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Winter Carnival 2014: Are You Ready? Page 2-3
Sports At Home And Around the World Pages 5 and 6
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A PUBLICATION BY HOLDERNESS STUDENTS FOR THE HOLDERNESS SCHOOL COMMUNITY
January 17, 2014
MLK Day: It’s About Getting Involved while other students were able to play wheelchair sports and For the past couple of days, sled hockey. Some of the other there has been a lot of inforworkshops focused on learning mation leading up to the MLK about inclusion, Braille, sign day workshops. This morning language, the media, and therwe all had the opportunity to apy animals. attend a couple of these workshops, although we were not So why did we focus on disabilities for MLK Day? Conable to go to all of them. trary to many people’s first Some students had the opporimpressions, the social justice tunity to learn hands-on about that Martin Luther King adaptive skiing at Waterville helped to achieve has a direct Valley and Loon Mountain, connection to the Americans with Disabilities Act; the Civil Rights movement got the ball rolling and made it possible for the Disabilities Act to be passed. By Celeste Holland ’14
tion is considered a disability is made on a case-by-case basis. One of the goals of the workshops was to increase our awareness of disabilities. For both people of color and people with disabilities, there is a gray area that surrounds socially correct language. For example, is it better to say someone is deaf or hearingimpaired? By having some understanding of this terminology, we are able to be mindful of the words we use in the future.
Hopefully, one of the big takeaways from the MLK Day The ADA is a wide-ranging workshops is that there are civil rights law that prohibits, always opportunities to get under certain circumstances, involved. Whether this is helpdiscrimination based on a dis- ing to raise a seeing-eye dog, ability. Disability is defined by volunteering at an adaptive ski the ADA as “...a physical or program, or taking a signmental impairment that sublanguage course in order to stantially limits a major life become a licensed interpreter, activity.” The determination of there are always ways that we whether any particular condi- can help.
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Winter Carnival By Lea Rice ’14 Winter Carnival is the biggest athletic competition of the year for every Holderness student, and those looking to win must spend 11 months of their year prepping for the snowy festivities. Some of our most elite athletes took the time to share their wisdom on how they succeed year after year. How have you been training for this year's games? Do you have any advice for others looking to prepare for the Carnival? Parker Densmore: I have been mentally preparing since Super Sunday. It is helpful to get ahead in homework, so you can focus on the festivities, but I prefer to let all of my work stack up; it adds to the overall feel of Winter Carnival. Emma Abrams: I’ve been practicing my consolatory handshakes, eating well (mainly Clementines), and practicing the art of Shakespearean insults in order to have comebacks for any chirps we may receive. Hedi Droste: I've been in the gym almost every day training for the Barton Olympics; they're the key to winning Winter Carnival. Alex Lash: I often participate in Ironman triathlons—usually three or four times a month—with Gabriel Posada. It helps to keep my body in shape while not tiring me out too much for the upcoming games. As for others preparations—I eat healthy. I visit the salad bar in Weld often and have adopted a gluten-free lifestyle to ready myself for the vigorous Carnival events. Mikaela Wall: I’ve been doing somersaults in the snow for three hours every day since November to condition myself against the cold.
In which part of Winter Carnival are you most prepared to destroy the competition? PD: Definitely the Iditarod; with Trudeau and Sully pulling the entire dorm, we are predicted to reach speeds that rival Father Weymouth in a minibus. EA: Heavy weightlifting. HD: So prepared to win the dodge ball tournament. AL: As a whole, I believe the Hill dorm will dominate in the lip sync category. With twerkography that puts Miley Cyrus to shame, and song choices that are unrivaled, the lip sync should be a definite victory. MW: Lip sync. The art of dance has always been a part of my life, and I look forward to showcasing my gift for movement in front of the whole school next week.
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Which aspect of the competition are you most nervous about? Are there any other competitors that you think will be your toughest matchups? PD: I'd say I am the most nervous about the lip sync; it is by far the most entertaining event, especially since our strategy tends to be to plan our routine 30 minutes ahead of time. Scott Merrill's lip sync skills may seem untouchable, but this year my dorm is unleashing a secret weapon the will decimate the competition. EA: Pulling off a impeccable “flying V” maneuver in the dodge ball game. HD: I'm super worried for the Lip Sync because there are so many other great dorms out there with a lot of talent— specifically, Sargent because of its creativity. AL: Personally, the most nerve-wracking event is the Iditarod. The intense moments during this race show how well a dorm can perform under pressure. The nervousness of not knowing when your sled pullers will give out is enough to make one's heart race faster than the sled speeding across the icy ground. My toughest matchups will probably be the strong, determined members of Rathbun dorm; the faces of Brett Hepler and Luc Chanren would make any opposition shake with fear.
What mistakes, if any, did you make in last year's games, and how will you improve in those areas this year? PD: Last year during the Iditarod, our dorm's sled broke. In order to improve upon this, we hope to get a better sled. HD: During dodge ball things got a bit rowdy. I'd say it was a major mental set back for us, so we're going to keep it clean and PG13. AL: I don't make mistakes. MW: This year, I win.
MW: I have nothing to fear but fear itself. My only competition is my previous record.
Is there any closing message you'd like to give to any of your competitors out there who might be reading this? EA: Be warned, thou mewling onion-eyed, hedge-pigs HD: Shenton, watch out. AL: Back out now, while you have the chance. MW: Team Wall. Join up before you’re beaten. Page 3
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World News Attacks on the
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Russia is currently enforcing a new law, which bans “propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations around minors.” The main purpose of the law, they say, is to “protect children.”
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appreciating gays,” said Petel. “To me, gays are usually kind, talented, genial, creative, and I feel sorry that they’re leaving. It’s not civilized. I think it will be back to normal again in 10 years, but the new young generation should come to power and change the laws. Maybe we’ll see the first Russian gay president in a couple years. Or maybe it will be a woman.”
By Linh Le ’15
In June more than a dozen protesters were attacked by anti-gay activists and police hours before the State Duma approved the legislation 436-0. Those who were not arrested were beaten by masked men boyant bisexual man from on a central street about a mile Ukraine who built up a career away. as a model, performance artist, and DJ in Russia, and his partThe law, which claims to supner Sergey Ostrikov were atport traditional Russian values, tacked. Petel has been worried charges offenders up to $156 for his own safety since the per individual and up to bill passed. He has also lost his $31,000 per media organizajob because of the law. tions. “People in the regions are very Anti-gay attacks are on the rise aggressive towards gays,” says in Russia. Pavel Petel, a flam-
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Petel. “Sergey and I were lucky to be alive last year because some people wanted to kill us. My fear has been growing since then.” While living in the Soviet era, life was easier for Petel. “There was no pressure to make you chose who you wanted to be,” he said. “Russia would benefit from
In the meantime, there have been widespread calls for boycotts and protests of the 2014 Sochi Olympics—including a vodka-dumping demonstration in Los Angeles. The gay rights group, All Out, has delivered a petition with hundreds of thousands of signatures denouncing Russia's stance on gay rights. So far, however, Russia has not changed its laws. Sources: CNN, CBS News
Volume 9, Issue 6 Science News
Teenage Concussions Greatly Increase Risk of Depression is still in progress), the 36,000 teenagers ranging from years Teenagers who have suffered a 12-17 that the study based history of concussions are itself off of have yet to enter three times more likely to exadulthood, so for now the perience depression than those study has only defogged part who have not suffered from a of the matter regarding this concussion. phenomenon. Sara Chrisman, M.D., a pediaHowever, the study does hightrician at Seattle Children's light that teenagers of 15 years Hospital, is leading an imporand older, who are living in tant study that sheds light on a poverty or who have a parent particular matter that affects with mental health problems, many parents and students. are more likely to be depressed “What this study suggests is than other teens. that teens who have had a con“But what was surprising was cussion should be screened for when we took those factors depression,” she says. into consideration, it didn't take away from the association Mild traumatic brain injuries between depression and a hislike concussions can also tory of concussions,” says cause serious psychological problems that usually escape Chrisman. detection during early stages. Jeffrey Max, M.D.,a psychiaBut as of right now (the study trist who specializes in the By Henry Liu ’15
psychiatric outcomes of traumatic brain injury in children and adolescents at the University of California at San Diego, coauthored the research with Chrisman. Max stated that the actual brain injury associated with concussions is probably a major cause of depression in the first few months after the occasion of the injury.
velop depression as a result of traumatic brain injury.” This study affects Holderness greatly, for many of our athletes have experienced at least one concussion. For those who have experienced multiple concussions, please consider contacting Mr. Laurence for help and guidance at nlaurence@holderness.org.
“In the clinic,” Max explains, “we've certainly seen cases where within hours [of sustaining a concussion], a kid who's never had depression before is suddenly depressed and suicidal. One of our studies found that the brain images in children with traumatic brain injury and depression were actually quite similar to those seen in adults who de-
World Sports By Thomas Chau ’15 Soccer: On January 10th, 2014, 28-year-old midfield/forward Cristiano Ronaldo received the 2013 FIFA Ballon D’or, ending Lionel Messi’s three-year streak. The FIFA Ballon d'Or, or "Golden Ball," is an association football award given annually to the player who is considered to have performed the best in the previous year. It is awarded based on votes by coaches and captains of international teams, as well as journalists from around the world. Although Ronaldo’s Real Madrid’s performance was not great, his goals and assists were proven to be the most valuable to his team, especially when all Real’s strikers and wingers could not score in important matches. With 69 goals scored in the year 2013, Ronaldo broke his own record of 63 goals in 2012. This second FIFA Ballon D’or allowed him to equal his record to those of Franz Beckenbauer, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, Kevin Keegan, and Alfredo Di Stefano. Tennis: The 2014 Australian Open officially kicked-off on Monday, January 13. While most of the Western world was enjoying snowy, cold weather, Australia was holding the hottest tennis contest in the hottest region of the country with awesome matches between the top competitors in the world. Despite the 100-110 degree temperatures, many top seeds such as Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams quickly made it through the first rounds of the first Grand Slam of the year. With 13 days remaining, who will make it to the top of this prestigious tournament?! The answer will be in the next Picador edition.
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The Picador New England Sports Boston Celtics: The sliver of hope that Boston Celtics fans were holding onto has officially disappeared, as the Celtics have continually gotten worse while the rest of the Eastern Conference has steadily improved. The return of Rajon Rondo, however, at the end of this week should give them a much needed boost after a winless trip to the West Coast which extended their losing streak to nine games. But most fans would agree that this losing streak is actually beneficial for the team, as it will only increase their chances of getting a top pick in next year’s draft lottery. With this season looking like it’s already over for the Cs, many Bostonians are turning their attention to the college world where several strong prospects are emerging. Duke’s Jabari Parker or Kansas’s Joel Embiid look like solid foundations for Boston moving forward into the near and far future. If all goes as planned, the Celtics are only a couple years away from being another perennial winner in the NBA. But for now, we must all suffer as they continue their downward spiral. - Joey Casey '14
Patriots: Last weekend was filled with amazing football games across the board including the Seattle’s win over New Orleans, San Francisco’s win in Carolina, Denver’s win over the San Diego Chargers, and most notably, the New England Patriots’ win over Indianapolis. With their most recent win over Indianapolis, the New England Patriots are heading to Denver for a winner-take -all matchup. The last time these two met was over Thanksgiving, when it came down to overtime, and the Patriots won. This matchup is often viewed through the images of the two rival quarterbacks, Tom Brady and Peyton Manning. While these two future Hall of Famers have been fierce in competition before, this will be the best meeting the two have ever had because of the astonishing season they have both recorded this year. Manning has spent the season breaking and setting new records and shows no sign of letting anything hinder his stride to a second Super Bowl. Similarly, Brady has built a team that has been able to live up to the abilities of every team they have competed against. With new adapted connections, he hasn’t needed Hernandez, Welker, and Gronkowski. This match will be legendary and will surely give us something for the history books. - Drew Houx ’14
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Bruins: The Bruins started off the new year with a visit from Nashville on January second. The game was a favorable match-up for the B’s even with a powerful 201314 Western Conference team visit. The highlight for many fans at TD Garden that night was not only witnessing a 3-2 overtime win, but watching prospect goaltender, Niklas Svedberg’s NHL debut. Two days later Boston took on the Winnipeg Jets in a 1:00 matinee. The matchup included some familiar faces, as former B’s Mark Stuart and Blake Wheeler returned to Beantown. Rookie defenseman Torey Krug led the Bruins past the Jets, who claimed a 4-1 win that afternoon. This game sent the Bruins off on their annual California road trip. The trip featured some tough games for Boston including matches against San Jose, Los Angeles, and the leagueleading Anaheim Ducks. Announcer Jack Edwards called these teams “The Iron of the West,” as these clubs arguably hold three of the top five NHL spots right now. The Bruins lost two straight to Anaheim and LA, before taking a 1-0 shutout win over San Jose to close the trip out. The Bruins returned home Tuesday to take on the Toronto Maple Leafs. Ever since the epic comeback in game seven last year, Toronto vs. Boston has been a “pay per view event,” or in other words, a must see. The Bruins dropped this game 4-3 after an attempted 4-2 comeback in the third period. Boston’s record has moved to 29 -15-2, tied with the Tampa Bay Lightning for first place in the Atlantic Division. -Connor Marien ’14 with input from Bruins Insider Jack Sullivan ’16
Volume 9, Issue 6 The Dorm Report Rathbun: Evenings are the best in Rathbun. While Jack Finn and Ted Mello are enjoying their beds, Jack Kinney and Harrison Alva are discussing a fine point in a football game. Luke Randle is sleeping on the couch next to the fire pit, and Peter Hastings and Luc Chanren make dumplings in the middle of evening study hall. Oblivious to the real world around them, Will Prickett and Zac Chernin are trying to kill each other in the virtual world. Brett and Tom are talking to each other in their dreams, and Lewis is sleepwalking to the bathroom without waking up Michael Page. Chance and Ian are asleep after a long day of work, but they have to suffer the screams of Young Soo, who just solved another Multivariable Calculus problem. Gregory has already finished his first dream, but where is James? He is still out on a walk-back! A guitar rings at midnight from Michael Yu’s room and wakes Ziang up, who thought there was a ghost outside of his door. And Willem? He is sleeping soundly after Skyping with his girlfriend.
spoiling you and making you the happiest you've ever been. Some say that we like to sweet talk; truth is, that's all we do. Remember, smiling is our number one quality: “Webster dormitory is the life of the parties we don't attend.” Love, the Men of Webster dorm. - Alex Spina ’14
The Hill: We believe in three things: academics, socializing, and the betterment of society. Some examples of this include: leaving Christmas cookies for security, donating money to charity, and brightening the lives of many young women around campus. Aaron Harmatz holds it down in Casey dorm with his gaming skillz (thanks xbox). The good looking men of Flinders dorm are closer than ever thanks to Harrison, and Barton dorm is a group of single studs (excluding Chris Sargent). Besides getting straight As (Big Al) and playing varsity sports, we have accomplished all sorts of things this year. Shoutout to Hedi Droste for all the Monday night dates with Flinders dorm. Shoutout to Mr. Casey for the cookies. Shoutout to A$@P Rocky for - Zihan Guo ’14 the beats and the inspired lifeWebster: It seems that Webstyle. If any lonely ladies are ster dorm this year is filled interested in a walk back, conwith gentlemen and scholars— sult Gillis. high-class men with only the best intentions. In Webster - Drew and Gabi dorm we treat each other with Day Boys: This week featured respect and integrity. We are a plethora of exciting activities lovers, not fighters, and we in the day boy rooms. On demonstrate this with pride. Monday there was a very comLadies, we aren't afraid of petitive game of egg toss with
Nathan Sampo and Brian Tierney coming in second; their prize was one half of a used leather couch. On Tuesday we did arts and crafts deep into the night hours. Joey “Kitty Kat” Casey was very proud of the paper mache house that he will probably live in during the winter months. Wednesday consisted of singing carols such as “I’m on a Boat,” “Baby got Back,” and “Blurred Lines,” down at the Senior Center; Scott Merrill sings a positively beautiful soprano. Thursday, as you all know, is chess night! Things got particularly heated when Connor Marien achieved checkmate on Noah Thompson in only 132 moves. On Friday we will be building homes for the homeless: us. We look forward to resting and recuperating over the weekend. Small reminder: Bible club is now at 2:30AM on Sunday, and yes, it is BYOB.
for a shot at the school record for eight excellent efforts. In fact, the only time he has ever been confused was when an undisclosed teacher told him to leave a study session because he wasn’t a member of the class. Day dorm looks to retake the Winter Carnival as they did in 2012; early scouting reports list them as one of the teams to beat. - Ben Coleman ’14
Niles: Due to recent falling outs, Niles morale has been pretty low at the moment. We recently held a talent show in which James Sullivan never ceased amazing us with his flexibility and his Runescape skills. A number of Runescape accounts have been hacked, so young Sully is currently going through withdrawal. The dorm is now working out more due to the recent supply of whey protein and Creatine from AJ Jarabek who has more protein than every guy on campus. - Kaelen Caggiula ’14 Late nights with the upperDay: Since the snow fell, there classmen include intense have been many exciting mo- games of PGA and FIFA acments in Day dorm. Some of companied by the blaring the highlights include, but are sounds of “Wagon Wheel” and not limited to, Precious seeing the midnight barking of Chewsnow for the first time; Henry bacca in the Heyward apartand Charlie Day scoring their ment. Overall Niles is getting first varsity hockey goals on back into the swing of things the same night; and what we and is ready for the third quarbelieve was Fred completing ter. his first full sentence in Eng- John Swidrak ’14 lish. Rory “Pipes” Macleod can often be found in the gym Sargent: The ladies of Sargent doing his daily curls for the are in full Winter Carnival girls, while his more reserved prep mode. Emma has been roommate, AJ Chabot, prefers lifting and eating nothing but to spend his time attending straight protein powder to bulk (Continued on page 8) extra help sessions and hoping
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The Picador Learning the Ropes: New Faculty Train for Out Back ter we ate, I learned a few different ways to set up a solo shelter and the many knots that I will need for Out Back. During our short hike that morning, Mr. Pettit’s daughter faked an injury, and we had to use our Wilderness First Aid training to figure out what had happened. We talked about a few different scenarios we might face as leaders, then packed up camp, and headed back to campus.
By Ms. Wolf On the first Saturday in January, nine faculty set off into the White Mountain National Forest in Rumney for an Out Back training trip. I am an experienced camper and hiker, but I had never done any winter camping. By the time we got to our campsite, it was getting dark, so we quickly set up camp and built a fire. On Saturday night I sat by the fire and listened to countless stories about past Out Back experiences, both good and bad. As I watched the temperature drop on my 99-cent keychain thermometer that my dad gave me for Christmas, I wondered how I was going to handle 11 days of it. But
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up for her role in the lip sync. Gryzwacz and Stowe have been watching Rambo videos nonstop to up their intensity for the Barton Olympics. And the freshmen have been stalking every faculty member at school in order to determine who they will impersonate. Look for us on ESPN 8 next week; we'll be in the winners’ circle. Sincerely, Your Worst Nightmares Pichette: All is well on the other side of campus, though many (mainly myself) have suffered injuries on the dreaded mini-ice rink right outside our door. Although all of us are still feeling weary
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Another group of faculty will complete very similar training on January 25 and 26. I am very glad that I did this training. I am no longer worried The next morning, we woke about being cold in the woods up, made another fire, and started breakfast. We were not and feel ready to head out on too far from a brook so we had Out Back at the beginning of access to plenty of water. Af- March.
quickly I learned that there is no reason to be cold. As the temperature dipped below zero, I got up, took a walk, cut some wood, and got my body moving. My sleeping bag was very comfortable, and I was not cold at all while I slept. A
Nalgene full of hot water helped to keep me toasty warm.
after being thrust back into the Holderness lifestyle, we still find time to gather for a late night snack in the common room. We love food. Things are looking up as Winter Carnival approaches; new comers and old timers alike are slowly becoming jittery with excitement. Keep your eyes peeled - Pichette is on the prowl for a win. Thanks!
foyle and Liz Casey have been killing it since day one; meanwhile, all of our seniors have made it into college and are beginning to have withdrawal when they think about leaving the day girl life behind. During walks from the parking lot, it has gotten down to a record breaking temperature of -9 degrees, so the petition for day student parking on campus is still being pushed. Get ready for our lip sync, people; it's gonna be stellar.
- Sarah Garrett ’14 The Day Girls: The day girls have a well rounded group of females this year, who have actually begun migrating to other crevices in Weld due to the fact that there are only eight seating options, excluding our three broken chairs. Freshmen such as Logan Kil-
-Caroline Mure ’14
ries (1D's latest album). A bucket of animal crackers won't last more than three hours in room three. Grace Lawrence has been reeking havoc, and her roommate, Moti, has yet to share her feelings on the increased energy level. SJ got a new pair of slippers over the break, and she recently discovered that they even have a tail. If you want to be serenaded, Claire Caputi is your girl. You can also reach out to a recent alumnus, Phil, who is often spotted on FaceTime with President Droste. Allie Renzi is becoming a yoga princess in the back hallway and has a newfound liking for frozen Clementines.
Pfenninger: Pfenninger dorm is never boring. One can always find Maggie Roberts capturing beautiful snapchats and CJ waking up the front -Allie Solms ’14 hallway with Midnight Memo-
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Doppelgangers Doppelgangers. We all have them, but it is a bit more surreal when we meet them face to face or see them on TV. Lea Rice has put together another collection of photographs of students on campus and matched them with their look alikes. Who knew we had so many famous people on campus?
Counter-clockwise from top left: Mr. Bean and Scott Merrill Jack Finn and Anna Soderberg Jack Brill and Napoleon Dynamite Maggie Cunha and Carson Holmes Ron Weasley and Kelly Attenborough
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The Picador Student Opinion Breaking the Invisible Boundary and Embracing Discomfort pology of Asian Black Populations,” Phillipine Quarterly of The bell rings. It is lunchtime. Culture and Society, DecemAfter getting food, you sit at ber 1982). This is not just a the table with your friends, but social problem; it can affect a you notice that several Asian student's performance in acastudents are sitting in the cordemics and sports. Charles P. ner of the dining hall. Warren goes on to say “participating in learning comIt seems there is an invisible munities is uniformly and boundary between American positively linked with stustudents and Asian students. dents’ academic performance When faculty members ask [and] engagement in educastudents why they do not sit tionally fruitful activiwith certain groups (usually ties” (ibid.). Students who people from a different culture), American students usu- limit themselves to single groups in school have fewer ally answer, “Asians don’t opportunities to be engaged in seem to want to be friends with us. We would welcome positive school activities. them if they came to sit with Then, which group is responsius.” But, on the other hand, ble for solving the isolation? Asian students reply, My answer is both. The isola“American students do not tion does not occur because of welcome us when we go to either group's lack of ability to their tables. We would love to understand cultural differsit with them, but they give us ences. It occurs because both uncomfortable looks and exAmerican and Asian students clude us from conversations.” do not try to get out of their It’s not the fault of one parcomfort zones. ticular group; it comes from It is human nature that people cultural differences that make want to spend time with others it hard to understand each who come from similar backother’s behavior. For instance, grounds. Humans in general in Asia, being quiet and harddo not like awkward situaworking in school is considtions; they are afraid, uncomered polite and diligent, but in fortable, and shy about talking America, those behaviors are to people who are really differoften associated with being ent from them whether it has shy and nerdy. do with race, language, class, One study found that Asians gender, or age. have “a hard time fitting into The authors of an article in American culture, and this Research in Higher Education ‘adjustment fatigue’ can lead say, “The developmental theto isolation” (“Minority Stuory literature encourages edudent Response to the Anthrocators to design learning enviBy SJ Kim ’15
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ronments [that] both challenge and support students to move to higher levels of intellectual and psychological development” (“Adding Value: Learning Communities and Student Engagement,” March 2004). When people are exposed to different environments, everything they do is a new experiment; they need to contemplate, be challenged, and compete. At Holderness School, getting out from your comfort zone and sitting with different groups of students with whom you never have talked will be not only an ideal way to solve the isolation, but also a great opportunity to seek challenge.
uncomfortable looks and not be able to understand what people are talking about. But after that, you will find the beauty of cultural differences that you used to think weird. Please get out from your comfort zone and sit with a totally different group; sit with Asian students or American students, male/female students, faculty members, faculty children, visitors, hockey players, field hockey champions, staff members, actors, introverts, and extroverts. Then one day, you will be comfortable sitting with anyone and you will learn a lot about the world and yourself.
It will be difficult; you will get
Congratulations, Mr. Heyward! Welcome to Holderness, Ms. Heyward!
Volume 9, Issue 6 Horoscopes By Caroline Mure ’14 and Sookie Liddle ’14 Aries (March 21-April 19): Something has been bugging you lately, but you can’t quite figure out what it is. Think about what you’ve done in the past week to see if anything seems out of your “norm,” and soon you’ll figure out that pest on your shoulder.
Cancer (June 22-July 22): You have the ability to do everything you seek to do in life, but the only problem is you’ve been feeling the winter blues. Don’t let the poor weather get in the way of your motivation, because you are capable of doing anything.
more slowly than you anticipated. But good things come in good time; keep pushing through because glorious things are bound to come.
Scorpio (October 23November 21): Too much good energy can be overwhelming at times, so your Leo (July 23-August 22): It’s energy needs an outlet. Take Taurus (April 20-May 20): You’ve been doing extremely not too late to ask that certain time this weekend to explore well in one of your classes someone to the formal. Build something new so your energy lately. Be sure to keep on do- up the guts and do it, because is balanced and relaxed. ing your homework and not let otherwise you’ll regret it. Sagittarius (November 22the hype of springtime get in Times a tickin’! December 21): You may feel the way of your “A”. Virgo (August 23-September that you have mixed feeling 22): You need to fall back on towards a close friend or relaGemini (May 21-June 21): You’ve been feeling kinda someone close for a little astive, and though you know this blue lately, whether it’s about sistance. It may be easier for person well, you need to take school, a crush, or the end of you to ask ahead of time, but the time to figure out those your favorite TV show. Sursometimes you have to just feelings. round yourself with the things accept that things aren't going Capricorn (December 22you love and the people you to go your way. January 19): Someone is taklove to be with. Don’t fret the ing a situation far too seriLibra (September 23little things. October 22): The progress ously, and though you’d rather you want to make is happening lean back and let the whole
Overheards Collected by Parker Densmore ’15 Please email pdensmore@holderness.org if you hear anything that you think should be shared.
situation play out, you need to step in and make sure you know what you are getting yourself into. Aquarius (January 20February 18): There is a problem you are having that appears to be physical, but you will soon learn that it is nothing but emotional. Once you discover these emotions, they can easily be controlled and made sense of. Pisces (February 19-March 20): Sometimes when weird situations occur, we hold on and try to make sense of them. This time, you just need to let go and not over think the situation, because over thinking drags the situation out longer than necessary. Just relax and enjoy the ride.
In and Out Katie Remien ’15 and Racheal Erhard ’14
IN:
OUT:
They should do studies on you.
White Out
Music
In my theater class, I have to spend two entire minutes imitating the way Jake Renzi eats cereal.
Winter Carnival
Study Hall
Broom Hockey
Iditarod
I am so excited for pantry.
Sadie Hawkins
Hegemony
I’ve drunk better tasting urine.
Chewbacca
Auggie
YES! Apple Zings are my fav.
Half an Arm
Half a Face
I am going to take my chem class to go watch someone imitate the way Jake Renzi eats cereal.
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Would You Rather... Got a long bus ride to the mountain ahead of you? Or perhaps a long, cold afternoon in the dorm with nothing to do? Playing a game of “Would You Rather…” might just get you through. Below are the Picador Editor’s answers to a few rounds. How do your answers compare? Thanks to Parker Densmore for organizing! Would you rather be fluent in every single human language LR: Bottom half fish, because otherwise I feel like it would look like a confusing fish monster, not a merman. or be able to speak to animals? Zihan Guo: I want to speak to animals! Lea Rice: Speak to animals. Eleanor Celeste Holland: Speak animals. Sarah Michel: I would love to be able to be fluent in every language.
ECH: Bottom half fish. SM: I would rather just not. Fish are my biggest fear. I guess bottom half fish. CHH: Bottom half fish. Instead of your dorm room, would you rather live alone in the chapel basement, or live in Weld with the entire school?
Chares Hagen Harker: Speak to animals. ZG: Chapel basement. Would you rather eat every single donut that is sold after Friday assembly, or eat the wafers and drink all of the wine LR: Weld with the entire school. Entertainment, food, and better places to sleep. in chapel? ZG: Drink the wine in chapel (I’ve always want to do that).
ECH: Live in Weld with the entire school.
LR: Wafers and wine.
SM: In Weld with the entire school. I need people.
ECH: Eat the wafers and drink all of the wine in chapel.
CHH: Weld with the entire school. Would you rather swim in the Frog Pond today or go to your sports practice in only a bikini?
SM: Donuts! CHH: Wafers and wine in chapel. Would you rather change gender every time you sneeze, or have a family of birds constantly roosting in your hair? ZG: Change gender every time I sneeze.
ZG: Go to sports practice in only a bikini. LR: Definitely not swim in the Frog Pond. I don’t want to be exposed to radioactivity.
LR: I hate both of these. Birds I guess.
ECH: Anything but the Frog Pond…
ECH: Have a family of birds constantly roosting in my hair .
SM: I don't do sports. So I'd take a dip in the Frog Pond.
SM: I would rather have birds in my hair.
CHH: Swim in the Frog Pond.
CHH: Family of birds in my hair. You're on a desert island with a beautiful mermaid or merman. Would you rather have them be top half fish or bottom half fish? ZG: Bottom half fish.
Shout Outs By Allie Solms ’14 PW + MB = This hockey couple is unstoppable on and off the ice. AS + CC = This duo of winter sports captains still loves to laugh. RM + LH = Junior year has nothing on these two. CH + HB = These ski bums continue to enjoy each other's company.
Senior Editors Zihan Guo Celeste Holland Sarah Michel Lea Rice Junior Editors Parker Densmore Charles Harker Faculty Advisors Ms. Magnus Mr. Solberg Section Writers Joey Casey Tommy Chau Racheal Erhard Andrew Houx Becca Kelly Seo Jung Kim Linh Le Sookie Liddle Henry Liu
Connor Marien Caroline Mure Katie Remien Allie Solms Contributors Alex Spina Gabi Posada Kaelen Caggiula Ben Coleman John Swidrak Sarah Garrett Ms. Wolf Contact Information Holderness School Chapel Lane P.O. Box 1879 Plymouth, NH 03245 Phone Number: 603.536.1257 Fax: 603.536.1267 Email: info@holderness.org