ARTS (p. 15-16)
A CLOSER LOOK (p. 7-10)
Self-taught student musicians rock out to the beat of their own drum
Behind the Haze: We take A Closer Look at JUUL culture at PHS
TUESDAY MARCH 6, 2018
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VOL. 104
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District drafts plans to renovate Witter Field June of next year AZUL KOTHARI web editor
Upcoming @ PHS TUES. MARCH 6 PHS Boosters Board Meeting at 6:30 p.m. @ Student Center WED. MARCH 7 AMC 10/12 Math Competition at 3:15 p.m. @ PHS Rooms 31 and 32 THURS. MARCH 8 Spring Play: The Tempest at 7:30 p.m. @ Alan Harvey Theater FRI. MARCH 9 Spring Play:The Grown-Up at 7:30 p.m. @ Alan Harvey Theater SAT. MARCH 10 Spring Play: The Tempest at 7:30 p.m. @ Alan Harvey Theater
Photo by Clarissa Lam
SUN. MARCH 11 Spring Play:The Grown-Up at 7:30 p.m. @ Alan Harvey Theater TUES. MARCH 13 Math Pathways Parent Meeting at 7 p.m. @ Student Center
KATHERINE IRVING acl editor ELLA LEE MAGGIE BLACK
WED. MARCH 14 Student-led activity at 10 a.m. THURS. MARCH 15 PHS Site Council Meeting at 3:30 p.m. @ Student Center FRI. MARCH 16 Bird Calling Contest at 7:30 p.m. @ Alan Harvey Theater SUN. MARCH 18 MHS Community Dinner THURS. MARCH 22 All School Art Show Reception at 6 p.m. @ PHS Library FRI. MARCH 23 WASC Focus Group at 8 a.m. @ Student Center
The timeline for renovation Early 2019
June 2019
start.
Late 2020 STEAM building construction
Mid 2021
FRI. MARCH 23 - MARCH 26 A Capella Revue at 8 p.m. @ Alan Harvey Theater
Ch eck out
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City Council updates Climate Action Plan
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Bubbles in water pose no threat
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Melnik and DeVos will retire at the end of the year
SHAY HEMPECK opinions editor
bubbles is unknown, it is likely that the bubbles are a result of the recent cold weather, maintenance technician Son Nguyen said. When cold water from the reservoir makes its way into warmer water in the city, the pressure changes, resulting in bubbles. Nguyen said concerned students should simply wait for the bubbles to dissipate.
Summer Africa trip promotes student research
W hat’s ‘Sup?
with Suppiger
Debunking the Urban Legends of PHS about common policy myths.
Muñoz says...
Students say...
“The state has greenhouse gas emission reduction goals, and every community needs to have a plan in place to tackle those goals.”
Can the school search your cell phone?
Jen Cavenaugh city council member
PATRICK AEBI sports editor
Can a student be expelled for missing too much school?
The New PUSD Sexual Harrassment Policy
BY DEFINITIONS
Are Sharpies allowed on campus?
POLICY SEXUAL HARASSMENT POLICY
Do teachers need permission slips to show R-rated movies?
SEXUAL VIOLENCE INVESTIGATION PROCEDURES What’s ‘Sup? with Suppiger
DISCIPLINARY ACTION For more information on the new sexual harassment policy, go to the PUSD Agenda Online Public Page Contact Will at wsuppiger@tphnews.com if there is a school policy that you want him to examine
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Bilingual students connect with their cultures through language
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Campus CLARISSA LAM
Photo by Clarissa Lam
“I would really like my language MARGO ROSENBAUM
that is really all I got to be stuck
campus editor
Hanna Pajt senior
subjects, and I never teach the same thing twice.” Nicholas Bruno home base teacher
ROY CONNORS editor-in-chief
“I think it is really important to keep doing things like this to try to Maya Guzdar senior
Who Knows Who Ko Narter Senior Kate Broening or senior Kay Sibal
Junior year assassin tradition recently revitalized by senior class
Questions
SCHEDULED ACTS
Ko’s Answers
Thirdstory
Senior Nick Wilde original song on guitar Sophomore Iain Brown “Summertime” on piano Junior Lhamo Dolma, senior Tenzin Dadon danced Seniors Jonathan Dinetz , Will Dalton sang and guitar Kate’s Answers Sophomores Sophia Baker, Leo Putnam sang and banjo Senior Julia Cole danced Junior Enzo Malaspina Thirdstory guitar
Kay’s Answers
Thirdstory
OPEN MIC Junior Jermey Baker dad jokes Freshman Liam Charron guitar Mispronounciation of words
magic and sang Thailand
It’s a tie!
Knitting
Spin
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Walsh wins at teaching underclassmen English at a young age
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A CLOSER LOOK
KATHERINE IRVING acl editor
“[Walsh] was born to be an English teacher, it comes to her very naturally.” Debbi Hill english teacher
Q& A
with President of Barnard College Sian Beilock
SARA SIQUEIRA editor-in-chief
How did your high school experience
President of Barnard College Sian Beilock graduated from
What was your experience like living in Piedmont and going to the schools? How did the Piedmont schools prepare you for your career after?
What were the most valuable lessons you learned during high school? When you were in high school, where did you see yourself being at the age you are now?
What is something you wish you knew in high school? What teachers at Piedmont had a
Randomly generated names (Cody, Leah, June, Eric, Irene, Crystal, and Ruby) were used in place of students’ actual names in order to maintain anonymity.
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Too JUUL for sc hool Dr. Moon-Shong Tang NYU Professor
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The Buzz on Vaping “The JUUL is kind of the center of attention.”
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A Closer Look Ask the Expert:
Stanton Glantz
An expert and anonymous students comment on
PH.D., leading tobacco control activist from UCSF
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OPINIONS
Do not punish hard work, punish slacking SUSAN KURODA
In a poll of 12 to 17-year-olds, seven in 10 say at least some kids in their school cheat on tests.
Q: What are the short term and long term health risks of JUUL? Effect on the drug culture at PHS
In a survey of 24,000 students at 70 high schools, 64 percent of students admitted to cheating on a test.
Q: Which is more addictive: JUUL or cigarettes?
Take the -itis out of senior year MIRA TELLEGEN
The attraction
Contact Susan at skuroda@tphnews.com
What’s wrong with us?
news editor
Q: What do you anticipate will happen with JUUL in the future?
65.3 percent of admissions that are rescinded are rescinded because of a drop in grades in the
Misconceptions Q: Is there anything else that is important for high school students to know?
WRITING AND RESEARCH: Sara Siqueira (editor-in-chief) Max Monical (staff writer) Roni Schacker (staff writer)
GRAPHIC DESIGN: Katherine Irving Clarissa Lam
EDITS AND DESIGN: Samantha Fanger Katherine Irving
-TPH Editorial board Contact Mira at mtellegen@tphnews.com
Contact the editors: editors@tphnews.com
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A better future: one small risk at a time
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SPORTS
Athletic Director and coach Joe Welsh resigns
MARTA SYMKOWICK
According to a study by Cassady and Johnson, 35 percent of college students experience anxiety caused by the pressure of grades. This anxiety is connected with lower academic success.
OWEN LEVINSON
was coaching the girls water polo team.” Joe Welsh Athletic Director
Contact Marta at msymkowick@tphnews.com
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Women’s varsity soccer wins league championship
arts editor
SAMANTHA FANGER acl editor
Yasi Parsa
Nathan Chin Susan Kuroda Clarissa Lam Ellie Coleman senior Piedmont High School 800 Magnolia Avenue, Piedmont, California 94611 Phone: (510) 594-2883 Fax: (510) 540-0425 Contact Gigi at ggleghorn@tphnews.com
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Men’s varsity lacrosse scores new coaches
15 ARTS No teacher, no problem for self-taught musicians MARCH 6, 2018
NATHAN CHIN AZUL KOTHARI web editor
guys to come together and Ryan Price
means that though my sound is
Mens Varsity Lacrosse head coach
“We have had success no matter who our coach is, and we plan on new coaches.”
Sam Darwish senior
Hunter Settlemier junior
Scoggins sketches blueprints for her future in architecture SP ORTING EVENTS TUES. MARCH 6
Bikers leave competition in the dust
YASI PARSA managing editor
OWEN LEVINSON p.m. FRI. MARCH 9
WED. MARCH 14 Photo by Yasi Parsa
THURS. MARCH 15
SAT. MARCH 17 Hannah Scoggins senior
MON. MARCH 19
“You just get out there in nature much more than other sports, Nathan Horst
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The Tempest: trapping students, freeing prisoners CASEY LANE
Gracie Ellis junior
AP ART CORNER WA L K E R PAYNE SENIOR What is your concentration? “My concentration is portraits of my friends and family on a vinyl record.” What is this piece? “It’s of my stepbrother and its background is a map of Oakland in an effort to encapsulate our childhood growing up in Oakland, which has heavily influenced our personalities and our relationship together.”