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IN FOCUS: HOW HUMAN TRAFFICKING AFFECTS DALLAS

Human trafficking: the exploitation of a person when force, fraud or coercion is utilized in making an individual participate in the acts of commercial sex or forced labor, according to Homeland Security’s website. Sex trafficking, forced labor and debt bondage are the three main types of human trafficking.

Forced labor, otherwise known as involuntary service, is the largest of the three sects. Debt bondage, when a person is forced to work for someone in order to pay off a debt, is sometimes classified as forced labor.This form of modern slavery comprises a $99 million industry in the Dallas-Fort Worth Area alone.

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Two of senior Paloma Renteria’s favorite things to do are to think positive and write. This school year, she has combined these passions through her Powerful Protagonist program, a community service program between David G. Burnet Elementary School and the Hockaday School. Renteria, who wrote the curriculum in 2017 and launched the program last December, teaches a group of five fifth grade girls from the elementary school in Hockaday’s Whittenburg Dining Hall every Saturday.

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The Lacerte Family Black Box theater is filled with students from all over the Southwest. The soft murmurs fall as the lights dim. A high-pitched violin pierces the silence, filling the air with suspense. The Hockaday advanced drama class unwinds. On April 12, the Hockaday Theater Company, otherwise known as HTC, showcased their one-act play, “Kindertransport,” at Independent Schools Association of the Southwest arts festival (ISAS).

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Although it can often be hard to look past the walls that surround Hockaday’s affluent society, crime is constantly occurring all throughout the Dallas area. While there are no shortage of thriving and secure neighborhoods, 15 minutes across town, poverty and suffering may plague a community and its inhabitants, ultimately leading to higher rates of imprisonment and continued cycles of poverty.

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On April 6, Hockaday Upper School students gathered in Clements Lecture Hall for the third and final Student Diversity Board forum. Lead by 2018-2019 Chair junior Tanvi Kongara, the forum was held on the topic of mass incarceration. However, she, along with other SDB members, speak for themselves and not the entirety of the Board.

“The United States has 25 percent of [the world’s] incarcerated people, even though we only have five percent of the world’s population,” Kongara said. “The legislation starting years ago and then moving on, it categorized people, like ‘these people are more likely to commit these crimes.’”

In this day and age in which crime rates continue to soar, statistics like these show that the mass incarceration epidemic has plagued the country—in particular, minorities. Within the United States, 30 percent of the population is comprised of either African Americans or Hispanics. However, they make up over 50 percent of those incarcerated.

Junior Isabella Yepes, 2018-2019 Assistant Chair of the Student Diversity Board, participated in the mass incarceration forum. She recognizes the gravity of the situation at hand.

“Mass incarceration feeds into larger issues of policing in the United States and education policy in the United States,” Yepes said. “Communities of color and underprivileged and underfunded communities bear the brunt of mass incarceration’s effects because of policies that police their neighborhoods at a discriminant rate.”

Bonton Farms, a staple of the Dallas community, is easily recognized by many Dallasites due to its trademark feature: goats. If you were to travel to the urban farming community, you would be hard-pressed to fail to find a furry, four-legged creature wandering about the premises of the farm. However, many do not know the story of its origins.

Founded in the early 1900s, Bonton is the oldest black community in Dallas. Out of its primarily African American inhabitants, 85 percent of the men have served time in prison.

Yepes is familiar with the Bonton community, along with the efforts its members have made to work past this statistic. “[Bonton] is a poor community. A lot of them are under the poverty line. It is an inspirational message that Bonton Farms has been as successful as it has been. It's an example of that rehabilitation effort—that you can have communities that can be focused on positive aspects that they built for themselves, and that is very helpful for them,” Yepes said.

However, mass incarceration is no new topic to the United States. Its lineage can be traced back as early as the late 19th century, when Jim Crow laws, which enforced racial segregation, dictated society. The racist mindsets that existed—back then considered routine—partly accounts for why racism was able to flourish as it did.

During Richard Nixon’s presidency in the late ’60s and early ’70s, he campaigned on the idea of “Law and Order” because chaos and crime rates were constantly escalating.

Yepes acknowledges that, at the time being, Nixon’s ideals of stability and security attracted many voters. “[Mass incarceration] comes from a need to react against things that we think can hurt us, which is understandable. It is why Nixon’s

Mass incarceration feeds into larger issues of policing in the United States and education policy in the United States.

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appeal to law and order was so appealing. It is why his appeal to the common man—the silent majority—was so appealing,” Yepes said.

As Nixon normalized higher incarceration rates in an effort fight the “War on Drugs,” both Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton took similar proactive stances, ultimately significantly increasing the amount of imprisoned peoples in an attempt to lower crime rates.

Upper School history teacher Lucio Benedetto is well aware of the adverse effects that the war on crime had on minorities both 50 years ago and still plays in our present-day society.

“Earlier in the ‘60s, there had been a bigger push for rehabilitation, and that kind of got pushed to the wayside in favor of longer-term sentencing,” Benedetto said. “I don’t think that the Clinton administration or the Reagan administration actually intended that this was going to grossly affect people of color in the way that it has, but that is what has happened.”

Today, a large portion of mass incarcerated peoples are nonviolent drug offenders. Although their crimes may not pose immediate threats to the public, because of the severity of laws surrounding drug use, they make up a

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WORKING FOR CHANGE | Junior Isabella Yepes discusses mass incarceration with junior Tanvi Kongara after the Student Diversity Board forum.

large portion of mass incarcerated population.

Although drug use is a common crime that one may be convicted of, it is only one of a plethora of actions which lead people to be sentenced to prison. However, just as America saw the government severely crack down on drug use in the 20th century, today people are more frequently being convicted to serve long prison sentences for relatively minor crimes, leaving us as Americans to question the validity of the criminal system.

Race specifically comes into play when crime sentences are being determined. In a survey conducted by the American Civil Liberties Union, although both African Americans and whites used marijuana at nearly the same rate, those of color were arrested for possession at rates three times as high as the white users. This fact, along with the idea that minor crimes are now receiving larger sentences, ultimately leads to incarcerated peoples to fall into a cycle of poverty.

Benedetto is well aware of the discrepancies that exist among the different types of populations who are incarcerated. “The children in that family might be stuck in with parents who can only obtain very low income jobs, which means they are living in poorer parts of the cities that don’t have the better schools,” Benedetto said. “So you can create a cycle situation here, because the society can’t get past the stigma of the felon, the family gets caught in that situation.”

When one is incarcerated, not only is that person directly affected, but their loved ones must suffer the consequences as well. For low income families already struggling to make ends meet and living paycheck to paycheck, the incarceration of even one parent has a crippling effect on the rest of the family, significantly increasing the children’s chances of serving a prison sentence later in life.

“If you go to prison, you have to start your life back over all again,” Kongara said. “If you are the breadwinner of your family, then they won’t have any income coming into them, and that repeats the cycle of poverty, essentially. So [the family members] may have to do things that the [incarcerated] person had to do in order to feed themselves—like steal food.”

Texas in particular is not doing enough to lower these imprisonment rates or end these cycles of poverty. In an article published by the U.S. News and World Report in 2017, America was dubbed as the state that operates the country’s largest prison system, with 582 per every 100,000 people being incarcerated in 2014. These high numbers ultimately help feed into the school to prison pipeline, as minors and young adults are progressively being incarcerated due to harsh school and city district laws. Kongara recognizes the magnitude of the situation along with the effects that it has on a community as a whole.

“One of the reasons we decided to [hold the forum] on mass incarceration is because the Dallas ISD school to prison pipeline is enormous. The expulsion rate for African American or Hispanic students [in DISD] significantly higher than any other race,” Kongara said. “[The Student Diversity Board] thought that this was really interesting because a lot of Hockaday students do volunteer at these schools and so the child that they may be tutoring might eventually end up in prison.”

The idea that a young child may be destined to a life behind bars simply because of their appearance is unsettling. However, the fact that this is cycle of poverty is so high within the Dallas area serves to show that this issue demands to be dealt with. Yepes acknowledges the situation at hand and why it has dictated society for such an extended period of time.

“I think that one of our basic human urges is to try and react against fear and protect ourselves, but at the end of the day, this also does play into some implicit biases which are then corresponded into systemic laws,” Yepes said.

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The Fourcast's News Editor Kate Woodhosue asked Form IV Dean Rebekah Calhoun about guiding the seniors and planning graduation.

Q. What do you do in your job as form dean?

A. I laugh a lot. I do many different things.

Everything from everyone’s favorite assigned detentions, to taking concerns of the form, to the administration, Mr. Murray, Mrs. Palmer, to planning events for the class, to making sure everybody gets to graduation. I think that’s my big thing.

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“Powerful Protagonist intertwines positive psychology and creative writing concepts to empower young girls who are just about to go into middle school, and develop the confidence that they’re going to need, inside and outside the classroom, to be successful in what they want to do in middle school and beyond,” Renteria said.

Each Saturday session, usually running from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., involves class time, activities and games. Renteria explores different ways of storytelling and applies these concepts to the bigger picture of the world.

“I want them to get curious and to be mindful of how they’re seeing the world,” Renteria said.

The program got its name, “Powerful Protagonist” from Renteria’s vision that the girls will see themselves as protagonists in the world who can write their own fates. Renteria hopes that through this mindset, her students can feel that they have control over their own future.

Renteria’s education style is based on positive psychology, a branch of psychology that focuses on the positive aspects of human life and well-being.

She first became interested in positive psychology in 2016. After attending a few conferences and studying in an online program for six months, Renteria became a certified positive psychology practitioner.

“I absolutely loved it, but the one thought I kept coming back to was how this needed to be accessible to everybody,” Renteria said.

With this thought in mind, Renteria brainstormed different ways to offer positive psychology to others. It wasn’t long before she settled on something she is equally passionate about—writing.

“Writing has always been my way of processing my emotions and processing everything that I experience, so I wanted to share that skill with other girls who could use it and maybe enjoy it,” Renteria said.

After the initial brainstorm, Renteria quickly thought of partnering with David G. Burnet Elementary School.

According to Hockaday’s Director of Service Learning Laura Day, Renteria fell in love with David G. Burnet Elementary School after she served at the school during Hockaday’s Day of Service. In her junior year, Renteria ran the Saturday tutoring program at David G. Burnet and helped prepare the students for the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness,

commonly known as STAAR. up as parents and Day attended as audience.

Renteria also feels connected to the eleIn each book, the girls wrote about their life mentary school because of its 99.9 percent Lati- stories and aspirations for the future. At the end no student body. of their presentations, each girl shared some“I wanted to reach out to these girls specifi- thing they loved about the program. cally because I thought that there is a lot to face When it was Sanchez’s turn, she said, “I not only in the context of growing up but also in know I didn’t have to be here every Saturday, the context of the country and the wider world. I but I chose to because being here made me a wanted to give them someone who is similar and better person and I learned more about writing.” can speak about that,” Renteria said.

Renteria also handed the girls certificates Cynthia Gonzalez, Community Liaison at that recognized their completion of the program David G. Burnet Elementary School, has main- and some of their best traits like “most kind” and tained a good relation with “most enthusiastic.”

Renteria through community Day believes that Powservice since 2016. erful Protagonist has been “She’s done wonderful an incredible opportunity things here for our school and for the girls in the program.

POSITIVETHINKING our students. She’s very com“It's huge. They don't mitted,” Gonzalez said. get a lot of extracurricular After Renteria wrote the things at school. Helping curriculum for Powerful Proyoung girls, in general, find tagonist on her own, Gonzatheir voice is so important, lez contacted the fifth grade but these girls are just girls teachers at Burnet and asked who don't get these opporthem to nominate girls in their tunities, so it's really aweclasses who had a strong intersome,” Day said. est in writing. After the nomiLooking forward, both of how they're nation, Renteria contacted the Day and Renteria think that seeing the world. girls’ parents last December more Hockaday students and met with them at Burnet can be involved in Powerful to explain the program.

Protagonist. Since Renteria Since this is Powerful is graduating this weekend, PALOMA RENTERIA Protagonist’s first run-through, she wants to train some Senior Paloma remembers that the students from Hockaday first day was very scary. Over to keep up the program at time, however, she has perschool. Renteria will also atsonally learned a lot from the tend university in Dallas, so process. she will keep in touch with The girls have learned a lot from Renteria the girls and look for more ways to expand the too. Gonzalez’s granddaughter, Ava Guen San- program. chez, is one of Renteria’s students. Gonzalez said While the project itself holds great potenthat Sanchez often describes Renteria as a very tial in the future, Power Protagonist’s first runconfident woman and a great listener. through was successful. At the end of the day, Gonzalez also points out that recently, the girls in the program have found new friends, Sanchez gave a presentation at school about a new mentor and new voices. Renteria is happy gender equality, where she was very confident to see their growth. even though it was her first experience of public “It’s been really cool to see the impact of speaking. this program on the girls I’ve worked with. It “Now, my granddaughter is somewhat like a makes me believe that better educational mini Paloma,” Gonzalez said. opportunities and raising young women On May 5, the last day of the program, who are going to be confident and educatRenteria hosted a reception in Whittenburg ed and excited about what they want to do is where each girl presented a book that they have totally possible,” Renteria said. written in the program. Food and drinks were set

I WANT THEM TO GET CURIOUS AND TO BE MINDFUL

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Goodbye Seniors!

On May 19, Hockaday will say farewell to the Class of 2018 during Hockaday’s 104th Commencement. It was announced on May 1 that Shiza Shahid, co-founder of the Malala Fund, which advocates for 12 years of education for girls, and CEO of Now Ventures, which finances startups focused on improving Africa, Asia, Latin America and rural America, will address the Class of 2018. Senior Grace Olson will be the student speaker.

Q. What is it like to get very close to seniors and then have them graduate?

A. It’s hard! It is hard. It’s really fun to get to know them really well and get to spend senior year together and do all the fun things we get to do as seniors. But it is hard when they leave. It takes me a while to not look for them anymore, right, to not expect to see them because we are together so much. But it’s also part of what makes senior year special, is that we have this kind of finite time, we build this bond, but another part of my job is to get them ready to go.

Q. What do you do in regards to graduation?

A. Well I’m involved with the whole dress selection process, so all of the choosing of the graduation dresses along with we have two dress moms that work with that as well. So in terms of selecting dresses and the voting of the dresses and the fittings and all of that. In terms of the commencement ceremony itself, I do the marching rehearsals for underclassmen.

I do all the rehearsals for seniors. I help with the communications that go out to all the different parties and I help make sure that we have all the things that we need like the music and the whatever we do, the senior song. There are many things.

Q. How do you manage your and your student’s stress about graduation?

A. I help with good humor, some calmness, some patience, and just a lot of love and encouragement. We’re going to make it.

Q. How do you enjoy graduation while still having to manage it?

A. It’s just a phenomenal thing to get to be a part of. It’s like getting to walk the last steps with the senior, you know, start with them at the beginning of the year, and most of them I’ve taught over the years. So it’s kind of like getting to take those final steps to the next thing with them. So that always makes it special and enjoyable.

It’s just a really neat experience. I’m always glad I get to share it with them.

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The Class of 2019 will dawn their white blazers for the first time and receive their senior rings during Ring Day on May 22. The new seniors will turn their rings 119 in honor of their graduation year. Rising Form IV President Sarah Landry will address the class.

Hockaday’s Underclassmen Recognition Assembly takes place on May 23 at 8:30 a.m. Awards come from all Hockaday departments and also include the college book awards and the Sudie Duncan awards.

Forms I, II and III will finish the school year at noon on May 23. Students will attend the Underclassmen Recognition Assembly, receive their yearbooks and participate in Form activities before they begin their summer vacation. Have a great summer!

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Saying Goodbye to Beloved Faculty and Staff

As the school year ends, seven long-standing members of the Hockaday community say goodbye to the Hockaday plaid. The Fourcast met with these retirees to talk about their achievements and retirement plans.

ED LONG Fine Arts Director The longest-standing member of the Hockaday community, Fine Arts Director Ed Long has been teaching at Hockaday for 47 years. Long helped develop the ceramics, film, photography, orchestra and debate programs. Additionally, he helped Hockaday start offering credit for the dance and choir classes. Long developed the famous History of Arts and Music course and has been teaching it to sophomores since 1974. He is also the chair of the Fine Arts Department and a distinguished teacher. However, it is time for him to say goodbye to 11600 Welch Road. “I think there comes a time. Age is a factor, and certainly a factor of paying attention to family—to my grandkids, to my wife who I met at Hockaday—that is an incredible capstone to a career that’s been very successful,” Long said. Once he leaves Hockaday, he plans to travel and spend more time with his family. He also plans to work on his music compositions and projects that he has postponed because of teaching.

LISA CAMP World Languages Department Chair

ISNARDA LARES Housekeeping

World Language Department Chair Lisa Camp has been working at Hockaday for 39 years. When she first came to Hockaday, Camp taught at the Lower School and almost all of the Middle School French classes. She later moved to Middle and Upper School French, and at one point taught both French and Spanish. Camp then became the World Language Department Chair, joined the Board of Trustees, and continued to teach French, and occasionally Spanish. “I am very proud of the language department that I have built in the last 14 years,” Camp said. “I have carefully selected people that are passionate, dynamic and skilled professionals and I think they are going to be fine without me.” Camp will always remember the first day at Hockaday when several Lower School girls ran up and gave her a huge hug right as she arrived at the School. Camp is excited to travel, visit family, and build a garden once she retires.

Bringing life to every plant at Hockaday, housekeeper Isnarda Lares has been working at Hockaday for 33 years. She began her career at Hockaday working in Upper Trent, the senior hall in the Hockaday dormitories. Twelve years later she moved to cleaning the infirmary. In the 33 years Lares has been at Hockaday, there has only been two graduations in the gym. Lares said, “Graduation is my favorite day, everything is so decorated and the girls look so pretty in their dresses.”

Lares’ husband, Benito Lares, started working in the maintenance department five years before Isnarda started working at Hockaday. Everyday, Isnarda and Benito would drive to work together, have lunch together and drive back home together until her husband left Hockaday. Once she retires, Lares plans to spend more time with her kids and grandchildren who live here in Dallas. Additionally, she will go to Mexico to visit her extended family members. According to Lares, the relationships with the girls and seeing them grow is what has impacted her the most over her time at Hockaday.

DOROTHY DICKMANN Fourth Grade Teacher

RICHARD TAYLOR Upper School Science Teacher

Fourth grade language arts teacher Dorothy Dickmann has been teaching at Hockaday for 32 years. Dickmann, who earned degrees in art history and sculpture, was first hired as a kindergarten art teacher. Faculty and staff recognize her as the lady behind the poetry emails, but she also taught preschool, and then continued furthering her career to become a third grade teacher. Eventually, Dickmann settled on being a fourth grade language arts teacher. “I would like girls to leave my class in love with reading, and that they discover that to be a really enriching aspect to their lives,” Dickmann said. Along with planning on more time with her grandchildren and working on her art, Dickmann hopes to learn to play the cello once she retires.

Upper School physics teacher Richard Taylor has taught at Hockaday for 20 years. When Taylor first came to Hockaday, he was most impressed with the sense of freedom and homeliness the students had. When Taylor began teaching at Hockaday, physics and other science classes were taught at the St. Mark’s School of Texas. Dance, along with some other fine arts classes, were taught at Hockaday. To improve the Hockaday science department, Taylor helped develop and teach courses in Engineering, Nuclear Physics, Astronomy, Physics C and Pseudoscience classes. When asked about the type of legacy he would like to leave, Taylor joked, “A whole lot of junk, neat toys. I don’t know about legacy though. I think that’s too high level for me.”

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LESLIE BOX Middle School Spanish Teacher Although fifth and sixth grade Spanish teacher Leslie Box has taught at Hockaday for 19 years, she still feels like she is one of the newbies. She began working at Hockaday as the Lower School business coordinator, so every Lower School store item purchased went through her. Box then went on to teach kindergarten, primer and first grade Spanish classes.

Although it was difficult for her to leave Lower School, she switched to teaching Spanish to middle schoolers a few years later. Her favorite part about Hockaday is the time she spends in the classroom with the girls. “I would like to be remembered as someone who set a good example for the students; someone who was an empathetic mentor both for my students and for my colleagues,” Box said. She is passionate about the girls learning other languages and values sharing her cultural insight with her students. Box is looking forward to spending more time with her family, reading and traveling. Additionally, she hopes to play the piano more.

RODRIGO PARRA (NOT PICTURED) Maintenance Working as part of the Hockaday maintenance team for 39 years, Rodrigo Parra retired in December 2017. Parra was the gatekeeper of Hockaday. His jobs entailed unlocking all the doors at 5:30 a.m. and ensuring that every piece of mechanical equipment was working properly. He also helped the fourth graders raise the flags every morning. In addition, Parra was responsible for Hockaday’s entire fleet of vehicles, including the sports buses. But he decided to retire and join his wife in Durango, México to help take care of his ill mother-in-law.

Maintenance department member Kathy Perry worked closely with Parra. “Rodrigo always had a smile on his face and in the 12 years that I worked with him, I never heard him be cross with anyone,” Perry said.

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African American History Upper School history teacher Steve Kramer took his African American History class to see “Black Panther”, a movie renowned for its inclusivity due to having an almost all-black cast.

He believes that “Black Panther” is an important film because of its diversity.

“There aren’t a lot of mainstream films that are directed by African American directors, and that have a portrayal of African American characters as the leaders of a society, even if it is mythological,” Kramer said.

Gunukula, also a member of the African American history class, thought the movie was insightful and fun, yet brought serious discussions to the table.

“The movie was a fun talking point in class for often tough reading material, but it also gave us an important understanding of African culture,” Gunukula said.

Though he’s taken his history classes to see historical films before, he still thinks its essential to have classes that span a multitude of topics and to go see a film if relevant.

“I thought it was a worthwhile trip, it was a nice break,” Kramer said.

Teachers Without Borders Upper School teachers create learning opportunities outside the walls of Hockaday.

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She signs out at the Upper School office, climbs into her car with several of her classmates and heads to Valley View Mall in the middle of the school day to see “The Post”.

She gets curious stares from security officers and other moviegoers since it’s unusual to see high school students at 1:10 p.m. at the movie theater. But she is not simply ditching class— she’s going to it.

Several Hockaday Upper School teachers have used outside venues to bolster students’ classroom learning. Students have attended movies, literature festivals and tours around Dallas to enhance their learning experience.

Contemporary American Literature Upper School English teacher Claire Cothren, who teaches Contemporary American Literature, heard that author Jesmyn Ward was visiting Dallas to speak at the Bishop Dunne Literary Festival. Her class had read “Salvage

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WARD’S BIGGEST FANS | Cothren and her Contemporary American Literature students listen to author Jesmyn Ward speak at Bishop Dunne.

the Bones,” written by Ward and went to go hear him speak on April 16.

“I couldn’t believe she was coming here and speaking about “Salvage the Bones,” which is not her newest novel. But the timing was perfect,” Cothren said.

Cothren believes that presenting her class with the opportunity to hear renowned authors speak is beneficial.

“You can get a sense for the process, and students can get real-time answers to their questions,” Cothren said. “It’s inspirational for other aspiring writers and adds deeper meaning to the content.”

She hopes that this trip will enrich the material that her students create.

“I’m having my students write a paper using secondary topics, and one of the sources they can incorporate is information from this talk,” Cothren said.

Senior Shreya Gunukula used one of Ward’s quotes in her paper.

“I quoted Ward saying, ‘I wrote this book so people can feel for each other’ in my paper because I felt like it gave me insight into why her literature is important,” Gunukula said.

JFK Assassination Trip Though not directly related to what his U.S. history class was studying, Upper School history teacher Lucio Benedetto organized a trip for all students to go on a John F. Kennedy assassination conspiracy theory tour. It originally started as a way for the Hockaday boarders to learn more about Dallas history, but he opened it up to the Upper School due to wide interest in JFK’s assassination.

“We also got a historical point of view, from talking about the different conspiracy theories that might have a possible justification and putting them into historical context,” Benedetto said.

Benedetto has a personal interest in the JFK assassination and dedicates time to the topic in his U.S. history class. But he’s noticed that in the last few years, he’s seen an uptick in interest in the whole concept behind conspiracy theories.

“Students were excited to be able to go on a trip and actually be on the ground and talk about these things,” Benedetto said. “It was pretty exciting to talk about it in the abstract.”

Other faculty members were present on the trip. Upper School history teacher Kathryn Hodgkinson, International Program Coordinator Gary Stollar and Upper School ceramics teacher Kevin Brady added their own knowledge on the topic during the tour.

“One teacher talked about forensics, another gave insight on the mafia and Cuban connections and another talked about the history of Dallas in the ‘60s,” Benedetto said.

Benedetto is interested in organizing a similar trip in the future, but maybe about a different topic.

“I would like to involve different people and have different emphases,” Benedetto said. “This trip provided a different perspective, and all students really enjoyed it. There was even a wait list.”

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PLAN ON IT! 104th Commencement May 19

Yearbook Distribution May 23

Dorms Close Forms I-III May 24

Ring Day during Y Period May 22

Last Day of AP Exams May 18

Seniors Move Out of Dorms May 18

Underclassmen Recognition Assembly May 23

Form Activities May 23

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The play takes place in 1938, pre-World War II and tells a story of a 9-year-old Jewish girl, Eva Schlesinger, living in Germany. Her identity is challenged when she is separated from her parents, sent to England by the Kindertransport and torn between her parents and her foster parents. “Kindertransport” focuses on a different side of history, one about the consequences of historical events on an individual.

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To protect Jewish children from the looming threats of war, the Kindertransport transported groups of kids from Germany and Austria to France, the Netherlands and Belgium, but mainly England. People in these countries were asked to foster the children indefinitely until the parents were able to come retrieve them.

Emily Gray, Upper School Drama Teacher, introduced the play to the HTC to be performed at ISAS. About 13 years ago, Gray herself performed in “Kindertransport” and was fascinated by the beauty of it. The one-act is very female-oriented, with the majority of the roles being female characters.

“History needs to be always remembered, and one of the ways in keeping the stories alive is to keep things alive theatrically,” Gray said. “I think that an important part the theater does is that it plays a part of our combined cultural experiences and heritage.”

Junior Megan Muscato played the main role of Eva, a young child who was separated from her parents at an early age. She agreed that the play touches on major historical events and that are more than just facts on a history textbook.

“We hear much about what happened during World War II, [but] don’t get to hear the other side of the story where parents are sending their kids away,” Muscato said. “They have to grow up with not knowing where they really belong and did they really wanted to die with their family or live without them?”

History textbooks often lack the “human part” of history; humaneness in historical situations is generally not shown. Facts and dates hardly describe the lives of people, especially emotional and mental aspects in detail. Because “Kindertransport” focuses on the sentiment of history and its consequences, melodramatic emotions are almost always mixed in conversations and body language.

“It’s really a dramatic piece—a lot of yelling, crying, screaming—a lot of being scared. Since we don’t have a lot of cuts, there is not much buildup to the scene, so you kind of have to do it on a spot, and it’s emotionally draining once you’re done with it,” Muscato said.

The challenge accumulates as the time periods which the scenes take place in change constantly. For instance, the audience will see a 9-year-old Eva in Germany with her parents, and then be transported to a dream where a 50-year-old Eva—now Evelyn—faces the monsters in her nightmares.

Different actors who play the same character but at different ages must match their body language and facial expressions.

Muscato emphasized that it is important to coordinate all movements with the actors with the same character. For example, Eva’s tendency to fidget must match with all the actors playing her.

Junior Meredith Jones, who plays Helga, Eva’s mother, explained how the smooth transition between different actors with same roles was made. For her character, red props were commonly associated with Helga.

"For these transitions, we tried to take symbols and objects and props that are distinct to the character, we use that to signify the switch so that the themes can be contin-

"History needs to be always remembered, and one of the ways in keeping the stories alive is to keep things alive theatrically. I think that an important part the theater does is that it plays a part of our combines cultural experiences and heritage."

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ued out,” Jones said.

To give the play more credibility, the actors take on British or German accents.

Muscato, who speaks German, was excited to put her skills to use by incorporating German phrases and accents in her speeches.

Each character is unique when it comes to their personalities. Because the play is so dramatic, all roles are filled with complex emotional traits and thoughts. Young Eva has emotions that most 9-year-olds don’t experience, such as constant fear, nervousness and angst. Because Eva is a character who is very reserved and nervous, she draws empathy. And Muscato decided to shape the audience’s emotions during the play. Muscato wanted the audience to resonate with what Eva was saying throughout the play.

“She is trying to say that even though the perception of parents sending their kids away in the Kindertransport is their best intention, it sticks with [the children] no matter how hard they try to get rid of it,” Muscato said.

Jones interpreted Helga as a clever character with deep concerns for her daughter, so she appropriately conveyed these feelings to show her concealed true intentions.

“This was a tough decision for Helga, and in the end, she sacrificed a lot in order

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to try and provide the best future for her daughter. It is heartbreaking for a parent to realize they cannot protect their own child,” Jones said.

The description and interpretation of each character differs for every actor. According to Gray, they must be “as truthful of individual characters they can be.” Each actors tell the story of their own characters, not the whole play itself. As long as the actors play their roles clearly and truthfully, the audience will see the multiple parts of “Kindertransport” as a whole.

“We don’t just see the story of one little girl, but a mother left behind, a new mother that took the child. We see the wide ramifications of an adult who is not able to trust easily because of what happened to her as a child. The actors’ responsibility is to make sure their part of the play is clear,” Gray said.

After World War II, because the communications between the children and the parents were cut off, many lost hope on their parents’ survival and became naturalized citizens. On the other hand, the lucky few children who reunited with their parents found it difficult to relate to them since a lot of time had passed and they were teenagers by then.

Freshman Mia Xia watched “Kindertransport” at ISAS and described her thoughts after watching the one act as reflective, making her look back to her own life. Bittersweetness filled her heart as she saw Eva losing a large part of her life that she had known for so long. “[Eva] lost probably her biggest part about her identity, her religion. She was forced to lose the Jewish religion that she had for so long [known]. She was forced to push all of that to the past because of her situation,” Xia said.

Jones was able to relate to Helga on a deeper level due to her own personal experiences.

“I think it is important to pass down stories and traditions down through generations so we do not lose our identities. I am a quarter Hungarian but I really do not know much about that culture, but I have always wished I did because even though I do not know a lot about it, I feel as if it is a part of me and my family’s story,” Jones said.

The audience was greeted with a name tags on each seat when they first entered the theater. The tags displayed real names and numbers of children who were part of the Kindertransport. After the show, some took the tags with them.

“They didn’t just throw [the name tags] away, but they put them down in reverence.

They held them for a second. That’s what we were going for,” Muscato said.

Even though Eva’s story may be fictional, Gray believes that she may even be a representation and amalgam of all children involved in the Kindertransport mission.

Although the Kindertransport took place around 1938, it is still relevant today. Similar Kindertransports are happening around the globe as many children are separated from their parents to ensure a secure life and safe future. For Gray, immigration can cause long-lasting impacts which will affect a child as they are separated from their parents.

“The consequences of those actions and what that means for the children, what that means for the cultures, both cultures receiving and rejecting the children. It has relevance to the news story today, and it’s a very important piece of history we mustn’t forget,” Gray said.

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To accommodate over 4,000 attendees, Hockaday ordered 5,000 wristbands and 4,000 boxed meals, and used 54 homerooms for 43 schools. Drama teacher Emily Gray reveals more crazy numbers that prove just how much effort it took to put together this amazing event.

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FASHION FINDS | The Mark of Significance There are many different ways people express themselves. Some people write, others paint and many get inked. A tattoo, a permanent design marked into one’s skin, has a personal meaning to the person who bears it. According to Psychology Today, “nearly one in three Americans have a tattoo—and most people with a tattoo have more than one.” Several teachers in the Upper School are part of this trend and bear tattoos with symbolic meanings, ranging from religious ideals to decisions made when they were younger.

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Upper School English teacher Sarah Traphagen has one black, simple tattoo, a cross on her left wrist. Traphagen got this tattoo in Aug. 2016. As a result of her being Christian, she desired to have a reminder to keep her faith and always stay in the present. “It helps me keep my faith and focus on my spiritual life. I want to emphasize spirituality versus being religious,” Traphagen said.

Laura Day

Written in a black, bold font, the word “Selma” lays in the middle of her wrist. It is permanently inked there for a reminder of the past and what people can do to each other. Laura Day, Director of Service Learning, received a grant from the Jennifer Stowers Foundation to film a documentary when she was 26 years old. She traveled to historical sites like Selma, Alabama to film about post-race relations.

“When I was in Selma, I met a woman who marched across the Edmund Pettus Bridge and got hit with a rock, but was part of the movement with Martin Luther King,” Day said. The women gave her a private tour of the city and at the end, gave her a rock from the site where they had all gathered before they marched across the bridge.

“She said, ‘Never forget what you learned here, never forget what people can do to each other.’ I was beyond moved by the journey we all experienced together,” Day said.

Chuck Walts

Last fall, Director of Debate & Forensics Chuck Walts, got a medium-sized, black swirled skull—a memento mori—on his left arm when he turned 40 years old. These mementos are a reflection of one's life and values rooted from a Latin Christian theory, meaning “remember that you have to die.” Walts looked back on his life and what he had accomplished. He was reminded of the impact he has had on the kids that he has taught over the years. “I wanted something to remind me that I shouldn’t get too proud of the material things I require, but remember that after I depart there will be people whose life I positively affected,” Walts said.

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Immediately surrounded by Marvel super fans, I plopped down into my chair, prepared to watch what is set to be the most anticipated movie of 2018, “Avengers: Infinity War”.

Marvel super fans and audiences around the world have waited 10 years and watched 18 Marvel movies that have led up to this point, so I was expecting a lot from “Avengers: Infinity War”.

Directed by Joe and Anthony Russo, “Infinity War” is the 19th movie in the Marvel Studios series. The movie's prequel is “Avengers: Age of Ultron”, which was released in 2015. “Avengers: Infinity War” is evidently the movie that all 18 movies have been working towards and is supposed to close the first chapter in Marvel’s movies.

The movie earned $258.2 million in its opening week and broke the record for the number of movie tickets bought in the first 24 hours of presale on Fandango. “Avengers: Infinity War” brings together the different Marvel characters for a heroic battle that determines the fate of the universe.

In “Avengers: Infinity War”, Thanos, the antagonist, is trying to acquire six different stones that are protected by different heroes. If the stones are collected by one individual, they have the power to kill half of the population. So the Avengers set out to defeat Thanos before he can gather all six stones.

The movie includes a lot of humor; however, it has far more emotional scenes than other Marvel movies including deaths, heartbreaks and sadness.

Throughout the movie, the setting was remarkably detailed. Marvel was able to capture the scenery of various cities, outer space, different galaxies and different planets depicting each well with green screens, advanced technology and sets with realistic props.

However, the scenes shot in real-world locations were captured better than the scenes shot in front of green screens. The CGI characters were not realistic looking, and in close-up shots, they looked cartoonish. Additionally, the and costumes were astonishing, each one was unique from the others and portrayed the superheroes identities through the fabrics, designs, and colors. Marvel also did an outstanding job of incorporating the infinity stones into the costumes of the characters that possess them.

For instance, Dr. Strange carried the “time stone,” and Marvel created his costume with a special design that put the focus on the center of his outfit, which was where the time stone was stored.

Additionally, it is the first Marvel film that depicts all the different Marvel heroes from “The Avengers”, “Guardians of the Galaxy”, “Spider-Man:

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Although the movie is turning out to be extremely popular, the audience was shocked at the cliffhanger ending because all previous Marvel movies had ended with the heroes winning in the end. The film ended with leaving the audience waiting for the next Avengers movie—which will be released on July 5, 2019.

Marvel fans have noticed that half of the heroes who die in the end are the characters from the newer Marvel movies, while the heroes who survive are from the older movies.

This has sparked many possible plots for the next Avengers movie.

Spoiler alert. Stop reading here if you don’t want to find out how the movie ends.

But in contrast with previous Marvel movies, the film does not end with the heroes victorious and the villain terminated. Instead, the movie ends with half of the heroes defeated and the villain triumphant.

To be expected, the film is action-packed and violent. “Avengers: Infinity War” won’t disappoint even its most ardent followers, and the movie will keep you waiting anxiously for the next Avengers film.

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My randomized character parachutes into Salty Springs and touches down in the lush scenery. It immediately scans the area for resources and treasure. Ax in hand, my avatar runs through the battleground and hunts for weapons to protect itself, watching out for surrounding players. It watches as the clock ticks down and “the storm” begins to close in on the island. To stay safe, my character runs to the inside of the circle as the game compacts and dashes into a nearby structure to seek shelter from the gunshots.

Fortnite, a survival game, is a popular pastime among teenagers. Released in July 2017, this free cartoon game is set on a remote island. The colorful, vibrant backdrop is the setting of the violent battle. One hundred players land in the game, each only having one life. The goal of the game is to be the last man standing.

The player who wins takes the title of Victory Royale.

To start the game, the players choose from 13 locations to land in. As the characters parachute to the ground, they race through the

island to collect powerful weapons such as guns and rocket launchers. These weapons are used as protection against the surrounding enemies.

The aim of the game is to stay alive, killing as many people as possible to increase the chance of winning. When a character dies, their weapons and resources are left behind for people to collect.

The collection of resources and materials is vital for success. Players use the ax to obtain building supplies by splitting trees for wood, crumbling rocks into stone and smashing heavy machinery into metal. Forts, bridges, walls and stairs are created out of these materials for protection.

Many players have found that it is difficult to use the building feature. To me, the pressure of the game builds up as the player count decreases, often leading to careless mistakes when building or shooting.

Another challenge in Fortnite is the numerous amount of controls that the game has. In order to reach success, players need to memorize the combination of buttons. Therefore, this can pose to be a difficult aspect for players.

Also, there are different modes in the game which allows users to play in groups. This creates a team environment, allowing for players work together to achieve victory. I enjoy this mode be-

cause it increase my chance of winning to have teammates on my side.

Due to the growing popularity of the Battle Royale game, Fortnite released an addition in April 2018 that is now available on smartphones and computers. The ease of accessing the game has now increased, so users can play from almost anywhere. Easily downloaded from the App Store, Fortnite has further grown in popularity.

Much praise is awarded to this new battle video game, but there are some downsides to the game. For example, when a player fires a gun or launches a rocket, their position is given away to other users. Therefore, the other players know where the gunshot or explosion came from, allowing them to fight back. This element makes the game increasingly harder because users can react quickly to the attack, sometimes resulting in deadly consequences.

Fortnite is a free video game which emphasizes strategy and survival. Though there are some negative aspects to this game, Fortnite is an action-packed, heart racing game that makes players strive for victory. For those who like battle tactics and rampage, Fortnite is undoubtedly the app for them.

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With an emphasis on staying local and natural, new Lakewood dessert spot Snowbaby serves only creamy shaved ice.

The restaurant, located in the Lakewood shopping center, is small, However, the area is clean and neat, with the artwork, from different local elementary schools, and chalkboard menu making the shop feel warm and inviting.

The owner, Chrissy Kuo, got the idea for Snowbaby while eating xue hua bing, a Taiwanese tradition of creamy shaved ice, with her husband. She realized that there wasn’t anything like it in Dallas. When she contacted suppliers, though, the only options they gave her were powders that are mixed and products with artificial ingredients.

“When you have children, you really realize how bad the majority of what we eat is for you,” Kuo said.

Because of this, Snow Baby sets itself apart from others by using only natural, non-artificial ingredients. Most of the options at this dessert stop are gluten-free, including the cookie crumbles and cake bite toppings sourced from Unrefined Bakery. They’re currently trying to develop a sugar-free flavor, inspired by the lack of options available to Kuo’s diabetic mother.

Once I got to the store, I tried one of the customized flavors, “Berry Chocolatey,” chocolate ice covered in fresh strawberries, sliced almonds, dark chocolate shavings and chocolate drizzle.

The vanilla flavor is one of the best vanilla flavored desserts I’ve tried. Usually, vanilla is considered bland but at Snow Baby, real seeds from vanilla pods make the flavor pop.

In order to get its creamy texture and taste, the shaved ice sheets are drizzled with sweetened condensed milk, unlike other shaved ice.

You can even build your own—prices start at $4.50 and go up to $7.50, each additional sauce or topping costing $0.50 more. Each portion comes with one sauce and one topping of your choice.

Premade options are priced from $7.25 to $8.50.

The higher prices are easy to overlook when you think of the fairly generous serving sizes and the quality of the fresh ingredients.

The venue also has a focus on staying local and purchases coffee from White Rock Coffee.

The Kuo family moved to the neighborhood in 2008 and have since raised their two children on a street filled with friends.

“Lakewood is an amazing neighborhood; everyone has been so supportive,” said Kuo. Kuo had many mentors in her past careers.

Knowing how helpful that was to her, she brought that idea to Snowbaby, too. She makes sure to ask her employees where they see themselves in the future and tries to help them get to that point.

One employee wants to own a clothing brand eventually, while another wants to go into design.

“I think we all have a struggle when opening a new business, and I want to support others going through that,” Kuo said.

Kuo herself started out in corporate America, working at International Business Machines for 13 years before moving to a smaller battery company and then to an even smaller research company.

“I approach it very similar to how I approached things in my previous jobs but with a very personal touch. When you’re in a bigger company, I feel like your personality gets lost,” Kuo commented about how she brings her past experience to Snowbaby.

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SENIOR YEAR Jumping for Jade Every student’s ring has a jade stone, a green stone chosen by Ela Hockaday for its meaning of wisdom.

Inscribed Past The inside of the bands are engraved with an inscription of the junior’s choice, usually their name or initials. Inscriptions are placed at the top of the inside of the band so they can be passed down and inscribed by their daughters if they go to Hockaday.

Decisions, Decisions Although every junior gets the same white blazer and same jade stone set in their ring, they can choose from gold, silver, or platinum bands.

Brooklyn Nine-Nine is Fine Popular Hulu sitcom “Brooklyn NineNine” was announced as canceled and dropped by Fox on May 10, much to fans’ dismay. Celebrities like Chance the Rapper took to Twitter to protest the cutting of the diverse, lighthearted show. The show’s fans seem to have made the producers of the show listen, as NBC announced that they will be giving the show a sixth season on May 11, just one day after it the show was announced as canceled.

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From turning rings for good luck, getting soaked during Splash Day or wearing saddle oxfords under their white graduation dresses, soon-to-be Hockaday graduates find meaning in long-standing traditions. The senior traditions mainly begin on Ring Day, typically during the last few weeks of school, when juniors wear their white blazers for the first time and receive senior rings.

The white blazers and rings set the seniors apart from the rest of the school and serve as a reminder of their leadership as upperclassmen.

“My favorite part of ring day is how the whole class comes together; the symbolism of becoming the leaders of the school,” Form III Dean Jessica Chu said.

Each advisory does something unique to celebrate the occasion, such as each girl receiving a bouquet of flowers, having an advisory breakfast or taking pictures together. A big tradition is to take a picture on top of the Hockaday sign in on Welch Road, either in friend groups, advisories or classes.

Similar to graduation, girls receive their rings in order of when they came to Hockaday, with “lifers” receiving it first. With uniform white blazers mirroring the white graduation dresses, seniors can remember when the many traditions of their last year of high school started--on ring day.

Below is a graphic explaining several traditions and facts surrounding the senior ring.

On May 6, only a day after Donald Glover (otherwise known as Childish Gambino) hosted and performed as the musical guest on Saturday Night Live, he released the song and accompanying music video “This is America”. The video had symbolism that covered topics ranging from police brutality to hip hop’s lack of political action. The artist says his next album will be the last he creates under the stage name Childish Gambino. Glover released the song as surprise on Twitter. After posting the music video, the social media site quickly reacted, mainly expressing approval but also trying to decipher the layers of meaning behind the video and lyrics. The song has been very popular, with 12.9 million views on Youtube after the first 24 hours of being released.

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Doing the Most for Luck Each year, juniors ask their friends, teachers and family to turn their ring a total of 100 times, plus the last two digits of the year they graduate. For every turn, the students turn the ring away from their heart, until the last turn in towards their heart. Some girls even wait until graduation day until they symbolically turn it one last time.

On May 19, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry of England will be married on the grounds of Windsor Castle. Only 600 invitations have been sent out a select group of guests, limited to those who know the either the bride of groom personally. Markle has decided against adult bridesmaids, unable to decide between her friends, but will instead be surrounded by children acting as bridesmaids, flower girls and page boys. Betting over the dress designer has ceased as British couture label Ralph & Russo has pulled ahead, but the true designer has not been announced yet. decide between her friends, but will instead be surrounded by children acting as bridesmaids, flower girls and page boys. Betting over the dress designer has ceased as British couture label Ralph & Russo has pulled ahead, but the true designer has not been announced yet.

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Just minutes after leaving her high school campus, Lilah* strips herself of her identity and is shackled against her will in a dark motel room. There, she is no longer recognizable as a straight-A student and cheerleader from an affluent family. She is seen as an object—a prostitute—forced to engage in about 30 sexual acts each night.

Refusing a “date” is impossible, and if she fails to meet her quota she will be beaten. If she speaks out, her reputation will be ruined and her family will be killed. How does someone seemingly so normal become entrapped in this reality?

Lilah fell subject to human trafficking when she was spotted at a basketball game by two recruiters—good looking boys—who were paid about $300 to spot young girls and invite them to a party at a secondary location.

In defiance to her parents and to impress her friends, Lilah snuck out and headed to the party where she intended to meet these boys again. Little did she know that instead of flirting with these two young, attractive friends at that party, that she would be drugged, filmed doing sexual activities against her will and forced to join the human trafficking industry.

From that day on, Lilah was blackmailed by her pimp and coerced to leave school with him everyday for over three months. During that time period, she was drugged and sold repeatedly with no escape in sight.

Luckily for Lilah, a teacher recognized the signs of human trafficking and reported to government officials and she is recovering.

This story, as told to The Fourcast by a victim assistance specialist, is one of the few human trafficking stories that end this way. Human trafficking is a $150 billion industry, and Lilah was only one of the 20 million victims trapped in this situation every year worldwide, according to the Polaris Project, a global organization which aims to eradicate modern slavery.

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Human trafficking is the exploitation of a person when force, frau individual participate in the acts of commercial sex or forced labor, acc Sex trafficking, forced labor and debt bondage are the three main t otherwise known as involuntary service, is the largest of the three sects. to work for someone in order to pay off a debt, is sometimes classified This form of modern slavery comprises a $99 million industry in example, on any given night, around 400 girls—most of whom are m Dallas.

Even though forced labor is by far the more common issue in b whole, sex trafficking usually is advertised more because of its more i Specialist, otherwise known as Pearl* for personal safety reasons, ela hard to identify.

“There’s more labor trafficking in Dallas than there is sex traffic problem with labor trafficking. You can hide it easier,” Pearl said. “Ma documented [or their ] documents have been stolen from them. Many pretenses. They are too afraid to speak up and speak [because] they here will be corrupt and [send them home].”

According to a study done by the Institute on Domestic Violence Texas at Austin School of Social Work, there are currently 313,000 vic those 313,000 victims, sexually exploited minors entail 79,000 of thos trafficked individuals, people who are coerced to work long hours with Jobs of labor trafficking victims include but are not limited to work construction work or janitorial work. Victims are often mandated to wo Victims, both documented and undocumented, are targeted nation the demographic of victims of human trafficking, race and ethnicity is i “A big demographic is age. [The average age of a sex trafficking v tor is vulnerability]. Seventy-two percent of them have been sexually a trafficking children] come from a foster care system,” she said.

But Pearl mentioned that runaways account for a large part of t Polaris Project, one-sixth of endangered child runaways were likely vict Perpetrators prey on these victims’ vulnerabilities by “promis[ing] or new and exciting opportunities,” according to the Polaris Project. P kidnapping are also common methods traffickers use to control their vi Pearl said that traffickers commonly use their victims as a way to “Sex sells everywhere. It’s on billboards, TV, magazines,” she said. “T want easy money, and it’s easy to sell a person, versus drugs or money are not a one-use only commodity. You can sell a person multiple times she said.

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Dallas Initiatives Because the human trafficking devastates so many across Dallas, many businesses have tried to ameliorate the problem with new initiatives. Dallas Area Rapid Transit has worked very hard to deter the transport of trafficking victims on their buses and trains.

DART signed the Transportation Leaders Against Human Trafficking agreement, an initiative from the United States Department of Transportation, in 2014. By signing the agreement, DART affirmed their commitment to prevent human trafficking and promised to train their employees to know signs of human trafficking, educate transportation passengers and measure their new policies’ collective impact.

To accomplish this, DART trained all of its 3,500 employees on what human trafficking is, the signs of it and how to report it. They focused especially on DART police, operators, concierges and others that are on the front lines at the company. To help alert the public of the huge problem of human trafficking, the company dedicates ad space for posters from the Department of Health and Human Services about the issue throughout the whole year, increasing the ad space used during January, which is Human Trafficking Prevention Month.

DART has also partnered with other transportation services like Greyhound, Denton County Transportation and the Trinity Railway Express to form a coalition of public transportation companies committed to reducing human trafficking. These companies meet once a quarter to talk about the issue. Greyhound even changed their unaccompanied minor policy because of the meetings. Now, if a child under the age of seventeen needs to travel alone, their parents need to pay a fee, fill out a form and give information about the guardian picking up the child at the destination.

Brittney Farr, the Local and Regional Relations Manager for DART, created the curriculum used to educate employees in human trafficking. Before joining the company, Farr worked as a lawyer specializing in juvenile defense and special education representation, and through her job, she became involved with human trafficking. While she was not hired at DART because of her experiences in human trafficking, it served a great purpose in training all company personnel on how to combat human trafficking.

“I have kind of been the lead trainer for all things human trafficking at the agency,” Farr said.

Last year, Farr and DART decided to expand the company’s impact on the prevention of human trafficking. Modeling their program after the Transit Authority of River City in Louisville, Kentucky, Farr and her team decided to implement a new program called Safe Place.

In a Safe Place, if a child in any crisis tells a bus or train operator or other employee that they need a “safe place,” the worker automatically has to let the child ride, regardless of their ability to pay for it and alerts the authorities of the activation. The authorities will dispatch a supervisor to meet the bus or train in route, take possession of the child and drive them to the nearest Quiktrip, a gas station franchise. The Safe Place organization will then help the child and take them to their next destination.

In order to reach any child under the age of 18, DART displays ads about Safe Place and talks with children across the metroplex. DART employees meet with at least 800 students each month at schools in seven different districts to tell them about safety when riding public transportation, including information about Safe Place. They also inform teachers and guidance counselors of this information so that they can tell a student in need of the program.

While there have been a couple of Safe Place activations, Farr does not know how many of those are related to human trafficking. This is because most victims of human trafficking do not believe that they are victims and because the Safe Place activations are mainly handled through the police department and not through DART. “More than anything it’s a deterrent for the people who would use our system to commit human trafficking to let them know that we know what they’re doing, we know what they look like, and that we’re on the watch out for them, and they’re not going to be allowed to use our system to do these things anymore,” Farr said.

While DART focuses mostly on prevention, there are many centers in Dallas that help comfort victims of human trafficking. Mosaic Family Services, Traffick911, City House and Destiny’s House—a division of Promise House—all work to support people after they are rescued. Destiny’s House provides victims under the age of 21 with food, showers, a place to rest, education on human trafficking, management of their criminal case, safety planning and helps them find safe and affordable housing, all without charge.

Hockaday senior Kaleigh Beacham, in pursuit of her Girl Scout Gold Award, created an educational website, www.braketrafficking.com, which focuses entirely on human trafficking. The website is intended to prevent and spread awareness of the cause. Beacham worked with organizations like Traffick911 and Destiny’s House while developing the website. She also held a screening of a documentary about human trafficking at Studio Movie Grill on March 4 and asked viewers to bring $10 fast food gift cards to donate to the two organizations. “[These charities] need something that they can give to survivors so they can go out during the day and find something to eat,” Beacham said.

In addition to charities, the Victim Assistance Specialist also helps survivors adjust to normal life after being rescued. On a typical day when The Fourcast interviewed her, Pearl began her day at 6 a.m. when she picked up a client from the hospital to transport her to a rehabilitation center, sitting with her while she completed the intake paperwork and participating in an interview. She then took the same survivor to visit her child at a CPS supervised visit and took her shopping.

“My day probably won’t end until 8 or 9 p.m. tonight,” the Victim Assistance Specialist said.

Another resources for victims are shelters like Mosaic in Dallas. Mosaic provides places for people to stay, counseling and legal services for its clients, according to the shelter’s Deputy Director, Bill Bernstein.

“If someone feels in advance that they have [security like] an attorney that’s standing up for them, they feel secure, [and they need that after what they’ve been through],” Bernstein said.

Without the tireless work of this Victim Assistance Specialist and many others like her, human trafficking survivors would have no one to help them adjust to freedom. They help these victims, bound and beaten, transition into a life where they are no longer forced to do things against their own wills to make a profit.

The Signs of Human Trafficking and How to Help While many think that human trafficking could never happen to them or anyone they know, it is actually very easy for someone to fall prey and not read the signs of human trafficking until it is too late.

Keep in mind that education is the number one tool to combat human trafficking, and by spreading awareness of the main signs of human trafficking, one could very possibly save a life.

According to Polaris, human trafficking victims often are unable to leave or come home as they please, work very long and uncommon hours and carry few personal belongings. They also fail to make eye contact, appear malnourished and have numerous inconsistencies in their stories. These are only a few of the signs that Polaris lists on its website.

For more information on human trafficking and how to recognize the signs, please visit the following organizations: love146.org, braketrafficking.com and trafficking911.com .

If you suspect that you or someone you know is a victim of human trafficking, do not hesitate to call the hotline, 1.888.373.7888.

According to Polaris, Human trafficking victims often are unable to leave or come home as they please, work very long and uncommon hours, carry few personal belongings, fail to make eye contact, appears malnourished, work unusually long hours and have numerous inconsistencies in their stories. These are only a few of the signs that Polaris lists on their website. They also operate the National Human Trafficking Hotline.

For more information on human trafficking and how to recognize the signs, please visit the following organizations: love146.org, braketrafficking.com, trafficking911.com .

If you suspect that you or someone you know is a victim of human trafficking, do not hesitate to call the hotline 1.888.373.7888.

Scan the QR code to watch a video about human trafficking and gain the tools to combat this crime.

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By Emily Wu | Views Editor Charlotte Benedict Junior Charlotte Benedict and her sisters Lizzie, a senior, and freshman twins, Louisa and Tess, currently attend Hockaday. Their oldest sister, alumna Anna Kate ‘16, currently attends Washington and Lee University.

For Charlotte, having four siblings—all being sisters—brings her more than just the joy their company. Because of their small age gap, the sisters are able to connect closely with each other, making their time together more enjoyable.

“When one person has a friend coming over, we all hang out together, since we are so close in age,” Benedict explained.

Because they are only one year apart, Charlotte and Lizzie share a particularly strong connection. The sisters enjoy similar hobbies. Both sisters are very active athletes, and they bond through their love of sports.

“Since Lizzie is so active, I became more competitive because I’m compared to her a lot. It makes me want to push myself,” Charlotte said. Both sisters play with the varsity lacrosse team.

The bond in Benedict’s family is not only reflected by the siblings’ connection, but is also present in their relationship with their parents.

Although she has four siblings, Charlotte hardly feels neglected by her parents.

“I have a close relationship with both of my parents,” Charlotte said. “My mom has to divide her attention within five people and it’s not like what it would be if there’s only two of us, but she really makes sure that everyone is doing well. She’s very caring and observant, and always notices when someone’s not feeling okay.”

As a matter of fact, although maintaining a good balance often occupies a lot of their parents’ time, the family never passes up the chance of creating memories together. For instance, sit-down dinners are an essential part of the day. Events like this have become especially enjoyable and memorable for the children.

“This is one thing I really like about my family. Even though they are really busy, they still make the effort to have that part of the day and make it happen,” Charlotte said.

Mary Gum For sophomore Mary Gum, having a small age difference with her sisters means that she is able to form a stronger relationship with her family. Mary has three sisters who attend Hockaday: junior JoJo, eighth grader Anna and fifth grader Lily. Besides her three sisters, Mary also has two younger brothers who are currently enrolled in the third and fourth grade at the St. Mark’s School of Texas.

For the Gum family, having six children makes their life more colorful.

Participating in various engaging events, the family bond is constantly reinforced by their shared memories, and by engaging in such events, the siblings are also able to bond with each other.

For instance, the Gum family has a unique way of celebrating the holidays.

“Every year for Easter, my family goes to Tulsa. On Easter morning, the three oldest kids usually hide the eggs for the younger siblings to find,” Mary said.

Besides enjoying the company of her family, Mary’s daily life is usually very busy, especially on the weekends. “It’s either someone has a soccer game or a dance.

It is very important to have a sense of community and I couldn’t imagine a life without all of my sisters.

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Something is always going on and we are always busy,” she said.

Nevertheless, the family still has their own way of organizing life with six children.

According to Mary, in addition to needing flexibility within their schedules, an abundance of calendars and programming contributes to help handle schedule conflicts in her house.

“My mom has a big calendar that she keeps all of our activities on. This way everyone knows what is going on that day and when my mom might be available to take us somewhere,” Mary said.

As a matter of fact, growing up in a large family has contributed to Mary’s acquisition of valuable life experiences, especially with relationship skills. According to her, having to work with a lot of people helps her to gain patience and to practice controlling a chaotic situation.

“I think having a big family helps me to stay calm in that sort of situation and helps me to be in charge,” Gum said. “We all like to do a lot of different things, but we always support each other as well.”

Sarah Ryan Life with four sisters is never dull for junior Sarah Ryan. Being the second oldest child of the family, Sarah has gained more patience by taking care of her younger siblings.

“Having more siblings gives me more

patience. Dealing with little kids makes me learn how to treat children, and I feel like I’m good at that,” Sarah said.

Three Ryan sisters attend Hockaday.

Beth, a senior, is the oldest with Sarah falling one year behind. Also, sixth grader Victoria attends Hockaday as well.

With four siblings, arguments may be inevitable, but for Sarah, these challenges have made her able to become a better moderator within the family and have allowed her to adopt a more caring role.

“It could be a challenge when everyone has different opinions and don’t get along.

But if two of my sisters are having a fight, we would always try to settle the argument down,” Sarah explained. “Everyone’s always trying to help each other, even though we fight sometimes.”

Despite learning basic skills from her daily life, Sarah has also developed an appreciation towards the community. According to her, experience with family members has helped to construct her views of others, especially those with a close relationship.

“It is very important to have a sense of community, and I couldn’t imagine a life without all of my sisters. I feel and I want to be closer to everyone else,” said Ryan.

Despite this, the family still has to deal with the challenges of having five children.

For instance, rushing to the airport during a vacation can be a hassle. It still amazes Sarah how her family deals with these scenarios.

“I don’t even know how we manage to go to the airport and get on the plane as fast as possible with all these children and bags,” Sarah said. “My dad is the one who plans everything meticulously, so when we are all over the place, he’s always the one who guides things.”

But regardless of inevitable challenges, unique traditions help bring colorful memories for the family.

“On New Year’s and the Fourth of July, our whole family goes to Cedar Creek and my dad will put together some kind of fireworks show,” Sarah said.

Growing up and spending time with her siblings and parents, Sarah believes that she has picked up many traits which she hopes to bring into her own family in the future.

“My family spends a lot of time together, which is something that I would definitely want to be true for my future family,” Sarah said.

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The More the Merrier

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

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

Legs crossed, hands clasped, Long leans back in a chair in his HAM classroom, and he retells his story from the very beginning. Imagine our campus without the Penson Athletic Center, the Lyda Hill STEM Institute, the Ashley H. Priddy Lower School, the Liza Lee Academic Research Center and the Nancy A. Nasher and David J. Haemisegger Family Center for the Arts. Envision a Hockaday devoid of computers and copying machines and printers. Picture a place where the only forms of socializing are encounters in the hallways and classrooms. This is 1971.

Imagine a $1,200 tuition and 700 students learning in classrooms nearly half the size as today’s. Now think of the difference between a school endowment of $120,000 and the endowment of today, $170 million, a thousand-fold transformation.

Visualize students engaged in sports like speedball and archery, dressed in bell-bottom slacks and the traditional polyester green and white plaid skirts.

Envision St. Mark’s School of Texas students participating in co-educational classes on the Hockaday campus, with transportation services every period of the day. For Long, it boggles his mind how nearly every single aspect of Hockaday as he knows it has transformed. He also contemplates how the priorities of the rising generation have evolved as more time passes. “In the race that we are all in to do what we need to do in the time that we have to do it, we don’t really look out the windows much…which is too bad,” Long said.

However, in the way some things are bound to change, others remain constant no matter the passing of the years. This includes the sheer beauty of the campus, which has not ceased to marvel Long after 47 years of teaching.

He also continues to be amazed by the consciousness and inquisitiveness of the students.“They teach teachers so much by their questioning, by their approach, by their curiosity of the material. It’s ironic, students teaching teachers, but it’s very true,” Long said.

Now imagine a Hockaday without Ed Long. A different orchestra, HAM and school, devoid of a teacher with 47 years of knowledge, experience and commitment. Our school has been greatly transformed by Long’s heartfelt dedication, and we will miss him terribly as he makes his way to the end of his journey here at Hockaday.

Thank you, Mr. Long.

SAY CHEESE | The Ryan sisters, Annabelle, Mary Rae, Sarah, Beth, Victoria, right before boarding a cruise in London, United Kingdom in 2017.

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Sugar, a fluffy, white Maltese, became the first dog in boarding five years ago when she was saved from a puppy mill by Vicki Palmer, Boarding Dorm Mom and Residence Life Community Outreach Coordinator.

Former Eugene McDermott Head of School, Kim Wargo, reached out to Palmer in 2013 about adding dogs to the boarding department. Palmer jumped at the idea, and she rescued a then-2-year-old Sugar, saving her from a dim future which would consist of having multiple litters of puppies.

“She just landed here, you know, in this bouquet of daisies, just like I did,” Palmer said.

Sugar’s favorite pastimes include watching the Child Development Center (CDC) kids waddle around the playground and playfully licking everyone that comes near her. At the entrance of her room, you will even find a doormat that reads, “Careful, Dog can’t hold its licker!”

“She really is my best friend though; she loves to spend time [at Hockaday]. I’m so blessed to be able to take my dog to work,” Palmer said with a huge grin.

Bella, a black and brown Yorkshire Terrier, came to Hockaday with Jayne Shackelford, Boarding Dorm Parent and Residence Life Leadership Coordinator, four years ago.

“We were a package deal,” Shackelford said.

Before arriving at Hockaday, Shackelford had considerable experience with dogs in school atmospheres. At Shackelford’s previous school, Jefferson County Independent School District in Colorado, all the teachers had golden retrievers. “In Denver and the mountain areas where I lived, it was extremely common for people to take their dogs everywhere,” Shackelford said.

“I would love to see each of us have a dog. Pets, in general, have a real calming effect,” Shackelford said, smiling down at Bella.

Shackelford, Bella and Bella’s adopted sister, Hazelie, fit right in at boarding after adjusting to their new apartment life. Hazelie recently moved out to live with Shackelford’s daughter, but Bella still calls Hockaday her home. She quickly took up the task of squirrel protector, guarding the Hockaday students against any treacherous rodents that might enter their path. While on duty, Bella wears her “squirrel patrol” shirt to warn any creatures that try to double-cross her.

The name Bella means “beautiful” in Latin, which perfectly fits Bella’s shiny coat and adorable smile. If you asked Bella her favorite things to do, she would say travel with her family, but don’t tell anyone that they bought her a stroller to ride in. She would also tell you that she wears a bow every day and she owns more colors than you could possibly imagine.

Bella and Sugar live in boarding 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. In their spare time, they prance around to say “hi” to the Hockaday girls during room checks.

Bella and Sugar benefit the Hockaday Boarding Department. Annalise Ashman, sophomore and first-year boarding student, enjoys seeing the dogs and taking a break from the non-stop Hockaday routine.

“I like the fact that it brings out the child in everyone,” Ashman said. “Even with the stress everyone will take the time to walk the dogs or just give them a little belly rub, it’s really nice.”

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Rachelle Medlin We all know that security officers dedicate themselves to keeping us safe, but have you ever wondered what exactly security officers do during the day? The Fourcast sent Copy Editor Ponette Kim to follow Hockaday Security Officer Rachelle Medlin and find out what her daily schedule looks like.

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7 A.M. EARLY TASKS | Medlin has an action-packed morning, between setting up cones, meeting with whatever police officer is on duty to give them their radio and opening the security desk in the Liza Lee Academic Research Center.

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BACK TO WORK | Medlin patrols around campus on the security golf cart.

When security officers are seen driving around campus, they are en route between locations to check areas around campus for intruders. Common spots she checks are the creek and the parking lot between cars.

12 P.M. LUNCH BREAK | Sitting in Tarry House with the other security officers and Karyn McCoy, Director of Safety and Security, Medlin enjoys lunch, ordered from outside of school, and usually chats with colleagues about non-work related topics.

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BOARDER LINE Senior Dana Choi is no ordinary boarder. Most residence students at Hockaday stay in the Schmitz Family Residence Hall for a duration of three to four years, but Choi, who is from South Korea, is currently one of the two boarders who has stayed for five. Choi came to Hockaday in 2013 as an eighth grader. How is her longer-than-usual journey as a boarder different from others? The Fourcast talked to Choi to find out.

A CHANGE IN ROLES Freshman Barbara Lou keeps a large, bright yellow rubber duck in her room, but the toy is more than meets the eye. The duck is a gift from Lou’s Senior Big Sis, Tanvi Jakkampudi, to celebrate the end of Lou’s first quarter in Upper School.

But Jakkyampudi is graduating, and Lou believes that she will keep this duck in her room in the years to come because it will always remind her of her beloved Big Sis. “I love a good rubber duck, and I love her too,” Lou said.

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What did it feel like transitioning from eighth grade to freshman year as a boarder?

I really liked it, because in Upper School we get so much freedom compared to Middle School. As a boarder, I met a lot more friends because in freshman year a lot of people come [to boarding]. In eighth grade we only had five boarders, so it was harder to make friends.

What does it feel like to live in boarding longer than other boarders?

I’m just used to it now. It feels like a home.

Do you feel like you have a special bond with Hockaday because of your experience as an eighth grade boarder?

I feel more connected with Hockaday because I’ve lived here for a long time. I’m really ready to move out, but it’s also going to be very emotional because I’ve been purchasing so many tickets back and forth from Korea to Dallas over the years and now it’s not going to be like that anymore.

What will you miss the most about Hockaday and the Residence Department when you graduate?

I’ll miss being able to talk to your friends whenever you want to, because your friends literally live right next door.

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Michelle Chen | Web Editor

Passing the Candle On April 26, the Hockaday Residence Department gathered in the Biggs Dining Hall for the Annual House Council Installation. During the ceremony, the 2017-2018 House Council representatives introduced the newly elected council while the new officers hugged their predecessors farewell and lit candles that symbolized the torch of leadership.

Advisors, host families and all residence students and staff cheered for the new council. President: Maria Sailale ‘19 Vice President: Dawn Grillo ‘19 Secretary: Lily Zhou ‘20 New Student Representative: Mia Xia ‘21.

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“You can’t beat the feeling of going fast through the water,” Diamond said. “There is just nothing like it.”

Ever since she picked up an oar the summer before freshman year at Hockaday, Diamond hasn’t quit, as she has continued to row with both the Hockaday crew team and Founder’s Rowing Club over the past three years.

Whether it be conquering Bachman Lake or the erg room at her local gym, both mornings and afternoons, Diamond has rowing in her blood, and this upcoming summer, she will have another chance to develop her love even further at the Under 19 Oklahoma City National High Performance Program.

This past season, she was accepted into this prestigious program aimed to strengthen and inspire future collegiate and Olympic athletes.

The selective program is for “highly-motivated” athletes who desire to improve their boat skills and race performance through “intensive technical work, focused training, racing and competitions,” according to the U19 program.

“Many of my peers at other schools attended, so I knew about the program,” Diamond said. “Reilly Dampeer, the coach who runs it, reached out to me in the past, and my coach and I decided it would be the best option for me over the summer.”

And a good option it is, as most of the girls and boys who join the program have long-term goals of competing in World Championships and the Olympic Games, as well as being highly motivated in their sport.

“I wanted a highly competitive program to race and compete during the summer,” Diamond said. “I heard great things [about the program], and they compete in the highest regattas people my age can attend, such as Trials, U19 World Championships and The Canadian Henley.”

Diamond’s coach, Matthew Naifeh, has helped Diamond through this decision and knows a lot about the rigorous program.

“The opportunity is a pre-elite development program that brings together top U19 and U23 athletes from across the country to train for National Team Trials,” Naifeh said.

“This is a regatta that appoints the winners of each event to the National Team that will compete at the 2018 World Junior Rowing Championships.”

Considered one the most competitive programs for teenagers of Diamond’s caliber, athletes are selected by their “rowing experience/accomplishments, erg scores and recommendations,” according to U.S. Rowing.

U.S. Rowing organizes the event and represents “the national governing body for the sport of rowing in the United States.” Even though it was formed by the merging of the National Association of Amateur Oarsmen and the National Women’s Rowing Association in 1982, records of rowing as a competitive sport are seen as early as the 1700s on the Thames River.

To qualify for the U.S. Rowing U19 Program, certain requirements must be met for either lightweight or openweight rowers. As an openweight rower, Diamond must row on the erg for seven minutes and 30 seconds or less for a 2,000 meter test known solely by rowers as a “2k.”

Considering an average 2k for a female high school rower hovers around eight minutes and 30 seconds, according to the rowing website, Elite Rowing, one can easily see how

You can't beat the feeling of going fast through the water.

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the program weeds out the weak.

Practices consist of Monday through Saturday workouts, including morning and afternoon sessions from June 10 to Aug. 12. The rowers spend their days at the OKC boathouse on the Oklahoma River, and their nights exploring Oklahoma City, leaving only their Sundays for rest.

Practices mirror the rower’s skills as it primarily consists of erg work, cross-training, core strengthening and lifting, as well as a ton of water time.

In the program, if you are lucky enough to be placed in one of the top boats, you have the chance to race at the Club National Championships as well as the U19 World Trials, both extremely competitive and high-level regattas.

This isn’t Diamond’s first rodeo, though, as she has conquered many regattas, including competing with the Southwest Region Team for the Youth Rowing Challenge at the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota, Florida.

“Worlds was eye-opening,” Diamond admits. “When we saw amazing world athletes of such a high caliber around us, racing on the same river we raced on and hanging out near us, it inspired me.”

Back at Dallas’ own Bachman Lake, though, rowing with her fellow Founder’s teammates, Anna Glasgow, Julie Valois and Julia Knowles, Diamond and her teammates dominate in their quad. They won first at the 2017 Head of the Colorado (Pumpkinhead), the 2017 OCU Head of the Oklahoma Night Sprints, the 2018 Heart of Texas regatta and the 2018 Texas Rowing Championships.

Not only has the U19 program seen Diamond’s current strengths and future potential, so has her coach, Naifeh.

“Felicity is an extraordinarily diligent and self-aware person. She knows her strength, understands her weaknesses and she is constantly looking for ways to improve,” Naifeh said.

“She is willing to dig deeper than anyone else against whom she competes. ” A fellow teammate and Hockaday student who has rowed with Diamond since the fall of 2017, sophomore Sarah Beth Kelton, also knows of Diamond’s hard work and dedication to the sport. “[She’s] strong both physically and mentally,” Kelton said. “She always just adapts and finds another way to get things done, which I find really inspiring.”

Both Diamond and Kelton share the same view that being a rower takes extreme willpower.

“The most important thing that a rower has to have is the mindset,” Kelton said. “Sure, it helps if you’re tall and strong, but it really matters if you’re willing to push yourself and intentionally make yourself hurt every day.”

Even though this might intimidate some juniors, Diamond is well accustomed to the rowing lifestyle. As a ‘95 Northwestern University alumna, Diamond’s mom, Suzy Diamond, rowed at the collegiate level for her school.

“I always knew I wanted to row because my mom is such an amazing rower,” Diamond

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Diamond will SHINE at U19 Program explained. “She did really well in college, and my love for crew stems from my mom.”

This summer, as Diamond makes her way up to Oklahoma City, following in the footsteps of many other great scullers of the past, she hopes for only one thing out of the program: “a chance to achieve my goals,” Diamond said.

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A white ball whizzes across the rectan- ternational tournament. A year earlier, at age gular, blue table—nearly untraceable by the eight—after only two years of playing table tennaked human eye—hovering gracefully above nis—Hsieh had already made her way to the the net before crashing down in chaotic fury Table Tennis United States Open and was rankonto the opposing side. For a prolonged peri- ing nationally. Since winning her first national od of time, all that can be heard are rhythmic tournament when she was 8 years old, she has noises of the contact between the table and claimed a grand total of eight national titles the surface until finally, a gasp escapes the and has made the national team five times.

These accomplishments account for only lips of the onlookers, followed by a deafening a few of the countless achievements that Hsieh eruption of cheers.

Freshman Tia Hsieh has just won second has already attained at just 15 years old. But place in her age division in North America for ta- that is not to say the process of becoming so skilled at such a young age has come easily. ble tennis.

Although often thought to be a casual For the past 11 years, Hsieh has had to balance hobby, for Hsieh, table tennis is no leisurely ac- daily practices and missing school for large tivity. She is a member of the women’s division tournaments with her workload, a feat that does of the United States’ Cadet National Team, con- not prove easy to accomplish.

“Definitely throughout elementary and sisting of only the finest four female players 15 middle school, I really struggled with time manyears old or younger from agement between table tennis across the country. and school,” Hsieh said. “I re“I think a lot of peoHARD WORKER ally struggled with managing ple misunderstand table to do my school work and my tennis as a garage sport table tennis because I really because no matter what try to do my best in school as skill level you are on, you well, and I had to sacrifice a can get the ball on the lot of my time.” side of the table,” Hsieh Because Hsieh practices said. “However, no ball is 25 hours a week during the ever the same, and you school year and 34 a week need to adjust to every during the summer, she is left single one of these balls in which she continues to with not only a little time to within less than a second.” complete her academic work go on, even though there are As most passions but limited time to dedicate tend to do, Hsieh’s startobstacles in her way. towards her social life as well. ed out simply as a way “Especially in elementato occupy herself at the ry school, I felt really hurt— after-school daycare that now I’m used to it—but in she attended in Plano.

FHENG ZHE Hsieh's Former-Olympian Coach elementary school, I could “There was an afnever go to birthday parties, ter-school daycare proI could never attend extragram where there were other activities, for example, basketball, dance, curriculars, I was never able to hang out with table tennis. I was interested in basketball and my friends,” Hsieh said. “But then again, that table tennis when I was in pre-K or kindergar- meant that I developed a close relationship ten. Then after a year of training, my coach with my teammates as well.”

A typical practice for Hsieh consists of a told you, ‘Well, if you want to go into one field, you have to pick one,’ so I picked table tennis,” morning routine oriented towards serving and an afternoon physical practice. When practicHsieh said.

It didn’t take long for Hsieh to create ing one-on-one with her coach Feng Zhe, a a name for herself amongst the table-tennis former Olympian and member of the Chinese community. By the time that she was 9 years national team, she practices as Kim’s Table old, she was a member of the Mini-Cadet Na- Tennis. Zhe has now trained Hsieh for three tional Team, exclusively for those 13 years years, and as a result, knows her very well.

“When Tia meets certain obstacles, she old or younger, and had played in her first in-

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tends to think and tries to work her way around those obstacles, and she has the energy and determination in which she continues to go on even though there are obstacles in her way,” Zhe said.

And her determination and upward thinking have not failed her. Most recently, Hsieh placed fourth in Under 21 Women’s Singles and fourth in the Under 15 Girls in the 2017 United States Open. Additionally, she is ranked within the top 25 women in the United States.

Hsieh’s drive is apparent not only through her success in the sport but to those she interacts with. Lavanya Marutha, Hsieh’s past competitor and now teammate, appreciates her dedication drive.

“I’ve known [Tia] for about 10 years. She is really powerful, and a really friendly person.

She is good at mostly everything and has a great fighting spirit,” Marutha said.

Not only is Hsieh compatible with those she is well acquainted with, but those she has little in common with as well—not even language. On multiple occasions, Hsieh has participated in doubles matches in which her teammate spoke little English. Hsieh does not allow this to deter her path to success, however, as she copes with situations as they arise.

“For Spain, I played with someone from the Czech Republic and for Poland, I played with someone from Russia. We communicated through hand motions and hand gestures, although they couldn’t be too obvious or the other side would know what we were talking about. Google translate was always present,” Heish said with a lighthearted laugh.

Whatever challenge Hsieh comes across, she meets with an open mind and positive attitude. Although she looks forwards towards greater things to come, such as the 2020 Olympics, she frequently recalls the first time she realized that she wanted to play table tennis as a sort of reminder of how she has grown as both a person and a table tennis player over the past 11 years.

“We had a tournament in Canada, and I remember it was my first international tournament. I got second for my age group in North America, and that was a big thing,” Hsieh said.

“Whenever I need motivation, I think of that time and that really tough match, but I was able to overcome that in my first international tournament.”

Charlotte Dross | Editor-In-Chief

The National Football League Draft: three days in the spring when fans of the Cleveland Browns desperately hope that they will secure some top-notch players that could maybe lead them to a few victories.

With their last winning record in 2007, a winless record in 2017 and 15 years since their last playoff appearance they are in a serious need of a “New Era”.

The main position that the Browns’ struggle with is the quarterback, and thus, with the first pick of the 2018 NFL Draft, they chose none other than Heisman Trophy winner and Oklahoma Sooner quarterback Baker Mayfield. While I watched the draft I thought, “Wow, that sucks. Mayfield is going to have a tough road ahead of him.” Who would want to go from being the best to getting put on the worst team in the NFL? Besides, the last time they drafted a native Texan and Heisman Trophy winner was in 2014 with Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel, who had 11 losses and just three wins in his two seasons with the Browns.

Unfortunately, I have noticed some negative parallels between these two as well. Manziel’s shortlived career was full of off-field problems and alcohol abuse. Last February, Mayfield was arrested and charged with public intoxication, disorderly conduct and fleeing the scene in Arkansas. Although his playing time was not affected, he endured internal punishments from Oklahoma football. Additionally, he has been involved with several unsportsmanlike conduct controversies on the field including planting the Oklahoma flag on the Ohio State field and cussing out Kansas players, resulting in a stripping of his captaincy for the following game. A quarterback is a leader for the team at all times, so if Mayfield is going to make it big in the NFL, he needs to be mentally tough and control his overly competitive nature after games.

Not only did Mayfield get drafted to a winless team but as of now, he will be riding the bench.

Coach Hue Jackson (one-31 in his first two seasons) has pledged the starting quarterback slot to Tyrod Taylor. With Mayfield’s popularity and impressive debut at the NFL rookie mini-camp, many fans are disappointed in this decision and want to see him play. However, against popular opinion, I think starting Taylor is the right decision for the Cleveland Browns. The past two seasons, Jackson has started rookie quarterbacks and felt the consequences.

His plan this year is to use Taylor to mentor Mayfield until he is adjusted and ready for the NFL style of play. At Oklahoma, Mayfield mostly played in the shotgun and performed well but Jackson would like to develop him to play more in the center. Additionally, over the past three seasons, Taylor has gained experience by starting 43 games for the Buffalo Bills and this year lead them to the playoffs, ending the longest current playoff drought in professional American sports. This is exactly who the Browns need—someone who has experience leading and turning around teams. With some decisive moves in the offseason and a concrete plan moving forward maybe this will be the year the Browns turn it around.

And although Mayfield will not be starting, I am sure he will make his way to the top, just like he became the first walk-on player to win the Heisman.

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Suggestions to maintain a balanced lifestyle

PAINLESS WAYS TO DEAL WITH SUNBURNS THIS SUMMER Check out these tips and tricks to help you keep your skin safe as you spend time outdoors in the heat.

Soothe Skin with Aloe Vera

Immediately after taking a cool shower, apply aloe vera or moisturizing lotion. The aloe vera will hydrate the skin as a natural moisturizer and help to heal the sunburn quickly, but if you don't have any aloe vera around, lotion is a perfectly acceptable substitute. Moisturizing your skin after the burn is essential for keeping your skin looking young and healthy. It will also relieve your skin, as antioxidants and minerals within the plant work to restore your skin to its natural color in no time.

Stay Away from UV Rays

To protect against damage from the sun's strong rays, especially in Texas, it is crucial to minimize time spent in the sun from between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. This 6-hour time period is when the sun's rays are strongest. If it is unavoidable to spend time in the sun, make sure to wear protective clothing and use a sunscreen with an SPF of 15 or higher. It is important to avoid the sun immediately after a sunburn, because as your skin peels away, it exposes new skin, therefore more susceptible to a burn.

Hydrate or Diedrate

Sunburns bring fluid up to the top of the skin, leaving your body parched and desperate for replenishment.

The heat from the sunburn will keep your skin feeling overheated and can lead to feeling sick and exhausted.

Drinking good amounts of water and sports drinks containing electrolytes can help you recover from the aftermath of a sunburn and hydrate until you are as good as new.

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FREE FALLING | Junior Helena Perez-Stark bounds through the air during a trampolining competition, in which she competed in the double mini and tumbling events.

Fearlessly Free How Junior Helena Perez-Stark is pushing trampolining into the forefront

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The backyard trampoline: a staple for sub- said. “I loved the floor aspect, but trampolining urban families with one to 10 kids, where one seemed interesting, so I tried it out, and I have twirls, jumps and continually attempts but fails been doing it for the past seven years.”

When it comes to to land a double flip. Unlike training, she has hours this popular childhood pasthat mirror most compettime, however, one Hockaday itive athletes. Perez-Stark junior is bounding and leappractices 15 minutes away ADRENALINE JUNKIE ing to new heights on a comfrom Hockaday, at the Palpetitive level. estra Gymnastics Center, Meet trampolinist Heleon Mondays, Wednesdays, na Perez-Stark. As fourth in Thursdays and Saturdays. the nation in trampolining, a She trains three hours aflevel 10 in trampolining and ter school and five hours double mini and a level 8 on Saturday, with the goal in tumbling, out of 12 levels of improving her skills and overall, she isn’t just messtechnique. ing around on her backyard Perez-Stark’s practrampoline. tices consist of warm-ups, For many, trampolinevent rotations and then a ing may seem to be a trivial warm-down. She competes and adrenaline filled activity, in three different types but for Perez-Stark it is much of events—trampolining, but you feel very free. more. It is an intense sport double mini-trampoline with its victories, failures and and tumbling. plenty of memorable moTrampolining is HELENA PEREZ-STARK ments along the way.

Junior defined as acrobatic or “I love the adrenaline gymnastic exercises on and trampolining is terrifying, but so worth it,” Perez-Stark said. “It feels like a trampoline. Double mini-trampoline is more flying, which is a strange feeling, but you feel complicated in that the area is smaller and consists of a sloped end and a flatbed. Gymnasts very free.”

Perez-Stark wasn’t always the flying gym- run up and jump onto the sloping end and then nast, as her first passion was artistic gymnastics. jump onto the flat part before dismounting onto After a rigorous schedule at such a young age, a mat. During the jump, or as they dismount, they perform skills and routines. Lastly, tumtrampolining drew her in.

“The hours were so crazy. I was doing 20 bling combines skills of artistic gymnastics on hours a week when I was only 10,” Perez-Stark the floor with those of trampolining.

IT FEELS LIKE FLYING, WHICH IS A STRANGE FEELING,

During practice, she works on each event for 20 to 30 minutes, focusing on certain routines when competition season rolls around.

“The whole idea is to stay strong,” Perez-Stark said.

Perez-Stark recognizes that trampolining isn’t for the faint of heart and that it takes a certain type of adventure aficionado to fully appreciate the sport.

“People trampoline for a lot of the same reasons. We are all just adrenaline junkies looking for something to do,” she said. “We do have very laid-back people on my team, but we all love scaring ourselves.”

She practices on a team of around 42, called “The Sparks,” which includes gymnasts from seven to 20 years old.

Her fellow teammate of three years, Sophie Duesman, knows Perez-Stark well and has watched her develop over the years.

“Helena is very smart and self-driven,” Duesman said. “We all have so much fun cheering each other on during competitions and practices.”

Perez-Stark has competed in many events during her time as a trampolinist, garnering many awards and memories in the process.

During the past seven years, she has won state champion three times in each of the three events.

Her highest position in nationals was fourth and this past year, in 2017, and she managed to walk away with second in trampolining and sixth in double mini-trampoline.

Competitions are quick. It takes an average of 17 seconds to complete an event. Competitors compete in “flight” groups, which consist of five to six girls in each group. The higher the skill level, the fewer competitors you have to face.

“Competitions are nerve-racking, but I love getting the feedback,” she said.

Perez-Stark’s short-term goal is to move up skill level groups to Junior Elite, from the current level ten. The levels start out one through ten and then progress to Junior Elite and Senior Elite.

Mary Beth Weathers, Perez-Stark’s coach and the head coach and manager of “The Sparks” trampoline and tumbling team recognizes Perez-Stark’s potential and current capabilities.

“What sets Helena apart is her uniqueness,” Weathers said. “She is truly an astonishing young woman. She is the smartest person I know—adults and kids—and she is also very physically gifted. She will go so far in whatever she decides to pursue.”

Even though her dreams don’t consist of taking home a gold medal for her country at the Summer Olympics, she has been taught by the best, including past Olympic trampolinists.

“I have been coached by Logan Dooley, who went to the Olympics in 2016 several times,” Perez-Stark said. “He is such an amazing role model since he is 27-years-old. Even though he is young, he is old for trampolining and has been in the business for a long time. His skills are beautiful and amazing, like trampoline nirvana.”

Even with her intense passion for the sport and the many trampolinists who share the same fervor, she understands how many might not know about the unusual sport.

“I get a lot of ‘Oh, I have a trampoline,’ but it isn’t the same,” Perez-Stark said. “It would be cool if people knew that trampolining existed.

A soccer player doesn’t have to explain their own sport.”

But for Perez-Stark, Weathers and the thousands of trampoline enthusiasts, trampolining isn’t just about competitions and death-defying tricks.

“The biggest reason people participate in trampoline is because it is fun,” Weathers said.

“It’s literally like nothing else. It’s a huge adrenaline rush along with this calm and peaceful feeling of flying. The quick split-second moment of weightlessness in the air is why my upper levels do trampoline.”

Paige Halverson | Managing Editor

DAISIES TAKE ON SPRING SPC! Varsity softball fought through several rain delays, but lost to John Cooper

Varsity tennis beat Houston Christian and earned third place

Varsity lacrosse beat ESD in the SPC Championship, placing first

Hockaday golf placed second overall in SPC

Track & field earned second place in SPC in a close tally behind Kinkaid

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Why We Shouldn't Attend Coachella Although it only lasts a few days, thousands of people make the trek down to Indio, California to fully experience Coachella. However, most are unaware of the controversy surrounding the founder of this iconic annual music festival. Philip Anschutz, the owner of the Anschutz Entertainment Group, Coachella’s parent company, has recently come into the light for some questionable activities.

By Sahasra Chigurupati | Castoff Editor

Anschutz has supported many controversial conservative groups in the United States through donations made from his personal account.

Some of these groups, such as the National Christian Foundation and the Family Research Council, are heavily against LGBTQ+ rights. While Anschutz has denied any allegations of himself being anti-LGBTQ+, his support for conservative groups such as these seem to dispute his claims.

This brings into question the morality of Anschutz’s character and whether or not this should have any effect on your decision to visit Coachella.

While some choose to protest Coachella by simply not attending, does this decision hurt yourself more than it hurts the founder? We should not deprive ourselves of any potential fun that we might have. But should we also refuse to support one who backs organizations that infringe on the rights of specific groups of people just based on their sexuality.

People should not be prejudiced against based on their sexuality, and the Coachella festival certainly strays away from that idea.

Coachella embraces the LGBTQ+ community with open arms despite its founders controversial actions. However, while Anschutz has come out into the public in support of the LGBTQ+ community, his previous actions negate his public statements.

But Coachella is not the only organization whose CEO has been exposed. Many other companies have recently been in the limelight for their respective controversial founders.

Travis Kalanick, the former CEO of Uber, was caught displaying sexism in the company.

These allegations came to light when a survey was taken throughout the company, and a video surfaced in which Kalanick was using racial and sexual slurs to a driver. Yet, people still use Uber.

Eventually, Kalanick was forced to resign; however, he remains a shareholder.

Uber is a difficult company to protest against, since it is an indispensable service and

By simply not attending you are showing an act of defiance, and that you do not approve of the actions of the founder of the company.

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former CEO, stepped down in 2014 after saying that the company was geared towards skinny people, and that overweight and unattractive people should not shop at the store.

Abercrombie suffered a huge blow from these statements, and while Jeffries is no longer a part of the company, the appeal of the Abercrombie apparel towards consumers has taken a significant blow.

Ultimately, it is the consumers’ choice as whether or not to use a controversial product or service. But while many people speak out against these founders, they contradict themselves by continuing to use Uber or attending Coachella.

More than 100,000 people attended the last Coachella festival back in April 2018. It can be argued that this is one of the most popular music festivals in the world, thus making it unique on its own. With Uber and Facebook, however, there are alternatives like Lyft and Instagram.

The founder’s misjudgment should not be the reason to take the festival away from these thousands of people. The festival also brings in many product endorsements and other companies tend to benefit from the festival as well.

Because of the popularity and all the hype surrounding the festival, it continues to thrive, and festival itself is not prejudiced against any person. This helps to make the atmosphere of the festival accepting. Many people continue dream of going to Coachella because they believe that the experience of doing so is irreplaceable.

Many people are protesting Facebook by not using the website, because they believe are protecting themselves, and with the multiple people not using Facebook the popularity of the website declines. Despite the popularity of the Uber app, as more and more people tend to protest Uber its competitors are becoming more popular.

Coachella is a festival that many people will still purchase a ticket to, despite the controversy surrounding it. This may be because people are simply not educated on the prejudice that is taking place behind the scenes at this music festival. Coachella is not one of a kind, and just like Uber there are alternative festivals that one could visit and still have the same experience, such as Lollapalooza or Austin City Limits.

If enough people protest Coachella, just as they are now protesting Facebook, the popularity of Coachella would decline. By simply not attending you are showing an act of defiance, and that you do not approve of the inappropriate actions of the founder of the company.

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Some Uber drivers are being forced to turn to other rideshare companies, such as Lyft. As the company’s competitors gain drivers and other apps are becoming more popular, Uber is in danger of losing revenue.

Like Coachella and Uber, Facebook has been in the news lately. Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s founder and CEO, has come under review regarding allegations of selling private user information to third parties. Zuckerberg has had to face the public’s scrutiny, resulting in many restricting their use of the popular service.

Zuckerberg still remains on the board on Facebook and is a major force of the company.

He recently appeared before the United States Congress to defend Facebook’s breach of user privacy and security. But while Zuckerberg’s case is unique because he was not showing any prejudice towards race, gender or members of the LGBTQ+ community, many people still refuse to use his product.

Abercrombie and Fitch is another example of this ongoing trend. Michael Jeffries, A&F’s

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(TECH)NICALLY SPEAKING...IS ALEXA WORTH IT? Living in the most technologically advanced time in history definitely has its perks, but how can a small box of plastic, metal and electrical wire influence our lives and even limit our face to face interactions? In this Staff Standoff, two staffers take on the question, "Is Alexa really worth it?"

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When one thinks of a virtual assistant, many might recall J.A.R.V.I.S, Tony Stark’s professional yet intelligent “butler” who ended up being the plot-turner of the film; others might consider the video game series Halo, in which there is a digital replication of Dr. Catherine Halsey named Cortana who assists Master Chief and saves the human race.

Despite fictional works frequently exaggerating the power of technology, these virtual assistants are depicted as having one common characteristic: the obligation to avoid human-made mistakes.

A virtual assistant is intended to aid humans to make their life easier and more efficient. Mostly known for its ability to assist us with our daily life chores, the Amazon Alexa has been extensively used and promoted in recent years. From turning on the light to buying laptops online, Alexa’s ability seems to cover even the most trivial details.

But being able to set your alarm doesn’t make Amazon Alexa omnipotent, not to mention that Alexa is not always reliable. While the majority of users are impressed by Alexa’s power of helping with our daily chores, many users have also reported inconveniences.

According to Mirror UK, a British news website, multiple Alexa users have started the #alexafail movement on Twitter to post Alexa’s embarrassing mistakes.

One user tweeted: “Can you turn the porch lights on please,” and Alexa responded, “You don't have a Porsche, so I've turned on the Dacia Duster lights instead.”

Of course, Alexa’s voice command misunderstandings may be the result of technical glitches, and Amazon is constantly releasing updates to fix this problem. But how many mistakes can a user endure until the right update comes along?

According to another news website, The Verge, a couple in Dallas never expected to actually receive a $299.99 Kidkraft Sparkle Mansion when their 6-year-old daughter asked Alexa, “Can you play doll house with me and get me a doll house?” Although the young girl underestimated Alexa’s true capabilities, Alexa also took the girls wish too far and purchased the doll house.

The virtual assistant was not able to rationalize this situation; it failed to respond properly, in the way a real human being would have done. Yes, it is true that Alexa may improve our lives, but can a machine replace the human brain?

Nothing is perfect, but we are human, and we make mistakes that are beyond our power of correction. We have created the technology to help us overcome these limitations. But when virtual assistants make mistakes on top of our own, what is the use of an Alexa?

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She’s not a friend, she’s not your sister, she’s not even a person. Yet she lives in your living room and you talk to her frequently.

She can recite the recipe for vanilla cupcakes while simultaneously setting a timer for 20 minutes. Mothers everywhere envy her multi-tasking skills.

Meet Alexa, the voice behind the Amazon Echo, a “smart speaker” that allows you to play music, get information, send text messages and much more. From playing a favorite Spotify playlist to reading “The Canterbury Tales” aloud, Echo device users have the power to program her to complete specific tasks with the use of voice commands.

I have always been awestruck by technology. I have never been able to take apart and reconstruct a computer, and at least once a month I have difficulty connecting to the Hockaday printers. But when Siri came out in 2014, I spent hours talking to her, encouraging my mom’s iPhone 4 to tell me jokes and give me nicknames.

Alexa is Siri’s better, brighter, more capable counterpart. An embarrassing amount of times, I have lost my phone within my house. I bolted from room to room, forcing Alexa to call my phone as my socks slipped around on the hardwood floors. Without the monotone voice that cheats on me daily with thousands of strangers around the world, I would have gone through at least 20 phones in 2018 alone.

Alexa also serves as an extra layer of safety in your home. Those worried about endangering themselves while alone don’t need a Life Alert button to call for help.

They simply have to beckon Alexa’s presence with the three words: “Alexa, call 911.”

Her hearing range expands wide enough that someone 30 feet away could yell for help, and within seconds they would be on the phone with the police.

According to CNN, an Arkansas man was accused of killing his friend in 2015.

The victim mysteriously drowned in a hot tub, and Alexa’s microphone was able to record all of the action. The prosecutor used recordings from the defendant’s Echo in court as evidence.

Alexa saved yet another life, calling emergency personnel just in time to save a woman being abused by her partner.

Cued by the violent screaming between the two, Alexa understood their argument and called 911. If the police had arrived 10 minutes later, the woman would have been knocked unconscious.

I think that the fear surrounding the presence of Alexa, and technology as a whole in our modern world, is ludicrous. Yes, it has the capacity to function independently from human control. That doesn’t mean that we are fated to the lifestyle in “WALL-E” If you cover up your laptop web cam with tape, or shriek when Zara ads pop up on your screen—right after you just added 3 skirts to your cart—then Alexa is the least of your worries. Remember that Alexa is simply a program that can be manipulated or imitated by anyone with or without a technology background. She is not trying to take over your life; she is only a speaker.

Shea Duffy | Sports & Health Editor

Ring Day As the seniors say goodbye to their prestigious white blazers, a new group of eager juniors is ready to take their place, remembering the legacy that this year’s seniors have left behind.

Yearbook Distribution A few questions run through your mind before you open the Cornerstones yearbook: What will the theme be? How in the world am I going to lug this home?

The 104th Hockaday Commencement As the Hockaday community watches the seniors take their last bow at Commencement on May 19, tears will be shed, confetti will be thrown and memories will be made.

Saying Goodbye to the Retiring Teachers By creating and shaping their impressive legacies in our community, the retiring Hockaday teachers and staff will create a gaping hole in the wake of their absence.

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I STYLE OF INFLUENCE EXHIBIT With the George W. Bush First Lady Exhibition catching the public's recent attention, Sports Editor Shea Duffy argues her standpoint on the resulting controversy

Every Saturday, I watched as “Wizards of Waverly Place” was interrupted by Michelle Obama, urging me to spend the next 30 minutes playing outside. She wore a red dress with sneakers as she shot a basketball alongside Selena Gomez. What I took away from this weekly reminder that the first lady existed was her pristine presentation, her freshly blown-out hair and outfits straight off the runway.

The way the First Lady presents herself—especially regarding her fashion—is explored in the “Style of Influence” exhibit on display at the George W. Bush Presidential Library on view until Oct. 1, It spotlights the United States’ first ladies as role models to many and gives an inside perspective on the life inside the White House.

The choice to revolve the clothing-centered exhibit honoring First Ladies is certainly unique, especially regarding the attention White House style acquires in the media.

This exhibition is exactly what I have been trained throughout my years to deem as sexist. It seemed to enforce the stereotype of the complacent wife and the first lady as, first and foremost, a stylish counterpart to the president’s success. And I will say, that when I walked past the exact replication of the Oval Office and into an exhibit that correlated shoes with historic events, I was anxious to see what was ahead of me.

Yet, as I wandered around the exhibit, not once did I see it as a sexist representation of the women. The outfits were an interesting prop that assisted the information well and were a refreshing visual aid for those strolling around the library. Yes, the exhibit focused on clothing. But since when is

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The suit that Barbara Bush wore on the cover of her bestselling book “Millie’s Book” sits next to a hardcover copy of the novel. Around the corner, an impeccably-ironed tan uniform worn by Lou Hoover emphasizes her involvement with the Girl Scouts. Both outfits, as well as the other ensembles in the building, provide an outlook on the raw emotion behind historical facts and photographs. Because that is what fashion is for.

I learned things about these iconic women in history through their clothing. The skirt-suits and simple blouses represent life-changing moments in our country. The balance between Eleanor Roosevelt’s velvet gowns and classic gray suits worn by Laura Bush is a symbol of how the times have changed, acknowledged by the exhibit’s visual timeline of clothing. Fashion trends that changed throughout the years are portrayed parallel to illustrative biographies about the women.

“If I can have any impact, I want women to feel good about themselves and have fun with fashion,” said Michelle Obama. Michelle Obama is no stranger to media critique. She made headlines once in 2008 with, according to The New York Times, a “distracting” and “controversial” red dress worn during Barack Obama’s presidential election. In 2013, she wore cargo shorts on a flight to the Grand Canyon, causing uproar within major news outlets.

This celebration of women shouldn’t be seen as sexist or inadequate. Instead of criticizing such an integral part of a First Lady’s job description, we should choose to appreciate their presence in the White House.

Shea Duffy | Sports & Health Editor

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