lamar’s 2013 album “To Pimp a Butterfly.” My empathy falls short when artists start rapping negatively about women because this language and rhetoric is something women know all too well. And where this empathy disappears is where my experiences as a woman replace it.

The truth is that hiphop hates women.

Women are both the muse and abused of hiphop—lyrics are crafted about women, but never for women.

According to a 2006 study conducted by Edward G. Armstrong of Murray State University, out of 490 hip-hop songs produced from 1987-1993, approximately 22 to 37 percent of the lyrics contain some misogyny.

I imagine that this percentage would be significantly higher for songs produced in the 21st century, when negative stereotypes of women and generalized prejudices have been exploited in media and advertisement. Rappers are a part of this phenom-

Next, we must support conscious rappers, female artists and any artists not traditionally accepted or expected in the normal boundaries of hip-hop.

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enon; they use misogyny in their songs to achieve commercial success.

So, that being said, what’s next? What can women do to enjoy the transcendental art of hip-hop? Is this even possible?

We can start by holding our favorite rappers accountable—rappers are sexist in their songs because their listeners allow it. When an artist develops a fan base and that fan base has expectations, the artist is eventually forced to more or less meet those expectations.

For example, when Frank Ocean came out as bisexual—though he’s not a rapper, he is very much influential in the community—Tyler the Creator was held accountable for his lyrics. Tyler the Creator, a close friend of Ocean’s who has used homophobic rhetoric prior to Ocean coming out, then had more accountability placed on him by their overlapping fanbases, who were very invested in the support and success of Ocean.

Now, Tyler the Creator strays from the offensive language he once used, evident from the lack of any offensive diction against the LGBTQ+ community in his newest 2017 album “Flower Boy.” The same cannot be said about sexist comments and lyrics,

but I feel as though this can apply with more pressure from the fan base.

Next, we must support conscious rappers, female artists and any artists not traditionally accepted or expected in the normal boundaries of hip-hop. This does not mean that we must pretend to enjoy the music of every artist that fits these credentials; it means that we must respect their art, for they are making waves in a industry where they are the minority. This means, for example, that we do not need to pit successful women against each other, as popular culture has been doing with the recent rise to fame of female rapper Cardi B with the already successful Nicki Minaj.

But the dynamic of female rappers in the male-dominated industry is very riveting.

In some ways, many believe that female rappers feed into the existing messages circulated in hip-hop already by wearing revealing clothing and using the word “b*tch,” for example. But I like to think of this not as a bad thing, but more of an empowering choice.

It’s empowering for Amber Rose to reclaim the word “slut,” as it’s also empowering for Nicki Minaj to dance in whichever manner she desires. By embracing and transforming the labels that were once seen as degrading or oppressive, a female rapper can empower other women and somewhat shift the dynamic of power in a patriarchal world and musical genre, little by little, lyric by lyric.

YEEZY YEEZY | On Twitter, West said "b*tch is an endearing term in hip hop" in defense of his song "Famous," where he names swift as "that b*tch."

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ELEVATOR OR STAIRS?

When visiting the Liza Lee Academic Research Center, the two flights of stairs may appear daunting, so do you charge on or do you hop in the elevator?

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Although no comprehensive history of the elevator exists to my knowledge, the first primitive elevators date back to the third century B.C., and since the Greek mathematician Archimedes designed the first known “elevator” (a mechanism that resembled a pulley more than the 102-story elevator in the Empire State Building), elevators have had a front seat to history.

For example, Louis XV installed a “flying chair” at Versailles in 1743 so that one of his mistresses could enter her private quarters on the third floor without arousing the opprobrium of the French court. Elevators have also provided movie-goers with some of Hollywood’s most iconic scenes (anyone remember “The Shining” trailer?). I can only imagine the myriad of important conversations that have occured in elevators and the history that has been made in these seven-by-six-foot steel boxes.

Although far less exciting than a forbidden royal romance, I, too, have my own elevator story.

As a member of the Rosenthal advisory, every morning at 9:50 I make the treacherous trek to the third floor of the Liza Lee Academic Research Center. After translating Vergil’s “Aeneid” word by word in AP Latin class, I cannot bare the thought of climbing the daunting marble staircase. Listening to Aeneas whine about the challenges of founding a new city is exercise enough.

Therefore, when I see an exhausted gaggle of advisees congregating outside the ARC elevator, I frantically flap my arms, shouting, “Hold the door! Wait for me!”

During these daily elevator rides, I have found a sense of belonging that I have never truly been able to replicate.

Elevators create a magic sense of intimacy. For 30 seconds, a group of strangers stand less than arm’s length apart and withdraw from reality. They enter a liminal space where only they exist, and in this isolation, a sense of camaraderie materializes. You cannot avoid uncomfortable eye contact or an accidental brushing of the hands. Instead, you embrace the absurdity that you are standing in a metal box accelerating against the force of gravity at speeds between five and 20 miles per hour.

In these moments, I divulge my greatest failures and share my most extraordinary successes with my fellow advisees. At times, we discuss the grave subjects of Winter Formal dresses and the Draconian nature of the Hockaday dress code. We giggle about the unfortunate times in which we have replied all to mass emails, and we comfort one another before a stressful test. We discuss the shame we feel when we catch sight of our advisor Ana Rosenthal speeding up the stairs.

I won’t try to lie and tell you that elevator rides are quicker and healthier than the stairs, and I know Mrs. Calhoun would prefer if I committed to my senior independent study goal of taking the stairs every day. But I cherish those moments in the elevator with my advisory.

Senior year is a tumultuous experience that brings new privileges, remarkable accomplishments, acceptances, rejections, nostalgia and immense fun. Sometimes you simply need to stand in a small, dark room completely isolated from the rest of the world and gossip about the latest episode of “The Bachelor” with 10 of your closest confidantes.

Mary Orsak | Magazine Editor

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Winter Break After many exhausting weeks this second semester, we are finally rewarded with a well-deserved long weekend.

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We have all been there. You just braved the long trek across Metzger Plaza to reach the Liza Lee Academic Research Center, only to be faced with the most difficult decision of your day: whether to take the stairs or the elevator.

This is a common dilemma in the Upper School, and I have seen this hot-button issue tear friendships apart (until they reach the library, that is).

In my 14 years at Hockaday, I have sampled both options many times, and I am here to tell you that taking the stairs is the superior choice.

Although many claim that the elevator is the most efficient way to reach the upper levels of the ARC, this is simply not true. Anybody who has taken the ARC elevator knows that it cares little for how many times you frantically press the button. The elevator is not concerned with your tight schedule, and it takes its sweet time in coming down to retrieve its rushed passengers.

To make things worse, during passing periods, there is often a gaggle of rushed students clumped outside of the closed elevator doors waiting for the single car to make its way down from the third floor. Even if you manage to cram yourself and your bulging backpack into the elevator with your peers, being inside of a small box with 10 other backpacks and their owners is not exactly ideal. Plus, while most take the elevator to the third floor, those who decide to leave after reaching the second floor slow the process even further.

And for my fellow germaphobes, an elevator at maximum capacity is a living nightmare.

Illnesses already pass through the Hockaday hallways at frightening speeds, and standing in a small, enclosed space with people touching you and breathing near you for a prolonged amount of time surely does not help.

In contrast, the stairs are constant, reliable, and allow for a continual supply of fresh air. You don’t have to press a button to summon the stairs, and there is never a line to begin climbing. And, once you are on the stairs, you don’t have to breathe anybody’s air but your own, and you even have the option of avoiding all germs by not touching the stair rail.

Avoiding germs, however, is not the only health benefit of choosing the stairs over the elevator. Even the most fit people of Hockaday have to admit that the ARC stairs is an arduous workout, even if you only climb one flight.

While the word “workout” is not so appealing, especially if you have already had a long day, the benefits of daily exercise far outweigh the pain of cardio.

The Mayo Clinic recommends 30 minutes of physical activity every day to maintain your health and fitness. If you take the stairs in the ARC, you could subtract up to two minutes from that daily total with less effort than it takes to get on the elliptical machine or jog on the treadmill.

In addition to strengthening your muscles and amping up your ability to complete aerobic activities, according to the Harvard Health Blog, daily exercise can also contribute to the release of chemicals in you brain that stimulate the growth of new blood vessels in the brain, maintain the health of brain cells, and maybe even help new brain cells survive.

These neurological benefits of exercise may seem like scientific jargon, but exercise is extremely beneficial to the brain, and can help with mood, sleep schedule, and stress. What Hockaday student couldn’t benefit from these positive effects of exercise?

Sure, taking the elevator is physically easier than taking the stairs, but is it worth sacrificing your time and health?

Remember, your body is a temple, and reaching the peak of any grand temple requires climbing a few stairs.

Ali Hurst | Copy Editor

SPC Winter Tournament Our Hockaday athletes will compete in Houston this upcoming weekend to bring home the gold!

A Night at Gatsby's Whether you will just search for a party dresses in your closet, online or the entirety of Dallas, get your dresses out, because Winter Formal is just around the corner!

No Snow Days Sadly, it is cold enough to freeze our legs without our trusty sweatpants but not cold enough to miss school. Thanks, Pete Delkus.

Exams Even though you may try to deny it, the dreaded “E” word is just around the corner. Buckle up for sleepless nights and inevitable cramming.

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In the wake of Oprah Winfrey's Golden Globe's speech, Copy Editor Ali Hurst challenges the possibility of another celebrity president.

On Jan. 7, Oprah Winfrey was awarded the Cecil B. Demille Award at the Golden Globe Awards for her “outstanding contributions to the world of entertainment.” After receiving this prestigious award, the entertainment mogul delivered a powerful speech that earned her a lengthy standing ovation. Winfrey spoke about her experience as a woman of color in Hollywood and made a powerful statement about that evening’s emphasis on the Time’s Up movement.

I am not embarrassed to admit that after listening to Winfrey’s words, I had to retrieve a box of tissues. But while I saw her address only for what it was, many of my fellow viewers saw it as Winfrey’s first appearance on her 2020 campaign trail.

Almost immediately after the Golden Globes, my phone lit up with claims that Oprah Winfrey is considering running for president in 2020.

I admire and respect Winfrey wholeheartedly, but this is a preposterous idea.

When President Donald Trump was elected to office, one of my endless fears was that other celebrities would feel that they could also enter the political sphere. Now, it seems to be coming true, and if we continue down this path, we might be watching Kanye West rap a rebuttal behind a podium in a few years.

While Oprah Winfrey, who is not only an actress and producer but a committed philanthropist, is the cream of the crop in Hollywood, even her desire to run for president should be concerning.

I understand that many Americans are suffering from political fatigue and looking for fresh fac-

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es in politics. I too would appreciate some changes in the makeup of our government officials, but I would also appreciate if political positions continued to be filled by politicians. Why? Because that is their job and their job only.

Whether you like Trump or not, nobody can deny that this past year in politics has been, to put it nicely, far too exciting. I don’t remember a day since Trump was elected that I did not receive a frightening and alarming CNN notification.

Politicians, unlike Trump, or Winfrey for that matter, are well-versed in government proceedings. They understand how to negotiate and enact change effectively. They are also, for the most part, predictable and firm in their beliefs. What is Winfrey’s political platform?

What are her views on tax reform? Healthcare? The Israeli-Palestinian conflict? Oprah Winfrey, unlike a politician, does not have an established platform on these vital issues, so how could we consider her a legitimate political candidate?

Should we lower our standards in considering who should run our nation?

Winfrey has proven over the course of her impressive career that she can do anything that she sets her mind to. But should she do everything? Winfrey is one of the most idolized people in the country, but being the President is simply not in her job description.

And in the words of Saturday Night Live’s Michael Che, “can’t we just have a regular one for a while?”

Ali Hurst | Copy Editor

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For the fifth year in a row, the Fourcast proudly presents Fourcast Hearts.

Thoughtfully created by students, faculty and staff, the Hockaday community spreads their love and appreciation for each other.

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