THE big one
Are we prepared for catastrophe if Southern California’s San Andreas Fault shifts during a school day?
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UP IN SMOKE Proposition 19, the initiative to legalize marijuana for adults, raised questions about the effects of marijuana use. Students continue to obtain medical marijuana cards, and some come to class high.
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hronicle C nov. 10, 2010
Harvard-Westlake School Los Angeles, CA Volume XX Issue IV chronicle.hw.com
Huybrechts approves fan behavior rules By Austin Block
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we’ve got magic to do: Max Sheldon ’11 as the Leading Player sings with the ensemble in Pippin, the Upper School’s fall musical. The cast and crew put on four shows Nov. 5-7 in Rugby. see A16 for further coverage
Prefect election results not altered by computer glitch, probe finds By Daniel Rothberg Administrators investigated concerns that last year’s Senior Prefect election results were tainted due to the fact that the electronic ballot was briefly inaccessible to students during voting, Head of Upper School Harry Salamandra said. After exploring the issue, administrators reached the conclusion that the results of the election were valid. “After speaking with all three of [the Prefect Council] advisers and getting a better understanding of what the potential issues were, we decided that there had been a fair election, although, indeed, there had been a snafu with the new [software] program,” Head of School Jeanne Huybrechts said. Concerns were initially raised by Jules Bagneris, the father of Mariana ’11, a candidate in the election. Last
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Dalton incident raises questions about censorship By Jordan Freisleben Administrators at the Dalton School in Manhattan recalled the October issue of the student newspaper because of a “misrepresentation of facts in a poll splashed across the cover that revealed the student body’s level of alcohol consumption,” the New York Times reported on Oct. 26. see censorship, A8
May, in a letter to the administration, which Bagneris gave to The Chronicle, he said that his daughter had tried to vote after she came home from school but could not access the online ballot. Mariana notified Chaplain J. Young, one of the three election coordinators. Young said that Mariana was unable to access the ballot because the England-based website used for the election, KwikSurveys, operates on a different time zone. As a result of the difference in time zones, voting was unintentionally programmed to end early. “I had made an error with the stop and start time,” Young said. Young said that he fixed the mistake and estimates roughly 10 minutes elapsed between the time voting stopped and started up again. see election probe, A9
Big Sunday founder to speak Nov. 19 By Rebecca Nussbaum The founder of the largest regional community service event in the country will speak at an assembly on Nov. 19. David Levinson of Big Sunday will give a speech concluding Community Council week, which includes a community service fair, Christmas ornament decorating and bake sales. In the past years, Community Council has sponsored a Big Sunday event which many students have attended, head of Community Council Patrick Edwards ’11 said. Last May, they helped beautify an elementary school, and Edwards expects that they will sponsor a similar project this year. Edwards worked with Levinson during past Big Sunday projects,
and he wanted Levinson to speak during Community Council week. “I knew that he would be a good speaker because he coordinates much of the community service in L.A.,” he David Levinson said. Community Council member Ryan Lash ’12 called Levinson and asked him speak at the assembly. related coverage
Community Council hosts service week Nov. 15-22. A community service fair will take place during activities period Monday, Nov. 15. A3
Head of School Jeanne Huybrechts has approved the Fan Behavior and Sportsmanship Review Committee’s proposal to improve fan behavior after the Faculty Advisory Council endorsed the document at its nathanson ’s/chronicle Oct. 26 meeting. The proposal Jeanne Huybrechts has five recommendations, the first of which is to “establish and communicate expectations for student behavior and sportsmanship.” Huybrechts said she plans to fulfill this recommendation by sending a letter to parents and students communicating the school’s fan behavior expectations. “The other four [proposals] will be phased in with time, but sooner rather than later,” Huybrechts said. The letter should also at least partially cover the second recommendation, which advised informing parents about these expectations and making it clear to them that fan behavior standards for both parents and students exceed those at professional sports games. “To some extent or another, all groups involved recognized a need to structure the Fanatics Club so we can both continue the positive work they do by cheering for our teams and to corral their indiscretions,” the third suggestion said. “This priority is potentially the most difficult obstacle to tackle without a carefully orchestrated plan. Students will inevitably resist didactic restrictions or regulations so it is essential for all ‘structuring’ efforts to include a discussion with members of the Fanatics.” “We are not really actually changing anything because there have been expectations for fan behavior for a long time, but we are just more cognizant of our shortcomings and willing to step forward when we see something wrong,” Huybrechts said. “The fans are usually fabulous… see fan behavior, A6
INSIDE a new blend: The Prefect Council opened a permanent smoothie bar in the sandwich bar area last week, serving up concoctions with movie theme names.
A7 high note: Set Theory, a student jazz group, played in Pacific Palisades on Halloween for friends and family.
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