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Hank Gerba ’12 worked at the LOST memorobilia auction.
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ESPN’s Rise Magazine ranks both boys and girls cross country teams as #1 in Division 4.
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Harvard-Westlake School Los Angeles, CA Volume XX Issue II chronicle.hw.com
Friends remember Bose-Pyne for smile By Alice Phillips
photos by cami de ry
in memorium: Justine Goode ’12 signs the giant chess piece in the quad after the memorial service Monday, left. Bedebatra Pain and Shonali Bose conclude the ceremony, top right. A commemorative photo of Ishan Bose-Pyne ’12 playing poker is displayed in East Chalmers, bottom right.
A sea of students dressed in white filled East Chalmers for the memorial service for Ishan Bose-Pyne ’12 Monday afternoon. Bose-Pyne was in the bathroom in his home Sept. 2 when he reportedly ran out, his shirt in flames. He was treated at the LAC-USC burn unit for third degree burns over more than half of his body before he died Sept. 13 of an infection, a complication from the third degree burns. “He was born in 1994 with the Northridge quake,” father Bedebrata Pain said at the funeral at Hollywood Forever cemetery Sept. 16. “On Sept. 13, he created an earthquake of his own in our lives.” “This is a kid who lived life to the fullest,” mother Shonali Bose said at Bose-Pyne’s funeral service last Thursday. “Ishan has left at the peak of his life with excitement and happiness.” At the memorial service Monday, speakers remembered BosePyne for his “curiosity of mind,” “beaming grin” and ubiquitous brown leather jacket. His friends spoke volumes about his ability to light up a room with his “contagious laughter” even when they were down after tough test or a bad day. Student musicians played Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” to commence the memorial service. Bose, Pain, teachers and friends spoke in pairs in between sets from members of the jazz program. The Jazz Explorers, accompanied by four singers, ended the memorial with James Taylor’s “Shower the people you love with love,” in honor of Bose-Pyne’s passion for music. The chapel at Hollywood Forever cemetery overflowed with family, friends and members of the Harvard-Westlake community to commemorate Bose-Pyne’s “zest for life,” Pain said. “If he was into something, wild horses wouldn’t hold him back,” Pain said. “I would spend hours with him, chatting about stuff. Our drives to school and evening sessions. Our Sundays when we would go to IHOP and talk about politics, physics, philosophy, chemistry and history.” “Coming to school for Ishan was like letting a kid go in a candy store,” Upper School Dean Tamar Adegbile said. Bose-Pyne’s teachers remembered his passion for learning and ability to energize a classroom. He “gave 3,000 percent to anything,” his father said, including Chess Club, the fencing team, the jazz program and the Science Bowl team at HarvardWestlake, where he transferred as a sophomore from North Hollywood High School Gifted Magnet.
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Murder suspect sightings in vicinity lead to increased security measures By Daniel Rothberg
A helicopter circled the upper school campus late Friday afternoon as Los Angeles Police Department officers conducted a seven-hour manhunt on motorbikes, ATVs, horseback, and on foot for a parolee suspected in the slaying of a Valley Village woman in July. According to the Los Angeles Times website, Omar Armando Loera was charged with murder, burglary, arson and assault with a deadly weapon in connection with the homicide. Faculty and staff were notified of the search shortly after school on Friday. The LAPD searched Fryman Park and Wilacre Park and the trails leading down from the Tree People site to south of the upper school campus before calling off the search at 5:30 p.m. Canyon residents were advised to stay indoors and lock their doors and windows. Head of School Jeanne Huybrechts said during the search that the LAPD told Head of Security Jim Crawford that “the school was not in any immediate danger.” The school did close the gates to the Hamilton and St. Michael’s parking lot as well as the lower gate around 4 p.m. to restrict access to campus, Crawford said.
According to the Los Angeles Times website, a man matching the description of the 34-year old suspect was seen near Mulholland Drive and Coldwater Canyon Friday morning. It was not confirmed that the individual that policed searched for was Loera, Detective Commanding Officer of the LAPD’s North Hollywood Detective Division Alan Hamilton said on Monday. While police are not certain as to whether Loera is still in the vacinity, they consider him to be “armed and dangerous,” Hamilton said. “We want to get him off the street before harms someone else,” Hamilton said. “It is the priority in North Hollywood.” Robbie Loeb ’12, who lives in the canyon, turned on the alarm and locked all of the doors at his home after the LAPD left a message on his home phone with information about the situation and a description of the suspect at about 2:45 p.m. Additionally, an e-mail alert from the LAPD was being sent to neighbors, Loeb said. “There are tons of ways to get in and out of that park and lots of heavily wooded areas he could hide in,” Loeb said. see suspect, A8
see bose-pyne, A11
INSIDE for julia:
Three sophomores organized the “Slow Down for Julia” campaign that was initiated at a news conference last Thursday.
A3 biodiverse campus:
Harvard-Westlake makes a conscious effort to plant a variety of species to complement the science curriculum. There are over 1,500 species on the upper school campus.
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