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Family therapist visits, speaks to upperclassmen.

Taking mindful steps

Mental health movement spreads awareness online.

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This week’s push by Buzzfeed to raise awareness and education surrounding mental health is leading to further discussion and understanding of this often negatively-perceived issue.

“Mental Health Awareness Week serves as a platform to bring attention and conversation to a very important topic,” Jessica Lobedan, Director of Community Relations at the San Francisco chapter of National Alliance on Mental Illness, said.

“Mental illness is still incredibly stigmatized in our society.”

Common misconceptions of people with mental health problems are that they are dangerous or uncomfortable, fostering discrimination, according to Mentalhealth.gov. When such stigma exists, individuals are labelled by their illnesses and can feel shame while receiving poorer treatment.

Buzzfeed is featuring articles and videos created by individuals with mental illness in order to create “a shift from seeing de-

pression, anxiety, and other disorders as shameful personality flaws, and toward understanding them as the illnesses they are.”

“Buzzfeed has made a lot of videos about depression and suicide, ADHD and OCD, a spectrum of mental illnesses,” senior Jennifer Quillen, co-president of the Untitled Project club, which aims to raise awareness for this cause, said. “I think it’s good since the site has so many people going onto it.”

Thirteen to 20 percent of children living in the United States experience a mental disorder, and these rates are increasing, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Mental Health Surveillance Among Children survey.

“The teenage years can be very stressful, challenging, and emotional,” Lobedan said. “It is so important that mental health is not stigmatized so that young people feel comfortable seeking help. There is nothing embarrassing or shameful about seeking help.”

Ballerinas celebrate Christmas on stage.

Lobedan says that students can help end stigma by starting informed conversations about mental health issues and sharing resource links on social media.

“Mental health is being brought more to the surface, and recently I’ve heard more people coming out about talking to therapists,” sophomore Natalie Scheele said. “If it’s talked about more, it’s less weird, and we’ll be more open about it.”

Other ways to combat negative perceptions of mental health issues include not bullying or stereotyping others as well as incorporating mental health as part of a school’s health curriculum, according to Lobedan.

“Mental illness is still taboo to talk about, which is sad because so many people in America, in the world, have mental illness,” Quillen said, “Some don’t even know about it.”

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Girl power encourages others to aim high.

6 WINTER WONDERS Christmas on Broadway spreads seasonal spirit.

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Varsity Cubs take home the trophy after tournament.

Club creates more coding opportunities Claire Kosewic Senior Reporter

A new club allows would-be coders to experience the web design, app development and graphic art of the Girls Who Code Summer Immersion program but in a flexible and less time-consuming way.

“It’s not just an opportunity for the girls to learn to code, but also an opportunity for them to

set up a great network and to meet lots of people in the tech environment,” physics teacher Riaz Abdulla, who is the faculty moderator, said. “I’ll get to learn alongside the girls as we apply computer science in practical and fun ways, which is really exciting.”

Forty hours of computer science instruction by a volunteer GWC-trained teacher over the rest of the school year form the

backbone of the program.

Field trips and presentations from female leaders in the local tech community are additional PANASCI components, while a faculty moderator helps to coordinate basic logistics, according to Chaudry.

“The classes we offer here are really great for learning the nuts and bolts of coding,” Abdulla said. “This club is really just a space to play around with it, push its limits, and see what it can do.”

All Convent students are required to take one semester of computer programming in order to graduate, and may elect to take higher level courses with See Coding p. 2

Upperclassmen educated on healthy habits Grace Ainslie Senior Reporter

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WINTER SONG High School Girls’ Chorus performed at the Winter Concert under direction of Heather Otte. The concert also featured A Capella, Jazz Band and the 4-School Orchestra.

Upperclassmen were encouraged to take deep breaths during a stress management presentation for the Junior and Senior Wellness program held last Thursday in the Den. “I wanted to see if there were any tips that I don’t already know or that I haven’t been told about,” senior Nora Hanak, who elected to come to the presentation, said. “I like how they give good general tips on how to make your life a little bit better.”

Family therapist Ruth Dummel discussed how bodies can react to stress and explained to attendees several methods of relaxation, including deep breathing, physical activity and meditation.

“Freshman and sophomore CORE focuses on wellness and information, and we noticed there was a lack of information and opportunities for juniors

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and seniors to explore these types of topics,” school counselor Annie Egan said. “It’s the juniors and seniors who are needing that type of information even more than the freshmen and sophomores sometimes.”

The first Wellness session was held in the spring of last year, while a formal program was implemented this school year. Upperclassmen are required to attend at least two events that take place about every other week during ColLab by the end of the school year.

“It was about loving yourself, your body, who you are and facing your fears,” junior Sophia Hettenkofer said about the first seminar. “I felt so safe, and I felt really good about myself afterwards.”

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QuickReads FINALLY LUNCH

Off-campus lunch will be available for all students during Finals Week, which will start off with Periods A and E on Monday, B and F on Tuesday, C and H on Wednesday, and concludes with D and G on Thursday. Christmas celebrations take place Friday as well as early dismissal at noon.

SCHOOL SIGNATURE

Schools of the Sacred Heart released a brand-new logo, highlighting symbols that display the schools values of mission, place and heritage. The logo also features the school colors.

SIMPLE AND SWEET

Simple Gifts Club began selling candy grams to fund-raise for their annual fashion show in the spring. Christmas-themed candy grams are $1 for one, $3 for five and $6 for 10.

SINGING IN THE SPRING

The musical production of “Les Miserables” will be performed by Convent and Stuart Hall High School students in spring. The cast list will be announced on Monday, Dec. 14th at the full cast meeting.

Cast members will perform the student version of the production.

The production will have a new lead pianist who will double as the vocal director.

Director Pamela Rickard chose the musical based off of the input of fall production participants and the Administration.

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NEWS

Student Council event participation increases

Participation increases at school functions Coed Student Council school dances include more activities and food options, attendance rates increasing.

Future student council events

In past years, dances averaged only This year, dances are averaging 75 percent participation.

50 percent participation.

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Attendance at last coed event up 50 percent.

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More hands-on activities, serving popular foods and heightened communication between both schools’ governments is being credited with increased participation in coed activities between CHS and SHHS. The “Fright ‘Knight’” Halloween Dance had a nearly 75 percent participation from the combined student body. In terms of social events, dances generally receive around 50 percent, according to Student Life Director Devin DeMartini Cooke .

“The majority of the spike in dance attendance can be attributed to the sheer energy behind the promotion of the dance,” Michael Tellini, Stuart Hall Student Body President, said. “Everything from the In-N-Out burgers to the haunted house to even having a student DJ all led to such incredible numbers.”

The CSH and SHHS Executive Student Body Councils are meeting twice a month to plan

coed events, including dances.

“There has been a really positive collaboration between Convent and Stuart Hall, especially in terms of the junior-senior leadership,” DeMartini Cooke said. “I think that the way that the way the students are working together has a allowed for more publication of events and just a general sense of camaraderie that makes the events more fun and less stressful.”

Tellini credits faculty leadership for the rise in student participation.

“Mr. [Austin] Emerson and Mrs. DeMartini Cooke have done a good job making sure that the students have the freedom to come up with their own ideas,” Tellini said. “They have also been able to provide real advice on implementation of ideas.”

Student Body Councils are currently planning events such as Winter Ball, Prom, Congé and barbeques for the school community, according to Stu-

dent Activities Director Austin Emerson.

“The student leadership has done a really good job of working together and really feeling like one school at some times,” DeMartini Cooke said.

“Allowing students more time to meet, and even the collaboration period changes the feel of the day. Having the period in the morning allows people to get their homework done, so they can attend events after school.”

Both CSH and SHHS will plan future coed events, according to Emerson.

“We have worked on promotional videos together,” Tellini said. “In the collaboration and working on the videos, the idea of what each dance ideally would be was conceived.”

The next co-event will be Winter Formal at CHS on Jan. 8.

“We have put a lot more passion into it,” Emerson said. “I feed off of the students, and they are all excited about this year.”

New jr/sr program promotes wellness

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STRESS RELIEF Ruth Dummel informs juniors and seniors about stress relieving methods. The students were encouraged to take deep breaths in order to practice one of the described strategies.

From Upperclassmen p. 1 to healthy relationships, with a speaker leading each session.

“Embody” author Connie Sobczak spoke at the first session on body positivity.

Students may suggest a theme for a session, and have suggested topics including breast health and self-defense.

“We wanted to give upperclassmen the opportunity to explore these topics in a way that was relevant for them, so giving them choice was an important piece of it,” Egan said.

Small, group-based sessions offer attendees information about each session’s theme and give listeners an opportunity to discuss said information, according to Egan.

Although the workshop is aimed towards upperclassmen, everyone is welcome to attend a seminar, according to Egan.

“I was really glad that I ended up going to it because I don’t usually accept myself and the seminar helped me to do so,” Hettenkofer said.

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Girls expand coding skills From Club p. 1 Doug Grant including Advanced Placement Computer Science and iPad Programming.

Launched in schools, community centers and libraries across the country, the goal of the clubs is to draw more girls into computer programming and break the stereotypes behind it, according to Salleha Chaudry, West Coast Regional Director of Girls Who Code.

“The clubs bring together groups of young women who empower each other, and show that knowledge of computer science can be applied to any career path,” Chaudry said. “This is learning for the 21st century, and the clubs help to get the girls ready to succeed in whatever occupation they choose.”

All the activities will be

game design and mobile app development, according to Abdulla.

“I first got involved with Girls Who Code because [Rebecca] Munda made an announcement one morning at assembly about it, and I decided to apply to see if I could get in,” club head Izzie Panasci, who attended the GWC summer program, said.

“Because there’s such a good computer programming course here already, the Girls Who Code experience ties in really nicely with what the school offers.”

The club can also help prepare students to apply to the GWC Summer Immersion program if that is something they are interested in, or just provide more coding time to girls who want it, according to Panasci.

“It’s good to try something new every once in

based on something the girls express interest in so that the members retain excitement for their projects and will want to work hard for the success of the club, according to Chaudry.

Club curriculum includes two hours per week of coding instruction — mostly in Java and Python — through project-based modules such as multimedia art, video

awhile, and to see things in a new way which these programs do really well,” Panasci said.

An interest and introduction meeting took place last Friday, but members are still being accepted, according to Abdulla. The club will meet approximately once a week after school for two hours on Friday afternoons.

Secret Santa week continues

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STOCKINGS Freshmen Josie Rozzelle (left) and Delaney Tobin (right) pick up their Secret Santa gifts from their customized stockings. Today’s theme is candy or food, and tomorrow’s theme is Christmas spirit. The stockings were planned by Sophomore Student Council, who will be hosting Friday’s annual Christmas assembly.

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Schools to celebrate annual tradition Schools of the Sacred Heart’s Noëls celebration marks an almost century-long tradition.

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THE FIRST NOËL Elementary school students sit on the Marble Stairs as part of the 1977 Noëls. celebration. Students wore white dresses for the occasion, unlike the dress uniform students wear today.

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he four-school community is expected to gather today in the Herbert Center to celebrate the nearly century-old tradition of Noëls, a student musical tribute to the president and heads of schools.

“All of the language classes and all of the grades prepare a song in their specific language that they’re studying,” Serafina Cinti, who is in her 13th year at Convent, said. “The coming together every single year, and especially in the time of all the holidays, it’s just a really nice, happy event.”

Cinti says she is looking forward to finally performing the senior song “Noël de Notre Dame.”

“I can remember, especially in the lower grades, that I really looked up to all of the seniors,” Cinti said. “Especially how they’re always on the top, it’s symbol of leadership.”

Each group sits on the gym floor, except for the seniors who participate from the Mezzanine

running track, and stands up to perform its song in front of the rest of the community.

Noëls was initiated by former French teacher Sister Mère Madeline Rode, RSCJ in the 1920s at the girls schools’ former location on Jackson Street and has remained unique to San Francisco, according to former Director of Schools Sister Mary Mardel, RSCJ. The carols, originally entirely sung in French, gained a new diversity when the schools began teaching more languages.

“Last year, I could still sing along to the songs that I remember learning from kindergarten, first grade and second grade,” Cinti said. “I’ve started to pick up songs that I haven’t even learned. I like the tradition of singing the same song.”

Noëls continued when Convent moved to Broadway in 1940. Students originally gathered in the Main Hall, later including the Marble Stairs and finally moving to the gym to accommodate all four schools, according to Mardel.

“You’re connected with the past of the school,” Mardel said.

“It’s the value of tradition, the same reason why you continue to have your beautiful Senior Tea and you don’t do something completely different each year.”

Sophomore Mary Crawford has practiced “Mi Burrito Sabanero,” during Spanish class.

“It was kind of exciting,” Crawford, who attended Noëls for the first time last year, said.

“It’s always fun to listen to people singing songs that they’ve worked on. I liked seeing that everyone kind of knew the songs from different grades.”

The location and languages have changed over time, but Noëls still represent the school community coming together.

“I like that there is this longheld tradition that hasn’t really changed throughout the years,” Cinti said. “Yes, the music or language teachers are teaching us the song, but in the end the whole Noëls is a gift of voice and a music representation of how thankful we are for the leaders of our school.”

SECRET LIVES

VIRGIN AND CHILD

Virgin and Child

Presentation of the Virgin

Artist: Tojetti, Domenico Date: 1874 Medium: Oil on canvas Region: Italy Location: Flood Marble Staircase The painting looks similar to a virgin and child by Maltese Artist Giuseppe d’Arena. The child’s milky complexion and blonde curls seem to be influenced by Raphael.

Artist: Unknown Date: 18th century Medium: Oil on canvas Region: Italy Location: Flood Marble Staircase The work depicts the Visitation, where a pregnant Mary visits her cousin Elizabeth, carrying John the Baptist. Elizabeth is in yellow, symbolizing Jewish faith, and green for fertility. Cupids foreshadow the birth of babies.

This is second in a series highlighting the art hanging in the Schools of the Sacred Heart. Maud Flood donated these paintings to the Society of the Sacred Heart with her home, the Flood Mansion, in 1939.

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PRESENTATION OF THE VIRGIN

Sources: Art history teacher Sarah Garlinghouse, Art historian Sunnie Evers, SSH appraisal book.

Librarians take the job of two campuses Lisabelle Panossian

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newly-hired librarian duo for both Convent and Stuart Hall high schools are now in charge of the archival content within both schools, some shelved away for over a century.

Lead Librarian Alyson Barrett-Ryan and Associate Librarian Reba Sell started working for both high schools in late Novem-

ber and already established goals for the library’s role in the school community, including digitizing both high schools’ library collections and archives.

“We hope to carry the current archivists’ work forward and take some steps to make it more accessible to the greater community,” Barrett-Ryan said.

The archival digitization process will include moving the archival materials from the attic

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SHHH... Newly-hired librarians Alyson Barrett-Ryan (left) and Reba Sell, are beginning the digitization process of the school archives as part of their library duties.

of the Grant House to the backroom of the Mother Williams Library where they can be accessible to students and faculty.

Both librarians say they hope that the school community will eventually be able to access archival information, such as photographs, newspapers and yearbooks, online.

“We’re looking into different databases,” associate librarian Reba Sell said. “There are some online databases that store archival information for you in such a way that anybody can access it as long as they know the URL.” Lead librarian for Convent and Stuart Hall high schools Amanda Walker led the search process for the new librarians with input from heads of both high schools and President Ann Marie Krejcarek.

“They’re very excited by the opportunity to teach what’s so exciting about the library and research,” Head of School Rachel Simpson said. “They’re really going to support the thinking, research and articulation of the learning that happens here.”

Barrett-Ryan and Sell will al-

ternate days when working on the Broadway and Pine Street campuses, with Barrett-Ryan working on Broadway on Mondays and Wednesdays, while Sell works on Pine and vice versa on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Both will be working on Broadway on Fridays in order to do archival work.

Sell earned a bachelor’s degree in history education and a master’s degree in library science after she realized her aspiration of merging archival studies with education.

Barrett-Ryan, who holds two master’s degrees in history and library and information science, previously worked in New York. There she maintained the archives of the The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, which she says further kindled her interest in archival and librarian work.

“With each new reader, a new meaning is created in some of the greatest texts through each person’s different interpretation,” Barrett-Ryan said. “I want to help students find that experience.”

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FRENCH & SPANISH TEACHER

INTERESTS ӹӹ Music ӹӹ Surfing

AGE HE STARTED SURFING ӹӹ 8 years old

FAVORITE SURF SPOTS ӹӹ Ocean Beach ӹӹ Montara ӹӹ Ponterino

ARRIVAL TO AMERICA

ӹӹ Met someone while in France ӹӹ Transferred to an American school from France and stayed ever since.

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ӹӹ Has a 12-year-old daughter — Compiled by Halie Kim

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Multitasking both helpful, distracting

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Certain forms enhance focus, while others can impede concentration.

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istening to music, eating or using a cell phone is an easy escape from the potential monotony of homework, but multitasking can be detrimental to the quality and efficiency of work, despite making the job more pleasurable.

“I listen to music, I text with my friends constantly, and I eat,” junior Sarah Hong said.

“With songs with a really good beat I sort of work to the beat. Texting my friends, half the time I’m texting about homework, so it’s kind of more productive than social leisure.”

Ninety-eight percent of student respondents admitted to multitasking while doing homework, according to an online Broadview survey.

Despite its pleasurable effects, listening to music with lyrics slows down the learning process while doing homework, making it more difficult to recall information and decreasing efficiency, according to Academic Support Director Betsy Pfeiffer.

“It becomes tricky when both tasks have to access the same part of the brain,” Pfeiffer said.

“If you’re trying to read and you’re listening to songs with

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lyrics in it, they’re both accessing the language part of your brain, and it just makes it a lot slower to be able to process what you are reading. If listening to music is helpful for you, listen to music without lyrics.”

Although lyrical music may inhibit a student’s learning, music without words does not access the part of the brain that comprehends language, known as the We r n i c k e ’s area, and does not interfere with study habits.

“When I’m writing English papers, I don’t listen — Betsy Pfeiffer to music because I tend to type what I’m listening to instead of what I want to say in my paper,” Hong said. “So, that’s the time I don’t listen to music, or when I’m reading.”

When the learning process is decelerated by the brain trying to focus on two tasks at once, students are prone to making more mistakes than if they were focusing on just one task.

“Sometimes you have so much to do, you feel like multitasking can get it done quicker,” Pfeiffer said. “Some studies have shown that students make more mistakes than they normally would make because they are shifting between two tasks. Your brain

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has to take time to refocus on the task each time you go back to it.

It is slowing down your cognitive processing and interrupting the continuity of learning.”

Texting while doing homework can also be a harmful form of multitasking, as it takes the brain longer to switch between texting and studying than students may assume.

“So let’s say I want to text with my friend, at the same time I have to write an essay,” Pfeiffer said. “When I go back to the essay, my brain has to actually go back and think about what I was doing before. You don’t think it takes away from your concentration because it happens so quick, but your brain is having to refocus on what you were doing before the quick text, so it’s taking you longer to actually complete the essay. ” While most media-related forms of multitasking can be distracting to students working on their studies, some forms can benefit their focus and concentration on homework.

Eating while doing homework, although technically a form of multitasking, does not take away from a student’s lan-

guage understanding, and can keep a student focused and less bored without causing a loss of attention.

“With eating, it helps refuel my brain, so I can keep working,” Hong said. “I need those constant little breaks because I can’t sit at my desk for hours straight.”

Forty-seven percent of respondents in the Broadview survey claimed that multitasking, mainly stating eating or listening to music, either does not have a drastic effect on their homework quality or efficiency, or benefits their homework habits by helping them enjoy homework and preventing boredom.

“It works positively because I feel like I’m getting fun out of doing the work,” one respondent wrote. “It’s kind of like when you give a dog a treat at the vet. The dog may not like the vet but a treat can make his or her experience a lot more positive and will encourage the dog to want to come back. With this type of attitude I look forward to my work and therefore I complete it faster.”

Students involved in extracurricular activities that end late

into the day have only a small window of time for both homework and other tasks.

“By the time I get a chance to do it, I don’t have time to do much else,” another responder wrote. “There is only so much time in the day, and I can hardly get all my work done at a decent hour, even when I sit down and start working right when I get home. I don’t have time to take many breaks, so I eat at the same time, and I like to listen to music. Music helps keep me awake and active.”

If a student’s multitasking habits are damaging to her academic career, Pfeiffer recommends finding better strategies and being more conscious of boredom while allowing occasional breaks to regain focus.

“Sometimes it’s okay to walk away from something and come back to it if you feel that you are not being productive, because in that time frame you’re not getting anything done anyway,” Pfeiffer said. “The key is to really figure out how you best study, when you are most productive and to be honest with yourself on what you want to accomplish.”

Dancers balance school, ballet Ballerinas to preform “The Nutcracker” next week.

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EN POINTE Freshman Wellsley Cohen dances en pointe with fellow ballerinas in the City Ballet Company in preparation for an upcoming performance of the iconic ballet “The Nutcracker.” Both Cohen and junior Grace Lachman have been dancing for the company for years and are set to perform in the ballet at the Palace of Fine Arts in a week.

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wo dancers hoping to do justice to a 123-year-old ballet will take the stage as an Arabian lead and a Spanish dancer next week at the Palace of Fine Arts.

Famous for its score composed

by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, “The Nutcracker” is performed by nearly every ballet company in the City during the holidays, including the City Ballet Company, for which junior Grace Lachman and freshman Wellsley Cohen have been dancing since shortly after they started walking.

“This is my 10th Nutcracker,” Cohen, who has been dancing at the City Ballet school since she was three, said.

Ballet is a time-consuming commitment, sometimes exceeding 20 hours of practice a week.

“A lot of the time most students sort of refresh over the weekend and get ahead on their homework, but for me the weekends are just as busy as my weekdays,” Lachman said.

Despite demands on their time, both Lachman and Cohen agree limited free-time is beneficial in completing homework.

“I find that I have much bet-

ter time management because I know that I have a very small slot of time to get things done so I can’t procrastinate,” Cohen said.

“Whenever I’m stretching out if I’m going into the splits or something, I’ll study for a bio exam.”

In addition to learning how to manage time, ballet dancers also develop a focused work ethic, according to Patsel.

“I can guarantee that the ballet cross-pollinates into academics just because of the discipline that it requires,” Patsel said. “Generally our kids are incredible students.”

Dancing in the “The Nutcracker” is a rite of passage for ballerinas as they move up dance levels and take on more complex roles.

“The girl who’s dancing our sugar plum this year started as an angel and a buffoon,” Patsel said. “It’s sort of a checkpoint each year. As you move up a level, the complexity of the piece that they’re dancing that particular year becomes more difficult.”

“The Nutcracker” is the most anticipated show for many of the dancers in that everyone is challenged to showcase not only her dance, but also acting skills.

“I always like the anticipation of the cast list coming out, and I like how it’s definitely a story-

book ballet in that there’s a lot of acting involved,” Cohen said.

“It’s not just emotionless.”

Because the City Ballet School has been producing nearly the same performance every year since its founding in 2003, it is important that dancers bring their own personality to make the show more versatile, according to Patsel.

“It changes and evolves depending on the dancers,” Ken Patsel, Administrative Director of the City Ballet School, said.

“Each year is slightly evolved into what we have today.”

While many athletes showcase their work at games and tournaments, “The Nutcracker” acts as a grand debut of the hard work put into rehearsals for dancers, according to Lachman.

“Often, I feel like ballet is stereotyped as this prissy, easy thing,” Lachman said. “Really it’s just as rigorous, if not more rigorous than school sports, and the dedication that dancers in general have to ballet should be recognized.”

Tickets for “The Nutcracker” are $40 in advance by calling the City Box Office at 415-392-4400 and $45 at the door at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Dec. 12, and 2 p.m. on Dec. 13 at the Palace of Fine Arts.

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Misconceptions lead to setbacks

Only 2.5 percent of South Asian schoolgirls knew that menstrual blood came from the uterus.

When girls in developing countries do not have access to menstruation management materials, they are forced to use unsanitary materials such as old rags, newspaper and ashes.

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Stigma surrounding menstruation affects self-image, education.

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hen an activist posted a picture of herself wearing period-stained pants, Instagram censored it.

When female politicians run for office, their capabilities are doubted due to hormone fluctuations.

When female athletes mention menstruation, they are criticized and ridiculed.

Stigma and shame associated with menstruation influences female perception of self and limits a woman’s credibility and interaction within a community.

“Oftentimes, especially in Western society, girls are ashamed of puberty because it represents this big change physically,” former Women’s Studies teacher Sarah Garlinghouse said. “So, your period as well as development of breasts is an actual physical reminder that you are changing — not only your role in society, but also everything about you. It’s a bridge from childhood to adulthood — that’s scary.”

Despite being a natural process, menstruation has become taboo, even holding unflattering euphemisms like “Aunt Flow” or “the crimson wave.”

“I think anywhere from ads on TV where they use the blue liquid instead of red normalize that periods aren’t supposed to be talked about,” senior Co-President of Femme Alliance Club Stella Smith-Werner said. “You’re not even supposed to show the blood.”

Menstruating women are often portrayed in advertisements as emotional wrecks or irrational and dependent non-functional members of society. Products show similar depictions. The recent MyPeriod Tracker app was created by five men who “were

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ith women currently holding only 4.6 percent of CEO positions in Fortune 500 companies, those who face discrimination in the workplace must deal with corporate norms challenging them to break through the glass ceiling, but activists and female leaders have hope.

“Breaking through the glass ceiling is something that is very prevalent right now,” sophomore Jocelyn Shilakes, a league delegate for League of Creative Minds, an independent academic debate program, said. “Even though we are trying to achieve it, the more and more women that display interest in becoming more active in politics, the greater that ceiling will break.”

A glass ceiling limits women and minorities from achieving jobs high on the corporate ladder and working to their fullest potential.

“In my debate, a large amount of the people who do it are boys,” Shilakes said. “I’ve really had to learn to step in there and say what

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I want to say and to make sure that my point is conveyed properly.”

The employment-to-population ratio between men and women is unequal, with the male ratio being 25 percent more than women at 47 percent, according to the International Labour Organization.

“When I met other women that had been there for a long time, I would thank them so much because they really put up with a lot and by the time I got in, it was a pretty comfortable situation, comparatively,” SHB Administrative Assistant Katie Zepeda, who spent 14 years as a firefighter for the San Francisco Fire Department, said.

There were 50 female firefighters at the time she joined the SFFD, according to Zepeda.

“There was another woman on the engine almost everyday with me, and she was a really good firefighter,” Zepeda said. “I could sense that the guys had a lot of confidence in the job that she did.

It was heartening because I began to think, ‘Well when I get trained

tired of the drama, discourse and sometimes absurd fights.”

“Inherent misogyny in a patriarchal world deems periods as dirty,” Garlinghouse said. “Women have oftentimes in different religious texts have been called dirty or submale, from Adam’s rib. Men don’t have periods, so what better way to highlight a hierarchy than to ostracize those who are having a very normal bodily function.”

This holds true in politics evidenced by “Time” magazine’s opinion piece on Hillary Clinton and her better fit for presidency due to her postmenopausal state and through Donald Trump’s statement that debate moderator Megyn Kelly had “blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her wherever” while asking him “all sorts of ridiculous questions.”

“I think in media there’s always a joke in the sense that women are inadequate while they are going through it,” Smith-Werner said.

Period stigma extends to education in developing countries, where girls miss over 20 percent of their school year due to forced absences attributed to menstruation, according to a 2012 UNICEF survey.

“During my trip to the World Cup in South Africa, I met this young girl on a weekday, and I asked her, ‘Why aren’t you in school,’” Miki Agrawal, CEO of Thinx, a company committed to providing period-proof panties and breaking the menstruation taboo, said in her TedX Talk. “She said, ‘It’s my week of shame,’ and very embarrassedly told me that when she has her period, she misses a week of school. She tried using old rags but every time she went to go write on the chalkboard, the bits of rags would fall

out, and the boys would laugh at her, and she’d run home crying.”

Contemporary perceptions of females and their bodies as toxic during periods can lead to ostracization from communities in developing countries, restricting worship and contact to people and livestock. Some women, such as those in Nepal, are even sent to isolated dwellings where they face danger from malnutrition, rape and animal predators, according to Femme International.

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“To my horror, I found out that girls were using unimaginable things like sticks, leaves, mud, rags and plastic bags,” Agrawal said about her research on how girls in developing countries handled their periods. “Sixty-seven million girls in Africa alone start by missing one week of school every month and eventually ended up dropping out because of something as natural as their periods?”

Factoring in a lack of reproductive education, women are susceptible not only to infection but also unplanned pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases, according to Plan International. A UN study shows that 48 percent of girls in Iran and 10 percent of girls in India believe menstruation is a disease.

“Menstruation management is a root cause for cyclical poverty in the developing world,” Agrawal said. “And, women are the great-

est resource to elevating communities out of extreme poverty.”

Agrawal addressed the Girl Effect, a study which indicates that given an education, females will return $90 of $100 back to a community while males will only return $20 to $30. When girls drop out of school and get pregnant early, they aren’t productive members of society and can’t earn a living, equating to billions of dollars of lost income potential.

Agrawal and her company, which funds seven AFRIpads, sanitary pads created by Ugandan women, for every one Thinx underwear sold, saw an increase in graduation and pregnancy age rates when pads were made more accessible.

“When people are uncomfortable with issues, they don’t talk about it and change doesn’t happen,” Agrawal said. “Our mission expanded beyond just providing products and solutions for women here and there. Our mission became to break the taboo around this important issue that’s also so natural. We can create life.

It’s beautiful, and it should not be called the week of shame.”

Garlinghouse says the best way to normalize something is to have open communication and not attach any shame, adding that a lot of boys are grossly uninformed about the female anatomy.

“There’s still people that hid their tampons up their sleeve when they go the bathroom and don’t like talking about it, but I see it more as an opportunity for girls to bond over as the struggle of being female,” Smith-Werner said. “ It’s a natural process that lasts seven days out of the month max. Women are really strong, and we know how to push past it.”

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BREAKING THE GLASS CEILING Stuart Hall for Boys Administrative Assistant Katie Zepeda speaks to Head of School Jaime Dominguez. Zepeda stepped into her position after 14 years of SFFD firefighting. and I learn, then I too can be respected for the job that I do.’”

When former San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom appointed six women during his term to positions including fire chief, medical examiner, police chief and port director, San Francisco became the largest urban workforce city with women in charge of emergencies than anywhere else in the United States, according to SFFD. Chief of Department Joanne Hayes-White was the first woman appointed to the job, and the 25th chief of department.

“Although at times I feel there may be a higher level of scrutiny, it is ultimately about always performing at a high level with integrity,” Chief of Department Joanne Hayes-White said.

Both Hayes-White and Zepeda recognized that most important quality of a leader is confidence, no matter a person’s gender.

“I think we, as girls, have a really different opinion, and mindset on a lot of the topics that our country is facing today,” Shilakes said. “I think we have a lot of value that we can contribute to politics, in general.”

Fifty-two percent of students reported that they had felt discouraged outside of the Convent community because of her gender, according to a survey collected by the Broadview staff.

“Convent definitely encourages students to break through the glass ceiling,” Shilakes said. “We are really asked to question stereotypes and address many current events. In all these classes, we are not only inspired, but expected, to come forth and share our opinions, to be really concrete in what we think. If we want to choose something, we are driven to achieve it.”

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easonal store-front displays and back-to-back advertisements showcasing consumer goods, such as clothing and technology are a common sight in weeks leading up to December holidays, but holiday consumerism, buying and giving store-bought goods, may not be inherently bad.

“I think that one mode of care and affection has dominated all others because, truth be told, the others don’t make as much money in the same way,” philosophy teacher Paul Pryor Lorentz said. “I enjoy giving things, but I think when it becomes an ‘-ism,’ when people lose sight of other ways of showing care and affection, that’s a problem.”

Pryor Lorentz connected traditions involving gift-exchange to the concept of the five “love languages,” or ways individuals express and experience affection.

“For some people, the giving and the receiving of gifts is the way in which they communicate their care or their love for someone,” Pryor Lorentz said. “But, there’s at least four other ways, which are spending quality time together, words of affirmation,

physical affection and acts of service.”

Senior Sophia Slacik says when she decides to buy gifts for her family during the holidays, she aims for purchases that give recipients experiences rather than products.

“I’m buying Warriors tickets for my dad, and I got ones to a game in January,” Slacik said.

“For my sister — her birthday’s actually on Christmas — I take her out to afternoon tea on the 23rd every year as a tradition because I think that if you have to spend money and buy into the consumerism, then it’s better to spend it on things where you spend time with your loved ones rather than just getting them new technology.”

Junior Maya Shur, who celebrates Hanukkah, does not believe that consumerism plays a major role in how she and her family observe the holiday.

“My family isn’t super big on gifts for Hanukah, but we do make a point of being together,” Shur said. “I do think that a lot of my friends who celebrate Hanukkah look forward to eight days of presents rather than eight days of spending time with family.”

Stores may capitalize on cultural sentiment associated with the holiday season and offer incentives to potential in-store or online customers in order to profit, according to economic teacher Michael Steinbrecher.

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“The holiday season usually represents their biggest quarter of the year, so when you’re really trying to get your numbers up for the year, there’s a big push to do it in the holiday season,” Steinbrecher said. “So that last quarter of the year — October, November, December — is where they’re really look-

ing to make their big money.

That’s why we have Black Friday starting on Thursday and Cyber Monday, and deals, deals, deals.”

While consumerism may have some negative effects on an individual’s idea of the holiday traditions, it is okay in moderation, according to Slacik.

“If people can remember what Christmas is really about, which is family and spending time with those you love, you don’t have to completely reject the consumerist aspect because it’s nice to receive a gift and to give gifts,” Slacik said. “You just have to remember what’s really important — not the new iPhone or the new iPad.” Participating in holiday consumerism by buying gifts for children can be an appropriate way to get them excited about holidays with traditions and values they might not fully comprehend.

“It does build a sense of excitement and a sense of anticipation that’s age-appropriate for them,” Pryor Lorentz said. “As a kid, I would get really excited for presents and now I can remember and I can find that child-like jubilation as I transfer my focus, anticipation and hope onto things of deeper significance.”

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MERRY MARKETPLACE Kindergartners Rebecca Alba (left) and Elaine Roberts (right) admire the necklaces at one of the booths in the Main Hall. The “Merry Marketplace” was set up on Dec. 5 for members of the Sacred Heart community to take part in a Christmas boutique. Boots, food trucks and games were part of the event. The items for sale ranged from jewelry to books to toys for children.

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haritable organizations often see an increase in the number of people wanting to volunteer around the holidays, but the demand for services is not confined to the month of December.

“We definitely see an increase in volunteering around the holidays,” Goldie Pyka, of the San Francisco Marin Food Bank, said. “People perceive that the need is more around the holidays, and so they feel inclined to give more.”

Although volunteering and donations to charitable organizations increase by about 30 percent during the month of December, according to Network for Good, an online philanthropic donations organization, not everyone agrees that philanthropic activity should

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espite social media complaints of Starbucks’ red and green holiday cups not being “Christmasy” enough and Christmas cards more often depicting Santa flying over the Golden Gate Bridge or reindeer riding on cable cars than the baby Jesus, the “secularization” of Christmas allows inclusion of a more diverse community into a Christian religious celebration.

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olunteering boosts self-value, ts year-round philanthropists be concentrated at just one time of year.

“I don’t really feel more inclined to volunteer around the holidays because I like spreading it out more throughout the year,” sophomore Ava Jones, a member of the Heart & Hands service club and National Charity League, said. “I mean, it’s great that people volunteer lots around Christmas, but people actually need help all year long.”

Volunteering year-round benefits not only those on the receiving end of the service, but can be physically beneficial to the volunteer, according to Harvard Medical School Health Publications.

People who volunteer on a regular basis live longer and have lower blood pressure than those who do not.

“Right after the holidays and at the beginning of the school year

are generally the hardest times to get volunteers,” Pyka said. “If some students got together a group of their friends and committed to helping out for a few hours once a month or so, many, many people would benefit.”

Volunteering consistently throughout all four years of high school makes it easier to attain the 100 required service hours for graduation, rather than completing all the hours within a few months.

“I do a lot of my hours during the summer, just because I’m free more often, but if I have a free day, I try to get out and do something,” Jones said. “My favorite place to volunteer is Brady Riding, an organization in Golden Gate Park that provides therapeutic horseback riding lessons to kids with disabilities. You get to be outside, and talk to these kids, who make

you feel grateful for all that you have.”

Organizations such as the food bank also welcome monetary donations, which teens forget about or overlook, according to Pyka.

“You could give us a $2.50 jar of pasta sauce — which is great — but because we have such high buying power, if you gave us $2.50 in cash, we could provide about seven entire meals for people who need them,” Pyka said.

Simple Gifts, Students In Action and Heart & Hands student-run service clubs meet regularly, offer opportunities to volunteer in the community and participate in other service projects and events.

“Heart & Hands does a ton of outside school volunteer work,” Jones said. “It isn’t the service club that you join and then nothing ever happens.”

someone say the ‘Happy birthday to you,’ we all sing together with them,”the Rev. Linh Nguyen, Parochial Vicar at St. Vincent de Paul Church on Green Street, said about inclusion during the holidays.

“We learn to celebrate the birthday of someone we don’t know,” Nguyen said. “Indirectly we already understood that life is so precious, life is so beautiful and life is so meaningful to everybody, and we should celebrate.”

The celebration of a winter holiday has deeper roots that predate religious interpretations.

“These celebrations went by many names over the millennia, and everyone did it their own way,” theology teacher Paul Pryor Lorentz read from David Wong’s “The True Meaning of Christmas (That Everyone Forgets)” during Chapel last week.

Wong writes that despite all the differences people have, they still come together to celebrate the end of the year “Deep down, I think the message was always the same: ‘We made it through another year, some of us won’t see spring, let’s spend a few days reminding each other of what’s good about humanity.’”

“Human beings can all celebrate their friendship: children to parent, parent to children, friend to friend, people to people,” Nguyen said. “Somehow, someway, we see that Christmas brings

peace, joy and happiness. It is to love and be loved during Christmas.”

Despite being the minority in a religious community, students who are not Christian still find ways to join the winter celebrations.

“I’m not extremely religious,” junior Masha Kozlova, whose mom is Russian Orthodox and dad is Jewish, said.

“But for holidays, my family usually celebrate a hybrid of like Christmas and Hanukkah. My family gathers and eats a holiday meal of Russian traditional foods. After we’re done eating we exchange gifts for Christmas and get money for Hanukkah.”

Nonreligious people still celebrate their families and friends with traditions such as decorating and exchanging gifts.

“So even Christian or not Christian, religious or not religious, everyone benefits from this peace, and this loving and happy celebration,” Nguyen said.

Commercial corporations benefit from the inclusivity of Christmas being more secular.

Macy’s, whose stores celebrate Christmas through annual parades and tree lightings with carols, focuses on creating inclusion for everyone no matter what their religious background is, according to Betsy Nelson, Macy’s Vice President of media relations and cause marketing on the West Coast.

“Macy’s policy is that our stores must and will reflect the diversity of our customers, our organization and our society throughout the year,” Nelson said. “Our intention is to make every customer feel welcomed and appreci-

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ated, whether they celebrate Christmas or other holidays.”

Christmas is a time to celebrate with everyone, not just the group someone belongs in, according to Nguyen.

“I see the meaningfulness of peace,” Nguyen said.

“We believe as Catholics and Christians that Christ will bring joy, happiness, hope and peace in this Christmas season to everyone.”

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bump to the head may seem like it can be healed in a few days, but untreated, serious concussions cause permanent brain damage.

After getting her wisdom teeth pulled, senior Julia Praeger expected to have her time filled with smoothies and a sore mouth, but when she hit her head from fainting on the kitchen counter after taking her blood ridden gauze out, she went to the doctor and was diagnosed with a mild concussion.

“I felt light headed, like I was always hungry or thirsty, and if I stood up too fast I would get dizzy,” Praeger said. “I felt like that for about a week or so after the concussion.”

Although Praeger’s concussion was mild, Tatiana Gutierrez (’15) took medical leave for the first quarter at Santa Clara University after suffering a concussion.

“I was on my friend’s back and basically I slipped off and the back of my head hit the concrete,” Gutierrez said.

Gutierrez could not recall the incident after the fall. Her friends took care of her for the rest of the night and she went to bed instead of immediately going to a doctor.

Contrary to popular belief, a person suspected of having a concussion does not need to be kept awake if she is able to keep a conversation, walk and does not have dilated pupils. The injured person can sleep and be woken in two hour increments to check that she can easily be awaken and are not displaying worse symptoms, according to the Dartmouth College of Sports Medicine.

Gutierrez went to the emergency room two days later, after she could not remember conversations, had headaches and was sleeping for most of the day.

There she underwent neurological tests that determined she had a concussion.

“I don’t know why I didn’t think I had a concussion,” Gutierrez said. “I was still really slow with my thought processing and putting one and two together. I couldn’t really think about that ‘Oh I hit my head on the sidewalk I should go see a doctor.’ I just thought I fell.”

Doctors ran tests where Gutierrez had to walk heel to toe, follow the doctor’s finger with her eyes and hold her arms up on her own.

“If there was something seriously wrong with me like a brain bleed, I wouldn’t be able to do these motor skill functions,” Gutierrez said. “They even asked me to smile, and you figure that you can do that naturally. It was scary that they asked such simplistic things of me to see if I was all right.”

If not treated, concussions’ long term effects include spasm disorientation, loss of memory, slowed ability to process information and difficulty with conversations. Traumatic brain injuries that are confused as concussions can even result in comas, according to BrainLine, a multimedia project to inform the public of brain injuries.

Especially with mild concussions, not all the symptoms of lack of motor skills, confusion, dizziness or blurred vision are not always evident.

“I didn’t know I had a concussion,” Praeger said about her fall.

“There was just an ache in my head.”

Mild concussions, although sometimes hard to detect, need to be treated or else the symptoms may worsen and delay the brain’s healing process.

“One of the most obvious signs of a concussion is a headache,” on-campus sports trainer Kevin Dinglasan, who also works at University of California San Francisco for Sports Medicine said. “Unfortunately you can get headaches from almost anything. Because that is one of the more general symptoms, it makes it harder to see if it’s a concussion.”

Gutierrez has had concussions in the past, but this one was the worst and requires the most recovery time. Post-concussive syndrome, causing symptoms of concussions to last for weeks and months, usually happen after multiple concussions.

Gutierrez’s recovery includes lots of rest and minimal screentime. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention also recommends slowly returning to other activities and not doing anything strenuous on the brain.

“Screen time and texting and boredom are challenges,” Diane Gutierrez, Tatiana’s mom who has been helping with the recovery process, said. “Even hearing something read is difficult, and you can easily overthink.”

Looking forward, Gutierrez says she will be more careful during her time at college.

“It made me have a new perspective on how I am going back to school,” Gutierrez said. “I am not invincible. It is really in college to think ‘I’m young, I’m healthy, I can have fun with my friends.’ I never thought a piggy back ride could withdraw me from school.”

Getting a‘head’ of concussions Knowing the signs of a concussion and getting immediate medical treatment can reduce brain recovery time.

Symptoms

After hitting your head, contact a doctor if you experience any of these symptoms.

Confusion Difficulty with memory

Insomnia Excessive sleepiness Sensivity to light or noise Double or blurred vision Dizziness Trouble with coordination

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Get plenty of rest.

Do not look at screens, including phones and computers.

Drink lots of fluids.

Write down things that are hard to remember.

Try to do one thing at a time.

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Sleepless in San Francisco

Lack of sleep compromises health and well being.

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leep is an essential part of adolescent well-being, but many teenagers see it as an expendable activity, which can affect their moods and physical health.

“Multiple times my dad has stormed into my bedroom at 3 a.m. saying I need to go to sleep,” junior Elisa Ternynck, who says she sleeps six or fewer hours every night to do homework, said.

Teens should sleep 8 to 10 hours per night, according to pediatrician Dr. Eileen Aicardi.

“The hours of sleep a night teenagers are supposed to have was brought up during Class Meetings and we all laughed because that’s not at all what we get,” Ternynck said.

Sleep deprivation can lead to health related issues such as an increase in the chances of suffering from diabetes, depression, obesity and cancer, according to the Center for Disease Control.

“People who are sleep deprived are often times are more vulnerable to get sick because they don’t have the same immune responses and some of the other things that manage stress

in your body are compromised,” Aicardi said.

Insufficient sleep causes daytime sleepiness and reduced alertness, according to the Center for Disease Control.

“I’m definitely more sensitive when I don’t sleep because you don’t have that time to let your body recharge or repower for the next day,” junior Lillian Lachman said. “When I don’t get that time it definitely affects my mood and how much energy I can have throughout the day.”

Lack of sleep can also affect mood and irritability towards family members and friends, according to Aicardi.

“When I don’t sleep, at school I can’t focus and I can’t act normally the next day,” Ternynck said. “Sometimes I will zone out in class or even fall asleep. Sometimes I can’t even talk to people because it’s that hard.”

It is better to go to sleep early and wake up early if homework must be completed rather than stay up late finishing because shallow sleep is far less restorative than the deep sleep that takes place when going to bed earlier, according to Aicardi.

Shallow sleep is a state of sleep in which it is easier to wake up,

where deep sleep is a state of sleep in which the muscles relax and movement is minimized.

“A bad night for me is when I get no sleep and just stay up straight through the night,” Lachman said. “Even worse though is getting five to 10 minutes because you go to sleep and then you wake right up.”

Teenagers and children who are still growing and do not sleep sufficiently can experience stunted growth.

“The majority of hormones come out at night when sleeping, so if people are concerned with how tall they are and want to maximize their height then sleep is part of the equation,” Aicardi said.

Sleep needs to take precedence over anything else, even if that means sacrificing a homework assignment on occasion, according to Aicardi.

“Sleep is a time where you’re not supposed to be stressed about anything,” Lachman said.

“It’s a time for you to relax and take a break from your dayto-day life and when you don’t get that break it can affect how much you can stand throughout the day.”

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n under-recognized group of elite athletes is spending an average of 24 hours a week learning to coax their 1100 pound teammates into maneuvering jumps and obstacles.

“Horses don’t understand hopes or aspirations — only clear direction,” junior Bettina Giglio, who has been riding horses for 11 years, said.

Student equestrians compete in equitation, jumper and dressage disciplines. These different divisions allow riders to focus on different skills and variables.

Giglio competes in the equitation division in all the horse shows she attends.

“The purpose of the equitation division is to mold better jumper-riders,” Matt Sereni, Head Trainer at Sterling View Farms, said. “Equitation is supposed to be the foundation for riding.”

Equitation riders can be judged both over fences and on the flat, the arena environment equipped with jumps and fences.

Riders can be judged not only on their ability to negotiate a course of jumps on their horses, but also on their style and position while they do it, demonstration of understanding, execution, consistency, accurateness and style, according to The United States Equestrian Federation.

“For me personally, equitation hurt my confidence a little bit,” junior Lauren Kee said. “There

would be these girls on these $250,000 horses — because they can afford that — and I would be on my cheaper horse, and sometimes you just can’t compete with that.”

Kee tried equitation but switched back to the jumper faction of competition.

“If you have a good-minded horse that trusts you, you can still beat the people that just buy their way to the top,” Kee said.

The show jumping course tests a horse’s athleticism, agility and tractability while simultaneously testing a rider’s precision, timing, accuracy and responsiveness on an obstacle course of jumps meant to stay intact throughout the run, according to USEF. “The jumper faction is a lot more based on what you dare to do, and your time,” Kee said.

“Nobody can argue with it because it’s just based against a clock.”

Each horse show has a different set of qualifications required to compete.

“At the minimum, you have to win the corresponding final class at a local horse show in order to be qualified to go to one of those horse shows,” Sereni said. “They don’t want you at the finals if you aren’t good enough to be there.”

Giglio plans to attend the HITS Thermal Desert Circuit for four weeks during March and April in Southern California.

Success at horse shows depends on her ability to replicate her peak performance during

the two minutes she is given in the show ring, according to Sereni.

“Bettina and her horse Zag can function as a team and very much accomplish the goals that she has set for herself,” Sereni said.

Giglio pledged to participate in a month free of irons called No-Stirrup November, which will increase the strength of her leg muscles.

“It’s basically like a football player hitting the weight room extra hard in the off-season,” Sereni said. “This is our off-season, and then we hit the ground running again on Feb. 15, but right now she’s basically hitting the weight room.”

Riders learn the responsibility of taking care of and building a relationship with another being.

“I’m very insistent on building a relationship,” sophomore Francesca Petruzzelli said about her horse, “He’s like my best friend.”

Each barn visit includes flatwork, riding, care and clean up. Flat work entails stretching the horse’s muscles, preparing and dressing the horse and the rider in the proper gear such as saddles, bridles, boots, irons and bits.

“Stretching out the horse’s legs and neck, much like stretching for running, is very important so that their muscles are warmed up,” Petruzzelli said. “Pulling something is a big worry.”

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RIDE ON Equestrian Bettina Giglio takes direction from her trainer Matt Sereni about how she and her horse will navigate an obstacle in the show-ring simulation. ups and are meant to engage the back and hind muscles of the horse to ensure better jumps.

“Riders are learning to deal with the good kids out at the shows and with the little brat kids,” Sereni said. “It’s about walking into the show-ring environment and having tunnel vision, focusing on that it’s just you and your horse out there, and blocking out everything else, whether it’s personal, whether it’s family, or school.”

The year a rider is 17 to 18 is the last year she is eligible for competition as a non-professional, increasing the importance of that time.

“I’m not trying to overvalue the importance of the junior years,” Sereni said. “There’s a lot of riding past that, by no means is it over, but they’re precious.”

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arsity basketball brought home a gleaming blue trophy after winning the Marin Academy Invitational Tournament this past weekend.

“You’re playing three games in a row in the same environment and it allows you, especially this early in the season, to gauge whether or not you will be a good team,” co-captain Isabelle Armstrong said. “From the very beginning we have a team mentality so it’s not just a single person game. Everyone can contribute equally.”

The team beat Bay 55-41 on Thursday, Branson 49-29 on Friday and Albany 57-42 on Saturday.

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nachino had another good night with 16. That was the final game, the championship game.”

Marin Academy, who hosted the tournament, invited eight teams to participate.

“When you are playing three days in a row without practice, you get better as you go along and you gain some confidence,” Marquette said.

The new team members, three freshmen and two sophomores, were crucial to the 10-player team during the tournament, according to Armstrong.

“The new players all got play time and they contributed a lot to our wins,” Armstrong said.

“Even though most of them didn’t start — with the exception of Sydney O’Neil in the first game — they had a big impact on the game.”

Defense remained a consistent strength of the team, while offense is something the team improved on throughout the games and will continue to work on

during the season, according to Marquette.

“Everyone passed the ball around really well,” junior Gia Monachino said. “We were able to make plays, work together and we had really good team chemistry.”

The wins only count towards their overall wins and losses and to their position in the North Coast Section Championships.

“As competitions start to get harder and we play teams in the regular season, we’ll have to push ourselves a little bit more,” Armstrong said.

The team will play in the Branson Nike Hoops Classic charity tournament starting today.

“I’m having a lot of fun with this team,” Marquette said. “I want them to realize that they could be special, that they could surprise a lot of people in our league. As well as we played in the tournament, I don’t think we are close to what we can be potentially.”

look on failure and success, according to Sereni.

“It makes my job a lot easier when the riders really want to work,” Sereni said. “Like any other sport, it teaches the competition factor of sportsmanship.

It teaches losing with grace, and winning with modesty.”

Apart from what she learns in terms of responsibility, Giglio attributes her communication skills to what she has learned from riding.

“I think that one of the coolest things about riding is just learning to speak their language because in the end it’s a team thing and you’re not just gonna get your way by demanding of the horse,” Giglio said. “The horse has to feel invited to do the work, it has to want to do the work.

They’re bigger than you, they’re stronger than you, you cannot force them to do anything.”

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Running from stress

rom the time my dad put a basketball in my hands at the age of 3, I knew I had found my thing. I loved the sport.

At that young age, however, I was playing to impress my brother and my friends at school.

I have grown to look at basketball as an escape. When the pressures of school, friendships and parents begin to bear down on me, the pounding of the ball on the floor and the sound of it swishing through the net is one of the few constants in my life.

Physical activity can act as an outlet to tune out problems of the real world. Taking an hour or two a day to just focus on what one loves to do can release everyday stress.

Teenagers need to find that one activity or place that takes their mind off of everything.

Participating in sports, aerobics or yoga not only provides the opportunity to exercise, and lets participants go to a place that relieves the stresses of day-to-day life.

Children, who heartily exercise for no less than 20

minutes three or more days a week, exhibited higher grades in a study by the American College of Sports Medicine.

Those involved in less strenuous activities for 30 minutes over five days per week did not achieve the same improved grade results.

Sitting in a classroom for seven hours every day, five days a week can become too much of a routine for some teens. Activities break up the blandness of doing the same thing every day. We all need the chance to look forward to a Tuesday dance class or Friday gym workout.

At the same time, competitive activities and sports can cause even more anxiety and stress. The enjoyment of an adolescent’s’ passion can be taken away by the pressure placed them by others and themselves, so competitive may not always be the best outlet for everyone.

It is important we all to find something we love to do, but also have fun. Basketball gives me a getaway when everything else is not working out.

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Sexual harassment impedes women’s advancement in the workplace

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ven though women have made strides in many areas of the workplace, breaking the glass ceiling is made even more strenuous by sexual harassment in working environments, creating tremendous difficulty and setbacks for many women striving for success.

One in three women has experienced a form of sexual harassment at her place of employment, according to a Cosmopolitan survey of over 2,000 working women.

Occurring in many traditionally male dominated fields and STEM occupations where women lack adequate representation, workplace sexual harassment can include offensive comments, requests for sexual favors or physical contact of a sexual nature that affect the victim’s work habits and create a hostile work environment, according to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

In order to prevent more women from falling victim to workplace sexual harassment, working women must band together to support and encourage one another to take a stand, instead of cre-

ating an isolated environment for their female coworkers.

Without womanly support and prevention, women who are exposed to sexual harassment at work can risk facing depression, anxiety and a loss of passion in their occupation, according to Workplace Answers.

Due to differences in the treatment of both genders in the workplace and a lack of many female role models, women are often discouraged from entering jobs that are traditionally associated with men, according to the Business and Professional Women’s Foundation. If more women avoid these jobs, the gender gap will continue to widen, keeping women beneath the glass ceiling.

Often being the minority in male dominated fields, women can feel inhibited from reporting instances of

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sexual harassment by a coworker or superior employer. Only 29 percent of the women report harassment, according to the Cosmopolitan survey, allowing the perpetrators to continue with the mistreatment of women in the workplace.

Despite the fear and sense of inferiority a workplace harasser may instill, an employed woman’s integrity and self worth must be protected. Experiencing workplace harassment is not a situation

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that should be taken lightly or disregarded as insignificant.

Although victims should ideally bring their experiences and feelings to the attention of someone who can make a change in their mistreatment, we must stand together as women and provide support when they are unable to speak up in order to alter how women are treated in the workplace.

If we don’t, nothing will change.

HOW DO YOU GIVE BACK AROUND THE HOLIDAYS?

“My mom and a few other friends and family give out presents to people on the street.”

— Tomasina Akamine, freshman

“I volunteer at after-school programs, and I also worked at Deck the Hall.” ­— Gabby Tom, sophomore

“My family and I buy supplies, clothing and toys for the less fortunate.”

— Eden Schade, sophomore

“I go and work at my stables, and help teach the novice kids how to [horseback] ride.”

— Lauren Kee, junior

“When I go to Brazil, I help in my family-run restaurant. It just helps to keep it going.” ­— Gabby Gupta, senior

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Improper use of mobility aids degrading, offensive

Photoshoot improperly uses assistive devices.

he is dressed in a black latex leotard, her eyes blank and her limbs rigid as she sits on a wheelchair, even though her legs are fully functional. Kylie Jenner’s recent cover of “Interview” magazine photographed by Steven Klein has caused controversy due to misuse of an assistive device for the mobility impaired.

Posing as what Huffington Post calls a “retro sex doll” or what “People” magazine calls a “dominatrix Barbie doll meets Fembot meets Stepford wife,” Jenner glamorizes disability while sitting in a custom, gold wheelchair.

“Interview” magazine defends the image, writing “the Kylie feature aims to unpack Kylie’s status as both engineer of her image and object of attention.” Its “intention was to create a powerful set of pictures that get people thinking about image and creative expression…not to offend anyone.”

Despite the possibility that the chair symbolizes the teen’s struggles and restrictions that come with her fame, it is outrageous that the magazine would publish such an image.

Wheelchair-dependent individuals, like 18-year-old Leah Abell with cerebral palsy, are

angered because Jenner doesn’t “know how it feels to be in a wheelchair.” The glamour associated with the photoshoot ignores the reality that people who use wheelchairs are often discriminated against and mistreated. Wheelchair user Erin Tatum, who posted her own version of the photo on Tumblr, claims that she “can barely get people to make eye contact with me, let alone land a cover shoot.”

With a father who permanently uses a leg brace and experience working with handicapped patients during hospital volunteering, more often than not I see the wheelchair as a freeing instrument that allows individuals to move and more easily access society. More than a constricting device, wheelchairs can also be viewed as liberating.

Regardless of these differing opinions, wheelchairs are closely associated with the perseverance and strength of those with disabilities and using it to symbolize sex and the “struggles” of the privileged is a gross misuse.

Artistic expression should be freeing and explored, but not at the expense of something so closely tied to an often immobilized affinity.

1. 2015 Paris Climate Conference aims to limit global warming to 2 degrees Celsius.

2. The first officer involved in the death of Freddie Gray is standing trial.

1. Beijing issues an air quality red alert.

2. The Baltimore officer blames Gray for his own death.

3. San Francisco picks up real trees and chips them for recycling.

3. Residents still purchase artificial trees that are sent to landfill.

4. “The Bachelor” announced 28 new contestants for Season 20.

4. The show sets unrealistic standards for women.

5. All grades have off-campus lunch privileges and free dress next week.

5. It’s finals.

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West mourned, East ignored

WHAT RITUALS DO YOU HAVE IN PREPARATION FOR FINALS?

“I review my class notes, I make flashcards and Quizlets.”

— Anna Doggett, freshman

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Paris terrorist attacks distract the world from other violence.

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t is not Paris we should pray for. It is the world. It is a world in which Beirut, reeling from bombings two days before Paris, is not covered in the press,” Instagram user Karuna Parikh posted a day after terrorist attacks shook the City of Light, causing the world to mourn.

A double suicide bombing in Beirut, Lebanon killed at least 43 people one day before the attacks on Paris. Other suicide and roadside bombings staggered Baghdad, Iraq — killing 23 people and wounding dozens on the same day as the Paris attacks. The self-proclaimed Islamic State, ISIS, claimed responsibility for both attacks.

A death count in Potiskum, Nigeria included at least 46 students who lost their lives at the hands of a suicide bomber affiliated with Boko Haram, another radical Islamic terrorist group presiding in Nigeria.

French flags draped over Facebook profile photos in solidarity with the victims of Paris while Lebanon, Iraq and Nigeria

were merely passè topics mentioned on news outlets and promptly forgotten.

“When my people died, no country bothered to light up its landmarks in the colors of their flag,” Elie Fares, a Lebanese doctor, wrote on his blog. “When my people died, they did not send the world into mourning. Their death was but an irrelevant fleck along the international news cycle, something that happens in those parts of the world.”

The comparisons do not end there. A husband and wife orchestrated a shooting at a San Bernardino, California developmental disability center, leaving 14 victims lifeless. The tragedy was broadcasted on full blast by major media outlets while a triple suicide bombing that killed at least 27 people in N’Djamena, Chad four days later was only briefly covered in comparison.

We mourn victims of violence selectively. Western countries also garner more sympathy, because they are developed nations who are unfamiliar to the morbidity of massacres and terrorist attacks that are seen as the norm in certain African and Middle Eastern nations.

Our world mentality has become faulty.

If a person is exposed to the same subject again and again, it loses its relevance.

Paris was a different variation of the same events that take place in the Middle East and Africa nearly everyday. International media only seemed to glorify the attacks on Paris since a western country attacked by terrorism deemed itself as “different.”

The tragedy in Paris should not be diminished, but 17,000 lives taken by Boko Haram since 2009 and a total loss of 17,049 Iraqi civilian lives in 2014 at the hands of ISIS should not be pushed under the rug simply because “it happens all the time.”

The life of an innocent Parisian or Californian is not more valuable than the life of an innocent Nigerian, Iraqi, Lebanese or Chadian. When we value one culture over another, we cease our mindfulness on how disturbing this action is.

As we concentrate on the Parisian tragedy, we need to be careful not to blind ourselves to the primary and presently consistent victims of terrorism: the victims in a world that we find so detached from our own when, in reality, we all walk on the same planet.

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“I just hunker down and sit at my desk and just gotta get done with everything I need to get done. ” — Cameron Newman, junior

“It’s cumulative, so I think a lot of it’s studying and getting mentally ready for the week.” ­— Katherine Burkett, senior

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“I will study in advance but then during Finals Week I only study for what I have the next day each night so I don’t have to be doing more work than I need to.”

— Cali Debevoise, sophomore

Ad upholds rape culture

Advertisement distorts ‘normal’ behavior.

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hile Target stores’ advertisement for kids’ clothing includes a girl on crutches, representing more diversity by featuring a model with a physical challenge, Bloomingdale’s Christmas catalog currently carries an ad that normalizes date rape.

“Spike your best friend’s eggnog when they’re not looking,” reads the tagline of the ad depicting a man leering at a unsuspecting woman dressed in holiday attire.

The ad suggests if a woman does not give sexual consent, then it is acceptable to compromise her ability to make good judgements.

Obviously Bloomingdale’s still needs to learn that if a woman is unable to say yes, the answer is no.

Date rape affects one in five women on college campuses, according to the National Sexual Violence Resource Center, and Bloomingdales and other major companies should not be mocking something that causes psychological and physical harm to so many women.

The two in the ad being “best friends” makes the man seem less harmful, but rapists are not always strangers. Forty seven percent of perpetrators are friends or acquaintances of the victims, according to the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network.

A Bloomingdale’s spokesman apologized when a social media storm criticized the ad, but ads are not the mistake of one person, and represent the culture of their companies.

As a high school senior applying to colleges, looking at the way colleges handle rape and sexual assault on campus is disturbing.

Until recently, rapes on campus or in dorms have not been treated as a violent crime. Campus police must sensitively take statements and evidence and investigate alleged rapes to be more concerned with protecting victims than defending potential perpetrators.

It’s no wonder 90 percent of sexual assault victims on college campuses do not report their attack, according to the NSVRC. Portraying rape as normal contributes to victim-blaming, and makes assault on women appear acceptable.

No one should have to watch her friend’s eggnog this Christmas, and normalizing rape needs to end.

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A tale of one fair Attendees enter the world of Dickens.

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IT’S A CAKEWALK A woman acts as Charles Dickens’ kitchen maid dressed up in Victorian garb and embroiders inside a model of his house during the Great Dickens Christmas Fair at the Cow Palace (top left). Performers walk along the Grand Concourse heading towards Fezziwig’s Dance Party where visitors can take part in traditional Victorian dances such as the polka and the waltz (top right). A performer begins the Paddy West Nautical Music & Songs show at the Paddy West Stage at the London Docks, one of the 12 main performance stages (bottom right).

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haracters straight out of a Charles Dickens story, Christmas carols, slabs of meat and glasses of cider await those who enter a fanciful Victorian era London during an annual event taking place over the next few weeks.

Over 700 performers are interacting with visitors and performing in dance and theater shows taking place throughout the day at the Great Dickens Christmas Fair.

“It’s as though you are stepping through the wardrobe in Narnia, and it’s a completely different world in every way,” English Department Chair Rachael Denny, who attends the Dickens fair every year, said. “From the floor to the street to the people, it’s magical.”

The festival also features stalls with detailed sweets and fried fish as well as alleys of fortune telling and clothing shops.

“It’s a lovely way to remember Christmas, sort of like childhood memories,” Cat Taylor, Dickens Fair Entertainment Director, said. “Instead of going to a mall or a store or a party, you can enter a new world, with characters from Dickens’ novels that remind us all of the movies we saw as children but in real life.”

Fair attendees travel from all around the world to the Cow Palace in Daly City, where the festivities are held, according to Taylor.

“They have a dancing festival you can watch, and they ask you if you want to dance, which is always really fun,” junior Grace Lachman, who has attended the fair since she was a child, said.

Over 40 groups of actors and singers rehearsed for weeks prior to the opening, according to Taylor.

“You become this character from the inside out,” said Taylor. “You want to think like the character and react like the character.”

The fair is filled with families joining in the holiday festivities, according to Denny.

“My mom, my sister and I have gone to the Dickens Fair every year since I was six as a girls’ excursion,” Lachman said.

“My mom would read us ‘Oliver Twist’ and ‘A Christmas Carol’ and going to the fair brings the stories to life.”

The fair takes place at the three-acre venue filled with intricate artificial light highlighting the streets and shops giving it the feel as though it is always Christmas Eve. “The idea of ‘A Christmas Carol’ happening throughout the day and watching Scrooge transform, while having eggnog or enjoying the town is really cool,” Denny said. “You are watching the Ghost of Christmas Past walk by you.”

The fair runs weekends through Dec. 20, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tickets are $30, ages 5-12 are $12.

When the lights go on in the City Festival illuminates City with interactive tours.

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rom Leo Villareal’s “The Bay Lights” installation shining across the span of the Bay Bridge to James Turrell’s subterranean work “Three Gems” in the De Young Museum’s sculpture garden, a series of temporary and permanent light art installations are illuminating the San Franciscan nightscape.

Illuminate SF Festival of Light, that opened Thanksgiving Day, is running nightly until New Year’s Day and features 27 ecofriendly light art installations spread across 12 neighborhoods and several areas of San Francisco International Airport. The annual event is facilitated by the San Francisco Travel Association in collaboration with local partners, and includes guided and independent tours, as well

as events centered on light-based art.

Most of the stunning, luminescent installations are accessible through public transportation.

Comprehensive independent viewing guidelines and directions, which together cover 20 installation and include detours to historic local sites, are featured on Illuminate SF’s website (http://www.illuminatesf. com/) for individuals who cannot make one of five scheduled tours.

Pre-planned excursions include guided walking tours, a cable car tour and an illuminated bike ride. Select tours offer the opportunity to meet some of the artists and hear them talk about their installations.

This year’s 36-day festival features approximately three times the number of installations than the inaugural festival in 2013, and also celebrates other “Il-

luminating Events,” such as the Nutcracker Under the Dome in Westfield San Francisco Centre and the Union Street Fantasy of Lights.

Viewers have the opportunity to see other light-based decorations that are both permanent and seasonal while searching the city for installations. One of the self-guided night tours, “North Beach + Embarcadero” ends in front of the installation “Soma” along the Embarcadero, giving sightseers a chance to see the breathtaking nearby view of the San Franciscan cityscape illuminated up by hundreds of lights.

Installations are powered on at dusk, and official tours are free but available spots are limited.

Prospective participants can reserve spots ahead of time by visiting Illuminate SF’s homepage, where a city-wide light art map marked with installations’ locations is available.

What’s pumping in The City

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ith rains predicted over the next few months, it’s time to bundle up — scarves have proven to be the perfect accessory. Scarves can be found in a variety of styles and colors, making them easy to pair with

Wrap it up

Pulse hats, vests, and the uniform.

Infinity and blanket-style scarves, with or without fringe, add a cozy aspect to each look.

Light or heavy, scarves will keep the neck warm through the next couple months.

— Compiled by Josie Rozzelle

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LIGHT IT UP The temporary installation Soma at Pier 14 on Mission Street. Its lights turn on daily 10 minutes after sunset and stay lit until 2 a.m. The piece, created by the Flaming Lotus Girls in 2009, represents the cell body of a neuron with branching dendrites, extensions of the nerve cell.

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Calvin Klein $38.00

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