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Hockaday joins the Women's March.

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Lion dances, dumplings and rap marked the Chinese New Year celebration hosted

by Hockaday on Jan. 29. The event developed as a way for Chinese boarders to celebrate the important holiday from halfway around the globe, and in order to host authentic festivities, students from both Hockaday and St. Mark’s choreographed dances and produced performances for their audience while members of the community prepared traditional Chinese dishes, such as dumplings, which symbolize good fortune.

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Junior scores third win in Hockaday Brain Bee “Name the peptide that accumulates in the senile plaques of brains of Alzheimer’s patients.” While many readers may not have a clue as to the answer to the following question, junior Christine Ji had to answer these types of questions on Jan. 14 during the third annual DFW Brain Bee in the school’s Idea Lab of the Margaret Doggett Crow Science Building.

For her third consecutive year, Ji defeated her eight opponents in three rounds of questions about neuroscience. As the first place winner in the competition, Ji advanced to the national competition at the University of Maryland from March 13 to 19, where she previously placed 15th out of 52 competitors in 2016.

Genesis leader speaks on domestic violence On Jan. 30, the CEO of Genesis Women's Shelter & Support and Austin Street Center, Jan Langbein, addressed the Upper School about the epidemic of domestic violence and her work with Genesis Women’s Shelter. In her speech, Langbein discussed the signs that point to an abusive relationship, beginning a longer conversation that will continue with the upcoming presentations about dating violence sponsored by One Love, a foundation honoring University of Virginia lacrosse player Yeardley Love who was beaten to death by an ex-boyfriend. Langbein also acknowledged the progress of women in this country and the obstacles they have yet to face.

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In seventh grade, students participate in a grade-wide lock-in, in which they watch movies, play games and sleep on the floor. Channeling the spirit and comradery of the event, the senior class plans on hosting a similar event on Feb. 16. The students will spend the night in the Hicks Meeting Room along with the chaperones composed of various senior advisers. According to Form IV President, Malini Naidu, the seniors discussed this idea at the end of junior year and decided to move forward with the event in order to provide “bonding activities that would be both meaningful and fun."

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Make sure to shut your locker doors and pick up your belongings because students from across the city will be on campus for the ACT.

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No classes for winter break.

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The senior class will participate in a grade-wide sleepover in Hicks Meeting Room.

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Upper School film students will share their recent work in the US Film Assembly during conference in the Nasher-Haemisegger Family Center for the Arts.

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ince her election as the sole Winter Formal chair last November, senior Lily Johnson has been working alongside Student Council and a handful of faculty members to bring to life her visions for the Hockaday Winter Formal dance, which will be held on Feb. 18.

The Winter Formal theme, “Versailles,” was revealed to the public in an Upper School assembly on Jan. 5.

However, preparations for the dance started as early as the end of the 201516 school year, when the search for venues began.

As the end of the last school year neared, Student Council President Joy Nesbitt, along with Winter Formal faculty sponsors Renee Laffitte, Dara Williams and Vickey Thumlert, started scouting out venue options for the dance. Eventually, they decided upon F.I.G. Downtown and booked the venue last July.

“When we went into F.I.G., I was like ‘This is the one,’” Nesbitt said. “It has all cool sorts of areas so you can make little rooms within the big room.

That’s what I liked about it. And it’s also in the city.”

According to Nesbitt, choosing a venue for the dance is one of the more challenging tasks of planning the dance. When selecting one, many influencing factors must be accounted for, such as a comfortable amount of space, an area that will fit the freshman dinner as well as the kitchen staff, and a location that emits an aura of uniqueness.

After the venue was selected, Student Council proposed different themes, agreeing upon the theme of “Versailles” in August. After the theme was chosen, Student Council then sent out an email asking those who were interested in running for the position of Winter Formal chair to plan a fake Winter Formal around

the fake theme of “Great Gatsby.” The contestants were to present these fake Winter Formals to Student Council. By making them do so, Student Council was able to obtain a better grasp of how the perspective dance chairs would approach planning the actual dance. The opportunity to run captured Johnson’s attention, as she has always been very passionate when it comes to planning parties and events.

“Everyone always has fun at dances, and since it was my last one, I wanted to make sure that everyone would have a good dance,” Johnson said.

After her appointment as chair in November, Johnson learned of the theme, and has since then slowly been piecing her ideas together for the dance. For weeks now, she has been meeting with Student Council every other week to begin planning Winter Formal.

Williams helps make Johnson’s ideas feasible, as she is mainly in charge of the dance budget as well as booking the venue and other tasks dealing with the logistics of the dance.

“Although the girls choose the venue at the end of last school year, since Lily was appointed chair, we have been planning the dance for about four months,” Williams said.

In order to decorate for the dance, Johnson is leaning towards an elegant, classy look that works well with the sophisticated theme.

“I’m taking the Versailles, Marie Antoinette theme, as you saw with my invitation, and playing with that,” Johnson said.

For instance, Johnson plans to put hydrangeas as centerpieces on the freshmen tables. She also hopes to have many gold, tasteful decorations, such as chandeliers, to fit the

French tea party-like theme. There will also be gambling tables, a photo booth and hopefully a caricature artist.

Parents are also involved in planning specific parts of the event. Heather Roberts, freshman Kathleen Roberts’ mother, is the elected Form I parent Winter Formal chair. Unlike the other Forms, all freshmen attending the dance are required to take a bus to the event, where they then eat a prepared dinner before the other invitees start to arrive. Roberts helps coordinate the specifics concerning the freshman, such as designing the invitations put on the freshmen’s lockers and helping organize the freshmen dinner table décor.

“The most challenging thing about planning the dance is trying to keep with the theme, to do nice table decor and invitations, but also to stay within a reasonable budget,” Roberts said.

Now that the dance is just rounding the corner, Johnson, Student Council, Roberts, faculty sponsors and other individuals involved in the planning have been kept busy putting on a dance that others will enjoy. As this is her last Winter Formal dance, Johnson herself hopes that everyone will appreciate and enjoy the large amount of work that has been put into planning it.

“Student Council, myself and all of the moms have been working very hard on the dance, and I think it is definitely going to show,” Johnson said.

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hether it was on a pile of wood beams, at the feet of a dozen people who were hammering together the side of the house or in the storage shed, wrapped in a blanket, she could fall asleep anywhere. She was always in the way of the task at hand, and she would only move from her spot if someone carried her in her arms.

Supposedly half boxer, half German shepard, this nameless, collarless dog from McBroom Street in West Dallas, charmed the volunteers and future homeowners who were working on the build site.

On Jan. 21, students from both Hockaday and St. Mark’s began to assemble a three-bedroom, two-bathroom house on 1735 McBroom Street through the Habitat for Humanity program.

Since Habitat for Humanity Board Member David Michel, father of Elizabeth Michel ‘15 and St. Mark’s’ John Michel ‘10, brought the project to Hockaday a decade ago, students have come together from both schools to build a home for a family in need of housing stability.

For the 11th house sponsored by Hockaday and St. Mark’s, Habitat for Humanity selected the Cruz-Rivera family as the owners.

Juan Rivera and Sandra Cruz first learned about Habitat through their friend, whose in-laws were habitat homeowners.

“At first it all sounded too amazing and I didn’t believe it was true, but I thought I would just try it,” Rivera said.

Habitat told the Cruz-Rivera family that the entire process usually took anywhere from six months to a year; however, only five months passed from Rivera’s first communication with Habitat to the first day of their build.

“The whole process was so fast. It only makes sense to call it a blessing,” Cruz said.

In order to be selected to be a Habitat homeowner, one must demonstrate a need for safe, affordable housing as well as a drive to build a better home and future for themselves and their families. Once selected, homeowners must take homeownership and

financial literacy classes, volunteer at a Habitat ReStore warehouse or help build their own home or someone else’s in order to fulfill the required 250 “sweat equity” hours.

Because Habitat works to provide people with both stability and self-reliance, Habitat Homeowners still pay their affordable mortgage, which is cycled back into the community to help build additional Habitat Houses.

Parents of four young children, Jesus Cruz and Sandra Rivera, currently rent a one-bedroom apartment, which provides little room for them to spend time together in their own home. With all their children being under 8 years old, Cruz recognized the importance of giving his family a better home.

“I want to be able to show them that I bought and built this house for them, so that one day it will be left to them. I hope this shows them that one day they too can be homeowners and buy a home of their own for their family,” Cruz said.

The development offices of both Hockaday and St. Mark’s are responsible for raising $40,000 in order to buy the land and materials for the house, and families from Hockaday and St. Mark’s contribute every year in order for this project to be accomplished.

“It takes a village to raise a child, so I guess you could say it takes a whole community to build a house,” St. Mark’s Director of Community Service Jorge Correa said.

Directors of Community Service from both Hockaday and St. Marks, Laura Day and Correa, agree that the partnership between the two schools is both smooth and equal.

“We do food, snacks and volunteers right down the middle. It is really the best project the Hockaday and St. Mark’s community service boards do together,” Day said.

Junior Fernanda Treviño-Suárez, the Hockaday Habitat Project Coordinator, is in charge of sending out emails that remind students what they should wear, what the weather will be like and to be on time. On the build site, Treviño-Suárez is Day’s right hand woman, insuring that everyone has a job during the build.

“It is just an amazing project and I am

really honored to be the coordinator,” Treviño-Suárez said. “My favorite part about Habitat for Humanity is that you don’t have to know what you are doing when you get there. You just show up and have fun and by the final day there is a house built. It is just really cool to see all the progress, “ Day said that the process of constructing a house is not only amazing, but uplifting as well. “I think there is something really empowering about showing up, stepping back, and realizing you put siding on a house and helped build it,” she said.

Whether it is hammering siding on a house, cutting a beam or laying flooring, Day said that these skills are empowering for women to learn because they are oftentimes not expected for women in society to accomplish.

“The collaboration involved in building a house is also rewarding,” Day said. “The students get to learn about a community and a family on a very human level.”

But Correa’s favorite moments at Habitat happen not hammering or sawing, but rather sitting on the curb with a sandwich.

“We share food with people in the neighborhood and it is a real reflection of how human this process is,” Correa said.

And the program has evolved and developed over the years simply because of how serious the students take it. “As people come more and more they develop skills and teach them to their peers,” Correa said. “It is cool to see the impact that individuals can make when they take ownership over the project.”

Habitat for Humanity supports the responses from Day, Correa and Treviño-Suárez. On its website, the organization states that they give volunteers the opportunity to try something new, work with those who are different than you, understand the needs of others, get involved in strengthening your community or neighboring community, learn new skills and gain confidence.

“My dreams of having my own house are coming true and the best part is that I’m building it,” Rivera said. “And I always ask my wife—can you believe it’s true? This is amazing. This is happiness.”

PIECE BY PIECE Senior Maddie Skaife hammers the frame of the Habitat house in West Dallas

Although the relationship among Hockaday, St. Mark’s and Habitat has remained strong and steadfast over the last 10 years, leadership from Hockaday sees room for the project to improve.

And Treviño-Suárez hopes that a lot of different people come volunteer weekly.

Because there are 25 people on the wait list each week, Treviño-Suárez wants to find a way to get as many students involved as possible, so for the second week on the site they have split up the two shifts into a morning and an afternoon shift.

Day said that the relationship between Hockaday and Habitat homeowners extends far beyond the dedication day. “We try to stay around. Sometimes I stop by when I am in West Dallas. We also see them a lot during the build,” Day said.

Because space on the construction site is limited and spots fill up quickly, students eager to make a difference can also volunteer at Habitat ReStore, the nonprofit home improvement store and donation center off Forest Lane and Marsh Lane, which sells home goods to those in need, at any point during the year.

To sign up for a build, Go to X2Vol through the rest of February and into March.

You must be at least 16 years old in order to come to a regular Saturday build; however, the last day, the landscaping day, is open to the entire Upper School.

Hopefully in April, once the keys are handed over to the new owners, the nameless, collarless dog from McBroom Street will continue to bring joy to the Cruz-Rivera home, as it does with only the walls up.

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he Hockaday course selection has always housed unique classes such as Spycraft and History of Art and Music. Continuing this trend, the 2017-2018 Hockaday course catalogue offers five unique new classes: Statistics, Forensic Science, Gothic Literature and Culture, Law and Crime in Literature and Shakespeare: Poetry and Performance.

The process for creating a class requires multiple layers of approval, according to Upper School Science Chair Marshall Bartlett. First, the teacher interested in creating the class presents the idea to his or her department chair. Then, the idea is presented to the administration and the Academic Assistant Head of School, Blair Lowry. If the idea is approved, the teacher has all of the remaining school year and the summer to design a course curriculum, including topics, lesson plans and materials needed.

Upper School Science teacher Kirsten Lindsay-Hudak currently teaches AP Environmental Science, AP Human Geography and Human Evolution.

This next school year, she will also be teaching Forensic Science, a course that will be open to second semester seniors.

“I think lots of people are fascinated with the idea of solving crimes with science. It’s something I have done independent studies before in the past, so I thought it would be a great opportunity to add

a new and interesting discipline to our course offerings and to try and figure out a different way to run a class,” Lindsay-Hudak said.

This forensic science class will use science to solve crimes, according to Lindsay-Hudak. Forensics means “problem-solving.”

This will not be the first time that Lindsay-Hudak will be teaching a forensic science course. She has taught three varying independent studies in the past for interested Hockaday students.

“I have a list of topics and skills I want them to master; then I break each of those big ideas down into the topics that support them; then I take those topics and think about how I’m going to teach that.

And then I put that in order,” Lindsay-Hudak said.

On the other hand, the new statistics class does not require as much planning, according to Math Department Chair Jeri Sutton, due to the fact that an AP course is already offered.

“The Statistics class will still cover the same concepts, but it will be focused on the principles of it and will not have the stress and the rigor of an AP course,” Sutton said. “We’ve always wanted to offer a non-AP Statistics. We have recognized that students in the higher grades don’t have very many options that are not AP, and we wanted to offer that. There are some students who don’t want AP, so we needed to try and support them as well.”

And the English department's new English senior seminars—Gothic Literature and Culture, Law and Crime in Literature, and Shakespeare: Poetry and Performance—boast very diverse topics. English Department Chair Janet Bilhartz said that new senior seminars should offer something that has not been already included in an English course or a different way of looking at literature.

“The literature itself needs to be appropriate for seniors in high school—so fairly challenging literature, but interesting to students, helping them to see the world and understand literature in different ways, or deepen their understanding,” Bilhartz said.

Even though students want to know in advance who will be teaching each course, Upper School registrar Lyse Herrera said that there are a few reasons why teachers for new courses are often decided months after the new course is announced.

“Once we know what students are interested in taking, that’s when Department Chairs sit down and figure out who will teach what, based on the demand for courses, individual teaching loads, and preps,” Lyse Herrera said.

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A Presidency of Many Firsts TRUMP TOWER, NY Since the start of the presidential race, Trump Tower has heightened security with roadblocks and more officers. First Lady Melania will remain here with their 10-year-old-son Barron until the end of the school year while Trump moves into the White House.

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INAUGURATION PARADE At 3 p.m. after his swearing-in ceremony, Trump rode in a limousine with Melania down a 1.5-mile stretch of Pennsylvania Avenue to reach the White House. The procession comprised custom floats and over 8,000 participants. Viewing stands for the public surrounded the street.

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INAUGURAL CONCERT The “Make America Great Again! Welcome Celebration” took place at 4 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 19. The celebration was televised and free to the Washington D.C. public. The entertainment lineup included drummer DJ Ravidrums, pop-rock band 3 Doors Down, The Piano Guys, country star Toby Keith and others.

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SWEARING-IN CEREMONY The lawn of the Capitol brimmed with people on the morning of January 20. Some 900,000 people were in attendance at the swearing-in ceremony. As for policy, President Trump has already made several drastic changes in his first week in office.

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Begin construction of a $12 billion, 1,900-mile wall along the border of Mexico Increase resources for greater enforcement against undocumented immigrants Prevent refugees from entering country for 120 days and immigrants from seven predominantly Muslim nations (Iran, Iraq, Syria, Sudan, Somalia, Libya and Yemen) from entering for three months Promote ethics in executive branch appointees by banning officials who have lobbied for foreign governments Reduce regulations to assist the launch of small businesses Rollback regulatory measures on Wall Street

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Hockaday students discuss literature with students around Dallas.

On Jan. 30, at the early hour of 7:30 a.m., The Oakridge School was already humming with life. Students and staff scurried throughout the campus, checking microphones, making badges, greeting visitors and hastily touching up as they prepared for their day-long literary colloquium.

After he moved from Brooklyn, New York to Dallas four years ago, Jared Colley began to teach English at The Oakridge School. It was then that he envisioned an event where students could come together and bond over a literary work. He looked to make new connections and reached out to various independent schools in the metroplex, hoping they would demonstrate interest in his idea.

In February 2013, Colley initiated the first colloquium at The Oakridge School and garnered participation from other independent schools in the area, including Hockaday, Greenhill, Cistercian and Fort Worth Country Day. “I was beyond excited to finally be putting my dream of an academic colloquium into motion,” Colley said.

The theme of that first conference was “Dubliners,” a collection of short stories by James Joyce. Students submitted papers in which they approached the literature from the perspectives of 21st century teenagers.

Eight schools and about 70 students participated. The colloquium, despite its smallscale impact, was successful in attracting a group of interested students. Since then, four more colloquiums, hosted at various schools, have taken place.

“That year was more about paper submissions and having a variety of discussions based on students’ academic papers, and over the years, it’s evolved a little bit to involve other modes of inquiries as well,” Col-

ley said. teachers Jennifer McEachern and Claire When Colley initially reached out to in- Cothren, Boulanger organized a book club dependent schools four years ago, Deborah for any students interested in reading and Moreland, the former English department submitting work to the colloquium. The chair at Hockaday, was one of the first peo- club met occasionally during conference ple to demonstrate enthusiasm. and lunch periods.

“Hockaday was incredibly receptive At the meetings, the attendees ofand supportive of my initiative, and for that ten discussed and analyzed the profound I am very grateful,” Colley said. themes in “Frankenstein,” which piqued This year, Colley took advantage of the interest of many students, among them the 200 year anniversary of Mary Shelley’s sophomores Emily Ma and Alexa May, who famed gothic fiction novel. To commemo- jointly submitted a short film to present at rate this monumental event, the theme for the conference. Ma and May crafted a film this year’s annual colloquithat illustrated their um, which took place on Jan. interpretation of what 30, was “Frankenstein.”

“Frankenstein” meant to “I’m “‘Frankenstein’ invites so Shelley. many different kinds of read“‘Frankenstein is immersed in ings and therefore serves as classic literature so there a really great text to developare a lot of short films, [film] in my ing a critical thinker in high movies and advertisedaily life.” schools. This text has really inments that are the same. teresting interpretations to be We were thinking about made from some sort of ethiwhat new perspective Alexa May cal, scientific, feminist, or philwe can bring to the novSophomore osophical lens,” Colley said. el through our film,” Ma Hockaday Upper School said. Once submitted, English teacher Jennifer the video was judged and Boulanger was in charge selected to showcase at of coordinating Hockathe colloquium. In fact, day’s communication with all creative and analytOakridge. Intrigued by Shelical papers, and other ley’s backstory and the premforms of visual art works, ise of “Frankenstein,” Boulanger encouraged were subjected to the same elimination regher students to read and attend the collo- imen. Colley took on much of the role and quium since early September. decides which works will be displayed.

“I love that it is written by a woman, that “When I’m judging, I’m not necessarily it deals with these issues of who has a right looking for an exquisitely written paper to create and take life away and what consti- with an earth-shattering thesis or a profestutes life. I like how that relates to some of sionally-produced film,” Colley said. “I just the questions we’re having in scientific devel- want to see genuine interest and effort from opment right now like stem cell research and a student; I want to see that they’re having cloning,” Boulanger said. fun with it.”

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SPEAKING OUT On Jan. 30, Oakridge School headmaster Jon Kellam spoke at the Frankenstein Colloquium about the importance of writing.

while preparing for the colloquium.

“Even though film is my fine art, I feel like I’m immersed in it in my daily life, and I’m loving all the steps, the work, the creative demands, and even the obstacles of making the ‘Frankenstein’ film,” May said.

The colloquium itself was a day long event. Students and faculty bustled up and down the busy halls, finding their way to the classrooms where their peers were presenting. Papers were written on topics ranging from an analysis of the religious connotations in “Frankenstein” to an in-depth comparison of the novel to ‘the hedgehog’s dilemma.’ Films of various genres aired in some rooms, while in others, student thespians actively engaged in a re-enactment of some scenes from ‘Frankenstein.’ Anne Frey, a British Literature professor at Texas Christian University, was a keynote speaker at the colloquium. Addressing the social and literary significance of “Frankenstein,” Frey discussed the advantages a high-schooler can gain from reading the novel.

“Frankenstein is one of the top five most read books among college campuses in America. You guys are already ahead of the game if you’ve read it at a deeper level,” Frey said in her speech. Colley believes that students can gain a unique and educational experience at the colloquium.

“I didn’t go to these kind of things until I was in graduate school. I think getting front of a foreign audience outside the dynamic of your classroom is really healthy.

I also think it’s fun; it’s a giddy, nervous fun and it’s a great environment to benefit from,” Colley said.

A History of Colley’s Dallas-Area Colloquiums 2013 DUBLINERS The colloquium invited students to investigate “Dubliners,” a collection of short stories written by James Joyce.

2014 RICHARD III The colloquium focused on the famous Shakespearean play.

2015 FLANNERY O’CONNOR A 50 year retrospective on works written by the American novelist Flannery O’Connor.

2016 A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM The event focused specifically on Shakespeare’s comedy.

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n Jan. 13, the entire Hockaday community gathered in Penson Gym for the Martin Luther King Jr. assembly where the life and legacy of the activist was honored through presentations, music and poetry. The audience gave standing ovations after their peers’ performances and clapped and sang along with the choir, all while absorbing the celebration.

Director of Inclusion and Community Tresa Wilson, who organized the event, hopes to keep the momentum of that One Hockaday experience going.

“That was probably the first time in my 11 years here I saw us as one whole community, and that we were really committed and we were together—together in celebration and together in spirit,” Wilson said.

Now, where do we go from the gym?

And as guest speaker Pastor Dr. Frederick Douglass Haynes would ask, how do we turn the “-isms” of racism, sexism and classism, for example, into “-wasms”?

Forty-eight years ago, during a time of civil unrest, students at Kent State University took their emotions and channeled it into a cause. They brought awareness to the issues and they rallied, ultimately expanding Black History Week to Black History month in 1970. The nationally recognized and celebrated holiday has been celebrated annually ever since. However, Hockaday’s President of the Black Student Union senior Alex

Shaw said that it attracts controversy for its focus on African-American history. Shaw believes the role of Black History Month is an essential one.

“The history of black people is less discussed in history courses and history in general,” Shaw said. “It’s an important part for people to recognize how much African Americans in the U.S. contribute to our country, and because we don’t have that representation, there’s a necessity for Black History Month.”

One organization that “serve[s] to assist all people to understand the African-American Experience” is the African American Museum of Dallas, which provides quintessential information about black history.

The current exhibits of the AAM include “Facing the Rising Sun,” which contains photographs and objects from Freedman’s Town, now known as North Dallas, and “The Souls of Black Folk,” a folk art collection with more than 500 pieces of African American Art. But the AAM isn’t alone. Other museums in Dallas, such as the Dallas Holocaust Museum and the Crow Collection of Asian Art, are also involved in promoting racial unity. Through their exhibits, viewers are able to gain multidimensional viewpoints of different cultures.

Sophomore and vice-president of the Young Republicans Charlsie Doan believes

that exposure to different perspectives are a key part of combating hatred and bigotry.

“If we really want to make a difference, and make things better for Americans, [all parties] have to talk and work together,” Doan said.

And interaction between races is crucial as well. Senior Jenny Zhu, president of Young Democrats, believes that conversation is important because it takes the first steps towards accepting, and even celebrating racial diversity.

“When you’re not communicating with other people, you’re living in your own echo chamber. It’s always good to keep an open mind to try and put yourself in other people’s shoes and feel empathy,” Zhu said.

“That is impossible if you can’t even talk to someone who disagrees with you.”

Hockaday's Student Diversity Board, Black Student Union and political clubs— such as the Young Democrats, Young Independents and Young Republicans—provide safe spaces for students to converse amongst their fellow peers. Outside of school, the Dallas Area Diversity Youth Organization, a coalition of schools across North Texas, get together approximately once a month to discuss topics that range from international current events to personal diversity identifiers.

As DADYO’s upcoming forum demonstrates, discussions don’t have to be a formal debate. According to Wilson, unity may be

SING LOUDLY Dr. Raymond Wise leads the All School Mass Choir in three songs, “Shine the Light”, “I Opened My Mouth to the Lord” and “We Shall Overcome."

achieved in ways we least expect it. It could certainly, but may not, occur in a conversation about civil rights or in a forum about diversity—unity can be touched anywhere, whether it be on the soccer field or in the hallways. However, it begins with every individual student: students must be comfortable and confident with themselves first.

“Bringing your authentic self is important, and that’s what we must start doing,” Wilson said. “I see an underlying current sometimes with students that they feel like they have to assimilate, lose part of themselves and their culture to fit in, but I don’t want you to fit in. I want you to feel like this is where you belong.”

Hockaday will host DADYO’s next forum and invites students from all participating schools to attend. The event's theme will be how to have difficult conversations over social media and will take place in Clements on Feb. 15, 6-7 p.m.

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Don't Go Dissecting My Heart In spirit of the celebration of love, what more conventional way to commemorate Valentine’s day than by dissecting a heart? Why open your heart to someone on this special day when you can open something else’s heart instead? Emotions are grand, but atria and ventricles are better. To better understand the anatomy of the human heart, the Fourcast asked Upper School anatomy teacher Brandi Finazzo to help guide a sheep heart dissection.

Sheep and humans both have four-chambered hearts, making sheep hearts the prime models for a dissection.

AORTA The main artery of the body, which provides oxygenated blood to the circulatory system. This is probably what Leona Lewis was referring to in her song “Bleeding Love,” emphasis on the bleeding.

RIGHT VENTRICLE The right ventricle solely pumps blood to the lungs. Similar to accepting that you will die alone, much less time-consuming.

CHORDAE TENDINAE They are cord-like tendons that connect the papillary muscles to the tricuspid valve and the mitral valve in the heart. They look really gross in pictures but I promise they’re not that bad in person, a fact I tell about all my Tinder matches.

LEFT ATRIUM It receives blood returning to the heart from the lungs through the pulmonary veins and pumps it to the left ventricle. It’s like my give and take relationship with rom-coms; they give me nausea and take away two hours of my life.

PULMONARY ARTERY This is the artery that carries blood from the right ventricle to the lungs to be oxygenated. The bottom line is that even if you go and get oxygenated, you’re going to end up back at the right ventricle, full circle. And you know what? Things will be so much easier to manage once you’ve accepted your fate. No matter how hard you try, you will inevitably end up where you started: single and alone.

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INTERVENTRICULAR SEPTUM The stout wall that separates the lower chambers (ventricles). I wish my emotional wall could be that thick...

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Junior Luiza Gruntmane is the daughter of Zaza Couture owner and designer Tereze Gruntmane.

A look into unique fashions of individuals at Hockaday

Q: What are your favorite shops?

Necklaces, Thailand

Romper,

Her sister's closet

" My family buys a lot of clothing when we travel.

That’s how I get a lot of my unique clothing."

Buffalo Exchange, Urban Outfitters and Free People.

I’m trying this year to get away from the toxic brands, who make their clothing in sweatshops.

“I never really buy clothes, but when I do, I make sure that the clothing is versatile. For other pieces, I borrow from my sister, who usually buys several cheap items at once.”

Q: Describe your style in three words.

Unique, cool and eclectic.

Q: Who are your fashion icons?

I really like Lourdes Leon, who is Madonna’s daughter.

Q: How has your mother influenced your fashion?

Shoes, India

"My mom and sister picked them up at a street market in India."

Jacket,

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"The jacket’s unique.

When do you ever see a red faux fur jacket? I like a mix of both prints and solids."

She’s made me love wearing colorful clothing.

We share a closet, and I wear my mom’s clothes.

I love to wear things that my mom designed. She’s taken me to a lot of fashion and fabrics shows growing up so that I’ve been able to see a lot and expand my horizons in fashion.

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hree years and thousands of posts into its existence, the Hockaday Class of 2017 Facebook page has collected a pastiche of uniform memes, exclamation-point college acceptance statuses and buy-and-sell postings for items ranging from Girl Scout cookies to English textbooks.

The seniors, juniors and sophomores all have them: class-specific Facebook groups have long provided a forum for grades both to spread school-relevant information and to form bonds outside the Hockaday hallways.

For time-sensitive information about ongoing Hockaday events, senior Isabel Smith points to the usefulness of Facebook in sharing instant news.

“If something quick was happening in Tarry House that you wanted people to come to, no one would be constantly checking their email. The Facebook group gives you a notification when something in the group has been posted,” Smith said.

Indeed, the class-wide Facebook page can amplify voices at an instantaneous pace, shaping a platform for the rapid dispersal of information with a buzzing phone as its attention-grabbing outlet. But ramifications exist, and Form IV Dean Rebekah Calhoun views inclusivity as a significant one.

“On Meals on Wheels day, seniors started running late, and I was one of the last ones getting back. It would've been really helpful for me to be able to contact the whole group of seniors and say, ‘Do this, go here.’ But I can’t post on Facebook, which is a big disadvantage because it's an in-the-moment kind of medium,” Calhoun said.

Facebook groups also allow a versatility in information shared.

While students often use the page to galvanize excitement for a choir assembly or an activity they’re involved in, they also can use the group as a space to express their own humor and personalities.

Junior Olivia Naidu has seen an upsurge in engagement in the juniors’ Facebook, espe-

THE BOARDER LINE What’s happening in boarding right now

At Hockaday, boarding has four different halls, each with a dorm mom. Lead Dorm Mom Vicki Palmer gave the Fourcast a sneak peak into the life of a dorm mom during the week.

7:45-8:15 a.m.: Palmer wakes up at 7:45 a.m., then makes sure that all the boarders are awake or if anyone needs anything in the hall she’s in charge of—Upper Morgan.

8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.: This is Palmer’s free time when she can go off campus to run her errands, go to doctor’s appointments, meet a friend for lunch or even go see a movie. However, sometimes Palmer has to attend meetings on campus, or she likes to stay on campus and rest in her apartment. “The time goes by really quickly,” Palmer said.

4-6 p.m.: Palmer helps transport the boarders at this time if they want to run errands, go to Fat Straws or other activities they’d like to conduct in the evening.

6-7:15 p.m.: During this time, Hockaday serves dinner for the boarders and the dorm moms.

7:15 p.m.-12 a.m.: After dinner, most boarders go to the library for study hall.

Palmer assists students if they need help with their homework, then she makes sure that all students are in bed at a reasonable hour.

12-7:45 a.m.: Each dorm mom sleeps in an apartment at the end of their hall.

The one-bedroom apartments are equipped with a full-sized kitchen. Five years ago, Palmer became the first dorm mom to live on campus, but now all dorm moms each have an apartment on campus. Her roommate is a six-pound Maltese dog named Sugar. Palmer usually goes to sleep at 12 a.m. so that she can be ready for the next day.

How would you describe your job?

I like to think about it like I’m a professional mother. We try to step in for these moms who can’t be here.

What’s your favorite part?

My favorite part is getting to know these girls. I always wanted a daughter, but I was blessed with one son. Now, I have 74 daughters. I tell people to be careful what you wish for, because you just might get it.

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cially as the class progressed through the JRP in the winter.

“Memes have definitely been an unifying force in our grade,” Naidu said. “A lot of us began posting funny things on the Facebook group about the JRP, so I definitely feel like our grade has become a lot closer this year because of that. Because a lot more of us have started posting, we're interacting with each other a lot more outside of school.”

Even beyond school announcements and memes, Smith utilizes Facebook to connect with her class through vlogs. When she doesn’t think that a text post can accurately convey her energy, Smith resorts to video instead, which she describes as “sort of a Facetime conversation personalized for the class.”

Opening the videos with a customary “Hey guys!” or “It’s your girl,” Smith chatters away, reflecting on a number of

topics—advice for the grade, her own personal life updates or a virtual holiday greeting.

“Aside from the fact that I want to be a low-key vlogger, I'm a nostalgic person and I feel like I'm going to miss our grade so much.

I'm super reflective sometimes, and I think about how [the seniors] are my people,” Smith said. “I would regret it if I was like, ‘I wish I had gotten to know these people more.’

In my vlogs, I kind of just want to leave it all out there for everyone, and just show everyone who I am, because I want them to know me before we leave.”

According to Naidu, the Facebook page can also don an identity of itself that reflects the personality of the grade. Citing multiple Facebook posts about a T.R. Hoover service project over the summer, Naidu emphasized the giving spirit of her class’s page.

“It's really cool to see all those projects on the Facebook group, and I think that reflects how our grade especially is really invested in community service,” Naidu said.

Smith characterized the seniors’ Facebook group as charismatic. “If someone, like an outsider, were to read our Facebook, they would see all of the charisma and energy,” Smith said. “We're a really fun grade and it shows who we are.

Even during bad weeks and times when people are getting rejection letters, people are still supportive of one another and having fun.”

In the array of club meetings and open babysitting jobs in the senior class Facebook, Smith described her vlogs to have one primary function: to empathize with other individuals of her class. “I care about everyone's well-being and I just want to talk to everyone and make them feel happy if they're down,” Smith said. “Facebook is the ILLUSTRATION BY CATHERINE GROSS way to do that.”

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Beginning with an early release on Friday, Feb. 10, students will embark on their three day winter break, a well-deserved vacation before the exam’s frenzy. From must-go events to fun excursions and workout activities, Fourcast maps out your ultimate guide on how to make the most of the upcoming long weekend.

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It’s one of the few coffee shops in Dallas that can accommodate large parties, so take advantage of this local gem. Their lattes pair great with light-afternoon treats like avocado toast or pumpkin bread. Nearby are plenty of restaurants like HG Supply Co. and Truck Yard if you are feeling hungry for a bigger meal.

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Feeling adventurous? This game will make you feel like Upper School History Teacher (and exFBI agent) Tracy Walder—if you complete your task, of course. On their website, you can buy tickets for the scenario of your choice.

Would you like to try to find some lost money in “The Agency”? Or perhaps you’d like to embark on a Indiana Jones-like mission in “The Dig.” No matter what you choose, the game will keep you on your toes and will leave you satisfied.

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Your favorite childhood series is back in this rendition of “Junie B. Jones is Not a Crook” performed by the Dallas Children’s Theatre (DCT). Taking it back to the heyday of Lower School when Barbara Park’s beloved Junie B. ruled the aisles of our library, this play is perfect for the whole family and great for every age. Showings are every Saturday through Feb. 26 at the Baker Theatre, with a special sensory-friendly performance on Feb. 18 at 1:30 p.m.

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en years after the end of the Vietnam War, Thomas Hoang’s family only had enough money to send one of its children on a small fishing boat headed for the United States. As the oldest child at 24, Hoang boarded the boat in search of a land of more opportunity and said goodbye to his family, whom he would not see for another 12 years.

Halfway into the long and arduous journey, the motor of the fishing boat died, leaving the boat stranded in the middle of the ocean. The hundreds of passengers on board panicked. They had no food and were completely lost, thousands of miles from land on all sides.

A U.S. boat sailed across the horizon and provided a glimmer of hope, and the remaining survivors screamed for help. The people on the boat, likely aware of the desperate pleas, ignored them and steamed on. Hockaday senior Lauren Hoang, the daughter of Thomas Hoang, recalled coolly that “the U.S. boats wouldn’t take them because the Vietnam War was not considered very popular at the time, so they didn’t want to take any more refugees.” Luckily, a Dutch ship picked up the remaining 26 refugees of the initial 200, including Thomas Hoang, and transported them to the Philippines, where they remained in refugees camps until the United Nations could resettle them.

Almost a half-century later, refugees still risk their lives in hopes of a brighter future. Refugees from across Southeast Asia and the Middle East pile into overcrowded, dilapidated dinghies in Turkey and cross the 4.1 miles to the small Greek island of Lesbos, the epicenter of the refugee crisis and the entrance into the European Union for many fleeing the region.

Abdullah Shawky, the Disaster Response Coordinator for Islamic Relief USA in the Dallas office, arrived on the island in October of 2016 to help the Greek Coast Guard assist the ships that reached the coast and to work in the U.N. refugee camp, which was hastily assembled in the parking lot of a popular Lesbos nightclub, Oxy. On his first day, he encountered a thousand refugees heading towards the shores, to whom he would shout out in Arabic that they would be safe and that they would not be arrested. Each day the numbers of refugees got progressively higher as refugees feared an eminent European Union action to restrict further movement.

During one particularly tumultuous night, Shawky observed the coast guard bringing in a sinking ship. However, while the coast guard normally docked on the far side of the harbor, on this occasion it docked on the closer side.

“I thought was it strange but then I realized the situation was so critical,” Shawky said.

After hearing reports that a baby on board was in critical condition, Shawky jumped onto the dinghy and shouted, “Where’s the baby? Where’s the baby? Where’s the baby?” Immediately, someone handed him the orange-tinted baby, whose color likely resulted from jaundice, and Shawky almost tossed him to the doctors to immediately start CPR. With the baby in the hands of physicians, Shawky and his friend, Akhmed, began providing first aid and striking him on the back to get the water out of his lungs.

“He eventually started to come to, and then we got him off the boat and that when I saw the baby again,” Shawky said. “He looked really blue, and he didn’t look good.”

Because Lesbos is small island and does not have many resources, it took the ambulance 30 minutes to arrive and pick up the baby and would likely take another 30 minutes to arrive at the hospital.

“We get word a little later that the baby was basically dead on arrival. For us that was very tough because it was the first death we had witnessed. We had heard about some deaths occurring at sea and bodies being picked up, but that was the first time we witnessed an actual death, especially of someone so young,” Shawky said.

But the refugee crisis is no novel development in our modern world; for centuries, internal and external displacement have both compelled millions from their homelands, forcing them to risk their lives on dangerous voyages all in the hope of a better future in a strange new country. However, according to the U.N. High Commission on Refugees, the world has never experienced such high volumes of refugees, which surpassed the 60 million mark in 2015. In response to the growing crisis, a climate of xenophobia has surged, leading President Donald Trump to take swift action in curbing the number of refugees through executive order.

The Flickering Light at the End of the Tunnel

Every Wednesday at 12:30 p.m., Hatim Mohammed, a Sudanese refugee, attends Vickery Meadow Learning Center’s intermediate level English as a Second Language class in North Dallas.

Mohammed, dressed in a vibrant purple-striped shirt and khaki pants, sits in a small classroom with 12 other students from around the world and struggles to pronounce the sound “er.” Despite his repeated attempts, Mohammed never ceases to smile, laughing off each mistake and then earnestly trying again.

While the journey to America is arguably the most challenging aspect of the refugee experience, those who finally make it still face tremendous obstacles. Like Mohammed, many refugees lack English skills upon arrival, making the job search difficult. As a result, according to Donna Duvin, the Executive Director of International Rescue Committee in Dallas, most refugee resettlement agencies offer ESL classes along with the initial aid, such as enrolling students in school, taking the family to the doctor and finding employment.

Many refugees struggle with simple aspects of a new American life. For example, Jim Wohlgehagen, Ph.D., a Hockaday Middle School math teacher who sponsors six Sudanese refugees through his church, brought the boys groceries every weekend while they still looked for work. One weekend, he brought the boys spaghetti and marinara sauce, believing that this dish would be quite simple to make. However, when he returned the following week, he noticed the boys had barely eaten any of the pasta. After he asked why they didn’t eat it, they remarked that they didn’t like the taste of it since they prepared it with sugar.

“These boys had no clue how to take care of themselves,” Wohlgehagen said.

Since the refugee resettlement agencies stress self-sufficiency, the agencies try to find jobs for their clients in their first 120 days. However, in many cultures, women do not work outside the home and thus struggle to act with

such autonomy. Michelle McAdam, at International Rescue Committee empowerment classes to refugees an While many initially struggle with t see the light bulbs come on and you Other problems faced by refuge programs. Sandy Stroo, a Hockaday cago in English every weekend.

“They asked me one time if I w in their food stamps because they w have to understand that in other cu misuse of government help.”

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, Job Training and Women's Empowerment AmeriCorps Associate e Dallas, experiences this problem first-hand as she teaches female nd encourages them to find work and leave the house by themselves. their fear of more independence, McAdam said that over time “you u just see them light up to all these different possibilities in the U.S.” ees stem from their ignorance and aversion towards various welfare y ESL teacher, remembers tutoring a Russian refugee family in Chi-

would be willing to drive them somewhere, and they wanted to trade weren’t using them all. They wanted cash instead,” Stroo said. “You ultures, this is pretty much the norm. They didn’t realize this was

a former ESL student of Stroo at University of Texas at Dallas, do hey do not want to appear as leeches on the government. As a salsa ed to the United States twice, first to attend a music workshop and cognized that he could have established residency as a refugee the ough the Cuban Adjustment Act of 1966. However, determined not ldez followed the official procedure, never accepted any welfare and e. he government. I did not get any help from the government whatso-

erm “refugee” extends beyond the internal conflict of assuming an discrimination as Mu Naw Di, a high school senior at Bryan Adams can attest to. Tearing up, Naw Di recounted her traumatic experioughout her time in middle school. me to school just because I don’t speak English. Other students and imes,” Naw Di said. ears, Naw Di learned that she needed to speak up for herself if she ber of society, so she now always responds whenever someone bullies gh ultimately achievable, overcoming obstacles as a refugee in Amerommitment to success. chair of the U.N. Association Dallas Chapter Committee on Refumany people perceive to be helpless, downtrodden people. They are are hardworking and they have a strong motivation to contribute to settled.”

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Executive Order: Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorists’ Encree suspended all refugees for the next 120 days so that the current olicies. It also placed an indefinite ban on Syrians and a 90 day travel prone” nations: Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. umber of refugees for 2016-2017 to 50,000, a significant decrease wever, supporters of the ban have compared Trump’s value to that of approximately 70,000.

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dual-citizen that was for me living in America one of my big connec“It is not the ban itself, but the fear that two days later I won’t know ive orders being handed out like crazy.”

Massoudian looked up from the treadmill toward the television, on minent war with Iran. Massoudian almost broke down crying. She who has lived in the United Kingdom for the past few years. His U.S., and now as a result of the ban, he cannot travel to see his new e corners of her eyes, Massoudian asked in a shaky voice, “What have

Former President Barack Obama designated the seven nations restricted under the executive order as “countries of concern” and placed limited travel regulations on these nations. However, Trump escalated these actions through his executive order.

More notably, Trump excluded Egypt, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, all of which have citizens involved in the 9/11 attacks. Critics and ethics lawyers question this decision since the first section of the executive order directly refers to halting terrorism similar to that of 9/11. Many wonder whether Trump deliberately omitted these nations from the ban due to his business interests there.

For example, in an interview with CNN, Richard Painter, the chief ethics lawyer in the George W. Bush administration, noted, “Somalia is on the list, but Saudi Arabia is not. People from Somalia are going to say that's arbitrary. And one of the factors, people are going to say, is the president does business with Saudi Arabia but not Somalia.”

Although the exclusion of certain countries has raised questions due to Trump’s business interests, the legality of the executive order may raise more concerns. In a joint statement, 16 Democratic state attorney generals stated that they “condemn President Trump’s unconstitutional, un-American and unlawful Executive Order and will work together to ensure the federal government obeys the Constitution.”

Judges, too, have expressed their consternation toward this order. On Feb. 3, 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Judge James Robart in Seattle ruled for a temporary halt on the enforcement of Trump’s executive order, which the Department of Homeland Security later endorsed.

Trump took to his favorite media platform, Twitter, to proclaim that “The opinion of this so-called judge, which essentially takes law-enforcement away from our country, is ridiculous and will be overturned!”

On Saturday, Feb. 4, the Trump administration and the Justice Department appealed the State Department’s actions to temporarily block his executive order; however, it was denied.

Despite the courts deeming it dilatory, many have still taken to the streets and airports across the world against the ban; however, others, like Hockaday’s math teacher Wohlgehagen, do not understand all the backlash. He sees the executive order as a temporary attempt to fix a broken immigration system and also wonders where support for refugees was during the Sudanese refugee crisis 20 years ago.

“It kills me that all these people are out here protesting. Where were they when these boys were being killed and when they were put in a refugee camp?” Wohlgehagen said.

Wohlgehagen is not alone in his frustration toward the protesters. In fact, according to a Jan. 30 Rasmussen Reports survey, 57 percent of likely voters support the executive order. But a Fourcast survey of 194 Upper School students and members of the faculty and staff yielded drastically different results. Of those surveyed, 85 percent opposed the ban while only 12 percent supported it.

What Happens Next?

In response to Trump’s executive order, communities across the nation have mobilized in support of the refugees. On Jan. 28, 800 people protested at the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport while they waited for the release of Sumira Mustafa’s elderly diabetic mother, who traveled from Sudan. Doug Parker, CEO of American Airlines Group, Inc., said to The Fourcast that the protesters made it difficult for passengers to check in and for the flight staff to do their jobs. Parker said that he advised his employees “to be respectful and to not be divisive.”

In a statement released to employees of American Airlines, Parker said, “As a global employer, however, this Executive Order does not affect the values that this company is built upon – those of diversity, inclusiveness and tolerance. At a time when the world is watching, our industry affords us a unique opportunity to show firsthand what true compassion and kindness look like.”

Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings attended the protests at DFW airport to bringing flowers to the detainees.

“As a Christ follower, I believe in welcoming and helping the most vulnerable.

Opening our doors to refugees is good for business and the economy, but more importantly, it is good for the heart,” Rawlings said to The Fourcast.

And approximately 1,600 people, according to the event’s Facebook event, attended a candlelight vigil in Dallas’ Thanksgiving Square to “show support for Muslims, refugees, and immigrants in the Dallas community.”

Aside from these demonstrations, local nonprofits and resettlement agencies are trying to take quick action to provide as much aid as they can to those already in the country. Leala Rosen, the Volunteer Outreach Manager at Vickery Meadow Learning Center, said that VMLC has already taken steps to help their refugee students after noticing some of her students’ fears about the executive order.

“I think for all of our refugee students that there is concern in their daily lives. I feel like they have some unease and anxiety about what will happen, so we are really working to support our students,” Rosen said. “We are going to do ‘Know Your Rights’ presentations that includes all of our students, including our immigrant students. So the ACLU and other organizations do a ‘Know Your Rights’ presentation to explain the steps to take if you are detained.”

While resettlement agencies always need donations and supplies, McAdam of the International Rescue Committee has simple advice for those interested in helping refugees: advocate for refugees and educate others about them.

“Do not be afraid of what other people are going to say. Spread the truth. Spread the facts. Let people know the reality of refugee resettlement in the United States,” McAdam said.

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Hockaday Theatre dazzles with a tale as old as time Hockaday’s take on a tale as old as time was the first production performed in the Nasher-Haemisegger Family Center Theater. The first performance of “Beauty and the Beast” took place on Feb. 2.

The Upper School musical required many months of work, preparation and rehearsal. A team of fine arts teachers that included Upper School drama teacher Emily Gray, Upper School choir director Bonnie Jean Coleman, Hockaday technical director Robert Kallos, and dance teachers Christie Sullivan and Beth Wortley selected the musical. They all came into the discussion with a few musicals of their own in mind, but only one was selected.

“Each of us argues our case; we’ll give the pros and cons because every show has pros and cons,” Gray said.

Although they considered many show possibilities, “Beauty and The Beast” was chosen for several reasons.

“The big deciding factors this year were the fact that we have a brand-new, fabulous building and we wanted to make sure the show is something that everyone can see,” Gray said. “We wanted it to be show that people recognize easily and that lots of age groups can enjoy, something upbeat.”

In March of 2016, the design crew began the process of planning the set and continued until the last weeks before the musical performance. A designer’s job included drawing sketches, creating scale models of construction pieces, choosing color schemes and providing valuable input throughout the entire process of constructing the set.

But before they began any designing,

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What’s your take on Belle?

The reason that [Hockaday] chose this show is because Belle is a stronger Disney princess. She’s not your stereotypical Disney princess that is waiting for a man to save her.

I think of Belle as very witty, smart and knows what she wants rather than what anybody else wants. Belle reminds me of a Hockaday girl.

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the team did countless hours of research.

Senior and head of crew Sabah Shams played an integral role in this step.

“Any time we start a play or a musical or any kind of production we create a design wall,” Shams said, “The research wall is a huge aspect of our design because it allows us to look at and collect all these different ideas to use for a set piece or a prop.”

The crew members drew inspiration from many different sources, including different styles of architecture and the internet but drew especially from their own creativity. They were encouraged to think outside of the box and worry about practicality later.

“We just threw out the wildest ideas we possibly could, and that’s what Mr. Kallos wants. At the beginning you don’t want to think small,” Shams said, “You just let your creativity go and try to come up with the weirdest possible things. That’s part of the process: coming up with these huge, fantastical ideas that may or may not work but may lead to something different.”

Costumes crew co-head junior Kaitlen Cerney found the process of researching for “Beauty and the Beast” simple compared to past shows she has worked on. Because the majority of the costumes for this production were rented from Rose Costumes and because “Beauty and the Beast” is such a wellknown show, costumes crew did not have to go through the usual procedure of creating a mood board.

Renting costumes was not the only change that the crew implemented for “Beauty and the Beast.” It is standard practice for run crew members to wear all black when they are onstage moving props or ad-

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At the beginning, I was struggling because I definitely don’t have the persona of a Disney princess, but Ms. Gray told me to be my own Belle, which motivated and helped me.

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justing set pieces, but for this musical the crew received a new look. The crew wore black sweatpants and black shoes along with shirts that were meant to give the illusion that the crew were royal servants.

“We really wanted every aspect of the show to seem like it was a part of the Beauty and the Beast time period,” Cerney said, “We thought that these costumes would make the crew members really seem like they were a part of the show as opposed to if they were just wearing all-black.”

As the technical crews worked behind the scenes, the cast of actors did their work on the stage. Gray, Coleman, Sullivan and Wortley took into consideration the number of casting opportunities available to upperclassmen when choosing the musical.

“It has a couple of really good show-stopping song and dance numbers that allow more people to perform. We wanted to spread out the performance opportunities,” Gray said.

After auditions were held and the show was cast, rehearsals began in November.

The cast met on weekday from 4 to 6 p.m. and during this time they blocked scenes, learned music and memorized lines. They also met on several Saturdays, and the week before the shows the cast and crew met until 10 p.m.

Senior Emily Christopher played both a chorus member and the character of Monsieur D’Arque, the owner of the insane asylum. This gave her a unique perspective on the differences of roles in the musical.

“Being in the chorus is a lot more about working with people,” Christopher said, “You really have to interact people and

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What do you do?

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Most of the time, you have to make up a line. Even though it’s easy to improv something everyday with your friends, it’s really difficult and terrifying on stage. It’s the only thing you can do, or you can hope somebody else helps you.

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The cast of Hockaday's Beauty and the Beast take their closing poses before the curtain comes down on their Feb. 2 performance for the Upper School.

bounce off of others.”

The biggest challenge for senior Sara Held, who played the lead role of Belle, was to ensure that her character received a faithful portrayal.

“I think people assume that because she is manufactured by Disney that she’s this very one-sided, sweet, ingénue character when I actually think she’s much more nuanced than that,” Held said.“She’s not just this terrified heroine that’s waiting for someone to sweep her off her feet."

But not everyone on stage was an actor.

Senior dancers Peyton Smith, Megan Hudspeth and Annabelle Folsom and sophomore Kate Bramlett played the roles of dancers in the musical. As a dancer, Smith was worried that she would feel distanced from the rest of the cast members, but found that she had nothing to worry about.

“It’s given me a new family that I didn’t know that I would have,” Smith said, Even though the cast members spent hours together for months, Smith said that one moment in particular gave the cast a special bond: performing the song “Gaston.”

“He’s such a terrible character that it’s fun to sing a song about him,” Smith said.

"That song brought us together.”

How do you survive “hell week”?

Getting ahead on your homework during the weekends helps. Ms. Gray told me to drink to Pedialyte - it actually tastes really good and makes you instantly wake up when you’re feeling dead.

Eating when you’re hungry.

Getting as much sleep as possible even if that means sacrificing one or two of your assignments then emailing your teachers.

You’ve been in four musicals, which one was your favorite?

It’s a tie between “Beauty and the Beast” and last year’s “Curtains.”

“Curtains” was especially fun because it was a show that nobody knew very well, but we made it our own.

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Before the show begins, all of the seniors get together and do this cheer called All the Dogs in the House. Personally, I drink a lot of Emergen-C and try not to vomit.

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t 8 a.m. on a sunny California morning in December, Athena Wickham ‘98 scribbled onto the pages of her leather-bound notebook, with screenwriter Robert Patino across from her. This wasn’t any ordinary conversation: Wickham carefully observed Patino’s interview performance and listened to his qualifications to decide whether or not to hire him for a new position on the HBO show “Westworld.”

As executive producer of the show, Wickham has the ability to make the final hiring decision for any director, actor or writer. Wickham’s work has recently paid off: the show’s first season ranked as the most-watched first season of an HBO show in history, with 12 million viewers.

But Wickham found her passion for producing later in life, and she was not completely set on pursuing this path while in high school.

“Growing up, I loved TV and movies, but I wasn’t sure of what I wanted to do,” Wickham said.

After graduating from the University of Southern California in 2002, Wickham began her film career by working at William Morris Endeavor, a talent and literary agency based in Beverly Hills.

“I noticed that this was an opportunity and I needed to seize it,” Wickham said. “I worked there for two years to be able to get my foot in the door.”

Wickham then continued her work at Bad Robot Production Company, a film agency in which she met the two eventual

writers for “Westworld,” Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan. Through her nine years at Bad Robot, Wickham worked as an assistant to J.J. Abrams (known for his work on “Star Wars,” “Star Trek” and “Mission Impossible”) and gained experience in production along the way.

During their time at Bad Robot, Wickham’s colleagues Joy and Nolan decided to start their film company: Kilter Films. Wickham decided to experience something new and moved to Kilter Films to collaborate with them on a new project, “Westworld.”

“Westworld” is an futuristic television show with robot hosts that allow visitors to live out their fantasies. “I liked the point of view that Jonathan and Lisa came from,” Wickham said. “They came from the point of view of the robot and they took it to a different place,” she said.

Another aspect that appealed to her was the show’s originality. “I am always looking for new material in television and this was something that surprised me,” Wickham said. “I love the sci-fi genre and Western movies, and “Westworld” is a complete hybrid of both,” she said.

While science fiction shows are often dominated by male actors, “Westworld” stood apart, with women playing key roles on the show. “Two female characters have leads and usually [TV shows] are male-dominated,” Wickham said.

Now, as the executive producer for “Westworld,” Wickham ensures that production is running smoothly by recruiting talented candidates for positions on the

show and overseeing every step of the writing, editing and casting processes.

“I’m making sure that the tone and vision of the writers is being seen through the director, the actors and everything else,” Wickham said.

“Westworld” writer Gina Atwater can attest to Wickham’s passion for her job. “She’s funny, smart and so capable,” Atwater said.

Atwater and Wickham interact frequently, since Wickham oversees the executive decision making on the show, while Atwater is involved with the scriptwriting on the show as a writer. “[The writers] meet in the room everyday and as a room, we think about the overall season and major points you want to hit for all of the characters,” Atwater said.

Atwater regularly reports to Wickham for questions she has about any aspect of her job. “She is the mom of everything and has a hand in everything,” she said.

Executive co-producer Robert Patino shares Atwater’s respect for Wickham. Patino, unlike Wickham, manages a group of writers and oversees the post-production aspect of “Westworld,” including editing and sound mixing.

Patino, who was hired by Wickman, has grown to appreciate her leadership abilities and charismatic personality. “[Athena] is an amazing team player and very grounded,” Patino said. He also believes that Wickham has the ability to accomplish what needs to be done, describing her as “efficient and fearless.”

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ON THE SCENE Wickham (right) on set during the production her television series, "Westworld."

we needed a storyboard artist and within an hour, Athena has four storyboard artists and we are getting on the phone with them,” Patino said.

Wickham credits Hockaday for developing within her the passion and work ethic necessary to thrive in the film industry. “I attribute a lot to Hockaday when it comes to learning how to be independent and not feel overwhelmed when you have a lot on your plate,” Wickham said.

In particular, Wickham is grateful for formative Hockaday classes such as Ed Long’s History of Art and Music and Steve Kramer’s AP United States History, which challenged her and taught her to think critically and creatively.

“Nothing developed me more than Hockaday’s classes, even more than college,” Wickham said.

To those interested in exploring a career in film, Wickham advises fully taking advantage of every great opportunity. “Luck is realizing when an opportunity is in front of you,” Wickham said. “And once it is there, do the best you can to get a leg up and keep moving forward.”

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Written and directed by St. Mark’s Junior Zach Cole, this play outlines the fragility of democracy in a story following the life of the owner of a small newspaper

On display are works of all Upper School photography students; drop in to check it out!

This Valentine’s Day, Granada will present a double feature simultaneously: the screening of the classic film :Casablanca” and lounge singer Ricki Derek.

The theater will pay a tribute to jazz music and the day of love.

Come to coffeehouse to support your friends as they perform, or just enjoy an art-filled night

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THE HOCKADAY SCHOOL

We laughed. We screamed. We cried. And we believed in love again. TV personality Jimmy Kimmel will host the 89th Academy Awards on Feb. 27, which will celebrate the best movies and the masterminds behind these movies from 2016. Here are my picks for who will win big.

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BEST DIRECTOR DAMIEN CHAZELLE, "LA LA LAND"

At only 32 years of age, Damien Chazelle is on his way to becoming the youngest recipient to win Best Director at the Academy Awards.

Last year, his movie “Whiplash” earned three Oscars, but Alejandro González Iñárritu took home the best director honor for “Birdman.”

Produced over a span of six years but filmed within 40 days, “La La Land” shows off a Spielberg level of expertise from the young director. Chazelle, who took home the 2017 Golden Globe in this category, effortlessly combines jazz, dance and Old Hollywood cinema into a truly magical musical movie.

From the very opening traffic dance scene to the insight of an alternative ending, Chazelle packages an artistic masterpiece within two hours and eight minutes.

It’s not a matter of if but when Chazelle claims his well-deserved Oscar.

EMMA STONE, "LA LA LAND"

Amongst the five nominees for Best Actress in a Leading Role, Meryl Streep, long-time queen of the Oscars who earned her 20th nomination for “Florence Foster Jenkins,” and Natalie Portman for “Jackie” are favorites in the running.

Carrying along with the movie’s predicted success in the Best Director and Best Picture category, I ultimately believe Emma Stone for “La La Land” will bring the year’s most coveted film yet another Oscar. Bringing her Broadway musical experience from her 2014-2015 role as Sally Bowles in “Cabaret,” Stone proves to audience members that she’s more than just the funny and cute girl one may know her as from “Easy A” or “Crazy, Stupid, Love.”

This movie proves that Stone is a triple threat that can do it all: she can sing, dance and act. So, kudos to Stone; an Oscar is on your way.

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BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE CASEY AFFLECK, "MANCHESTER BY THE SEA"

With recent allegations arising against Best Actor nominee Casey Affleck for sexual and verbal harassment, there has been controversy on whether the Academy should have presented him with the honor. However, in the pure assessment of Affleck’s part as Lee in “Manchester by the Sea,” he remains the favorite to win. Affleck plays Lee, a janitor exiled from his hometown who must return home when his brother Joe (Kyle Chandler) suffers from a heart attack.

In the wake of death, Lee must take on the new role as a guardian to Joe’s son Patrick (Ben O’Brein). Affleck’s riveting performance and ability to portray the surges of anger makes viewers feel the anguish of a narrative with no clear-cut happy ending or closure. Although he acquired his first Oscar nomination in 2007 for Best Supporting Actor in “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford,” this year’s nomination is the moment Affleck has been waiting for to get an Oscar of his own.

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BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

VIOLA DAVIS, "FENCES"

MAHERSHALA ALI, "MOONLIGHT"

Last year the #OscarSoWhite controversy led to backlash against the Academy’s choices for only white nominees in the top categories, but this time around, nominations were more diverse with six actors or actresses on the ballot. In the Best Actress in a Supporting Role category alone, three African-American actresses, including Octavia Spencer for “Hidden Figures,” Naomie Harris for “Moonlight” and Viola Davis for “Fences,” received nominations.

Davis is no stranger to this awards show as she was nominated for best actress in 2011 for “The Help” and for best supporting actress in 2008 for “Doubt.”

This 2017 film adaption of “Fences” marks the second time Davis plays the role of Rose Maxson, a wife who sacrifices her own dreams for family, as the 2010 Broadway revival earned Davis a Tony Award.

“Moonlight” also scored big this year with eight nominations, including first-time nominee Mahershala Ali for his supporting role as Juan, a drug dealer from Cuba who takes a young, bullied boy under his wing. Ali flawlessly executes the layers of this multi-dimensional character, who is tough at first sight but tender in his care of the child.

A step away from his widely known characters of Remy Danton on Netflix original “House of Cards” and Boggs in “The Hunger Games,” this role in “Moonlight” gives Ali his biggest challenge yet. Already honored as the Palm Springs International Film Festival’s Breakthrough Performance of the Year, Ali exceeded my expectations and establishes himself as a worthy recipient of the Academy Award. Other likely candidates for this category are Dev Patel for “Lion” and Lucas Hedges for “Manchester by the Sea.”

BEST PICTURE "LA LA LAND"

With 14 Academy nominations, “La La Land,” is joining movie classics “Titanic” and “All About Eve” for the most nominations by the Academy for a single film and rightfully so. Set in the middle of Los Angeles, “La La Land” follows the boy-meets-girl romance story between Mia (Emma Stone), a struggling young actress and Sebastian (Ryan Gosling), a passionate jazz pianist. We follow along as they find love while tap-dancing below sunsets, waltzing amongst the stars and dreaming about finding success in a city of endless possibilities and hopeless dead ends. As their third movie collaboration together, Gosling and Stone invigorate their on-screen chemistry established in “Crazy, Stupid, Love” and “Gangster Squad.”

While “La La Land” is the predicted front runner for Best Picture, “Moonlight” and “Hidden Figures” are heavy favorites as well.

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hen I think of bubble tea, I think of scorching afternoons at my grandparents’ home in Shanghai, China. Everyday, my grandfather would take me to the park, and we would get bubble tea after.

Years later, bubble tea is still my favorite drink. Honestly, it’s so versatile. You can put tapioca pearls in anything: smoothies, tea, slushies, coffee, you name it. I never get bored of it.

Milk tea first originated in tea stands around Taichung in Taiwan in the 1980s. In 1983, Liu Han-Chieh started adding tapioca pearls into the tea. This chewy, juicy ball is actually made from tapioca, which is a starch that is extracted from the cassava root.

With bubble tea’s rising popularity, I decided to search for the PERFECT, most authentic black milk tea with bubbles in the Dallas area. Not only did I consider taste, but I also considered presentation.

I set off to a variety of places all around Dallas. Our first stop was WOW! Bubble Tea and Treats. Located in Addison, WOW! distinguishes itself through the notable cotton candy that tops its drinks.

Kung Fu Tea $ 2067 N Central Expy Ste 100 Mon-Thurs 11:30 a.m. – 9:30 p.m.

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Aesthetically, the drink looks beautiful—almost like a pink cloud on an already-tasty drink; however, after consuming the cotton candy, I was already full. And although the presentation was well crafted, the tea was not. The saccharine drink was much too milky, overpowering the tea flavor.

Frankly, it tasted like sugar and milk. Although WOW! is small, it is well-decorated, with Polaroids of customers lining the walls.

If you are looking for a more open space location, head to Boba Latte. Located in Richardson’s Chinatown, the cafe was recently renovated. With its white tables and black furniture, it’s both roomy and modern. The balance of sweetness, tea and milk is in harmony. To top it off, the bubbles are not too hard but also not too chewy. Moreover, it’s a great location for studying with numerous outlets and free Wi-Fi. I then headed to Kung Fu Tea in Richardson. As a franchised restaurant, it also has locations in Plano and Frisco. Although the restaurant was spacious, the Kung Fu Milk Tea was subpar with an extremely weak tea flavor. Interestingly enough, it wasn’t very milky either. The blandness

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simply made me feel like I was drinking sweet, diluted tea. However, the bubbles were sweet with a chewy consistency.

My last stop was Sucre Café in Plano.

Though I often see their brightly colored drinks on social media, I once again went with the classic black milk tea with bubbles (in a mason jar, which costs 25 cents more). I went on a Monday evening, and it was packed with students typing away on laptops. Nevertheless, the service there was exceptional as well as the taste of the drink.

Similar to Boba Latte, the tea flavor was prevalent, but the bubbles were a bit on the harder side.

The man who took my order told me that if I was unsatisfied with my drink to tell them, so they could make me a different one at no extra charge. Knowing that it was my first time there, he even came by my table to ask me how my drink was.

Although we may not be able to go to Taiwan for the most authentic bubble tea, various places around DFW offer a similar and tasty experience.

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ndie-pop and R&B band, The xx, has come from humble beginnings in Wandsworth, England, to selling 1 million copies of their album “xx” and winning the Mercury Prize in 2010. The group consists of Oliver Sim, Romy Madley Croft and Jamie Smith, all self-proclaimed songwriters of heartbreak and loss, which definitely shows in their moody, techno-infused hits. The relatively older band, founded in 2005, has made a name for itself with its second album “Coexist” peaking number five on the Billboard Hot 200.

The band’s new, highly anticipated album came out this year on Jan. 13 and is already garnering lots of buzz. It’s heavily techno-inspired, with all three artists having their own solos in each song. Known as a band whose songs are “minimal,” the band completely slashes this stereotype with “Coexist,” a dramatic and somewhat peaceful album.

With “On Hold” becoming the front runner of the album, it starts with a calm solo of each singer with echos throughout. It isn’t a song that you could necessarily dance to, but it carries its own strong beat that makes you want to tap your foot.

Their eerily inviting music tells a "I See You" is available story of heartbreak, on iTunes for $9.99. love and moving forward. The entire album feels like you are on a long, sleepy road trip, as the vocals croon on and the guitar riffs seem never-ending.

Reminiscent of Florence Welch from Florence + The Machine, Croft has a voice with a breathy, mysterious aura and a lullaby-like nature that almost puts the listener to sleep.

Older songs like “Intro” from the band’s first album “xx,” have brought those who are not particularly interested in indie songs into the genre, with peaceful yet exciting beats that some have not heard before. The song’s smooth beat sounds perfect for the soundtrack of a slower action movie.

Every song in “I See You” fits perfectly with each other, creating a polished story with no rough edges. The xx’s new album leaves the listener wanting more, a factor in what makes the band so enthralling. Between their albums, the band members have found a way to create a cliffhanger gap, all the while making their sounds their own.

The xx’s new album draws back to some of their usual beats, and takes the listener into an emotional joyride with every song. After eight years in the business, the band has finally cultivated their signature sound: a melancholic almost spooky sound that haunts the listener and leaves them with the sense that they are in a californian-dream state.

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hen most couples describe their first date, few do it on national television with one man and 29 other woman. However, television producer Mike Fleiss decided that this would be an ideal situation to meet one’s future spouse, and decided to produce the hit ABC show, “The Bachelor.”

The show has garnered a strong following at Hockaday: a recent Fourcast survey found that 60 percent of Upper Schoolers watch it. Season 21 aired on Jan. 2, 2017 with Nick Viall, despite only two couples of the 20 seasons having success in their relationships. Will Nick be lucky number three?

I think not. And I am not alone: 70 percent of Upper School students do not think people can find love on the show.

Nick, who is 36, has been on shows in the Bachelor franchise three times, not including his current status as the Bachelor. He failed to find love in two seasons of “The Bachelorette” and a season of “Bachelor In Paradise.”

Despite his attempts to convince the audience otherwise, I think he is trying to extend his 15 minutes of fame rather than find his future wife.

Nick gave the first impression rose, which the bachelor gives to the PHOTO PROVIDED BY ABC woman who he feels most connected to on the first night, to Rachel, an attorney from Dallas, and it was

the first time an African-American woman had received this first impression rose. Although previous seasons of the “The Bachelor” have not been very diverse, this is a step in the right direction.

But here is the problem: Rachel was never invited on any of the three dates in the following episode, making me question the motive behind Nick’s decision to give the rose to her, as well as how seriously he is taking the show. She did get more attention in following episodes, to Nick’s credit, and seems to be a viable contender.

Additionally, Nick’s decision to give a group date rose to Corinne calls into question his motives. Corinne, aged 24 from Miami, is season 21’s crazy villain, portrayed as a spoiled, promiscuous and aggressive woman who is not quite ready for marriage.

However, to give Nick some credit, the directors and editors could be skewing the truth for ratings, and maybe there is more to Corinne than is shown. At this point, the show would not hold my attention if

Corinne was eliminated because after Liz’s welcomed departure, who had a previous relationship with Nick, there was no drama except for Corinne, and the other girls are generally boring. This is disappointing because previous seasons have had more drama, upping the entertainment factor.

Although Nick can come across as cocky and arrogant, completely opposite to last season’s Ben Higgins, the show has proven to be entertaining. This is because of the women on it, from Corinne, who continues to shock me after each episode, to Alexis, who dressed up as a dolphin on the first episode.

I, among many others, don’t believe people can find true love on this show. So, why do we indulge in this guilty pleasure?

Because besides the entertaining drama, maybe, deep down, we all enjoy the picture perfect ending that the Bachelor gives us.

Morgan Fisher Staff Writer

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lenching her teeth to endure the constant, sharp pain in her neck, junior and three-season athlete Campbell Swango sat impatiently on the sidelines for the majority of her soccer season to recover from whiplash, an injury that resulted from a car accident. But after months of sitting on the bench, Swango made a New Year’s resolution to re-establish her fitness with a very vigorous workout plan.

Swango is not alone in her ambitions.

Improving personal fitness has become a popular New Year's resolution for those who feel lazy and out of shape or hope to lose weight. According to Facebook data, beginning in December, gyms experience a 50 percent increase in memberships.

However, soon after the new year begins, these goals are buried under the obligations of busy lives and endless excuses.

According to the previously mentioned Facebook data, beginning in February, gym participation declines by up to 10 percent.

And Hockaday is no stranger to this phenomenon. Personal trainer and fitness instructor Kathy Fechtman noticed a surge in students and teachers coming into the Hockaday fitness center at the beginning of the new year. She finds that the few who are able to successfully establish a new workout routine have thought up and written down a specific and realistic schedule to meet their goals. She also stresses the benefits of working out with a friend.

“Find a friend who has similar goals so they can push you when you don’t feel like working out,” Fechtman said. “That way you have a better chance of success.”

But despite these benefits, according to the Wall Street Journal, certain ramifica-

tions come with sharing your fitness resolu- who simply sets a goal to bike more. tion with a friend. Peter Gollwitzer, Ph.D., a Swango used this strategy while she was psychology professor at New York Universi- injured by planning out her fitness aspiraty, reasons that if you establish a “fit” perso- tions in detail with a personal trainer. To imna by continuing to boast about your plans prove herself as a distance runner, she specto workout to a friend, you may convince ified that when her injury heals she wants to yourself you are already close to achieving work on her speed, agility and strength. your goals, leading to inaction.

“I decided that I want to workout One way to avoid this dangerous path more strenuously,” Swango said. “My goal relates to Fechtman’s advice to create a de- is not only to run more, but also to try diftailed workout schedule, explaining how, ferent workouts.” when and where you will follow through She thought out a plan to accomplish with your plan. this by going on a two-mile run to the track “Schedule,” Fechtman said. “If you are near her house, running sprint intervals, planning your weekly schedule, write down and then returning home each weekend a few workouts so you have time blocked off while attending normal sport practices to come to the gym.” during the weekdays.

Orangetheory Fitness, “I was satisfied which offers integrated with my fitness before strength and cardio workout the injury but the time "My goal is classes, recommends that new gave me a lot of not only to run off members schedule their first time to reflect on where month of classes in advance.

I was in my fitness,” more, but also CEO Dave Long, believes that Swango said. “I realized to try different I wanted to take my fitscheduling these dates ahead of time is a good way for someness up a notch.” workouts." one to start incorporating Even though many these workouts into his or her people assume establishnormal schedule. ing a new workout routine Campbell As part of your workis like a switch they can just Swango out plan, Gollwitzer recom“turn on,” according to a Junior mends specific activation study by researchers at the signals, or situations that University College of Lonwill trigger an action. For don, it takes about 66 days example, if someone esto create a habit. tablishes that after eating a cup of oatmeal Alejandra Suarez, Form II Dean and every morning, he or she will ride around Upper School Spanish teacher, shared her the lake on their bike, he or she would likely personal experiences with successfully estabbe more successful in establishing a routine lishing a new workout plan. Suarez started and achieving their goals than someone planning this past November, seeing no rea-

LET'S KICK IT Olga O'Reilly and Lana York join Kathy Fetchman in an after school kick boxing class in the fitness center.

Fetchman opens the class up to both teachers and students.

son to wait until the new year.

“The new year was approaching but I saw no reason to wait,” Suarez said.

After extensive research, Suarez decided to join a gym only three minutes from her house. With several tricks, she has been able to stay consistent in working out at least four times a week.

“When you set a goal, you have to have three steps if you want to achieve it,” Suarez said. “If you don’t have a pattern of doing it, it won’t happen.”

Suarez’s first step is to set an alarm, which is her promise to workout the next morning. After her second step — waking up from her alarm that she sets at 4:55 a.m. and 4:58 a.m. — her last step is to reward herself with things like a cup of coffee after working out, especially on days when she doesn’t feel like going to the gym.

“It’s simple but you have to have a plan,” Suarez said.

However, Fechtman argues that most importantly, you have to enjoy your new method of working out, otherwise your New Year's resolution will fail before the second week of January.

“Make sure you love what you’re doing,” Fechtman said. “If you hate it, you’re not going to stick with it or be successful. So whatever it is, find something that you love.”

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Terlingo Cycle

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Game Background On Friday Jan. 20 at 6 p.m. the Hockaday varsity basketball team went up against Casady in their fourth Southern Preparatory Conference counter game. This marked the first varsity game for junior varsity players, freshman Margaret Woodberry and sophomore Jojo Gum, before coach Green officially moved them up to the varsity team on Jan. 25.

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First Half Gum started the game strong. Aggressively defending her opponent’s strongest player, Gum ended the first half with six steals. Woodberry also made a significant contribution to the game, rallying up a total of eight points.

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Biggest Play Sophomore Isabella Shadle drove the ball to the basket and professionally executed her layup, while getting fouled by her opponent. With flawless aim, she made her free throw, resulting in a three point play.

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MAKE IT COUNT A screenshot from the Whole Life Challenge app displays the current leaderboad, with several teachers tied for first place.

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ork. Grading. Family.

For faculty and staff, life is all about walking the tight rope between school and a personal life. In the past, rules have been put into place for faculty, staff and students saying that they didn’t have to respond to emails after 6 p.m. But still, some teachers struggle to keep their work and personal lives separate.

One solution? The Whole Life Challenge.

Upper School Science teachers Jen Fore and Katie Croft brought the Challenge to Hockaday at the beginning of January.

After completing the Challenge with her crossfit gym last year, Fore discussed her experience at lunch and the two teachers decided that it would be a good way for faculty and staff to find that balance they strive for.

“It’s the little things that we don’t always think about but can influence your daily stress,” Fore said. “It’s a way for everyone to balance their lives."

With full administrative support, the challenge started on Jan. 21. Seventy-one members of the faculty and staff signed up.

An eight-week program, The Whole Life Challenge is a game that consists of staying compliant with seven main habits every day: nutrition, exercise, mobilization, sleep, hydration, lifestyle and reflection. To start the challenge, participants chose one of three available levels that determine the nutrition rules to follow.

Players earn 5 points per habit every day if they stay compliant with the program.

The rules are to exercise for at least 10 minutes a day, stretch for 10 minutes, sleep for a consistent amount of time, drink water determined by each participant’s weight, lifestyle practices given by the program, and reflect on the challenge in a journal at the end of each day.

At the end of each day, players can earn

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up to 35 points that go towards their final score. All of this information is saved in the Whole Life Challenge app.

Everyone is held accountable. Since the Hockaday participants are doing the challenge or as a team, at the end of each day the app records the scores and reveals the entire team individual numbers.

And the group is already seeing results.

“I think overall it’s been a really positive impact on the community,” Croft said.

“There’s a lot of positivity happening- everyone is striving for this improved health.”

Chief Financial Officer J.T. Coats was one of the administrators who supported the Challenge.

“The school decided to support the Whole Life Challenge effort to further overall wellness of the faculty and staff,” Coats said. “They wanted to encourage healthy living and foster a community of support for [them].”

As a participant in the challenge, Coats already sees changes in her own daily habits.

“I have learned I do have the willpower to make a change,” Coats said. “For me, the competitive and community aspects of the challenge have inspired me to implement the changes that I have known I needed to make.”

If the challenge continues to go well, Croft hopes that in the future they might be able to develop a similar system at Hockaday, in which the entire community can get involved.

“I’m very interested in this idea of we, as adults in the community, modeling healthy behavior for you guys. I don’t think we do enough of it,” Croft said. “This is a way, if it grows in the future, to model it for [students].”

Ashna Kumar Web Editor

After a quick exit from the 2016 NBA playoffs and the departures of Chandler Parsons, Zaza Pachulia and JaVale McGee, the Dallas Mavericks added former Golden State Warriors Andrew Bogut, Harrison Barnes and Seth Curry, the brother of two-time NBA Most Valuable Player Stephen Curry. The team started the season on a five-game losing streak. As the season has progressed, the Mavericks have faced injuries, which has led to a 20-30 win-loss record as of Feb. 4.

Since the start of the 20162017 season, Dirk Nowitzki, who has been the backbone of the Mavericks since 1998, has played only 24 games due to an injury to his Achilles tendon with an average points per game of 12.8. Not only has Nowitzki not been able to play at an elite level, but guard Deron Williams, guard JJ Barea and center Bogut, have experienced injuries throughout the season, leading to questionable status prior to every individual game.

With these injuries, the Mavericks had not been able to play at an elite level in the beginning months of the season, but with the end of January and beginning of February, the team has seen a resurgence.

Since Jan. 22, the Mavericks have gone on a 6-1 run that included the Los Angeles Lakers’ worst loss in team history and the defeats of the Cleveland Cavaliers and the San Antonio Spurs, two of the best teams in the NBA. Throughout this run, guard Yogi Ferrell has become the standout star of the team. Originally signed to a 10-day contract off of the D-League affiliate of the Brooklyn Nets, Ferrell has led the team to a four-game win streak as of press date. Averaging 17.8 points and 5.0 assists per game, the Mavericks signed Ferrell to a two-year contract after the expiration of his original contract.

In addition to Ferrell, Curry has helped to contribute to the team’s newfound success in the last few weeks. A off-season signing off of the Sacramento Kings, Curry began to find his footing with the team in mid-January and since has averaged 17.4 points and 32.5 minutes per game for the last 10 games.

While the younger players of Curry and Ferrell have headlined the Mavericks’ success as of late, veterans Wesley Matthews, Nowitzki and Barnes have played vital roles in the wins. In the past four games, Matthews and Barnes have both played for at least 31 minutes and have scored an average of 19.25 and 17 points, respectively.

With their resurgence, the Mavericks are currently two-and-a-half games outside of the eight seed in the playoffs behind the Denver Nuggets and the Portland Trail Blazers and 23 games behind the NBA-leading Golden State Warriors.

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Feb. 11

SPC varsity swimming and diving in Fort Worth, varsity soccer and basketball in Houston

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Each team reflects on its status coming into SPC

Feb. 21

Varsity tennis vs. All Saints Episcopal School (home) at 4:30 p.m.

Feb. 24

Varsity track and field Greenhill Relays (away)

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March. vs. Parish Episcopal (away) at 6 p.m.

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lthough the winter sports season will come to a close in the beginning of February, the varsity winter sports of soccer, swimming and basketball have done anything but wind down. As the upcoming SPC games draw near in early February, each sport has overseen an uptick in activity, despite setbacks in the multiple school breaks before the competition.

Varsity soccer coach Rod Skaife, who has overseen the Hockaday soccer program for 18 years, said that it has been a competitive season.

“We spent the first half of the season with tough competition and have been trying to compete against bigger and stronger private schools who will give us a better game,” he said.

Each division in SPC allows its top six teams into the conference playoffs, and the Hockaday varsity soccer team, as part of the south division of SPC, has its eyes set on the top spot. A number one or two ranking in the division would allow the team to skip playing in the first round, and the team would only have to play three SPC games instead of four.

For now, the varsity soccer team’s main goal is to win conference games to nab a higher seed, and it has won both its first and second games in the season. The team’s second game, against one of its fierce competitors, Greenhill, was riddled with lots of fouls and yellow flags, yet Hockaday still pulled through with a victory.

But coach Skaife is positive that varsity soccer will do well. “We have a very close-knit group and they are really fun to coach,” Skaife said.

Skaife said that the seniors, in context

of the fact that this SPC is their last one, are particularly motivated and have so far helped encourage the rest of the team. Because the varsity soccer team hasn’t reached the finals in a few years, the players are a little inexperienced, according to Skaife, but this fact doesn’t slow them down.

Varsity soccer player and sophomore Ashlye Dullye thinks the team has a real chance on placing first. “We have won all of our counter games so far, and we beat Allen, who has won multiple state and national championships, 2-1 before the counter games started,” she said. “We are currently the first seed going into SPC, and as long as we beat ESD in the game this Friday, we will keep the spot.”

Senior Natalie Hoffman, the Athletics Board Chair, along with the Board, has already planned an all-school pep rally in early February to keep the Upper School on their toes and excited for the SPC championship, which will take place in Houston from Feb. 9-11.

“We try to keep the Upper School excited with face painting, cheerleaders and especially pep rallies!” Hoffman says.

When it comes to varsity swimming and diving, according to the team’s coach Bobby Patten, the group has performed well this year, but with lots of school breaks, the swimmers have to be twice as motivated in order to catch up.

“We have lost a lot of practice time, because of the many breaks this season, so we have lots of work to do before SPC,” Patten said.

The team has prepared by competing in dual meets and swimming against strong, competitive teams who have so far challenged them. 20-22 swimmers from

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his upcoming spring season, the Hockaday varsity softball team is gaining a decorated athlete as head coach. Not new to our fields, she coached the Hockaday Middle School softball team during the 2016 season and is ready to start working with the Upper School varsity team.

New varsity coach Kate Shahrestani started playing softball from a very young age and got serious about the game in high school.

“I was first drawn to softball as a very young girl, 8 years old, because I was very active. It was an organized way to gain a skill set and join a team,” Shahrestani said.

She was a three-sport athlete while attending Ticonderoga High School in New York; earned 14 varsity letters, the highest ever achieved by a student at her high school; was MVP for softball; was the co-captain of a traveling elite team and graduated as valedictorian.

But she also continued playing softball through college. From 2003-2006 she played on the Yale University varsity team and graduated in 2007 with a Bachelor of Arts in History.

The starting center-fielder for Yale, she earned the All-Ivy honorable mention in Ivy League play and the Coaches’ Award, which is bestowed upon the player who represents the ideals of Yale softball that go beyond statistics and who has shown commitment and dedication through her actions on and off the field, whether as a role player or a starter.

According to Shahrestani, the sport taught her valuable life skills, including time management capabilities, throughout her career in college.

“It 100 percent impacted my ability to have ownership over my actions, and it has now impacted me professionally, as many of the skills that I use in my professional dayto-day life are from my early days as an ath-

A SWING AND A HIT Shahrestani gives freshman Madison Stringfied a lesson in batting.

lete,” Shahrestani said.

Several factors drew Shahrestani to Hockaday, one of which reflects her values as a coach— excellence not only athletically, but academically and in other aspects of life as well.

Assistant varsity softball coach Victor Torres appreciates what Shahrestani brings to the field. “I think that the qualities a new coach should have include knowing the game very well, treating the girls with respect and making practice and games enjoyable,” Torres said.

According to Torres, because Shahrestani is more experienced than some of the past softball coaches and is also female, he hopes that the team will

ON THE PITCH Junior Zasca Ristianto practices a shooting drill.

each school qualify for SPC, and each player can compete in four events each, two individual and two relay.

Patten, who also held the position of the assistant swim coach at SMU for the years before his work at Hockaday, knows how to get the girls prepared for competition. He appreciates his team’s assets and said that “they don’t have any weaknesses persay, but some of their strengths are that they have a commitment to the sport and are supportive to each other.”

Swimmer and sophomore Felicity Diamond is positive about their outcome for SPC and wants to keep their two-year winning streak alive. “We have a smaller team this year, and because of that we are close,” Diamond said. “We all have the same goal and want to win again this year at SPC, since Hockaday Swimming has won for the last two years.”

Sophomore and basketball varsity player, Courtney Katz, is hopeful for a good outcome for the varsity basketball team and knows that with the players’ strong bond, they can go far.

“It’s really easy to win with such a positive and energetic team.” Katz said. “We are really excited to compete in more games, like the upcoming match against Casady on the 27th.”

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“For the last three years, I believe that the girls have been scared to try new things, despite their potential, due to being afraid of the coach’s reaction,” Torres said. “[Shahrestani] is both young and experienced. I think she will work better with the team.”

Shahrestani hopes her coaching style will help each player improve, off and on the field.

“I approach coaching with a focus on teamwork and improving each individual— not only improving your skills in the sport of softball, but also improving your life skills that you can take beyond the softball diamond, such as time management, communication skills and self-confidence.”

Shahrestani said.

Shahrestani plans to adapt the old softball program while instigating what she calls “building blocks” to continue to let the program grow in the future.

Varsity co-captain and junior Katie O’Meara, who earned the captain title sophomore year, has been on the team since her freshman year and believes that Shahrestani’s values as a coach equal many of the team’s.

“I think a new coach has to be able to communicate effectively and show her personality very quickly for the girls to trust and respect her,” O’Meara said. “She also has to be able to give her knowledge of the sport onto the girls, which is a very important part of being a coach, which I think will happen this year.”

Shahrestani, Torres and O’Meara all seem to share the same goals, and they hope these will come true during the upcoming season.

“I hope with this new coach we can build a new, nice program to continue bringing more girls to play softball,” Torres said.

Ponette Kim Staff Writer

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of experience, 67 percent contributed their injuries to guys who kept their shoes on. But don’t be mistaken; heels cause their fair share of injury, at a good 21 percent.

So how do we solve this pedestrian epidemic? To the perpetrators of this crime, you might not feel comfortable walking around on the dirty floor of the venue. Totally understood. That being said, there are other, more feasible solutions.

The first and most simple one: watch where you are stepping! It’s easy to get caught up at a dance with all that is going on, especially when it comes to line dances. But you have to remember that there are vulnerable feet at stake.

Guys, consider not wearing your shoes. Possibly check them in with your jackets when you first enter the venue. Yes, we understand that your dress shoes were shined just for this event and are very expensive, but so are our Steve Madden heels. You’ll live. Do us this favor, please.

Another more drastic solution for girls out there: flats. Yes, you may think they are not as “fashionable,” but hey, at least you know they won’t break someone’s toes.

To the hosts, perhaps there are ways to promote going barefoot to these dances. How about socks or slippers? You can buy these very cheap and in bulk.

It’s unlikely that students will be up for carrying a pair of spare shoes or socks; however, if footwear is provided, people will definitely take advantage.

And to everyone, before you race to the dance floor because the DJ is playing “Closer” by the Chainsmokers or before you frantically sprint to the center of the room for the “Sandstorm” beat drop, just try to remember to double check that someone’s foot isn’t under your shoe during this whole debacle.

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hile many of us enjoy the process of picking out our Winter Formal attire, perhaps the most satisfying part is finding that perfect pair of pumps to top it all off.

Stiletto, wedge, low, high, strappy, traditional. So many options to choose from. But there is one caveat to having shoes that make everyone gawk and swoon: a bruised, fractured, swollen foot by the end of the night.

At every dance, the majority of girls are known to take off their shoes as soon as they walk in, desperate to free themselves from the pinching, blistering pain that comes free of charge with a pair of trendy shoes. Everyone goes in, ready to take plenty of pictures and dance the night away. Then all of the sudden...Squish.

Some random, sweaty guy has stepped on your foot, completely consuming it with his black, size 11 dress shoe. You look down to find that your foot is bruised and bleeding.

When it comes to school dances, being stepped on has almost become an inevitable fate. In a survey conducted in the Upper School, out of 134 people, 84 percent of students alleged having an experience where they had their feet stepped on at a dance.

While heels seem like the more daunting enemies with their six-inch stilettos, the true menaces are male dress shoes. From the majority of students who cited having this kind

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Should Coffee or Tea Be Your Drink of Choice?

Tea

Coffee

VS. Two million one hundred forty-two thousand, the amount of 60-kilogram bags of coffee the United States imported in just one month— October 2016, according to the International Coffee Organization. Obviously, Americans love their coffee.

While drinking too much coffee continually receives blame for being bad for your health, Harvard University has done research that delves into this issue. Their findings show a multitude of benefits from drinking moderate coffee amounts, about three to five cups a day—the key word being “moderate.”

One of the University's 2005 studies explored the claim that coffee resulted in higher blood pressure, and instead found some suggestion that it improved blood pressure; yet another study in 2011 showed that drinking four or more cups of coffee each day lowered the rate of depression for women.

And the list goes on: reduces the risk of suicide by about 50 percent, protects against cardiovascular disease, improves cognitive function in adults, lowers type 2 diabetes risk by 11 percent and increases athletic endurance. I could go on, but you see my point: don’t be afraid of coffee.

A professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, Sanjiv Chopra always has several cups of coffee each day and encourages others to follow him. You just might want to listen to Chopra if you want to live longer, since Mayo Clinic reported that most studies relate coffee consumption to decreased mortality in May 2014. Besides the obvious health benefits, the caffeine in coffee can be especially useful for anyone with a heavy workload (a typical Hockaday student). Even though Hockaday offers a rigorous, first-rate education, it’s also packed with quizzes, tests, papers, projects and exams, not to mention the regular homework. Sometimes you need to stay awake and alert, which is where the caffeine comes in handy.

But you don’t have to drink coffee to get the benefits it provides.

Coffee is a natural exfoliator and can be found in body scrubs or moisturizers, and since it has the same pH as our skin, it leaves the skin neither dry nor oily.

If you don’t like the taste of plain black coffee, something even I (an avid coffee consumer) rarely drink, don’t forget that it can be prepared in an assortment of ways such as cappuccinos, mocha (espresso, hot chocolate and whipped cream), iced coffee, frappuccino (kind of like a milkshake) or flat white to name a few.

Next time you’re at Starbucks, go for the real drink; skip the passion tea and order a blonde roast instead.

Maria Harrison

You sit down at your desk, prepare to begin the hours of homework you have, pour yourself a cup of mint tea to get energy and focus from the caffeine. Finally, when you finish, you pour yourself a cup of chamomile tea to relax. Is there any other drink that can energize and also relax you as tea does? I don’t think so.

Yes, I know what you are thinking. Coffee can also provide that jolt of energy on mornings after sleepless nights and can relax you at the end of the day, if you drink a decaf cup, when you need to sleep.

Although caffeinated green tea does not contain as much caffeine as coffee, it still contains some, so it can provide similar effects.

Coffee gives you a bigger rush of caffeine but a faster crash than tea.

True, there are decaf versions of coffee, but these are not truly caffeine free. And caffeine is addictive, so it is healthier to have it in moderation, making tea the healthier option that coffee in that regard.

When it comes to flavors, tea wins hands down. There is a wide variety of natural tea flavors like chamomile, vanilla, hibiscus, etc.

And even though coffee also comes in a variety of flavors, they aren’t natural.

Different types of tea also host a wide variety of health benefits: there are teas for weight loss, diabetes, and lower cholesterol, to cite a few. According to the Harvard School of Public Health, coffee doesn’t have much of an effect on health. On the other hand, tea contains antioxidants and cancer-fighting properties, and is more hydrating than coffee.

On the cosmetic side, tea will make you look better than coffee— there are tea blends made for improving the skin, and tea does not stain your teeth like coffee does.

If you want a healthy, comforting beverage to perk you up before A period or to relax you when your head is spinning with the countless tests you have, tea is the drink for you.

Morgan Fisher Staff Writer

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Business Casual: The Art of Company Social Media Shreya Gunukula Video Editor

Hello, my name is (insert name here).

How may I help you? It’s the standard formula for basic customer service etiquette.

Usually, you state your problem over the phone, and the representatives either help you or play the transfer game, in which they bounce you around to different departments, hoping you will hang up in fear of death by hold music. Now, however, the typical help desk scenario has evolved into the world of retweets and hashtags, as a little over 30 percent of brands have dedicated customer service handles on Twitter and Facebook.

While many companies have clung to the status quo and retained that stereotypical subservience of a customer service representative, some accounts have taken the opportunity to share the personality of their brand, even if it comes off as slightly rude.

For example, after receiving many questions about having a new extension

of its product available for customers, the Cards Against Humanity account for this popular party game, tweeted to their followers, “We may have secret cards for you if you behave yourselves.” The account is known for these kinds of responses and for retweeting people who make negative comments about the game as a part of their tongue-in-cheek humor.

In another instance, the Twitter account for fast food chain Wendy’s accused a follower of “forg[etting] what a refrigerator is for a second” when they questioned whether the restaurant used frozen meat.

Cards Against Humanity and Wendy’s off-kilter responses to customers may seem unprofessional, but it actually promotes brand loyalty. The logic is really simple: if you find it offensive, then leave. Meanwhile, a study from marketing advice and media company Convince and Convert showed that 53 percent of those who find that humor funny and decide to follow the social media account for similar content, will go on to purchase from that business.

In addition to weeding out those people who aren’t a part of the true customer base, a personalized social media account can greatly increase popularity for the company. When a third-party Twitter ac-

count posted screenshots of the exchange between Wendy’s and the stubborn meat skeptic, the pictures received 34,186 retweets.

When a brand chooses to be creative and forego the mundane automated responses that are used by other companies, it makes their corporate reputation seem a little less cold and a little more connected.

Of course, there is a limit to how far you can stray from the political correctness of social media. Best exemplified by when the chef of Pigalle Restaurant in Boston used profanities to ward off a pumpkin pie critic, there is a fine line between being funny and disrespectful. Especially on social media when the tone and intimacy felt in person are lost, it’s important to know if an insult will alienate a potential customer.

In 2017, it’s clear that companies no longer have an obligation to be professional because life’s too short for that. Brand humor on social media has given the world too many laughs to be taken away, but it is important for each business to identify the boundaries of their online personality before carrying it out on the Internet. As a potential consumer, I want to be entertained while feeling like my problems are being solved.

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Are We Ready for Robocop?

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Jenny Zhu MANAGING EDITOR Amanda Kim WEB EDITOR Ashna Kumar

When it comes to science, it seems that the human race is consistently stuck in a paradox—we yearn to advance, yet simultaneously fear change. From horrifying tales like Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” to real modern-day genetic engineering, people have been debating for centuries over whether or not we are asking our scientists to “play God.” Movements like transhumanism are gaining momentum, with advocates arguing that technologies to improve us psychologically, intellectually and physically should be developed and made available for use.

In today’s world—where it seems as if groundbreaking new technologies are being invented on a daily basis—it’s a debate that is more important than ever.

I’ll be honest: when I first heard about transhumanism, I was puzzled. Do we really need a movement to advocate for developing science to improve ourselves? I mean, isn’t that kind of the point of science?

We’ve been using science to overcome our limitations since the dawn of civilization—increasing lifespans, strengthening immunity, etc.

At first glance, the idea that we’re somehow wrong for wanting to improve seemed ridiculous. According to the University of California, Berkeley, the life

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expectancy for a man in the year 1900 was around 46 years. Would opponents of transhumanism say that by increasing that number to 78.8 years in 2012, we did something unethical?

But as I pondered, I came to realize why transhumanism is so controversial. If we’ve learned anything in the last century, it’s that there are virtually no limits to what we can achieve with science. That’s what’s so problematic—in some ways, transhumanism isn’t advocating to improve the human condition, but rather to alter it completely.

This begs the question of how we even begin to define humanity, which is a different can of worms entirely. For the purposes of this article, we’ll say that two things are fundamental aspects of the human condition: imperfection and death.

If you are human, I hate to break it to you, but you are not perfect.

And at some point you will also die.

Imperfection and death are absolute guarantees for human beings. Some people want to use science to get rid of what makes us human.

In terms of death, transhumanists aren’t talking about just increasing life expectancies anymore. Today, transhumanists ask if we should even have to die at all. Getting rid of death by old age probably won’t happen in my lifetime, but science has shown us that anything is possible.

There are innumerable issues with immortality. Some parts of it sound nice— imagine how much you’d get to sleep!—but on a serious note, I’m not sure that we can handle that kind of science.

Imagine a world where people don’t die, but can still reproduce. Imagine the strain that would place on our resources, and the absolute chaos that would ensue. (If that doesn’t get to you, imagine a world where Chris Brown can live forever. Yikes!)

And yet death isn’t the only thing transhumanism wants to eradicate. I mentioned imperfection before. When I say imperfection, I’m talking about physical and mental weaknesses. What about science that could make us faster, stronger and smarter?

Put that together with immortality, and think hard: to whom will that kind of science be available? Probably only to the wealthy. Imagine the social inequality in a world where you can pay to be as strong as The Hulk and as smart as Einstein.

I’m not so arrogant as to say that I have the answer to these questions, because I really don’t. But we are the generation that will bring these kinds of developments about, so I think it’s our responsibility to consider the implications.

Ultimately, I don’t believe there’s anything wrong with wanting to improve ourselves. However, there’s a problem when we outrun what we can handle. If this is the direction we’re headed in, then we must be careful. As science advances, so must our morality.

The Importance of Rejection

Dear Ashna, The admission committee has concluded its evaluation of Early Decision applicants to Northwestern University. I am sorry we are unable to offer you a place in the first-year class. Since Northwestern was your top choice, I understand this news is very disappointing.

I choked, unable to breathe. Wait, I must’ve read it wrong. I opened the email

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“You’re going to get in—don’t even worry about it.”

“If I were you, I wouldn’t even have applied anywhere else, there’s no chance you don’t get in.”

“You totally deserve to get it.”

Ever since people found out I was submitting an early decision application to Northwestern University, almost every conversation I had was littered with comments like those. Although I’d respond, “Oh, you never know with the college process—there are no absolutes,” the hundreds of comments that I’d receive started to get to me. “I’m getting in,” I thought to myself secretly. “There’s no way I don’t.”

My decision was supposed to come out sometime on Thursday, Dec. 15, so imagine my surprise when I got an email the day before telling me there was an update in my portal. My heart beating faster, I took a deep breath and opened the email on my phone:

But it’s been almost two months since then, and I’ve IL LU come to terms with it. And I’m not just saying that.

During a form meeting earlier this year, Ms. Skerritt came in and talked to us about rejection. She told us that it would hurt more because this was one of the first times we had ever been told “no.”

And this is so true.

After going to Hockaday for 14 years, I have been built up and told that I can do anything- that I will one day change the world. Idea for a club? Easy, just start one.

Bad grade? Talk to my teacher and see how I can make it higher. There’s nothing that I couldn’t do.

But there was nothing I could do about getting rejected, and I think I needed to know that. In life there are always moments where you can’t do anything about the circumstances you are in, despite what my years of Hockaday have told me.

So yes, I was rejected. But that doesn’t mean that all my hard work immediately meant nothing. Those nights I spent studying at home, those days I didn’t sleep and those lunches I didn’t eat gave me the ability to prioritize and gave me a strong work ethic, important skills that I will one day need to thrive.

I needed to hear the word “no.” And it took me a while to realize that it wasn’t my fault. So thank you, Northwestern, for introducing me to the real world where I want. I know that it was the best thing for me, even if I couldn’t accept that two months ago, and the perspective I’ve gained since then is imperative to my future success.

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again and went to the portal, this time reading the entire letter. The Dean of Admissions went on to talk about how it wasn’t anything about me that made Northwestern reject me. It was a bad breakup line: “It’s not you, it’s me.”

Well obviously, it was me because the admissions committee decided that it didn’t want me. Did I not try hard enough? Did I not show enough interest in the school?

I came to school the next day—my self-esteem shot—the room full of whispers and “helpful” looks of pity. “I can’t believe you didn’t get in,” people said to me over and over again. In my mind I scoffed, thinking, “now, that’s not a helpful thing to say at all,” but putting on a brave face, I fake-smiled, staying silent but keeping in mind not to say that in the spring, when regular decisions arrived. I would’ve preferred a comforting hug and no words.

Sitting in math class, I couldn’t help but think, “Why am I even trying to learn— colleges don’t care.”

I thought of all those late Saturday nights when my friends were at parties, while I stayed in to study. I thought of those weeks when I got fewer than five hours of sleep a night, trying to add finishing touches on my project. Colleges obviously didn’t care about that.

Was it worth going that extra mile when the result was failure? At the time, I’d respond with a resounding no. It was completely, without a doubt, no question about it, not worth it. I should’ve gone out, I should’ve gone to bed earlier and I should’ve gone to lunch on time.

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