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By Ryan Ho and Emma Belliveau

Editor-in-Chief and Reporter

Snail mail: letters that are carried by conventional postÄĽ al delivery services and charÄĽ DFWHUL]HG E\ WKHLU VORZ GHOLYÄĽ HU\ VSHHG 1RZ WKH ,QWHUQHW does it better.

So things are changing.

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For college students, howļ ever, this form of delivery is VWLOO XVHIXOħLWœV KRZ WKH\ UHļ ceive their care packages and birthday cards sent by loving moms and dads.

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November  5,  2013

Juniors Michael Wong, Melissa Vazquez and Claire Pinson and senior Sarah Wilks dance and lip-sync to the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rockyâ&#x20AC;? theme song at Rockvemberfest, Nov. 1. Their act won third place. (Photo

by Cissy Shi)

New building to be constructed for MS

By Garrett Kaighn

Editor-in-Chief

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ive years after the conÄĽ struction of the lowÄĽ HUÄĽVFKRRO building, the adÄĽ PLQLVWUDWLRQ LV ÂżQDOL]LQJ plans for similar upgrades to the middle school. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We anticipate a need for adÄĽ ditional classrooms,â&#x20AC;? headmaster Stephen Repsher said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The middle school is at capacity at this point, The proposed representation of the new middle-school building and we have classrooms that were was done by architects at Studio Bondy Architecture, the same EXLOW LQ WKH PLGÄĽ ÂśV WKDW DUH EHÄĽ company that remodeled the lower-school building. (Photo courtesy of Stephen Repsher) yond their service life.â&#x20AC;?

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The designs for the new building have not yet been ÂżQDOL]HG EXW 5HSVKHU VDLG WKH VFKRRO KDV D JHQHUDO LGHD for it.

While the current building contains only two classÄĽ rooms, the new one will host four: two science laboÄĽ ratories, two math classrooms and two bathrooms ÄŞWKRXJK WKHVH SODQV DUH QRW ÂżQDOÄŤ Middle schoolers frolic in the leaves by the midThe new building will be aptly named the Middle dle-school quad. The administration hopes to School Center for Science, Mathematics and TechnolÄĽ replace two middle-school buildings with a more ogy. modern science center this summer. (Photo by Cissy Shi) See Building SDJH

With  rapidly  approaching  Early  Decision  deadlines,  se-­ QLRU (ULF +LOWRQ ÂżQGV DSSO\LQJ to  college  extremely  stress-­ IXO %XW DQ LQĂ&#x20AC;X[ RI JOLWFKHV LQ the  Common  Application  has  actually  helped  Hilton  out.

The  same  goes  for  senior  Garrett  Kaighn.  And  senior  Ryan  Ho.  And  many  other  seniors  across  the  Unit-­ ed  States  as  over  40  col-­ leges  and  universities  have  changed  their  ED  deadlines.

For  instance  Columbia  University  has  pushed  back  its  Early  Decision  deadline  from  Nov.  1  to  Nov.  8.  This  change  helps  senior  Cissy  Shi  who  plans  to  apply  early  to  Columbia.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;It  was  like  heaven,â&#x20AC;?  Shi  said.  â&#x20AC;&#x153;I  pushed  everything  to  the  last  minute,  and  this  extra  week  gave  me  so  much  more  time.  The  glitches  didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  cause  me  many  problems  in  WKH ÂżUVW SODFH ´ Designed  to  make  college  applications  a  simpler  pro-­ cess,  the  Common  Applica-­ tion  has  been  in  use  for  over  35  years.  It  allows  the  user  WR ÂżOO RXW RQO\ RQH PDLQ DSSOL-­ cation  and  send  it  to  multiple  schools.  Over  500  colleges  use  the  Common  Application.

This  year  the  Common  Application  website  was  redesigned  from  scratch  for  WKH ¿UVW WLPH LQ VL[ \HDUV 7KH glitches,  such  as  sending  error  messages  and  failing  to  save  entered  data,  are  caused  by  faulty  construction  of  the  site.

According  to  college  coun-­ selor  Jane  Bauman,  SCDS  students  have  not  encoun-­ tered  many  problems  with  the  glitches,  and  she  doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t  expect  many  future  prob-­ lems.

The  Common  Application  sends  daily  updates  to  Bau-­ man  explaining  new  errors  DQG KRZ WR Âż[ WKHP â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Connor  Martin

Homecoming To  increase  the  number  of  students  at  the  Homecom-­ ing  dance,  Oct.  19,  Student  Council  invited  the  Sacra-­ mento  Waldorf  school  to  attend. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We  wanted  to  try  some-­ thing  different  and  to  interact   with  new  people,â&#x20AC;?  said  Julia  Owaidat,  co-­president  of  the  sophomore  class.  About  50  students  attend-­ ed  the  dance,  20  of  whom  were  from  Waldorf.  According  to  Student  Council  adviser  Patricia  Dias,  the  dance  was  a  success,  but  Waldorf  students  will  not  be  invited  to  any  other  dances.  â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Eric  Hilton

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November 5, 2013

DJ PLURNT turns hobby into passion

By Micaela Bennett-Smith

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By Aishwarya Nadgauda

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November  5,  2013

Mail: UNR denies students mail from postal service

LoL club plans virtual competitions with Rio Americano, El Camino, Mira Loma

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Anything can hapÄĽ in my legs.â&#x20AC;? was a resounding choÄĽ Any fears Myers had when announcing pen during the weekly â&#x20AC;&#x201C;David Myers, senior rus of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Yes!â&#x20AC;?

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It was hard to hear the audio over the ganize tournaments and playing times with Reddy said she gets along well with the schools like Rio Americano, Mira Loma and clamor of voices with everyone chiming in other boys, though â&#x20AC;&#x153;they jokingly tease me.â&#x20AC;? El Camino. with opinions.

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College freshmen compete at a higher level Intensity rises for veteran libero

Elise DeCarli, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;13, was a star libero at SCDS. She now plays the same defensive position for the Occidental College Tigers volleyball team.

However, at Oxy DeCarli is not a starter, as there are two other upperclassmen who share her position. Most of the 13 players on her team were recruited from around the country, she said.

To get in shape for college sports, DeCarli worked out with SCDS coach Alicia Harris three times a week for an hour a day over the summer. +HU ÂżUVW SUDFWLFH DW 2FFLGHQWDO ZDV D VLPSOH ZDONWKURXJK by the coaches and older players of what to expect on the team, such as information about scheduling and how the team itself works.

However, soon after began a rigorous schedule of practices, games and tournaments.

'H&DUOL QRZ SUDFWLFHV WZRÄĽDQGÄĽDÄĽKDOI KRXUV HYHU\ GD\ H[ÄĽ cept on Sundays or when she has a game. She also lifts weights on Mondays and Wednesdays.,

And she has a game every Tuesday, Friday and Saturday. Her WHDP LV FXUUHQWO\ ÄĽ 'H&DUOL LV ÂżQGLQJ KHU VFKHGXOH GLɡFXOW DV WKH WLPH FRPÄĽ mitment is much heavier than in high school, when she had at PRVW ÂżYH JDPHV RU SUDFWLFHV LQ D ZHHN Âł(YHU\WKLQJ LV PRUH LQWHQVHħ\RX SUDFWLFH SUHWW\ PXFK HYÄĽ ery day in high school, but we also do lifting,â&#x20AC;? she said. And, she said, when games are watched by alumni, parents and reÄĽ cruiting associations, everything counts more.

The girls have to work together and communicate almost perfectly, and the game is â&#x20AC;&#x153;a lot cleaner and a lot faster,â&#x20AC;? DeÄĽ Carli said.

DeCarli said her favorite part of the game is playing, but above that she appreciates the teamwork.

She says the girls on her team are very vocal, shouting comÄĽ mands and directions throughout the game, and with good cause. Âł<RX KDYH WR FRPPXQLFDWH ZLWK HYHU\RQH SHUFHQW RI the time,â&#x20AC;? she said.

In the two tournaments in which DeCarli has participated, one in Chicago and one at California Lutheran University in Southern California, she has experienced this on a high level.

In both the girls won three of four games, a very good average, especially that early in the season.

DeCarli said her favorite moment in a game is when someÄĽ one on the opposite team hits a ball that everyone thinks is going to be a kill, and she digs it, or gets it back over the net. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just the best feeling in the world,â&#x20AC;? she said. ħAustin Talamantes

Soccer star scores opening goal

Elise DeCarli serves at an SCDS game last year. DeCarli also plays libero for the Occidental Tigers, but she does not start. (Photo by Will Wright)

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Senior stopperâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s injury means sitting out Homecoming game

By Connor Martin Editor-in-Chief

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or senior Patrick Talamantes, Oct. 7 was a typical day at soccer practice. And even after he sprained his right ankle, it was still a somewhat typical day.

Since his freshman year, Talamantes has sustained annual ankle injuries that bench him for weeks at a time. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I just have bad luck,â&#x20AC;? Talamantes said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think there has been one sports season where I havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been taken out for at least two weeks.â&#x20AC;? %XW KLV PRVW UHFHQW VSUDLQ KDV H[WUD ELWH IRU LW LV IRUFLQJ him to sit out the rest of his senior soccer season, which inÄĽ cluded the Homecoming game.

Talamantes, who captains the boysâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; soccer team and plays stopper, sprained his right ankle while doing suicides, an exÄĽ ercise where players run back and forth between two points, touching their hands to the ground before changing direction.

Planting his foot in the ground, Talamantes was just about to touch the grass when his ankle gave out. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There was a sharp pain and a little pop. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m pretty sure I actually heard the pop,â&#x20AC;? he said.

He immediately lay on the ground with his eyes closed, tryÄĽ ing to gauge how severe the pain was in relation to previous injuries, he said. When he got home, he put on one of his medical walking boots used during previous injuries. %HFDXVH 7DODPDQWHV KDV LQMXUHG KLV ULJKW DQNOH VR PDQ\ times, he is more susceptible to sprains, he said. So TalamanÄĽ WHV ZHDUV D EUDFH DW DOO SUDFWLFHV %XW DW WKLV SDUWLFXODU SUDFÄĽ WLFH KH ZDV XVLQJ D ZHDNHU EUDFH EHFDXVH KH FRXOGQÂśW ÂżQG KLV normal, stronger brace that day.

And according to Talamantes, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the most frustrating aspect of this injury. Âł, IHOW EURNHQħXVHOHVV ´ KH VDLG Âł, ZDV DQJU\ DW P\VHOI IRU

not getting my brace; ÄŞ, IHOWÄŤ GUHDG WKDW , was going to miss out on my senior year of VRFFHU DQG ÄŞ, IHOWÄŤ JXLOW that I was letting my team down.â&#x20AC;?

At Homecoming, Talamantes watched WKH WHDP SOD\ %XFNLQJÄĽ ham from the bench. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d been such a big part of the team,â&#x20AC;? TaÄĽ ODPDQWHV VDLG Âł%XW then I was at my seÄĽ nior Homecoming, Senior Patrick Talamantes (in black) watches the Homecoming game from the bench not being able to do a with freshmen Quinton LaComb, Austin Talamantes, Mac Scott and Emil Erickson.

WKLQJħ, IHOW NLQG RI (Photo by Cissy Shi) impotent.â&#x20AC;?

PDO SRVLWLRQ DV FHQWHU PLGÂżHOGHU ZKLFK LQ WXUQ ZHDNHQV WKH In his freshman year, Talamantes sprained his right ankle PLGÂżHOG DV D ZKROH DFFRUGLQJ WR MXQLRU VZHHSHU 6NRYUDQ &XQÄĽ on both the left and right side of after stepping on someoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ningham. heel in a track meet. This injury put him out of athletics from %XW FRDFK 0DWW 9DUJR VDLG 7DODPDQWHVÂśV DEVHQFH KDV QRW March to June.

KDG D SURIRXQG HÉąHFW RQ WKH WHDPÂśV SHUIRUPDQFH In his sophomore year, Talamantes sprained his ankle in laÄĽ â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are not as strong without him, but other players have FURVVH ÄŞDIWHU SXOOLQJ KLV KLS Ă&#x20AC;H[RU LQ VRFFHUÄŤ stepped up in his absence and we have still been successful,â&#x20AC;?

His most severe injury occurred in junior year during a basÄĽ 9DUJR VDLG ketball game, when he sprained his right ankle, on both sides, 'HVSLWH KLV DEVHQFH WKH WHDP KDV VWLOO PDGH LW WR SOD\RÉąV while simultaneously fracturing a bone.

Although Talamantes expects a short recovery time, he said %XW WKLV \HDUÂśV VSUDLQ KDV WDNHQ D ODUJHU WROO WKDQ WKRVH LQ heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s debating whether to play boysâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; basketball in the winter recent years, according to Talamantesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s father, Pat. because he wants more time to recover before lacrosse season â&#x20AC;&#x153;You always hate to see a child be disappointed,â&#x20AC;? Pat said. starts in the spring. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s extremely frustrating for him to be on the sidelines in However, Talamantes isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t ruling out one last hoorah in socÄĽ his senior season when he doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get to come back and play cer. again.â&#x20AC;? Âł6LQFH WKH WHDP PDGH LW WR SOD\RÉąV ,ÂśP JRLQJ WR WDNH VRPH Junior Keegan Crain often replaces Talamantes as stopper. pain medicine and wrap up my leg really well and go out and And placing Crain as stopper removes him from his norÄĽ play,â&#x20AC;? he said.

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he morning of Sunday, Oct. 20, is 80 degrees with little wind and not a single cloud in WKH VN\ħWKH SHUIHFW FRQGLļ tions for skydiving.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the day orchestra teacher FeleÄĽ FLD .H\V KDV SLFNHG WR IXOÂżOO KHU JUHDWÄĽ est dream since she was a child: to soar through the clouds.

For most of her life, Keys wanted to IHHO WKH VHQVDWLRQ RI Ă&#x20AC;\LQJ :KHQ VKH ÂżUVW JRW FORVH WR IXOÂżOOLQJ KHU GUHDP however, she hesitated. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to go skydiving or hot air ballooning when my children were young because I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want for someÄĽ thing to go wrong and leave them enÄĽ tirely alone,â&#x20AC;? Keys said.

However, now that both her daughÄĽ ters are over 21, Keys decided it was time. .H\V LV SLFNHG XS DW D P E\ her friend, Anne Montgomery. They SODQQHG WKH GLYH WRJHWKHU DQG DUH determined to see it through as a team.

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2QFH WKH ÂżUVW JURXS MXPSV WKH SODQH rises to 13,000 feet.

Then the instructors tell the MXPSHUV WR JHW LQ D VLQJOHÄĽÂżOH line.

Montgomery is in front of Keys.

One by one, instructors and their FOLHQWV IDOO KHDG ÂżUVW RXW RI WKH SODQH $V 0RQWJRPHU\ DQG 5DYH MXPS .H\V has a moment of doubt, but it is too late to turn back. Âł$V , VDZ ÄŞ0RQWJRPHU\ÄŤ JHW VXFNHG RXW RI WKH SODQH EHIRUH , MXPSHG WKH only thing that came to my mind was Âľ2K P\ JRG Âś $QG WKH QH[W WKLQJ , NQHZ 5RVV DQG , ZHUH IUHHÄĽIDOOLQJ WKURXJK WKH sky,â&#x20AC;? Keys said.

Ethan  Ham  Junior Ethan Ham is currently the leading scorer of the boysâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; varsity soccer team, with 17 goals. In Hamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s third year on the team, he has become a huge asset on offense.

Sydney  Michel  Sophomore Sydney Michel is the starting middle blocker on the varsity volleyball team. She has developed into one of their best passers, and was a key player in the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 3-0 Homecoming victory over Wilton Christian, Oct. 18.

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For SCDS custodian Matt Liedtke, falling out of a plane at high speeds is a cherished pastime. Liedtke has skydived over 35 times.

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Q: When did you start skydiving, and why?

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The Octagon

November 5, 2013

By Avi Bhullar

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This is what happened at this year’s pep rally—and last year’s pep rally, and the year before that, and the year before that and, well, you get the point.

The Homecoming pep rallies are meant to get students pumped and excited for the soccer and volleyball games that night, but they are hardly effective.

The high schoolers particularly barely cheer—and they’re the ones actually attending the sports games.

Sure, little kids are more easily excited than cynical high-school seniors, but the pep rallies would at least be better if they weren’t the same every single year.

The (in)famous shoe toss is the worst offender. A shoe is tossed in the air, and the lower schoolers always scream louder than the high schoolers, who feel no real pressure to participate.

There’s nothing inherently wrong with the shoe toss, but for students who have been at SCDS for several years, the toss certainly loses its charm.

An exciting pep rally needs more variation. Two years ago, for example, Ryan Eytcheson, ’03, made a professional video to introduce the sports teams.

Of course, it would be unreasonable to expect a professional video every year, but part of the reason the video was so successful was because it was new, different and unexpected.

This year the teams were simply introduced by having the team captains step out into the gym and call up their teammates one by one.

Why not use an announcer to add drama? Why not KPT VY ÅHZO [OL SPNO[Z HUK WSH` KYHTH[PJ T\ZPJ& Ideally, the games should make the audience cheer or laugh, but watching teams race back and forth balancing ping-pong balls and paddles is too slow-paced to get particularly excited about.

Do something silly instead. Dressing up the coaches was a good idea, but there are more options.

Maybe recruit a few people to have an impromptu dance-off, or take a few guys and let some girls give them makeovers.

Any silly, comedic or potentially embarrassing game would be more appealing, and excitement can be further increased by asking for volunteers from the audience instead of pre-selecting competitors.

Things can be changed up further by adding random skits, perhaps to introduce the sports teams or for general entertainment.

In addition, the rally can be hyped up more during Spirit Week, and Student Council or Sports Boosters could even provide face paint or hair spray.

The high school is certainly capable of being spirited—just look at Ancil Hoffman Day or the lip syncs at Rockvemberfest. Just add a little bit of craziness, spontaneity and variety and maybe students will actually look forward to the pep rallies.

The Octagon Editors-In-Chief Garrett Kaighn Connor Martin Kamira Patel Copy Editor Garrett Kaighn Business Manager Garrett Kaighn News Editor Emma Williams Editorial Editor Skovran Cunningham Community Editor Grant Miner Sports Editors Micaela Bennett-Smith Eric Hilton Centerpoint Editor Kamira Patel Opinion Editor Maxwell Shukuya

Feature Editor Aishwarya Nadgauda Online Editors-In Chief Ryan Ho David Myers Photo Editor Cissy Shi Reporters Emma Belliveau Zoe Bowlus Avi Bhullar Daniel Hernried Zane Jakobs Elena Lipman Maddy Judd Austin Talamantes Manson Tung Foreign Correspondent Margaret Whitney Cartoonist Jacob Sands Adviser Patricia Fels

The Octagon is published eight times a year by high-school journalism students of Sacramento Country Day School, 2636 Latham Drive, Sacramento, Calif. 95864. Phone: (916) 481-8811, ext. 347. Web address: http://www.scdsoctagon.com.

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ive years ago I walked into class not knowing how my day would go. Would I be laughed at when I changed in the locker room or pushed into a wall on my way to science? I knew for sure that I would go home crying at least once a week.

Fourth, fifth, and sixth grades were the worst three years of my life.

When I moved to Sacramento from Michigan when I was 8, I did not expect my life to change so drastically.

But within my first week at my new school, Sierra Oaks, I was already getting dirty looks.

Girls would look at me, snicker, and turn around.

I felt like a total freak. Looking back, I can’t believe kids could be so rude when they were only 9 years old.

Fifth grade didn’t get any better.

Girls and boys started calling me names and making fun of me, calling me “Gorilla Girl” because I never shaved my legs.

When I walked to my classes, people would talk about me, acting like they were whispering when they actually wanted me to hear.

I never told my parents because I thought I could handle it. That was until sixth grade, when a girl punched me at after-school camp.

While running to the swings, I had accidentally nudged her shoulder. She pushed me around a bit, I pushed back, and it got ugly.

That day I went home and told my parents everything.

I was ecstatic when we agreed that it was time to change schools.

And so I came to Country Day. In the first week here I didn’t get dirty looks. I got smiles and friends.

Girls and boys didn’t look at me and laugh. They never made me feel like a freak.

I felt as though I had been accepted into a family of friends.

And the best part was that I never had to change myself to be who I am today.

Here at SCDS, children are taught to accept people for who they are from kindergarten.

At Sierra Oaks prevention of bullying was never part of the curriculum, except for one class in my three years there.

When I came here, no one discouraged me or gave me looks of disapproval. Instead everyone supported whatever weird, wacky or crazy thing I did, which often made them laugh.

Because of this I am not afraid to speak my mind, get up in front of a class and debate, or burst out dancing in the freshman quad. And if you know me, you also know that is exactly what I do every day.

If Sierra Oaks had dealt with bullying, then my time there would have created better memories.

But if that had happened, I would never have the insight, friends and opportunities I have today.

rchids to. . . Jennifer Scott for making t he Homecoming posters of the soccer team. They looked great and helped get people out to the game.

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nions to. . . the inconsiderate people who are walking on the Chalk Mural. The artists put a day’s work into it. Let’s try to preserve it as long as we can.

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rchids to. . . college counselor Jane Bauman for cleaning the freshman quad before the financial aid meeting. Thanks for keeping SCDS presentable, even if it wasn’t your job.

nions to. . . the lack of participation in the Jog-a-Thon. A lot of effort was put into the event, and many s t u d e n t s d i d n ’ t t r y during the activities.

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Maya or Elie,â&#x20AC;? Glaser said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When I VHH VRPHRQH ZLWK D WDWWRRħSDUWLFÄĽ Kilmer said people decide to get their tattoos removed for a variety XODUO\ LQ D SURPLQHQW ORFDWLRQħ, of reasons, including job and military requirements, not wanting their wonder whether that person is kids to see it, getting a new boyfriend or girlfriend or allergic reactions SURQH WR ÄŞQRWÄŤ WKLQNLQJ ÄŞGHFLVLRQVÄŤ to the ink. through.

Even though no current Country Day students have tattoos, many â&#x20AC;&#x153;As a physician, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve seen how say theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re considering getting some when they are older. tattoos look on older people. They $ERXW D WKLUG RI KLJK VFKRROHUV SROOHG VD\ WKH\ ZLOO ÂłGHÂżQLWHO\ RU are not at all attractive once a maybeâ&#x20AC;? get a tattoo in college. person starts to have Dominic Stephen, who wants to get wrinkles. And they are one next year on his 18th birthday, was â&#x20AC;&#x153;All the guys in my family GLɡFXOW DQG SDLQIXO WR WKH RQO\ MXQLRU WR DQVZHU ÂłGHÂżQLWHO\ ´ remove.â&#x20AC;? have (tattoos).â&#x20AC;? Âł$OO WKH JX\V LQ P\ IDPLO\ KDYH ÄŞWDWÄĽ For Stephen, parental â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Dominic Stephen, junior WRRVÄŤ ´ 6WHSKHQ VDLG ³Ī$QGÄŤ LWÂśV D JRRG approval isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t a problem, so way to express whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s important to me.â&#x20AC;? there is no limit to the number Given this, Stephen, who is thinking of tattoos he wants to get. about getting album artwork on his arms or chest, has the support of â&#x20AC;&#x153;I want to keep getting them until I his family. run out of ideas,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My brotherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to go with me; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be a whole family occaÄĽ But for Daniel Hernried, who sion,â&#x20AC;? said Stephen, whose only concern is how much the procedure is afraid of regretting a tattoo in will hurt. the future, a tattoo is out of the Stephenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s parents, however, are in the minority. According to the TXHVWLRQ ,I KH KDG EHHQ RÉąHUHG same poll, 79 percent of freshmen, 72 percent of sophomores, 59 Ben Hernried, â&#x20AC;&#x2122;13, tattooed IJ 00 by his parents not to get percent of juniors and 70 percent of seniors said that their parents his right arm this summer one, the choice would have been would disapprove of them getting tattoos. with a family tree. The letters easy.

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With Zoe Dym Like father like daughter. Sophomore Zoe Dym is spendÄĽ ing one semester in Japan, just as her father did his juÄĽ QLRU \HDU RI FROOHJH +HU VFKRRO 6KLPDQHÄĽ.HQ ,]XPRÄĽ6KL +LJK 6FKRRO RI $JULFXOWXUH LV ORFDWHG LQ ,]XPR 6KLPDQH which is on the southwest side of Japanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s main island.

Dymâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mother is Japanese, and her father teaches JapaÄĽ nese history at Sacramento State University. Dym will reÄĽ turn to the United States on Feb. 9.

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Sophomores Chiara Barantke, Emma Belliveau and Aidan Galati eat cake at a going-away party thrown for Barantke by French teacher Richard Day. (Photo by Elena Lipman)

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