Volume 11, Issue 8
1.18.2016 A PUBLICATION BY HOLDERNESS STUDENTS FOR THE HOLDERNESS COMMUNITY
HOLDERNESS CELERBATES GENDER & SEXUAL ORIENTATION, HONORS LEGACY OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
AJ Chabot ‘16
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his year, within the cycle of race and ethnicity, class and privilege, religion, ability, and gender and sexual orientation, we find ourselves focusing on the last. The upcoming MLK Day will be the seventh Holderness celebrated day since Mrs. Pfenninger began the program. Between a variety of speakers, an allschool film on Tuesday night, a spoken word poet, and a variety of workshops, Ms. Glew expects this year to be, “our richest MLK Day in recent times.” Formally begun last Thursday night with the Alliance’s chapel talk and this morning with Mrs. Sparkman, next will come a Tuesday night advisor-advisee dinner discussion following the movie, The Mask You Live In (The Masculine). The Diversity Committee chose to focus on masculinity, especially in the upcoming days because males have
felt attacked as many past discussions have focused on feminism and women’s rights. As it may seem “easier” to talk about these more feminine issues,
the committee has decided to try being more “inclusive on our examination as the movie examines gender from both sides.” The movie will focus on how masculine culture is portrayed through the media, and the ramifications for being told what the social norm is versus what is actually socially acceptable, or should be.
A member of the committee expressed her hope for the next few days saying, “when we talk about diversity on campus, people tend to shut down and not talk about it because it’s uncomfortable. I hope that people are willing to sit in discomfort, and to realize that all of us – faculty or students – feel uncomfortable in different ways. I don’t think we can change and grown as a community unless we deal with this discomfort and have productive discussion.” Ms. Sparkman is excited for the events because she feels “many people don’t realize how much we need to have these conversations, and in light of numerous events this year, it’s important that we provide a forum for students and faculty to both speak and to be educated.” A member of the alliance hopes that people “walk away from it feeling more comfortable talking about controversial issues.”
WOODWARD DORMITORY EXPERIENCES FREAK FLOOD, STUDENTS DISPLACED UPON RETURN FROM BREAK Dougie DeLuca ‘16
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n Tuesday, January 5th, the first day of school following Christmas Break, everything was progressing normally until sometime between 10:30-11:30 AM water began to pour from the ceiling in two downstairs rooms in Woodward Dorm. As more and more water flooded into the rooms, a few students with frees noticed and ran to get help. By the time help arrived and stopped
the flow of water, four dorm rooms were impacted as well as a lower hallway. Luckily, due to the quick response from students and staff, much of the furniture and other items in the rooms were removed and avoided damage. Two hours later, a firm specializing in dealing with water damage arrived on the scene and identified what needed to be fixed and replaced. Due to the alertness of the students in the dorm and rapid response by the staff, the damage
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