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Volume 11, Issue 4

10.23.2015 A PUBLICATION BY HOLDERNESS STUDENTS FOR THE HOLDERNESS COMMUNITY

Meet the New Trustees!

Chae Hahn ‘17, Brooke Hayes ‘17

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olderness School has three exciting new additions to our Board of Trustees! With backgrounds ranging from business to non-profits, these experienced professionals have already brought so much to the table, consistently strengthening the governance of our school. Interestingly, all three of the new trustees are parents of current students. These are the people who plan for major changes on campus and help give a voice to our student body. So, while they are here, please share your thoughts/hopes/concerns for the advancement of our community. In order to get a better sense of these new trustees, we decided to learn more about their past experiences and ask some questions regarding their vision for Holderness.

We hope that with these new voices comes new input for the betterment of Holderness. It is important for our student body to know the people on the board, as these are the folks making a real change in our community’s future.

Ms. Cullen, Mr. Attenborough, and Ms Hayes, we look forward to your insights and leadership!

Carolyn Cullen ‘87 Ms. Cullen, a new trustees, is not only a mother to Craig Cullen but also a proud alumna representing the Class of 1987. Starting from this spring, she has already brought great insight stemming from her genuine care for Holderness. With a particular interest in the arts and various experiences with independent schools in the Philadelphia region, Ms.Cullen is a wonderful addition to our community.

Neale Attenborough Mr. Attenborough, father of Kelly, has an incomparable background in financial management and service on other independent school boards Prior to joining the Holderness Board, he sat on the boards of the Pingree School and Brookwood School. After much success in business, Mr. Attenborough became a managing partner for Golden Gate Capital. Considering his wide array of experiences, we are looking forward to his leadership as a trustee.

Susie Hayes Curious to hear about her hopes and outlook for Holderness’ future, we corresponded via email with Ms. Hayes, mother to Jack and recent graduated Annie. We are excited to share what she had to say: “Both of my children have attended Holderness, and I feel a deep sense of duty to give back to a place that has given so much to our family. Holderness has cultivated a community among the students, parents, teachers, and staff that is as strong as, if not stronger than, other schools. But to stay competitive requires constant improvement. You cannot rest on your laurels; you must continually strive to do better. I am excited by the school’s commitment to its physical plants, specifically classroom and athletic facilities... You are incredibly lucky to live in a community where there are so many adults who care about you. Take advantage of the opportunities to get involved and give back because you only get out of something what you are willing to put into it. The nonprofit that I work for invests in low-income, high-potential students from high school through college. These students do not have the same opportunities that students at Holderness have, but they are just as bright and just as motivated and have dreams of graduating from college and one day having a career. One of my jobs at Access Opportunity is to raise money for our programs. I understand the importance of Advancement and the difference it can make whether you are an Access Opportunity student or a Holderness student.”

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Do Dogs Look Like Their Owners?

The Psychology of Pet Choices

Lolo Zabaleta ‘18

Gwen Stefani, Marc Jacobs, and Chloe Kardashian – what do they all have in common? They’re famous, but more impor-

tantly they look like their dogs. Or should it be said that their dogs look like them. According to Psychology Today this occurrence isn’t an uncommon one. A study was done at the University of California on this very topic. Two-thirds of all the dogs were shown to resemble their owners, and recognizably so. If you have a family dog, chances are that the pet looks like whichever family member chose it. This is because something called the “mere exposure effect” or, put more simply, familiarity. People are comfortable around things that are familiar, so a person looking for a new canine companion will subconsciously pick out a familiar face. The question still remains: why do people choose a dog that looks like them rather than simply someone they are familiar with? The answer to this is that a person sees their face all the time, so one’s own face is about as familiar as it gets. So this got me wondering, does the mere exposure effect apply on the Holderness campus? So without further ado, here are a few Holderness staff and faculty and their dogs who may or may not look like them. You be the judge!

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5 Tips for a More Enjoyable College Process decisions will be.

Maggie Barton’ 16

Every year another innocent class of

juniors begins the daunting college process. At first it may seem exciting and perhaps even fun, but in no time at all the joy has spun into a flurry of confusion, stress and tension. An experience that should be empowering and thought-provoking transforms into the infamous “roller coaster of emotions.”

If you are not a senior knee deep in supplements and anxiety, then you are a terrified underclassmen shaking at the mere thought of Mr. Barton’s office.

In hopes of alleviating some of this tremendous pressure for you poor suckers out there, I scoured the college books, picked the brains of the College Counseling Office, and came up with a list of tips for the nail-biting prospective college student: 1. Take advantage of the fact that this is a “process.” As a junior, when you begin to have meetings with Mr. Barton, fight the urge to feel utterly overwhelmed. Start doing research about schools and ENJOY the time you have to waste watching videos about schools you won’t end up applying to.

In no time, you will start to have to make decisions about colleges on your list; and, the more of a sense you have of schools, the more informed those

2. Listen to your parents, but not too carefully. When you tour a school, allow yourself to feel. Yes, this seems obvious, but all too often we take on the feelings of our parents, friends, or siblings because we trust them, but they are not applying to the school.

You are. Compare notes after you have drawn your own conclusions.

3.Ignore what’s going on in your friends’ “process.” It is so easy to start comparing yourself to the people around you and equally as easy to then feel vastly behind and inadequate.

Even those who appear to have it all figured out do not. And regardless, there is not one route to get to college.

In fact there are more than enough

ways for everyone to get there at a different pace.

4. As cliché as it is, applying to college does not require you to change, but just show who you already are.

If you really like basketball and you didn’t join the writing club because you needed the time to shoot hoops, then don’t try to cover that up. You are looking for a college that wants you, not some figure from your imagination. You won’t be happy if you end up at a place that accepted someone other than who you actually are.

5. Have a good set of answers ready.

As soon as someone finds out that you are a junior in college, they will begin to ask you millions of questions.

Where do you want to go? What do you want to study? Have a few generic answers that will help you carry on the conversation if you don’t feel like getting personal. College can be personal and not necessarily something you want to be talking about with every random person you meet.

Indeed, all of this is much easier said than done, but taking these tips into consideration could just make you a happier person in this process. There is surely a place for everyone; you just have to find it. As Mr. Barton would say, “In the end, it’s all about the fit.”

Multicultural Club The Sensation Sweeping the Holderness Nation

Darielle Matthews’18

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he Multicultural Club is an amazing club that discusses diversity and culture. The common misconception of the club is that it is only for students of color. In fact, it is for everyone of any racial and ethnic background.

This club is vital in making our society a better place because it allows us to take a stand against stereotypes and social injustice. Stereotypes are biased opinions about people formed without good reason. Stereotypes are used to justify discriminatory attitudes against ethnic groups. No one should be defined based on judgments made by others. It is up to us to become tolerant

of one another and to embrace each other’s cultural backgrounds as well as individuality.

Unfortunately, social injustices happen every day in our society whether it is police violence against African Americans or Donald Trump’s racist remarks against Mexicans. Ideally, it is up to us to dive head first into other cultures so we can expose social injustices and stereotypes for what they really are: ignorance. We need to take a stand against social injustices because the reality is that none of us are truly free until we are all free. Free to be whoever you want to be, free to show your ethnic pride, free to love whomever you chose, free to be safe

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and free of unnecessary hatred.

Our Holderness bubble shields us from the harsh realities of life. It’s up to us to come together to make the world a better place by breaking barriers and pushing ourselves to take part in awkward and difficult conversations. Join the Multicultural Club today and take a stand against the social injustices in our society. Let’s not let anyone define who we are!

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Mid-Semester Thoughts on Balance, Honor, and Feedback AJ Chabot ‘16

Preface: My thoughts are not fact, my

beliefs are not truth. I write for The Picador as an editor first, President second.

In a society where the career is often the end goal, we allow this goal to control the steps leading up to it. While it is ambitious to have a profession in mind at the age of 14, it is also unhealthy for that idea to be planted rather than grown. In my conferences two weeks ago, one of my teachers warned me not to allow next year to interfere with this year. He used a martial metaphor, as if 2016-2017 was fighting for attention with 2015-2016. It isn’t just this year he is worried about, it’s every year. And it’s not just me he is worried about, it’s everyone. Although our futures will always butt into our present, and our pasts will affect our futures, there is something to be said about our inability to live comfortably in the present. If you remember the presentation on mindfulness, I challenge you to recall what the advantages were to living in the moment. Although the speaker wasn’t very specific on the steps or procedures of mindfulness, I know it had something to do with calm. Not looking forward and not looking back, but being comfortable with the present and enjoying the peacefulness of this comfort. As Holderness students, this peacefulness is nearly impossible to find. As freshman, we look forward to our senior year; as sophomores, we reminisce on our first year gone by; as juniors, we begin relating every grade to college; and, as seniors, we grow nos-

talgic but also fall victim to the search for relevance elsewhere. Each year has a beginning, middle, and end - as does all of high school, college, and careers.

Why am I writing about this? As a senior, I and many of my senior peers have struggled with the anxiety of standardized tests, applications, and looming decisions. While I don’t want to encroach upon Maggie’s article too much, I wanted to lead into mine with a few thoughts of these stages and suggest that there is much to be enjoyed about the present. I definitely have not figured it out yet, but if we could try to realize that the future we hope for eventually does become reality, can we find contentment?

We started the year off well. I’m sure many of you new students called your parents after the first few assemblies worried that you’ll have to lock up every last thing you own because Holderness has such an awful stealing problem. Yes, we made it a big deal - some might argue a bigger deal than it needed to be. But, have you noticed the scooters and boards laying on the hill next to the tunnel? Have you noticed the beautiful, full-suspension mountain bikes propped up against the walls of Weld or the famous tandem bike lying lockless outside Hagerman? Perhaps grandma has sent you birthday cookies, and you have been able to enjoy or share as many of them as you’d like. Stealing in our community isn’t something simple enough to press the stop button to, but it would also be pretty easy for one person to press go and have many others do the same. If this is something we don’t want on campus, then we must

hold ourselves to a higher standard. We must not rationalize; this is our worst enemy when it comes to theft. When I say rationalize I mean to make excuses, like “I’ll pay him back, it’s the last time, I’ll give her something else,” or the most common, “no one’s looking.”

This last rationalization is a direct violation of our honor code, something we can choose to uphold or ignore. If upheld, you are proud, and with pride comes appreciation for such things like the honor code. If ignored - regret.

Last year, the seniors felt that the Disciplinary Committee should explain clearly the details of DC procedures to the school soon after they occur. Also known as transparency, this policy has already been seen twice this year. Ms. Weymouth has stood up in assembly and explained twice the details and consequences of recent disciplinary matters. Our hope is that this will not only help dispel rumors, but also assure students that they can trust the DC committee to be open and fair with the decisions made.

Finally, I wanted to take a moment to share some ideas on feedback. I have realized that just because someone else wants something for me does not mean that I want it for myself. Therefore, I have also realized the opposite: if I want something for myself, I cannot assume that others want it for themselves as well. It is unfair to assume that our opinions are fact, truth, or good for the community. It is more fair, I have found, to assume ourselves biased.

While remaining confident in what we believe, we should acknowledge and accept others’ opinions as well.

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School Talks Presidential Primaries, Cast Votes Grace Lawrence’16

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f you are over 35 and wish to be President, you can announce your candidacy. This also usually means that you have some kind of financial support from someone, unless you are Donald Trump, whose main point on many occasions is that he is rich. In the GOP, the number of those running is slowing dwindling. Drop outs include Scott Walker, who was called by God to run and then called by God to clear the field. So who is important? On the I-have-never-done-politics-before side we have Ben Carson, the neurosurgeon who is famously “The only one to take out half of a brain, although you would think if you go to Washington that someone had beat [him] to it.” And, we have Carly Fiorina, who used to be the CEO of Hewlett-Packard and whose work ethic brought her from secretary to CEO. Then there’s Donald Trump, the only GOP candidate that the news feels is relevant. His broad statements make it almost impossible to disagree, he uses the obvious to insult his competitors, and he likes to turn attacks into compliments. Some are wondering why there is even a debate on who will win, isn’t it obvious that Trump will? We seem to forget that a wall is not cheap, easy, or reasonable.

But, who is running that has actually been in government before? Jeb Bush, George W. Bush’s brother, is running. Before he decided to follow in his brother’s footsteps he was the Governor of Florida. Also from Florida is Marco Rubio whose ethnic background is in contrast to all the other candidates except Jeb Bush who “accidently” said he was Latino when registering to vote.

There is also Ohio Governor John Kasich. And, we can’t forget the Tea Partiers: Texas Senator Ted Cruz and Kentucky Senator Rand Paul. With 15 primary candidates, the GOP field is very mixed.

Who is running in the Democratic Party? Five people so far have decided to announce their candidacy. Leading in the polls is Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. Bernie Sanders socialist views gain him support in more liberal states like his home state of Vermont, but Bernie’s numbers are strong here

in New Hampshire. Hillary Clinton, who is more moderate, is advocating for progressive changes in the law for the families of America. There is still more to come, as Joe Biden has yet to announce his candidacy; like any other student who has mastered the art of procrastinating, he keeps extending his self-imposed “due date”.

The primaries are confusing. One can win the primaries by being extreme, but most likely they won’t be President in the end. So, who’s getting votes? In the GOP, Trump has a commanding lead while Carson is in second. In the Democratic race, Clinton is the frontrunner with Sanders right behind.

Students From Friendship, Expose Social Issues Through Hip-Hop Dougie Deluca’16

Nas, Big L, Wu-Tang, Biggie Smalls, Tupac, Isaiah Rashad, and Outkast, Sven has released a 5 track EP with fellow Holderness student and rapper Tony Boateng.

has been rapping since a very young age, having recorded a song on his Xbox at just the age of seven. ivid Profile: Today, Tony has evolved with Listening to Nas’s critically influences like J Cole, Isaiah Rashad, acclaimed Illmatic, often named the Joey Bada$$, Logic, Big Pun and Big best hip-hop album of all time, middle L. Like these skillful artists, Tony uses schooler Sven Fitzgerald formed a pas- Tone Corlyone Profile: Tony, a product of the Bronx, became hip-hop to address social issues, paint sion for hip-hop. In his room keeping Tone Corlyone at a young age when his stories, have fun with wordplay, and pace with Nas as he rapped “Memory experiment with various flows. ComLane,” Sven decided to try his luck with godfather watched the Godfather and ing to Holderness and meeting Sven, this thing called “hip-hop.” At first just nicknamed him Corleone. Not knowTony has started to take hip-hop more for fun, Sven spent hour after hour per- ing the spelling of the Italian name, fecting his craft, writing line after line, Tony misspelled Corleone as Corlyone, seriously and actually garner success in and today still uses this spelling. Tony song after song. With influences like Continued Page 6

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the industry.

With songs like “Arms Raised,” Sven and Tony voice their opinions on prominent social conflicts. Filled with bold statements, Sven’s lines are backed up by saying “hip-hop is about expressing the truth and sometimes the truth hurts.” In songs like “Combined Concepts,” Sven and Tony collaborate to demonstrate their lyrical ability with lines like “See me in the streets get clapped like applause” and “the truth ain’t always been that sweet, so why is it sugar coated?” Together Sven and Tony feed off each other’s differing styles to create a truly unique project.

Currently Sven and Tony are working on another collaboration. They are only in the early stages of production, so the release date is unknown.

Recently I took the time to interview both Sven and Tony about hip-hop and their experiences with it at Holderness.

Do most people know that you rap?

Sven: Yeah most people that know me know that I rap, and my family of course knows that I do.

Tony: I’m pretty sure a lot of people here at school know that I rap, especially the members of the 2017 class and people who were at the first dance this year.

How has being at Holderness impacted you musically? Has it helped or hurt ou?

Sven: Holderness has had a big impact on my music because that’s where I met Tony and started rapping with him. I’ve done a mixtape with Tony and we’re currently working on another one. It’s definitely helped in the

fact that I’ve found people to do it with but at the same time sometimes my creativity is boxed in at Holderness.

Tony: I’ve always been rapping for fun just freestyling with friends until I met Sven and discovered that I am actually good at it. Holderness helped me find a hidden talent.

Is hip-hop something you want to pursue?

Sven: Absolutely, I hope to continue working in music whether it is as a rapper or an audio engineer. At the moment I hope to study audio engineering and the music business in college. I definitely want to keep rapping, and Tony and I plan to do live performances outside of Holderness after our mixtape releases.

Tony: I continue to rap simply for the love of hip-hop and to spread messages and educate people on issues I face, see, and know about. I don’t set my hopes on becoming a rapper because I am a basketball player first, but I wouldn’t be mad if people wanted to pay to see me perform or listen to my music.

How do you think hip-hop is viewed at Holderness?

Sven: I think it’s viewed in both positive and negative ways. It’s viewed positively because most students enjoy listening to hip-hop. At the same time, hip-hop isn’t viewed in the same way as many other genres are and many people don’t think highly of it just because many artists in hip-hop aren’t afraid to tell the truth and sometimes the truth hurts.

Tony: I would say that many students and even faculty enjoy the beauty and poetic value of hip-hop. If not, they do enjoy listening to it. It isn’t rare to find someone here at Holderness that doesn’t listen to some sort of rap song.

What are a few things people less informed about hip-hop should know?

Sven: Hip-hop is not just a genre of music, it is a culture.

There are 4 elements of hiphop that people use to express themselves: DJing, MCing, BBoying, and Graffiti. People should learn more about the roots of hip-hop and how it was started, and people should also know that hip-hop is as much of an art form as any genre. People should not look at hip-hop with a closed mind.

Tony: People should know that hip-hop is art. It is a way for people to express themselves through words, rhythm. It is poetry at its finest.

Where can we find your music?

Sven: Follow me on twitter @vividmusic1 or soundcloud at vvidmusic1 Tony: You can find me at Tone Corlyone on soundcloud, follow me on twitter @Dat_boy_tone1, add me on facebook @Tone Corlyone or follow me on instagram @Tone_Corlyone.

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Letter to the Editors Durnan Defends Statement

Mr. Durnan I would like to take up just one thread from Dougie’s article in the most recent Picador: what it means to “come out” here at Holderness. The last thing I want to suggest is that LGBTQ students who do not come out to the entire community are somehow “illegitimate” (Dougie’s word, not mine). That thought horrifies me. Finding supportive friends with whom one can freely and safely discuss identity is critical to all of us. And I am certain that students are supporting each other in just these more private ways currently here at Holderness.

I agree with Dougie that “in ideal society being gay is neither celebrated nor denounced.” But we are alarmingly far from ideal. Let me point to a moment in Dougie’s piece just a paragraph earlier, when he makes the claim that students “hardly hear the word ‘faggot’.”

“Hardly”?

Meaning only once in a while? What if we replaced that word with other hateful epithets? Is it OK to hear any such words just once in a while? Dougie’s conclusion in the paragraph is sound: “This is dangerous.”

So instead of ideal, let’s characterize our community as, at least in part, in danger of treating its own members with disrespect, of alienating others, even inadvertently.

What are we to do to address this danger?

Let me return to the notion of coming out, and this time ponder the distinct act

What Grinds Nick’s Gears

What’s So Super About Sundays?

of “coming out publicly.” It Nick Lacasse’16 happened during National Coming Out Day five years othing makes me more unhappy than, well, ago when, amidst a memoeverything. From major things like the candy rable program in Hagerman, jar only having an unwrapped lollipop to somesenior Jazzy Young said that thing small like a college meeting being ever so she felt sufficient trust in our slightly repetitive, I will have a full-fledged nutcommunity to tell us she is ty. When this happens, clear the way as I gronk gay. She talked about how her mom and dad hadn’t spike something and run around foaming at the mouth. That really seen in her revela- is what this column is all about - things that grind my gears. tion of identity anything You see, I’m a curmudgeonly octogenarian trapped inside the very earthshaking. But for body of a teenager. many of her peers, it was a This week I am going to rant about something supposedly moment of profound dis- super - “Super Sunday” - and, well, Holderness Sundays in covery. I have to think that general. for many of them, the idea To everyone else it’s a day that’s supposed to be filled with of having a school know fun and games along with some competitiveness; however, that one was gay was simply this year it was a bit different. too frightening and danger- Problem #1: Super Sunday started at 2:00 PM and, if I reous to consider. Jazzy shat- call correctly, the Patriots game started at 1:00 PM. As a result tered all kinds of unspoken of this scheduling mishap, I only got to watch 30 MINUTES assumptions and created of the game before I had to do everything I never wanted to a public space that was far do. safer than it had been pre- Problem #2: I MISSED THE PATRIOTS GAME so I could viously. Her “coming out” throw some eggs, get covered in animal fat, and throw a frowas an act of great courage, zen t-shirt at a goalpost. a brave moment that put her Problem #3: I am a day boy and two things I never want at risk with little potential to do on a Sunday are leave my home and go to school. Like personal benefit. She had a normal human being, I prefer to spend my Sundays watchdiscussed her identity with ing football, eating pancakes, and avoiding human contact. In close friends for years before fact, to my surprise, recent research shows that even people her moment in Hagerman. who live on campus do not want to be on campus on Sunday.

She wasn’t seeking affirma- Why? Well, you have to leave your room and go outside to get tion – on the contrary, she pancakes and television. Also, while getting these two neceswas affirming to us a reali- sary staples, human contact is inevitable. Who wants to eat ty we often chose to ignore. pancakes and watch football with people?

Hannah Durnan’s moment The amount that Super Sunday disturbed that Sunday is of public “coming out” was immeasurable. It created a disturbance in the force, a tear in attended by none of the fan- the space time continuum. I pray next Super Sunday someone fare of Jazzy’s moment, but moves it to a Saturday in place of classes. it was equally brave, equally selfless, equal in its power to create greater safety for members of this community Don’t Agree with what was Printed? whom we too often alienate.

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Mayes’ Take on Sexuality Article

Conner Mayes ‘18 After reading the past several Picador articles concerning sexuality, I have become more and more confused than ever about this topic.

When I was done reading the Picador article it sounded like in today's society that people are very hostile against homosexuals.

However, in today’s world, I haven’t really witnessed a constant theme of homophobia. The only cases I could imagine where there would be homophobia is in certain religions and cultures, and none of these religions or cultures are even relevant here at this school. I felt as if the article was saying that Holderness is a very discriminating school and that the majority of heterosexual students are to blame. I find that in a way it is stereotypical and offensive. None of my friends and I have ever discriminated against any gay people. I also think that the

school has been excessively trying too hard to promote coming out.

I think that the quick clip we saw in assembly was very moving, but I didn't like certain things posted around the school. I think coming out is a hard thing for most people to do, and I do support anyone who wants to. However, I feel like the school is almost forcing the urge for people to come out. I think that it's something someone has to do when they are comfortable with it. For example, I thought one of the posters posted in Schoolhouse asking the question "why hasn't any male come out at Holderness in the past ten years?" is going over the limit. Like I said, a student will come out when they are comfortable.

To summarize, I think that our school should be very accepting of people no matter race, gender or sexuality, but I don't think we have to be exploiting it for what it is.

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ed. As Dougie says, “People should be able to come out how they’d like, whether publicly or privately.” We need to be a community where such comings out are normal and welcome.

Even as I take issue with Dougie, I want to praise his spirited rebuttal this provocative article. Such considered and articulate questionings in public forums will make this school a better place.

privacy as they engage in the same struggle to ponder and discover identity that all adolescents - all humans - engage in. But I continue to believe that public declarations of less “normed” identities, declarations that are vital to public discourse worldwide just as much as they are vital here at school, need to be welcomed and applaud-

PURPOSE STATEMENT The Picador is a publication that serves to inform the Holderness School community and stimulate discourse through the thoughtful and respectful exchange of ideas, featuring the dynamic and insightful voice of the Holderness student body.

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Editors Maggie Barton AJ Chabot Maggie Cunha Dougie DeLuca Carter Bourassa Chae Hahn Brooke Hayes

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