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News In Brief Come support the Knights at the Quad game Friday afternoon at Aragon!
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Movie Night Moves Students Eilleen Zhang Editor-in-Chief On January 19th, the Hillsdale Effect and Girl Up club teamed to host their second ever movie night at Hillsdale, showing He Named Me Malala. Students were encouraged to go to this educational event, and there were extra credit offerings from select history teachers. The event was free, with all profits from concessions going towards fundraisers for both clubs. With the power of Malala’s inspirational survival story and her actions afterwards, students learned the importance of education, women’s rights, and standing up for what you believe in. Malala Yousafzai became known worldwide in 2013, after she was shot on a bus by the Taliban, a terrorist group, at age fifteen for going to school. But her fight for girls’ education began years before that, at age eleven, when she wrote a diary to BBC’s Urdu service on life under Taliban rule. The movie seamlessly flows between flashbacks of Malala’s experience, explanations of conditions for girls’ education, and clips of Malala adjusting to her new life in Britain. As the title demonstrates, the movie also delves into how her father, a schoolteacher and speaker, influenced Malala as a child to value education and pursue knowledge above all else, as well as the culture that Malala grew up with. Throughout
it all, Malala’s personality imparts a lighthearted yet passionate feel to the movie, with her humble view of her accomplishments and determined attitude on speaking out for her beliefs. A s senior and Girl Girl Up and Hillsdale Effect work together to educate students on women’s issues. Photo Credit: Sophia Dew Up president Sophia Dew says, the club “was created to support female especially girls, don’t have that same access, empowerment within our own community and the struggle every day is incredibly and within other communities, and so we difficult. We’re hoping that by sharing that do that specifically by spreading awareness story we can get it out to our community and spreading education.” The club has and that, us as a community, can figure out five initiatives around education, safety, a way to solve and better inform citizens.” health, empowerment, and leadership. The Hillsdale Effect club raises Sophia explained that Girl Up chose to do awareness and money to help women a movie night event because “education is in Guatemala. These women receive another big central theme to Girl Up club… it’s definitely something that we take for microloans to start their own businesses granted in our community, that we have an and break the cycle of poverty. Senior access to such a great education. We want Madison Luzar says, “we learn about to share the story about how other people the entire process they go through… (continued on page 5) in other communities, especially females,
HIT Competes at Olympics
Ben Liao Editor-in-Chief
the AIT), Hillsdale’s coach and host of The 9th annual Improv Olympics, the competition, Ian, a head-to-head competition between the gave the audience Hillsdale Improv Theater Squad (HIT a rundown of how Squad) and Aragon Improv Team (AIT), was t h e c o m p e t i t i o n held on the nights of February 1st and 2nd. would go. He would Walking into the Little Theatre introduce a topic, Thursday night to watch the show, it was a a n d b o t h t e a m s little surprising to realize how intimate the would have to make setting was. With an audience of about one up a scene, based hundred people, the accompanying piano off a subject chosen player off to stage right with no external by the audience. At speaker to amplify the sound, and no the end of a scene, visible sound system, it was immediately five judges (one of obvious that this event would be very which entered the The HIT Squad spontaneously crafts a scene for the different fom scripted drama productions. theatre on a bike, audience. Photo Credit: Ben Liao After the improvisors on both teams prompting an early introduced themselves (seven members for chuckle from audience members) would endless stream of jokes, one-liners, the HIT Squad and eight members for rate the scene on a scale from 1 to 5, and at amusingly cringey moments, and logical the end of the show, yet creative narratives embedded in the Each member of the AIT making up a verse to an imaginary the points would be scenes and games. The audience was also song. Photo Credit: Ben Liao tallied; whichever very involved, laughing quite often and even team had a higher walking up to the stage to participate or to point total at the end provide subjects for the next improv game. of the night would An early highlight, on both sides win the competition. was when Ian challenged both teams to W i t h t h a t , t h e improvise a scene with heavy audience Olympics began. involvement. The HIT Squad performed From the a scene in which one improvisor served beginning of the as a town hall leader and the rest of night to the end, the improvisors spread out amongst the players on both the HIT Squad and the audience as the people of the town—taking AIT continued to advantage of the intimate setting mentioned provide the audience earlier. An audience member suggested... (continued on page 5) with a seemingly
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Club of the Month Club Name: Creative Writing Advisor: Ms. Crockett Leadership: President: Suzanne Heikal Purpose: To share your feelings with a group of people who will listen, hear new stories, and im p rov e y o u r w rit in g s k ills ! Activities: Each and every month there is a new literary theme or genre the club members work on. During meetings they share inspiring videos and pieces they’ve written. There also might be a field trip outside of school soon, so attend the meetings if you’re interested in attending that. Currently, the club is working on its annual “Soul of A Knight” literary anthology, which non-members can also contribute to! See the flyers posted around campus or go to room 246. Meetings: Mondays at lunch in Ms. Crockett’s room, Room 248 How to Join: Attend one of the lunch meetings!
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Mock Trial Goes To Santa Barbara
Eilleen Zhang trial about the death of Alex Thompson While developing their case and learning Editor-in-Chief at a political rally. The defendant, Casey how to perform in a courtroom, students Over the long weekend of January Davidson, is arrested after the police also come to understand the intricacies 12th to the 14th, the Hillsdale Mock Trial discovered Davidson’s bloodied walking surrounding today’s political climate. Three trials back-to-back were team drove six hours down to Santa Barbara stick and clothing, as well as a violent and mentally grueling, yet rewarding too. If not County to compete in its annual Santa stalkerish past. The prosecution argues directly participating in trial, team members Barbara scrimmages. This traditional, that Davidson’s long-standing hatred of switched off, observed other teams compete, three-day trip provides the team and fully took advantage of their time with valuable practice time in the in the beautiful courthouse. Freshman courtroom against skilled schools, as and JV member Leah Scibetta says, well as the opportunity to try out new “My favorite part of Santa Barbara themes with the case and time to form was being able to get more practice strong bonds between team members. with mock trial and law, which I’ve A total of twenty-six students were learned is really interesting… Mock on the trip, with all varsity and trial is pretty rad”. After almost seven some JV “mirror” team members. long hours of trial, the students were During the scrimmages, free to explore State Street and the Hillsdale mainly practiced against the downtown area near the courthouse. mock trial teams of Lynbrook High The next morning, the students were School and San Marcos High School. back and better than ever, putting on Although the Menlo School, Hillsdale’s one last trial that only improved upon rival, was also there, the teams were the previous day’s work. With that, not allowed to compete against each the trip drew to a close as the team left other for the sake of fairness in the beautiful county of Santa Barbara competition. With three trials on to return home. Senior and co-captain Saturday and one trial on Sunday, Sabrina Klindworth says, “Going the teams tried the case that they’ve to Santa Barbara… was really cool been working with all year, People v. Davidson. Junior and co-captain The mock trial team poses for a picture in front of because we got to see the other teams, and at this point we’ve become friends the Santa Barbara courthouse. Sean Tjoa says, “Santa Barbara was a with the other teams, so being able to Photo Credit: Eilleen Zhang blast. We went against some of the best talk to them about mock trial without teams in the state, but unfortunately Thompson and the forensic evidence from the feeling awkward… Getting closer with our many were absent because of the mudslides. day of the crime point towards his guilt. On Nevertheless, it was very fun, and I hope the other hand, the defense proves reasonable team and really bonding with them was the competition’s even better next year.” doubt and demonstrates that Davidson really awesome.” Ultimately, it was a fun, People v. Davidson is a murder was not the one to commit this crime. educational, and rewarding experience for all.
Wrestling Team Finishes Season Esha Kher Senior Staff Writer
Basketball
Basketball has always been one of the school’s most popular sports, but this season for boys’ varsity has been off to a rocky start. The team had high initial hopes with their extremely high preseason score, but the regular season performance was, as Junior Dasan Chen remarks, “kind of underwhelming.” The team now stands at a win-loss record of 2-8, a strong contrast from their preseason score of 11-1. However, Chen is optimistic about the future of the season. The varsity boys knights are hopeful after their win against Carlmont High School on January 31, 2018. He states, “After last night’s game, we’re going to flip the script.” The situation in girls basketball seems to be similar to the boys. The junior varsity team also defeated the Carlmont Scots, pushing their win-loss record to 3-5. Junior Kaiana Fong states that she expects positive results from the rest of the season. She states, “we’re currently at about fifth place in the league (out of ten teams), but we’re looking to push to fourth by the end of the season.” The teams have just three more games left in the season, but still a lot of room to work with.
Hillsdale’s boys varsity against Terra Nova Photo Credit: Hillsdale Athletics
Many times among the other Hillsdale Knight wrestlers, one can hear phrases such as “the grind won’t stop” or to “embrace the grind.” So what exactly does this all encompassing lifestyle, “the grind”, depict when it comes to wrestling? From the grueling practices to the the hours spent in the gym and on the track: it’s the blood, sweat, and tears (most literally) you shed on the mats daily; it’s the ability to “love what you hate and hate what you love”, in the context of maintaining diets to stay in your weight class and strenuous exercises; it’s having the composure to stay dedicated to the sport long enough to experience your first win; it’s sustaining one inevitable injury after the other. The Hillsdale High School Wrestling team is back at this grind finally, after 2 years of the program shutdown. The team is coached by Hillsdale High School wrestling alumni Oscar Gonzalez and Evan Thodos and coled by seniors Trevor Church and Eli Spivak. Hillsdale has a good pool of new members from all grade levels, along with a few returning members who wrestled
Soccer
The soccer season has always had its ups and downs. After being promoted to the ocean league, the boys varsity and junior varsity teams have been facing a tough season. The junior varsity boys tied their most recent game with Menlo-Atherton. JV captain Zach Levitan is excited for their next game against Menlo-Atherton, saying the team is “looking to win their next game on February 2nd”. Both the varsity and junior varsity boys are currently at a record of 0-7-2, while the girls are faring better, ranking 3rd in their respective divisions.
alongside Aragon in the past. During the offseason, new members had taken part in a monogamous tournament on December 9th at Oceana High School, where all new wrestlers were entered into a double elimination bracket under their weight class so they could test out the waters and see if they will be able to turn their hand to the sport. The official season started in January, the first meet being on January 11th at Aragon against Cappuccino. Hillsdale secured 3 wins at this match, the highlights being senior Trevor Church’s securing a fast pin within a minute of his match and senior Gabe Hamilton pinning his opponent in the third period with a 10 point lead. On January 18th at Mills High School, Hillsdale went against San Mateo High School, where senior Ryan Wing-Wo pinned his opponent as a result of a reversal. The boys on the team attended their first tournament of the season on January 20th, The Shark Shootout, where freshman Renato Bezerra, junior Steven Bear, and seniors Eli Spivak and Ryan Wing-Wo bought home metals. Senior Ryan Wing-Wo was all horsepower earning first place at the 147 weight class and came out learning that “overcoming
the fear of making the first move not only allowed significant improvement in my wrestling skills, but has also shaped my character for the better”. At our meet against Mills High School, freshman Karina Silva-Moniz wrestled live for her first time, flawlessly executing a myriad of near-falls against her more experienced opponent. The season will sadly be coming to an end in February after CCS championships, PAL division championships, and hopefully the California state tournaments. Head Coach Oscar Gonsalez’s closing thoughts on the season were that, “Overall, this season was a huge learning experience for our wrestlers. We’ve experienced both wins and losses, but all that matters is what we are able to learn and improve on for the future. It takes a special type of person to be a wrestler: one who has the mental toughness to deal with a win or loss with humility and grace, one who holds themselves accountable for every action taken on the mat and isn’t reliable on anyone else, one who doesn’t give up easily and is consistently trying to improve. And these are some of the qualities that our wrestlers have the potential of displaying in future years”.
Hillsdale Sports Stats
Sport Varsity Boys Basketball JV Boys Basketball Varsity Girls Basketball JV Girls Basketball Varsity Boys Soccer JV Boys Soccer Varsity Girls Soccer JV Girls Soccer Wrestling
League South South South South Bay Bay Ocean Ocean Ocean
Rank #8 (of 10 teams) #4 (of 10 teams) #6 (of 10 teams) #5 (of 10 teams) #8 (of 8 teams) #8 (of 8 teams) #3 (of 6 teams) #3 (of 6 teams) #5 (of 7 teams)
Record (W-L-T) 2-6 5-3 3-5 4-4 0-7-2 0-7-2 6-3-1 5-4-1 2-1
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Marijuana Legalized in California Andrew Chang Senior Staff Writer
cannot raise the retail price near prohibition levels—that is, levels prior to legalization— since the production cost is dramatically below previous wholesale prices, at least according to an article in the Addiction scientific journal. For those unfamiliar with economics, as defined in Business Dictionary, the wholesale price is the cost of goods sold by a wholesaler—a person
few licensed retail stores in California. Until the inflated prices settle down, consumers In November of 2016, voters may choose to purchase marijuana from taxapproved Proposition 64 by a margin of free providers from the Emerald Triangle— 56% to 44%, making California the fifth Mendocino, Humboldt and Trinity counties state to legalize recreational marijuana. in the northwest part of California. While But what does this really mean? Well, the overall consumption is expected to be on the surface, adults ages 21 years or increased, the shape of the demand curve older can legally grow, possess, and use is unknown, and thus the magnitude of marijuana for nonmedical the increase is uncertain— purposes, with certain in layman’s terms, how restrictions. Moreover, the consumers respond to state of California now changes in marijuana prices regulates non-medical is to be seen. It’s important marijuana businesses, and to note that California has thus taxes the growing and the sixth largest economy selling of both medical and in the world, behind the nonmedical marijuana. The United States, China, Japan, tax revenue is intended Germany, and the United to mainly support youth Kingdom. The cultivation programs, environmental tax of $9.25 per ounce for protection, and law “flowers” / buds and $2.75 enforcement, according to for “leaves,” coupled with the California’s Voters Guide. Barbary Coast Marijuana Dispensary in San Francisco, now a legal the 15% tax on retail price, business. Photo Credit: Barbary Coast The approval of will yield a tremendous Prop 64 carries a number of economic impact, even socioeconomic implications, among them or firm who purchases bulk quantity of without factoring in the reduced criminal the need for advertising restrictions and goods from producers—to the retailer, who justice costs, as outlined by Business medical marijuana prescription tracking— then sells goods to the consumer. That Insider. Based on the average cost of two new issues outlined in the Journal of said, Marketwatch authors note that legal illegal and legal marijuana in California... Psychoactive Drugs. With the legalization recreational marijuana is neither cheap nor (continued on page 6) of marijuana, taxes and regulation alone readily accessible because there are only a
Mudslides Wreak Havoc in S. CA
Em Miller Staff Writer Following devastating wildfires, Santa Barbara County faces new tragedies: mudslides. With nearly all of California dealing with heavy rains, the mudslides were to be expected, thanks to the oversaturation of the soil. However, no one was prepared for the aftermath of this event, which occurred in the town of Montecito the week of January 8. These mudslides may have originated from the Thomas Fire, which began in December. The fire burned trees and other plants that were holding together the soil. However, with the vegetation gone, the soil was looser, leading to the severe mudslides. It wasn’t all bad, though, since the heavy rains actually helped get
the fire under control. Following the rain and devastating mudslides, 21 people have be reported dead, and, as of January 20, two people are still reported as missing. According to local reporter Lance Orozoco of KCLU, as of January 15, about 10,000 people are still under mandatory evacuation from “basically all of Montecito… and some neighboring areas as well.” On the night of January 14, a vigil was held for the victims, with thousands of people coming together to honor those who had lost their lives during this terrible disaster. The youngest victim thus far was three years old, and the oldest was eighty-nine. The mudslides also closed down a portion of the 101 Freeway, which runs through the county, although it reopened January 21. The shutdown, however, further
disrupted lives, since it blocked a major commuters’ route between the Santa Barbara and Ventura counties. While the freeway was out of use, a ferry service between the two counties started up along the coast, allowing commuters and concerned family members alike to travel via water. Additionally, disaster relief chaplains have made it to the town, providing emotional support for victims of the flooding and mudslides, and animals from shelters there have been rescued, according to local news station KEYT. Also, Santa Barbara’s annual film festival is set to still happen on January 31, showing how they will continue to come together and support one another through the use of cinema. Finally, in order to raise funds for the aid of victims businesses will be fundraising for Disaster Relief.
Kim Jong Un Addresses the World
Sean Tjoa Staff Writer While Americans were greeting the New Year with the dropping of the Times Square Ball, North Koreans were celebrating with fireworks in Pyongyang, the capital city. The following morning, Kim Jong Un gave an address for the New Year, outlining his plans for the future while doting on the achievements of North Korea in 2017. Wi t h t h e d e v e l o p m e n t o f intercontinental missiles and nuclear weapons, North Korea has become threatening on a global level, preoccupying many nations around the world. On New Year’s Day, Kim Jong Un declared that the U.S. “is within the range of our nuclear strike and the nuclear button is on my office desk all the time”. However, this daunting statement may be far from the truth. Although North Korea has increased missile testing greatly since 2014, the true strength of their nuclear weapons and missiles remains dubious. In late November of 2017, North Korea launched the Hwasong-15 missile over Japan which sank into the Sea of Japan. The Hwasong-15 has a potential range of
over 8,000 miles which would allow it to travel into the continental U.S., but the real capabilities of the missile are unknown. The Hwasong-15 fired by North Korea could have been fitted with a lightweight, mock warhead in order to magnify its range. Nevertheless, the entire world remains concerned as North Korea gradually develops into a bigger threat, but Kim Jong Un has hinted to extending peaceful relations towards South Korea. In his New Year’s Address he said that the North and South “should raise the banner of national independence higher than ever before”. For the upcoming Winter Olympics in South Korea this February, North Korea has sent athletes to the south to participate in the competition as a show of unity. Perhaps the tension between North Korea and South Korea will improve over time, but the reunification of the two countries is a controversial subject. Likewise, it seems that peace between the U.S. and North Korea will also be difficult to achieve. In response to Kim Jong
Un’s speech, President Trump tweeted, “I too have a Nuclear Button, but it is a much bigger and more powerful one than his, and my Button works!” In an effort to prevent North Korea from military advancement, President Trump has placed numerous intense sanctions on North Korea. However, this may potentially back-fire if North Korea develops a functional intercontinental nuclear missile. As North Korea heads down the path towards vicious military strength, how will the U.S. react? Only time can tell.
Kim delivering his address. Photo Credit: ABC News
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False Alarm Causes Panic in Hawaii
Breen Mee Staff Writer On January 14 at 8:07 am, an alert was sent to all people in Hawaii stating, “BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT I N B O U N D T O H AWA I I . S E E K IMMEDIATE SHELTER. THIS IS NOT A DRILL.” Within forty minutes, officials denounced the attack and stated that it was a false alarm. Although no one was hurt, it caused mass panic on the islands. People were rushing to airports, crowding buildings, and desperately trying to get to safety. A Hillsdale student, junior Guillermo Reyes, was in Hawaii during the alarms. He says, “I was terrified, and I thought about all the people that would be hurt because it is hard to evacuate an island. The atmosphere around me was everyone scared and panicking. My family and I went to our hotel room and called the airline, so we could try to get off the island as soon as possible.” Also, according to the Business Insider, people were crying, googling things like “how to get safety from nuclear bomb”, and rushing out, causing mass traffic. This alert was declared a human error by Hawaii official David Ige. He stated that during a standard checking procedure, an employee pressed the incorrect button, sending out the false alarm. . Once the mistake was found, multiple different sources announced that it was a false alarm, including Hawaii Emergency Management Agency Administrator Vern Miyagi, Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, and Commander David Benham. And now, David Ige is taking steps to ensure that a mistake like this doesn’t happen again.
The alert that Hawaii residents were sent. Similar messages were posted on TV and broadcasted on radio stations. Photo Credit: Daily Express This attack sparked the question of what the United States would do in case of a real ballistic missile attack. According to news sources, Hawaii would have two different defense options, the GroundBased Midcourse Defense System, and the Aegis BMD. The Ground-Based Midcourse Defense System is a $123 billion system of ground-based intercepting rockets set up by the United States. Using these intercepting rockets gives the United states a good defense system by using forty-four intercepting missiles set up in Alaska and California to attempt to blow up incoming missile barrages. The other option Hawaiians would have is using the Aegis BMD, or Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense. This system is one missile cruiser and four missile destroyers set up in Hawaii to have their own line of protection in case North Korea ever does fire a ballistic missile at Hawaii. Let’s hope, however, that no alert like this will ever again be sent out, real or fake.
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The Scroll is back again for the new semester with its February issue. The staff has been working really hard all year to bring eight-page issues every month, so please continue supporting us and reading the paper! Newspaper club is always happy to welcome new members, so if you’re interested in writing with us, please come to our club meetings on Tuesdays during lunch in Ms. Mylan’s room (113). If you have any responses to articles in the paper, please submit them to our email and we’ll do our best to put it in the paper too. If you ever miss an issue of the newspaper, you can always visit our website for an online rendering of the whole paper. As always, we hope you enjoy reading!
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Answering Tough Questions at Ethics Bowl
Esha Kher Senior Staff Writer
Should an individual be able to amputate a specific body part so their physical body matches the idea of how they want to look? Should we enact legislation against hiring smokers? Do we have a moral obligation to contribute to our country, even at our own expense? These were some of the moral dilemmas that Hillsdale High school ethics bowl team had to comment on at the Northern California Regional High School Ethics Bowl on January 13, 2018 at UC Santa Cruz. Our four member team was the only one to compete from San Mateo County in the regional competition. Hillsdale finished 12th amongst the 27 teams ranging from Salinas all the way to Marin County. We secured wins for two out of three rounds, scoring very closely the third round against semi-finalist Kirby High School. Ethics bowl is a competition that aims to prepare students to navigate challenging ethical issues in an organized and open way, using virtues centered around
“democratic citizenship”. The structure of the competition rewards teams for their ability to demonstrate their understanding of the facts and moral dimensions of the case, articulate the philosophical principles involved in the case, give an argument on how the case should be settled, and then be able to respond to challenges put forth by the opposing team as well as the panel of judges. The panel of judges in the competition had pedigree from a range of disciplines including: journalism, engineering, business, law, medicine, and social work. Senior Felix Miyago says he thought that, “the judges indicated thoughtful consideration of different viewpoints, and encouraged the teams to discuss respectfully rather than have a combative debate”. Along with the fascinating point of views of the judges, our team grew from many arguments made by other teams. For example, the case “Science Unfair” touched on what the moral obligation of a more diligent student is to help another struggling student, at the expense of their academic excellency. The team from Kirby High School presented
a very basic principle called utilitarianism to answer the question: by helping another student, you are not only helping them learn and grow, but you are revising the material yourself, thus proving that the purpose of morality is to increase the amount of good things we do in this world. Based off of that, Hillsdale added on that it was also long-run utility because it can have the consequence of encouraging the student and boosting the students morale so they can perform better in at different tasks in the future. The beauty of ethics bowl lies in the very fact that the teams were given complete autonomy to comply with the other teams commentary rather than having to providing a rebuttal. During the offseason, ethics club is usually busy studying different philosophical ideologies until the NHSEB releases the annual case set for the regionals. Ethics meets on a regular basis: Mondays during lunch in Ms. Witkop room. During that time, they research and discuss the cases, raise questions about the moral dimensions of the issue, and apply different ideologies to backup their responses.
Rocking at the Pop’s’ Concert
Ben Liao Editor-In-Chief
junior violist Mitchell Yu and senior cellist Jamie Ip joined Aaron on stage to sing the last chorus together, and when the music stopped the crowd erupted in applause and cheers. Another highlight of the night was when Mr. Yowell, the director of both choirs and the Chamber Orchestra, surprised everyone in the audience by playing the guitar with the Women’s Choir. Mr. Gallagher, the director of the music department, informed us that Mr. Yowell had learned how to play guitar just for that one song, and somehow he managed to learn how to fingerpick a guitar by himself in a short period of time, and perform it for an audience. The jazz band, which was the last group to go on that night, got the audience
even walked off stage and into the audience, making a lap in the theater, before coming back on stage to finish the song with the band. Every year, the music department After the concert ended, musicians puts on its Pops Concert—a concert that seemed to feel that the night had gone showcases all seven of music groups at extremely well too. Sophomore trumpeter Hillsdale. The concert is more casual than Efren Garcia-Vargas thought that “the the Winter and Spring concerts, because (as performance went amazing, actually”, further the name of the concert implies) all of the noting that “while you’re playing you could music that is played is “Pops” music: movie hear the crowd cheering in the background”, soundtracks, video game soundtracks, and which added to the excitement. Junior TV show soundtracks, as well as pop tunes flutist Elias Lewin-Koh thoroughly enjoyed arranged for instrumental groups. It also Amalia’s performance of Feeling Good, but means that there are always plenty of surprises also remarked that “obviously everyone’s at the pops concert: vocalists, drums playing going to be talking about Amalia and she was in a string orchestra, and electric violin are amazing, but it wouldn’t have worked without some highlights from the past few years. This the Jazz Band, which also sounded amazing.” concert was no different. Senior pianist Zack One early Berger summed up highlight was when his thoughts about senior trombonist Taylor the concert by saying Wa l k e r c o n d u c t e d “something that’s the Concert Band special about the while they performed Pops Concert is that an arrangement of it congregates all the “Treasure” by Bruno music departments Mars. The very large under one phonetic crowd was extremely theme, and as the energetic, cheering and show progressed giving loud applause to you keep jumping Taylor and the Concert from one style to Band. Musicians in the the next, resulting “My Shot” and “Feelin’ Good” performances (Photo Credit: Elizabeth Donovan) audience sensed that in what’s really a the crowd was going to energized to a new level with a quick, loud celebration of music”, referring to the fact enjoy all of the surprises that were to come. performance of an arrangement of the song that each type of music ensemble (choir, string After well-received performances of “Zoot Suit Riot” by by the Cherry Poppin’ orchestra, symphony band, jazz band) played the soundtracks from “Lord of the Rings” and Daddies (1997), which many members in the a markedly different type of “Pops” music. “Star Trek”, both by the Wind Ensemble, we audience recognized and cheered for. But, the The concert, however, would not were in for another surprise with the Chamber last song of the night, “Feelin’ Good” from the have been outstanding without the hard Orchestra. They played an arrangement of musical The Roar of the Greasepaint — The work of the students and especially Mr. Gallagher and Mr. Yowell for rehearsing “My Shot” from the Broadway hit musical Smell of the Crowd (1964), ended the night the students. Many musicians and parents Hamilton, with junior cellist Aaron Jue on a high note. It featured an extraordinary thanked them profusely at the concert’s Sans as Alexander Hamilton, perfectly performance from junior vocalist Amalia conclusion. Overall, it was a great and delivering the famous rap with enthusiasm Lugo-Fuentes. Midway through the tune, she enjoyable night for everyone involved. and energy. Close to the end of the piece,
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The Search for the Freshman Flag
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Zahra Khan Staff Writer
On January 11, 2017, an assembly was held for freshmen to determine which flags were to be hung in the ninth grade history classes. At the assembly, the freshman class of 2021 voted for their top 3 flags. The story behind this search for flags began when Mr. Stevens, a Marrakech history teacher, realized that it was required by law for teachers to have a United States flag hung in their classrooms. This led to the freshmen history teachers to come up with the idea that all the students should bring in flags to vote on to represent the class. It worked as a part of the nationalism unit in history, and served to show students how nationalism and imperialism on a small scale work. The flags represented the class coming together and uniting under three flags representing the class’s ideals, similar to a newborn country’s citizens uniting together under one flag to represent their nation’s ideals. The event itself was quite exciting. Each house picked three flags to be represented at the assembly. There, one or two students gave a pitch on why the rest of the “union” should vote for each flag. The pitches were all very different: some were very humorous,
and others were more serious. Overall, the presenting students did a very good job of expressing why the flags represented them on a personal level. In the end, the freshmen class chose the American flag, the California state flag, and the Pride flag (the flag that represents the LGBTQ+ community) to represent themselves. For some students, the flag selection process was easy. Freshman Emma Kotler from Marrakech said that “it was easy. There were really only three flags that I felt truly represented me.” Other kids said they felt the complete opposite. Nichole Kaye described the event as “uncomfortable and made me feel inferior.” There was definitely a mix of emotions in the process, but, we can agree that this was an eye-opening experience. Samer Bahu said “it was very good because we all came together as the class of 2021 and decided what flags represent us as Hillsdale students,” inferring that it’s important to schedule activities where all the houses come together and make a unified decision about something that will represent the 9th grade class as a whole. Not only did this event accomplish that, it also allowed students to bond with freshmen in other houses.
Hillsdale Fights for DACA Ben Liao Editor-In-Chief
The DACA Student Alliance at Hillsdale is a student protest and immigrant rights group that was formed at Hillsdale in response to Trump’s inflammatory rhetoric on illegal immigrants. Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, more commonly known as DACA, is a program that was established by President Obama in June 2012 by executive order, allowing children who were brought to the United States as children to apply for a deferral on deportation and obtain work permits. DACA essentially told these children—”Dreamers”—that they had no control over their immigration to America and thus were eligible to stay and integrate into American society. However, Trump rescinded the policy on September 5th, 2017, giving Congress a six-month period to come up with a long-term immigration policy for the Dreamers. As the deadline on March 5th, 2018 approaches, Congress is still in a gridlock over immigration policy, all while Dreamers wait anxiously, their lives hanging in the balance; if Congress fails to pass an immigration reform bill, all 800,000 Dreamers—more than 400,000 of which reside in California— are at a renewed risk of deportation. Advocacy groups across the nation are rising up in protest to this move, such as the DACA Student Alliance at Hillsdale. The protest, which occurred on February 7th, consisted of a march to Congresswoman
Jackie Speier’s office near 20th Avenue, complete with signs and posters; a rally outside Representative Speier’s office; and meetings with aides to voice the students’ opinions on DACA. The protest, which is similar to another protest which took place last year over immigration rights and policy, was organized jointly by students and staff from Hillsdale High School and San Mateo High School. Senior Micah Dayag, one of the student organizers, gave some insight on how the planning of the protest got started. She gave credit to Mr. Emanuel, a history teacher in Cusco, for the idea, then said that “Kyle [Guanzon] and I then started to organize the protest because we both already organized one last year.” She stated that she is leading Hillsdale’s efforts to protest hard-line immigration policies because “I am very passionate about helping immigrants, especially [since] I have people close to me who are affected.” The Hillsdale students had a strong message for Rep. Speier, not simply seeing that there are large numbers of Dreamers in our community. Dayag noted that “Dreamers must not lose the opportunity that their parents gave to them,” referring to the protection granted by DACA, and how Dreamers must fight to keep that protection. But even after all of the advocating, protesting, and lobbying across the country, one can only hope that, even in today’s unpredictable and chaotic political environment, Washington will pass a comprehensive immigration reform bill before the deadline passes.
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Ultimately, this is about basic decency. This is about whether we are a people who kick hopeful young strivers out of America, or whether we treat them the way we’d want our own kids to be treated. It’s about who we are as a people – and who we want to be.
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…Hillsdale Effect raises money for the loans, and Namaste Direct, the organization that we work with, provides the education.” As to the topic of the movie night, she said: “Here it’s not as big of a deal, but overseas the disparity between men and women is much greater. We bring awareness by showing these movies for free, we even provide extra credit because we want people to come in to learn, not for money. We care a lot about investing in the community.” Students who attended the movie night learned about the struggles that girls
in other countries go through to get an education. Junior Mihir Sood says, “I learned the implications of what all these girls in these different regions have to go through. I thought it was interesting because here, we definitely don’t have that kind of perspective on girls just getting a basic education, and the struggles they have to go through just to get it. I felt like the movie did a really good job at highlighting that in a good way.” Junior Rosie Goity also remarks, “Watching that movie, seeing what the girls like Malala
went through, it inspired me to pursue my education and not take it for granted.” What’s next for these clubs? Hillsdale Effect’s annual Taco Dinner fundraiser is coming soon in March, so make sure to stay on the lookout for that. For Girl Up, a TED-style talk with influential speakers around empowerment may be on the horizon. To get involved, attend Girl Up meetings Thursdays during lunch in Ms. Robledo’s room (123) and Effect meetings Wednesdays after school in Ms. Press’s room (218).
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...they talk about “The Jell-O”. The scene that ensued was one containing hilariously passionate speeches blaming fellow townspeople for Jell-O theft, with audience members being asked to stand periodically to give short commentary and fresh voices to the scene. In that same challenge, the AIT called Hillsdale junior Tijmen Sep up to the stage and asked him three parts of his day, to which he responded: doing chemistry for three hours, losing exactly one shoe, and waking up at 5:30 in the morning. The improvisors proceeded to enact out Tijmen’s day as a nightmare—his “lost shoe” coming back to haunt him as a ghost, “electrons” swirling around him to make him lose focus, and so on, drawing many laughs. “Salty and tingly”, however, tops the
list of highlights for Thursday night’s show. In this scene, two characters play records having to do with suggestions from the audience. One of the audience members yelled “Salty and Tingly”, which, surprisingly, the HIT Squad accepted, and subsequently formulated an extremely funny scene, and improvised a song in an “experimental country beat”. After the show, Tijmen thought that the show was “so good”, saying that “it was impressive how creative and spontaneous and funny it was”, and that the AIT’s reenactment was “accurate”, especially how he felt as he was doing his chemistry homework earlier. Junior Zach Levitan also remarked that they were impressive, saying that “given their time constraints to come up with something, the continuity
[of the scenes] they had was damn good.” The improvisors are able to create such funny and enjoyable scenes so quickly; an interview with Ian shed some light on how they’re able to do it and how improvisational theater works. “Improvisors latch onto the first [idea] that pops into their head and learn to accept that it isn’t the best one but it’s good enough”. It requires people to become comfortable with things being good enough, and embracing the possibility of failure. Having a mindset of taking “something that might seem boring and mundane at first and taking what your partner said and running with it” is of utmost importance as well. All of these skills were on display in the Improv Olympics, from both sides, delivering to the audience a fun, engaging, enjoyable, yet entirely improvised and made-up show.
Checking Out the New Website Henry Gu Web Editor
For many years, Hillsdale High School has relied on the web template provided by SchoolLoop to serve as a homepage for our distinguished school. Amid the flood of changes in the 2017-2018 school year, one of the most impactful ones was the conversion to a newer, sleeker website powered by the educational technology company, Blackboard. The website was developed in the summer of 2017 with the help of five high school interns selected from the schools in the San Mateo Union High School district. Headed by SMUSHD Communications Manager Sheri Costa, the group spent over 160 hours transferring all the information from the old website to the new one. According to the Mills Thunderbolt, the team worked to create a design that “teenagers would consider to be ‘on-fleek’.” And to most, it would seem that they have achieved their goal. The website uses a brighter design, filling the screen with vibrant red and blue colors. The white backgrounds and clean animations of the pages enhance the modern aspect of the site, matching with many of the newer web designs of today’s companies and institutions. Higher resolution pictures and UI elements also add to the look, providing a great contrast to the slightly outdated text and link design of the old SchoolLoop website.
User-friendliness was also a key element to consider during the development of the new website. The “Latest News” and “Upcoming Events” sections feature new pictures and theme changes that make them not only much more easier to read, but also easier on the eyes. Another new promising feature is the group of links on the homepage. The “I Want To” tab allows parents and students to access essential paperwork such as ordering transcripts and enrolling students at the click of a button. Additionally, the links to the bell schedule and calendar on the side will no doubt be extremely useful to those confused on unique school days. Despite all these great features, probably the most important one is the new responsiveness of the site. In web design, responsiveness is the ability of a website to be aesthetically pleasing and completely functional on all electronic devices with their multitude of screen
sizes and resolutions. The old website was extremely hard to use on mobile devices, but the new design by BlackBoard allows students to easily access all features of the website on their smartphones. In this technological age dominated by sleeker and smaller electronic devices, responsiveness is a must on all websites. There seems to be some issue, however, with the right hand links of the cover page, which work fine on the desktop version but are inaccessible on the mobile version. Overall, this update is a refreshing update for Hillsdale’s online presence. It seems the input of high school interns has proved to be quite useful, as the site is much more accessible to teens with the mobile devices. As it states on the homepage, the site is still a work in progress, and the staff will “continue to update this new site throughout the remainder of the 2017-2018 School Year.”
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Legalized Marijuana
Continued from page 3 ...in 2015, estimated pre-tax industry sales revenue are between $15.9 billion and $20.2 billion per year. However, California Senate Bill 987 called for a 15% tax on medical marijuana purchased from a retailer of medical marijuana. With this bill, tax revenue estimates rise to at least between $2.4 billion and $3.0 billion per year, according to the ICF, a global consulting services company. In terms of its significance for the Hillsdale community, a common concern is that legalizing marijuana increases usage among youth—particularly teenagers—and thus poses a threat to child safety. While such a fear is reasonable, it does not appear to be completely supported by empirical evidence. Looking at Colorado and Washington—the first two states to permit recreational marijuana use—the data seems to suggest that adolescent use has remained fairly steady, but that the perceived risk has decreased, according to an article in the American Journal of Nursing. Nonetheless, greater availability and lowered price of marijuana has been demonstrated to increase adolescent usage—an effect outlined in Pediatrics journal. To make matters worse, as mentioned in an article in the Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse, claims that marijuana exerts medicinal benefits may create a mixed message for adolescents, who falsely conclude that it is harmless.
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To Quote The President? Catherine Lange Staff Writer
years, in which time fifteen thousand Haitians were killed. The U.S. seized Haitian financial reserves at the beginning of During a meeting with the occupation and maintained it even after Congress members, President Trump they had officially left, until as late as 1947. was reported to have asked, “Why are French reparations also stopped at this time. we having all these people from sh*thole The U.S. drew arbitrary borders countries come here [the U.S.]?” The on the island of Hispaniola, between entities in question were the country of The Dominican Republic and Haiti. The Haiti and the entire continent of Africa. U.S. implemented a puppet government We could discuss the racism as well as policies including racial inherent in Trump’s comment, and segregation, press censorship, and the past comments, his established aforementioned forced labor. After pattern of lies, or how this harms the occupation, Haiti enjoyed a brief him and the U.S. It’s obvious to respite before the U.S. came back anyone that this comment was in 1965 to invade Santo Domingo, insulting, demeaning and crude, and 1994 to overthrow the first and quite frankly disturbing. Trump elected president of Haiti. Haiti has later denied the comment, and been slowly trying to recover its Republican lawmakers like Tom economy despite foreign interference Cotton and David Perdue say throughout its history. Nor has “they do not recall the President nature helped, bringing diseases, saying those words specifically.” and most recently the devastating This semantic-focused rhetoric and 2010 earthquake responsible for the US public’s underwhelming 300,000 Haitian deaths and the level of outrage have called a destruction of countless homes. problem to attention. We have Haiti is in poor condition, but allowed this to become normal. This is not what we stand for. Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting a pattern of colonization and its By first world modern standards, on Jan. 10, 2018. Photo Credit: Chicago Tribune devastating after effects continue to torture Haiti today. Trump’s Haiti is in poor condition, with poor nutrition and medical care leading own affairs. However, France demanded “sh*thole” comment categorizes Haiti as a life expectancy of just 63 years. Haiti to pay reparations indefinitely on a dump, exposing his ignorance, racism Most Haitians are farmers with barely the grounds that France lost valuable land and victim-blaming mindset. The United enough food to feed their own families. and slaves. The U.S. intervened in 1915 States has exhibited a willful ignorance But, Trump calling Haiti a “sh*thole” not because they altruistically wanted time and time again towards third world blames the Haitians themselves for their to improve Haiti, but because they were powers, like Haiti that is being allowed conditions. This blame is undeserved. afraid Haiti was forming too close ties with to continue blatantly under Trump. If Trump wants to call Haiti a Haiti is a Caribbean country European countries that would prevent occupying the western third of the island the U.S.’s own attempts at exploitation. “sh*thole” country, he should realize the U.S. known as Hispaniola, which it shares Promising to improve infrastructure and had a significant hand in creating that state. with the Dominican Republic. After Haiti bring democracy, the U.S. used a system Although we can’t hold Trump accountable was colonized, it was re-populated with of forced labor to build roads, schools and for bigoted historical attitudes, we can African slaves after the colonizers had hospitals. The occupation lasted for nineteen hold him accountable for repeating them. worked most of the native populations to death in gold mines. When the Spanish left for more prosperous “sh*tholes”, Haiti was occupied by the French who continued to exploit the island for coffee and spices. During the French Revolution, Haiti fought for its independence. It won in 1804, becoming the second colony to declare its independance in the Western Hemisphere, after the U.S. After centuries of oppression, Haiti gained control of its
Protests in SF: A Photo Essay
A marijuana leaf. Photo Credit: www.tumblr.com Proponents of legalization contend that alcohol and tobacco cause far more harm than marijuana, essentially justifying marijuana as the lesser of the evils. This argument is consistent with comparative risk assessments of drugs from Scientific Reports examining the toxicological threshold relative to estimated human intake, which classify alcohol and tobacco as high risk, and marijuana as low risk. Nonetheless, it should not be treated as an innocuous substance, especially for for adolescents. A 2009 review in Pharmacology, Biochemistry, and Behavior concluded, “Adolescents who use marijuana heavily tend to show disadvantaged attention, learning, and processing speed; subtle abnormalities in brain structure; increased activation during cognitive tasks despite intact performance; and compromised objective indicators of sleep quality”. The question then becomes: what effect does marijuana legalization have on adolescent use of alcohol, tobacco, and other illicit drugs? Here, the literature seems to be split, with some studies suggesting that alcohol and marijuana are economic complements, and others indicating that marijuana may act as a substitute for other substances. What’s the final verdict, then? Well, it seems that deeming Proposition 64 as “good” or “bad” would be an oversimplification of a far more nuanced issue, and that in the coming years most of the unintended consequences— positive or negative—will be revealed.
Anya Lance-Chacko Senior Staff Writer On January 21st, 2017, women all around the world marched for various issues beyond women’s rights: for better immigration policies, reproductive and LGBTQ+ rights; for environmental awareness, racial equality and many other
human rights issues. The timing and center of it all revolved around Trump’s inauguration. Protesters marched again on January 20th, 2018 to continue to fight for justice. Senior Dyana Huaraz says, ¨I marched for equality. Women’s rights have not always been respected; however, that’s changing with today’s society. Instead of
silence or fear, there is empowerment and togetherness that as we can see on the news has created voices for those who need it.” Senior Amanda Follansbee says, “I marched because women still need equal rights in this country and the president we have now is not going to help us move forward in that area.” Certainly, the protestors’ voices will be heard.
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The Darkest Hour Movie Review
Anya Lance-Chacko Senior Staff Writer An incredibly important historical film, The Darkest Hour starring Gary Oldman brought viewers back to the time of World War II and into the extraordinary yet unique mind of Winston Churchill. A very creative man, Churchill was appointed Prime Minister of Britain amidst the war when Chamberlin’s choices were questioned after The Policy of Appeasement. Churchill addressed the people with incredible wit with memorable statements. At a time when the country was in despair, he didn’t back down and made powerful statements that provoked a sense of nationalism such as, “We shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our Island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.” The movie brought light into the unknown opposition he faced, and how many people doubted him. It proved how he made incredible decisions and listened to the people in his choice to “never surrender”. Gary Oldman captured the rawness of Churchill so deeply, that at times, (partially with the added effects of incredible makeup) the fact that it was an actor was forgotten. His brilliance and confidence through speech instilled a historical sense of nationalism in his people, adding to the memorability of his character. In addition, many of the side characters were equally compelling, such as Elizabeth Layton (Lily James), his typist who had lots
of spirit and character, and helped Churchill to hear the voice of the people. Along with his wife, Clementine (Kristin Scott Thomas) who helped to instill his confidence they helped to fuel his brilliant ideas. In addition, this film is incredibly relevant to the curriculum of Hillsdale’s sophomores. Prior to winter break, around the time the movie was released, the sophomores were learning about World War II, and Florence specifically worked on analyzing Churchill’s speeches - at least two of which were included in the film. Although the Churchill aspect of the unit wasn’t incredibly extensive, it seemed as though there were a few inaccuracies in the movie. First of all, the real life existence of the character of Elizabeth Layton seemed somewhat inaccurate. However, according to The Telegraph, “Elizabeth Nel” was, in fact Churchill’s secretary, and the film was just shining light onto a lesser known aspect of Churchill’s story. And many of the details included in the movie, seem to correspond with the Telegraph’s article on Elizabeth Nel. I was especially shocked to learn that, “Churchill liked his minutes typed in double-spaced lines, but she used single spacing. He exploded. With the words ‘“fool’”, ‘“mug’” and ‘“idiot’” ringing in her ears she was ordered from the room.” As that was a very vivid and engaging scene in The Darkest Hour, I had assumed it to be simply for the purpose of character development. In addition, there was one especially powerful scene in which Churchill faces a great decision about the war, whether to surrender or not. And before he made this decision he took the underground and
Jumanji Movie Review Zahra Khan Staff Writer
serious is about to happen, someone cracks a joke. The actors also have a lovely way of The movie Jumanji: Welcome to portraying the personality of their character the Jungle was a fantastic production. It especially if they are completely different was undeniably impressive how they took than the roles they have played previously. certain characteristics from the old movie These actors had a very strong emotional commitment, and had a made in 1995 implemented strong commitment to them into the movie quite staying true to the persona well. For example, the idea of the character they were that this entire world is playing. They also do a inside a game. The actors in wonderful job depicting the movie include Dwayne some reality into such a “The Rock” Johnson, fictional setting. The movie Nick Jonas, Karen Gillan, has a very realistic vibe to Kevin Hart, Jack Black, it, as if everything was not Madison Iseman, and happening inside a video Bobby Cannavale. Let’s game. It also has some epic be honest, who doesn’t fight scenes that get your love the Rock? The Rock heart rate up. It has the is a strong, funny male lead typical guns, motorcycles, that gives every movie he some amazing animals, is in some comic relief. and a scary, yet awesome The movie starts antagonist that every great with a group of kids in Jumanji movie poster. fight scene needs. They detention, similar to the Photo Credit: joblo.com had an amazing way of iconic Breakfast Club. Instead of doing what they were sentenced mixing romance and action genres into to do, they decided it would be a great idea the movie, very similar to the original. In to play a game. The game looked this like the original two of the players are in love, box that looked old and dusty. They all chose while they are completing these crazy their characters and BOOM, they got zapped tasks and being put through odd situations. into the game. They landed in this beautiful This movie teaches how conflict can make forest that seemed far from any civilization. friendships stronger and why you should From there, they had to complete multiple never play games during detention. It levels to save the land of Jumanji from also shows how teamwork is crucial to a Van Pelt. There was never a dull moment journey because everyone’s strengths will throughout the entire movie, and every be needed. If you liked the original movie, single scene kept you on your toes, anxious you will most definitely like the new one. to see what comes next. Just like the original Overall, every element of this production version, they seem to have a really nice way was astonishing and I recommend others of adding some comic relief to very serious to watch this movie. I would give this situations. Just when you think something excellent movie five out of five stars.
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Sky Blue & T-Bone Dear Sky Blue and T-Bone, So I’m a senior guy, and I know that the Winter Formal is supposed to be girls-ask-guys. But there’s this girl that I really like and I want to ask her to the dance. Should I try to make it very obvious that I like her and hope that she asks me to the dance, or should I go ahead, break the tradition, and ask her to the dance like it’s a promposal? Hit By Cupid
The Darkest Hour movie poster. Photo Credit: joblo.com asked the opinion of the people on the train. This closeness to the people was incredibly moving, however also seemed a bit inaccurate, especially a Churchill shook the hand of a black man, and asked his opinion. It has been reported that Churchill had a “dark side” as The Washington Post put it in terms of his racism. The same article stated that Churchill once referred to Indians as a group that he hated, “a beastly people with a beastly religion.” These statements are not only incredibly horrible and unforgivable, but they also drastically contradict with the character portrayal in the film. Overall, I’d give it a 4.5 out of 5 stars.
Dear Hit By Cupid, I d o n ’t u s u a l l y g i v e s u c h straightforward answers, but honestly, if you like the girl that much, I think you should totally go big and ask her to the dance! It will be a really fun experience, and if she likes you back, then it won’t be a secret any more and you can stop worrying so much about her feelings toward you. So yes, listen to your heart and if you think you like her that much, don’t wait until Prom to ask her out to a dance. Good luck! Sincerely,
Sky Blue
Dear Hit By Cupid, It’s a sad, sad world of rejection and loneliness. It’s probably better to just go home and wallow in despair over your love life. If you don’t have anyone to spend formal with, maybe it’s wise to invest in some self-love and esteem-boosting. Sincerely,
T-Bone
The Post Movie Review Anya Lance-Chacko Senior Staff Writer
The Post is an extraordinarily important and eloquent film, directed by Steven Spielberg and featuring stars such as Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks. In a time where honesty in journalism and media is getting harder to come by, it was remarkably refreshing to see the raw hunger for good journalism and knowledge that was present in this film. It covers the story of The Washington Post as it competes with The New York Times to publish articles on the government secrets surrounding the Vietnam War and the Pentagon Papers. Katharine Graham, the first female publisher of a major American newspaper, grapples with the risks of publishing various stories and her own personal struggles as a leading woman in a male-dominated workforce, and at a time when women were expected to go out of the room when men discussed politics. Graham got into the publishing position after her husband’s suicide, and was given the job in attempts to keep the paper in the family; Katharine Graham’s father, Eugene Meyer had previously been the publisher for 13 years, and then had given the position to her husband, Philip Graham who had been publisher for 17 years at the time of his death. Due to this, the father gave the position to his daughter, Katharine. As always,Streep’s portrayal of portrayal of Graham’s layered character is remarkable, conveying both her strength and her times of insecurity. Tom Hanks, also as is typical did a extraordinary job of portraying the rigid but justice-driven man and executive editor of the post Ben Bradlee. Together, although often with opposing views, the two characters drove hard for justice in
this riveting film about the dilemma of whether to be the voice of the people and the country, or to sustain a businesses. Not only was this movie powerful, but it was also incredibly educational for students such as myself to get insight into the time of Nixon and the Vietnam War. In addition, although the movie was a political thriller, there were quite a few refreshing jokes, all adding to the enjoyment held in this film. Along with this there were incredibly moving quotes about the power of the people with lines such as “The press was to serve the governed, not the governors” and “the news is the first rough draft of history”. This impeccable film is something students, lovers of journalism and believers in the power of democracy, will enjoy. Definitely a five star film.
The Post Movie Poster Photo Credit: IMP Awards
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