September 2010
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100 Alexander St, Rochester NY 14620 South Wedge Farmers’ Market is a small weekly summer/fall farmers’ market behind Boulder Coffee Co. in the South Wedge, the South Wedge Farmers’ Market embraces the grow local, eat local doctrine in sustainability, sourcing vendors and foods only from within 100 miles. Many vendors also sell organic produce, meats, and foods. It has space for just over two dozen vendors. Their website notes the varying list of vendors. Founded by Chris and Vicki Hartman after a campaign to start a farmers market in the South Wedge, the Market kicked off shortly after Boulder Coffee Co. owner Lydia Wilton won a variance in zoning to turn and pave the yards behind the Boulder cafe he owned. The site is that of Boulderfest too. The Farmers’ Market is now run by the South Wedge Planning Committee with manager Sue Gardner Smith and market coordinator Lee Bender.
If you enjoy figuring out headscratching problems and like to challenge yourself (and want to bolster the college resumé too!), the Harley – Allendale Columbia Math Team wants you! Talk to me or Mr. Seth O’Bryan. Practices are twice a week during advisory and once a month with Allendale on Saturday mornings. Middle Schoolers who have taken Algebra I and all Upper Schoolers are welcome! -Danny Choe 2
The Acorn September 20th, 2010
C h i e f E d i t o r : Eddy Wang Editor: Madeleine Laitz Cover Design: Ms O. Advisor: JAM
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Editor’s Note New Name
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Summer Postcards Garden Horizons
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Camp Invention
Maddie Laitz
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News World News
Sarah Andrews, Colosimo, Dolan Alex Duffy
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Sports
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Talk Of the Town
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Art Movies “Inception”
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opinion “Ray’s-ism”
Emma Dempster-Greenbaum Mimi Black Brooklyn Bianchi Emily Hanss
Alex duffy Ray Chang
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Why A Newspaper?
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t was a hot Tuesday in June and I wanted to talk to Hartman about compost: I had betrayed him these last couple of years and slacked off, leaving him to do all the dirty work. I wanted to come back and be part of the team again. I headed out to the garden, behind the tennis courts and beyond the Lower School playground. It was a sight beyond what I had imagined. There were rows and rows of tomatoes and peppers, broccoli and potatoes, lettuce and cucumbers. Nursery A had planted something here, Primary Blue another thing there…it was quite obvious that I was out of the loop. I was so awed and inspired that I worked two hours turning over compost. My hands smelled of strong cow manure the rest of the day. I bring up this example because bringing awareness to the Harley community and truly informing them about the school is my main impetus for reviving the old Acorn Press. Just as citizens of the United States need to be informed of the White House’s actions, I believe the citizens of Harley need to be informed of Harley’s actions, whether it be that Harley had massive construction done over the summer to save energy and costs or that Sarah
Andrews and Jocelyn Giambrone had amazing trips to Camp Stella Maris and fashion school at Pratt. After all, we are not just individuals here; we are part of a community, part of something bigger. As well as being a source of information, I hope for the newspaper to serve also as a forum of opinion. In a community, everyone’s voice should be heard. Just like the United States, Harley is a melting pot of boys and girls, Democrats and Republicans (albeit a minority of Republicans), whites and blacks, Hispanics and Asians, and school lovers and party lovers among others. Hearing different opinions will make us rethink our previous beliefs, or at least to be aware that other beliefs exist. Opinion, in my opinion (opinion-opinion, get it??), is just as important as awareness to bring people together and maintain a healthy community. On that note I will explain the inspirations behind the first issue. The cover is a photo of a Harley ceiling tile during construction this summer. Harley really devoted a great amount of money and time to make our school more environmentally efficient. Mimi, Brooklyn, and Emily have written about Horizons and Camp Invention. Emma, Mad-
die, and Alex have reported on the talk of the town, the school, and the world. Rounding this issue out, Ray has provided a wonderful, truly Raylike view on society. This issue would not have been possible without the gracious help of Ms. O. She designed the cover (amazingly!) and did a fabulous job with the postcard page. Thank you Mr. Frye, for helping make the newspaper a reality in so many ways. Thank you JAM and Dolan for reading this over, searching out typos, and giving me feedback. Mrs. Lewis, Mrs. Lange, and Joe: thank you so much for helping me figure out the printing. Mr. O’Bryan, thank you for your sage advice. Maddie, thank you for meeting with me so many times over the summer to really hammer this out. Special thanks to Ray Chang, Ms. O, Dave Holroyd, Sarah Andrews, Jocelyn Giambrone, Mrs. Floret, Ms. Parsons, and Nikki Garapati for sending me informative and thoughtful postcards. Lastly, thanks to all the writers who wrote really great articles! Break a leg reading, and make sure you submit a name either to the Newsies box or to theharleynewspaper@gmail.com! -Eddy
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Changes at Harley this summer . . . While you were away, Harley revamped the music rooms and created a sand pit for the Lower School playground. The heating and air conditioning ductwork was redone for the whole school in an effort to shrink our carbon footprint. Go Harley Green!!!!
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Garden H
arley is making its contribution to the local food movement with the expansion of our school garden. This summer, the school “microfarm” has undergone an astonishing transformation, from two rows of garlic and a compost trebuchet to a vibrant and productive quarter-acre. If you haven’t been by recently, it’s worth making a trip out behind the tennis courts to see the progress made over the summer. Upper School students (assisted by young helping hands from Horizons,) have been working out in the garden all summer sowing, weeding, and harvesting. The garden has yielded an abundant variety of produce: snap peas, garlic, a seeming unending quantity of green beans, tomatoes, lettuce, bell peppers, hot peppers, potatoes, cucumbers, melons, raspberries, broccoli, corn, basil, parsley, and of course Primary A’s extraordinary pumpkin patch! In the future we hope to see some blueberries, apples, and kiwis make their appearance. Some of the
produce harvested before school has gone to the food kitchen at St. Joseph’s House of Hospitality, and during the school year the cafeteria will begin to use the rest. It was great fun to have the Horizons students join us in the garden. They were all incredibly hard workers, with seemingly not a squeamish one in the bunch! The kids were eager to learn and to share what they already knew, and it was a fantastic help to have so many extra hands during the blisteringly hot days of July. One of the newest additions to the garden is the rainwater tower, which will collect drainage water from the roof in a 550-gallon tank, an exciting innovation that should make a important dent in the amount of water used in the garden. Look for more work going on around this during the school year as the Environmental Science class designs a system to funnel the water from the roof to the tank. -Emma Dempster-Greenbaum
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Summer
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Horizons
t was the beginning of spring, 2009, when I first heard about the Horizons Program. I had been talking to my friends about what we were going to do over the summer, and someone mentioned Horizons. I was immediately intrigued for the obvious reason of reaching the required community service hours; little did I know how involved I would later become with the children at Horizons. I admit that when I signed up for two weeks of volunteering this year I was a little apprehensive. Waking up early in the morning to go to school on a summer day is not everyone’s idea of “Summer Fun,” and facing a large group of young children can be terrifying. I had done Horizons last year, so I knew how rewarding the volunteer work could be. However, it’s hard to think in perspective at 8:00am in July. This summer I was assigned to second grade. I had never worked with children that old, so I felt a little unprepared. It’s one thing to play with 6 year old Kindergartners, but it’s a completely different thing to help 8 year olds with math and writing. When I walked into my classroom, I was prepared for the worst. I thought that the children would immediately judge me, and quite possibly be mean. However, I was incredibly wrong. Walking into that room was like walking into one huge embrace, literally. I think in that first week I got more hugs than I had in the past month. 10
The room was filled with familiar, loving faces from last year. My teachers also helped me feel comfortable. They were the best, and I could not have been luckier. As if that weren’t good enough, we also had the sweetest Student Assistant. Instead of feeling useless in the classroom, I felt like I was really helping everyone. I got to experience really helping the kids, and it felt great. The way the kids responded to help was also very heartwarming. Like all second graders in the world, these kids would occasionally get frustrated and upset, but they never seemed to take it out on me. Throughout all the everyday argu-
replied, “I don’t have any friends.” His small, sad face was heartbreaking, so I impulsively said, “Giovanni, everyone here is your friend,” and gave him a hug. Giovanni seemed to ponder this answer and went back to his art project. For the rest of the week Giovanni seemed fine. He participated in his classes and was nice to all of his classmates. At the end of the week, on Friday afternoon, Giovanni approached me. He looked at me directly in the eyes and said, “Mimi, you’re right. Everyone is my friend.” He then smiled widely, gave me a hug, and took his place in the bus line. It was one of the best moments
ments and struggles these kids experienced, they reached out to any help I offered them. One of my favorite memories from Horizons involves an eight year old boy named Giovanni. On my first day of Horizons this summer, I went to art class with my class. Giovanni had been having a rough day, and he was very upset with one of his good friends. When I asked Giovanni what was wrong, he
I ever experienced and I will never forget it. I became incredibly close to my class this year. Two weeks sounds like a short time, but it seemed like much longer to me. I loved my class so much, and when it was time to leave I felt miserable. I remember saying goodbye on my last day and wishing I didn’t have to go. The class made me a book of memories, and I still have it. I don’t think any of
my second graders realize how much they affected me, and how much I love them, but the impact they had on me was unreal. After witnessing their huge, proud smiles after they accomplished writing sentences with alliteration, their serious compromises after having a fight, their small hands guiding me through the halls and their affectionate hugs, how can I not be affected? These kids are unbelievable, and I cannot wait to volunteer for Horizons next summer. -Amelia Black
Harvest Festival
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ver the summer, Harley is just as crazy as it is during the school year. One of the biggest events of the summer is the Horizons Harvest Festival. Horizons is a fun student enrichment program for elementary and middle school students from the city. The Harvest Festival uses vegetables the Horizons kids harvested from the Harley garden to feed around 300 people. The day is a lot of fun with face painting, balloon animals, water games, tugof-war, a dunk tank, lots of food, and other activities. I enjoyed all of those fun activities by being a volunteer for the Horizons 6th grade, but I also got to experience the behindthe-scenes work, too.
At the beginning of the summer, I told Mrs. Northrup I would help her with the Harvest Festival. I knew she put most of the festival together herself, but I had no idea what I was getting myself into. I helped her the day before the festival and the day of the festival. These were the two most stressful and tiring days of my summer, by far. The day before the festival, I washed enough peppers, asparagus, and zucchini to feed 300 people and helped the Horizons kids snap all the beans. When the kids left, I helped Mrs. Northrup and her daughter, Marie, package up all the vegetables for them to take home or give to the kitchen staff to cook. The next day, I arrived at the kitchen before the Horizons kids got to Harley, and the kitchen ladies were already hard at work. Marie showed up just in time to help me wash and chop up a ridiculously large amount of strawberries. Then we went outside (without breakfast since we worked through it) and set up the tables and chairs with the maintenance staff. After setting them up, we put on table cloths in the wind. After that, I went back to help the kitchen staff get the lunch ready. We had to transport all the food outside at just the right time so it would be warm. Once all the food and plates were out there, we had to serve the entire Horizons program lunch. After serving a never-ending line of people, the line kept on going when people started getting seconds.
It was hot, the wind was blowing the plates everywhere, I was starving… Us lunch servers were working together like one big machine. Soon we all got our turn to eat and relax, but my day wasn’t over yet. Marie and I had to serve the kids cake covered with the strawberries we’d cut earlier that morning. Then I got to sit in the dunk tank. The 8th grade boys would run up and hit the lever with their hands and surprisingly a ton of kids actually dunked me by hitting the target too. Once everyone left, I had to help clean up while soaking wet. Six people, including myself, put away all the tables and chairs. So… After all that, I was basically dead. For time’s sake I left out all the tiny tasks that had me running all over Harley, but all I can say is that I will never look at the kitchen and maintenance staff the same way ever again. Working next to them for those two days opened my eyes to what they go through everyday. It’s tough and tiring, and I give them so much credit for what they do. Kids at Harley tend to take them for granted sometimes. I never realized how much it takes to put a single lunch together. I guess I’m just really grateful. They’re like the nicest people on the face of the Earth, and they deserve way more credit than we give them. Walk in their shoes for a day, and you’ll understand what I’m talking about… -Brooklyn Bianchi
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Camp Invention Emily Hanss
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ver the summer I worked as a counselor at Camp Invention. I hadn't actually planned on it, but the director, Mrs. Reader, asked me if I was interested in it. I agreed right away, but I didn't really know what I was getting myself into. Camp Invention is a weeklong day camp program that revolves around math and science. It takes place in many different schools all over the country. The age groups ranged from first to sixth grade. I was assigned to the Orange group, which included third and fourth grade kids. More than half of them were familiar faces of kids who go to Harley, but there were also some who went to other schools. They were an awesome group of kids; one of the more well behaved groups! However, they were very high energy and by the end of the day I was always exhausted and ready to go home and 12
take a nap! The groups rotated through several classes or "modules” throughout the day that were hands -on and had fun topics. One of these topics was making a creature out of recycled materials, but the goal was to make it walk. Another module was to take apart a machine that they brought from home and then use the parts to invent a new machine. I did a lot of taking out screws, hot gluing, duct taping, and wire cutting in these modules. I loved watching the kids learn new things and it was very rewarding when they were successful. Another module was with “King Pat Urn", a.k.a. Mr. O'Brien. It had to do with patterns and geometry. On the first day, he wrote his name on the white board. One of the boys saw it and shouted out, “Your name is King Pat Urine?” Everyone thought that was very funny! I think the unanimous favorite day of this
module was when we went outside and played with bubbles. The kids got to make their own bubble wands and create giant bubbles they could stand inside of. They learned how bubbles will always be spheres, even if the wand that is used is a cube or pyramid shape. Each day was a different theme such as crazy hair day, mix match day, and crazy hat day. The kids had a lot of fun participating in the themes. I think I was most impressed by crazy hair day! I really enjoyed working at Camp Invention this year and I will most likely do it again next summer. The teachers I worked with were awesome and it was a great experience. I also got to meet kids from the lower school who I wouldn't really know otherwise. I would definitely recommend working at Camp Invention because I think it is a worthwhile program and it's a perfect summer job!
World News Madeleine Laitz
The Mosque at Ground Zero
A proposal for the building of a Mosque and Muslim culture center has stirred great controversy in the American public. People feel that this Mosque should be built elsewhere, in a place not associated with the severe destruction wrought by alQaida. Barack Obama does not oppose the idea of constructing this place of worship, feeling that it isn’t fair to lump mainstream Muslim faith with the radical factions in the Middle East. Arguments have arisen, summarized nicely in this quote: “Nazis don’t have the right to put up a sign next to the Holocaust Museum in Washington. We would never accept the Japanese putting up a site next to Pearl Harbor. There’s no reason for us to accept a mosque next to the World Trade Center.” — Gingrich. In a July 2005 speech at the Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Center in Adelaide, Australia, Rauf said, taking a different stance, “We tend to forget, in the West, that the United States has more Muslim blood on its hands than al-Qaida has on its hands of innocent non-Muslims.” The Mosque would not be erected at Ground Zero, but several blocks from the northern edge of the extensive 16-acre World Trade Center site. There is another Mosque, the Manhattan Mosque, five blocks from the northeast corner of the World Trade Center site, and no one has qualms as to its being there. “This religion’s plan is to destroy our way of life. ... If we have to let them build it, make them build it nine stories underground, so we can walk above it as citizens and Christians.” — Ron McNeil, a House GOP candidate in the Florida Panhandle, said in an exchange reported by The News Herald in Panama City. Such comments as this one, so imbued with hatred and intolerance, do not invoke sympathies toward the Christians against it, for some are prejudiced. The line dividing mainstream Muslim faith and extremists of the religion is being blurred, a dangerous thing that will only end up hurting innocents. America is a mixing pot; proud of its acceptance of all race and religion. Denying the American citizen members of the Muslim faith a place to worship is hypocritical.
33 Chilean Miners Trapped
In a mine in Chile, 33 miners survived a cave-in only to find themselves trapped 2,200 feet below ground, solid rock separating them from freedom. They survived for two weeks on rations meant for two days, and when finally found, had to be fed syrups high in glucose, protein, and calories for many days before their starved bodies were ready for solid food. The information that it will most likely take four months to dig a rescue tunnel through the rock is kept secret from the trapped miners, in the hopes of keeping their spirits up. Psychologists from all over the world have come in to keep the men sane, creating games and organizing plays while others send supplies through the several air holes dug into the cave. The miners have lost weight after their lack of food, but must keep trim in order to fit through the escape hole being made. The hole won’t be any larger in diameter than a bike tire, but the rescue basket must also fit to carry them up to safety. The men must have no more than a 35-inch waistline, while the average American male waistline is 39.7 inches. Exercise plans have been created for the men, using several tunnels not blocked off during the cave-in. The collapse occurred on August 5th, and by August 31st, these men will have been trapped underground longer than any other miners in history. Last year, three miners lived through 25 days of being stuck in a mine, but in most instances, the trapped have been excavated in less than two weeks. All eyes will be turned to Chile as we wait for the day when these 33 men will walk above ground again. 13
Pop Star or President?
In the 20092010 presidential elections, there was great controversy over Barack Obama’s win. Many thought him too inexperienced, too young, or too liberal. Some called him a socialist, some a terrorist, but all such rumors were fabricated and groundless. Now, in a country wracked by an earthquake’s wrath, a man steps up with intent to head such a nation. Wyclef Jean, hip hop artist and backwards-hat wearer steps forward and claims he is the Moses come to lead his people to a better place. He returned to PortAu-Prince from New York after the earthquake, telling Time Magazine that his love for song has nothing to do with his political aspirations, that they are not mutually exclusive. “If I can’t take five years out to serve my country as President,” he said, “then everything I’ve been singing about, like equal rights, doesn’t mean anything.” It may be hard to believe that a man who recorded a song titled “If I was President” is genuinely interested in running a country. His motives, though, seem pure, and his chances are good. Half of Haiti’s population is under 25, and compared to some of the corrupt officials of the old Haitian administration, Jean is preferable. His running could very well stir the young voters into action, his fans as a music celebrity, and his fans as a potential man of high office. Like Obama, his energetic spirit and passion for helping people has roused the attention of many Haitians, and his potential victory is beginning to take shape in the mire of political drama. After creating the Yele Haiti (Haiti Freedom Cry) foundation and raising millions of dollars through performances, Jean has shown his dedication to his country, and it doesn’t look as if he’ll stop at the general skepticism. At this moment, it is said the people of Haiti don’t mind if their future president speaks fluent Creole, simply that he helps their situation, as many people remain homeless. Jean never became a U.S. citizen, always carrying his Haitian cards with him as he toured America. He cares for Haiti as if he had lived there all his life, and wants to better the situation of its many homeless and displaced citizens. Aid groups are working to relocate those on the streets to temporary shelters, but with the Caribbean hurricane season rapidly approaching in the next few months, disaster looms like the blade of an executioner over the heads of Haitians. After coming to America and living in New Jersey, Wyclef Jean never
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forgot his heritage. His brother, Sam, remarked, “A lot of us focused on assimilation in the U.S., though Clef was unabashedly proud to be Haitian long before it was in vogue.” Though he donates money and has raised funds to help the children of Haiti receive schooling, Jean feels that it is more than just paying for people, that it isn’t about sitting back and letting one’s bank do the work, but that to bring Haiti into the twenty-first century is a hands-on and vastly important task that he wishes to undertake. “I want to be part of a different kind of celebrity,” he says, “one that thinks not just about charity but policy.” The only problem is that the current Haitian government has pointed out that, in order to be president, one must have lived in Haiti for five consecutive years before the election. Jean is fighting this ruling, saying that he did not buy property in the United States, and did business only in Haiti. The courts still found that he was unfit to be president, and Jean then said to a reporter for Newsweek, “I’ll never quit. I’ll run in another five years.” Even if he couldn’t be in the election, Jean said he wanted to help educate the Haitian youth, and has plans to make these desires come to fruition. Though Jean, after all he’s tried, may not be able to run in this election, he still remains an incredibly popular figure in Haiti, and if he does decide to run for the next election, will have the same support he mustered this year. Nothing is settled for sure as of August 23rd, when he said he would not give up. “After careful consideration and much soulsearching, I have made the decision to contest Haiti’s board of election’s pronouncement stating that I am ineligible to run for the presidency of the country. I will be seeking a solution through legal channels, and I urge my countrymen to be patient through this process.” His determination is admirable, and some say that nothing will stand in his way, that his love of his country is enough to see him to the President’s office. “I cannot surrender now, simply because an obstacle has been set before me; now is the time I must stand up and show Haiti –and the world– that my vision of a nation renewed and redeveloped is a vision for which I am willing to fight.” Only time will tell whether he will be able to lead Haiti, whether he will walk in Obama’s footsteps and head a country by spurring the youth into action.
Iran's First Unmanned Bomber
Called the “ambassador of death” by Iran’s president Ahmadinejad, the 4-meter-long drone aircraft carries missiles with a range of 620 miles. Karrar, or striker, as the plane is named, was created to “keep the enemy paralyzed in its bases,” says Ahmadinejad, claiming that the aircraft was made for discouraging and defensive purposes only. “The jet, as well as being an ambassador of death for the enemies of humanity, has a main message of peace and friendship,” said Ahmadinejad at the inauguration ceremony. This seems a bit contradictory to both its pet name, ambassador of death, and its very nature -- an aircraft equipped with highly dangerous missiles. In response to the U.S. weapons embargo, Iran now makes its own tanks, missiles, armored personnel carries, and fighter planes. The Karrar travels at speeds of 560 miles per hour, and can carry either two 250-pound bombs or a 450-pound ‘guided bomb’. With the help of Russia, Iran has also built its first nuclear power reactor, which Ahmadinejad maintains was only made to generate electricity. This creation of weapons and power sources is said, by the President, to continue “until the enemies of humanity lose hope of ever attacking the Iranian nation.”
Elena Kagan confirmed to Supreme Court
Flooding in Pakistan
Russian Forest Fires
Glenn Beck’s “Restoring Honor” Rally
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SPORTS Golf:
Roster: V: eddy wang, hunter miller, matt van niekerk, tim van niekerk, davey jarell, will hampton, justin kennedy JV: brooklyn bianchi, saul cohen, kat nunez, delaney glaze Coach: Steve Tobey (V), Mike Coffey (JV) Varsity: 8/26: Harley vs. Bloomfield (H) Eagle Vale Golf Course Stroke Play: Lowest 5 of 6 scores are added together; the overall lower score wins. Score: 248-251 Missing 3 of our Varsity players, we had to battle hard. Saul Cohen gave us a very nice contribution in his first Varsity match ever (!), and we held on to win by only 3 strokes. Next match is on Tuesday 8/31 against Naples. Record: 1-0 8/31: Harley vs. Naples (A) Reservoir Creek Golf Course Score: 246-239 Still missing two of our Varsity players, we played on a course that was had a lot of hills and valleys. Greens were extremely tough to putt on; most were two-tier. But a valiant effort nevertheless Record: 1-1 9/02: Harley vs. Mynderse (H) Eagle Vale Golf Course Score: 224-227 Almost up to full strength, we eked out a victory against last year’s top team. It was really close, and we managed to make 16
up for Tuesday’s unfortunate loss. 9/09: harley vs. south seneca (A) Bonavista State Golf Course Score: 231-256 up to full strength, we traveled for a really long time to get to bonavista. thankfully, the state penitentiary was still there and we could hear the inmates chanting during our round! -Eddy wang Record: 3-1 Future matches: mon 9/13: honeoye (H)
Volleyball:
update : This year the Girls Volleyball team is benefiting from the return of several starters and will have another strong season. They have begun by destroying Bloomfield 25:15, 25:11 and 25:12. They are led by senior captain Kaleigh Sullivan. -Ms Colosimo Roster: V: tear tolentino, lexi Williams, kaleigh sullivan, chloe monson, sarah pang, carolyn rumrill, dani vanderhorst, emilyn kennedy, lily frye, katie hoeger, jennie boocock, izzy hirtelin-booker, alexa jamieson, erin amborski Jv: ale biaggi, leandra caprinirosica, christina myers, carolyn dubnik, madeline truman, ariel testani, Shayne hollands, jennifer holloway, taylor freeman, jessica pembroke, tivoli
mustaca, gloria colaprete Coach: Amy Colosimo (V), Juliana Floret & Wayne Zian (JV) Schedule: 8-Sep H Bloomfield 10-Sep A Honeoye 13-Sep A Romulus 15-Sep H Dundee 16-Sep A C.G. Finney 18-Sep H HAC invitational
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20-Sep H 23-Sep A 24-Sep A 27-Sep H 29-Sep A
Aquinas Bishop Kearney South Seneca Mynderse Bloomfield
Tennis:
update: This year’s Varsity Girls’ Tennis team is off to a strong start, not dropping a point in its first two matches against Fingerlakes League opponents. The willingness of everybody to work hard, not only on the technical aspects of the game, but on their physical conditioning, promises a season of great individual and team success. The influx of new seniors Marissa Malone and Caitlin Broman from Harley, and Hannah DeSelms from AC has raised the confidence and strengthened the spirit of the She Wolves. -Dr. Dolan Roster: V: kristina benjamin, caitlin
broman, khushi chhangani, hannah deselms, meghan frost, lydia hill, amanda johnson, marissa malone, colette mcconnell, india nicholson, caitlin richard, triana santiago, allie waxman Jv: morgan broberg, kristina jackson, juliana levinson, natalie lichtenstein, jing mai, madeleine mcgrain, jessica richard, sonya sial, marissa smith Coach: John Dolan (V), Ben Klempka (JV) Schedule: V: Wed 9/08/10 Mynderse 4:15 pm Fri 9/10/10 Newark 4:15 pm Tue 9/14/10 @Wayne 4:15 pm Thu 9/16/10 Pal-Mac 4:15 pm Mon 9/20/10 Penn Yan 4:15 pm Wed 9/22/10 @Geneva 4:15 pm Fri 9/24/10 Midlakes 4:15 pm Sat 9/25/10 Mendon tourney 9 am Tue 9/28/10 @Marcus Whitman 4:15 pm Wed 9/29/10 Mercy 4:15 pm Thu 9/30/10 @Bloomfield 4:15 pm JV: Fri 9/10/10 @Newark 4:15 pm Mon 9/13/10 @Marcus Whitman 4 :15 pm Tue 9/14/10 @Wayne 4:15 pm Thu 9/16/10 Mynderse 4:15 pm Mon 9/20/10 Penn Yan 4:15 pm Wed 9/22/10 @ Pal-Mac 4:15 pm Fri 9/24/10 @Naples 4:15pm Tue 9/28/10 Marcus Whitman 4:15 pm Wed 9/29/10 @Mercy 4:15 pm Thu 9/30/10 Newark 4:15 pm
Boys Soccer:
roster: Daniel Bauer, Charlie Bjork-
lund, Conor Brennan-Burke, J.P. Fauchet, Ned Hunt, Tony Kim, Jose´ Sanchez, Vitor Santos, Colin Herford, Dave Holroyd, Hugh Jones, Alex Lofftus, Colin Mossbrook, Anton Schutz, Haakon Sheffield, Ben Tolhurst, Alex Frenett Coach: Ted hunt schedule: Thu 9/9/10 Naples 4:30 pm Mon 9/13/10 @South seneca 4:30 pm wed 9/15/10 Romulus (V) 4:30 pm fri 9/17/10 @Wheatland- Chili (TBA) tues 9/21/10 Bloomfield 4:30 pm thurs 9/2/10 @PalMac (JV) 4:30 pm fri 9/24/10 @McQuaid (JV) 4:00 pm Sat 9/25/10 Midlakes 11:00 pm mon 9/27/10 Honeoye 4:30 pm wed 9/29/10 Dundee (V) 4:30 pm wed 9/29/10 Naples (jV) 4:30 pm
Schedule: Thurs 9/9/10 @Honeoye 4:00pm Mon 9/13/10 @Bloomfield 4:30 pm Thurs 9/16/10 Honeoye 4:30 pm Mon 9/20/10 Red Jacket 4:30pm Wed 9/22/10 @DeSales (v)4:30pm Sat 9/25/10 Wilson 11:00 am Sat 9/25/10 Bishop Kearney (jv) 11:00 am Tues 9/28/10 Dundee (v) 4:30 pm Tues 9/28/10 Freddie Thomas (jv) 4:00 pm
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Roster: Jon hunn, nick mitris, mason sutorius, gage willand, duncan phillips, richard munson, john queenan, russell hegedorn, zain aamir, walker zupan, will pryor, matt andrews, jeremiah leit, adeeb sheikh, joseph shearer, ryan dens, andy zeng, katie harmer, sarina update: Preseason went way shrier, jeanette schramm, rose too fast for the 17 girls on gilroy, julia aagesen the Varsity team this year. 4 Coach: Seth O’Bryan, jessica scrimmages, 2 car washes and 3 Densmore weeks of practice made the end Schedule: of summer enjoyable but super Thurs 9/9/10 early season busy. The entire team looks scramble invitational @ forward to a great season! Midlakes high school -Sarah Andrews Tues 9/14/10 HAC vs. NRW, roster: Lyons, Pal-Mac @ AC Anna Kennedy, Maria Sykes, Sat 9/18/10 GCC Cougar Claudia Simeone, Maggie Invitational @ Genesee ComLloyd, Cricket Cleary (Capmunity College (Batavia) tain), Sarah Andrews, Kelsey Tues 9/21/10 HAC vs. Penn O’Brien, Alex Hunt, Macken- Yan, Midlakes, Wayne, Marcus zie Williams, Grace O’Brien, Whitman @ Marcus Whitman Olivia Kneller, Amanda may, high school Jahna Humphrey, Liz Peterson, Tues 9/28/10 HAC vs. Red Mikayla Brennan-Burke, AeJacket, Waterloo, Bloomfield, din Brennan, Celia Cooper Clyde Savannah @Clyde Sacoach: nicole guilfoyle vannah high school
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Talk of the Town July 11th, 2010:
CMAC Performance Arts Center was wowed with the AWESOME performance put on by the rock band Weezer. The set list consisted of hits from their previous albums, such as Say It Ain't So and Pork and Beans, as well as tracks off of their album Raditude which was released earlier this year. Lead vocalist, Rivers Cuomo, danced along the speakers on either side of the stage and through the crowd, bringing fans along for the ride. At one point, while in the middle of a balancing act along the metal barriers between the front row and the stage, Rivers snatched the camera from a photographer and began to take pictures of the crowd. Near the end of the concert, Weezer performed the song Kids/Pokerface, which is a mash-up of a MGMT and Lady Gaga. During this, Rivers borrowed a fan’s Weezer sunggie and donned a blond wig similar to that of Lady Gaga. Overall, AWESOME. -Alex Duffy
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Movies
Inception *SPOILER ALERTS* *SPOIL- your mind. A World invented by ER ALERTS* *SPOILER you in which you can go anywhere, ALERTS* *SPOILER ALERTS* be anything, do anything. Seven life times can pass while you’re in your World, but when you wake up not even a second will have passed. he mind twisting, real In the movie Inception, the ity questioning blockbuster Incepshared dreaming is started instead tion apparently blew away both critby heavy sedatives, and an hour in ics and the box office this summer the dream is five minutes in reality. with its ideas of shared dreaming and numerous layers of reality and With each dream inside of a dream, unreality alike. It spawned many Fa- time takes on another order of magnitude. Five minutes in reality cebook statuses following the lines translates into an hour in dream of, “JUST SAW INCEPTION!!!!! MIND BLOWN: AM I REAL?!?!?!” one, and then a week in dream two, then six months in dream three and After reading a couple of these I so on and so forth. was pretty psyched to go see this 2. Also the obsession which movie, but as I was sitting in the both the protagonists in The Three theater I couldn’t help but think Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch and that I have heard this story before. Inception share is with their previThen, just at the end when Leonous spouse. In Inception, Dominic ard DiCaprio’s character, Dominic Cobb visits his dead wife in his Cobb, is letting go of the memory dreams everyday. He blames himself of his dead wife, I got a flash of a for her suicide because he planted transient parasite which traveled an idea that she was dreaming and between host minds. had to kill herself to wake herself The creature I was thinkup. ing of was Palmer Eldritch from a In The Three Stigmata of science novel written in 1965: The Palmer Eldritch, Barney Mayerson Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch relives the days when he and his exby Philip K. Dick. Turns out, the wife were still together. Considering movie and this ancient novel are these to be the happiest days of his similar in many ways: life the novel revolves around him 1. The 1965 science fiction novel involves hallucinogenic expe- running away from her in search of riences of human colonists on Mars a new life. Bottom line: I have found who consume a drug called Can-D. no statements from director, ChrisA cyborg, Palmer Eldritch, returns from a far away solar system with a topher Nolan, about there being any inspiration from the Philip K. new drug called Chew-Z which has effects similar to the shared dream- Dick to make the movie Inception, but I highly recommend reading ing sequences in Inception. When anything by Philip K. Dick. Who the drug is consumed you enter
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Opinion
rAY’s-ism b y R AY C H A N G Ray’s-ism #1
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hate to admit this, but “this Ray”, a high school junior, is far from “that Ray” who I imagined myself to be when I was five. (I know this sentence sounds weird not only because it is actually weird, but also because no one can imagine Ray being five. But trust me: I was “once” the cutest child on earth, according to my mom.) I experienced my first jealousy when I saw some high school fellows carrying their backpacks with only one hand while I, being five years old, had to give up and let my backpack carry my body. Going to high school meant being a mighty god to me. I thought I would be able to drive an airplane, live in Paris, and take a shower without my parents’ help by then. But now I am overwhelmed by the wall of harsh reality, as there are not many things that I can do, even fewer than the things that I could do as a 5-year-old kid. I just realized that Sir Isaac Newton who died 300 years ago but is still alive in my physics text book is putting obstacles named “Newton’s Three Laws of Motion” in my way when I want 20
to take my airplane permit test, plan a trip to Paris, and learn how to take a shower by myself. Although my ideals and realities are opposites, they can meet halfway if I admit that my goals are too impractical and by pointing out that society drove me this way. While I do not necessarily think that society has a negative effect on my life, I cannot help but notice that society is trying to put me in a certain box in the name of education. If society does not force me to memorize “Newton’s Three Laws of Motion,” which I will eventually forget unless I am Newton, I would study about airplanes, Paris and shower handles which are going to last in my brain forever. The key problem is not that society makes us study, but that society itself also knows that we are going to forget most of what we learned. In other words, society does not want to know if one learns from its lesson or not. It only wants to know if one is smart enough to memorize its lesson or not. In this sense, we can prove our intelligence by learning about any subject that we are interested in instead of standardized ones. But this cannot
be applied to the real world since society’s laziness allows no more than three seconds to judge one’s achievement. This explains why society uses concepts that are difficult enough and fairly unknown to everyone, “Newton’s Three Laws of Motion” for instance, in examining one’s intelligence. If we consider standardized subjects as meter sticks in judging one’s intelligence and interesting subjects as inch sticks, society forces us to use meter sticks because it is too lazy to convert inches into meters. I do understand the troublesome extra work that needs to be done in order to convert one to the other, but acknowledging it may change someone’s entire life. The sacrifice is worth every penny. As I implied above, current society urges extravagance of knowledge. A significant number of people blindly choose to enroll themselves in colleges and graduate schools, not because of their desire to be educated, but because of their desire to brag about the fact that they are educated. If the purpose of learning is just to say that we are smart, why not just grab each other’s ears and say so? - Written by the naïve and quixotic, Ray Chang