The Horace Mann Record OCTOBER 6TH, 2017 || VOLUME 115, ISSUE 4
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Muslim Student’s Association joins The Union Iman (12) pilots pen pal program Sandhya Shyam Staff Writer
APPLES TO ORANGES Students pick up free produce at FLIK Farmer’s Market
The Muslim Student’s Association (MSA) will work as an offshoot of The Union to kickstart several new initiatives this school year, including a summit for Muslim students as well as a pen pal program with refugees, MSA club leader Zarina Iman (12) said. The summit will take place on November 18th here at the school and will be similar to the Gender and Inequality summit that took place two Harrison Haft/ Staff Photographer years ago, which featured a keynote speaker and several small workshops, Iman said. The event will focus on issues concerning Muslims, mainly what it means to be Muslim in America, especially from the perspective of the specialty food company Baldor. high school students, Iman said. “Visibility is really important, and I Chaka Wilson, who works for Baldor, described the company as think the summit is a great way to say, the “to” in the phrase “farm to table.” ‘We’re here,’” MSA club member Tasfiah “We serve as a middle-person, Tabassum (12) said. “It encourages working with local farms in New York, inclusivity and influences change.” New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, but also all over the country and the world,” he said. “I don’t consider myself Wilson said he was “pleasantly just a ‘Muslim’ activist surprised” by how knowledgeable because movements the students were about some of the more unique items, and by how openof social advancement minded they were to trying new foods. Gaither believes that this type of and equity are really all event is important for the school intertwined.” community to have every so often: - Zarina Iman (12) “I was stressed before I came to the market, but now I have good “We’re trying to reach out as far food. I’m really happy,” she said. “This is an event that brings so much as we can, so that students from joy to everyone,” Cohn said. “The many different schools attend,” beginning of the school year is hectic, Iman said. At the moment the club is in everyone’s getting acclimated. The process finding speakers, Farmers Market is a reprieve from it all.” the and they’ll also host workshops and affinity groups, Iman said. MSA is collaborating with the organization Students for Refugees, an organization that aims to serve refugees decided to give it to both of them. and help them assimilate into the US. Newhouse was in charge of It is a still a work in progress, Iman writing headlines for articles. said, but if all goes well, then students When headlining an article about would be able to write to people in baseball, Newhouse misconstrued US detention centers seeking asylum. “This would be great program the story so that Carneiro would receive praise from his peers. to have here at school,” Iman said. “He said, not entirely accurately, “Activist and lawyers working with that I had hit the longest home run in these people have found that letters Horace Mann history. That might have of support can be encouraging been true in that it was by a HM player, and can serve as a distraction but an opponent of ours hit a longer from their rough circumstances.” home run than that,” Carneiro said. “I remember him as a nice kid,” Paul Abramson ‘45 said, though they were not particularly close. In his free time, Newhouse socialized with the group of kids associated with The Record and Mannikin, he said. Newhouse was one of many in his graduating class to find success after graduation. One of Newhouse’s closest friends, Al Lowenstein ‘45, went on to become one of the first congressmen to speak out against the Vietnam War, Carneiro said. After graduating, Newhouse sadly grew apart from the school and chose not to have a relationship with the school, Head of School Dr. Tom Kelly said. According to Abramson and Carneiro, Newhouse did not attend their class reunions. Though Carneiro never saw Newhouse after leaving high school, Carneiro enjoyed watching Newhouse’s GIRL POWER Zarina Iman (12) with MuslimGirl representives successful empire grow after high school.
FLIK hosts farmers market Megha Nelivigi Staff Writer As she walked through Fisher Hall after lunch this Wednesday, Nina Gaither (9) could be seen carrying a basketball-sized squash in one hand and an enormous bag full of fresh produce in the other. Gaither took advantage of the farmers market held on Fisher Patio, organized and run by Senior Director of Dining Service Brenda Cohn. The event is exactly like a typical farmers market, except that the food is free for members of the school community, Cohn said. Throughout the ten years that she has worked here, the event has taken place at least five times, the most recent time being in 2015, Cohn said. “The Farmers Market is an opportunity to bring in some unique, exciting produce, and students, faculty, and staff alike can come and experience something new that they may not have
known existed before this,” Cohn said. In addition to squash, which Gaither plans on baking with maple syrup and butter, Gaither’s bag was filled with mushrooms, figs, cherry tomatoes, scallions, and various other fruits and vegetables. Some of the more unique food at the market included raisins on a vine, brussel sprouts on the stalk, and edible flowers. The purpose of bringing all this produce to school, Cohn said, is to bring the school together in a celebration of fall. Sofia Gonzalez (12) did not get the chance to visit the market the last time it was held, but was excited to be there on Wednesday, Gonzalez said. “I loved that even the kindergarteners were there - the whole community has a chance to enjoy the food,” she said. Not only does the event foster a sense of community, but it encourages the idea of healthy living, Taussiah Boadi (10) said. Cohn works with local farms and
Remembering the life of Newhouse ‘45 Sam Heller & Gustie Owens News Editor & Editor in Chief
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REST IN PEACE (Top) Newhouse in 1945 Mannikin; (Bottom) Newhouse in 2015.
Alum and media mogul Samuel “SI” Newhouse ’45, owner of magazines such as The New Yorker, Vogue, and GQ, passed away on Sunday night at the age of 89. “Good things come in small packages, and diminutive SI was Staten Island’s present to Horace Mann,” Newhouse’s senior profile in the Mannikin said. After graduating from the school, Newhouse went on to attend Syracuse University, and eventually take over the magazine publishing company Condé Nast. Under his leadership, Newhouse purchased and reworked the New Yorker, revived Vanity Fair, and oversaw the dozens of other magazines under the Condé Nast empire. Newhouse’s interest in media began in high school; he served as the comanaging editor of The Record and as president of the Speakers’ Club, a club devoted to discussing national and school events and perfecting club members’ speaking skills in the process. On The Record, Newhouse had a friendly rivalry with his comanaging editor Robert Carneiro ’45, Carneiro said. They had been competing for the position, and editor in chief Al Lowenstein ‘45
“Though refugees have lost a sense of community and so many people are reluctant to welcome them into their own, we can inspire change and send a message to refugees that they are a part of our worlds and communities,” she said. MSA is a relatively new club here at school, formed by Iman at the end of her sophomore year. Iman, now a senior, has been involved in activism and hopes to extend her efforts to MSA and the school community, she said. “Even though there aren’t many Muslim students attending here, [MSA] was definitely a safe space that needed to be here, especially in this political climate,” Iman said. “The Muslim voice and identity is something that we don’t really hear much about in modern society, so we hope to introduce the Muslim narrative to the school,” Union coleader Yasmin McLamb (11) said. Iman has also participated in many social justice related activities outside of school. She writes for MuslimGirl, an online publication centered on the social justice of Muslim women. “I’ve read some of the pieces [Iman] has worked on and they’re fantastic,” McLamb said. Some articles that she has written include one titled, “3 Things You Need to Understand to Be A Woke Muslim Girl,” and another discussing the “problem with white feminism in the Women’s March.” Last February, Iman also organized a peaceful protest and memorial for the South Asian man who was shot in Kansas. Despite how cold it was that day, many people still turned up, so Iman considered it a success. Iman hopes to continue with her activism, she said. “I don’t consider myself just a ‘Muslim’ activist because movements of social advancement and equity are really all intertwined, and it’s impossible to reduce people down to just one identifier,” she said. “Zarina understands that justice for Muslims would be a lost cause without the Black Lives Matter movement and the fight for women’s rights,” Tabassum said. “I really respect her and her actions make me want to be more active as well.”
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