Dragon Tribune December 2018

the dragon tribune The students of Southlake have a lot to say, but don’t always have a place to say it. The

(ȸƏǕȒȇ Áȸǣƫɖȇƺ ǣɀً ƏȇƳ ƏǼɯƏɵɀ ɯǣǼǼ ƫƺً Ə ȵǼƏƬƺ ɯǝƺȸƺ ɵȒɖ‫ټ‬ǼǼ ˡȇƳ ɀɎɖƳƺȇɎɀ‫ ټ‬ȒȵǣȇǣȒȇɀِ IȸȒȅ ɀƬǝȒȒǼ ɀȵǣȸǣɎ ɎȒ nJ Á ȵȸǣƳƺً ǔȸȒȅ Ɏǝƺ ǣȅȵȒȸɎƏȇƬƺ Ȓǔ Ə Ƴǣɮƺȸɀƺ ɎƺƏƬǝǣȇǕ ɀɎƏǔǔ ɎȒ ɯǝƏɎ Ȓɖȸ Ȓɯȇ ɎƺƏƬǝƺȸɀ ƳȒ ȒɖɎɀǣƳƺ Ȓǔ ɀƬǝȒȒǼً ǔȸȒȅ ɯǝƺȸƺ !ƏȸȸȒǼǼ‫ټ‬ɀ ƫƺɀɎ ƏȇƳ ƫȸǣǕǝɎƺɀɎ ɯǣǼǼ ƫƺ ɀȵƺȇƳǣȇǕ Ɏǝƺǣȸ ȇƺɴɎ ǔȒɖȸ ɵƺƏȸɀ ɎȒ ɯǝƏɎ ɀɎɖƳƺȇɎɀ ɎǝǣȇǸ Ȓǔ Ɏǝƺ ȇƺɯƺɀɎ ȵȒȵɖǼƏȸ ȅȒɮǣƺɀً ǝǣǕǝ ɀƬǝȒȒǼƺȸɀ ǝƏɮƺ Ə ǼȒɎ ɎȒ ɀƏɵً ƏȇƳ ɵȒɖ‫ټ‬ǼǼ ˡȇƳ ǣɎ ǝƺȸƺِ Ǖƺ ƳȒƺɀȇ‫ټ‬Ɏ Ƴƺˡȇƺ ǣȇɎƺǼǼǣǕƺȇƬƺً ȸƺǼƺɮƏȇƬɵ Ȓȸ ƏɯƏȸƺȇƺɀɀ Ȓǔ the world around us.

Young people today Əȸƺ ȅȒȸƺ ƏƬƬȒȅplished, ȅȒȸƺ tolerant with our ƏȇƳ ȅȒȸƺ feet planted ƬȒȅȵƏɀˡȸȅǼɵ Ȓȇ sionate the ground than ever and heads before. full of Here at the ƳȸƺƏȅɀِ Dragon ǼɎǝȒɖǕǝ Tribune, we look we believe towards our in giving futures with a voice to eagerness students, ƏȇƳ ƺɴƬǣɎƺbecause ȅƺȇɎً ɯƺ the are involved students in the world of today around us are the and undercreators, stand its innovators ɀǣǕȇǣˡƬƏȇƬƺ and worldon our own changers Ǽǣɮƺɀِ ɀ Ə of group of ɎȒȅȒȸȸȒɯِ writers, photographers, illustrators and, above all, journalists, we cannot stay silent about Ɏǝƺɀƺ ǣɀɀɖƺɀ ȸƺǕƏȸƳǣȇǕ Ȓɖȸ ƳƺȅȒƬȸƏƬɵ ƏȇƳ Ɏǝƺ ǔȸƺƺƳȒȅ Ȓǔ Ɏǝƺ ȵȸƺɀɀِ áƺ ǸȇȒɯ that hate will not win. Hate is only successful when it produces fear, and we are ȇȒɎ ǔƺƏȸǔɖǼِ áƺً ǼǣǸƺ ǴȒɖȸȇƏǼǣɀɎɀ ƏƬȸȒɀɀ Ɏǝƺ ƬȒɖȇɎȸɵً Əȸƺ ȸƺƏƳɵ ɎȒ ˡǕǝɎ ǔȒȸ Ȓɖȸ ȸǣǕǝɎɀِ áƺ ȸƺǔɖɀƺ ɎȒ ǼƺɎ ǔƺƏȸ ƬȒȇɎȸȒǼ ɖɀً ɯƺ ȸƺǔɖɀƺ ɎȒ ƫƺ ɀǣǼƺȇƬƺƳِ áƺ‫ټ‬ȸƺ ǝƺȸƺ ɎȒƳƏɵ ƏȇƳ ɯƺ‫ټ‬ǼǼ ƫƺ ǝƺȸƺ ɎȒȅȒȸȸȒɯ ƏȇƳ Ɏǝƺ ȇƺɴɎ ƳƏɵِ áƺ‫ټ‬ǼǼ ƬȒȇɎǣȇɖƺ ɎȒ ƳȒ Ȓɖȸ ǴȒƫً ƳƺɀȵǣɎƺ ƺɮƺȸɵɎǝǣȇǕ ƏȸȒɖȇƳ ɖɀِ Xǔ ɯƺ ǔƏǼǼ ƳȒɯȇً ɯƺ ɯǣǼǼ ǕƺɎ ƫƏƬǸ ɖȵِ áƺ ɯǣǼǼ ƳɖɀɎ ȒɖȸɀƺǼɮƺɀ Ȓǔǔً ɯƺ ɯǣǼǼ ƬȒȇɎǣȇɖƺ ǔȒȸɯƏȸƳِ áƺ ɯǣǼǼ ȇƺɮƺȸ ɀɎȒȵ ɀǝƏȸǣȇǕ Ɏǝƺ ɎȸɖɎǝً ƺɮƺȇ ɯǝƺȇ Ȓɖȸ ɮȒǣƬƺɀ ɀǝƏǸƺِ áƺ ƳȒȇ‫ټ‬Ɏ ǝƏɮƺ ƏǼǼ Ɏǝƺ Əȇɀɯƺȸɀِ ɖɎ ɯƺ ɯǣǼǼ ȇƺɮƺȸ ɀɎȒȵ ȸƺƏƳǣȇǕً ɯȸǣɎǣȇǕً ȒƫɀƺȸɮǣȇǕ ƏȇƳ ƺƳɖƬƏɎǣȇǕ ȒɖȸɀƺǼɮƺɀ Ȓȇ Ɏǝƺ ɎǝǣȇǕɀ ɎǝƏɎ ȅƏɎɎƺȸِ

We are a group of cleareyed students

creating a space for student voices

we don’t have all the answers, but

here’s what we know

table of contents 04-05 sports 10-11 news 06-09 features 12-15 opinions

dragon tribune staff Editorial Board 0ƳǣɎȒȸ ǣȇ !ǝǣƺǔ Managing Editor ɀɀǣɀɎƏȇɎ !ȒɮƺȸƏǕƺ 0ƳǣɎȒȸ (ƺɀǣǕȇ !ȒȇɀɖǼɎƏȇɎ

Peyton Proksch ³ƏȸƏǝ áǣȇƬǝ Jack Tucker Josh McSwain

STAFF WRITERS & contributors Ben Dackiw !ƏȸɀȒȇ JǼƺǣȅ Julia Sheedy kƏɎǝƺȸǣȇƺ nȒȒȅǣɀ Erin Dorney Left: Mr. Paul Doucet conducts !ǝȒȸƏǼƺً Ɏǝƺ ɮƏȸɀǣɎɵ ȅǣɴƺƳ ƬǝȒǣȸً ƏɎ Ɏǝƺ àƺɎƺȸƏȇɀ (Əɵ ƬƺȸƺȅȒȇɵ Nov. 12.

Right: Mr. Shawn Duhon tastes a group’s chili at Nutrition and áƺǼǼȇƺɀɀ‫ ټ‬ƏȇȇɖƏǼ ƬǝǣǼǣ ƬȒȒǸ‫ٮ‬Ȓǔǔ Ȓȇ Oct. 17. photos by: J. McSwain, M. Hall

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MacNeal Hall Melena Hunt zǣƬȒ ȸȅƏɎȒ Serena Kuruvilla

!ƏǣɎǼǣȇ (ƏɮǣƳɀȒȇ h RɖȇɎ Matthew Vinson Peyton Brush Jessica Melocik

Letter from the Editor Rƺȸƺ ǣȇ (ȸƏǕȒȇ xƺƳǣƏً ɯƺ ǸȇȒɯ ɎǝƏɎ ɀɎɖƳƺȇɎɀ Əȸƺ ȅȒȸƺ ɎǝƏȇ ɯǝƏɎ ȅƺƺɎɀ Ɏǝƺ ƺɵƺِ xȒȸƺ ǣȇɮȒǼɮƺƳً ƺƳɖƬƏɎƺƳً ǣȇǔȒȸȅƺƳ ƏȇƳ ƳƺƳǣƬƏɎƺƳِ ³ɎɖƳƺȇɎɀ ǸȇȒɯ ȵƏǣȇً ɀɎȸɖǕǕǼƺ ƏȇƳ ǝƺƏȸɎƫȸƺƏǸً ƫɖɎ ƏǼɀȒ ǴȒɵً Ɏȸǣɖȅȵǝ ƏȇƳ ǼȒɮƺِ áƺ ǸȇȒɯ Ə ǼȒɎِ áƺ ǸȇȒɯ ǔȸǣƺȇƳɀǝǣȵɀ ƏȇƳ ǔƏȅǣǼɵ ƏȇƳ ɎȸƏƳǣɎǣȒȇِ áƺ ǸȇȒɯ ǣȇɎƺȸȇƺɎ ȅƺȅƺɀ ƏȇƳ ƏǼǼ Ɏǝƺ trends, but we also know where we stand on politics and worldwide issues. Students have a lot to say, and the Dragon Tribune is a space to share it. Here’s what we know.

Peyton Proksch Editor in Chief

from the editorial board áƺ Əȸƺ Ə ǕȸȒɖȵ Ȓǔ ƬǼƺƏȸ‫ٮ‬ƺɵƺƳ students with our feet planted ˡȸȅǼɵ Ȓȇ Ɏǝƺ ǕȸȒɖȇƳ ƏȇƳ ǝƺƏƳɀ ǔɖǼǼ Ȓǔ ƳȸƺƏȅɀِ ǼɎǝȒɖǕǝ ɯƺ ǼȒȒǸ towards our futures with eagerness ƏȇƳ ƺɴƬǣɎƺȅƺȇɎً ɯƺ Əȸƺ ǣȇɮȒǼɮƺƳ in the world around us and underɀɎƏȇƳ ǣɎɀ ɀǣǕȇǣˡƬƏȇƬƺ Ȓȇ Ȓɖȸ Ȓɯȇ lives.

The free press in the United States is being threatened. Throughout the fall, ‘suspicious packages,’ containing potentially dangerous ȅƏɎƺȸǣƏǼɀ ɯƺȸƺ ƳƺǼǣɮƺȸƺƳ ɎȒ ƬȸǣɎǣƬɀ Ȓǔ ¨ȸƺɀǣƳƺȇɎ (ȒȇƏǼƳ Áȸɖȅȵً ǣȇƬǼɖƳǣȇǕ !zz‫ټ‬ɀ ȒǔˡƬƺɀ ǣȇ zƺɯ çȒȸǸ !ǣɎɵِ In a world where journalists disappear after criticizing their governȅƺȇɎً ɯƺ Əȸƺ ǔȒȸɎɖȇƏɎƺ ƺȇȒɖǕǝ

to live in a country where journalists are tasked with spreading the truth to the people, and, until now, have been able to do so in safety. ɀ Ə ǕȸȒɖȵ Ȓǔ ɯȸǣɎƺȸɀً ȵǝȒɎȒǕȸƏphers, illustrators and, above all, journalists, we cannot stay silent about these issues regarding our ƳƺȅȒƬȸƏƬɵ ƏȇƳ Ɏǝƺ ǔȸƺƺƳȒȅ Ȓǔ Ɏǝƺ press. áƺ ǸȇȒɯ ɎǝƏɎ ǝƏɎƺ ɯǣǼǼ ȇȒɎ ɯǣȇِ Hate is only successful when it produces fear, and we are not fearful. áƺً ǼǣǸƺ ǴȒɖȸȇƏǼǣɀɎɀ ƏƬȸȒɀɀ Ɏǝƺ ƬȒɖȇɎȸɵً Əȸƺ ȸƺƏƳɵ ɎȒ ˡǕǝɎ ǔȒȸ Ȓɖȸ ȸǣǕǝɎɀِ áƺ Əȸƺ ɀɎɖƳƺȇɎ ǴȒɖȸȇƏǼǣɀɎɀً we are not on the front lines, putting our lives in danger each and every day just by doing our jobs,

but we are dedicated to the truth. áƺ ȸƺǔɖɀƺ ɎȒ ƫƺ ǼƺɎ ǔƺƏȸ ƬȒȇɎȸȒǼ ɖɀً we refuse to be silenced. áƺ‫ټ‬ȸƺ ǝƺȸƺ ɎȒƳƏɵ ƏȇƳ ɯƺ‫ټ‬ǼǼ ƫƺ ǝƺȸƺ ɎȒȅȒȸȸȒɯ ƏȇƳ Ɏǝƺ ȇƺɴɎ ƳƏɵِ áƺ‫ټ‬ǼǼ continue to write and read and share what we’ve learned, to do our job despite everything around us.

If we fall down, we will get back up ƏǕƏǣȇِ áƺ ɯǣǼǼ ƳɖɀɎ ȒɖȸɀƺǼɮƺɀ Ȓǔǔً ɯƺ ɯǣǼǼ ƬȒȇɎǣȇɖƺ ǔȒȸɯƏȸƳِ áƺ ɯǣǼǼ never stop sharing the truth, even when our voices shake. áƺ ƳȒȇ‫ټ‬Ɏ ǝƏɮƺ ƏǼǼ Ɏǝƺ Əȇɀɯƺȸɀِ ɖɎ we will never stop reading, writing, observing and educating ourselves Ȓȇ Ɏǝƺ ɎǝǣȇǕɀ ɎǝƏɎ ȅƏɎɎƺȸِ

nƺǔɎ‫ ي‬³ƺȇǣȒȸ RƏȇȇƏǝ áǣǼǸƺȸɀȒȇ ǣȇɮƺɀɎǣǕƏɎƺɀ Ə Ƭȸǣȅƺ ɀƬƺȇƺ during her forensics class. «ǣǕǝɎ‫ ي‬hɖȇǣȒȸ !ȒǼƺ «ƏǕɀƳƏǼƺ ƬǼǣȅƫɀ ɖȵ Ə ƬȒǼƳ ȸȒƬǸ ǔƏƬƺ ƳɖȸǣȇǕ‫ ٮٮ‬Ɏǝƺ ɖɎƳȒȒȸ !Ǽɖƫ Ɏȸǣȵ ɎȒ xǣȇƺȸƏǼ áƺǼǼɀ ³ɎƏɎƺ ¨ƏȸǸِ photos by: J. McSwain

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ÁȒȵ ǼƺǔɎ‫ ي‬hɖȇǣȒȸ ɀǸƏɵƏ RƺȸȅƏɎǝ ɯƏȸȅɀ ɖȵ ƫƺǔȒȸƺ Ȓȇƺ Ȓǔ ǝƺȸ Ɏƺȇȇǣɀ ȅƏɎƬǝƺɀ ƺƏȸǼǣƺȸ Ɏǝǣɀ ǔƏǼǼِ xǣƳƳǼƺ ǼƺǔɎ‫ ي‬ȇȇƏƫƺǼǼƺ ³ȅǣɎǝً ǴɖȇǣȒȸً ɀƺȸɮƺɀ Ɏǝƺ ƫƏǼǼ ƏɎ Ɏǝƺ ɀɎƏȸɎ Ȓǔ Ɏǝƺ ȅƏɎƬǝِ ȒɎɎȒȅ ǼƺǔɎ‫ ي‬³ƺȇǣȒȸɀ xƺƏǕƏȇ xƏȸɎǣȇً ȸǣ ÁȒǼƫƺȸɎً (ɵǼƏȇ Hatton and Jake Terry react to a play in the end zone ƳɖȸǣȇǕ Ɏǝƺ ɀƺȇǣȒȸ ȇǣǕǝɎ ǕƏȅƺ ƏǕƏǣȇɀɎ Áǣȅƫƺȸ !ȸƺƺǸ Ȓȇ zȒɮِ ‫ ِח‬Áǝƺ (ȸƏǕȒȇɀ ƳƺǔƺƏɎƺƳ Ɏǝƺ IƏǼƬȒȇɀ ɯǣɎǝ Ə ˡȇƏǼ score of 57-13. ÁȒȵ ȸǣǕǝɎ‫ ي‬hɖȇǣȒȸ áǣǼǼ xƺɵƺȸ ȸƺƏƬɎɀ ɎȒ Ə ɎȒɖƬǝƳȒɯȇ ƳɖȸǣȇǕ Ɏǝƺ ǔȒɖȸɎǝ ȷɖƏȸɎƺȸ Ȓǔ Ɏǝƺ ¨ǣȇǸ ɖɎ ǔȒȒɎƫƏǼǼ ǕƏȅƺ on Oct. 5 against Denton Guyer. The Dragons defeated Ɏǝƺ áǣǼƳƬƏɎɀ ɯǣɎǝ Ə ˡȇƏǼ ɀƬȒȸƺ Ȓǔ ‫ِ​ِחאٮבב‬ ȒɎɎȒȅ «ǣǕǝɎ‫! ي‬ƏǣɎǼɵȇ xǣƳǸǣǔǔً ǴɖȇǣȒȸً ƬȒȅȵƺɎƺɀ ƏɎ Ɏǝƺ ³ȒɖɎǝǼƏǸƺ !ƏȸȸȒǼǼ !ȸȒɀɀ !ȒɖȇɎȸɵ XȇɮǣɎƏɎǣȒȇƏǼ Ȓȇ ³ƺȵɎِ ‫ِז‬ ȵǝȒɎȒɀ ƫɵ‫ ي‬xِ RƏǼǼً !ِ JǼƺǣȅً ³ِ áǣȇƬǝً hِ xƺǼȒƬǣǸ

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fall sports review

by sarah winch, managing editor

tennis, volleyball, football, cross country wrap up successful seasons

Tennis Varsity started off the season with nine new faces who joined Ȓɮƺȸ Ɏǝƺ ɀɖȅȅƺȸِ Áǝƺǣȸ ɀƺƏɀȒȇ ƫƺgan two weeks before school, with Ɏǝƺ ˡȸɀɎ ȅƏɎƬǝ ǣȇ áƏƬȒ ƏǕƏǣȇɀɎ áƺɀɎɯȒȒƳِ (ƺɀȵǣɎƺ ǼȒɀǣȇǕ ǣȇ áƏƬȒً Ɏǝƺ ɎƺƏȅ ɯƏɀ ƏƫǼƺ ɎȒ ƫȒɖȇƬƺ ƫƏƬǸً ƏȇƳ ƺȇƳƺƳ ɖȵ ƫƺƬȒȅǣȇǕ ƳǣɀɎȸǣƬɎ ƬǝƏȅȵǣȒȇɀ ǔȒȸ Ɏǝƺ ƺǣǕǝɎǝ ƬȒȇɀƺƬɖɎǣɮƺ ɀƺƏɀȒȇِ Áǝƺ ɎƺƏȅ ɯȒȇ Ɏǝƺǣȸ ǣ‫(ٮ‬ǣɀɎȸǣƬɎ ɮƺȸɀɖɀ IǼȒɯƺȸ xȒɖȇƳً Ɏǝƺǣȸ ȸƺƏ ȅƏɎƬǝ ƏǕƏǣȇɀɎ (ɖȇƬƏȇɮǣǼǼƺً ƏȇƳ Ɏǝƺ «ƺǕǣȒȇƏǼ ªɖƏȸɎƺȸˡȇƏǼɀ ȅƏɎƬǝ ƏǕƏǣȇɀɎ !ȒȵȵƺǼǼِ Áǝƺ ɎƺƏȅ ɎȸƏɮƺǼƺƳ ɎȒ ƫǣǼƺȇƺ ɎȒ ȵǼƏɵ ȅƏȸǣǼǼȒ ÁƏɀƬȒɀƏ ǔȒȸ Ɏǝƺ ȸƺǕǣȒȇƏǼ ɀƺȅǣˡȇƏǼɀً ƫɖɎ ǼȒɀɎ ǣȇ Ə ƬǼȒɀƺ ȅƏɎƬǝ Ȓǔ ‫ ِ׎׏ٮח‬ ‫!ٹ‬ȒȇɀǣƳƺȸǣȇǕ ɯƺ ǼȒɀɎ ɀǣɴ Ȓǔ Ȓɖȸ ɎȒȵ ‫ א׏‬ȵǼƏɵƺȸɀ ɎȒ ǕȸƏƳɖƏɎǣȒȇ ǔȸȒȅ ǼƏɀɎ ɵƺƏȸ‫ټ‬ɀ ɎƺƏȅً X ǔƺƺǼ Əɀ ǣǔ Ȓɖȸ ǸǣƳɀ ɀɎƺȵȵƺƳ ɖȵ ƏȇƳ ƳǣƳȇ‫ټ‬Ɏ ȅǣɀɀ Ə ƫƺƏɎً‫ ٺ‬ǝƺƏƳ ƬȒƏƬǝ !Ȓȸƺɵ ǼƳȸǣƳǕƺ said. ‫ٹ‬áƺ ƏǼɯƏɵɀ ȵǼƏɵ Ə ɎȒɖǕǝ ɀƬǝƺƳɖǼƺً ɀȒ ƺɮƺȇ ɎǝȒɖǕǝ ɯƺ ˡȇǣɀǝƺƳ ɯǣɎǝ Ə ȸƺƬȒȸƳ Ȓǔ ‫ ًוٮד׏‬Ȓɖȸ ǸǣƳɀ ǣȅproved as the season progressed. áƺ ɀɎƏȸɎƺƳ ɯǣɎǝ ǔȒɖȸ ǔȸƺɀǝȅƺȇ ǣȇ Ȓɖȸ ɎȒȵ ɀǣɴً ɀȒ ɯƺ‫ټ‬ȸƺ ƺɴƬǣɎƺƳ ƏƫȒɖɎ the future.”

volleyball Volleyball started off strong, ɯǣȇȇǣȇǕ ‫ ד׏‬ǕƏȅƺɀ ƫƺǔȒȸƺ Ɏǝƺ school year even started. Their seaɀȒȇ ƫƺǕƏȇ Ȓȇ ɖǕِ ‫ ח‬ƏȇƳ ƺȇƳƺƳ Ȓȇ zȒɮِ ‫ ً׎׏‬ɯǣɎǝ Əȇ ȒɮƺȸƏǼǼ ȸƺƬȒȸƳ Ȓǔ

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‫ ِ׎׏ٮחב‬Áǝƺ nƏƳɵ (ȸƏǕȒȇɀ ƫǼƺɯ ȵƏɀɎ their opponents, and successfully ȅƏƳƺ ǣɎ ɎȒ ȵǼƏɵȒǔǔɀ ƏȇƳ ƬȒȅȵƺɎƺƳ ǣȇ Ɏǝƺǣȸ ˡȸɀɎ ȵǼƏɵȒǔǔ ȅƏɎƬǝ ƏǕƏǣȇɀɎ RƺƫȸȒȇِ Áǝƺɵ ɯȒȇ ‫ ً׎ٮב‬ƏȇƳ ƬȒȇɎǣȇɖƺƳ ɎȒ ɯǣȇ Ɏǝƺǣȸ ȇƺɴɎ ȅƏɎƬǝ ƏǕƏǣȇɀɎ nƏǸƺ RǣǕǝǼƏȇƳɀ ɯǣɎǝ Ə ˡȇƏǼ score of 3-1. One of their biggest ȅƏɎƬǝƺɀ ɯƏɀ Ɏǝƺǣȸ ɎǝǣȸƳ ȵǼƏɵȒǔǔ ȅƏɎƬǝ ƏǕƏǣȇɀɎ áƏɴƏǝƏƬǝǣƺً ɯǝǣƬǝ ended in a close score of 3 to 2. ‫¨ٹ‬ǼƏɵȒǔǔɀ ɯƏɀ ȅɵ ǔƏɮȒȸǣɎƺ ȵƏȸɎ Ȓǔ Ɏǝƺ ɀƺƏɀȒȇً‫ ٺ‬ǴɖȇǣȒȸ ȇȇƏƫƺǼǼƺ ³ȅǣɎǝ ɀƏǣƳِ ‫ٹ‬³ȵƺȇƳǣȇǕ Ɏǣȅƺ ɯǣɎǝ Ɏǝƺ ɎƺƏȅ ƏȇƳ ǕǣɮǣȇǕ Ȓɖȸ ƫƺɀɎ ƺǔǔȒȸɎ ɎȒ ɯǣȇ ƺƏƬǝ ǕƏȅƺ ɀȒ ǣɎ ɯȒɖǼƳȇ‫ټ‬Ɏ ƫƺ Ȓɖȸ ǼƏɀɎ ɯƏɀ ɀȒ ƏɯƺɀȒȅƺِ‫ٺ‬

ǝƺƏƳ ƬȒƏƬǝ «ǣǼƺɵ (ȒƳǕƺً Ɏǝƺ ɎƺƏȅ ˡȇǣɀǝƺƳ Ɏǝƺ ɀƺƏɀȒȇ ‫ ِ׏ٮב׏‬

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Áǝǣɀ ǔƏǼǼً Ɏǝƺ ƬȸȒɀɀ ƬȒɖȇɎȸɵ ɎƺƏȅ ended their successful season with ƳƺɎƺȸȅǣȇƏɎǣȒȇ ƏȇƳ ǝǣǕǝ ǝȒȵƺɀ ǔȒȸ ȇƺɴɎ ɵƺƏȸِ Ɏ Ɏǝƺ ƫƺǕǣȇȇǣȇǕ Ȓǔ Ɏǝƺ ɀƺƏɀȒȇً Ɏǝƺ ɎƺƏȅ ƬƏȅƺ ǔƏƬƺ ɎȒ face with puddles and downpours ƏɎ Ɏǝƺ !ƏȸȸȒǼǼ XȇɮǣɎƺ ƏɎ Ȓƫ hȒȇƺɀ ¨ƏȸǸ Ȓȇ ³ƺȵɎِ ‫ ِז‬0ɮƺȇ ɎǝȒɖǕǝ ɀȒȅƺ races were cancelled due to the ɯƺƏɎǝƺȸً Ɏǝƺ ɎƺƏȅ ˡȇǣɀǝƺƳ ɯǣɎǝ ȅƏȇɵ ˡȸɀɎ ȵǼƏƬƺ ɎǣɎǼƺɀ ƏɎ Ɏǝƺǣȸ ǼȒƬƏǼ ȅƺƺɎِ “The conditions will never be perfect but the beauty of cross ƬȒɖȇɎȸɵ ǣɀ ɎǝƏɎ ǣɎ ƳȒƺɀȇ‫ټ‬Ɏ ȅƏɎɎƺȸ (ȸƏǕȒȇ ǔȒȒɎƫƏǼǼ ˡȇǣɀǝƺƳ Ɏǝƺǣȸ ɀƺƏɯǝƏɎ Ɏǝƺ ƬǣȸƬɖȅɀɎƏȇƬƺɀ Əȸƺً ɯƺ ɀȒȇ Ȓȇ (ƺƬِ ‫ ِז‬ǔɎƺȸ ˡȇǣɀǝǣȇǕ Ɏǝƺ will always power through,” junior ȸƺǕɖǼƏȸ ɀƺƏɀȒȇ ɯǣɎǝ Ə ȸƺƬȒȸƳ Ȓǔ ‫ٮ׎׏‬ !ƏǣɎǼɵȇ xǣƳǸǣǔǔ ɀƏǣƳِ ‫ ٹ‬ɖȸ ȅƺȇɎƏǼǣɎɵ ‫ ً׎‬Ɏǝƺɵ ɯȒȇ Ɏǝƺǣȸ ˡȸɀɎ Ɏǝȸƺƺ ȵǼƏɵȒǔǔ this entire season has been to beat ȅƏɎƬǝ ɖȵɀ ƏǕƏǣȇɀɎ !ȒȵȵƺǼǼً (ƺ³ȒɎȒ the odds.” and Trinity. The Dragons lost to the áǣɎǝ ȅƏȇɵ ȅƺƺɎɀ ƏǼȒȇǕ Ɏǝƺ Duncanville Panthers 51-7 at the ɯƏɵً ȸɖȇȇƺȸɀ Ȓȇ Ɏǝƺ ɎƺƏȅ ɯƺȸƺ IȸǣɀƬȒ ³ɎƏȸِ ƏƫǼƺ ɎȒ ǕƺɎ Əȇ ǣȇɮǣɎƺ ɎȒ ³ɎƏɎƺِ Ɏ Ɏǝƺ ȇƺ Ȓǔ Ɏǝƺ ȅȒɀɎ ȅƺȅȒȸƏƫǼƺ !ǼƏɀɀ ‫ ה‬³ɎƏɎƺ !ǝƏȅȵǣȒȇɀǝǣȵɀً Ɏǝƺ ǕƏȅƺɀ Ȓǔ Ɏǝƺ ɀƺƏɀȒȇ ɯƏɀ Ɏǝƺ boys placed second overall and the ƏȇȇɖƏǼ ¨ǣȇǸ ɖɎ ǕƏȅƺ Ȓȇ ƬɎِ girls took fourth place.

5 where the Dragons played the ǔɎƺȸ Ȓȇƺ Ȓǔ Ɏǝƺǣȸ ƫǣǕǕƺɀɎ ȅƺƺɎɀ (ƺȇɎȒȇ Jɖɵƺȸ áǣǼƳƬƏɎɀ ǣȇ Ɏǝƺ Ȓȇƺ of the year, the top seven runners Ȓǔ ƬǼȒɀƺɀɎ ǕƏȅƺɀ ƏǼǼ ɵƺƏȸِ Áǝƺ (ȸƏǕ- Ȓȇ Ɏǝƺ ƫȒɵɀ ɎƺƏȅ ɯƺȸƺ Ǖǣɮƺȇ Ɏǝƺ ons were able to pull through in opportunity to travel to Portland, Ɏǝƺ ˡȇƏǼ ɀƺƬȒȇƳɀ Ȓǔ Ɏǝƺ ǕƏȅƺ ɯǣɎǝ Oregon to visit Nike Headquarters junior John Manero’s 23-yard pass ƏȇƳ ɎȒ ƬȒȅȵƺɎƺ ǣȇ Ɏǝƺ zǣǸƺ !ȸȒɀɀ ɎȒ ǴɖȇǣȒȸ ǼƏǸƺ ³ȅǣɎǝ ǔȒȸ Ə ɎȒɖƬǝzƏɎǣȒȇƏǼɀ ƏǼȒȇǕ ɯǣɎǝ ɀȒȅƺ Ȓǔ Ɏǝƺ ƳȒɯȇ ƫȸǣȇǕǣȇǕ Ɏǝƺ ˡȇƏǼ ɀƬȒȸƺ ɎȒ best runners in the nation.

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Singing in South Africa teacher performs in opera with Smu

By Peyton Proksch, Editor in Chief áǝȒƺɮƺȸ ɀƏǣƳ ‫ٹ‬Rƺ ɯǝȒ ƬƏȇً ƳȒƺɀِ He who can’t, teaches,” clearly ȇƺɮƺȸ ȅƺɎ ǝƺƏƳ ƬǝȒȸƏǼ ƳǣȸƺƬɎȒȸً xȸِ ¨ƏɖǼ (ȒɖƬƺɎِ ɮƺȸ Ɏǝƺ ɀɖȅȅƺȸً (ȒɖƬƺɎ ȵƺȸǔȒȸȅƺƳ ǣȇ Ɏǝƺ ³ȒɖɎǝ ǔȸǣƬƏ ɎȒɖȸ Ȓǔ ‫ٹ‬áƏƳǣȇǕ RȒȅƺً‫ ٺ‬Əȇ ȒȵƺȸƏ ƏƫȒɖɎ Ə zƺɯ ȸǼƺƏȇɀ ǔƏȅǣǼɵ ɀɎȸɖǕǕǼǣȇǕ ɎȒ ȸƺɖȇǣɎƺ in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

I feel like I’ve found my joy again.

- Paul Doucet

“I was a part Ȓǔ Ə ɀȅƏǼǼ ȒȵƺȸƏ ƬȒȅpany that was working in conjunction with Southern Methodist University, and we presented a new opera that preȅǣƺȸƺƳ ǣȇ ‫( ٺًב׏׎א‬ȒɖƬƺɎ ɀƏǣƳِ ‫ٹ‬áƺ ȵȸƺȅǣƺȸƺƳ ǣɎ ǣȇ ³ȒɖɎǝ ǔȸǣƬƏ ǣȇ Ɏǝȸƺƺ ƬǣɎǣƺɀ‫¨ ي‬ȒȸɎ 0ǼǣɿƏƫƺɎǝً !Əȵƺ Town and Pertoria. I played Grady, which is the friend of the lead ȅƏǼƺ ƬǝƏȸƏƬɎƺȸً hɖǼǣƏȇِ X ɯƏɀ Ɏǝƺ ȵƺȸɀȒȇ ɎȒ ǸǣȇƳ Ȓǔ ǝƺǼȵ ȇɖȸɀƺ ǝǣȅ back to not only physical health, ƫɖɎ ȅƺȇɎƏǼ ǝƺƏǼɎǝِ‫ٺ‬ Áǝƺ ȵƺȸǔȒȸȅƏȇƬƺ ƏǼǼȒɯƺƳ (ȒɖƬƺɎ ɎȒ ȸƺȵȸǣɀƺ ǝǣɀ ȒȸǣǕǣȇƏǼ ȸȒǼƺ ǔȸȒȅ Ɏǝƺ ‫ ג׏׎א‬ȵȸƺȅǣƺȸƺ ƏɎ Ɏǝƺ (ƏǼǼƏɀ !ǣɎɵ ¨ƺȸǔȒȸȅƏȇƬƺ RƏǼǼِ ǕȸƏƳɖate school teacher suggested he audition for the role because he’s a Louisiana native and the opera is set in Louisiana. ‫ٹ‬xɵ ɮȒǣƬƺ ɎƺƏƬǝƺȸ ǔȸȒȅ ³xÈ ȸƺƏƬǝƺƳ ȒɖɎ ɎȒ ȅƺ ƏȇƳ ƏɀǸƺƳ ȅƺ would I be willing to audition for a role, she thought it would be Ə ǕȒȒƳ ˡɎً‫( ٺ‬ȒɖƬƺɎ ɀƏǣƳِ ‫ٹ‬X ƏɖƳǣɎǣȒȇƺƳ ƏɎ ɀȒȅƺ ȵȒǣȇɎ ǣȇ ‫ ב׏׎א‬ and didn’t hear anything back ǔȒȸ Ə ƬȒɖȵǼƺ Ȓǔ ȅȒȇɎǝɀً ɎǝȒɖǕǝɎ

I didn’t book the gig, and then I ǕȒɎ Ə ƬƏǼǼ ɀƏɵǣȇǕ Ɏǝƺɵ ɯƺȸƺ ˡȇƏǼǼɵ ȸƺƏƳɵ ɎȒ ȅȒɮƺ ǔȒȸɯƏȸƳ ƏȇƳ Ɏǝƺɵ ȒǔǔƺȸƺƳ ȅƺ Ɏǝƺ ȸȒǼƺِ‫ٺ‬ ǼɎǝȒɖǕǝ ǝƺ ɯƏɀ ǔƏȅǣǼǣƏȸ ɯǣɎǝ Ɏǝƺ ȸȒǼƺً ɎȸƏǣȇǣȇǕ ǔȒȸ Ɏǝƺ ɀɖȅȅƺȸ ȵƺȸǔȒȸȅƏȇƬƺɀ ɯƏɀ ȇȒ ɀȅƏǼǼ ɎƏɀǸ ǔȒȸ (ȒɖƬƺɎً ɯǣɎǝ ɀǣɴ ɎȒ ɀƺɮƺȇ ǝȒɖȸ rehearsals throughout the spring. ‫ٹ‬³ǣȇƬƺ ȅȒɀɎ Ȓǔ ɖɀ ǝƏƳ ƏǼȸƺƏƳɵ done the opera before, when it ȵȸƺȅǣƺȸƺƳ ȵȸȒȵƺȸǼɵً ɯƺ ȒȇǼɵ ɀɎƏȸɎed rehearsals right after Spring Break, pretty sparse in March, and then we went full force the end of ȵȸǣǼً‫( ٺ‬ȒɖƬƺɎ ɀƏǣƳِ ‫ٹ‬áƺ ɯƺȸƺ ȸƺǝƺƏȸɀǣȇǕ ǔȸȒȅ ‫ וٮ׏‬Ȓȸ ‫ זٮ׏‬ȅȒɀɎ ƳƏɵɀ ǣȇ ȵȸǣǼ ƏȇƳ Ɏǝƺȇ ǣȇ xƏɵ ǣɎ ɯƏɀ ȅȒȸȇǣȇǕً ȇȒȒȇً ƏȇƳ ƺɮƺȇǣȇǕِ‫ٺ‬ (ȒɖƬƺɎ ȵƺȸǔȒȸȅƺƳ ǣȇ Ɏǝƺ ȒȵƺȸƏ alongside a wide range of people, ǔȸȒȅ JȸƏȅȅɵ‫ٮ‬ɯǣȇȇǣȇǕ ȒȵƺȸƏ singers to college professors.

“There were people as old as ‫ גו‬ƏȇƳ Əɀ ɵȒɖȇǕ Əɀ ‫ ח׏‬ɯǣɎǝ ɖɀً‫ ٺ‬ Doucet said. “Professional opera ɀǣȇǕƺȸ (Ȓȇȇǣƺ «Əɵ ǼƫƺȸɎ ɯƏɀ ǣȇ Ɏǝƺ ƬƏɀɎً ǝƺ ɯȒȇ Ə JȸƏȅȅɵ ǣȇ Ɏǝƺ ‫׎וח׏‬ɀ ǔȒȸ ǝǣɀ ȵȒȸɎȸƏɵƏǼ Ȓǔ ¨ȒȸǕɵ in ‘Porgy and Bess’. There was a professor at the University of ȸǣɿȒȇƏ ɯǝȒ ɯƏɀ Ə ȵƏȸɎ Ȓǔ ǣɎ ƏȇƳ Ə professor at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor. Most of the other ȵƺȸǔȒȸȅƺȸɀ ɯƺȸƺ ǔȸƺƺǼƏȇƬƺً ɎǝƏɎ‫ټ‬ɀ all they do.”

ferent types of people working together and just living life, which is quite refreshing because you don’t always see that in Dallas,” Doucet said. “Being on Table Mountain, and having the opporɎɖȇǣɎɵ ɎȒ ǴɖɀɎ ȸƺǼƏɴ Ȓȇ Ɏǝƺ ȅȒɖȇtaintop and seeing where the XȇƳǣƏȇ ƬƺƏȇ ȅƺƺɎɀ Ɏǝƺ ɎǼƏȇɎǣƬ Ocean was pretty cool.” áȒȸǸǣȇǕ ƏȇƳ ɎȸƏɮƺǼǣȇǕ ɯǣɎǝ Ə diverse cast allowed Doucet to ȅƏǸƺ ȅƺȅȒȸǣƺɀ ɯǣɎǝ ȵƺȒȵǼƺ ǔȸȒȅ ƳǣǔǔƺȸƺȇɎ ƏǕƺ ǕȸȒɖȵɀ ƏȇƳ backgrounds.

“The dinners that we had together at these wonderful restaurants, ǼƏɖǕǝǣȇǕ ƏȇƳ ǝƏɮǣȇǕ Ə ǕȸƺƏɎ Ɏǣȅƺ ɯǣɎǝ ȵƺȒȵǼƺ ǔȸȒȅ ɮƏȸǣȒɖɀ ɯƏǼǸɀ Ȓǔ life and age groups, to be able to see people across the generations have fun, genuine fun, together, ɎǝƏɎ ɯƏɀ ƺɴƬƺǼǼƺȇɎِ‫ٺ‬ (ȒɖƬƺɎ ȵǼƏȇɀ ɎȒ ƫȸǣȇǕ ɀȒȅƺ Ȓǔ Ɏǝƺ things he’s learned back to the ƬǼƏɀɀȸȒȒȅِ ‫ٹ‬X ǔƺƺǼ ǼǣǸƺ X‫ټ‬ɮƺ ǔȒɖȇƳ ȅɵ ǴȒɵ ƏǕƏǣȇً‫ ٺ‬ (ȒɖƬƺɎ ɀƏǣƳِ ‫ٹ‬X ǔƺƺǼ ǼǣǸƺ X‫ټ‬ȅ Ə ǝƏȵȵǣƺȸ ǝɖȅƏȇ ƫƺǣȇǕ Ɏǝǣɀ ɵƺƏȸً X ǔƺƺǼ ǼǣǸƺ X ɯƏȇɎ ɎȒ ɀǝƏȸƺ ȅɵ ȵƏɀɀǣȒȇ Ȓǔ ɀǣȇǕǣȇǕ ƏȇƳ ȵƺȸǔȒȸȅǣȇǕ ƺɮƺȇ ȅȒȸƺ ɯǣɎǝ ȅɵ ɀɎɖƳƺȇɎɀِ‫ٺ‬

ƺɎɯƺƺȇ ȵƺȸǔȒȸȅƏȇƬƺɀً (ȒɖƬƺɎ was able to enjoy being in South ǔȸǣƬƏً Əȇ ƺɴȵƺȸǣƺȇƬƺ ǝƺ Ƴƺscribed as truly cathartic. ‫ٹ‬XɎ ɯƏɀ ȇǣƬƺ ɎȒ ɀƺƺ ɀȒ ȅƏȇɵ Ƴǣǔ-

xȸِ ¨ƏɖǼ (ȒɖƬƺɎ ٢ɀƺƬȒȇƳ ǔȸȒȅ ȸǣǕǝɎ٣ ɯǣɎǝ Ɏǝƺ ȵȸǣȇƬǣȵǼƺ ɀǣȇǕƺȸɀ ƏȇƳ ƬȒȇƳɖƬɎȒȸ Ȓǔ Ɏǝƺ ȒȵƺȸƏ ‫ٹ‬áƏƳǣȇǕ RȒȅƺ‫ ٺ‬ƏɎ Ɏǝƺ ÈȇǣɮƺȸɀǣɎɵ Ȓǔ ¨ȸƺɎȒȸǣƏ ǣȇ ¨ȸƺɎȒȸǣƏً ³ȒɖɎǝ ǔȸǣƬƏِ ȵǝȒɎȒ ƬȒɖȸɎƺɀɵ Ȓǔ ¨ƏɖǼ

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reversal lformer asrhistory eveteacher r eloreturns rrole as new assistant principal by carson gleim, staff writer Áǝƺ ȇƺɯƺɀɎ ȅƺȅƫƺȸ Ȓǔ Ɏǝƺ ³ƺȇǣȒȸ RǣǕǝ‫ټ‬ɀ ƏƳȅǣȇǣɀɎȸƏɎǣȒȇ ɎƺƏȅ ǣɀȇ‫ټ‬Ɏ ƺɴƏƬɎǼɵ new. Paul Pinson, the new assistant principal to seniors, was a history teacher here for 15 years before taking Ə ǴȒƫ ƏɎ Ɏǝƺ ƏƳȅǣȇǣɀɎȸƏɎǣȒȇ ƫɖǣǼƳǣȇǕِ Rƺ ɯȒȸǸƺƳ ƏɎ Ɏǝƺ ƏƳȅǣȇǣɀɎȸƏɎǣȒȇ ƫɖǣǼƳing for three years before deciding to ȸƺɎɖȸȇ ɎȒ ƬƏȅȵɖɀِ ‫ٹ‬X ǼǣǸƺ ƬƏȅȵɖɀƺɀً X ǼǣǸƺ ɯȒȸǸǣȇǕ ɯǣɎǝ young people,” Pinson said. “I like ƺȇƬȒɖȸƏǕǣȇǕ Ɏǝƺȅ ƏȇƳ X ǼǣǸƺ ǝƺǼȵǣȇǕ Ɏǝƺȅ ˡȇƳ Ɏǝƺǣȸ ɯƏɵ ǣǔ Ɏǝƺɵ Əȸƺ ǝƏɮǣȇǕ Ə ƳǣǔˡƬɖǼɎ ɯƏɵ ˡȇƳǣȇǕ ɎǝƏɎِ‫ٺ‬ Pinson loves to talk with students ƏȇƳ ƺȇƬȒɖȸƏǕƺɀ ƺɮƺȸɵȒȇƺ ɎȒ ƬȒȅƺ ɖȵ ƏȇƳ ǣȇɎȸȒƳɖƬƺ ɎǝƺȅɀƺǼɮƺɀِ Rǣɀ ǕȒƏǼ ǔȒȸ Ɏǝƺ ɵƺƏȸ ǣɀ ɎȒ ƬȒȇȇƺƬɎ ɯǣɎǝ Əɀ ȅƏȇɵ ȵƺȒȵǼƺ Əɀ ȵȒɀɀǣƫǼƺ Əɀ ȅƏȇɵ ɎƺƏƬǝƺȸɀ did for Pinson when he was a student. ‫ٹ‬X ƬƏȅƺ ǔȸȒȅ Ə ɮƺȸɵ ƳǣǔˡƬɖǼɎ ƫƏƬǸ-

ground,” Pinson said. “I grew up in nƏɎǣȇ ȅƺȸǣƬƏ ǔȒȸ Ɏǝƺ ˡȸɀɎ ‫ ׏׏‬ɵƺƏȸɀ Ȓǔ ȅɵ Ǽǣǔƺ ƏȇƳ ɀȒ ɎǝǣȇǕɀ ɯƺȸƺ ǴɖɀɎ ƳǣǔˡƬɖǼɎ ǔȒȸ ȅƺ ǣȇ ǼȒɎɀ ƏȇƳ ǼȒɎɀ Ȓǔ ƏɀȵƺƬɎɀ ƏȇƳ ɀȒ X ǝƏƳ ɀȒȅƺ ɎƺƏƬǝƺȸɀ ƏȇƳ ƬȒƏƬǝƺɀ ɯǝȒ ɯƺȸƺ ɮƺȸɵ ƬȒȅȵƏɀɀǣȒȇƏɎƺ ƏȇƳ ɵƺɎ ǝƏƳ ǝǣǕǝ ƺɴȵƺƬɎƏɎǣȒȇɀ Ȓǔ ȅƺِ !ȒȅȵƏɀɀǣȒȇ ƳǣƳ ȇȒɎ ǼƺƏƳ Ɏǝƺȅ ɎȒ Ǽƺɀɀƺȇ Ɏǝƺǣȸ ƺɴȵƺƬɎƏɎǣȒȇɀِ‫ٺ‬ ³ƺȇǣȒȸ ɖƫȸƺɵ ¨Əȸȸ ǝƏɀ ɀƺƺȇ ˡȸɀɎhand what Pinson brings to the school.

“Mr. Pinson is always there greeting ɀɎɖƳƺȇɎɀ ɯǣɎǝ Ə ɀȅǣǼƺ ƏȇƳ Ə ˡɀɎ ƫɖȅȵً‫ ٺ‬ Parr said. “He’s only been here a few ȅȒȇɎǝɀ ƏȇƳ ǝƺ‫ټ‬ɀ ƏǼȸƺƏƳɵ ȅƏǸǣȇǕ ɀɖƬǝ a great effort to get to know everyone.

You can tell he is happy with this new job and that he loves being an educator. Mr. Pinson is a great addition to the !³R³ ƬƏȅȵɖɀِ‫ٺ‬ Helping students is the goal of all

Mr. Pinson working at his desk. photo by: M. Hall

ɎƺƏƬǝƺȸɀ ƫɖɎ ǔȒȸ ¨ǣȇɀȒȇً ǣɎ‫ټ‬ɀ ȅȒȸƺ ɎǝƏȇ a goal: it’s a passion. The Senior High is ¨ǣȇɀȒȇ‫ټ‬ɀ ǝȒȅƺً ƏȇƳ ǝƺ ɯƏȇɎɀ ɎȒ ɀƺȸɮƺ ǣɎ Əɀ ɯƺǼǼ Əɀ ǣɎ ɀƺȸɮƺƳ ǝǣȅِ ‫ٹ‬X‫ټ‬ȅ ǝƏȵȵɵ ƫƺɵȒȇƳ ɯȒȸƳɀ ɎȒ ƫƺ ƫƏƬǸً‫¨ ٺ‬ǣȇɀȒȇ ɀƏǣƳِ ‫ٹ‬Áǝǣɀ ǔƺƺǼɀ ǼǣǸƺ ǝȒȅƺ ɎȒ ȅƺِ X ȸƺƏǼǼɵ ɯƏȇɎ ɎȒ ƳȒ Ɏǝǣɀ ǴȒƫ ɯƺǼǼِ X ɯƏȇɎ ɎȒ ƫƺ Əȇ ƏƳƳǣɎǣȒȇ ƏȇƳ Ə ƫƺȇƺˡɎ ɎȒ Ə ɯȒȇƳƺȸǔɖǼ ƏƳȅǣȇǣɀɎȸƏɎǣɮƺ ɎƺƏȅ ƏȇƳ really serve the students to the best of ȅɵ ƏƫǣǼǣɎɵِ‫ٺ‬

opinion: tipping the scales lack of males in education is detrimental to children’s mindset

by jack tucker, assistant coverage editor

ÁƺƏƬǝǣȇǕ ǣɀ Ȓȇƺ Ȓǔ Ɏǝƺ ȅȒɀɎ ȇȒƫǼƺ professions one can pursue. Teachers aid in the process of educating the ȇƺɴɎ ǕƺȇƺȸƏɎǣȒȇ Ȓǔ ɯȒȸǼƳ ƬǣɎǣɿƺȇɀ ƏȇƳ create long-lasting effects on their stuƳƺȇɎɀِ ÁƺƏƬǝƺȸɀ Əȸƺ ǣȇˢɖƺȇɎǣƏǼِ ÁƺƏƬǝƺȸɀ Əȸƺ ǣȅȵȒȸɎƏȇɎِ ÁƺƏƬǝƺȸɀ Əȸƺ ǔƺȅƏǼƺِ áƏǣɎً ɯǝƏɎّ ÁƺƏƬǝƺȸɀ Əȸƺ ǔƺȅƏǼƺّ Now, we all know that this is not true ƏȇƳ ƬȒȅȵǼƺɎƺǼɵ ɀƺɴǣɀɎِ ɖɎ ǣǔ X Əȅ ƫƺing honest, this idea is what had been ǣȇǕȸƏǣȇƺƳ ǣȇɎȒ ȅɵ ȅǣȇƳ ɖȵ ɖȇɎǣǼ X reached seventh grade, the year I had ȅɵ ˡȸɀɎ ȅƏǼƺ ɎƺƏƬǝƺȸِ Xȇ !ƏȸȸȒǼǼ X³(ً Ɏǝƺ ƏȅȒɖȇɎ Ȓǔ ȅƏǼƺ ɎƺƏƬǝƺȸɀ ǣȇ ƺǼƺȅƺȇɎƏȸɵ ɀƬǝȒȒǼɀ ǣɀ ȅƏȸǸƺƳǼɵ ǼȒɯ ɯǣɎǝ «ȒƬǸƺȇƫƏɖǕǝ ƏȇƳ áƏǼȇɖɎ JȸȒɮƺ ƺƏƬǝ ǝƏɮǣȇǕ Ȓȇƺً !Əȸroll and Old Union each having two, ƏȇƳ hȒǝȇɀȒȇ ƬȒȅǣȇǕ ȒɖɎ Ȓȇ ɎȒȵ ɯǣɎǝ Ə ɯǝȒȵȵǣȇǕ ˡɮƺ ȅƏǼƺ ɎƺƏƬǝƺȸɀِ Xȇ ɎȒɎƏǼً !ƏȸȸȒǼǼ X³( ȒȇǼɵ ǝƏɀ ‫ ׏׏‬ȅƏǼƺ ɎƺƏƬǝƺȸɀ ǣȇ ƺǼƺȅƺȇɎƏȸɵ ɀƬǝȒȒǼɀً ɯǝǣƬǝ is creating a lasting perception in our ɵȒɖɎǝ ɎǝƏɎ ȅƏǼƺɀ ƳȒ ȇȒɎ ƫƺǼȒȇǕ ǣȇ ƺƳɖ‫ٮ‬ cation, as well as depriving children of

ȅȒȸƺ ȵȒɀǣɎǣɮƺ ȅƏǼƺ ȸȒǼƺ ȅȒƳƺǼɀِ ȇƬƺ X ǕȒɎ ɎȒ ȅǣƳƳǼƺ ƏȇƳ ǝǣǕǝ ɀƬǝȒȒǼً ȅƺȇ ɀɎƏȸɎƺƳ ɎȒ ǝƏɮƺ Ə ǼƏȸǕƺȸ ȵȸƺɀƺȇƬƺ ǣȇ ȅɵ ƺƳɖƬƏɎǣȒȇِ ɵ ǕȒǣȇǕ through an educational career with an ȒɮƺȸɯǝƺǼȅǣȇǕ ƏȅȒɖȇɎ Ȓǔ ǔƺȅƏǼƺ ǣȇˢɖences, the old-fashioned viewpoint that Ɏǝǣɀ ȵȸȒǔƺɀɀǣȒȇ ǣɀ ȅƺƏȇɎ ǔȒȸ Ə ɯȒȅƏȇ was validated. Even when I did get to ȅǣƳƳǼƺ ɀƬǝȒȒǼ ƏȇƳ ƫƺǕƏȇ ɎȒ ǝƏɮƺ ȅȒȸƺ ȅƏǼƺ ƺƳɖƬƏɎȒȸɀ ǣȇ ȅɵ Ǽǣǔƺً Ɏǝƺɵ ɯƺȸƺ ɀɎǣǼǼ ȅȒɀɎǼɵ ƬȒƏƬǝƺɀ ɖȇɎǣǼ X ǕȒɎ ɎȒ ǝǣǕǝ school. This created the notion that ɯȒȅƺȇ Əȸƺ ȅƺƏȇɎ ǔȒȸ ɎƺƏƬǝǣȇǕ ƏȇƳ ȅƺȇ Əȸƺ ȅƺƏȇɎ ǔȒȸ ɀȵȒȸɎɀِ Áǝǣɀ ƬȒȇɎȸǣƫutes to an ignorant stereotype of both ȅƺȇ ƏȇƳ ɯȒȅƺȇ ƏȇƳ Ɏǝƺ ȸȒǼƺɀ Ɏǝƺǣȸ ɀȵƺƬǣˡƬ ǕƺȇƳƺȸɀ ǝƏɮƺ ɎȒ ȵǼƏɵ ǣȇ ɀȒƬǣƺɎɵِ Education is a suitable career for ȅƏȇɵ ȵƺȒȵǼƺً ȅƏȇ ƏȇƳ ɯȒȅƏȇِ ȇƳ ɵƺɎً Ɏǝƺȸƺ ǣɀ ȇȒ ƳƺȇɵǣȇǕ ɎǝƏɎ ǣɎ ǣɀ ȅȒȸƺ ƬȒȅȅȒȇ ǔȒȸ ɯȒȅƺȇ ƏȇƳ Əȇ ɖȇǣȇɎƺȇɎǣȒȇƏǼ ɀɎǣǕȅƏ ǝƏɀ ƫƺƺȇ ƬȸƺƏɎƺƳ ǔȒȸ ȅƺȇ ȵɖȸɀɖǣȇǕ Ɏǝǣɀ ƬƏȸƺƺȸِ ÁǝƏɎ ɀɎǣǕȅƏ ȅƏɵ Ƴƺȸǣɮƺ ǔȸȒȅ Ɏǝƺ ɖȇǔȒȸɎɖȇƏɎƺ ǔƏƬɎ ɎǝƏɎ ƺƳɖƬƏɎȒȸɀ ƳȒ ȇȒɎ ȅƏǸƺ Ə ɯǝȒǼƺ ǼȒɎ Ȓǔ

ȅȒȇƺɵ ƏȇƳ ɎȸƏƳǣɎǣȒȇƏǼǼɵ ǣȇ ɀȒƬǣƺɎɵً ȅƺȇ Əȸƺ ɀƺƺȇ Əɀ Ɏǝƺ ȵȸǣȅƏȸɵ ƫȸƺƏƳɯǣȇȇƺȸɀ in a household. Not only is this unfair ɎȒ ƺɴȵƺƬɎ Ȓǔ Ə ȅƏȇً ǣɎ ƏǼɀȒ ȸƺǣȇǔȒȸƬƺɀ Ɏǝƺ ǣƳƺƏ ɎǝƏɎ ɯȒȅƺȇ Əȸƺ ȇȒɎ ƬƏȵƏƫǼƺ Ȓǔ ƫƺǣȇǕ Ɏǝƺ ɀȒǼƺ ȵȸȒɮǣƳƺȸ ǔȒȸ Ə ǔƏȅǣǼɵِ ǕƏǣȇً Ə ɀƺɴǣɀɎ ɮǣƺɯȵȒǣȇɎ ɎǝƏɎ ǝƏɀ ƫƺƺȇ ingrained in our society for as long as ƏȇɵȒȇƺ ƬƏȇ ȸƺȅƺȅƫƺȸِ (ɖƺ ɎȒ Ɏǝǣɀ ƏɎɎǣɎɖƳƺ ȸƺǕƏȸƳǣȇǕ ˡȇƏȇƬƺɀً ȅƏǼƺ ɎƺƏƬǝƺȸɀ are often looked down upon and this ɀȒƬǣƺɎƏǼ ǣȇɎƺȸȵȸƺɎƏɎǣȒȇ ȅƏɵ ǔɖȸɎǝƺȸ ȵȸƺɮƺȇɎ ȅȒȸƺ ȅƺȇ ǔȸȒȅ ȵɖȸɀɖǣȇǕ Ə ƬƏȸƺƺȸ Ɏǝƺɵ ȅƏɵ ǝƏɮƺ Ə ȵƏɀɀǣȒȇ ǔȒȸِ It is crucial that educational instiɎɖɎǣȒȇɀ ǝƏɮƺ ȅȒȸƺ ȅƺȇ ɯȒȸǸǣȇǕ Əɀ teachers in order to discontinue the ɀƺɴǣɀɎ ȇȒɎǣȒȇ ɎǝƏɎ ƺƳɖƬƏɎǣȒȇ ǣɀ Ə ȵȸȒǔƺɀɀǣȒȇ ȒȇǼɵ ˡɎ ǔȒȸ ɯȒȅƺȇِ ÁƺƏƬǝǣȇǕ ǣɀ Ə profession that is so special and critical ɎǝƏɎ ǣɎ ɀǝȒɖǼƳ ȇȒɎ ƫƺ ƳƺˡȇƺƳ ǣȇ Əȇɵ ɯƏɵً ɀǝƏȵƺ Ȓȸ ǔȒȸȅِ ÁǝȒɀƺ ɯǝȒ ȵɖȸɀɖƺ ɎƺƏƬǝǣȇǕً ȅƏȇ Ȓȸ ɯȒȅƏȇً ɀǝȒɖǼƳ ƫƺ ȸƺɀȵƺƬɎƺƳ ǔȒȸ ƺƳɖƬƏɎǣȇǕ ɵȒɖȇǕ ȅǣȇƳɀِ the dragon tribune

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I just wanted to find somewhere that had a good balance of both swimming and academics.

-natalie whalen

natalie whalen

áǝƏǼƺȇ ɯǣǼǼ ƫƺ attending Harvard University in the fall. ȵǝȒɎȒ ƬȒɖȸɎƺɀɵ‫ ي‬zƏɎƏǼǣƺ áǝƏǼƺȇ

our high school team has an incredible amount of focus and i think that will carry over into college.

-landon armstrong ȸȅɀɎȸȒȇǕ ɯǣǼǼ ƫƺ ƏɎɎƺȇƳǣȇǕ (ƏȸɎȅȒɖɎǝ !ȒǼǼƺǕƺ ǣȇ Ɏǝƺ ǔƏǼǼِ ȵǝȒɎȒ ƬȒɖȸɎƺɀɵ‫ ي‬nƏȇƳȒȇ ȸȅɀɎȸȒȇǕ

in swim, you get a really good feel of your team and a good sense of community and trying to achieve a goal.

-kevin repice Repice will be attending Duke University in the fall. photo courtesy: Kevin Repice

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taking it ³ǣȇƬƺ áǝƏǼƺȇ ǴȒǣȇƺƳ Ɏǝƺ ɀɯǣȅ ɎƺƏȅً ɀǝƺ ǝƏɀ ƬȒȅȵƺɎƺƳ ƏɎ Ɏǝƺ ɀɎƏɎƺ ɀɯǣȅ ɎȒɖȸȇƏȅƺȇɎِ Áǝƺ ǕǣȸǼɀ ɎƺƏȅ ǝƏɀ ȇȒɎ ɯȒȇ Ə ɀɎƏɎƺ ɎǣɎǼƺ ɀǣȇƬƺ áǝƏǼƺȇ ǴȒǣȇƺƳ ǝƺȸ ǔȸƺɀǝȅƏȇ year, but she hopes this year will change that. ‫ٹ‬áƺ ǝƏɮƺȇ‫ټ‬Ɏ ɯȒȇ ɀǣȇƬƺ X‫ټ‬ɮƺ ƫƺƺȇ Ȓȇ Ɏǝƺ ɎƺƏȅً ƫɖɎ ǣɎ‫ټ‬ɀ ƫƺƺȇ ȸƺƏǼǼɵ ƺɴƬǣɎǣȇǕ ǔȒȸ Ɏǝƺ ǕǣȸǼɀ ɎƺƏȅ ƺɀȵƺƬǣƏǼǼɵ ƫƺƬƏɖɀƺ ƺƏƬǝ ɵƺƏȸ ɯƺ‫ټ‬ɮƺ ǣȅȵȸȒɮƺƳ ǣȇ ǝȒɯ ɯƺ‫ټ‬ɮƺ ȵǼƏƬƺƳ ȒɮƺȸƏǼǼً‫ ٺ‬áǝƏǼƺȇ ɀƏǣƳِ ‫ٹ‬nƏɀɎ ɵƺƏȸ ɯƺ ǕȒɎ ɀƺƬȒȇƳ ƏȇƳ Ɏǝǣɀ ɵƺƏȸ Ȓɖȸ ǕȒƏǼ ǣɀ ɎȒ ɯǣȇً ɯǝǣƬǝ ǣɀ ƳƺˡȇǣɎƺǼɵ ǕȒǣȇǕ ɎȒ ƫƺ Ə ƬǝƏǼǼƺȇǕƺً ƫɖɎ ǣɎ‫ټ‬ɀ ȸƺƏǼǼɵ ƺɴƬǣɎǣȇǕ ǔȒȸ Ɏǝƺ ɯǝȒǼƺ ɎƺƏȅِ X‫ټ‬ȅ ȸƺƏǼǼɵ ƺɴƬǣɎƺƳ ɎȒ ƫƺ Ə ȵƏȸɎ Ȓǔ ǣɎ ɀƺȇǣȒȸ ɵƺƏȸِ‫ ٺ‬ áǝƏǼƺȇ Ǹȇƺɯ ɎǝƏɎ ɀǝƺ ɯƏȇɎƺƳ ɎȒ ɀɯǣȅ ǣȇ ƬȒǼǼƺǕƺ ƏȇƳ ɎȒ ȅƏǸƺ ɀɖȸƺ ǣɎ ɯƏɀ Ɏǝƺ ȸǣǕǝɎ ɀƬǝȒȒǼ ǔȒȸ ǝƺȸِ ³ǝƺ ɯƏȇɎƺƳ ɎȒ ȅƏǸƺ ɀɖȸƺ Ɏǝƺ ɀƬǝȒȒǼ ɀǝƺ ƬǝȒɀƺ ɯȒɖǼƳ ƫƺ Ɏǝƺ ƫƺɀɎ ǔȒȸ ǝƺȸ ǣȇ ɀɯǣȅȅǣȇǕ ƏȇƳ ƏƬƏƳƺȅǣƬɀِ ‫ٹ‬X ǴɖɀɎ ɯƏȇɎƺƳ ɎȒ ˡȇƳ ɀȒȅƺɯǝƺȸƺ ɎǝƏɎ ǝƏƳ Ə ǕȒȒƳ ƫƏǼƏȇƬƺ Ȓǔ ƫȒɎǝً‫ ٺ‬áǝƏǼƺȇ ɀƏǣƳِ ‫ٹ‬X ƬǝȒɀƺ RƏȸɮƏȸƳ ƫƺƬƏɖɀƺ X ȸƺƏǼǼɵ ɯƏȇɎ ɎȒ ɀƺɎ ȅɵɀƺǼǔ ɖȵ Ɏǝƺ ƫƺɀɎ X ƬƏȇ ǔȒȸ Ɏǝƺ ǼȒȇǕ ȸɖȇ ƏȇƳ ɎǝƏɎ‫ټ‬ɀ ƏƬƏƳƺȅǣƬɀ ǔȒȸ ȅƺِ X‫ټ‬ȅ ȸƺƏǼǼɵ ƺɴƬǣɎƺƳ ɎȒ ƺɴȵǼȒȸƺ ƺɮƺȸɵɎǝǣȇǕ ɎǝƏɎ Ɏǝƺɵ ǝƏɮƺ ɎȒ Ȓǔǔƺȸً ɎȒ ɀƺƺ ɯǝƺȸƺ ǣɎ ƬƏȇ ɎƏǸƺ ȅƺ ƬƏȸƺƺȸ ɯǣɀƺِ áǣɎǝ ɀɯǣȅȅǣȇǕً X‫ټ‬ȅ ȸƺƏǼǼɵ ƺɴƬǣɎƺƳ ɎȒ ƫƺ Ə ȵƏȸɎ Ȓǔ Ɏǝƺ ɎƺƏȅ ƏȇƳ ƳȒ ȅɵ ƫƺɀɎ ɎȒ ƬȒȅȵƺɎƺً ƫɖɎ ƏǼɀȒ ǝƏɮƺ Ə ȸƺƏǼǼɵ ǔɖȇ Ɏǣȅƺ ɯǣɎǝ ǣɎِ‫ ٺ‬ ÁǝȸȒɖǕǝȒɖɎ ǝǣǕǝ ɀƬǝȒȒǼً ɀɯǣȅ ǝƏɀ ƫƺƺȇ Ə ǕȒȒƳ ȵǼƏƬƺ for Natalie to grow as a person. ‫ٹ‬X ɎǝǣȇǸ ƫƺǣȇǕ Ȓȇ Ɏǝƺ ɎƺƏȅ ǝƏɀ ƫƺƺȇ ƏɯƺɀȒȅƺ ƫƺƬƏɖɀƺ ɯƺ‫ټ‬ɮƺ ǝƏƳ ǸǣƳɀ ɎǝƏɎ ǝƏɮƺ ƬȒȅƺ ƫƺǔȒȸƺ ɖɀ ɎǝƏɎ ƬƏȇ help us out through these past couple of years, and as ɀƺȇǣȒȸɀ ɯƺ‫ټ‬ȸƺ ƳƺˡȇǣɎƺǼɵ ɎȸɵǣȇǕ ɎȒ ƳȒ ɎǝƏɎ ǔȒȸ Ɏǝƺ ɖȇƳƺȸƬǼƏɀɀȅƺȇ ɯǝǣƬǝ ǣɀ ȸƺƏǼǼɵ ƬȒȒǼً‫ ٺ‬áǝƏǼƺȇ ɀƏǣƳِ ‫ٹ‬hɖɀɎ ƫƺǣȇǕ Ə ȵƏȸɎ Ȓǔ ɀɯǣȅȅǣȇǕ ǣȇ ǕƺȇƺȸƏǼ ǝƏɀ ɎƏɖǕǝɎ ȅƺ ǝȒɯ ɎȒ ǼƺƏȸȇ ƏȇƳ ƫƏǼƏȇƬƺ ƏƬƏƳƺȅǣƬɀ ƏȇƳ ƳȒǣȇǕ Ɏǝƺ ɀȵȒȸɎ ǔȒȸ ɀȒ ȅƏȇɵ ǝȒɖȸɀ ɎǝȸȒɖǕǝȒɖɎ Ɏǝƺ ɯƺƺǸِ XɎ ǝƏɀ ƳƺˡȇǣɎƺǼɵ ȅƏƳƺ ȅƺ Ə ƫƺɎɎƺȸ ɀɎɖƳƺȇɎ ƏȇƳ ƫƺɎɎƺȸ ƏɎ Ɏǣȅƺ ȅƏȇƏǕƺȅƺȇɎ ƏȇƳ ǼƺƏȸȇǣȇǕ Ǽǣǔƺ ǼƺɀɀȒȇɀ ƏȇƳ ȇȒɎ ǴɖɀɎ ǼƺƏȸȇǣȇǕ ɎȒ ɀɯǣȅِ‫ٺ‬

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landon armstrong

ɀ Ə ɵȒɖȇǕ ǸǣƳً ȸȅɀɎȸȒȇǕ ɎȸǣƺƳ ǼȒɎɀ Ȓǔ ȒɎǝƺȸ ɀȵȒȸɎɀ ƫɖɎ ȇȒȇƺ ǝƺ ǼǣǸƺƳ ɀȒ ȅɖƬǝ Əɀ ɀɯǣȅȅǣȇǕِ “During the younger phase, when you’re trying everyɎǝǣȇǕ ɵȒɖ ƬƏȇً X ǴɖɀɎ ǔƺǼǼ ǣȇ ǼȒɮƺ ɯǣɎǝ ɀɯǣȅȅǣȇǕً‫ ٺ‬ ȸȅɀɎȸȒȇǕ ɀƏǣƳِ ‫ٹ‬X ȸƺƏǼǼɵ ƺȇǴȒɵ ȅɵ ɎƺƏȅ ƏȇƳ Ɏǝƺ ɀȵȒȸɎ ǣɎɀƺǼǔ ƏȇƳ ǣɎ ȸƺƏǼǼɵ ǴɖɀɎ ƬƏȵɎǣɮƏɎƺƳ ȅƺِ‫ٺ‬ ȸȅɀɎȸȒȇǕ ǝƏɀ ƫƺƺȇ Ȓȇ Ɏǝƺ ɮƏȸɀǣɎɵ ɀɯǣȅ ɎƺƏȅ ǔȒȸ ƏǼǼ four years of his high school career, but knows that college athletics will be different. ‫ ٹ‬ƫǣǕ ƳǣǔǔƺȸƺȇƬƺ ǣȇ ƬȒǼǼƺǕƺ ǣɀ ɵȒɖȸ ɎȸƏǣȇǣȇǕ Əɀ Ə ƺǼƺɮƏɎƺƳ ɀɯǣȅȅƺȸ ƏȇƳ ƫƺǣȇǕ Ɏǝƺ ƫƺɀɎ ɵȒɖ ƬƏȇ ƫƺً‫ ٺ‬ȸȅɀɎȸȒȇǕ ɀƏǣƳِ ‫ٹ‬çȒɖ‫ټ‬ȸƺ ǔɖǼˡǼǼǣȇǕ ɵȒɖȸ ȅƏɴǣȅɖȅ ȵȒɎƺȇɎǣƏǼ ƏȇƳ ȅȒȸƺ ɀȵƺƬǣƏǼǣɿƏɎǣȒȇ ɀȒ ɵȒɖ ǸȇȒɯ ɵȒɖȸ ȵɖȸȵȒɀƺِ ɖȸ ǝǣǕǝ ɀƬǝȒȒǼ ɎƺƏȅ ǝƏɀ Əȇ ǣȇƬȸƺƳǣƫǼƺ ƏȅȒɖȇɎ Ȓǔ ǔȒƬɖɀ and I think that part will carry over into college.” ȸȅɀɎȸȒȇǕ ƳǣƳȇ‫ټ‬Ɏ ǸȇȒɯ ɯǝƏɎ ƬȒǼǼƺǕƺ ǝƺ ɯƏȇɎƺƳ ɎȒ ƏɎɎƺȇƳ ɖȇɎǣǼ ǝƺ ɮǣɀǣɎƺƳ (ƏȸɎȅȒɖɎǝِ Rƺ ǼǣǸƺƳ Ɏǝƺ ƬƏȅȵɖɀ ƏȇƳ Ɏǝƺǣȸ ɎƺƏȅ ƳɵȇƏȅǣƬِ ‫ٹ‬X ƏǼɯƏɵɀ Ǹȇƺɯ ɎǝƏɎ X ɯƏȇɎƺƳ ɎȒ ɀɯǣȅ ǣȇ ƬȒǼǼƺǕƺ ƫƺƬƏɖɀƺ X ɯƏɀ ƏǼɯƏɵɀ ȵƏɀɀǣȒȇƏɎƺ ƏƫȒɖɎ ɀɯǣȅȅǣȇǕً ƫɖɎ Əɀ ǔƏȸ Əɀ (ƏȸɎȅȒɖɎǝً X ɀɎƏȸɎƺƳ ɎƏǼǸǣȇǕ ɎȒ Ɏǝƺȅ ƫƺƬƏɖɀƺ X Ǹȇƺɯ Ɏǝƺɵ Əȸƺ ɯƺǼǼ‫ٮ‬ǸȇȒɯȇ ǔȒȸ Ɏǝƺǣȸ ƏƬƏƳƺȅǣƬɀً ɀȒ X ɎƏǼǸƺƳ ɯǣɎǝ Ɏǝƺ ƬȒƏƬǝ ƏȇƳ ǣȇɎƺȸƏƬɎƺƳ ɯǣɎǝ Ɏǝƺ ɎƺƏȅً ƏȇƳ ɎǝƏɎ‫ټ‬ɀ ɯǝƺȇ X ɀɎƏȸɎƺƳ ɎȒ ƳƺƬǣƳƺ ɎǝƏɎ (ƏȸɎȅȒɖɎǝ ɯȒɖǼƳ ƫƺ Ə ǕȒȒƳ ˡɎ ǔȒȸ ȅƺً‫ ٺ‬ȸȅɀɎȸȒȇǕ ɀƏǣƳِ zȒɎ ȒȇǼɵ ƳǣƳ ȸȅɀɎȸȒȇǕ ǼǣǸƺ Ɏǝƺ ɎƺƏȅ ƏȇƳ Ɏǝƺ ƺȇƺȸǕɵ ɎǝƏɎ Ɏǝƺɵ ƫȸȒɖǕǝɎً ƫɖɎ ƏǼɀȒ Ɏǝƺ ƺȇɮǣȸȒȇȅƺȇɎ ƏȇƳ Ɏǝƺ ȒɎǝƺȸ ɀɎɖƳƺȇɎɀ Ȓȇ ƬƏȅȵɖɀً ɯǝǣƬǝ ǝƺǼȵƺƳ ɀɯƏɵ ǝǣȅ ɎȒ (ƏȸɎȅȒɖɎǝِ ‫ٹ‬X ȸƺƏǼǼɵ ǔƺǼǼ ǣȇ ǼȒɮƺ ɯǣɎǝ ǣɎ ƏǔɎƺȸ ȅɵ ȒǔˡƬǣƏǼ ɮǣɀǣɎ Ɏǝƺȸƺ ƏȇƳ ǕȒɎ ɎȒ ɀƺƺ Ɏǝƺ ɎƺƏȅً ȅƺƺɎ Ɏǝƺȅ ǣȇ ȵƺȸɀȒȇ ƏȇƳ ǣȇɎƺȸƏƬɎ ɯǣɎǝ Ɏǝƺ ƬƏȅȵɖɀً‫ ٺ‬ȸȅɀɎȸȒȇǕ ɀƏǣƳِ ‫ٹ‬Áǝƺ ɎǣǕǝɎ ǸȇǣɎ ƬȒȅȅɖȇǣɎɵ ƫȸȒɖǕǝɎ ȅƺ ǣȇ ƏȇƳ X ǼȒɮƺ Ɏǝƺ ƺȇƺȸǕɵ Ɏǝƺ ɎƺƏȅ ǝƏƳ ƏȇƳ Ɏǝƺ ɎƺƏȅ‫ټ‬ɀ ƬǝƺȅǣɀɎȸɵِ Áǝƺ ǔƏƬɎ ɎǝƏɎ ƺɮƺȸɵȒȇƺ ɯƏɀ ƳƺɮȒɎƺƳ ɎȒ Ɏǝƺǣȸ ɀȵȒȸɎ ƏȇƳ ɯƺȸƺȇ‫ټ‬Ɏ ɀƏƬȸǣˡƬǣȇǕ Ɏǝƺǣȸ ƏƬƏƳƺȅǣƬ ɀǣƳƺ ǔȒȸ ɎǝƏɎِ Áǝƺɵ ɯƺȸƺ ȵɖȸɀɖǣȇǕ ƫȒɎǝ ƺȇdeavors with their full passion.”

kevin repice

«ƺȵǣƬƺ ǝƏɀ ƫƺƺȇ Ȓȇ Ɏǝƺ ɀɯǣȅ ɎƺƏȅ ɀǣȇƬƺ ǝǣɀ ǔȸƺɀǝȅƏȇ ɵƺƏȸً ƏȇƳ ɎǝȒɖǕǝ ǝƺ ƳǣƳȇ‫ټ‬Ɏ ˡȇƳ ǣȅȅƺƳǣƏɎƺ ɀɖƬcess in the sport, he continued to pursue his goal of a state-level win. ‫ٹ‬xɵ ǔȸƺɀǝȅƏȇ ɵƺƏȸ X ƳǣƳȇ‫ټ‬Ɏ ƺȇƳ ɖȵ ȅƏǸǣȇǕ Ɏǝƺ ɀɎƏɎƺ ɎƺƏȅً ƫɖɎ ɀȒȵǝȒȅȒȸƺ ƏȇƳ ǴɖȇǣȒȸ ɵƺƏȸ X ɯƏɀ ƏƫǼƺ ɎȒ ƫƺƬȒȅƺ ȵƏȸɎ Ȓǔ Ɏǝƺ ɀɎƏɎƺ ɎƺƏȅ ƏȇƳ ƫƺ Əȇ ƏƬɎɖƏǼ ƬȒȇtributor,” Repice said. “There’s a difference between being in the stands and being on deck with your ɎƺƏȅِ áǝƺȇ ɵȒɖ‫ټ‬ȸƺ Ȓȇ ƳƺƬǸً ɵȒɖ‫ټ‬ȸƺ ǔȒƬɖɀƺƳ Ȓȇ Ɏǝƺ ƬȒȅȵƺɎǣɎǣȒȇ ƏȇƳ Ɏǝƺ ɎƺƏȅ ȸƏƬƺɀِ Xȇ ƫȒɎǝ ƏɀȵƺƬɎɀ ɵȒɖ ɀɎǣǼǼ ǕƺɎ Ə ȸƺƏǼǼɵ ǕȒȒƳ ǔƺƺǼ Ȓǔ ɵȒɖȸ ɎƺƏȅ ƏȇƳ Ə ǕȒȒƳ ɀƺȇɀƺ Ȓǔ ƬȒȅȅɖȇǣɎɵ ƏȇƳ ɎȸɵǣȇǕ ɎȒ ƏƬǝǣƺɮƺ Ə ǕȒƏǼِ‫ٺ‬ «ƺȵǣƬƺ‫ټ‬ɀ ƬȒƏƬǝً kƺɮǣȇ xɖȸȵǝɵً ǝƏɀ ɀƺƺȇ ǝȒɯ ȅɖƬǝ ǝƺ ǝƏɀ ǣȅȵȸȒɮƺƳ Ȓɮƺȸ Ɏǝƺ ȵƏɀɎ ǔƺɯ ɵƺƏȸɀِ “He’s a really quiet kid, but each year he has evolved,” Murphy said. “He’s gotten better and better and ȅȒȸƺ ǕȸȒɯȇ ɖȵ ƺɮƺȸɵ ɵƺƏȸِ‫ ٺ‬ Xȇ ƫȒɎǝ ɀƬǝȒȒǼ ƏȇƳ ɀɯǣȅȅǣȇǕً «ƺȵǣƬƺ ǝƏɀ ƫƺƺȇ surrounded by people who have helped guide and Ǖǣɮƺ ƏƳɮǣƬƺ ɎȒ ǝǣȅِ zȒɯً ǝƺ ǣɀ ƳȒǣȇǕ Ɏǝƺ ɀƏȅƺ ǔȒȸ Ɏǝƺ ɖȇƳƺȸƬǼƏɀɀȅƺȇ ƫɵ ɀǝƏȸǣȇǕ ǝǣɀ ƺɴȵƺȸǣƺȇƬƺɀِ ‫ٹ‬Áǝƺ ȵƺȒȵǼƺ Ȓȇ Ɏǝƺ ɎƺƏȅً Ɏǝƺɵ ǸȇȒɯ ɯǝƏɎ ɵȒɖ‫ټ‬ȸƺ going through, and they’re all really helpful in trying ɎȒ Ǹƺƺȵ ɵȒɖ ȅȒɎǣɮƏɎƺƳً‫« ٺ‬ƺȵǣƬƺ ɀƏǣƳِ ‫ٹ‬zȒɯ ƫƺǣȇǕ Ə ɀƺȇǣȒȸً X Ǖɖƺɀɀ X‫ټ‬ȅ Ɏǝƺ Ȓȇƺ ɎȒ ƳȒ ɎǝƏɎ ǔȒȸ Ɏǝƺ ɖȇƳƺȸƬǼƏɀɀȅƺȇِ‫ ٺ‬ «ƺȵǣƬƺ ƬǝȒɀƺ (ɖǸƺ ƫƺƬƏɖɀƺ ǣɎ ǝƏɀ ȵȸȒǕȸƏȅɀ ǔȒȸ ǝǣɀ ȵȒɀɀǣƫǼƺ ȅƏǴȒȸɀً ƫɖɎ ƏǼɀȒ Ȓǔǔƺȸɀ Ə ƬȒȅȵƺɎǣɎǣɮƺ ɀɯǣȅ ȵȸȒǕȸƏȅ ǔȒȸ ǝǣȅِ ‫ٹ‬áǝƺȇ X ƬǝȒɀƺ (ɖǸƺ X ɯƏɀ ȸƺƏǼǼɵ ǼȒȒǸǣȇǕ ǔȒȸ Ə ǕȸƺƏɎ ƫƏǼƏȇƬƺ Ȓǔ ƏƬƏƳƺȅǣƬɀ ƏȇƳ ɀɯǣȅȅǣȇǕً‫« ٺ‬ƺȵǣƬƺ ɀƏǣƳِ ‫ٹ‬X‫ټ‬ȅ ɎȸɵǣȇǕ ɎȒ ǝȒȵƺǔɖǼǼɵ ƳƺƬǣƳƺ ɯǝƏɎ X‫ټ‬ȅ ǕȒǣȇǕ ɎȒ ƳȒً ƏȇƳ ƺɮƺȇɎɖƏǼǼɵ ǕƺɎ ǣȇɎȒ ȅƺƳ ɀƬǝȒȒǼِ ɎǝǼƺɎǣƬƏǼǼɵ X‫ټ‬ȅ ǴɖɀɎ ɎȸɵǣȇǕ ɎȒ ƬȒȇɎȸǣƫɖɎƺ Əɀ ȅɖƬǝ Əɀ X ƬƏȇ ɎȒ Ɏǝƺ ɎƺƏȅ ɯǝǣǼƺ ǝƏɮǣȇǕ Ə ǕȒȒƳ Ɏǣȅƺِ‫ٺ‬ the dragon tribune

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making history by matthew vinson, staff writer

Áǝƺ ɎƺȇɀǣȒȇ ǣȇ ȅƺȸǣƬƏ ɯƏɀ ǝǣǕǝ as the polls for the nail-biting ȅǣƳɎƺȸȅ ƺǼƺƬɎǣȒȇɀ ƬǼȒɀƺƳ Ȓȇ zȒɮِ ‫ ِה‬XȇƳǣɮǣƳɖƏǼɀ ɎɖȸȇƺƳ Ȓȇ Ɏǝƺ ȇƺɯɀ or searched the internet, looking intently for any sign that a winȇƺȸ ǝƏƳ ƫƺƺȇ ƬƏǼǼƺƳِ Xȇ ÁƺɴƏɀً ǣɎ was announced late at night that «ƺȵɖƫǼǣƬƏȇ ÁƺƳ !ȸɖɿ ǝƏƳ ȇƏȸrowly won the race for Senate over (ƺȅȒƬȸƏɎ ƺɎȒ ‫«ټ‬ȒɖȸǸƺِ “Tonight’s loss does nothing to Ƴǣȅǣȇǣɀǝ Ɏǝƺ ɯƏɵ X ǔƺƺǼ ƏƫȒɖɎ ÁƺɴƏɀ or this country,” O’Rourke said in his concession speech. “I was ǣȇɀȵǣȸƺƳ ƏȇƳ X Əȅ Əɀ ǝȒȵƺǔɖǼ Əɀ X ǝƏɮƺ ƺɮƺȸ ƫƺƺȇ ǣȇ ȅɵ Ǽǣǔƺِ‫ ٺ‬ áǣɎǝ ȅȒȸƺ ɎǝƏȇ ‫ ז‬ȅǣǼǼǣȒȇ ÁƺɴƏȇɀ ɮȒɎǣȇǕ ǣȇ Ɏǝƺ ƺǼƺƬɎǣȒȇً ‫ בِזג‬ȵƺȸƬƺȇɎ of people voted for O’Rourke and ‫ חِ׎ד‬ȵƺȸƬƺȇɎ ɮȒɎƺƳ ǔȒȸ !ȸɖɿِ Áǝƺɀƺ ȵƺȸƬƺȇɎƏǕƺɀ ȅƏǸƺ Ɏǝƺ ‫ ז׏׎א‬ȅǣƳɎƺȸȅ ƺǼƺƬɎǣȒȇ Ɏǝƺ ƬǼȒɀƺɀɎ ȸƏƬƺ ǣȇ ÁƺɴƏɀ ɀǣȇƬƺ ‫ ِזוח׏‬ “Tonight’s a victory for the people Ȓǔ ÁƺɴƏɀً‫! ٺ‬ȸɖɿ ɀƏǣƳً ȸƺɀȵȒȇƳǣȇǕ ɎȒ ǝǣɀ ɮǣƬɎȒȸɵِ ‫ٹ‬X Əȅ ɵȒɖȸ ɀƺȇƏɎȒȸِ XɎ ǣɀ ȅɵ ȸƺɀȵȒȇɀǣƫǣǼǣɎɵ ɎȒ ȸƺȵȸƺɀƺȇɎ ƺɮƺȸɵ ÁƺɴƏȇِ‫ ٺ‬ ǼɎǝȒɖǕǝ ÁƺɴƏɀ ȸƺȅƏǣȇƺƳ ȸƺƳً Ɏǝƺ ɀɎƏɎƺ ɀɎǣǼǼ ȅƏƳƺ ǝǣɀɎȒȸɵ ƳɖȸǣȇǕ Ɏǝƺ ‫ ז׏׎א‬ȅǣƳɎƺȸȅɀِ ‫«ټ‬ȒɖȸǸƺ ɀƺɎ Ə

2018 midterms break records

ȇƺɯ ȸƺƬȒȸƳ ǔȒȸ Ɏǝƺ ȅȒɀɎ ƏȅȒɖȇɎ of cash raised by individual donors.

Rƺ ɯƏȇɎƺƳ ǝǣɀ ƬƏȅȵƏǣǕȇ ɎȒ ƫƺ funded purely by people, and he ȵȸȒȅǣɀƺƳ ȇȒɎ ɎȒ ɎƏǸƺ ȅȒȇƺɵ ǔȸȒȅ Əȇɵ ȵȒǼǣɎǣƬƏǼ ƏƬɎǣȒȇ ƬȒȅȅǣɎɎƺƺɀِ ‫ٹ‬áǝƺȇ ɵȒɖ ɯȒȇƳƺȸ ɯǝɵ !Ȓȇgress is so dysfunctional, why it doesn’t represent the interests of the people it purports to serve,” ‫«ټ‬ȒɖȸǸƺ ɀƏǣƳ Ȓȇ R ‫ټ‬ɀ ‫«ٻ‬ƺƏǼ Áǣȅƺ with Bill Maher.’ “It’s because it’s so ɎǣƺƳ ɎȒ Ɏǝƺ ɀȒɖȸƬƺɀ Ȓǔ ȅȒȇƺɵ ɎǝƏɎ Əȸƺ ƬȒȅǣȇǕ ǣȇِ‫ٺ‬ ȇȒɎǝƺȸ ɎǝǣȇǕ ɎǝƏɎ ‫«ټ‬ȒɖȸǸƺ ɯƏɀ ƏƫǼƺ ɎȒ ƏƬƬȒȅȵǼǣɀǝ ƳɖȸǣȇǕ ǝǣɀ ƬƏȅȵƏǣǕȇ ɯƏɀ ǝǣɀ ǕȒƏǼ ɎȒ ɮǣɀǣɎ ƏǼǼ ‫ גדא‬ƬȒɖȇɎǣƺɀ ǣȇ ÁƺɴƏɀً ɀȒȅƺɎǝǣȇǕ that no candidate has done since ‫ ׎חח׏‬ɯǝƺȇ hȒǝȇ ƳƏȅ ȸƏȇ ǔȒȸ ƏɎtorney general.

“Having traveled to each one of Ɏǝƺ ‫ גדא‬ƬȒɖȇɎǣƺɀ Ȓǔ Ȓɖȸ ɀɎƏɎƺً X ǸȇȒɯ ÁƺɴƏȇɀ ǝƏɮƺ Əȇ ɖȇɀɎȒȵȵƏƫǼƺ ƳƺɎƺȸȅǣȇƏɎǣȒȇ ɎȒ ƳȒ Ɏǝƺ ǴȒƫ ƏɎ hand,” O’Rourke said on Twitter. ǼɎǝȒɖǕǝ Ɏǝƺ ǝǣɀɎȒȸɵ ȅƏƳƺ ǣȇ ÁƺɴƏɀ ƳɖȸǣȇǕ Ɏǝƺ ȅǣƳɎƺȸȅ ƺǼƺƬɎǣȒȇɀ ɯƏɀ ǣȅȵȒȸɎƏȇɎً ǣɎ ǣɀ ȒȇǼɵ Ə ȵȒȸɎǣȒȇ Ȓǔ Ɏǝƺ ǝǣɀɎȒȸɵ ȅƏƳƺ ɎǝȸȒɖǕǝȒɖɎ Ɏǝƺ ÈȇǣɎƺƳ ³ɎƏɎƺɀ Ȓȇ zȒɮِ ‫ ِה‬Xȇ this election, a record-breaking

opinion: The moment I knew X ɯƏɀȇ‫ټ‬Ɏ ƏƫǼƺ ɎȒ ɮȒɎƺ Ȓȇ zȒɮِ ‫ ِה‬áǝƺȇ Ɏǝƺ ƳƏɵ ƬƏȅƺ ǔȒȸ ȅƺȸǣƬƏȇɀ ƏǼǼ Ȓɮƺȸ Ɏǝƺ country to cast their ballot and dictate the future of our country, I was just ȅȒȇɎǝɀ ɀǝȒȸɎ Ȓǔ ƫƺǣȇǕ ƏƫǼƺ ɎȒ ȅƏǸƺ ȅɵ voice heard, too. ɖɎ ɎǝƏɎ ƳǣƳȇ‫ټ‬Ɏ ɀɎȒȵ ȅƺ ǔȸȒȅ ȅƏǸǣȇǕ ȅɵ ɮȒǣƬƺ ǝƺƏȸƳ ǣȇ ȒɎǝƺȸ ɯƏɵɀِ X ƫǼȒƬǸ‫ٮ‬ ɯƏǼǸƺƳ ƏȸȒɖȇƳ ɎȒɯȇً ȅƏǸǣȇǕ ɀɖȸƺ ɎǝƏɎ the people who were able to cast a NEWS/OPINION 10

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ƫƏǼǼȒɎ Ǹȇƺɯ Əɀ ȅɖƬǝ Əɀ ȵȒɀɀǣƫǼƺ ƏƫȒɖɎ ƺƏƬǝ ƬƏȇƳǣƳƏɎƺ ƏȇƳ ƬȒɖǼƳ ȅƏǸƺ Əȇ ƺƳɖcated decision. I spent countless Sunday afternoons decorating and writing postƬƏȸƳɀ ɎȒ ƺȇƬȒɖȸƏǕƺ ÁƺɴƏȇɀ ɎȒ ɮȒɎƺ ǔȒȸ Beto. I sported a ‘Beto for Senate’ sticker Ȓȇ ȅɵ ȵǝȒȇƺ ƬƏɀƺ ǔȒȸ ȅȒȇɎǝɀِ X ɯȸȒɎƺ articles for the school newspaper and tweeted about his qualities. I received ȅȒȇɎǝɀ ɯȒȸɎǝ Ȓǔ ƺȅƏǣǼɀً ƳȒȇƏɎƺƳ ɯƏɵ ȅȒȸƺ ȅȒȇƺɵ ɎǝƏȇ X ɀǝȒɖǼƳ ǝƏɮƺ ƏȇƳ

ƏȅȒɖȇɎ Ȓǔ ɯȒȅƺȇ ɯƺȸƺ ƺǼƺƬɎƺƳ into the House of Representatives, ƏȇƳ Ɏǝǣɀ ǣȇƬǼɖƳƺɀ Ɏǝƺ ˡȸɀɎ zƏɎǣɮƺ ȅƺȸǣƬƏȇ ƏȇƳ xɖɀǼǣȅ ɯȒȅƺȇ ɎȒ ɀƺȸɮƺ ǣȇ !ȒȇǕȸƺɀɀِ (ƺȅȒƬȸƏɎɀ ƏǼǼ Ȓɮƺȸ Ɏǝƺ ÈȇǣɎƺƳ States also celebrated the win of hƏȸƺƳ ¨ȒǼǣɀ ǣȇ !ȒǼȒȸƏƳȒِ Rƺ ɯȒȇ Ɏǝƺ ɎǣɎǼƺ Ȓǔ ǕȒɮƺȸȇȒȸ ƏȇƳ ȅƏƳƺ ǝǣɀɎȒȸɵ Əɀ Ɏǝƺ ˡȸɀɎ ȒȵƺȇǼɵ ǕƏɵ ȅƏȇ ɎȒ hold the position. ‫ٹ‬X ɯƏȇɎ ɎȒ ɎǝƏȇǸ ȅɵ ȵƺȸɀȒȇƏǼ support network,” Polis said in ǝǣɀ ƏƬƬƺȵɎƏȇƬƺ ɀȵƺƺƬǝِ ‫ٹ‬IǣȸɀɎ ƏȇƳ ǔȒȸƺȅȒɀɎً Ȓǔ ƬȒɖȸɀƺً ȅɵ ƏȅƏɿǣȇǕ ȵƏȸɎȇƺȸً ƏȇƳ Ɏǝƺ ˡȸɀɎ ‫ٻ‬ˡȸɀɎ ȅƏȇ‫ ټ‬ ǣȇ Ɏǝƺ ǝǣɀɎȒȸɵ Ȓǔ !ȒǼȒȸƏƳȒً xƏȸǼȒȇ Reis.”

Other notable things that happened in this election are that Áƺȇȇƺɀɀƺƺ ƏȇƳ ȸǣɿȒȇƏ ƺǼƺƬɎƺƳ Ɏǝƺ ˡȸɀɎ ǔƺȅƏǼƺ ɀƺȇƏɎȒȸɀ ǔȸȒȅ Ɏǝƺǣȸ ɀɎƏɎƺً ÁƺɴƏɀ ɀƺȇƳɀ Ɏǝƺ ˡȸɀɎ RǣɀȵƏȇǣƬ ɯȒȅƺȇ ɎȒ !ȒȇǕȸƺɀɀً ƏȇƳ ³ȒɖɎǝ (ƏǸȒɎƏ ƺǼƺƬɎƺƳ Ɏǝƺǣȸ ˡȸɀɎ ǔƺȅƏǼƺ governor.

However people feel about the ȸƺɀɖǼɎɀ Ȓǔ Ɏǝƺ ‫ ז׏׎א‬ȅǣƳɎƺȸȅɀً ǣɎ ǣɀ undeniable that this election will go down in history.

by peyton proksch, editor in chief ƺɮƺȇ ȅƺɎ ƺɎȒ ƏȇƳ ǝǣɀ ƬƏȅȵƏǣǕȇ staff twice. áǝƺȇ ƺǼƺƬɎǣȒȇ ȇǣǕǝɎ ˡȇƏǼǼɵ ƏȸȸǣɮƺƳً X ǝƏƳ ɀȒ ȅɖƬǝ ȅȒȸƺ ǝȒȵƺ ɎǝƏȇ X ƫƺǕƏȇ ɯǣɎǝِ ƺɎȒ ǝƏƳ ƫƺƺȇ ȅȒɮǣȇǕ ɖȵ ǣȇ Ɏǝƺ polls for weeks, and eyes across the ȇƏɎǣȒȇ ɯƺȸƺ ɎɖȸȇƺƳ ɎȒ ÁƺɴƏɀ ɎȒ ɀƺƺ whether or not Beto could pull off the ƫǣǕǕƺɀɎ ȵȒǼǣɎǣƬƏǼ ɖȵɀƺɎ ǣȇ ɵƺƏȸɀِ áƺ ȇȒɯ ǸȇȒɯً ǝƺ ƬȒɖǼƳȇ‫ټ‬Ɏِ áǝǣǼƺ ǝƺ

how it feels to casting ouropinion: finally be 18 in today’s first votes political climate by julia sheedy, staff writer

Xȇ ȸƺƬƺȇɎ ɵƺƏȸɀً ȵȒǼǣɎǣƬɀ ǝƏɮƺ ƳȒȅǣnated our country, forcing every slight issue to grow into a partisan Ȓȇƺ ɎǝƏɎ ƳǣɮǣƳƺɀ Ɏǝƺ ƬȒɖȇɎȸɵ ƬȒȅȵǼƺɎƺǼɵِ Xȇ Ɏǝǣɀ ȵȒǼƏȸǣɿǣȇǕ Ɏǣȅƺ ǔȒȸ ȅƺȸǣƬƏȇ ȵȒǼǣɎǣƬɀً ƺɮƺȸɵ ɮȒɎƺ ȅƏɎɎƺȸɀِ xǣǼǼƺȇȇǣƏǼɀ ƏȇƳ ȇƺɯ ‫ٮז׏‬ɵƺƏȸ‫ٮ‬ olds tend to be the ones who ƫƺǼǣƺɮƺ ɎǝƏɎ Ɏǝƺǣȸ ɮȒɎƺɀ ƳȒȇ‫ټ‬Ɏ ȅƏɎter, feeling that the electoral colǼƺǕƺ ƳȸȒɯȇɀ Ȓɖȸ ɮȒǣƬƺɀ ȒɖɎِ áǝƺȇ X ɎɖȸȇƺƳ ‫ ז׏‬Ɏǝǣɀ ȵƏɀɎ ³ƺȵɎƺȅƫƺȸً Ɏǝƺ ǔƺƺǼǣȇǕ Ȓǔ ˡȇƏǼǼɵ ƫƺǣȇǕ ƏƫǼƺ ɎȒ ƬƏɀɎ ȅɵ Ȓɯȇ ɮȒɎƺ ƏȇƳ ƺȇƬȒɖȸƏǕƺ ȒɎǝƺȸɀ ɎȒ ƳȒ Ɏǝƺ ɀƏȅƺ ɯƏɀ ǣȇƬȸƺƳǣƫǼɵ powerful.

I’ve always been interested in politics. I’ve been to protests, ralǼǣƺɀً ȅƺƺɎǣȇǕɀ ƏȇƳ ȅȒȸƺ ǣȇ ȒȸƳƺȸ ɎȒ ȅƏǸƺ ȅɵ ɮȒǣƬƺ ǝƺƏȸƳ ƏƫȒɖɎ ǣɀɀɖƺɀ ǕȒǣȇǕ Ȓȇ ǣȇ ǕȒɮƺȸȇȅƺȇɎِ RȒɯƺɮƺȸً ɎȒȒ ȅƏȇɵ ȵƺȒȵǼƺ ǣȇ Ɏǝǣɀ ƬȒɖȇɎȸɵ use their voices, but don’t actually create change by voting.

In recent years, knowing your opinion on divisive issues has been ƫƺɵȒȇƳ ǣȅȵȒȸɎƏȇɎً Əɀ ƺɮƺȸɵƳƏɵ ƺɮƺȇɎɀ ƬƏȇ ƫƺƬȒȅƺ ȵȒǼǣɎǣƬƏǼ ǣȇ Ɏǝƺ blink of an eye.

IȒȸ Ɏǝƺ ȵƏɀɎ ǔƺɯ ƺǼƺƬɎǣȒȇɀً ǣɎ ǝƏɀ been evident that no one can agree on anything. I was not able to vote ǣȇ ‫ ًה׏׎א‬ƫɖɎ X ǸȇȒɯ ɎǝƏɎ Ɏǝƺ ƺǼƺƬɎǣȒȇ ƏȇƳ Ɏǝƺ ƺɮƺȇɎɀ ǣȇ Ɏǝƺ ȅȒȇɎǝɀ ɎǝƏɎ ǔȒǼǼȒɯƺƳ ȸƺȅǣȇƳƺƳ ȅƺȸǣƬƏȇɀ ɎǝƏɎ Ɏǝƺǣȸ ɮȒɎƺ ȅƏɎɎƺȸɀِ Xȇ Ɏǝǣɀ ȅȒɀɎ ȸƺƬƺȇɎ ȅǣƳɎƺȸȅ ƺǼƺƬɎǣȒȇً ȅƏȇɵ ƬǣɎǣɿƺȇɀ ɯƺȸƺ ƳƺɎƺȸȅǣȇƺƳ ɎȒ ɮȒɎƺ ɎȒ ȅƏǸƺ ɀɖȸƺ ɎǝƏɎ Seniors Jack Tucker and Julia Sheedy with the “Vote Here” sign af-

their views are represented in the House and the Senate, and as a ȸƺɀɖǼɎ Ȓɮƺȸ ‫ ב׏׏‬ȅǣǼǼǣȒȇ ȵƺȒȵǼƺ ƺɴercised their constitutional right, creating a record breaking high for Ɏǝƺ ƏȅȒɖȇɎ Ȓǔ ȵƺȒȵǼƺ ɯǝȒ ƬƏȅƺ out and voted. ǼɎǝȒɖǕǝ Ɏǝǣɀ ȇƺɯ ȸƺƬȒȸƳ ɀƺƺȅɀ ȵȸȒȅǣɀǣȇǕً Ɏǝǣɀ ǣɀ ȒȇǼɵ ‫ חג‬ȵƺȸƬƺȇɎ Ȓǔ Ȓɖȸ ƬȒɖȇɎȸɵِ ÁǝƏɎ ȅƺƏȇɀ Ə ǼǣɎɎǼƺ Ǽƺɀɀ than half of the entire U.S. population voted this year, and that was ƬȒȇɀǣƳƺȸƺƳ ǕȒȒƳِ áǣɎǝ ƬȒɖȇɎǼƺɀɀ celebrities speaking out in support of increasing voter turnout, you would think people would listen.

If Beyoncé tells you to go out and vote, you have to vote… like, legally. Áǝǣɀ ɵƺƏȸً X ɯƏɀ ƫƺɵȒȇƳ ƺɴƬǣɎƺƳ ɎȒ be able to vote. I took a friend and went to the polls after school on Ɏǝƺ ˡȸɀɎ ƳƏɵ Ȓǔ ƺƏȸǼɵ ɮȒɎǣȇǕِ X ɯƏɀ Ǖǣɮƺȇ Ɏǝǣɀ ȸǣǕǝɎ ɎȒ ɖɀƺ ȅɵ ɮȒǣƬƺ ǣȇ Ɏǝƺ ǕȒɮƺȸȇȅƺȇɎً ƏȇƳ ǣɎ ǔƺƺǼɀ ɀȒ ƏȅƏɿǣȇǕ ɎȒ ƫƺ ƏƫǼƺ ɎȒ ǝƏɮƺ Ə ɀƏɵ ǣȇ what goes on in our country.

Ɏƺȸ ɮȒɎǣȇǕ ǔȒȸ Ɏǝƺ ˡȸɀɎ Ɏǣȅƺ Ȓȇ zȒɮِ ‫ِה‬ photo courtesy: Julia Sheedy

ƬƏȅƺ ɯǣɎǝǣȇ ‫ ׎׎׎ً׎׎א‬ɮȒɎƺɀ Ȓǔ ɖȇ ɀƺƏɎǣȇǕ Ɏǝƺ ǣȇƬɖȅƫƺȇɎ ÁƺƳ !ȸɖɿً ƺɎȒ ɯƏɀȇ‫ټ‬Ɏ ƏƫǼƺ ɎȒ ɯǣȇِ Ɏ ƏȸȒɖȇƳ ‫ ז‬ɎǝƏɎ ȇǣǕǝɎً x³z ! ƬƏǼǼƺƳ Ɏǝƺ ȸƏƬƺ ǔȒȸ !ȸɖɿِ Ɏ ɎǝƏɎ ȅȒȅƺȇɎً X Ǹȇƺɯِ X Ǹȇƺɯ ɎǝƏɎ ƳƺɀȵǣɎƺ the thousands of postcards we wrote, ȵǝȒȇƺ ƬƏǼǼɀ ɯƺ ȅƏƳƺً ɎƺɴɎɀ ɯƺ ɀƺȇɎ and doors we knocked on, it still wasn’t enough. But I also knew that

ƏǼǼ ǝȒȵƺ ɯƏɀ ȇȒɎ ǼȒɀɎِ !ȒɖȇɎǼƺɀɀ ǕȒȒƳ ɎǝǣȇǕɀ ƬƏȅƺ ȒɖɎ Ȓǔ ɎǝƏɎ ȇǣǕǝɎِ Áǝƺ ˡȸɀɎ xɖɀǼǣȅ ƏȇƳ zƏɎǣɮƺ ȅƺȸǣƬƏȇ ɯȒȅƺȇ ɯƺȸƺ ƺǼƺƬɎƺƳ ɎȒ !ȒȇǕȸƺɀɀِ !ȒȇȇƺƬɎǣƬɖɎ ƏȇƳ xƏɀɀƏƬǝɖɀƺɎɎɀ ƺǼƺƬɎƺƳ Ɏǝƺǣȸ ˡȸɀɎ ǔȸǣƬƏȇ ȅƺȸǣƬƏȇ ɯȒȅƏȇ ɎȒ !ȒȇǕȸƺɀɀِ ÁƺɴƏɀ ƺǼƺƬɎƺƳ Ɏǝƺǣȸ ˡȸɀɎ nƏɎǣȇɴ ɯȒȅƺȇ ƬȒȇǕȸƺɀɀɯȒȅƏȇِ ȇƳ Ɏǝƺ ɵȒɖȇǕƺɀɎ ɯȒȅƏȇ ƺɮƺȸ ɯƏɀ ƺǼƺƬɎƺƳ ɎȒ !ȒȇǕȸƺɀɀِ IȒȸ ɯȒȅƺȇ ƏȇƳ ȅǣȇȒȸǣɎǣƺɀً Ɏǝƺɀƺ ȅǣƳɎƺȸȅ ƺǼƺƬɎǣȒȇɀ ɯƺȸƺ ɖȇƳȒɖƫɎƺƳǼɵ

successful, and these historically underrepresented groups now have better ȸƺȵȸƺɀƺȇɎƏɎǣȒȇ ǣȇ !ȒȇǕȸƺɀɀ ɎǝƏȇ ƺɮƺȸ before. ȒɎǝ ǣȇ ÁƺɴƏɀ ƏȇƳ ȇƏɎǣȒȇɯǣƳƺً Ɏǝƺɀƺ ȅǣƳɎƺȸȅɀ ȅƏƳƺ ǝǣɀɎȒȸɵِ Xȇ ɎǝƏɎ ȅȒȅƺȇɎً X Ǹȇƺɯ ɎǝƏɎ Ȓɖȸ ƺǔǔȒȸɎɀ ǣȇ ÁƺɴƏɀ had fallen short, but I also knew that the United States had begun to change for the better. the dragon tribune

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lights, camera, action behind the scenes of KDGN by katherine loomis, staff writer

0ɮƺȸɵ ÁɖƺɀƳƏɵ ƏȇƳ IȸǣƳƏɵ ƏɎ ‫ א׏ي׏׏‬ Əِȅًِ ɀɎɖƳƺȇɎɀ ƏǼǼ ƏƬȸȒɀɀ Ɏǝƺ ɀƬǝȒȒǼ ɮǣƺɯ Ə ‫ ׎׏ٮה‬ȅǣȇɖɎƺ ɀǝȒɯ ƬȒȅȵȒɀƺƳ Ȓǔ ɀƺǕȅƺȇɎɀ ƏƫȒɖɎ ƏɎǝǼƺɎǣƬɀً ɀɎɖƳƺȇɎ Ǽǣǔƺً ƬȒȅȅɖȇǣɎɵ ƺɮƺȇɎɀ ƏȇƳ ƏƬƏƳƺȅǣƬɀِ ³ǣȇƬƺ ɀɎɖƳƺȇɎɀ ȒȇǼɵ ɀƺƺ Ə ǔƺɯ ȅǣȇɖɎƺɀ Ȓǔ ƬȒɮƺȸƏǕƺ ɎɯǣƬƺ ɯƺƺǸǼɵً Ɏǝƺ ƏȅȒɖȇɎ Ȓǔ Ɏǣȅƺ spent behind the scenes planning, ɀƬǝƺƳɖǼǣȇǕً ɀƬȸǣȵɎǣȇǕً ˡǼȅǣȇǕً ƺƳǣɎing and anchoring the broadcast, k(Jzً ǣɀ ȒǔɎƺȇ ɖȇƳƺȸƺɀɎǣȅƏɎƺƳِ ‫ ٹ‬ɖȸ ɀɎƏǔǔ ƳȒƺɀ ɀȒ ȅɖƬǝ ǔȒȸ Ɏǝƺ ȵȸȒǕȸƏȅ ƏȇƳ ǣɎ ǣɀ ȸƺȅƏȸǸƏƫǼƺ ɎȒ ɀƺƺ Ɏǝƺ ˡȇƏǼ ȵȸȒƳɖƬɎً‫ ٺ‬ɀƺȇǣȒȸ hƺɀɀǣƬƏ áƺƳǣȇǕƺȸً k(Jz‫ټ‬ɀ ȵȸȒƳɖƬɎǣȒȇ ƳǣȸƺƬɎȒȸً ɀƏǣƳِ ‫ٹ‬áƺ ȵȒɖȸ ƏǼǼ Ȓǔ Ȓɖȸ Ɏǣȅƺ ƏȇƳ ƺǔǔȒȸɎ ǣȇɎȒ ƺƏƬǝ ƏȇƳ ƺɮƺȸɵ ɀǝȒɯً ƏȇƳ ǣɎ ƏǼǼ ƫƺƬȒȅƺɀ ɯȒȸɎǝ ǣɎ ɯǝƺȇ ɀȒȅƺȒȇƺ ƏȵȵȸȒƏƬǝƺɀ ȅƺ Ȓȸ ɀȒȅƺȒȇƺ ƺǼɀƺ ǣȇ Ȓɖȸ ɀɎƏǔǔ ƏȇƳ Ɏǝƺɵ ȅƺȇɎǣȒȇ ɀȒȅƺɎǝǣȇǕ ɎǝƏɎ ɯƺ ƬȒɮƺȸƺƳ ǣȇ Ȓɖȸ ɀǝȒɯِ áƺ Əȸƺ ƏǼǼ student journalists, and our goal is to provide the student body ɯǣɎǝ ǣȇǔȒȸȅƏɎǣȒȇ ȵƺȸɎƏǣȇǣȇǕ ɎȒ Ȓɖȸ school.”

This year, there are two KDGN ƬǼƏɀɀ ƫǼȒƬǸɀِ ȇƺ ƬǼƏɀɀ ǣɀ ƬȒȅ-

ȵȒɀƺƳ Ȓǔ ˡȸɀɎ‫ٮ‬ɵƺƏȸ ƫȸȒƏƳƬƏɀɎ students, who learned the basics Ȓǔ ƫȸȒƏƳƬƏɀɎ ǴȒɖȸȇƏǼǣɀȅ ƏɎ Ɏǝƺ beginning of the year, and then ǣȇɎƺȇɀǣˡƺƳ Ɏǝƺǣȸ ǸȇȒɯǼƺƳǕƺ ƫɵ ƬȸƺƏɎǣȇǕ ɀƺǕȅƺȇɎɀ ǔȒȸ Ɏǝƺ ɀǝȒɯɀ ƏȇƳ receiving critiques. The other class ǣɀ ȅƏƳƺ ɖȵ Ȓǔ ɮƺɎƺȸƏȇ ɀɎɖƳƺȇɎɀ ɯǝȒ ǝƏɮƺ ɀƺȸɮƺƳ Ȓȇ ɀɎƏǔǔ ǔȸȒȅ Ȓȇƺ to three years.

“Producers, veterans, and rookǣƺɀ ƏǼǣǸƺ ǝƏɮƺ ƏǼǼ ǼƺƏȸȇƺƳ ɀȒ ȅɖƬǝ Ɏǝǣɀ ɵƺƏȸً ƏȇƳ ɯƺ ƏǼǼ ǝƏɮƺ ȅȒȸƺ ɎȒ ǼƺƏȸȇً‫ ٺ‬ɀƺȇǣȒȸ 0ȸǣȇ (Ȓȸȇƺɵً Ɏǝƺ ‫ٮ‬ day producer, said. “There is always ɀȒȅƺɎǝǣȇǕ ɵȒɖ ƬƏȇ ǣȅȵȸȒɮƺ Ȓȇِ‫ٺ‬ ɀ Ɏǝƺ ɀɎɖƳƺȇɎɀ Ȓǔ k(Jz ɯȒȸǸ ɎȒ ǣȅȵȸȒɮƺ ƏȇƳ ƬȒȇɎǣȇɖƺ ɎȒ ǕƺɎ better, they, like the yearbook and ȇƺɯɀȵƏȵƺȸً ɀɖƫȅǣɎ Ɏǝƺǣȸ ɯȒȸǸ ǔȒȸ ƏɯƏȸƳɀ ƳɖȸǣȇǕ ɀƺƬȒȇƳ ɀƺȅƺɀɎƺȸِ “It’s really great that yearbook gets recognition for the awards they win each year, and hearing students that aren’t in Dragon Media ɎƏǼǸ ƏƫȒɖɎ Ɏǝƺȅ ǣɀ ȸƺƏǼǼɵ ȅȒɎǣɮƏɎǣȇǕً‫( ٺ‬Ȓȸȇƺɵ ɀƏǣƳِ ‫ ٹ‬ɖɎ ɯƺ ɀɖƫȅǣɎ ǔȒȸ ƬȒȅȵƺɎǣɎǣȒȇ ƺɮƺȸɵ ɵƺƏȸ Əɀ ɯƺǼǼً

ƏȇƳ ɯǝƺȇ ɯƺ ƳȒ ɯǣȇ ǔȒȸ ɀȵƺƬǣˡƬ ƬƏɎƺǕȒȸǣƺɀً ȇȒɎ ȅƏȇɵ ȵƺȒȵǼƺ ǝƺƏȸ ƏƫȒɖɎ ǣɎِ X ɯȒɖǼƳ ǼǣǸƺ ɎȒ ȅƏǸƺ Ȓɖȸ ƏƬǝǣƺɮƺȅƺȇɎɀ ȅȒȸƺ ǸȇȒɯȇ ɎȒ Ɏǝƺ ɀɎɖƳƺȇɎ ƫȒƳɵ ǣȇ Ɏǝƺ ƬȒȅǣȇǕ ɀƺȅƺɀɎƺȸً Əɀ ɯƺǼǼ Əɀ Ǹƺƺȵ ɀɎɖƳƺȇɎɀ interested in what the yearbook and newspaper are awarded.”

Despite all of this, the aspect of each ɀǝȒɯ ɎǝƏɎ ǣɀ ȅȒɀɎ ǣȅȵȒȸɎƏȇɎ ǣɀ ȇȒɎ necessarily visible to the student body: the layers of ƬƏȅƏȸƏƳƺȸǣƺ ƫƺǝǣȇƳ Ɏǝƺȅِ

Bonding is inevitable. our ties are unshakeable.

-matthew goldberg

“Bonding is inevitable when you spend late night after late night ɯǣɎǝ Ɏǝƺ ɀƏȅƺ ȵƺȒȵǼƺً ɯƏɎƬǝing, editing, and rewatching the shows,” senior Matthew Goldberg, Ɏǝƺ ƺɴƺƬɖɎǣɮƺ ȵȸȒƳɖƬƺȸً ɀƏǣƳِ ‫ٹ‬X ǝƏɮƺ ȅƏƳƺ ɀȒȅƺ Ȓǔ ȅɵ ƬǼȒɀƺɀɎ friends in Dragon Media, and our ties are unshakable.”

ƫȒɮƺ‫ ي‬³ƺȇǣȒȸ xƏɎɎǝƺɯ JȒǼƳƫƺȸǕً k(Jz‫ټ‬ɀ ƺɴƺƬɖɎǣɮƺ ȵȸȒƳɖƬƺȸً ƺƳǣɎɀ Ə ɀǝȒɯ ƫƺǔȒȸƺ FEAT URES

ƫȒɮƺ‫ ي‬hɖȇǣȒȸ kƏǣǼƺƺ xƬ!ƏǼǼ ƏȇƳ ɀƺȇǣȒȸ 0ȸǣȇ (Ȓȸȇƺɵ ȵȸƺȵƏȸƺ ɎȒ ƏȇƬǝȒȸ Əȇ ƺȵǣɀȒƳƺ Ȓǔ

airing.

KDGN. photos by: M. Hall

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by jack tucker, assistant coverage editor 0ɮƺȸɵ ɵƺƏȸً Ȓȇƺ Ȓǔ Ɏǝƺ ȅȒɀɎ ƏȇɎǣƬǣȵƏɎƺƳ ƺɮƺȇɎɀ Ȓǔ Ɏǝƺ ȅȒȇɎǝ Ȓǔ May is the day when students ˡȇƏǼǼɵ ȸƺƬƺǣɮƺ Ɏǝƺǣȸ ɵƺƏȸƫȒȒǸِ 0ɮƺȸɵ ÁɖƺɀƳƏɵ ƏȇƳ IȸǣƳƏɵً ɀɎɖƳƺȇɎɀ ƺȇǴȒɵ k(Jzً ɎƏǸǣȇǕ Ɏƺȇ ȅǣȇɖɎƺɀ ȒɖɎ Ȓǔ their routine to get an inside look at the daily lives of students. Every week, the Dragon Tribune’s online newspaper is updated with the latest news stories, features and opinions on the events and people affecting the school. Throughout the year, Dragon Media creates content for the student body to ƺȇǴȒɵ ƏȇƳ ƺɴȵǼȒȸƺِ (ȸƏǕȒȇ xƺƳǣƏ is the one way ticket into the lives Ȓǔ ɀɎɖƳƺȇɎɀ ƏɎ !ƏȸȸȒǼǼ ³ƺȇǣȒȸ RǣǕǝ School. áǝǣǼƺ ȅȒɀɎ ɀɎɖƳƺȇɎɀ ǴɖɀɎ ƺȇǴȒɵ the fruits of Dragon Media’s labor, Ɏǝƺ ‫ דו‬ɀɎɖƳƺȇɎɀ ǣȇ Ɏǝƺ ȵȸȒǕȸƏȅ see KDGN, The Dragon yearbook and The Dragon Tribune in a difǔƺȸƺȇɎ ǼǣǕǝɎِ Áǝƺ ˡȇƏǼ ȵȸȒƳɖƬɎɀ that the students see are just one ɀȅƏǼǼ ȵǣƺƬƺ Ȓǔ ɯǝƏɎ ȅƏǸƺɀ (ȸƏǕȒȇ xƺƳǣƏ ɀɖƬƬƺɀɀǔɖǼِ áǝƏɎ ǣɀȇ‫ټ‬Ɏ ɀƺƺȇ are the hours of hard work that go into each and every page of the yearbook, every story that’s published in the newspaper, and every ɀƺǕȅƺȇɎ ɎǝƏɎ Əǣȸɀ Ȓȇ k(Jzِ Áǝƺ students of Dragon Media spend ƬȒɖȇɎǼƺɀɀ ǝȒɖȸɀ ǣȇ «ȒȒȅ ‫ ًד׏׏‬ȵȒɖȸǣȇǕ Ɏǝƺǣȸ ƺȇƺȸǕɵ ɎȒ ƬȸƺƏɎƺ ɀȒȅƺthing that they will be proud of.

ƫȒɮƺ‫ ي‬³ƺȇǣȒȸ hƺɀɀǣƬƏ xƺǼȒƬǣǸً ƬȒɮƺȸƏǕƺ ƺƳǣɎȒȸ Ȓǔ Áǝƺ Dragon yearbook, creates a weekly calendar of events to ƬȒɮƺȸ ǣȇ Ɏǝƺ ƫȒȒǸ ƏɎ Ə ǼƏɎƺ‫ٮ‬ȇǣǕǝɎ ɯȒȸǸ ȇǣǕǝɎ Ȓȇ ƬɎِ ‫ِה׏‬ «ǣǕǝɎ‫ ي‬³ƺȇǣȒȸɀ hƏƬǸ RǣȇɎɿƺً ȇƳȸƺɯ xƺǼƫȒɖȸȇƺً hƺɀɀǣƬƏ xƺǼȒƬǣǸً ƏȇƳ ǴɖȇǣȒȸ ÁȸƺɮȒȸ 0ƏɀɎȒȇ ȵȸƺȵƏȸƺ ɎȒ ƺɴȵƺȸǣƺȇƬƺ ‫ٹ‬ÁǣǼɎٍ‫ ٺ‬ƏɎ !ǝǣƬƏǕȒ‫ټ‬ɀ hȒǝȇ RƏȇƬȒƬǸ ƫɖǣǼƳǣȇǕِ ȵǝȒɎȒ ƬȸƺƳǣɎ‫ ِ! ي‬JǼƺǣȅً zِ ȸȒɯȇ

inside room 115 behind the scenes of Carroll’s media program They get to school early and stay way later than they should, trying ɎȒ ƬȒȇɮƺɵ ƺɮƺȸɵɎǝǣȇǕ ɎǝƏɎ !ƏȸȸȒǼǼ ǣɀ and stands for in everything that they create. ‫ٹ‬áƺ ɀȵƺȇƳ ɀȒ ȅɖƬǝ Ɏǣȅƺ Ȓȇ ƺƏƬǝ story, each page, and each episode ɎȒ ȅƏǸƺ ɀɖȸƺ ɎǝƏɎ ƺɮƺȸɵɎǝǣȇǕ ǣɀ Ɏǝƺ ɯƏɵ ɯƺ ɯƏȇɎ ǣɎً ƏȇƳ ɀȒȅƺɎǣȅƺɀ ǣɎ‫ټ‬ɀ hard because people don’t really ȸƺƏǼǣɿƺ ǝȒɯ ȅɖƬǝ ǣɀ ȵɖɎ ǣȇɎȒ (ȸƏǕon Media, but we love doing what ɯƺ ƳȒً ƏȇƳ ɎǝƏɎ‫ټ‬ɀ ɯǝƏɎ ȅƏɎɎƺȸɀً‫ ٺ‬ ǴɖȇǣȒȸ ³ƏȸƏǝ áǣȇƬǝً ȅƏȇƏǕǣȇǕ ƺƳǣtor of the Dragon Tribune, said. k(Jz ǣɀ ȅƏƳƺ ɖȵ Ȓǔ ƫȸȒƏƳƬƏɀɎ students who produce and edit two episodes a week about current news and topics related to our school and its students. ‫ ٹ‬ƺǣȇǕ ǣȇ k(Jz ǝƏɀ ǝƺǼȵƺƳ ȅƺ ǕƺɎ ȅȒȸƺ ȵȸƏƬɎǣƬƺ ǔȒȸ ɯǝƏɎ X ɯƏȇɎ ɎȒ ƳȒ ǣȇ ȅɵ ǔɖɎɖȸƺ ƏȇƳ ǣɎ ǝƏɀ ƫƺƺȇ Ə ǕȸƺƏɎ ƺɴȵƺȸǣƺȇƬƺ ɯǣɎǝ Ə ǕȸƺƏɎ ǔƏȅǣǼɵً‫ ٺ‬ǴɖȇǣȒȸ JƏɮǣȇ ñƺǣɎɀǣǔǔ ɀƏǣƳِ ‫ٹ‬X‫ټ‬ȅ ǼȒȒǸǣȇǕ ǔȒȸɯƏȸƳ ɎȒ ǝƺǼȵǣȇǕ ȅȒȸƺ ȵƺȒȵǼƺ ȒɖɎ ɯǣɎǝ ƺƳǣɎǣȇǕ ƏȇƳ ɎȒ ƬȒȇɎǣȇɖƺ ȅƏǸǣȇǕ Ɏǝƺ ƫƺɀɎ ɀƺǕȅƺȇɎɀ ɎǝƏɎ X ƬƏȇ ȅƏǸƺِ‫ٺ‬ The staff of “The Dragon” yearbook and the Dragon Tribune work together to produce stories, photography, and content for the online and print newspaper, along with ȅƏǸǣȇǕ ɀȵȸƺƏƳɀ ǔȒȸ Ɏǝƺ ɵƺƏȸƫȒȒǸِ ‫ٹ‬çƺƏȸƫȒȒǸ ǣɀ ɎȸɖǼɵ Ə ǔɖǼǼ Ɏǣȅƺ ǴȒƫً‫ ٺ‬ ɀƺȇǣȒȸ zǣƬȒǼƺ hƏȅƺɀً Ȓȇƺ Ȓǔ Ɏǝƺ ƺɴƺƬɖɎǣɮƺ ƺƳǣɎȒȸɀ Ȓǔ Ɏǝƺ ɵƺƏȸƫȒȒǸً said. “It’s a lot of late nights and countless cups of coffee. Yearbook has required a lot of dedication, ƫɖɎ ǣɎ ǝƏɀ ɎƏɖǕǝɎ ȅƺ ǼƺɀɀȒȇɀ ɎǝƏɎ X ƬȒɖǼƳȇ‫ټ‬Ɏ ǼƺƏȸȇ ǣȇ Ə ƬǼƏɀɀȸȒȒȅِ‫ٺ‬ áǝǣǼƺ Ə ǕȸƺƏɎ ƳƺƏǼ Ȓǔ ɯȒȸǸ ǕȒƺɀ into all of the products that are

ȵȸȒƳɖƬƺƳ ǣȇ «ȒȒȅ ‫ ًד׏׏‬Ɏǝƺ ɀɎɖdents of Dragon Media have their ǔƏǣȸ ɀǝƏȸƺ Ȓǔ ǔɖȇً ɎȒȒِ Xȇ zȒɮƺȅƫƺȸً 12 Dragon Media students travelled ɎȒ !ǝǣƬƏǕȒ ǔȒȸ ˡɮƺ ƳƏɵɀ ɎȒ ƺɴȵǼȒȸƺ the city and attend a high school ǴȒɖȸȇƏǼǣɀȅ ƬȒȇǔƺȸƺȇƬƺِ ‫ٹ‬JƺɎɎǣȇǕ ɎȒ ǕȒ ɎȒ !ǝǣƬƏǕȒ ɯƏɀ Əȇ ɖȇǔȒȸǕƺɎɎƏƫǼƺ ƺɴȵƺȸǣƺȇƬƺ ǔɖǼǼ Ȓǔ ǼƏɖǕǝɎƺȸً ȇƺɯ ƺɴȵƺȸǣƺȇƬƺɀ ƏȇƳ ǔɖȇً‫ ٺ‬áǣȇƬǝ ɀƏǣƳِ ‫ٹ‬JȒǣȇǕ Ȓȇ Ɏǝǣɀ Ɏȸǣȵ ƳƺˡȇǣɎƺǼɵ ǝƺǼȵƺƳ ɖɀ ƫȒȇƳ ƺɮƺȇ ƬǼȒɀƺȸ ɎȒǕƺɎǝƺȸ ƏȇƳ ȅƏƳƺ ɖɀ ȅȒȸƺ Ȓǔ Ə ǔƏȅǣǼɵِ‫ٺ‬ áǝǣǼƺ Ɏǝƺ ɀɎɖƳƺȇɎɀ Ȓǔ (ȸƏǕȒȇ Media pour countless hours into the products that they create, the ȵȸȒǕȸƏȅ ƬȸƺƏɎƺɀ ȒȵȵȒȸɎɖȇǣɎǣƺɀ for the future and bonds between ɀɎɖƳƺȇɎɀ ɎǝƏɎ ȅƏǸƺ ƏǼǼ Ȓǔ Ɏǝƺ ǝƏȸƳ work worth it. ‫ٹ‬áǝƺȇ X ǴȒǣȇƺƳ Ɏǝƺ ȇƺɯɀȵƏȵƺȸ ɀɎƏǔǔ Ȓȇ Ə ɯǝǣȅ ǴɖȇǣȒȸ ɵƺƏȸً X ȇƺɮƺȸ thought that Dragon Media would ƫƺƬȒȅƺ Ɏǝƺ ˡɴɎɖȸƺ ǣȇ ȅɵ Ǽǣǔƺ ɎǝƏɎ ǣɎ has,” senior Peyton Proksch, editorin-chief of the Dragon Tribune said. ‫ٹ‬Áǝƺ ȒȵȵȒȸɎɖȇǣɎǣƺɀً ǼƺƏȸȇǣȇǕ ƺɴȵƺȸǣences and lifelong friendships that Ɏǝǣɀ ȵȸȒǕȸƏȅ ǝƏɮƺ ȒǔǔƺȸƺƳ ȅƺ Əȸƺ things that I wouldn’t trade for the ɯȒȸǼƳِ «ȒȒȅ ‫ ד׏׏‬ǣɀ ȅɵ ǝȒȅƺً ƏȇƳ I would truly do anything for the people who I share it with.”

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opinion: Supreme Court nominee confirmed amidst scandal Sexual assault in the media and the ongoing struggles of survivors

by Caitlin Davidson, Staff Writer Áǝƺ ƬȒȇˡȸȅƏɎǣȒȇ ȵȸȒƬƺɀɀ Ȓǔ ȇƺɯ ³ɖȵȸƺȅƺ !ȒɖȸɎ ɀɀȒƬǣƏɎƺ hɖƳǕƺ Brett Kavanaugh was not easy. It ɯƏɀ ȇȒɎ ȷɖǣƬǸِ ȇƳ ǔȒȸ ȅƏȇɵً ǣɎ ƫȸȒɖǕǝɎ ƳƺƬƏƳƺɀ‫ٮ‬ȒǼƳ ȅƺȅȒȸǣƺɀ ɎȒ the surface.

ǔȸȒȅ Ɏǝƺ ƳɵɀɎȒȵǣƏȇ Áà ɀǝȒɯ ‫ ٹ‬ RƏȇƳȅƏǣƳ‫ټ‬ɀ ÁƏǼƺً‫ ٺ‬ɀƺɎ ǣȇ Ɏǝƺ ȇȒɎ‫ٮ‬ɀȒ‫ٮ‬ ƳǣɀɎƏȇɎ ǔɖɎɖȸƺ ɯǝƺȸƺ ɯȒȅƺȇ ǝƏɮƺ ȇȒ ȸǣǕǝɎɀً Ə ƫȒǼƳ ȅȒɮƺ ƺȅȵǝƏɀǣɿing just how chilling Kavanaugh’s views really are.

ƏǼɖȅȇǣ Ȓǔ ǝƺȸ ǝǣǕǝ ɀƬǝȒȒǼً RȒǼɎȒȇ‫ٮ‬ ȸȅɀ ³ƬǝȒȒǼً ɀǝƏȸƺƳ Ɏǝƺǣȸ ɀɖȵȵȒȸɎ of her. Despite this, her courage ƏȇƳ ɀƺǼǔ‫ٮ‬ɀƏƬȸǣˡƬƺ ǔȒȸ Ɏǝƺ ȅƺȸǣƬƏȇ ȵƺȒȵǼƺ ƳȒȇ‫ټ‬Ɏ ɀƺƺȅ ɎȒ ǝȒǼƳ ȅɖƬǝ ɯƺǣǕǝɎ ǣȇ Ɏǝƺ ƺɵƺɀ Ȓǔ ǼƏɯȅƏǸƺȸɀِ

ǔɎƺȸ ɯƺƺǸɀ Ȓǔ ƬȒȇɎǣȇɖƺƳ ƬȒȇtroversy, Kavanaugh has been ƬȒȇˡȸȅƺƳ ɎȒ ɀƺȸɮƺ Əɀ Əȇ ɀɀȒƬǣƏɎƺ hɖƳǕƺ Ȓȇ Ɏǝƺ ³ɖȵȸƺȅƺ !ȒɖȸɎ ǔȒǼǼȒɯǣȇǕ Ə ƬǼȒɀƺ ‫ זגٮ׎ד‬ɮȒɎƺ ǣȇ the Senate. However, the new «ƺȵɖƫǼǣƬƏȇ ȅƏǴȒȸǣɎɵ ǝǣɀ ƬȒȇˡȸȅƏtion created in the court does not ȸƺȵȸƺɀƺȇɎ Ɏǝƺ ɮǣƺɯɀ Ȓǔ Ɏǝƺ ȅƺȸǣƬƏȇ ȵƺȒȵǼƺِ Áǝƺ ‫ ׎ד‬٢ȅȒɀɎǼɵ ƬȒȇɀƺȸɮƏɎǣɮƺ٣ ɀƺȇƏɎȒȸɀ ɯǝȒ ɮȒɎƺƳ ɵƺɀ Ȓȇ kƏɮƏȇƏɖǕǝ ȸƺȵȸƺɀƺȇɎ ȒȇǼɵ ‫ בג׏‬ ȅǣǼǼǣȒȇً Ȓȸ ‫ בג‬ȵƺȸƬƺȇɎً Ȓǔ Ɏǝƺ ȅƺȸǣƬƏȇ ȵƺȒȵǼƺً ɯǝǣǼƺ Ɏǝƺ ‫ זג‬ɀƺȇƏɎȒȸɀ ɯǝȒ ɮȒɎƺƳ ȇȒ ȸƺȵȸƺɀƺȇɎ ‫ ׏ז׏‬ȅǣǼǼǣȒȇ people. This is a disturbing setback ǣȇ ƳƺȅȒƬȸƏƬɵ ƏȇƳ Ɏǝƺ ȸǣǕǝɎɀ Ȓǔ Ɏǝƺ people.

ȇ ³ƺȵɎِ ‫( ًה׏‬ȸِ !ǝȸǣɀɎǣȇƺ ǼƏɀƺɵ‫ٮ‬ IȒȸƳً Ə ȵɀɵƬǝȒǼȒǕɵ ȵȸȒǔƺɀɀȒȸ ƏɎ ¨ƏǼȒ ǼɎȒ ÈȇǣɮƺȸɀǣɎɵً ƬƏȅƺ ǔȒȸɯƏȸƳ with allegations that when she was 15 years old, Kavanaugh, then 17, ɀƺɴɖƏǼǼɵ ƏɀɀƏɖǼɎƺƳ ǝƺȸ Ȓȇƺ ȇǣǕǝɎ ƏɎ Ə ɀȅƏǼǼ ǕƏɎǝƺȸǣȇǕِ ³ǝƺ ɀɎƏɎƺƳ ɎǝƏɎ ǝƺ ǼƺƳ ǝƺȸ ɎȒ Ə ȸȒȒȅ ǣȇ Ɏǝƺ ǝȒɖɀƺ ɯǝǣǼƺ ƺɴɎȸƺȅƺǼɵ ǣȇɎȒɴǣƬƏɎƺƳِ Rƺ then pinned her down on the bed ƏȇƳ ǕȸȒȵƺƳ ǝƺȸِ áǝƺȇ ɀǝƺ ɎȸǣƺƳ ɎȒ ɀƬȸƺƏȅً ǝƺ ȵɖɎ ǝƺȸ ǝƏȇƳ Ȓɮƺȸ ǝƺȸ ȅȒɖɎǝِ Xȇ ɎǝƏɎ ȅȒȅƺȇɎً ɀǝƺ ƫƺlieved that he would inadvertently kill her.

despite this, her courage and self-sacrifice don’t seem to hold much weight in the eyes of lawmakers.

Áǝƺ ƬȒȇɎȸȒɮƺȸɀɵ ƫƺǕƏȇ Ɏǝƺ ȅȒȅƺȇɎ ¨ȸƺɀǣƳƺȇɎ Áȸɖȅȵ ȇȒȅǣȇƏɎƺƳ kƏɮƏȇƏɖǕǝ ɎȒ ɀƺȸɮƺ Əɀ Əȇ ɀɀȒƬǣate Judge, replacing newly retired hɖɀɎǣƬƺ ȇɎǝȒȇɵ xِ kƺȇȇƺƳɵِ RɖȇƳȸƺƳɀ Ȓǔ ȵƺȒȵǼƺ ƬƏȅƺ ɎȒ ǝǣɀ ƬȒȇˡȸȅƏɎǣȒȇ ǝƺƏȸǣȇǕ ɎȒ ȵȸȒɎƺɀɎ kƏɮƏȇƏɖǕǝ‫ټ‬ɀ ɀƺɴǣɀɎ ɮǣƺɯɀ Ȓȇ ƏƫȒȸɎǣȒȇٕ he has continually reinforced the ƫƺǼǣƺǔ ɎǝƏɎ Ɏǝƺ ǕȒɮƺȸȇȅƺȇɎ ɀǝȒɖǼƳ be able to strictly regulate aborɎǣȒȇً ǝƏȸȅǣȇǕ Ɏǝƺ ȸǣǕǝɎɀ Ȓǔ ɯȒȅƺȇ to have control over their bodies ƏȇƳ Ɏǝƺǣȸ ȵȸǣɮƏƬɵِ ǕȸȒɖȵ Ȓǔ ɯȒȅƺȇ ƺɮƺȇ ƬƏȅƺ ƳȸƺɀɀƺƳ ǣȇ ƬȒɀɎɖȅƺɀ

‫ٹ‬X ɎȸǣƺƳ ɎȒ ɵƺǼǼ ǔȒȸ ǝƺǼȵً‫ ٺ‬IȒȸƳ ɀƏǣƳ ǣȇ ǝƺȸ ƬǝǣǼǼǣȇǕ ȒȵƺȇǣȇǕ ɀɎƏɎƺȅƺȇɎِ ‫ٹ‬áǝƺȇ X ƳǣƳً ȸƺɎɎ ȵɖɎ ǝǣɀ ǝƏȇƳ Ȓɮƺȸ ȅɵ ȅȒɖɎǝ ɎȒ ɀɎȒȵ ȅƺ ǔȸȒȅ ɀƬȸƺƏȅǣȇǕِ Áǝǣɀ ɯƏɀ ɯǝƏɎ ɎƺȸȸǣˡƺƳ ȅƺ Ɏǝƺ ȅȒɀɎً ƏȇƳ ǝƏɀ ǝƏƳ Ɏǝƺ ȅȒɀɎ ǼƏɀɎǣȇǕ ǣȅȵƏƬɎ Ȓȇ ȅɵ Ǽǣǔƺِ XɎ ɯƏɀ ǝƏȸƳ ǔȒȸ ȅƺ ɎȒ ƫȸƺƏɎǝƺً ƏȇƳ X thought that Brett was accidenɎƏǼǼɵ ǕȒǣȇǕ ɎȒ ǸǣǼǼ ȅƺِ‫ٺ‬ Her allegations didn’t lack eviƳƺȇƬƺٕ ɀǝƺ ƳƺɀƬȸǣƫƺƳ Ɏǝƺ ƏɀɀƏɖǼɎ ǣȇ ȅɖǼɎǣȵǼƺ ɎǝƺȸƏȵɵ ɀƺɀɀǣȒȇɀ ɵƺƏȸɀ ago and even alluded to Kavanaugh being her attacker. She passed a polygraph test that showed all parts of her story to be true. Many

Áǝǣɀ ɀɎȒȸɵ ǣɀ ƏǼǼ ɎȒȒ ǔƏȅǣǼǣƏȸ ǔȒȸ ɎǝȒɖɀƏȇƳɀ Ȓǔ ɯȒȅƺȇِ ³ɎƏɎǣɀɎǣƬɀ ǔȸȒȅ Ɏǝƺ zƏɎǣȒȇƏǼ ³ƺɴɖƏǼ àǣȒǼƺȇƬƺ «ƺɀȒɖȸƬƺ !ƺȇɎƺȸ ɀǝȒɯ ɎǝƏɎ ȇƺƏȸǼɵ ‫ ׏‬ ǣȇ ‫ ד‬ɯȒȅƺȇ Əȸƺ ɀƺɴɖƏǼǼɵ ƏɀɀƏɖǼɎƺƳً ƏƫɖɀƺƳ Ȓȸ ȸƏȵƺƳ ǣȇ Ɏǝƺǣȸ ǼǣǔƺɎǣȅƺِ «Əȵƺ ƏȇƳ ɀƺɴɖƏǼ ƏɀɀƏɖǼɎ Əȸƺ Ɏǝƺ ȅȒɀɎ ɖȇƳƺȸ ȸƺȵȒȸɎƺƳ Ƭȸǣȅƺɀٕ ȒȇǼɵ ‫ ׎׏ב‬ȒɖɎ Ȓǔ ƺɮƺȸɵ ‫ ׎׎׎׏‬ƬƏɀƺɀ Əȸƺ reported to the police. In the cases ɎǝƏɎ Əȸƺ ȸƺȵȒȸɎƺƳً ȅƏȇɵ ɯȒȅƺȇ report that no action is taken, and Ɏǝƺɵ Əȸƺ ǼƺǔɎ ɎȒ ƳƺƏǼ ɯǣɎǝ Ɏǝƺ ƺȅȒɎǣȒȇƏǼ ƏȇƳ ȵǝɵɀǣƬƏǼ ɎȸƏɖȅƏ ǔȒȸ Ɏǝƺ rest of their lives. ³ȒȒȇ ƏǔɎƺȸ IȒȸƳ‫ټ‬ɀ ƏǼǼƺǕƏɎǣȒȇɀ ɎȒɯƏȸƳ kƏɮƏȇƏɖǕǝ ɯƺȸƺ ȅƏƳƺ ȵɖƫǼǣƬً ɎɯȒ ȒɎǝƺȸ ɯȒȅƺȇ ƬƏȅƺ ǔȒȸɯƏȸƳ‫( ي‬ƺƫƫǣƺ «Əȅǣȸƺɿ ƏȇƳ hɖǼǣƺ ³ɯƺɎȇǣƬǸِ «Əȅǣȸƺɿ ƬǼƏǣȅɀ ɎǝƏɎ kƏɮƏȇƏɖǕǝ ƺɴȵȒɀƺƳ ǝǣȅɀƺǼǔ ɎȒ ǝƺȸ ƳɖȸǣȇǕ Ɏǝƺǣȸ Ɏǣȅƺ ƏɎ çƏǼƺ ÈȇǣɮƺȸɀǣɎɵ and Swetnick, another girl who

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nominee confirmed continued: Ǹȇƺɯ ǝǣȅ ǣȇ ǝǣǕǝ ɀƬǝȒȒǼً ƏƬƬɖɀƺƳ ǝǣȅ Ȓǔ ȵȸƺɵǣȇǕ Ȓȇ ǕǣȸǼɀ ƏɎ ȵƏȸɎǣƺɀً ɀȒȅƺɎǣȅƺɀ ƺɮƺȇ ɀȵǣǸǣȇǕ Ȓȸ ƳȸɖǕging their drinks.

Kavanaugh has unequivocally denied each of these accusations, ƏȇƳ IȒȸƳً ǣȇ ȵƏȸɎǣƬɖǼƏȸً ɯƏɀ ƬȸǣɎǣcized by Republicans for ɯƏǣɎǣȇǕ ɎȒ ȸƺɮƺƏǼ Ɏǝǣɀ ǣȇǔȒȸȅƏɎǣȒȇً suggesting that this was a way to ƳƺǼƏɵ ǝǣɀ ƬȒȇˡȸȅƏɎǣȒȇ ǝƺƏȸǣȇǕɀِ ¨ȸƺɀǣƳƺȇɎ Áȸɖȅȵ ƫƺǼǣƺɮƺɀ ɎǝƏɎ IȒȸƳ ȅƏƳƺ Ɏǝƺɀƺ ƏǼǼƺǕƏɎǣȒȇɀ ȒȇǼɵ ɎȒ ɖȇƳƺȸȅǣȇƺ ǝǣɀ ȵȸƺɀǣƳƺȇƬɵ ƏȇƳ to destroy Kavanaugh’s credibility. kƏɮƏȇƏɖǕǝ ƳƺǔƺȇƳƺƳ ǝǣȅɀƺǼǔ ƳɖȸǣȇǕ Ɏǝƺ ³ƺȵɎِ ‫ גא‬ǝƺƏȸǣȇǕ ɖɀǣȇǕ ȵȸȒȒǔ ǔȸȒȅ Ɏǝƺ ƳƺɎƏǣǼƺƳ ƬƏǼƺȇƳƏȸɀ ǝƺ ǸƺȵɎ ƳɖȸǣȇǕ Ɏǝƺ ɀɖȅȅƺȸ Ȓǔ ‫ ًאזח׏‬Ɏǝƺ Ɏǣȅƺ ǔȸƏȅƺ Ȓǔ Ɏǝƺ alleged assault. These calendars ɀǝȒɯƺƳ ȇȒ ƺɮǣƳƺȇƬƺ Ȓǔ ǝǣȅ ƫƺǣȇǕ ƏɎ Ə ǕƏɎǝƺȸǣȇǕ ɎǝƏɎ ȅƺƺɎɀ Ɏǝƺ ƬǣȸƬɖȅɀɎƏȇƬƺɀ ƳƺɀƬȸǣƫƺƳ ƫɵ IȒȸƳً ƏȇƳ ǝƺ ǔɖȸɎǝƺȸƺƳ Ɏǝƺ ȇȒɎǣȒȇ Ȓǔ Ɏǝƺ (ƺȅȒƬȸƏɎɀ ɖɀǣȇǕ IȒȸƳ

Əɀ Ə ɯƏɵ ɎȒ Ǹƺƺȵ ǝǣȅ Ȓǔǔ Ȓǔ Ɏǝƺ ³ɖȵȸƺȅƺ !ȒɖȸɎِ Rƺ ƏǼɀȒ ǣȇǣɎǣƏɎƺƳ the now popular Republican ɎǝƺȒȸɵ ɎǝƏɎ IȒȸƳ ȅǣɴƺƳ ɖȵ ǝƺȸ attackers, erroneously accusing Kavanaugh. The notion that IȒȸƳ ƬȒȅȵǼƺɎƺǼɵ ȅƏƳƺ ɖȵ Ɏǝƺ accusations or even forgot her ƏɎɎƏƬǸƺȸ ǣɀ Ə ǕȸȒɀɀ ɖȇƳƺȸƺɀɎǣȅƏɎǣȒȇ Ȓǔ Ɏǝƺ ǼƏɀɎǣȇǕ ǣȅȵƏƬɎ ɎǝƏɎ ɀƺɴɖƏǼ ƏɀɀƏɖǼɎ ǝƏɀ Ȓȇ Ɏǝƺ ɮǣƬɎǣȅ‫ټ‬ɀ Ǽǣǔƺِ IȒȸƳ ɯƏɀ ǕȸƺƏɎǼɵ ƬȸǣɎǣƬǣɿƺƳ ǔȒȸ forgetting details of her assault, ǝȒɯƺɮƺȸً Ɏǝǣɀ ǣɀ Ə ƬȒȅȅȒȇ ȒƬƬɖȸȸƺȇƬƺِ àǣƬɎǣȅɀ ɀƺǼƳȒȅ ȸƺȅƺȅƫƺȸ every detail of their attack and ɎƺȇƳ ȒȇǼɵ ɎȒ ȸƺȅƺȅƫƺȸ Əȇɵ ɖȇusual aspects of the setting. The ȅǣȅǣƬǸǣȇǕ ƏȇƳ ȸǣƳǣƬɖǼƺ ƏǣȅƺƳ ƏɎ IȒȸƳ ƏǔɎƺȸ ǝƺȸ ɎƺɀɎǣȅȒȇɵ ɯƏɀ ƳƺɀȵǣƬƏƫǼƺِ ¨ȸƺɀǣƳƺȇɎ Áȸɖȅȵ‫ټ‬ɀ ȵɖƫǼǣƬ ɀɎƏɎƺȅƺȇɎ ȅȒƬǸǣȇǕ IȒȸƳ ƏƫȒɖɎ ƫƺǣȇǕ ɖȇƏƫǼƺ ɎȒ ȸƺȅƺȅƫƺȸ ɀȵƺƬǣˡƬɀ ɯƏɀ ƺɀȵƺƬǣƏǼǼɵ ƬǝǣǼƳǣɀǝ and absurd, and showed a lack of respect for those who have gone ɎǝȸȒɖǕǝ ɀƺɴɖƏǼ ƏɀɀƏɖǼɎِ​ِ IȒȸƳ ǝƏƳ continually repeated throughout the hearing how she wished she ƬȒɖǼƳ ȸƺȅƺȅƫƺȸ ȅȒȸƺ ƏȇƳ ƫƺ

ȅȒȸƺ ǝƺǼȵful.

Despite a heavy push ǔȸȒȅ ɎǝȒɀƺ who support IȒȸƳً kƏɮƏnaugh was ƬȒȇˡȸȅƺƳ Əɀ Ɏǝƺ ȇƺɯƺɀɎ ɀɀȒƬǣƏɎƺ hɖƳǕƺ Ȓǔ Ɏǝƺ ÈȇǣɎƺƳ ³ɎƏɎƺɀ ³ɖȵȸƺȅƺ !ȒɖȸɎِ Tensions are still high along party lines, and the Kavanaugh situaɎǣȒȇ ǝƏɀ ȒȵƺȇƺƳ ƳȒȒȸɀ ǔȒȸ ȅȒȸƺ ɀƬƏȇƳƏǼɀ ɎȒ ǔƏƬƺ Ɏǝƺ ǕȒɮƺȸȇȅƺȇɎً ƺɀȵƺƬǣƏǼǼɵ ǣȇ Ɏǝƺ ɖȵƬȒȅǣȇǕ ȅǣƳɎƺȸȅ ƺǼƺƬɎǣȒȇɀِ IȒȸƳ ɀǝȒɯƺƳ ǣȅȅƺȇɀƺ ƫȸƏɮƺȸɵ ǣȇ ƬȒȅǣȇǕ ǔȒȸɎǝِ However, people’s truth and their ƺɴȵƺȸǣƺȇƬƺɀ ɯȒȇ‫ټ‬Ɏ ɀɎƏȸɎ ɎȒ ȅƏǸƺ a difference until those in power ‫ ٮ‬ƳƺɀȵǣɎƺ Ɏǝƺǣȸ ȵȒǼǣɎǣƬƏǼ ƏǔˡǼǣƏɎǣȒȇ ‫ ٮ‬ ȸƺƬȒǕȇǣɿƺ Ɏǝƺȅ Əɀ Ə ɀƺȸǣȒɖɀ ȸƺƏɀȒȇ ȇȒɎ ɎȒ ȵɖɎ ɀȒȅƺȒȇƺ ǼǣǸƺ Brett Kavanaugh in a place of high power. Until that day, we ȅɖɀɎ ƬȒȇɎǣȇɖƺ ɎȒ ˡǕǝɎ ɎǝȒɀƺ ɯǝȒ Ƴƺȇɵ Ɏǝƺ ƏɎȸȒƬǣɎǣƺɀ ɯȒȅƺȇ ƺɴȵƺrience in this country and cling to Ɏǝƺ ǝȒȵƺ ɎǝƏɎ ƬǝƏȇǕƺ ɯǣǼǼ ƬȒȅƺِ

we must continue to fight and cling to the hope that change will come.

opinion: stop saying sorry your existence shouldn’t be an apology by peyton proksch, editor in chief Sorry. Over the course of the past ǔƺɯ ɯƺƺǸɀً X‫ټ‬ɮƺ ƫƺƬȒȅƺ ȅȒȸƺ ƏȇƳ ȅȒȸƺ ƏɯƏȸƺ Ȓǔ ǴɖɀɎ ǝȒɯ ȅɖƬǝ X ɖɎɎƺȸ ɎǝƏɎ ˡɮƺ‫ٮ‬ǼƺɎɎƺȸ ɯȒȸƳِ ȵƺȇǣȇǕ ȅɵ ȅȒɖɎǝ ɎȒ ɀȵƺƏǸً ǣɎ ɀƺƺȅɀً ǣȇƺɮǣɎƏƫǼɵ ƬȒȅƺɀ ɯǣɎǝ Ɏǝƺ ɖȸǕƺ ɎȒ ƏƬƬȒȅȵƏȇɵ ȅɵ ɎǝȒɖǕǝɎɀ with an apology. I apologize for ɮȒǣƬǣȇǕ Əȇ ǣƳƺƏ ɎǝƏɎ ȅƏɵ ȇȒɎ ƫƺ ȵƺȸǔƺƬɎً ǔȒȸ ɀȷɖƺƺɿǣȇǕ ȵƏɀɎ ɀȒȅƺȒȇƺ ǣȇ Ɏǝƺ ȅǣƳƳǼƺ Ȓǔ Ɏǝƺ ǝƏǼǼɯƏɵً ǔȒȸ ˡɴǣȇǕ Ə ȵȸȒƫǼƺȅ ɎǝƏɎ X ƳǣƳȇ‫ټ‬Ɏ ƺɮƺȇ ƬȸƺƏɎƺِ ȇƳ ǔȒȸ ȅƺً ǣɎ‫ټ‬ɀ Ə ȷɖǣƬǸ Ǵɖȅȵ ǔȸȒȅ ƏȵȒǼȒǕǣɿǣȇǕ ǔȒȸ everyday things to apologizing ǔȒȸ ǼǣɎɎǼƺ ȅȒȸƺ ɎǝƏȇ ƺɴǣɀɎǣȇǕِ Xً ǼǣǸƺ ȅƏȇɵ ɯȒȅƺȇً Əȅ ȒǔɎƺȇ ȅƏƳƺ ɎȒ ǔƺƺǼ ǼǣǸƺ ȅɵ ɯȒȸƳɀ Əȸƺ ɎƏǸǣȇǕ ɀȒȅƺȒȇƺ ƺǼɀƺ‫ټ‬ɀ Ɏǣȅƺ ȸƏɎǝƺȸ ɎǝƏȇ providing value. ÁƏǸƺً ǔȒȸ ƺɴƏȅȵǼƺً (ȸِ !ǝȸǣɀɎǣȇƺ

ǼƏɀƺɵ‫ٮ‬IȒȸƳً Ɏǝƺ !ƏǼǣǔȒȸȇǣƏ ȵɀɵchology professor who accused ³ɖȵȸƺȅƺ !ȒɖȸɎ ȇȒȅǣȇƺƺ ȸƺɎɎ kƏɮƏȇƏɖǕǝ Ȓǔ ɀƺɴɖƏǼ ƏɀɀƏɖǼɎِ ³ǝƺ ǕƏɮƺ ɖȵ ǝƺȸ ƬȒȅǔȒȸɎِ Rƺȸ ƏȇȒȇɵȅǣɎɵِ ³ǝƺ ȅƏɵ ɯƺǼǼ ǝƏɮƺ destroyed her career and any chance she had at a private life by stepping forward. She’s a wellƺƳɖƬƏɎƺƳً ƏƬƬȒȅȵǼǣɀǝƺƳً ȵɀɵƬǝȒǼogy professor, and she’s ruining her own life in the hopes that ǝƺȸ ɀƏƬȸǣˡƬƺ ɯǣǼǼ ɀƏɮƺ Ɏǝƺ ÈȇǣɎƺƳ ³ɎƏɎƺɀ ǔȸȒȅ ǕǣɮǣȇǕ Ə ȅƏȇ ƏƬƬɖɀƺƳ Ȓǔ ȸƏȵƺ Ə ǼǣǔƺɎǣȅƺ ƏȵȵȒǣȇɎȅƺȇɎ ɎȒ Ɏǝƺ ³ɖȵȸƺȅƺ !ȒɖȸɎِ ȇƳ ɎǝȸȒɖǕǝȒɖɎ ǝƺȸ ȵƏǣȇǔɖǼ ɎƺɀɎǣȅȒȇɵ ɀǝƺ ƏȵȒǼȒǕǣɿƺƳ ǔȒȸ ǣɎِ áȒȅƺȇً Ɏǝǣɀ ɀǝȒɖǼƳ ɀƬƏȸƺ ɵȒɖِ This should chill you to your bones. Our inclination to apolo-

Ǖǣɿƺ ȸɖȇɀ ɀȒ Ƴƺƺȵ ɎǝƏɎ IȒȸƳ ƏȵȒǼȒǕǣɿƺƳ ɎȒ ƏȇƳ ǴȒǸƺƳ ɯǣɎǝ Ɏǝƺ ȅƺȇ who were doing everything they could to ruin her credibility, poke holes in her truth and sweep her to the side as quickly and quietly as they could.

0ɮƺȸɵ ‫ٻ‬ɀȒȸȸɵ‫ ټ‬ɎǝƏɎ ɀǼǣȵɀ ȒɖɎ Ȓǔ ȅɵ ȅȒɖɎǝ ǣɀ ȇȒɎ ɎȸɖǼɵ Əȇ ƏɎɎƺȅȵɎ ɎȒ ƏƬƬƺȵɎ Ɏǝƺ ƫǼƏȅƺ ǔȒȸ Əȇ ɖȇɀƏɮȒȸɵ situation, nor is it to place the ƫǼƏȅƺ ȒȇɎȒ ɀȒȅƺȒȇƺ ƺǼɀƺِ «ƏɎǝƺȸً ɎȒ ȅƺً ‫ٻ‬ɀȒȸȸɵ‫ ټ‬ǣɀ Ə ɀǣȅȵǼƺ ƏƬǸȇȒɯǼƺƳǕƺȅƺȇɎِ ƬǸȇȒɯǼƺƳǕǣȇǕ ɎǝƏɎ ƺɮƺȸɵȒȇƺ ǣɀ ɖȇƬȒȅǔȒȸɎƏƫǼƺً acknowledging that listening to what I say does, in fact, take Ɏǣȅƺً ɯǝƺɎǝƺȸ Ȓȸ ȇȒɎ ɯǝƏɎ X ɀƏɵ is of any value, acknowledging ɎǝƏɎ ƺɮƺȇ Ɏǝƺ ɀǣȅȵǼƺɀɎ Ȓǔ ǝɖȅƏȇ interactions takes effort for both parties. the dragon tribune

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