T he Woman Behind the Scenes The Big Debate: Clogs or Uggs

Ellie Neitzel, X

The weather is finally warming up, but during the winter season, everyone was searching for the perfect way to stay warm. Luckily for us, the students at CSG seem to have found just the item… or items. This winter there appears to be a schoolwide footwear trend. When looking around the halls everyone's shoes are more similar to each other than our own uniforms! The most common shoe choice is tied between the Birkenstock’s boston clogs and Uggs Tasman slippers. Aligned with our school's competitive nature, there have been many debates over which of these shoes are the top winter win-ner.

Amongthetwelvestudents six people voted for Uggs while five peoplevoted for clogs. Thetwelfth vote is reserved for Sammy Kleinmen, X, who opted to vote for sneakers after firmly stating, “I hate how clogs andUggs look.” Aside from Sammy’s thoughtful insight, there are still many people who confidentlysupportonesideovertheother. Those who preferred Uggs came to the consensus that clogs are simply nonfunctional. Due to the heel exposure, many think that clogs are uncomfortable and hard to walk in. Lila Schroeder, X, expressed her concern over the dangers of having an exposed heel. What if you need to get somewhere fast and your shoe falls off? Even Ms. McDonnell, the middle school science teacher,owns a pair of Uggs and gave clogs the finger of shame explaining that she “is not too enamored with clogs.”

But what do the people on team clogs have to say about their choiceofshoe?YoriMorgan,XI,had no doubt that clogs were the superior choice.Sheclaimsthatshestartedthe clog trend, and so far there’s nothing to disprove that statement. Additionally, Yori and Anna Carey, XI, stated thatclogsaresomethingyoucanwear year-round while Uggs are seasonal. In a uniform school, the most important votes come down to the faculty OuroneandonlyMs.Nelson loves both options but favors clogs. Our high school Spanish teacher ProfeMillerwasalsoinfavorofclogs stating: “It’s fashion, man.” As fashion trends are constantly changing, it's important to remember to wear what you like the most rather than wearing what a poll says is the best.

Recently, some Upper School students might have noticed an email from Elise Skaggs pop up in their inbox. In that email, activities or meetings were explained, exact times were told, and specific loca-tions were shared. Now, just who in the world is Ms. Skaggs, and why is she suddenly appearing in students' emails? Ms. Skaggs came to CSG in the fall of 2019 as the Middle School administrative assistant. In the Janu-ary of 2022 though, she moved over to her current position and now acts as Ms. Seals' executive assistant. Ms. Skaggs describes her reasoning for switching roles saying, “It was a chance to kind of expand my role… I loved working with the teachers and the students, [and] I really liked the strategical,

As Ms. Seals' Executive Assistant Ms. Skaggs works with the Operations Team on the allschool internal calendar. This means that it is her responsibility to make sure that all of the events happening at CSG are on that calendar so that everybody knows what spaces are available to host other events. Ms. Skaggs also helps Ms. Seals manage her time. “Ms. Seals is a very busy woman… and part of what I do is make sure that she can get from one meeting to the other and keep to her schedule,” Ms. Skaggs explains, “If any other student ever needed to meet with her, they could just talk to me and I would make sure to find a time.” Another thing Ms. Skaggs sorted out recently was the logistics for the Big-Little Sis activity in the fall. “There was a team meeting where everybody’s ideas were brought to the table, [and] I kind of implemented them to make sure that everything actually happened.” Right now, Ms. Skaggs is focused on mapping out the 2023-24 school year calendar and getting all of the event dates for that whole school year set up.

Ms. Skaggs’ role in the com-munity is extremely vital to CSG’s stability. Imagine all of the chaos that would occur if nobody ever knew what was going on, when certain activities were happening, and where some occasions were taking place! There would for sure be a bunch of overlap-ping events that would cause a lot of conflicts. So appreciate Ms. Skaggs for what she does, because she’s the one keeping CSG’s schedule afloat.