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Dear SPC Bound Athlete

April Showers or May Flowers?

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IN FOCUS: GENERATION Z IS BREAKING BARRIERS AND SPEAKING UP

Making up 25 percent of the world’s population and outnumbering Millennials by almost a million, Generation Z is a driving force in the world today.

Because Generation Z has been exposed to many devastating events in American history, their eyes have been opened from the very beginning.

They are also characterized by many scholars as those who carry the weight of saving the world and fixing our past mistakes on their small but mighty shoulders.

With this natural drive and sense of societal awareness, Generation Z has some noticeable differences from previous generations, which will thus set them up to succeed later on in life.

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HOW TO BE BLACK. The bolded words fill the cover of the graphic, which folds out into five panels, meticulously saturated with curated information and designs. Phrases like “WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW” and “A DAY IN THE LIFE” dominate and shape the words around it. Drops of color dance on the last two panels, the rest of the graphic in black and white. Designed by Avery Youngblood ‘12, this visual is one of her favorite graphics that she has created. Youngblood, pursuing a career in graphic design, currently attends Parsons School of Design in New York City Youngblood Makes her Mark continued p05

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On Oct. 17, 2017, Duke University freshman Sara Held ‘17 walked onto the stage of Duke Coffeehouse and stopped at the waiting microphone. Held was about to sing two of her original songs for the first time. And if she could impress the executive board of Duke’s student-run record label Small Town Records, she would be named one of the label’s four signed artists of the year. Held pulled it off, and about a week later, she officially became a signed artist. On Feb. 10, 2018, Held released her first single, “Never Do Better,” on iTunes, Spotify and Soundcloud. Currently, she is working on the release of her EP (a recording that contains multiple tracks but is shorter than a full album) for late April.

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When most of us think of Girl Scouts, the names “Thin Mints” or “Samoas” may come to mind. However, senior Kaleigh Beacham’s involvement in the organization transcends selling cookies. As a Girl Scout, Beacham delves deep into the issue of human trafficking.

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Beacham started as a Brownie in third grade, the group name for the youngest girls taking part in Girl Scouts, and has advanced through the levels of the organization for the past 10 years. She is now pursuing her Gold Award, the highest award a Girl Scout can receive.

“You are involved in community service at all stages of Girl Scouts, but the Gold Award is for you to take your own community initiative. You pick an issue you care about and create your own sustainable solution,” Beacham said.

Beacham decided on the issue of human trafficking after watching a movie titled “8 Days” based on the true story of a girl who was abducted from her home and forced into human trafficking for eight days.

“It just really scared me that that happens to people my age who I come in contact with. It’s also something that you don’t hear about because it’s not a topic that is fun to talk about and it’s one of those crimes that is hidden, not like something you see like a homicide or something that you can detect immediately,” Beacham said. “It’s hard to imagine someone you’re close to being in that situation. I don’t think we want to think about it.”

To tackle this issue, and because of her passion for writing and her belief that a website was the best way to educate people on the issue, Beacham created braketrafficking. com, a website “dedicated to education about and prevention of human trafficking, with a special focus on kids and teens in the Dallas, Texas area.”

“You can never really tell when it’s going on or the extent of it. The best way to fight something like that where you do not really know the enemy is to learn about it,” Beacham said.

But Beacham is not alone, her mother and troop leader, Kelly Beacham, and fellow troop member senior Emily Stein joined her in her efforts.

“No matter what you choose for your Gold Award, you are making a lasting impact on your community,” Stein said.

As her troop leader, Kelly Beacham works as the volunteer coordinator for the project.

“I was also there for emotional support along the way, which was important because the Gold Award is such a big project,” Beacham said.

She has also partnered with the Department of Homeland Security; Texas Health Resources; Traffick911, a non-profit against human trafficking; Mosaic Family Services, a shelter for survivors of human rights abuses and Destiny’s House, a youth center for trafficking survivors.

Beacham decided to gather information for her website from these organizations because they come in direct contact with the issue.

Part of her heavy research and fact checking included conducting interviews with experts. She interviewed a Victim Assistant Specialist at the Department of Homeland Security, who works with trafficking survivors from the point they are rescued until their healing process is done.

“I chose to interview the Victim Assistant Specialist because she is the first line that victims see when they are rescued,” Bea-

The most valuable part has been getting to see how my work has impacted other girls in the program.

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cham said. “I thought that she could give a lot of insight into what these people are thinking, how they got involved in that situation and what to look for in a trafficking victim.”

Beacham also took a class at Texas Health Resources on Jan. 9 that was geared towards health professionals to look for signs of trafficking in their patients.

Through this experience, she learned that “you never know when a victim will have the opportunity to be rescued so you always have to be able to look out for it. Anyone can be a savior in that sense.”

Her website contains detailed information on the issue including what it is, how to spot it and more, as well as victim resources.

Beacham stresses the importance of being able to recognize the signs, which are detailed on the site.

“When I was talking to my project advisory who works at the DHS she mentioned that oftentimes a person’s peers or classmates are more able to recognize the signs of trafficking than a teacher or an adult so it just makes it all the more important that young people know about this topic too. Kids need to learn ways to recognize and protect them-

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Senior Works to Combat Human Trafficking with Gold Award Project selves,” Beacham said.

To bring her project to a close, Beacham organized a screening of the documentary “The Long Night” on March 4 at Studio Movie Grill. The movie session was followed by a question and answer session from Traffick911 and the Department of Homeland Security.

She was assisted at the event by youth volunteers from Hockaday and St. Mark’s as well as her mother, father and aunts. The screening raised money for Traffick911 and Destiny’s House, and all guests were given goodie bags containing resources they can give to vulnerable people.

Although the screening was the final event, Beacham hopes to continue updating her site in college and leave an impact on Girl Scouts by making human trafficking part of the curriculum for Girl Scouts meetings and equip group leaders with knowledge because they work with young girls.

“The most valuable part has been getting to see how my work has impacted other girls in the program. Part of being a Girl Scout is leaving things better than you found them, and you can apply that to being a Girl Scout in general. I want to not only take advantage of the program but also provide opportunities for other girls,” Beacham said.

Her troop leader is impressed with the impact Beacham’s project has had.

“To me, the most impactful part of her project was that she empowered others to act.

Throughout her website and movie screening, Kaleigh showed others that everyone has a place in the movement against human trafficking, and that intervention is possible at so many points,” she said.

“You don’t have to be a police officer or work at a shelter to help with this issue. Having the knowledge to recognize trafficking and help educate others and protect them is a part of being a responsible member of the community. To be able to get rid of trafficking we have to know about it, and it is our responsibility to know,” Beacham said.

To learn more about human trafficking, visit https://www.braketrafficking.com.

What is Human Trafficking?

On her website, Brake Trafficking, Beacham outlines how sex trafficking perpetrators assert their dominance and commit these crimes. These five actions are common behaviors of sex traffickers as they interact with their victims.

BREAKING THE CYCLE | Beacham speaks with a Victim Assistant Specialist from the Department of Homeland Security as a part of her project.

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Scan the QR code to access Beacham's website, www. braketrafficking.com

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The Fourcast's News Editor Katie O'Meara asked senior Mary Orsak about her involvement with the Dallas City Council.

Q. How did you first get involved with the Dallas City Council?

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Upper School Spanish teacher Alejandra Suárez’s community presence at Hockaday is undeniable. Not only is Suárez a beloved Spanish teacher, she is also the current Form II Dean. Next year, Suárez will earn a new title as she takes the reins from Lisa Camp as the new World Languages Department Chair when Camp retires from Hockaday.

Suárez has taught at Hockaday for four years. She was first hired to teach AP Spanish and Spanish II. Over the years, her schedule has expanded to teach four Spanish classes.

Junior Isabella Shadle, a student in Suárez’s AP Spanish class, describes Suárez as an “energetic” teacher who “uplifts the whole mood of the class.” According to Shadle, Suárez’s class activities are the most entertaining part of class.

“I don’t know one person who doesn’t like Sra. Suárez,” Shadle said.

After her second year at Hockaday, Suárez applied for the job of Form II Dean, a position she has now occupied since 2016.

“As a Form Dean, she was always there for us. She always kept us on track, and she was really good about bonding the whole grade,” Shadle said.

Head of Upper School Terry Murray believes that Suárez’s experience as form dean has prepared her very well for her advancement to the department chair, especially her experience in working with students, parents and faculty. Murray describes Suárez’s form dean position as “an ideal stepping-stone to a department chair job.”

Suárez accepted the position of World Languages Department Chair after Camp announced her retirement.

“I’ve always been interested in expanding my horizons, growing professionally and always trying to learn more,” Suárez said.

When Suárez learned of her new role, she was full of excitement but also a little nervous.

She understands that her new job will require more time and dedication. As department chair, Suárez will oversee all three divisions and be in charge of four different language programs— French, Latin, Chinese and Spanish.

Murray agrees that the World Languages Department is a challenging department, but he has confidence that Suárez can handle the job, describing her as “an ideal candidate.”

“She is a significant influence in the lan-

TIDBITS & TALES |

Student Choreography for Spring Dance Assembly The spring dance assembly is occurring on April 16 during Y period. All dances, from hip hop to lyrical and jazz, are choreographed by students. However, the assembly is optional, due to Hockadance’s performance at ISAS on April 12. If you want to see the full concert including senior solos, the concert on April 18 starts at 7 p.m..

A. During my sophomore year, Mrs. Elizabeth Jones actually sent an email with a link to the application to the whole Upper School, and on a whim, I filled it out. The next week, I got an email saying that Councilmember Gates would like to meet with me about the position.

Q. Why did you want to be a part of the Youth Commission?

A. I’ve always had an interest in government, and I wanted to find a way that I could truly make an impact on the city.

guage department, she teaches our high level for One Schoolhouse (formerly Online School classes and she’s shown a sense of leadership for Girls). in her dean position,” Murray said.

As Camp leaves her legacy, she also has Suárez expects her work to become more high hopes for the future of the department. curriculum-based, and she will be working with Camp believes that the department can welmore students and families. In order to accom- come more opportunities for service learning, modate for the demands of her new job, Suárez and the beginning of Chinese classes throughwill step down from her position as Form Dean out Lower and Middle Schools. next year and will only be teaching three classes.

Looking forward, Camp believes that “I’m going to miss that day-to-day inter- Suárez is well-qualified to take her place. action with the students as “[Suárez]’s already a Form Dean. I’m a little sad had the experience of in that, but change is always dealing with students and good,” Suárez said. faculty and parents. She Due to the responsiwill transfer that over to bilities that will come with the department chair job,” OPEN TOLEARN her new position, Camp is Camp said. currently helping Suárez Leaving a piece of adtransition into her new role. vice for Suárez, Camp said According to Camp, the two that “the key thing for her have been communicating is to learn what it is that regularly and sharing inforshe needs to do to support mation with each other as other teachers in doing much as possible. their jobs well.”

Camp has worked at Suárez is also very Hockaday for 39 years, and passionate about working growing professionally she has been the World Lanwith the Language Departand always trying guages department chair for ment team, and she’s eager to learn more.

14 years. to collaborate with her felAccording to Camp, the low language teachers. Her job involves overseeing the goal is to “serve not as a ALEJANDRA SUÁREZ language placement tests, leader but as a colleague, Upper School Spanish Teacher communicating with parents someone the other teachand students about the curers in the department can riculum, and working with rely on to help them out other teachers in the departand support them.” ments on the language proSuárez envisions next grams. year as a learning experience for her as she “I think the most important aspect is that transitions into the new position. Her goal is to I see my position as one of supporting and first learn from the other teachers in the four promoting all four language programs in each languages and support them in their ideas. division,” Camp said.

When Suárez’s promotion was announced Although Camp said she transitioned into to families, the response was, as she said, “inthe position in 2004 fairly smoothly, she had to credible.” balance many new responsibilities.

“I’ve received phone calls from parents “The tricky part initially is realizing I’m the and students and emails from students congratone who’s making all these decisions,” Camp said. ulating me. It was wonderful,” Suárez said. “It’s During her time as department chair, going to be a great journey.”

Camp oversaw the start of the Chinese program and lead school trips to France, Mexico, Peru, China and Spain. For seven years, she has represented Hockaday on the Board of Trustees Michelle Chen | Staff Writer

I'VE ALWAYS BEEN INTERESTED IN EXPANDING MY HORIZONS,

Q. How did you get involved with the Confederate Monument Task Force?

A. Mayor Pro Tem Dwaine Caraway had been pushing for more of a youth voice at City Hall, and after Mayor Rawlings assembled the task force, I received an email from the city secretary’s office saying I had been appointed by the Mayor and needed to appear at the next meeting.

Q. Why is it important to you to talk about the monuments?

A. Many people see the issue of Confederate Monuments as solely a symbolic issue. While there is some truth to that, these monuments really serve as an economic and social barrier to the growth of this city. These monuments reflect a racist past where white citizens erected these monuments to intimidate African Americans, and we cannot ignore them.

Q. What is your favorite part about being involved at City Hall?

A. My favorite part about working at City Hall is the ability to actually change my constituents’ lives for the better. I have seen the tangible impacts of the Confederate Monument Task Force and working with CM Gates on the Domestic Violence Task Force.

As much as I enjoy talking about these issues, I truly enjoy rolling up my sleeves and trying to solve them.

Q. How does this work apply to what you want to do in the future?

A. As an aspiring foreign policy analyst, I have learned so much about the role of government through working with City Hall. I have seen the importance of honest leaders, and I have also seen the consequences of selfish and corrupt politicians.

Quick reads to stay up-to-date

Roman Banquet

Day of Promise

Senior Prom: Reflections

All Hockaday Latin classes participate in the Roman Banquet, where students sit on Graduation Terrace and eat “Roman-style” foods, like dates, grapes, cheese and kebabs. There is no silverware, and before eating, students make “sacrifices” to the gods. There is a sculpture contest and the results of the National Latin Exam are announced. This is also the first time that some students are required to act “slaves.”

Hockaday’s annual Day of Promise will take place on April 23, with donuts and coffee in the morning, Steel City Pops during lunch and a coffeehouse fundraising dinner at Village Burger Bar. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to Promise House, a shelter for youths in crisis.

Seniors, put on your long gowns because it’s time for prom! This year, Hockaday’s senior prom will take place at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Dallas, featuring the theme “Reflections,” which was revealed in late March.

PHOTOS PROVIDED BY HUNTER FOLSOM, LILY JOHNSON, ANDRE STIPANOVIC

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TO TAKE ACTION THE PROTEST | Hundreds of thousands gather on the National Mall in front of the United States Capitol Building on March 24 during the March for Our Lives. Those assembled protested against the influence of guns.

On Feb. 14, a mass shooter killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fl. Since the tragedy, student activists from Parkland started a nationwide movement to campaign for gun control. Since the shootings in Parkland, this is how the Stoneman Douglas students are reacting.

By Eliana Goodman | Staff Writer

February 14 2:19 p.m. Nikolas Cruz, a 19-yearold who was previously expelled from Stoneman Douglas High School, arrives to the high school by Uber.

2:21 to 2:28 p.m. The shooting begins and the school goes into a “Code Red” procedure. However, Cruz sets off the fire alarm and overrides the lockdown.

He kills 17 people and wounds 17 more.

This makes the world’s deadliest school massacre.

3:41 p.m. Cruz is detained and arrested after being identified by a witness.

3:50 p.m. President Trump hears the tragic news of the shooting and tweets: “My prayers and condolences to the families of the victims of the terrible Florida shooting. No child, teacher or anyone else should ever feel unsafe in an American school.”

February 16 Students, friends, family and supporters attend the first funerals of the Parkland victims Alyssa Alhadeff and Meadow Pollack. Over the next few days, the rest of funerals for the Parkland shooting victims take place.

February 18 The #NeverAgain founders create a Twitter account and call for a March 24 nationwide protest: The March for Our Lives.

People accuse MSD activists as being crisis actors. These theorists include Benjamin Kelly, Florida state Representative Shawn Harrison’s district secretary, who was fired after sending an email to a Tampa Bay Times Reporter promoting the conspiracy.

February 21 Students travel to Washington, D.C. President Trump hosts a listening session at the White House’s State Dining Room where people from Parkland have the opportunity to talk.

February 28 The students return to their scheduled classes.

Dick’s Sporting Goods and Walmart 18 to 21 to purchase weapons, and Dick’s stops selling assault rifles.

March 7 Florida passes a new gun legislation which includes raising the minimum age to purchase a gun to 21, gives police more authority to confiscate weapons and incorporates a three-day waiting period for most gun purchases.

March 23 Dan Rather hosts a SiriusXM event with Parkland activists in Washington, D.C. This group gains more publicity and media attention for the #NeverAgain Movement in preparation for the March for Our Lives.

April 7 The #NeverAgain MSD movement confirms a plan to hold town hall meetings nationwide in order to ensure that members of Congress are held accountable for their position on gun control.

As of press time, this is the most accurate account of the student-driven events which unfolded after the tragic shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. However, since much of the activism occurred through social media, different dates for each event were given in different sources. There might be minor discrepancies about the dates in which these events occurred, however, each event delineated in this article happened as it was written.

February 15 A candlelight vigil is held at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in honor of the people who died in the massacre.

After the vigil, MSD students Cameron Kasky, Alex Wind and Sophie Whitney meet. After hours of brainstorming, Kasky, Wind and Whitney come up with the name “ Never Again,” and Kasky first posts “Stay alert. #NeverAgain.” to Facebook.

February 17 Kasky recruits fellow MSD students David Hogg, Emma González and Delaney Tarr at a gun-control rally in Ft. Lauderdale, where they first deliver speeches about gun control reform.

February 20 The first organized #NeverAgain protest takes place as MSD students marched on the Florida State Capitol in Tallahassee and watched the members vote against a bill which would potentially ban assault-style weapons and high-capacity magazines.

Over the next few days, celebrities like Oprah Winfrey, Ellen DeGeneres, George and Amal Clooney and Steven Spielberg make large donations in support of March for Our Lives.

Parkland students continue to speak out for gun reform.

February 23 Students around Florida and the United States keep Stoneman Douglas in mind as the staff and faculty return to school for the first time since the massacre.

March 1-13 Parkland students and parents continue to campaign on social media and talk to elected officials about the shooting, further expressing the need for stricter gun control.

March 14 Thousands of students from across the country participate in walkouts in support of the Parkland victims and demands for gun control.

March 24 Approximately 800,000 protesters attended the March for our Lives in Washington, D.C. to demand action for gun control; if that estimate is correct, the March for our Lives is the largest single day march recorded in American history.

Over 800 March for Our Lives events are planned to take place across the world including in New York City, Boston, Dallas, Miami, San Francisco, Boise, West Palm Beach and Liverpool, England Many Marjory Stoneman Douglas students deliver speeches at the March in Washington, D.C., and pay tribute to their fallen classmates.

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Youngblood Makes Her Mark Avery Youngblood ‘12 received Beyoncé’s Formation Scholarship at Parsons School of Design in New York City.

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Story continued from p01 In 2017, Youngblood received Beyonce’s Formation Scholarship, and in 2018, she was named a 2018 Student to Watch by Graphic Design USA, a news magazine for graphic designers.

“I always have a part of me in my designs, and if they did not start out with a message they usually always end up having some sort of perspective or opinion of mine in them by the end,” Youngblood said.

Youngblood was first introduced to graphic design at Hockaday from her time on Vibrato, Hockaday’s literary magazine, which she joined her sophomore year. During her senior year, she was the Literary Editor, which required her to direct and edit all submitted literature. However, she still worked closely in design by creating her own spreads.

“I started getting interested when I joined Mrs. Rosenthal’s class, Vibrato. And, design al-

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DONE BY DESIGN | Youngblood’s favorite graphic, “HOW TO BE BLACK,” educates viewers on the experience of being a black woman in America.

lows me to access a lot of other mediums.

Graphic design isn’t just about being on a computer or having just one focus, like branding or advertising,” Youngblood said. “It can take many shapes and forms in terms of its visual creativity and the depth of fields it can be applied to.”

Student Publications Advisor and Mass Communications Chair Ana Rosenthal oversees Vibrato and the designs that the students create. Rosenthal herself is vastly experienced in design, so when she works one-on-one with students, she makes sure to guide her students to make the best work they can design.

“Paying attention to detail, giving a lot of information with the least amount of visuals, keeping it simple and keeping it elegant is what makes a good design,” Rosenthal said. “A good design communicates clearly, efficiently and fast.”

Youngblood, after her 14 years at Hockaday, attended Stanford University and majored in both Linguistics and Comparative Race and Ethnic Studies. Despite studying topics that are seemingly unrelated to graphic design, Youngblood believes that her studies in these areas helped her to bring more perspective to her pieces.

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“Design relates a lot to language and communication, so studying linguistics helps me in terms of creating dynamic designs that form on the basis of how we communicate and what we are trying to convey when we are communicating,” Youngblood said.

After graduating in 2016, Youngblood pursued graphic design and applied to Parsons. During her first year there in the 20162017 school year, she received an email about a scholarship opportunity. However, this wasn’t just any regular scholarship.

The Formation Scholarship was established by singer Beyonce in honor of the oneyear anniversary of the release of her album, “LEMONADE.” The recipient of the scholarship, a female student studying any topic related to creative arts, music literature or African-American studies, would receive $25,000 towards the tuition at her school.

“Beyoncé Knowles-Carter announces the establishment of Formation Scholars awards for the 2017-2018 academic year, to encourage and support young women who are unafraid to think outside the box and are bold, creative, conscious and confident,” the announcement read.

The scholarship was eligible for application for students at four institutions: Berklee College of Music, Howard University, Spelman College and Parsons School of Design. Though the announcement of the scholarship was public, the application process and the requirements were only released to the respective colleges and universities.

“Parsons sent out an email about the scholarship, and right when I read the description, I knew I had to apply,” Youngblood said.

“That is the girl I want to be, and if I’m not her, I want to work towards being her.”

As the graphic design realm is becoming more and more competitive, confidence in one’s work is essential, especially when one is a woman of color. Mentor of Youngblood and Director of Talent at COLLINS Yocasta Lachapelle-Sawney advised Youngblood about being a woman of color in the design world, enforcing to Youngblood that her voice and perspective is important.

“I would say that everyone’s experiences and background and identity are worth being heard, and I think I get to be one of the few that get to tell their story in the design as a woman of color,” Youngblood said. “I’m thankful and grateful for that.”

One year after receiving the Formation Scholarship Award, revered news source and magazine Graphic Design USA named Youngblood a “Student to Watch in 2018.” This nomination names Youngblood, amongst other young designers like her, as an exceptional creator.

“I don’t feel a responsibility, but more of a motivation because this is only the beginning,” Youngblood said. “I’m completely humbled and honored to be around so many great graphic designers.”

Currently in her last semester at Parsons, Youngblood is studying abroad in Copenhagen. She is undecided about her next step, whether that be extending her education or entering the workforce, but for Youngblood, this is certainly only the beginning.

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PLAN ON IT! Cum Laude Luncheon April 17 ISAS Arts Festival April 11-14

Senior Honors Assembly during Y Period April 30

Upper School Spring Play April 26-27 Day of Promise April 23

Dance Assembly during Y Period April 16

Choir Assembly during Conference April 25

Senior Prom April 28

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Held’s experience as a singer extends far back into her career at Hockaday.

She joined the Hockaday choir in Middle School, where Choir Director Bonnie Jean Coleman noticed Held’s vocal versatility.

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“[Held] would sing soprano, but she was such a good musician that I could move her around,” Coleman said. “Her voice has a beautiful natural quality, and she’s had a mature sound since she was quite young.”

In Upper School, Held was a member of the Upper School Concert Choir as well as the Madrigals, an audition-only group. She was named a member of the Texas Private Schools Music Educators’ Association All-State Choir four years in a row, a feat that Coleman calls “quite unusual.” And, during her senior year, she played the lead role of Belle in the Upper School musical “Beauty and the Beast.”

A classically trained singer, Held took the opportunity to explore more genres of music by performing in both Hockaday and St. Mark’s Coffeehouses. However, she had not experimented with writing and performing her own songs prior to arriving at Duke University.

“Coming to Duke, I was overwhelmed because there were a 1000 things to try,” Held said. “I signed up for around 30 clubs, and after the first few weeks settled on three to four different activities to pursue outside of class.”

One group that caught Held’s eye was Small Town Records, Duke’s own independent student-run record label.

BECOMING A SIGNED ARTIST Duke students interested in joining Small Town Records have the option of joining a variety of sects ranging from music production to technology support. Most roles require a training session and an interview. However, for those looking to become one of the label’s four signed artists of the year, the process consists of three steps.

“First, we had a prescreen due at the beginning of October,” Held said. “For the prescreen, we had to send in a few videos or samplings of our music, which could be original or not.”

Only a handful of the 36 who submitted prescreens were invited to a live audition in front of Small Town Records’ executive board.

From the live audition, eight artists were then invited to perform for the public for the Signed Artist Audition Show at East Campus Coffeehouse on Oct. 19.

“I got through the prescreen, and barely through live round I think because I didn’t have a lot of original music prepared at the time,” Held said.

Audience feedback was considered a component of the Coffeehouse Audition Show, and according to Small Town Records, each signed artist would receive “a budget to record, produce, distribute and perform their music as well as a manager, marketing rep, engineer, producer and other support to help kickstart their music career.”

“The live show was super fun because for the first time, I got to perform original music for my peers,” Held said.

On Oct. 29, Small Town Records posted on its Facebook page the names of the four signed artists who had been selected: jiggy riKo (Travis Smith), Good Coffee (Cole Heathcott), MC4D (Matt Drake) and Sara Held.

“I was so humbled and excited to be one of the signed artists,” Held said.

Held explained that the choice to retain her given name as her stage name was a natural one.

“I think the music that I wrote is pretty honest and straightforward, so I think it always made sense to be the same way with my name

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too,” Held said.

From there, Held met Daniel Kim, a Duke senior who works extensively with music production for the label. The two clicked in terms of music writing and production and, in December, began to work together on Held’s EP. THE MAKING OF A SONG Kim, the music director for Small Town Records, plays the guitar and keys. He has played professional since he was in high school and has been working seriously on music production for the past two years. Kim was one of the people who listened to Held’s recorded prescreen submission for the first time last fall.

“She'd listed Maggie Rogers as one of her influences in her bio, and so I kind of knew right then that I really wanted to work with her,” Kim said. “Listening to her recording afterwards pretty much set that in stone.”

Working with Kim presented Held with an opportunity to explore songwriting. According to Held, at first, songwriting did not come as naturally to her as it might to others.

“Hockaday English was always something that I had to work really hard at, and songwriting has to rhyme or nearly rhyme,” Held said. “But I learned how to force myself to sit down and do it, to free-write and get something on the page and draw from there.

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to and push yourself in ways you didn’t think you would.”

For Held, songwriting usually happens at night when she is winding down from her classes and processing everything that has happened throughout the day. Ideally, Held tries to spend about two hours a week writing.

“After free-writing, I might give myself a night to think, and then random words become an idea,” Held said. “Personally, I find it easier to match a tune to certain syllables rather than getting words to fit a certain verse length, but the process varies for every person.”

After coming up with lyrics and melodies, Held sends quick recordings to Kim. “I’ll take [the recording] and cut it up with software and put it to music,” Kim said. “When I build a track I usually start with key aspect of the track in mind first - something like a really catchy hook, a drum sample that sounds interesting, or even something that I know will be thrown into the background but adds a really neat character to the song.”

Kim uses a program called Logic Pro X for producing and mixing, Ableton Live for producing, Omnisphere for synths and Kemper for guitar effects. After finishing the arrangement, Held then steps into the recording booth, a process which Held describes as depending on “if you’re in a good mood and feeling very musical or not.” Held estimates that she spends about three to four hours in the studio each week.

“In the booth, the arrangement will be played, and I’ll lay down the verses and the chorus and record it,” Held said. “Then, it depends - after you record every take, you listen back to see if you’re satisfied or if you want to put background vocals on it, re-record it, or layer it.”

FROM SONG TO EP According to Kim, the entire process of creating a song usually takes “a couple of weeks to a month start to finish.” However, Held’s first single, “Never Do Better,” was finished by the team in three weeks and released on Feb. 10.

“For this first single, we were lucky. We found something we both liked really quickly and were able to get it out,” Held said.

Overall, releasing “Never Do Better” and working on the EP has been a significant growing experience for both Held and Kim. “This is the first project that I’ve mixed top to bottom, which has forced me to grow a lot as an engineer,” Kim said. “I think ‘Never Do Better’ is the best work I’ve done so far.”

Coleman, Hockaday’s choir director, also praises her former student’s vocals on the single.

“She sounds wonderful on it,” Coleman said.

“She’s not belting, and it’s just a beautiful sound.”

Looking forward, Held and Kim are hoping to release the next single in a few weeks, depending on how their schedules work out, and plan to release Held’s five-song EP in late April or early May. And while Held will be working with marketing and social media in the meantime, she asserts that this is not the most important aspect of her career as an independent artist.

“I really want people to listen to my music because they see it and it sounds interesting to them, not because they’re bombarded by it,” Held said. “I wanted to keep my Instagram as my regular Instagram. I made another Facebook page where you can learn about shows and singles coming out.”

Held’s favorite part of her experience so far has been surrounding herself with other student musicians and getting the chance to click with others musically.

“With a contemporary music setting, some people think it’s a very individual process - you sit in your room and mess around with a song,” Held said. “But it’s not. It’s such a collaborative process."

“Never Do Better” is available on iTunes for 99 cents, Spotify and SoundCloud.

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In July, 1969, Ted Kennedy, presidential hopeful at the time, went to a party at a friend’s house on Chappaquiddick, an island off the coast of Massachusetts. At what he later claimed was 11 p.m., but could have easily been 12 a.m. according to eyewitnesses, he drove Mary Jo Kopechne, the secretary of his party’s campaign, and ended up crashing the car in the waters off a cliff.

The movie about the incident, “Chappaquiddick,” directed by John Curran, opens with news reporters talking about different tragedies the Kennedy family has experienced while panning over old photos of the family. I was immediately wary, as one of the major excuses Ted Kennedy used for his behavior during and after the incident was the “Kennedy Curse,” but the movie did not cover up the unfortunate truth, unlike the press at the time.

When I first walked into the movie theatre, I didn’t see anyone under 30, and was a little concerned about what I had gotten into. However, I was pleasantly surprised as the movie progressed.

Unlike other historical movies I’ve watched, the film had both action and humor and was overall compelling, avoiding historical film tropes like shots of staring, long silences and deep voices you

can’t really understand.

The scenes before Ted Kennedy tells the police are at times infuriating to watch, as he takes his time taking a bath, changing into a suit, sitting around his hotel room and making many calls to lawyers and advisors, but not the police. When his friends Joe and Paul ask him what happened, his first words are “I’m not going to be president,” revealing where his concerns actually lay after the incident.

But the unquestioned power of the Kennedy family is well documented. Ted, sitting behind the police chief’s desk as the police officer enters, acts as a striking image of the power of the family, as the officer immediately becomes subservient when he walks in.

“I think for some, the Kennedys started to represent a certain elite sector of the super-rich who, regardless of their politics, seemed to be able to get away with things,” Upper School History Teacher Lucio Benedetto said.

The movie’s cinematography is overall beautiful, especially shots of the bridge. The movie is fairly enjoyable to watch, and tries to keep the viewer interested later in the film by using humor

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The casting is well done. Jason Clark plays a very convincing Ted Kennedy, revealing the human side of the man behind the crime, but while making sure he is not a character you could easily empathize with. While she may have played a small part, Olivia Thirlby, who plays one of the “boiler room girls” who worked on Kennedy campaigns, provided the powerful context of a fierce loyalty to the family. Throughout the movie, she pushes Ted Kennedy to do what will get him to the presidency. In contrast, the soundtrack isn’t as well executed. It rarely strayed from one type of dramatic, instrumental music that often didn’t reflect the tone of the scene.

It is very interesting to relate parts of the movie to present-day politics, especially how the press is treated. If you’re interested in current politics or American history, brave the elderly audience and go watch “Chappaquiddick.”

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Showing that the spotlight of mass media “When we close the gender gap,” Reshma Saujani, founder and CEO of Girls Who Code, said after she was asked when she will be proud of herself.

This was a response I had never heard before, but the answer sums up the podcast “Skimm’d from the Couch” perfectly: a normal interview with refreshingly abnormal answers.

While I had never heard the names of Wendy Wolfe Herd, Tina Brown, Reshma Saujani or Sallie Krawcheck, I now know about them, their lives and their struggles through the podcast.

During the podcast, the co-founders and co-CEOs of theSkimm, a news outlet that emails subscribers short and easy-to-read blurbs on current events every morning, Carly Zakin and Danielle Weisberg, interview prominent women in business and other ventures from their couch.

The interviewees ranged from Wendy Wolfe Herd, the founder and CEO of Bumble, to Sallie Krawcheck, former CEO of Merrill Lynch, and Smith Barney, the current CEO of Ellevest. Each brought a unique perspective from their different lines of work, ages and experiences to their episodes, which ranged from 15 to 35 minutes.

Zakin and Weisberg enforce only one rule during their podcast: “no BS.”

I appreciate that the podcast gives the simple truth with no sugar coating or embellishment.

Since both Zakin and Weisberg worked as producers at NBC News, their journalism background help them ask probing yet poignant questions.

While I really enjoyed the episodes, most questions focused on topics geared towards women in their 20s and 30s as most of the discussions were on work and raising a family.

For example, Nancy Dubuc, CEO of Vice Media and former President and CEO of A+E Networks, talks about having a calendar of her work schedule on her kitchen fridge so that her kids can see when she is busy.

I found responses like this captivating, but most of their advice was inapplicable to my current life. However, I took away useful advice from some of the questions involving other subjects, such as de-stressing, “me time,” mean comments online and the worst piece of advice the women have ever received.

Wolfe Herd’s worst piece of advice was to not try something because she would probably fail. Wolfe Herd, Zakin and Weisberg proceed to talk about how making mistakes is the only way to move forward and succeed.

I found this advice very applicable to my life.

I, like many others, am always afraid of failing. I am often hesitant to do something that is not a certainty, but seeing how these women failed many times and still became CEOs of major companies inspired me to take more risks in my daily life.

But my main complaint are the ads during the podcast. While I understand that sponsorship pays for the podcast, I would appreciate it if the ads were new and innovative. The two Delta Airlines ads appeared in every other episode, and many ads repeated throughout the episode, which subsequently broke up the flow of the podcast.

Starting in the seventh episode, the sponsorship switched from Delta to Dunkin’ Donuts. I was hoping that these ads would be more innovative and have a greater variety, but it was quite the opposite. These ads repeated every episode, so now I feel I can say the ad with them during the podcast with only minimal mistakes.

I felt that these incredible, powerful and innovative women’s stories exposed me to new stories that I would never forget. Immediately after each episode, I researched these women and their missions, wanting to learn more about these amazing people.

These women inspire listeners, including me, to work hard and innovate in whatever they do, increasing our success. I hope that through this podcast women will make a dent in the gender gap and bring us one step closer to making Saujani proud.

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Calling all sweet tooths (non-sweet tooths, you’ll want to listen too), Dallas has the ultimate sugar-packed, over-the-top, diet unfriendly and indulgent dessert out there. Meet Crème de la Cookie’s freakshake.

Starting with an innocent milkshake, freakshakes are elevated and topped with other desserts ranging from cakes, brownies, cake balls, ice cream cones and more. It’s the leaning tower of sugar, and it’s worth every single calorie.

All over popular food blogger Instagram feeds, freakshakes have stolen the food show on social media, with the most popular shakes served at New York City’s Black Tap Craft Burger and Beers. Lines to get into this restaurant and try its dessert superstar wrap around the building and last for hours.

After a long and stressful week at school, I made my way over to Snider Plaza, where Crème de la Cookie is located near Nekter Juice Bar and Zoe’s Kitchen. The bakery display is stuffed with sweet treats including the shop’s heavenly cake balls and brownies, but the magic behind the freakshake happens in the kitchen.

Only available on weekends, these freakshakes should be added to your Dallas food bucket list.

Deciding between the unicorn and the “stress eater” shake, I ultimately went with the latter as the name seemed fitting after finishing three tests and one essay that week. A vanilla milkshake base with chocolate sauce, sprinkles, a donut, cupcake, cookie sandwich, two cake balls, brownies and a generous amount of whipped cream, this “stress eater” shake was unlike anything I have ever tasted or laid eyes on.

Served in a glass mason jar, the shake was a few inches bigger than my head with the never-ending tower of dessert toppings.

I could only conquer about a third of the shake and a few bites of each dessert topping before the sugar high kicked in and my body could not handle another sip of the brilliant yet ultra-sugary drink.

Brownie points (no pun intended) for the fact that while sipping and munching on this freakshake, my stress level did go significantly down. Away went the thoughts of BC Calculus integral problems and in came happy thoughts of chocolate and sprinkles.

My only complain is that the shake itself was a little watery and not as thick as I would like a milkshake to be. Yet, the decadent desserts on top made up for it.

I recommend bringing along some friends or family to try out the freakshake at Creme de la Cookie and snap a few Instagram-worthy pictures posing with the shake while you’re at it. There’s no need to travel all the way to the Big Apple and wait in crazy long lines to try this trendy food because it’s right here in Dallas.

And you’ll be in and out of the bakery within 30 minutes.

While the freakshake is definitely a cheatday type of dessert, it’s ultimately worth the $12 and the temporary sugar rush. Start off your weekend right, with a freakshake!

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It’s easy to get overwhelemed in the hot line, but The Fourcast encourages you to never forget the salad bar.

So hop on over to Sage’s salad bar and, amongst the frivolous leaves, you will find the key ingredients for an amazing panini.

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Special Tip: Make a pit stop in the main section of the cafeteria to pick up SAGE Dining’s dessert of the day. Stick it between two slices of bread, panini press the sandwich and there you go. A dessert panini!

On March 31, 2017, the first season of “13 Reasons Why” took America by storm as it exposed the cruel injustices that circulate throughout high school hallways, such as bullying, stalking and sexual harassment. Regardless of whether you binge-watched the entire season in one day or stopped watching after 10 minutes, there will be a second season of “13 Reasons Why.” Although Netflix has not yet announced its release date, season two will allegedly air in 2018. It is rumored that Hannah Baker (Katherine Langford) will be a part of season two via flashbacks, despite her heart-wrenching death at the finale of season one.

New Girl Moving On If you are a diehard fan of the witty sitcom “New Girl” or plan on watching it in the future, act now. Within the year’s end, “New Girl” will no longer be available for streaming on Netflix. “New Girl” recently announced the beloved show would end after the filming of season seven. To make matters worse, Netflix has ended their main contract relationship with Fox; all Fox shows— excluding “American Horror Story” and “American Crime Story”—will no longer be accessible through Netflix. But do not fret—the one redeeming fact is that Hulu has confirmed that they will begin streaming the show once it is no longer available on Netflix.

Revving up for Round Two of Riverdale A backstabbing redhead. A seemingly innocent blonde. A social outcast with dark past but a loving heart. These are just a few of the dynamic characters that make up the dramatic, plot-twisting show we know as “Riverdale.” The exact release date has not yet been announced, but CW tends to release their shows to Netflix fairly soon after the season finale on television. The final episode of season two is set to air on May 16, leading hopeful fans to believe that “Riverdale” could hit Netflix as soon as June 2018.

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Z SHE STANDS IN THE COLD AND POURING RAIN, HUDDLED AROUND OTHER LIKEMINDED YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE GATHERED TO SUPPORT A CAUSE THEY HOLD DEAR TO THEIR HEARTS. THROUGH THE DENSE SEA OF BODIES, SHE SPOTS A CHILD, NO MORE THAN 5 YEARS OLD, PERCHED ON HER BROTHER’S SHOULDERS AND HOLDING A SIGN THAT READS, “ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.” ALTHOUGH THEY MAY APPEAR TO BE A MERE MELEE OF TEENAGERS ARMED WITH LIMP, HANDMADE SIGNS, THEY ARE MUCH MORE THAN THAT. THEY ARE THE FACES OF GENERATION Z—A GROUP OF OUTSPOKEN AND SOCIALLYAWARE TEENAGERS ON THE BRINK OF MOMENTOUS CHANGE, AND THEY WON’T BE SILENCED. THEY HAVE WITNESSED THE DESTRUCTION OF THE TWIN TOWERS AND MASS SHOOTINGS. BUT THEY HAVE ALSO SEEN THE INAUGURATION OF THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN PRESIDENT AND THE LEGALIZATION OF GAY MARRIAGE, AND HAVE GROWN UP IN A SOCIETY WHERE THE PREVALENCE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIAL MEDIA HAS SKYROCKETED. THEY ARE NO STRANGERS TO CHANGE. NOW, THEY ARE THE ONES FIGHTING FOR IT.

“One way that I think Generation Z has g platform to demand change, to highlight injustice openly sharing their stories and they are using who have more power than we do to make these Generation Z has one of the most diverse Asian Americans and Hispanics is steadily incre tion Z alone holds the largest number of Hispan In terms of diversity, Gen Z is much more a 2016 survey by the J. Walter Thompson Comp themselves as ‘completely heterosexual.’” They h the LGBTQ+ community, such as the legalizatio Despite their actions to bridge the gaps of ra social injustices that burden our society today. H not sit quietly and let this oppression continue. W resistance in the form of protests and marches, s High School in Parkland, Florida.

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orn roughly in the time frame between 1995 to 2015, Generation Z is the next up-andcoming generation on the current trajectory to change the world. Ever since the turn of the century, certain devastating milestones—such as terrorist attacks, government instability and war—have dictated the course of history. Either way, the world demands change, and Generation Z offers a solution. More than anything else, Generation Z is a body of change makers—those wanting to leave an impact on the world through whatever medium that may be. Senior Paloma Renteria believes that Generation Z is adept at thinking ahead.

“What I notice about Generation Z is that they use whatever resources they have, be it social media or information that previous generations didn’t have access to so young, and they use it to really start thinking really quickly about what they would like to see done in the future,” Renteria said.

It is a common misconception that age correlates with wisdom or knowledge. Generation Z has proved this theory wrong. Gen Zers around the world have clearly demonstrated that, given a cause they are passionate about, they have the potential to be unstoppable catalysts for change.

Generation Z is known for being extremely technologically proficient. One study conducted by Adobe’s Chief Marketing Officer website, a site geared towards “digital marketing strategies,” claimed that “while Millennials use three screens on average, Gen Zers use five: a smart phone, TV, laptop, desktop and iPod/iPad.” Because of the prevalent role that screens play in Gen Z’s everyday lives, they are often labeled as iGeneration, iGen or Post-Millenials. Junior Nisha Singh recognizes the impact that technology has had on Generation Z and its ability to establish themselves within the world.

“The big thing about Gen Z is being really adept at using these new technologies that sort of just spurred up when we were born or when we were really young, so I think we are all very adept in that language of technology and using that to our advantage,” Singh said.

In addition to learning how to swipe on an iPhone before they could speak, Generation Z has been dubbed as one of the most diverse generations in terms of race, ethnicity and sexuality. With the aid of social media, Gen Zers have been able to expand their horizons and become more educated on current social issues. Renteria views social media as a tool which can be manipulated to Gen Zers advantage.

The influence and normalization of technol to find a teenager without a phone, computer or zon’s Kindle Fire for Kids or Apple’s new iPad ge ogy in kids’ lives.

Many people from older generations, such importance of social media in Gen Z’s lives. How phones” uttered by a disapproving adult? But the interconnectedness between members of Gen Z Certain social media platforms such as Sna face interactions between members of society. A People Performance, a company that focuses on 56 percent of respondents use Instagram and Sn Gen Z is “a generation that likes to see and hea According to Entrepreneur, a magazine di 42 percent of Gen Zers report that “what they r think.” Sophomore Kirsten Kirk, who doesn’t have keeps her away from the “negative influences of “I think that social media makes people feel women who feel like they have to look this way bossy, they have to be determined but not stubb Yet social media also gives teenagers a activists and influencers. Renteria uses social Emma González.“So a lot of the celebrities wh younger,” Renteria said. “One of my favorites is Y is so cool because she started spearheading thi young people to vote and getting Generation Z With the world in a state of turmoil and ope is a way for people to share the truth.

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in real time, right?” Renteria said. “People are recording these things. They are very openly sharing their stories, and they are using that to their advantage to pressure politicians and the adults who have more power than we do to make these changes that are affecting us.”

WORLD IMPACT Making up 25 percent of the world’s population and outnumbering Millennials by almost a million, Generation Z is a driving force in the world today.

Because Generation Z has been exposed to many devastating events in American history, their eyes have been opened from the very beginning.

They are also characterized by many scholars as those who carry the weight of saving the world and fixing our past mistakes on their small shoulders. However, although Upper School counselor Judy Ware sees potential within Generation Z, she does not believe the entire responsibility is up to them.

“I think that because Generation Z was born into a period of crisis and have seen extremism their whole lives—as long as they have been able to read the newspaper or watch the news—they have been exposed to terrorism and other forms of man’s inhumanity to man,” Ware said. “Do I think that it is their job to clean that up? I think that it is everyone’s job to clean that up. Making change is up to all of us, it is not just on Generation Z’s shoulders.”

Due to the rise in higher education applicants and the more rigorous college application process, Generation Z is said to focus more on their academic records, college and future careers from a young age. They understand how hard finding a job and going to college is for their generation, causing them to attempt to stand out as early as elementary school.

Not only do they strive for academic excellence, but they are also very interested in volunteer work to boost their resume for the college application process, as well as using these times as social events. With this huge increase in community service interest, it is estimated that 26 percent of 16 to 19 year olds already volunteer on a regular basis, and 79 percent of teens plan to volunteer.

But community service and boosting their resume are not the only two things this internet-savvy and forward-thinking generation is known for. One defining characteristic that sets Generation Z apart is their outspoken and unapologetic attitude towards today’s most pressing issues, such as gun violence and police brutality, along with countless others.

Setting an example for today’s young and even older generations would be the Parkland activists. When these students’ school suffered from one of the most deadly school shootings in the history of the United States, the brave teenagers took a stand against our current government and its relaxed gun laws.

Students Emma González, David Hogg, Cameron Kasky, Alex Wind and Jaclyn Corin were on the cover of a recent Time Magazine discussing gun violence in America and the students who were trying to combat it. These remarkable students organized March for Our Lives, which was held on March 24 in D.C. and other various locations around the country. There, protesters, particularly youths, rallied for support of firearm safety legislation to fight for a cause that they are passionate about.

As the American public watches these activists on the major television networks and broadcasted across the globe, some forget that these outspoken leaders grew up in a technological, post 9/11 world.

Renteria founded a program called Powerful Protagonist, which intertwines “positive psychology and creative writing,” and teaches it to girls who are about to enter middle school. She “use[s] the story to explain how we can see our lives and ourselves, and [her] end goal is to work with these students to build confidence, make positive change and to become more academically prepared for the years ahead of them.” She is also intrigued by the Parkland students and their influence on our government and society.

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logy in Gen Z’s lives is significant; you would be hard-pressed r various social media accounts. Tablet devices such as Amaeared towards students bolster the prevalent usage of technol-

h as baby boomers and Gen X, are baffled by the heightened w many times have you heard the phrase “it’s because of those e role of social media in Gen Z’s lives shows the importance of throughout the world. apchat, Instagram and YouTube bring more personal, face-toAccording to a survey completed by The Next Generation of n “improving performance in a multi generational workforce,” napchat daily, and 71 percent watch YouTube daily, proving that ar people, even if those people are halfway around the world.” irected towards entrepreneurship and business management, read on social platforms directly influences how they feel and e any social media accounts, feels that not having social media social media.” l like they have to fit a certain standard, and especially young and act this way,” Kirk said. “They have to be strong but not born, and I think social media is that.” chance to connect with their favorite celebrities, political media to follow her inspirations such as Yara Shahidi and ho I follow are people who inspire me, and a lot of them are Yara Shahidi, and she is just a little bit older than I am, and it is movement called Eighteenx18 and that is all about getting involved in politics.” enness about gun control, Renteria believes that social media

ord encounters with police men or document school shootings

“I’ve been following these movements that are really centered around young people, so I think that the politicians that we have in power are really feeling the pressure to appease voters, who are 18, 19, 20 years old,” Renteria said.

Senior Shelby Schultz is another one of the many young adults inspired by the Parkland activists. Schultz is a member of the Hockaday Film Department and uses films to advocate for issues that she feels need to be addressed.

“Film is one of the things that is able to influence our generation, because a lot of the times we don’t have the attention span to read an article, but a video can give you a sense of being in someone else’s shoes and understanding other people,” Schultz said.

Schultz’s film philosophy resembles the core Generation Z values in the sense that she values featuring diverse roles within her films.

“What I’m really interested in is including more diversity in film. There’s not a lot of strong women, and there’s not a lot of minority representation in film,” Schultz said. “What I’m really focused in is making sure that more of our country is represented in film, not just the group that’s being represented now. I think it’s really starting to change, which is exciting.” Another Generation Z Hockaday student that is making a difference in our ever-changing world is junior Charlsie Doan. Doan created her own baking company, the Cookie Angel, which she founded while struggling with an eating disorder. On her website, she states that “baking literally saved [her] life.”

“I think Gen Z is a group of people that are very active and socially conscious and aware.

For me, growing up with a disability, I am passionate about the idea that different doesn’t have to mean bad,” Doan said.

Bill Schroer, founder of the WJSchroer company, a “change agent working to assist corporations, communities, school districts and other organizations change behavior through changes in attitudes, belief systems and values.” Schroer also specializes in generational marketing. He has studied the behavior of Gen Z and recognizes the potential that they possess.

“Generation Z is more grounded and has a more down-to-earth approach to the world and the world’s problems,” Schroer said. “And as a result, I think they have the potential to have huge impact. The world is their oyster. Because if they take that open and fresh view, then there is lots of things of things in this country that need to be fixed or changed, and they would have the potential to do it.”

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Part-Time Students, Full-Time Employees Three years ago, the members of Hockaday’s Class of 2015 walked across Graduation Terrace, completing their time at Hockaday. Now, the no longer teenaged group of 120 are finishing their junior year in colleges and universities across the world. Some are even entering the workforce. Whether it be part of their study abroad program or a requirement of their major, alumnae, including Catherine Kirby ‘15, Rachel Robinson ‘15 and Morgan Hurst ‘15, are interning in addition to their regular coursework.

By Ali Hurst | Copy Editor Catherine Kirby Kirby, a political science major at Rice University, is currently studying abroad in London and taking classes as an associate student at the London School of Economics.

While her curriculum does not require that she complete an internship during her time at Rice, Kirby, looking to enhance her semester abroad, opted to work during her time in London.

“I wanted to make an internship a priority for my study abroad because it’s a really good way of understanding people’s culture if you actually work with people from that country versus if you’re abroad and just studying with other exchange students,” Kirby said.

After applying for and being admitted to Rice University’s Hanszen Society Scholars Program, Kirby was placed as an intern on the Transport Committee of the House of Commons, the lower legislative house of the United Kingdom’s Parliament.

Working alongside 11 Members of Parliament from different political parties, Kirby’s duties center around researching and investigating transportation-related inquiries into the House of Commons.

“Work is structured in our committee based on inquiries, so those are us investigating different things whether it’s the Volkswagen emissions scandal to building another runway at [Heathrow International Airport], and we also have one on rail investments,” she said.

Along with hearing evidence and researching inquiries, Kirby is crafting her own inquiry to present to her committee.

“I‘ve been working on my own proposal for an inquiry into freight. Right now I’m working on proposing a terms of reference that we’ll take to our committee and we’ll ask them to approve it and we’ll begin to hear evidence,” Kirby said.

On top of working with the House of Commons’ Transport Committee Monday through Wednesday, Kirby also completes schoolwork from her classes at LSE, where she is studying public policy, as well as Parliament and politics alongside other Rice students in her program. After her semester in London with

If you don’t do something like this, you’re sort of stuck in this college bubble Rachel Robinson ‘15 Junior at the University of Georgia

the Transport Committee, she will write both a detailed internship reflection and a dissertation.

While Kirby’s career aspirations center mostly around politics as opposed to policymaking, her time on committee in the House of Commons has contributed to her understanding of government systems as a whole.

“The policy area isn’t exactly my favorite area, but it’s really interesting to get the comparative perspective,” Kirby said. “I think that working on this committee has given me a lot of things to consider about America and how our political system works and things they can do better.”

Rachel Robinson Like Kirby, Rachel Robinson ’15 is interning in the political sphere in her junior year. Robinson attends the University of Georgia as a political science and international affairs major. This semester, she is living in Washington, D.C. and interning at Holland and Knight, a national law firm whose D.C. branch serves as a lobbying firm.

While the University of Georgia did not require that Robinson obtain an internship during her time in college, the idea of handson learning is encouraged.

“At Georgia, you can get some sort of experiential learning, whether that be a community service project you can get credit for, or an internship, or shadowing or research,” Robinson said.

After applying for the study abroad program and for her internship at Holland and Knight, Robinson was accepted in May, along with 33 of her classmates. As a Public Policy and Regulation intern at the lobbying firm,

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ON THE HILL | University of Georgia junior Rachel Robinson ‘15 enjoys sight-seeing in D.C. during her free time from her lobbying intership at Holland and Knight.

Robinson’s work is focused on researching and drafting memos to clients who have stake in legislation according to the movement of bills through the legislature.

“The firm represents a bunch of different clients and make sure that their voices are heard by the President and by Congress, whether they want funding for something or want certain language put in or taken out of a bill,” Robinson said.

Besides her daily client communications and research, Robinson was able to prepare for and attend a meeting on the Hill earlier this semester.

Accompanying a company from Georgia, Robinson traveled to the legislature to meet with congressional staffers about her client’s cause.

“It was so cool to hear the people that were so passionate about their cause and I also got to meet one of the congressmen at the end,” Robinson said.

Robinson, like Kirby, is taking classes this semester in addition to her 9-to-5 job at Holland and Knight. In the University of Georgia’s Government Relations building, Robinson attends a D.C.-centered seminar course as well as a class in Israel-U.S. relations.

Before living in D.C. and working at Holland and Knight, Robinson’s post-graduate plans were to apply to and attend law school directly after college. Her current internship, however, has changed her career aspirations.

“Now that I’ve done it, I really like the lobbying aspect, and I wouldn’t want it to be my longtime career, but I don’t think I’ll go straight to law school and I’ll work for a couple years doing something similar,” Robinson said.

While Robinson is not necessarily studying abroad as she is still living in the United States, she believes that her time in the workforce has proven to be just as valuable in the States, and urges that other students take this opportunity.

“Even if you’re just going to get a job or do a program in your city, I think it’s a great experience. It’s a lot of work and you won’t be taking as many classes, but the experience is worth it,” Robinson said.

Morgan Hurst Morgan Hurst ’15, a junior at Vanderbilt University, is taking Robinson’s advice and will be interning in the Nashville, Tennessee office of Court Appointed Special Advocates in the fall of her senior year. CASA is an advocacy organization with a mission of legally representing, supporting and mentoring children in the foster care system who otherwise may not have an adult in their lives.

A Human and Organizational Development major, Hurst has been studying organizational efficiency and interpersonal relations on the Community Leadership and Development track for the past three years.

Focused on hands-on and experiential learning, Vanderbilt’s HOD major requires that students complete and internship in one of their last three semesters at the university.

“Having an internship is one of the most fundamental parts of the major,” Hurst said.

Hurst used Vanderbilt’s HOD contact database in order to find the right internship for her, searching specifically for positions in nonprofit organizations. Hurst has always valued volunteer work, a passion that she attributes to her 14-year Hockaday education.

“I think the emphasis on service that’s been instilled in me at Hockaday carries throughout my life now and is really the reason why I am so committed to serving the community,” Hurst said.

As the current president of Vanderbilt’s Kappa Alpha Theta chapter, Hurst was also drawn to interning at CASA, the sorority’s national philanthropy partner. CASA advocates must be 21 years old, so KAT participation in the organization has proven difficult, and Hurst hopes to strengthen the connection.

“I know there have to be more ways we can help, but nobody’s really dug into that, so considering me working there, I was thinking this would be a really good opportunity for me

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A staple of the Hockaday community since 1970, Ed Long has become part of the identity of the school itself. Few members of the community are unfamiliar with Long’s contributions to campus, including his development of the History of Art and Music course as well as his leadership of the Upper School orchestra. However, during his 47-year-long tenure, Long has accomplished far more than most students know.

In his last year before retirement, The Fourcast shares a Long story every issue.

As spring is in full bloom the biggest Independent Schools of the Southwest Arts Festival that has ever occurred approaches.

Long has overseen Hockaday’s participation in ISAS ever since the school first started taking part in the festival in 1974, seven years after the festival first started in 1967. Long shares the differences he has noticed between the festivals over the years.

According to Long, Hockaday has hosted the ISAS arts festival once every decade since Hockaday first began taking part in the event.

The school first hosted the ISAS arts festival in 1974, when only around three-hundred students were in attendance. Now, over four-thousand students attend the annual festival.

“Its gone from eight schools to 43 schools,” Long said.

Along with the increase in the participants, ISAS has also seen the expansion of the venue.

“It went from a festival where you could see every single event from each school and you had effectively a chance to see everything each school had brought to twenty-one separate venues all happening simultaneously,” Long said.

This means that a person is only able to see less than one twentieth of the festival.

This year, there will be over 600 different events offered at the festival plus reviews, portfolios and workshops.

In addition to these two big changes, the festival has also undergone an extreme transformation in the technology aspect of it over the years.

“You have to realize that back when we started there wasn’t even so much as a copy machine to organize the festival and now we have several interesting software availabilities like Guidebook, a phone app that everyone will have. It was hard to dream in 1970 that everybody would have the Guidebook on their phone which they now will,” Long said. as President to find things Thetas could help with,” Hurst said.

At CASA, Hurst will work as an intern to the nine staff members in the office, working specifically in the case intake department and fundraising. Like Kirby and Robinson, Hurst will manage a busy schedule, balancing classwork from her Monday morning seminar course and 9-to-5 work at CASA five days per week.

Throughout her work at CASA, Hurst will also be crafting her final project for the internship program: a functional plan designed to enhance the efficiency of CASA. Using the skills they have learned at Vanderbilt, HOD students are tasked with identifying a weak spot in their organization or company and creating a plan to alleviate that issue.

“You set it up to where once you leave, [your project] will be fully functioning and you’ll have impacted the organization for the better,” Hurst said.

Kirby, Robinson and Hurst, although they are all committed to unique, varying internships, all agree real world work experience during college has helped to broaden their horizons and to expand their career goals.

“If you don’t do something like this, you’re sort of stuck in this college bubble,” Robinson said.

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While a duck and the Hockaday kitchen seemingly have nothing in common, Hockaday’s Food Service Director Jaime Orman believes it is the perfect metaphor.

In order to appear graceful above the water and serve high quality food to 1093 students, 136 faculty and 211 staff during the week and 74 boarders on the weekends, the kitchen staff works behind the scenes, just like a duck’s frantic legs underwater.

As the director, Orman makes sure that the kitchen runs smoothly by scheduling workers, planning the menu and events, ordering food and paying bills. When Hockaday hosts a special event, like the recent Hockaday Parents’ Association Benefit Party for the students in the cafeteria, Orman adorns the lunch line with elaborate decorations like disco lights and streamers hanging from the ceiling.

She also plays music in the cafeteria and boosts the morale of the students who enter, which Orman especially loves about her job.

“Making sure you guys are happy is my favorite part about it,” Orman said.

Before Orman began her job with SAGE, she worked as a classically trained chef in French cuisine. Once Orman had children, she decided to work in an environment that allowed her to have more time off with her kids.

“When I found SAGE it was like a mixture of both worlds. One where I could create good food and bring joy to others and one that I could also pick up my kids after school,” Orman said.

Under Orman’s direction, many other workers thrive at Hockaday, including Renequial Walker, better known as Miss Nikki. Walker mainly serves food to students during breakfast and lunch, but she also slices the deli meats for the sandwich station and pre-made sandwiches on the lunch line and prepares the salad bar.

Walker is also the Head Allergy Server. In that job, she makes sure all girls with dietary restrictions receive nourishing food. Students with allergies can meet with Walker to find healthy options, and she guides younger girls with allergies through the line.

Walker enjoys everything about her job: the kids, the atmosphere, her coworkers and the teachers.

“I’m happy when I walk in here. I like it,” Walker said.

Walker believes that the SAGE and Hockaday communities are intertwined and have family atmospheres in both. The only difference between Hockaday dining before Sage and with Sage now is the uniform.

While Walker is one of the most recognizable people at Sage, many work behind the scenes to pull off a perfect lunch, like baker Lola Miller. She bakes the sweet treats and baked goods, from Ricotta Rainbow Cookies to Zucchini Blueberry Bread, for lunch, dinner and catering orders.

Miller enjoys Hockaday’s close-knit community and the time off that comes with a school schedule such as winter, spring and summer breaks, but she works at Hockaday because of her true passion: baking.

“I like that it’s a science, and that it takes time, and it can’t be rushed. It’s precise,” Miller said.

Miller, Orman and Walker want students to know how fortunate they are to receive an excellent dining experience.

And they take their job seriously, making sure to cook and serve the best food possible all for the joy of the students.

“I’ve always felt that when you cook good food it makes people feel good,” Orman said. “Cooking for others has always brought me great joy whether it’s here feeding 1,000 or at home feed much less.”

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Besides directing plays and teaching drama classes, have you wonder how Drama Teacher Emily Gray spends the rest of her day at Hockaday? To answer that question, the Fourcast sent Staff Writer Sahasra Chigurupati to follow Drama Teacher Emily Gray and find out what her schedule looks like during preparations for ISAS.

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8:00 A.M. THE DAY BEGINS | Drama teacher Emily Gray arrives at school, drops her daughter off in Lower School and then hikes over to the Nasher Haemisegger Center for the Arts to start going over her to-do list. Emails come in regarding ISAS and she responds to some concerning the campus map that will be distributed to visiting faculty and students.

8:20 A.M. EARLY TASKS | Gray picks up a phone call from Debate Director Chuck Walts to discuss ISAS faculty shifts and plans a meeting with him. She proceeds to call an audio company that the school is renting equipment from for the festival’s stages.

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TIME TO CHAT | Even though most of her day is consumed by ISAS planning, she makes the time to meet with her junior advisory in the hallway in front of the Black Box Theatre. They discuss their week so far, and Gray recounts a story about her meeting with Head of School Karen Coleman the day before.

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She has dinner with the boarders to discuss how the campus will change during ISAS. Additionally, she holds a meeting after dinner with members of the Hockaday neighborhood to discuss and reassure them about the commotion that will surround the school during ISAS.

2:40 P.M. CELEBRATE | Since its her son’s birthday, she leaves school early to go pick him up.

He turned eight! Later, she returns to school with her son.

10:05 A.M. STORY TIME | Gray meets with choir & music teacher Bonnie Jean Coleman to talk about one of her students.

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1:10 P.M. TEACHING TIME | She teaches her G Period theatre class and gives some advice to her students about a play, called Kindertransport that will be performed during the festival. The play is set during World War II and is about the “kindertransport,” a train that transported children from countries such as Germany to the UK.

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10:15 A.M. 12:25 P.M. LUNCH BREAK | Before a meeting with Dean of Upper School and Music Teacher Ed Long, Visual Arts Chair Susan Sanders and Dr. Coleman, she grabs a quick lunch at the salad bar.

MEETING | She heads a leadership meeting that includes Dr. Coleman, Head of Upper School Terry Murray, Assistant of Head of Upper School Joni Palmer, Dean of Upper School and Music Teacher Ed Long. She discusses festival logistics, security concerns, food and teacher volunteering shifts.

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BOARDER LINE For junior Jessica Katzman and eighth grader Julia Katzman from Arizona, life at Hockaday represents more than living away from home. Although boarding life separates both of them from their parents, the sisters still have each other’s company. How are their lives different and how do they feel about living in the same school as sisters? The Fourcast interviewed Jess to find out.

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I decided to come to Hockaday because I wanted to challenge myself. I also had wanted to try boarding school for high school, so Hockaday was the perfect opportunity.

Did you and your sister intentionally choose the same school?

We did. We had heard of Hockaday from one of my mom’s best friends who went and her daughter is in fourth grade here, so it had constantly been in the back of our minds.

How do your parents feel about sending both of their daughters to the same school?

My parents were not on board with boarding school at first. I had always wanted to try it because I feel like I’m more independent and a lot of my friends went, but my dad was pretty adamant about staying at home, especially since I had asked during the heat of the St. Paul’s scandal. I never really imagined that my sister and I would go to boarding school together, but my parents actually really happy that we are.

Since my sister is pretty young, it definitely makes my mom feel better that I’m here if Julia needs anything and honestly vice versa. I know she’s just downstairs if I need her and it’s comforting to know that I’m not here alone.

How does it feel like to live in a place far from home with your own sibling?

We get into our arguments and fight a little bit like we would at home, but we don’t have our parents to mediate anything so sometimes issues just don’t get resolved. It’s also really interesting to see how she lives and how she adjusted without our parents here.

I’m seeing a different side of her that is awesome that I didn’t know she had.

On the evening of Feb. 13, during the Residence Department’s special Valentine’s dinner, some girls found out that all the taps on campus had mysteriously stopped functioning. Later that evening, it became clear that getting the water system fixed might take longer than just a few hours—the Residence Department had encountered a water emergency. The executives of the Hockaday Residence Department quickly came to a decision: all boarders were to stay at the nearest Hilton Hotel at Lincoln Centre. Three buses immediately started transporting boarders between Hockaday Campus and the hotel, and by 10 p.m., all the boarders were checked in safely.

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DIFFERENT STYLE Despite rooms being comfortably designed and very convenient, many rooms at the Residence Department are arranged in almost the same way.

However, stepping into junior Pilar Lopez’s room, you’ll quickly notice her unique style of her room arrangement. Lopez arranged her furniture innovatively. Utilizing the space on the side of her bed, Lopez pulled her table aside and created more room.

“By moving the table where I do my homework at away from my bed, I feel like I isolated a safe space from the stresses,” Lopez said. “Honestly, if I could, I would like to decorate my entire room. I will be leaving next year and I don’t think I can do that, but I still really enjoy creating my own safe space in my own style.”

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Almost 40 years after this shift, Vanesko and Ashton have dedicated their time, their bodies and their minds to perfecting their climbing technique.

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Sarah Kate Ashton After her two hour warm-up, freshman Sarah Kate Ashton feels her heart rate increase as she waits for several minutes with her back facing a foreign rocky course she must learn to navigate. When Ashton turns around and sees her challenge for the first time, she feels determined to face it head on.

Ashton competed at the U.S.A. Climbing Bouldering Youth National Championship in Salt Lake City, Utah from Feb. 9 to 11 and received first place in the 13 to 15 age group.

Due to her success, Ashton will have the opportunity to compete for the United States at the International Federation of Sport Climbing World Championship in Russia this summer.

“My favorite experience was this last competition because I was competing against the top 50 rock climbers in the country,” Ashton said. “To come out on top of all those girls was crazy.”

Ashton worked to build up her skills for years before competing at the national level.

Her passion for rock climbing began with her childhood love of climbing trees. Eventually Ashton’s dad brought her to a climbing gym, and at the age of nine, her career in the sport took off.

“One of the coaches came up to me and asked if I wanted to try out for the team,” Ashton said. “That was six years ago and I have been competing ever since.”

Ben Jensen has trained Ashton for two and half years and has enjoyed watching her grow and improve as a climber. Although Aston broke her arm when she fell out of a tree before nationals three years ago, Jensen has worked with Ashton to overcome her injury and win this year’s national competition.

“It was really cool to see her come from a point where she couldn’t do anything climbing related, and then working to get her strength back, get her technique back, basically pull a full 360,” Jensen said.

As a member of Lone Star Climbing, Ashton trains in Frisco around five days a week along with participating in workouts with her coaches in a gym in Dallas. Her training consists of four minute drills to prepare for nationals, a competition in which climbers try to reach the highest point on a course in four minutes.

Ashton admits that one of her biggest challenges has been learning how to compete in a high pressure setting.

“It's really stressful when you’re up there in front of all the people on a big stage where they set up the wall,” Ashton said. “You have to learn how to not get flustered and not to freak out if you make a mistake.”

Ashton’s current goal is to qualify for the international competition in the other two disciplines of climbing: sport and speed.

In bouldering competitions, which take place between August and February, Ashton navigates routes 15 to 20 feet off the ground without a rope. Sport competitions consist of much higher climbs, as tall as 60 feet, but climbers are harnessed in. The third discipline, speed, takes place on a route that climbers have seen before and they are challenged with racing against the clock to complete it.

“I like to focus on my athlete’s own ambitions. I don’t like to put my own goals out there for them,” Jensen said. “I want them to self assess and set their own goals.”

Jensen praises Ashton for her motivation in all areas of her life. With Hockaday’s demanding curriculum, Jensen has seen Ashton

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balance her academic responsibilities with her training.

“It’s not easy I can definitely tell but she makes it work and comes into practice with a smile on her face and is always there to work hard,” Jensen said.

Katie Vanesko Like Ashton, senior Katie Vanesko has also overcome many challenges to reach her level of expertise in rock climbing, which she began at age 11. After ending her gymnastics career, Vanesko found her passion for climbing and now spends over 10 hours a week training with Team Texas Rock Climbing, the first competitive climbing team created in the United States.

“I didn’t know it was a sport [back then] but one of the kids running a summer camp I attended asked me to meet his coach and come to a practice to check it out,” Vanesko said.

“Then it just spiraled from there.”

At 14, Vanesko placed fifth in a national bouldering competition, missing an invitation to the USA Climbing team by one spot. After recovering from a repeated finger injury, first in 8th grade at an outdoor climbing area in El Paso and again in practice last spring, and spending a sophomore semester abroad in Switzerland, Vanesko continued her training and placed in the top 10 at the most recent national bouldering competition in Salt Lake City, Utah from Feb. 9 to 11. In the past, Vanesko has also placed top 10 in national competitions in the two other climbing disciplines: sport and speed.

Her coach, Kyle Clinkscales is excited to continue to train Vanesko to prepare for the national competition for rope climbing that will take place from July 12 to 15 in Atlanta, Georgia.

“She is a really awesome competitor,” Clinkscales said. “She’s smart, passionate and dedicated and she challenges herself.”

Vanesko travels with her team around once a month to explore outdoor climbs and new indoor facilities. She spends her summers preparing for nationals by training for about three months in Salt Lake City and a few days in Atlanta. Every year after competing in nationals, the team travels to the Red River Gorge in Kentucky to have two weeks of fun climbing in the outdoors.

“I really like the adrenaline rush,” Vanesko said. “There are times when I am actually in danger and sometimes I forget that, but I definitely like the part where you are outside and 100 feet off the ground.”

But the only thing that holds back Vanesko at times is her state of mind. After she in-

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Keep Calm and Climb On

Reaching the Top: Students Climb to New Heights jured her finger, she couldn’t shake the fear that she would gain another injury every time she tackled a difficult move.

“When I first started climbing I had a really good mentality because coming out of gymnastics I thought nothing could phase me,” Vanesko said. “When I injured my finger, it was really hard to come back because every difficult move I made I thought about getting hurt again. It took me from freshman year to last year and this year to get out of that.”

Clinkscales has also worked with Vanesko to overcome the challenge of her size, with her petite figure and height of five feet two inches, when climbing by learning and practicing more unconventional strategies. The team trains at Summit Climbing gym in Carrollton, a facility that Clinkscales believes is one of the best training centers in the country.

“We built a facility that is very conducive to training at the national and international level,” Clinkscales said. “So for her it is a matter of learning how to climb with her feet barely on the wall and bringing them to her face. She has to be very flexible and very dynamic.”

Clinkscales admires Vanesko for her dedication to the sport, especially since it is her senior year.

“She’s awesome because she comes and trains like she’s a freshman. She really pushes herself,” Clinkscales said.

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HANGING ON | Senior Katie Vanesko competes in the Youth Bouldering National Competition in Salt Lake City, Utah at the Salt Palace Convention Center in 2017.

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On Jan. 22, Eugene McDermott Head of one represents all of Hockaday’s values, not School Dr. Karen Warren Coleman announced just athletics,” Swango said.

Swango hopes to see an athletic director former Hockaday Athletic Director Tina Slinker’s resignation. Since then, a retained “that you see [and] goes to a lot of games and search has been going on under Coleman’s talks to all the players on a personal level.”

Rory Finn, another senior athlete repreleadership.

An ideal candidate, according to Cole- senting Hockaday soccer and track, agreed man, should bring deep experience, fresh ideas with Swango and added on what the students and innovative thinking. A candidate able to wanted from a new athletic director during the connect well with staff and students would be meeting.

“We all felt strongly that someone [who is favored as well, since the position requires sua] more visible supporter of our athletic endeavpervising and engaging with others.

“I am looking for someone who cares ors and makes sure that there is equal resourcdeeply about single-sex education for girls, who es provided for each sport would be the ideal has a vision, and who will bring tremendous en- candidate,” Finn said.

Coleman emphasized that students’ opinergy and foresight of thinking,” Coleman said. “I want the athletic director who has the ability to ions were critical to the search, that their voices need to be involved. Because lead complex organizations.” students know the experiencIn retained searches, es at Hockaday the best, the Hockaday hires a recruitsearch consultants must hear ment consultant to search NEWFACE from them. for candidates across the Lowry had a chance to nation. The agency Carney hear the conversations beSandoe & Associates is tween students and Bryan and managing the search. was impressed by the amount Rice Bryan, a reof thoughtful responses she cruitment consultant from received. She was excited that Carney Sandoe, has been the Hockaday community had contacting possible canas much enthusiasm in the didates from around the search as she did. nation with the help of the about single-sex education for After that initial meeting, Assistant Head of School girls, who has a vision and who Bryan visited Hockaday again Blair Lowry. He gathers will bring tremendeous energy. on Feb. 20 to hear from board applications and sends and faculty members. Then, them to Hockaday for rewith the information gathered view. Then, the evaluation from the meetings, he worked process begins.

KARREN WARREN COLEMAN with Dr. Coleman to write the On Feb. 12 and 13, Eugene McDermott Head of School job description that is now Bryan visited the School posted on the Hockaday webwhere he held several site. meetings with Middle and On this job description, students’ opinions Upper School athletes, parents, faculty and the physical education department to gather infor- were mentioned. It states that an athletic direcmation on what the School is looking for in a tor needs to “attend as many athletics events as possible at all levels; travel with selected sports new athletic director.

Campbell Swango, a senior athlete and teams as appropriate,” one of the qualities 2017–2018 Athletic Board chair, shared her Swango suggested.

Currently, Bryan is receiving national and thoughts about a new athletic director during the meeting Bryan held with Upper School athletes. international applications. He is also searching “We told [Bryan] about Hockaday, and for candidates who may not realize that they what we loved about Hockaday. The new ath- qualify for the position. All résumés sent directletic director could fit the mold as someone that ly to the School are also managed by Bryan.

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cludes both U.S.-based and international candidates. The School prioritizes the qualifications of the candidates and will review applications no matter where candidates are based.

After the initial review of résumés, many applicants are eliminated. Then, Skype calls by the School and Bryan are held to narrow down the list. The final candidates visit the School, and after several interviews and meetings, the most qualified candidate will be selected.

The Head of School has involved students in this process as she did with the job description. Students have been able to meet with the candidates during their campus visits and students have also played a critically important role of Hockaday campus tour guides to show candidates around the school so that the potential athletic director will be able to look from the students’ views and understand their values and passions.

As of now, the School is in the process of meeting with candidates in campus-based interviews. Lowry explained that the School wants to get as many applicants as possible in order to give everyone an opportunity.

This is not Coleman’s first search at an institution. She was involved in searches for the University of California at Berkeley, the University of Chicago and other schools. As a matter of fact, she led an athletic director search for the University of Chicago when she worked there.

Athletic director searches for UChicago and Hockaday share similarities and differences. Being a large university with extensive programs, UChicago had qualities and experiences that Hockaday, a single sex education with relatively small size, might not require. However, Coleman enjoys all searches. “[The searches] are always so exciting because you meet people with so many interesting and innovative ideas and life experiences,” Coleman said. “My hope is for Hockaday athletics to be something that people are even more excited about, and that everyone shares pride in our great programs. This community is very spirited, and I am excited for the new [athletic director] to reach out to all students so that the [whole] School can get involved.”

Hockaday’s athletic director search will be held until the right candidate is hired. Until then, the search continues.

March Madness is a fever. Many people contract this madness during the annual March National Collegiate Athletic Association basketball tournament when 64 teams have the opportunity to win a national championship.

Known for wild upsets and buzzer-beater finishes, this tournament attracts all types of viewers; from die-hard college fans to gamblers trying to win some money.

Ten percent of the American population creates at least one bracket every year. These brackets try and predict the outcome of each game for every round. The odds of making a perfect bracket are quite slim (1 in 9.2 quintillion if you were curious); you actually have a much better chance at winning the lottery than creating the perfect bracket (175 million to one, according to thebalance.com, if you were curious again) I personally am a fan of the tournament, but don’t like making brackets. I made one a few years ago and how bad my bracket turned out embarrassed me. I guessed fewer than 30 perfect of the winners. This result was not something I wanted on my “ultimate sports fan resume”. I do, however, love watching the games.

These matchups are some of the most exciting sporting events I ever watch. There’s something about the fact that nothing is guaranteed that attracts my attention.

In the National Basketball Association, the playoffs are played in series (best out of seven). This helps guarantee that one bad game wouldn’t ruin an otherwise fantastic season. This format does take the excitement away from the games, so having every game be an all or northing format makes each second feel like the final shot of a game 7 in the NBA. This year was the first time in tournament history that a 16th seed (University of Maryland Baltimore County) upset a first seed (University of Virginia) in the opening round. This upset busted about 16.8 million brackets. There is no rhyme or reason to the tournament, and no one can predict the outcomes even the most astute NCAA basketball fans. I believe the most exciting part about the tournament is the young athletes playing in the most important games of their lives. For some of them, it might be the first time they get to play on national television.

Normally, however, through all the madness, the best team comes out on top.

This year Villanova University proved that it will be a force to be reckoned with for a long time in the tournament by securing it’s second championship in three years in a victory over the University of Michigan.

Whether you have a severe case of the fever, a mild one or no fever altogether, the NCAA tournament is always an entertaining sporting event, and I suggest you pay some attention to it one day.

Michelle Mankoff | Staff Photographer

Eugene Seong | Staff Writer

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This bubbly drink is a type of fermented tea that comes in many flavors and can improve your immune system, digestion and is full of antioxidants. Drinking kombucha can also increase your energy levels like a traditional cup of coffee because it contains a large amount of vitamin B12. Several Dallas restaurants, including Flowerchild, sell kombucha, as well as grocery stores, like Whole Foods and Eatzi's.

With the combination of its natural properties, matcha, a mixture of powdered green tea leaves and water, provides drinkers with a pick-me-up to start off their day.

Matcha also contains a high volume of antioxidants, which helps people prevent aging and chronic disease.

Drinkers often experience heightened concentration and lower cholesterol. You can find Matcha at Starbucks and other coffee shops or you can make your own by purchasing the powder from your local grocery store.

Do you go through withdrawal without your morning cup of coffee? Black tea might be able to satisfy your cravings without any side effects. When brewed, a cup of black tea contains about 40 milligrams of caffeine, which is almost half the amount of caffeine in a traditional cup of coffee. So having a cup of tea will not only give you the caffeine boost you need but researchers have found that drinking tea on a regular basis also helps with heart and oral health. Turning to tea might be the answer to ending your caffeine deprived headaches without reverting back to coffee.

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You are going to have a great time no respective teams narrows in on the final weeks of your season, most everyone has their minds matter what. You never know how the games will go or what result you set on the Southwest Preparawill walk away with, but tory Conference tournament, there is so much to love planned for the weekend about SPC. Fellow athof May 3 in Dallas. In the BESTEFFORT letes cheering each other coming weeks, parents will on, competing against our be pulling out their buttons, biggest rival schools and friends will be making signs spending a whole weekand teams will be mentally end with team you love. preparing themselves. WhethMy favorite memories er it is your first SPC tournafrom SPC come from the ment or your 12th, each time fields, sidelines, bus rides there is pressure. As someone and hotel lobbies, so enwho has competed in eight joy each moment with SPC tournaments, here’s my your team! advice to you.

Go in with an open Go all out. After how mind. While I played goalhard you have all worked this was sweeter than keeper on Hockaday socentire season, why not give it any trophy. cer all of Upper School, everything you have one last in the final few minutes time. Every year I forget how of the second half of my taxing it is on my body to EMILY FULLER last game against ESD play three games in a weekVarity Lacrosse Captain on Feb. 17, I ended up at end at full speed, but you are forward, the ball ended up going to want to give it evat my feet and I ended up erything you have. It is best to walk away from the weekend knowing the earning my team the necessary goal we needwin was meant for another team than to re- ed to win. I truly could not have foreseen this gret the effort you put in. Do not hold anything move, but I hope that goes to show that you back. You can push yourself harder than you should never assume what you can bring to can imagine, so do not sell yourself or your your team.

THE FEELING OF WALKING AWAY FROM SPC WITH HIGH TEAM SPIRIT,

STICK TO IT | Varsity lacrosse competed against Keller at home on Thursday, March 29 at 3:45 p.m. The daisies dominated, with a final score of 18 to 6.

You will realize the team is something bigger than yourself. Our third place finish in soccer made me realize that it’s not always about what the team does but rather who the team is.

I saw the soccer team prove to each other that we were a group of individuals who were there to support one another no matter the outcome.

The feeling walking away from SPC with such high team spirit was sweeter than any trophy.

You are representing your school. Although some Hockaday sports do not even always practice on campus, it is important to remember we have a responsibility to uphold the Four Cornerstones before, during and after we compete.

In my experience, emotions are high during the tournament, and at times I wanted to act out of anger or frustration. However, every time I see the eight letters across my teammates jerseys, I am reminded of why I love playing the sport and have a good attitude above all else.

Your teammates are what you will remember. Whether you are a Freshman or a Senior, key veteran or new to the sport, your teammates are going to remember your attitude, your signing on the bus and how hard you fought. Your teammates will be the ones that make or break the end to your season, and you are going to impact your teammates season’s. With this spring SPC being my last tournament, I am incredibly sad to leave the teammates and coaches behind, but I am grateful for the time that we dedicated to building a team that can compete at SPC regardless of how well we do.

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Emily Fuller | Arts & Life Editor

PLAN ON IT! Varsity Tennis vs. Greenhill 4:30 p.m. April 24 Varsity Softball vs. HSAA 5 p.m. April 17

Varsity Softball vs. Ursuline 5 p.m. May 1

SPC Championships at St. Mark’s Friday May 3 to 5

Texas Rowing Championship in Austin April 22

Track and Field at Greenhill 4 p.m. April 20

Varsity Lacrosse District Playoffs April 26 to 29

Varsity Crew Southwest Regionals in OKC May 5

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The red, white and blue flashing lights of the police car swirl together on the television screen. It’s March 26 of last year, and viewers everywhere are sobbing watching the season finale of HBO’s miniseries “Big Little Lies.”

Abusive husband and rapist Perry, played by Alexander Skarsgård, has just died and the femme fatale cast of the show is standing in solidarity after all that they have been through.

By Shreya Gunukula | Views Editor

The mini series was based on the Liane Moriarty novel of the same name and offered a mere seven episode arc to perfectly summarize the book. Everything fit in its place and although the novel follows the events leading up to the death of Perry, it is really more of a deep dive character experience than a plot driven production. With a stacked cast of Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon, Shailene Woodley, Laura Dern and Zoe Kravitz, the stellar actresses carry an emotional tale of love, loss and strength in the face of trauma and motherhood.

The finale left many fans with unanswered questions. How exactly did Perry die?

What will the women do now? How will Ziggy, the 7-year-old who just found out Perry is his father, deal with this news? There was solace, however, in knowing that both Moriarty’s story and the vision of the screenwriters had come to fruition. No piece of art provides all the answers, and we would just have to deal with that. Twitter, however, apparently could not deal with a cliffhanger.

In response to months of tweets about bringing back season two, lead actress Kidman released a statement on Feb. 16 of this year saying HBO would consider approving a second season solely due to “public demand.” Fans of the show were delighted that they would be receiving more with their favorite cast and storyline, but fans of the book wondered if revealing more information about the plot would tarnish the perfect ambiguity of art.

In addition to “Big Little Lies,” another book turned TV show, “13 Reasons Why,” also succumbed to fan pressure by adding a second season even though they had finished the plot of the novel. This show, which deals with sensitive topics such as teen suicide and depression, received much more backlash for their second season because some were upset showrunners would take creative liberty

From a creative lens, however, manipulating art to satisfy fans points to the greater problem of a lack of empathy in our society.

Shreya Gunukula Views Editor

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From a financial standpoint, one could argue that public influence of art is a simple case of supply and demand. Why deny a proven moneymaker from being on the air and get rid of good jobs in the industry? From a creative lens, however, manipulating art to satisfy fans points to the greater problem of a lack of empathy in our society. It seems that complacency with an artist’s vision has been replaced with widespread impatience to have art reflect the opinion of a majority.

New York Times author David Brooks revealed the power of untouched art last year when sharing former slave Frederick Douglass’s self portraits. The pictures showed Douglass in a suit and tie, looking polished and destroying stereotypes of African American inferiority and dependence. The power of Douglass’s pictures demonstrates how art can change society instead of how society can change art, as shown

by the television shows.

Echoing Brooks’ sentiments, Marilu Knode, Art City Contributor for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, feels dismayed by the growing role of public opinion in art pieces.

With shows like “Project Runway” and “Work of Art” in which artists compete for a cash prize based on a text-by-cell phone or popular vote, the role of public opinion in the art world is quite explicitly used.

“New online museum interfaces allow visitors to slide a bar to a smiley face to indicate their degree of ‘like’—but this is more marketing than true interaction,” Knode said.

She went on to comment on how art is one of the few fields in which public opinions would affect the outcome of the work.

Although artists want feedback, they would rather it be more informed and curious rather than a hostile attack on a viewpoint different than the majority.

“Do the New York Yankees get rid of a player because the fans don’t like him, or because he isn’t performing to their needs? I would argue only ever because of the latter,” Knode said.

In situations of artists releasing their work to the public, more people need to learn how to appreciate the unknown or pieces that do not reflect their opinion exactly. There is no doubt that the second seasons of “Big Little Lies” and “13 Reasons Why” will open to commercial success, but there is power in accepting art for what is rather than what you want it to be.

Even though many of us will be watching these second seasons, we also have hope for a future when artists stand firm with their original vision and encourage the world to appreciate their work.

ROTTEN TOMATOES | In the age of Twitter, public opinion on art, including television shows, is on the rise. As each person with internet access becomes a new critic, how should these industries respond?

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We Love It, We Love it Not

Now that winter has come and gone, springtime weather is officially in full bloom. But the real question still remains: April showers or May flowers?

APRIL SHOWERS

There is no greater day of the year than April 1. Aside from the antics of April Fool’s Day, this day welcomes my favorite month of the year. While January may introduce the new year, February may celebrate romantic love and the summer months may bring lazy days filled with popsicles and pools, no month has as much rain as April. You may not perceive inches of precipitation as a selling point, but hear me out.

More than a decade ago, the television scientist William Sanford Nye, more commonly known as Bill Nye the Science Guy, first introduced me to the mystical concept of the water cycle. In his dark laboratory standing beside a complex apparatus of tubes, thermometers and a seemingly gratuitous bicycle wheel, Nye explained how temperature, density and a touch of magic cooperated to produce the miracle of rain.

At a time in which I only surpassed four feet tall when standing upon my toes, the idea that every drop of water had undergone the cycle of evaporation, condensation and precipitation countless times seemed more fantastical than the tooth fairy.

However, through my experience with Hockaday Lower School Science, I learned not to question the almighty and omniscient Bill Nye. Thus, my healthy dose of skepticism metamorphosed into a profound admiration of rain, which I still retain today.

By the age of 10, the rebellious streak in me averted my fascination with the benign aspects of the hydrologic cycle to the dramatic: thunder and lightning. When asked to give a presentation on any science-related topic in our fourth-grade class, fellow senior Michelle Mankoff and I gave a riveting 20-minute rendition of the horrors of electric fields and lightning strikes. Although I have since lost the Powerpoint that Mankoff and I created for this project, I do remember that the first dozen slides were merely photos of thunderstorms with the occasional shot of an unlucky soul in the midst of lightning strike.

In Middle School, seventh-grade science teacher Margaret Cagle informed our class that an analysis of the air pressure could provide insight into the probability of any forthcoming rain. For the next few months, my favorite party trick involved asking people about the forecast only to provide my own prediction on the likelihood of any rain (of course, nine times out of 10 I was incorrect).

With each new shoe size, my understanding of rain has advanced, and even though I no longer question Nye’s explanation of the water cycle, I still retain a sense of awe anytime drops of precipitation barrel 20,000 feet toward the earth.

And when this rain comes, I simply cannot help rushing into the storm just to smell that sweet scent of petrichor, both a result of oils secreted by plants mingling with geosmin and other chemicals as well as the recombining of ozone molecules into nitric oxide. The symphony of thunder and rain crashing onto the roof provides the perfect bedtime melody. The puddles that form in the cracks of the sidewalk instantaneously transport me to the days in which splashing in the muddy water rivaled the most exhilarating roller coasters in the world.

So as spring showers begin to descend upon Dallas, I encourage you to ditch the umbrellas and to appreciate the magic of rain like a mesmerized 8-year-old child.

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As I lean on the fence of the softball dugout, the sunlight beats into my eyes while the smell of freshly cut grass fills my nose. I glance behind my back to see the outline of the Hockaday greenhouse in the distance, filled with an infinite amount of flowers.

Spring has always been my favorite season. From the start of softball season to the end of the school year, the season brings the highlights of my year, especially with the scenery that comes with the pastel flowers growing in everyone’s front yards.

Since right before my sixth birthday, aptly on the Summer Solstice, I have played softball, a quintessential spring sport. Every year, I look forward to the first week of February when preseason officially starts and I step back onto the dirt.

This year, in what is most likely my last year of playing softball, April Showers have hit Dallas early. For the majority of the month of February and early March, rain has pelted the field, leaving it unplayable.

According to the National Weather Service, the City of Dallas saw a rainfall total for the month of February of 11.31 inches. The National Weather Service has recorded these totals since 1899, and no other February has recorded this high of a rain total with the next highest being 7.40 inches in 1997.

With these early April Showers, our softball team was confined to the Lacerte Family Gymnasium. While this gym may be a good place to have basketball practice, the 84-footlong court cannot replicate a 230-foot field measured from home plate to the centerfield fence. For me, one of the best parts of softball season is being outside with the sun in my eyes, knowing that my face is slowly turning crispy red as I once again forget to put on sunscreen.

But when it’s raining, one of the most important parts of my school year is not the same.

Even with no actual rainfall, the heavy cumulus clouds that these April storms bring drop a blanket onto the metroplex. From darkness at noon to being unable to see while driving, rain is depressing. I can only tolerate this dreariness for a day at most, let alone a whole month of continuous rain. The only beneficial part of these April Showers is that they allow for May Flowers.

Besides the start of the softball season, the one day that I have looked forward to more than any other day at Hockaday is Commencement. From the long white dresses to the diplomas, the ceremony has always enthralled me.

But the most enticing part of the whole day is the flowers.

For me, the anticipation of the dawn of flower season began in December. While I have thought about what flowers to put on the all-important graduation hat, actually picking out the types of flowers at Dr. Delphinium made me even more excited for the arrival of spring and the season of flowers.

Beyond the graduation hat, the millions of flowers planted around Hockaday always excite me. The colorful campus cheers me up even on the worst of days.

For me, flowers represent happiness, while rain embodies sadness. I would much rather have softball season and flowers than pre- tending to play a combination of wallball, basketball and softball in the small gym with the dark rain splashing outside.

Katie O'Meara | News Editor

Day of Promise On Monday, April 23, the Community Service Board will bring all of your favorite foods to Hockaday. All of the proceeds benefit Promise House.

Reflections at Prom Seniors, it's finally prom time! While there is so much excitement surrounding the dance, finding the perfect prom dress is a little stressful.

Commencement Rehearsal It's the time of the year again. Say goodbye to your free periods and Y periods, as they will be replaced with marching around graduation terrace for 80 minutes.

AP Exams Have you submitted your AP Exam survey to Mrs. Smith? These four-hour tests are about to be gruesome.

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I A YOUTH UNITED In the aftermath of the Parkland school shooting, Features Editor Maria Harrison advocates for youth activists to hold politicians accountable for their legislation.

In the wake of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, survivors have created a platform through social media to protest gun violence. A group of students from Stoneman Douglas including Emma González and Alfonso Calderon created the organization, Never Again MSD, that advocates for stricter gun control.

Previously, students used only social media like Twitter and Instagram to voice their opinions on a range of issues including politics. However, the MSD shooting survivors sparked conversations on gun control beyond social media.

Following the shooting, González delivered a powerful speech to a gun control rally in Fort Lauderdale on Feb. 17. Her words targeted Republican Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa, who sponsored a bill that prohibits the FBI from performing background checks on people declared mentally ill, and addressed how easy buying a gun in Florida is.

Social media is a beneficial platform to initiate discussions and listen to others’ opinions. Communicating with other citizens through speeches creates unity behind an objective. However, students also need to enact change by confronting the actual legislation.

These students did take their ideas to legislators. Junior Calderon expressed his sentiments on stricter gun control in Tallahassee on Feb. 21.

“A lot of people think that [being children] disqualifies us from even having an opinion on this sort of matter. As if because we’ve been through a traumatic experience, that we don’t know what we’re talking about,” Calderon said. “And I want everyone

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to remember, that is not the case.”

Often, politicians do not account teenagers' ideas, but legislation affects children, too.

Besides using their voices on social media to persuade politicians, Never Again MSD in collaboration with Everytown for Gun Safety planned a student-led demonstration, March for Our Lives, for March 24. Protesters demanded universal background checks, closing the loophole that allows people to buy firearms at gun shows, banning the selling of high capacity magazines and raising the age of gun ownership to 21.

Although movements build solidarity, politicians rarely change their stand on issues. Thus, students should replace those who are writing legislation by organizing voting parties and encouraging others to vote.

Discussions on social media should not stop either, and students should continue to reach out to their peers across the United States to discuss the challenges that they all face as citizens who are often overlooked when considering legislation.

Students need to persist in challenging politicians by writing letters to their representatives or making phone calls to their local government offices.

Generation Z, the up and coming voices in the United States, will one day be the ones who might represent American voices in the government. For now, all we can do is continue starting conversations and articulating our concerns about legislation and in politics whether that be through social media, talks with legislators or marches.

Maria Harrison | Features Editor

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Photo by Mia Savoldelli at Dallas City Hall.

Savoldelli arrived at the protest around noon and decided to march to make a difference in her community and represent her fellow high school activists.

Maye McPhail & Grace Olsen at Dallas City Hall.

Maye (pictured on the left) is a member of the senior comittee that planned the 17 minutes of silence orchestrated at Hockaday on March 23.

Photo by Lauren Puplampu at Dallas City Hall.

Pumplampu attended the march with Maye McPhail and a group of friends on March 24.

Photo by Mia Savoldelli.

Photo by Mia Savoldelli.

Safa Michigan attended the March for Our Lives in Shreveport, LA, wanting to stand with her fellow activists.

Paige Halverson | Castoff Editor