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Los Angeles • Volume 23 • Issue 6 • Feb. 12, 2014 • hwchronicle.com
BLACC assembly to feature author By Julia Aizuss and Mazelle Etessami
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CAUGHT IN THE ACT: Covi Brannan ’15, right, as Dolly Levi discovers Joey Lieberman ’14, center, as Barnaby Tucker and Brooks Hudgins ’14, left, as Cornelius Hackl in their effort to hide during a performance of “The Matchmaker” last weekend.
Honor Board introduces class meeting discussions, eliminates email case reports
By Julia Aizuss
In an effort to make the Honor Board more transparent and centralize its place in the community, all Honor Board cases will continue to be presented and discussed during class meetings, as they were in the class meetings this past cycle. The change has been in the works since last year, when both Prefect Council and the Honor Board advisers expressed dissatisfaction with the process, in which students received a short email sum-
marizing the case and an invitation to meet in Chaplain Father J. Young’s office during activities period to discuss the case if they wished. “In a year and a half of town meetings, I think only one student came,” Head of Upper School Audrius Barzdukas said. “So that was not working. We periodically meet to talk about how all aspects of the Honor Board are going.” Although everyone agreed those meetings were ineffective, the intent remains the same, Head of Student Affairs Jordan Church said. They
originally switched from the old system in which everyone received long, detailed emails detailing Honor Board cases because such a method encouraged no constructive conversation, education or clarification, which was what Prefect Council and the Honor Board advisers wanted, Church said. “What we want is for students to learn from the cases and we didn’t feel like that was happening,” Young said. Instead, the limited amount of one-way information led students to false conclusions that focused too much
on the punishment and not “a more macro or holistic aspect of what’s happening in the case,” Church said. The next logical move, Church said, was to move to another built-in time like class meeting, since there is no time to hold an all-school assembly. “We felt that something was better than nothing,” dean and Prefect Council adviser Tamar Adegbile said. “This is a way to ensure more people are having a voice. We had talked a lot about how to make the Honor Code and the Honor • Continued on page A10
Boys’ basketball coach reaches 600-win mark By Patrick Ryan
Basketball coach Greg Hilliard, who has accumulated nine CIF titles and two state championships in his tenure, added another milestone with his 600th victory Jan. 31, when the boys’ varsity basketball team defeated the Notre Dame Knights 66-60 to snap a
five-game losing skid. “Greg Hilliard has been one of the great coaches in our school’s history,” Head of Athletics Terry Barnum said. “What he has accomplished has been nothing short of amazing. He has been a cornerstone of our Athletic Department for so many years, and we are so proud of him.”
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MAKE IT CLASSY: Teachers advertised next year’s classes at Monday’s Academic Fair.
Athletes who have played under Hilliard include Jason and Jarron Collins ’97 and Bryce Taylor ’04, the leading scorer in Wolverine history. “Winning 600 games is huge,” starting guard Alex Copeland ’15 said. “It just shows his dedication to the school and his devotion to the players and how much it has paid off.”
C1 ONE RING CIRCUS: Three sophomores perform together in aerial acrobatics.
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BOUNCING BACK: The boys’ varsity soccer team has attempted to regroup after the dismissal of three veteran players.
Hilliard has been modest regarding the milestone. “He never seeks the spotlight out for himself, he’s always putting others before himself,” Barnum said. “That’s what makes him a great coach. He cares so much about his players, and he wants them to succeed so much.” • More coverage on page C4
When Rhodes Scholar, White House Fellow and entrepreneur Wes Moore opened the newspaper one day, a familiar name jumped out at him — his own. This Wes Moore, however, was convicted of murder and would serve a life sentence without possibility of parole. Taken aback by the similar circumstances of their upbringing — both were brought up by single widowed mothers mere blocks from each other — Moore dove into their parallel lives and wrote a New York Times bestselling book, “The Other Wes Moore.” Moore will discuss the discoveries that formed his book at the Black History Month assembly Feb. 19. “I just remember reading his book and being so blown away, it was just so fascinating to me,” Black Leadership and Culture Club adviser Janiece Richard said. “The Other Wes Moore” explores how both your own decisions and the decisions others make for you can change your life and other people’s lives, Richard said. She said she hoped Moore, whom she heard at a conference in January, would deliver a “take-home message” that students, faculty and administration could all relate to. “I feel like there’s something we can all relate to, some aspect of his life or story, so what it all boils down to is that we’re all the same and that we really decide where our lives go based on the decisions that we make and that other people make for us,” Richard said. “Our decisions have a powerful impact on our life. I know that sounds corny but it’s true. This is a perfect example of that.” Students will be able to buy and get copies of Moore’s book signed at a reception after the assembly, which will follow Special Schedule C.
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