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Jack Goldfisher ’13 explores the popularity of superheroes.

Scot Ruggles coaches his first two games as Head Football Coach.

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who had already done 169 as

As wide receiver Chris Sebastian ’13 sprinted into the end zone to score the Wolverdown last Friday, the crowd

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8 debaters compete in Chile, Turkey and Czech Republic

By Jack Goldfisher

Eight students competed at international debate tournaments in Chile, Turkey, and the Czech Republic during the summer.

Amelia Miller ’15, Sara Evall ’15, Timothy Song ’15, Tommy Choi ’14, Luke Holthouse ’13, Miranda Van Iderstine ’13, Elle Wilson ’13 and Michelle Choi ’12 each attended one of the World Schools Debate Championships and argued against representatives from almost 50 countries.

Wilson and Holthouse were part of one three-person United States team, and Heart of Europe tournament in Olomouc, Czech Republic.

Song also competed at this tournament as part of a different team. Miller was the only Harvard-Westlake student to travel to the Chilean tournament.

Debates at all of the international tournaments were almost an hour long and were conducted in English.

In their free time, Wilson and Holthouse took historical tours of Olomouc and attended the “International Friendship Night,” an event organized by the tournament in which

countries’ representatives set up tables representing their nations’ cultures.

Van Iderstine, who was on a team with Evall, debated at the Eurasian Schools Debating Championship in Istanbul, Turkey. Their team made it where defeated by a Romanian team.

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round before being beaten by a team from Sweden. Michelle Choi also won an individual speaker award.

The debaters were allowed to explore the city freely, and Van Iderstine was impressed

by Istanbul, particularly the Hagia Sophia, Istanbul’s his-

toric ancient Basilica.

“It was cool to be in a place with buildings and statues that are several times older than the United States,” Van Iderstine said.

She loves representing her country on the international stage, and added, “The US team has a bad reputation at international tournaments, but we made a great impression and I’m proud of that.”

The students are part of The Debate Union, a national debate organization based at Claremont McKenna College and headed by John Meany, the school’s forensics director.

T representative of Team USA Harvard-Westlake, but many school debaters choose to debate on an international level through the organization.

No US team was composed of only Harvard-Westlake students.

“It helps to emphasize that we’re competing for the United States,” Tommy Choi said.

He added, “It’s an unbelievable feeling to represent your country on the world stage, and the social and historical aspects of the competition made the experience even more fun.”

Signs urge removing food trash

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To minimize the extra work the maintenance team was doing, cleaning empty plates, half-full drinks and other litter off tables in the quad, there will be a new sign system to discourage the mess.

“On every table out there, there will be a little table tent, you know what it is going to say? Most people clean up after themselves,” Head of Upper School Audrius Barzdukas said.

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Pick up the french fry thing and stick it in the garbage. A big part is leading by example.”

Global Connections also emphasizes adaptation to an Head of School Jeanne increasingly international edHuybrechts attended an in- ucational system. ternational conference for “Students in schools like educators in Auckland, New Harvard-Westlake, many Zealand during the summer. of you will work outside the Huybrechts met with 30 other United States at some point in school heads and visited six your life,” she said. The organischools as part of the zation expresses its conference. goals with a quesThe convention tion: What compewas hosted by Globtencies do we need al Connections, an to develop in young organization which people that will enseeks to bring eduable them to lead catiors together in successful lives in order for them to our global village? share ideas. AccordThis question ing to their website, spurs discussions nathanson ’s/chronicle the organization fosat the annual symters review of the- Jeanne Huybrechts posiums. Last year, matic issues such the conference was as leadership, team held in South Afribuilding, uses of technology, ca, and next year Huybrechts and community service. will participate in the same “I can’t go to a school discussion in Colombia. without coming away with a Last year, Huybrechts half dozen ideas for this school, visited schools in Soweto, an big or small” Huybrechts said. apartheid-era ghetto where “[I brought back] photo- black South African families graphs of the way classrooms were relegated until the midare set up, and curricular ma- 1990s. terials, a lot of little things that After this year’s convenI then pass on to teachers,” she tion concluded, Huybrechts said. When Huybrechts was independently revisited South on a previous school tour in Africa.

Singapore, she saw carpeting Huybrechts said that the that she particularly liked. conferences encourage her to “It turned out to be just search for international partindustrial carpet, and Mr. De- ners for Harvard-Westlake to Matte found it,” she said. interact with in the future.

Upper School Plant Manager Felipe Anguiano said that the maintenance department is optimistic about the signs.

“We will give them a try and see if it helps,” Anguiano said.

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THINKQUEST: Four Harvard-Westlake students and a teammate crowd around a computer working on their project.

Sophomores place in media contest

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Four sophomores won second place in the Digital Media 16 and under division of the Oracle ThinkQuest competition.

The ThinkQuest competition requires students, divided by age groups, to identify a pertinent problem and create a solution using multimedia means. Nadia Rahman ’15, Aaron Shih ’15, Erina Szeto ’15 and Nathan Szeto ’15 combined forces in April 2011 to create their project, “From Laptops to LOLcats: Exploring Teen Tech Use,” a website designed to help teens make more informed decisions on the internet and electronic media-delivering devices such as computers.

In addition to giving advice, the group also conducted international polls and performed experiments, which explored topics ranging from the internet habits of Venezuelan teenagers to myths about electronic devices.

Through the project, the students concluded that tech-

but there are issues that come with it that people, especially teenagers, should be mindful of.

Rahman, who previously participated in ThinkQuest competitions, asked the other students to join.

The members were inspired to help teenagers when they noticed that some of their peers showing a nearly obsessive attachment to their mobile phones, Szeto said.

The group worked together for little over a year and their place in June.

Each member will be awarded with a laptop worth the San Francisco Bay Area, where they will participate in educational workshops. In these workshops, the group will learn about technologies that Oracle specializes in. and downs, but everything worked out in the end, which we are really grateful for,” Rahman said.

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Bose-Pyne family files charges against company By sarah noviCoff

Testimony concluded last parents of Ishan Bose-Pyne ’12 against Wahl Clipper Corporation, the company that manufactured the razor that allegedly malfunctioned and caused the third-degree burns that killed him. A verdict has not yet been reached by the jurors.

July 22 of last year by his mother, Shonali Bose. The missed by a doctor’s note) and the opening statements

from both sides. The 10 allegations listed include product

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matches found, and on the night of the incident the razor later admitted to the Los Angeles County-USC Burn Centhird-degree burns and died

of an infection 11 days later on Sept. 13. that in the past eight years Wahl has recalled at least nine defective products for various reasons, including the risk of possible electric shock, injury to the user, and overheating Wahl Clipper label and package insert does not provide the increased risk of serious injury and/or death from the clipper.” pieces of evidence in their initial report, including a September 2010 article from the

the defendants is Warren Gilbert of Hosp, Gilbert, Bergsten, and Hough.

The suit initially contained charges against Target Corporation, the company that sold the malfunctioning razor, but March.

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Cinema studies and performing arts teacher Ted ding of Claire Cochran ’06 and Kent O’Connor in St. Saviour’s Chapel on Aug. 25.

Both Cochran and her older brother Adam Cochran ’04 performed in multiple drama productions that Walch directed.

Walch received a license Universal Life Church years ago.

“I am an active Episcopalian and once stuided for the Episcopal ministry,” Walch said. “I’ve performed four other marriages for friends, all of them alums.”

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Riemer has taught Spanish I, II, III, III Honors, IV and AP Spanish Language.

“I feel like I’m surrounded and I feel privileged to be a part of the academic energy,” Riemer said.

“She’s the right person because she is very organized, student-centered, a great collanguage teacher Roser Gelida said. “There really could not be a better choice.”

in-chief of this year’s edition of Vox Populi.

“Alex is our technical expert, and Emily’s expertise is leadership,” yearbook adviser Jennifer Bladen said. “Together they make the ideal team.”

Persky and Ravan plan on format of Vox Populi, such as keeping the focus more on the individuals than on broad stories. the design because they are unique and really innovative,” Persky said. “It’s going to be really cool.”

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Spanish place middle school history teacher and dean Karen Fukushima as a Student Council adviser. “[Jurado] is energetic, fomake Harvard-Westlake the best possible school it can be,” Student Council adviser Keith Jordan said.

Jurado said he is looking tion of the senators this year.

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10th grade course now teaches safety the Choices and Challenges curriculum this year after a four years absence.

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Faculty give birth during summer Three faculty members each gave birth to boys over summer break.

Adegbile gave birth to Aaron on Aug. 29.

She expects to be out of school for about three months.

Head of middle school performing arts Emily Reola gave birth to Mario on Aug. 17. on Jan. 7.

Upper school math teacher boy Jeht on June 1.

“Being a mother is conally a blast at the same time.”

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uring the entire 2011-2012 school year, the Kutler Center, the school’s new interdisciplinary studies building, was little more than a steel skeleton and rubble.

During the summer, construction crews transformed it into a bridge between the renovated Seeley G. Mudd Library and Seaver Hall. The library and Kutler building

boast seven new computers, two new classrooms and updated connectivity for wireless technology. All tables in the new library have built in power outlets. The old tables were moved into the student lounge in Chalmers.

Head of School Jeanne Huybrechts said everything would be ready “or ready enough” for students during Both the Kutler Center and Mudd Library feature environmentally-friendly

carpeting and furnishings that came packed in recycled cardboard.

The Kutler and Mudd construction project cost about $4 million, Head of Campus Operations J.D. DeMatte said.

The building of the Kutler Center and the renovation of the library went “right down to the wire as expected,” DeMatte said. “We always knew that it was a really big project to jam in during the summertime.”

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THE KUTLER CENTER seen here from the stairs leading up from the quad, is named in honor of Brendan Kutler ’10, who died in his sleep in December 2009. His wide-ranging interests prompted the creation of an interdisciplinary studies department. Kutler’s parents, Jon and Sarah, provided the leading gift for construc-

tion of a building which forms a bridge between Seaver Hall ,which houses history and foreign language, and the Seeley G. Mudd Library. Larry Klein heads the new Interdisciplinary Studies Department, which offers classes this fall for the first time. A ceremonial opening for the center will be held Sept. 28.

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KUTLER CENTER CLASSROOMS located on the bridge linking the third floor of Seaver Hall to the library, will host interdisciplinary courses including The Creative Process: from Inspiration to Fruition taught by dean coordinator Ryan Wilson; Criminal Advocacy Trials and Criminal Advocacy Appeals taught by science teacher

and former federal prosecutor David Hinden; and Philosophy of Art and Science, taught by performing arts teacher Ted Walch and math teacher Kevin Weis. The modular desks will hopefully facilitate discussion and collaboration between students, Head of School Jeanne Huybrechts said.

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SEELEY G. MUDD LIBRARY was renovated during the construction of the Kutler Center. Over 17,000 books, the majority of which had been inaccessible last year, were moved back into Mudd library from storage. MiniMudd, the temporary library housed in

West Chalmers, held only volumes commonly used for research, a small fraction of the library’s collection.

MiniMudd has now been reverted back to Chalmers East. The remodeled building holds the entirety of the book collection.

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12 million worth of newly constructed facilities ncluding the new Kutler Center for Interdisiplinary tudies, an updated library, revamped dean and udent center, new classrooms and an Olympicze pool are ready for student use this week.

RECONFIGURED FEATURES OF the library include tables for group work, armchairs and sofas, and power outlets on every table for easy recharging of laptops and other electronic devices. Students can quickly check email or search the book catalog at one of seven new desktop computers. The wireless technology has been updated to better handle students’ laptops, and Wi-Fi will be available everywhere in the library, said Director of Campus Operations JD De Matte. MiniMudd, the temporary library, was 2,300 square feet; the remodeled Mudd Library is 9,500 square feet, over four times as large.

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Deans’ offices encircle revamped student lounge in Chalmers By rachel schwartz

The wall has come down between Chalmers East and Chalmers West creating a new lounge that includes new ofAudrius Barzdukus, the Dean Coordinators Ryan Wilson and Camille De Santos and Bird and Vanna Cairns.

“One of the biggest things happening around here is having it actually be the designated deans area, and I’m sure kids will still use the lounge, but I like the idea that we are lining the halls, that there is a place for parents to sit while they are waiting for us,” Head Slattery said.

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THE GLASS-PANED, MODERN design of the Kutler Center was intended to reflect the spirit of the interdisciplinary studies program, according to Huybrechts. “The program itself is a very interesting one. It’s innovative. It’s forward

thinking. It’s a bridge program,” Huybrechts said when construction began in 2011. “So we wanted the elements of [the facility] to be interesting, innovative and creative and serve as an entrance to the school.”

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“I really like the idea of having Mr. Barzdukas down

Harvard-Westlake completed three major construction projects on campus.

The total cost of all three projects was approximately $12 million.

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here because there are so many times when deans need to consult with the head of upper school,” Slattery said.

While Wilson is excited about the new space he is con“Because we’re tucked away in the back of the room, hallway is Ms. Bracken, so we don’t want everyone just going to her,” Wilson said.

Wilson said that there will be some major signage going up to try and make sure that students still go straight to the Dean Coordinators with all of their questions.

With the reopening of the Mudd Library and the destruction of MiniMudd, the portable trailer used for a Silent Study space last year has been converted into two new English classrooms, now Rugby rooms 222 and 224.

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Faculty, athletes try out new pool the pool and its advanced technology, the water polo and to practice simultaneously for Barzdukas said.

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CONSTRUCTION ZONE: Trucks gather in front of the main gate of campus as pipeline installation continues on Coldwater Canyon.

Main gate closed to southbound drivers, pipe construction continues to block entrance

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Despite pipeline installation under Coldwater Canyon in front of campus, the main South Entrance will open for the 2012-2013 school year.

However, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power strict Coldwater to one lane of In an email to parents, Director of Communications Jill Shaw provided guidelines for anyone making a commute to the Upper School.

She recommended carpooling and early arrival as means

The main entrance to the school is restricted to one

She also outlined dropoff and pick-up procedures to fusion and potential accidents.

People traveling north must either drop off at the North Entrance or drive into the Main Entrance and loop around Hamilton Gym. Those commuting south must either drop off at the North Entrance or enter via Hacienda Drive and drive around Hamilton.

may only exit via the South Entrance if they are turning right towards Ventura Boulevard. must loop around Hamilton and exit via Hacienda to make a left turn.

Students without parking driving to school, as they may not park on Halkirk Drive, to campus or other students’

Students to write Honor Code statement, sign name on assessments said. “But here was the thing: it wasn’t really a recommenhours and hours crafting this recommendation. It was more like a mandate.”

Barzdukas, working with with Father J. Young, Jordan Church and the deans, drew up the new policy over the summer “to change the locus of the discussion from how the disciplinary decision was made to what happened and what we can do,” he said.

“No one really paid attention to the Honor Code until all of a sudden we had this kind of emergency,” Barzdukas added. “Every couple of years our community is hiThis year’s incoming prefects, who represent the

Board, were not involved in the creation of the new policy, Head Prefect Michael Wagmeister ‘13 said.

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treat students maturely and the students,” Spencer RasRascoff proposed the Honor Code and the Honor Board modeled on similar systems at colleges.

The second change, Barzdukas announced to faculty last week, is that students will have to write, “I have neither given nor received unauthorized aid on this assignment,” and sign their name on all as-

spots.

“All students who are assigned to park on the Upper quired to display their parking parking privileges on school property,” Shaw said. tion for roughly another year, De Matte said.

After that, they will move to Hamilton Gym and to the St. Michael’s lot via Hacienda.

and hit the swimmers, and so if it’s deeper, those waves dissipate,” Barzdukas said. “It is Los Angeles Times high school sports reporter Eric Sondheimer pegged the cost of the pool at around $5 million in a June article.

According to De Matte, the total cost of the complex including the pool and the poolhouse was approximately $6.5 million.

All middle and upper school faculty had the opportunity to fore an inter-campus meeting Tuesday, Aug. 28.

Middle school history the pool with middle school math teacher Dan Reeves stroke start.

“The pool is glorious,” Ulmer said.

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A dean and English teacher will join the Upper School faculty. Four new teachers, all in different departments join the Middle School staff.

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By Rachel SchwaRtz Having endured freezing winters his entire life, Upper School Dean Christopher Jones is looking forward to a California winter.

“You get to a point where that cold really gets in your bones and you kind of can’t thaw out,” Jones said.

In July, Jones moved with his wife and two daughters (7 year old Avery and incoming seventh grader Taylor ’18) from Columbus, Ohio where he was a college counselor and

head basketball coach at Columbus Academy. The Academy is a pre-kindergarten through 12 private school that has a student body of about 1,000. as a college counselor were comparatively limited to those of the deans here, Jones said that the way he got to know his students in Columbus has prepared him for his new role.

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ball program.

“I’ve got to be involved. If as a person,” Jones said.

Jones has had experience in college admissions at Kenyon College, Williams College and American University, however he has been working at Columbus Academy for the last 10 years.

“I love the idea of having that cross-pollination of all the different disciplines so to see that formalized in one department, that’s a huge step,” he said.

By haley FinkelStein After teaching Freshman Composition, Intro to Poetry, and Intro to Literary Studies at the University of Michigan, former professor Caroline Miller will begin this school year as a new Upper School English teacher.

“I got an award in my kindergarten English class called ‘The Rip Roaring Reader,’” Miller said. “My grandpa still calls

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me that.”

cision to pursue English as a career, she said.

“Being an English teacher just lets me keep doing that the rest of my life.”

Miller moved to Michigan from Columbus, Ohio to attend the University of Michigan and stayed to teach there once she graduated.

“The best part about a classroom is being with people who

have all read the same book and want to talk about it together.”

Miller’s favorite book to teach is “The Hunger Games.”

“The Hunger Games” also happened to be the Middle School’s all-community summer-read in 2011.

“I’ve taught ‘The Hunger Games’ the past couple years and this year we were actually able to read it and then go to the movie and compare and contrast the two,” Miller said.

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Faculty Additions

Middle School Kyong Pak — history Kyong Pak will teach both seventh and eighth grade history.

After growing up in Los Angeles, Pak moved to New York where she attended Columbia University and received her bachelor’s degree in history.

Pak taught at a public school for nine years called High School for Law Advocacy and Community Justice.

Pak recently moved back

Kun Li — Chinese New Middle School Chinese teacher Kun Li will begin teaching Chinese classes 1A, 1B and 1N. Li has had previous experience by volunteering in public schools in Philadelphia, which in-

School.

In addition to instructing Chinese, she also has experience teaching English in her native Chinese city Shanghai. time job in the United States.

Although, she got other offers from schools in Texas and Philadelphia, but Li chose

Michael Grier — math to Los Angeles and south out a teaching job at HarvardWestlake, where both her sisters are alumna.

“I’m really excited to start and everyone’s been super friendly,” Pak DiDax said. “Just the staff, the faculty, even some of the students I’ve met over the summer. It’s a beautiful campus and I’m excited to be at the middle school.”

— Elijah Akhtarzad

to teach at HarvardWestlake because she believes that students should take their time learning Chinese in two separate A and B courses.

“I feel that the Chinese program DiDax here is so different from the Chinese program in other schools that I was browsing at the time,” Li said.

Li also thinks that the students were very engaging during her trial class.

“The students here are very nice. I am very impressed by the hardworking middle school students,” Li said.

— Sophie Kupiec-Weglinski

Michael Grier will teach Pre-Algebra and Geometry. Grier, a NCAA also coach middle school track and “I’m really looking forward to meeting and getting to know my students ... [and] to coaching track this spring,” Grier said.

Grier majored in mathematics and psychology at Pomona College. He also competed in the high, long, and triple

Scott Turner jump in track and

Previously, he taught Algebra I, Computer Programming and the Psychology of Video Games at Polytechnic school in Pasadena.

DiDax “We look forward to having him as a new member of the department,” Head of Middle School Math Department Sue Olson said.

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Turner worked at the University of Southern California for the last five years as an adviser to international students and scholars.

DeAsia Marks >>

— Jake Saferstein

and creative writing.

He also holds two bachelor degrees from the University of Michigan: one in English and the other in “Approaches to Transcendent Thought”, an independent major which Greenberg designed himself.

He described it as a mix of integrated psychology and comparative religion.

During his time at Vanderbilt, Greenberg taught undergraduate students as well as eighth graders in Vanderbilt’s talented youth program.

DiDax “I like the idea of getting to teach a younger age and helping them.” Greenberg said.

Greenberg said he is looking forward to reading “Of Mice and Men” with his ninth graders.

“I’m a big fan of John Steinbeck, and I think it’s perfect.” Greenberg said.

— Zoe Dutton

Middle School Receptionist Marks previously worked in the undergraduate and graduate admissions office at Loyola Marymount University.

Zachary Greenberg — English Zachary Greenberg joined the English Department at the Middle School to teach seventh and ninth graders.

Greenberg recently moved to Los Angeles from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, where he earned his

Associate Director of Admissions

Aram Pendley >>

Senior Software Engineer Pendley previously worked at Blackboard, an e-learning software company.

Jacob Swanson ’11 >>

Middle School Technical Director Swanson worked on productions throughout high school and during his freshman year at Claremont McKenna College. He is taking a gap year this year.

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Signing off on your honor This fragment of our Honor Code is often all that remains in our minds as our eyes glance their way toward the space for our signatures.

The rest is, at best, vaguely recognized and then quickly dismissed as students sign their name to a promise they’ve barely read.

Tyler Graham, Miles Harleston, Jake Pulier, Erina Szeto, Jeremy Tepper

In an interview in March, Father J. Young said, “Unfortunately, I’d have to say overall, I don’t believe the code has had a tremendous effect on our students, either then or now. I wouldn’t go as far as to say it’s been ignored or irrelevant or anything like that, but I think to say all of our students have it etched into their heart, soul and mind would be pretty false.”

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years, Harvard-Westlake has had cheating scandals with students citing lack of clarity as the problem.

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has instituted a new way of instilling ethical responsibility into their students.

We are no longer called to absentmindedly sign our names to a code we didn’t take the time to read, one that new ninth graders never even signed, instead we will write and sign a brief version of it on all tests, quizzes, and important homework assignments.

The duty is tedious but has been proven to curb cheating substantially.

There are those that feel this to be a tedious duty devoid of any actual ability to prevent cheating.

Yasmine L. Konheim-Kalkstein, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Minnesota,

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groups of students. One group was made to read and sign an Honor Code, one was not.

Of the students who did not cheat, all 13 of the students in the honor code group answered that they “felt a moral and ethical responsibility not to cheat.”

Art Markman, a P.h.D and cognitive Markman noted that, “the people who read and signed the honor code tended not to cheat.”

Markman also says that any organization promote good behavior by the people in that organization. ing good behavior. that they have not cheated the school avoids any loopholes that might arise from an Honor Code that has been signed, but not necessarily read. , It is not an irritating chore, rather a constant reminder of the standard we are held to as students. The logic is that this reminder, while not stopping cheating as a whole, will certainly make students think twice about their own moral and academic responsibility.

Data from studies like Marman’s or Kalkstein’s prove that an active knowledge of the honor code can make the difference, even if it doesn’t curb cheating in its entirety.

This, we think, is enough.

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Plans aren’t set in stone Internships can be valuable even if they don’t turn exactly as you expected.

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Everybody loves a hero

By Jack Goldfisher

I

f you ask a comic book fanboy where Superman was born, he’ll dutifully lecture you about Krypton, Superman’s father Jor-El and the years Superman (then Kal-El) spent hurtling across space in his protective spacecraft.

If you pose the same question to a sociologist, he’ll calmly explain that Superman was born out of American fear, desperation and uncertainty, and is less a man of head. He was born between the two world wars, when our country most needed a hero.

Perhaps it is unsurprising, given this origin, that 20th century comic book sales were highest during the drastic

six major superhero movies came out in the 90s, as opposed to 38 released between 9/11 and the close of 2010.

Stan Lee, creator of Marvel comics, has 75 producer credmore than Peter Jackson and Martin Scorsese.

With seven superhero coming year and the three summer blockbuster installments of Spiderman, Batman and the Avengers collectively grossing more than $3 billion this year, one has to wonder if we are currently in the throes of a great American tragedy.

I posit that the number of beat up baddies is, in this era of skewed reporting and misleading polls, one of the truest barometers of American turmoil we have.

Peter Parker’s Aunt May said it best in “Spider-Man 2,”: “Everybody loves a hero.

People line up for them, cheer them, scream their names.

And years later, they’ll tell how they stood in the rain for hours just to get a glimpse of the one who taught them how to hold on a second longer.”

This is what Americans are drawn to time after time in periods of great struggle.

Hope. Hope that only a masked savior can provide.

The superhero era is no cinematic fad; it is enduring. It is more powerful than

1970s and lowest in the 1950s.

Then, the American popufrom manufacturing booms, our country’s growing global power and technological achievement, instead of from caped crusaders. We liked Ike more than Batman, and we put superheroes on the back burner. They never left us though, crouching silhouetted against metropolitan skylines waiting, ever vigilant, for the time we would call upon them again.

We see the same trend in movie adaptations of superhero stories, the peaks and coinciding with the ebbs and

a locomotive, to borrow a phrase. I don’t expect these adrenaline-pumping marvels of modern movie magic to slow down until a time comes when America once again realizes its true power lies in its people, and therefore it won’t need need super friends is experiencing success and prosperity domestically and abroad we’ll put them on the shelf with our Legos and G.I Joes until we have to call upon them again. If the 30s and 40s were the golden age for comic books, then we are living through the golden age of comic book movies.

I’m going to be able to vote in the 2016 election, and I think I’ll be able to gauge the quality of leadership in this next term by the number of comic book movies released.

Maybe the 15 (and counting) hero movies set to be released by 2015 are Hollywood’s predictions that things aren’t turning around just yet. Alternately, perhaps the genre is an indication that the numbers will soon subside, because as Batman says, “the night is darkest just before cause as a fan of comic books, I’d love to see the trend continue, but as a fan of truth, justice and the American way, I long for a time when we no longer need masked heros to feel optimistic about our future.

By Tara Stone n July 21 at about 5 a.m. I was ready to go, wearing a tired smile with two heaping suitcases at my feet. My plane was bound for Ann Arbor, Mich., where I would be working at a series of internships in the arts.

Although I’m a heavy packer in general, in this case, my suitcases were larger because I had no idea what to expect. My internship seemed to veer off of the beaten paths at UCLA science labs and entertainment production companies, which so many Harvard-Westlake students travel.

As someone who never saw the point of building blocks or dress-up in preschool when there was a drawing table in the corner, I have always thought I would pursue a career in the arts.

That vision of my future was expected by friends and especially family, who would shower me with oil paints and sketchbooks and endless colored pencils during Christmases and birthdays. It seemed necessary that I set aside some time before junior year this summer to further consider my artistic possibilities. long trip, I worked for an art gallery, a clothing designer, jeweler and printmaker/college professor. Throw in an intensive art course at the University of Michigan and I was really in the thick of it, getting to see the creation, process and production of all different kinds of artwork.

I felt blessed to be a witness to all the creativity and inspired hard work that the artists around me would grind out every day. Whether

it was the vine charcoal permanently smudged into my dozens of precious jewels sliding through my head the next, the amazing artwork around me stuck with me, and even more so did artists who had followed through with their unlikely ambitions to be rewarded in the end.

Amid all the pencils and printing ink, it was easy to had been sneaking up on me for weeks was the realization that I did not really want to pursue art professionally.

Yes, that’s ironic and seems to defeat the purpose of my entire trip.

The truth is, this realization gave me the most valuable lesson I could take home with me. However hard it is now to make such a drastic change, I would never want to wake up years after schooling and networking to think “this is all wrong for me.”

At an age where more young hopefuls than ever are rent and follow their artistic passions, I wish them the best of luck. The best of luck to all hyper realists and pop surrealists and all the rest of the art rats out there.

For me, however, it is a passion not a profession.

Though I would never stop making art, I feel that I have had opportunities which allow me to contribute to society in ways that many cannot. teenager who might change her mind in the future, but I hope students know that it’s never wrong or too late to take a step back and reexamine one’s goals and choices; all you have to do is give yourself that opportunity.

Call to inaction H

By Claire Goldsmith

alfway through a sum-

I thought I really should be tackling that list of books my dean gave me instead. Rather than lying there and letting my brain cells rot, I should be doing something productive.

This pattern repeated itself every time I watched Very Mary-Kate on collegehumor. com or clicked through my friends’ summer photos on Facebook.

“Why am I doing this instead of learning my SAT vocab?” I’d wonder.

For the majority of the summer, my schedule was

crammed with work, practice SATs and whirlwind trips to Northern California. In the few days that I had to relax, why couldn’t I just let go? I felt guilty about being lazy, even though summer exists for me to sleep in, do nothing and be proud of it.

Harvard-Westlake has instilled in me this attitude that if I’m not doing something to change the world or bolster my resume then I’m wasting my time.

I can’t just watch hours upon hours of “Community” without a nagging feeling that I should be doing something with purpose, something more

academic, more important.

My peers are hardworking intellectuals. They drive me to work with vigor and be more productive. Everywhere I look, someone is doing more than I am or accomplishing something more important than I am, so I push myself to keep up.

When I’m not keeping up I feel guilty. I feel like I am always competing for the most rigorous schedule, even on vacation.

I thought I was alone in this, but every classmate I’ve talked to has expressed a similar experience. We all want to unwind but can’t

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completely let go.

Here’s my call to inaction.

In the next nine months, you probably won’t have too much free time, so make it count.

Don’t waste those precious moments of relaxation by worrying about wasting time.

We all push ourselves to excel in class, sports and extracurriculars, but we’re only human. We need to rest and recharge before we can continue.

That 30 minutes (or two hours) you spend watching TV, on the internet, or hanging out with your friends will actually help your brain perform better when you

brain chemistry even tells us to relax, but I can’t help but guilt-trip myself. Stanford neuro-biologist Robert Sapolsky has proven that constant stress means increased levels of cortisol in the brain. Longterm cortisol exposure limits the brain’s ability to form new connections and store memories.

Don’t feel bad about relaxing. Taking a break stimulates brain function, and can make you more productive in the long run. Put 100 percent into what you’re doing, without hesitation, even if what you’re doing is nothing at all.

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Global citizen

By AllAnA RiveRA

C

ultural immersion, the anthem of the year, played itself boldly across glossy welcome packets and brochures: School Year Abroad, Spain. “Become part of the warm, rich Spanish culture.” Terms like “global citizen” and “language mastery” beckoned to curious students like siren-calls and alumni claimed would resonate across college years and maybe even a lifetime. They promised us another home, a second family.

In the short time they presented the program I conjured fanciful notions of eating paella in the small kitchen of my bustling Spanish family and exploring the streets of the south, bathed in the white sunlight of March. Soon after, I dismissed all of these daydreams and reduced them to a laughable hypothetical question to pose to my friends at lunch: “What would happen if I actually left for one year?”

And that was supposed to be where it ended, but it didn’t. I embarked on the silly hypothetical and ended up, one year later in an unforeseeable reality: Zaragoza. I went with two suitcases and the ingrained assumption that, just like the many before me, there.

But it didn’t work out that way.

I was hesitant to jump to such a conclusion because, how could I, really? Generalizing such a vast space in which I had only lived for nine months seemed simply foolish.

However, there were cultural norms that I couldn’t quite subscribe to. My Spanish friends spent nights out hopping bar-to-bar eating tapas and sipping mixed drinks, while I spent mine out to dinner with friends, or at the art studio trying to perfect my take on Picasso. Much to the surprise of my family, I

didn’t drink wine at dinner (I didn’t like it), nor did I smoke (ditto).

There seemed to be only a part of me that was Spanish.

I felt at home reading Zafón or cheering for Dani Pedrosa during the Motorcycle Grand Prix, but even this wasn’t enough. All of my peers seemed to joyfully accept the customs of our new home and grew to feel a sense of belongfeeling more Spanish than American. I left in limbo: I into either place.

I came to realize that it wasn’t solely the Spanish culture I did not belong to, but rather any one culture. I found in myself the ultimate paradox of being a global citizen: One’s kinship is with everyone but cannot be contained anywhere. I am an American-born mutt, half Mexican, half Puerto Rican, with an accent from the Iberian Peninsula. Though I am made up of all these places, I belong to none of them. passion and Puerto Rican spirituality, but neither the pride nor Catholicism that usually comes with both cultures. Likewise, I am drawn to the vibrant spirit of Spanish literature but not the vibrant spirit of Spanish dance clubs.

I used to feel obligated to a single culture, and then felt both hurt and ashamed when I discovered I couldn’t. This year, though, as I opened myself up to the world, I discovered that I am too vast and complex to marginalize myself to one part of it, nor should I be forced to. Author Alain de Botton noted in Art of Travel that “...When asked where he came from, Socrates said not ‘From Athens’ but ‘From the World.’” I belong to the world and, I guess, the world belongs

Reintegration: Surprising struggle

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By Ally White

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here is no possible way someone who wasn’t there could understand.

No matter how many stories people allow you to tell, generally three or four, they cannot possibly comprehend my year abroad.

That is why reintegrais created between me and everyone I left. I desperately want them to understand, but they simply can’t no matter how hard they want or try to.

No matter how descriptive I am when talking about the worn cobble stone streets that every SYA girl tripped on weekend out, it isn’t enough.

But I don’t think I look any different aside from the European clothes I’ve bought over the course of the year.

But in fact, I have changed.

Jet lag, culture lag

That was the biggest shock of all: that even my closest friends couldn’t see the development I found so obvious in myself.

They didn’t see me triumph in my struggle to write a three page essay in French on a book by Rousseau or maneuver my way alone through Belgium when I took the wrong train.

Coming back, we all had unrealistic expectations. They expected me to be able to had left a year ago, and even though sometimes I want to, I simply can’t, and I expected them to understand.

All the colorful brochures said it. They highlighted School Year Abroad as a life changing experience, on where a student would grow exponentially. I took all of

that with a grain of salt.

The brochures were after all meant to persuade students to enroll in the program. through all of the students’ quotes leaving out the less attractive ones, or altered them slightly to create just the perfect pitch for the advertisements. I was both right and wrong. They did not have perfect quote from students.

No matter which student you asked, they would almost all claim they had learned more in one year in France than they had during any other year.

They did, however, omit something that would make the SYA experience a little less alluring: the return.

Every moment of every day I miss being there.

“I have finally made it to China. At least physically, I have. It is as though my mind is in one place and my body is in another.”

By Alex McNab

I

have been trying to go to China since I was 7 years old.

I was the kid who spent his recesses desperately scraping at the ground hoping to one day see a dragon or Mulan popping out of the sand.

Now, with the help of the high school foreign exchange program School Year Abroad, China.

At least, physically I have.

It is as though my mind is in one place and my body is in another.

I feel like I am at Magic Mountain and my stomach is still waiting in line while the rest of my body is about to complete the second drop, but I am dropping so fast that the queasiness, the homesickness, hasn’t had a chance to catch up with me.

Up until recently, the only

birds I had seen in China were those in the Angry Birds commercials, but even the Angry Birds here are different. They all have bunny ears.

I’m not exactly sure why they are avian-rabbit mutants, but I’m guessing it has something to do with the horrible air quality.

As soon as I got off the airplane, it smelled like I was in a Las Vegas casino or like the most recent count on the “Smoking Deaths This Year and Counting” billboard on Santa Monica Blvd, was blowing its cigarette in my face.

The air quality and lack of real birds are all in addition to the fact that I have migrated from the freedom-loving Obama nation to a communist country. The November elections are just another odd American custom like using our hands to play football and eating Panda Express.

So far, I have had only one encounter with the differences between the democratic and communist lifestyle.

Our resident director, Hilde Becker, a short-haired, smiley, German woman with a pleasant accent, asked me to step outside the other day so that I could have my picture taken.

I like taking pictures, so, naturally, I consented until the thought struck me, “why would Becker want my picture?”

“For the police,” she said.

“Oh no,” I thought. “It’s ready a felon. This is terrible.

The last thing [middle school attendance coordinator] Brenda Simon told me before I left was, ‘Alex, try not to get arrested,’ and, now I am at school having the resident director take my mug shot.”

I began to wonder what it was I had done wrong. I

thought that everyone had been staring at me because, with my dark skin and puffy hair, I resembled Afro Samurai. They must, actually have been glaring at me for breaking some strange communist law.

As it turns out, it was my Angela Davis-esque hairdo that was causing them all to stare. Apparently in China, the police require a picture of every foreigner.

But despite these differences, S.Y.A. China is, in many ways, very similar to Harvard-Westlake.

For example, S.Y.A China has a lot of stairs. My one year at the upper school ensured that I am one of the few students who hasn’t broken a sweat after hiking up the six section of Beijing Middle School #2.

The time when I most

completely forget that I am no longer in America is actually when I am sleeping. In bed, my head is in America and on America. As I lay my head against the small, red, white, and blue U.S.A. towel my host parents have thoughtfully placed over my pillow, I dream of all sorts of things.

So far, my dreams have stop at Aug. 26, the day before I left for China.

I suppose, when I start speaking Chinese in my recurring dream where I skillfully glide like a peregrine falcon, I will have begun my gradual transformation.

I will no longer be a hamburger-hoarding, too busy with school, sports, and friends to spend time with my family American man, but instead a chow mein chomping, let’s-all-eat-dinner-at-thesame-time-and-place Chinese man. I can’t wait.

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‘Do Well and Do Good’

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IN CHARGE: Editors-in-Chief David Lim ’13 and Elana Zeltser ’13 want to maintain the integrity of the paper, while expanding its online presence.

Your paper, as always

Even before co-education began on both campuses, the came together to put out

“We would like to welcome of The Chronicle, the newspaper of the Harvard-Westlake school,” Editors-in-Chief Suzanne Kim and Jason Wertheim wrote. “The Chronicle’s mission is to accurately and impartially report news that is relevant to the HarvardWestlake community.”

As we have for the past 21 years, we remain committed to our core mission of serving as the newspaper for the students, teachers, administrators, parents and alumni that make up the HarvardWestlake community.

Today, however, the school we report on looks very different from how it did when continues to undergo changes today.

New buildings rose up over the summer, ready to welof school and we have one last

year with the president who brought together two schools and created the HarvardWestlake we know today.

Times are changing and we must change with them.

The Chronicle seeks to take advantage of new online tools to reach out to our readers with a new website in the works that can handle multimedia content and live broadcasts of school events.

In the summer, articles, play-by-plays of football games, and online interactives were posted on our website as well as on our Facebook and Twitter pages and we will continue our timely online coverage during the school year. foremost the student newspaper of Harvard-Westlake.

Even as we expand into new ways of distributing content, we strive to inform you this year as reliably as we have for over two decades.

— David Lim ’13 and Elana Zeltser ’13 Editors-in-Chief

Letters to the editor The Chronicle welcomes comments from our readers. Letters must be signed, although names may be withheld on request. Please do not exceed 350 words.

Please send letters to: The Chronicle 3700 Coldwater Canyon Ave. Weiler Hall, Room 108 Studio City, Calif. 91604 Or, by email: chronicle@hw.com

quadtalk

The character theme or motto we introduce each school year usually focuses our attention on a narrow range of behaviors or outcomes. Several years ago the focus was on thoughtful and ethical decision making -choosing the “hard right over the easy wrong.”

Another year, the reminder was, “Just because you can doesn’t mean you should.”

More recently, “Act Like Champions” was an invocation to be honest competitors and good sports in all of our as spectators at Athletics competitions.

It served as a reminder humility and to respond to challenge with dignity. That is, after all, the HarvardWestlake Way. This year’s

motto is broader excellence in all our in scope, servendeavors and intering as a guiding actions. But doing principle for all well should always our actions and be in service to dointeractions. ing good. Do well so It’s a favorite that you can do good. of President Tom Develop your natural Hudnut’s, a maxtalents and use your im that he has resources so that you nathanson ’s/chronicle woven into many can serve others.

Jeanne Huybrechts of his addresses Do well by doing to students good. Enhance your and faculty during the past own learning by doing good works, by engaging in meaninvocation that concisely and ingful community service elegantly encapsulates the projects, by embracing action essence of our school’s mission that serves the common good. statement.

In the end, what you do with Do well and do good. All your knowledge is more imof us want to do well—to do portant than what you know. well in our schoolwork, to do Let it be good that you do, well in our jobs, to achieve at and you will do very well. a high level, to maximize our potential and ability.

—Jeanne Huybrechts We should aspire to Head of School

Help us make this year fun

As Master Oogway states, “Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift, that is why it is called the present.” Though a humorous aside from Dreamworks’ “Kung Fu Panda”, this quote, we believe, holds true here in our everyday experiences at Harvard-Westlake. years, even easier to speculate as to what lies ahead in future years, but often we overlook the present year amidst the day-to-day grind of high school.

In light of that fact, how do we resolve this issue?

Simple as it may sound, we want to make this year fun.

We want to take advantage of all that we are capable of to seize the present and the fun it has to offer. But how do we most effectively accomplish this?

The answer is it requires all of you; it requires more direct communication and participation amongst all students from all facets of our community.

“What campus changes are you most excited for this year?”

“I’m excited for the Kutler Center because I have classes there and I will be a TA for a Choices and Challenges class that will be taught there.”

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SEIZE THE DAY: Head Prefects Katie Lim’ 13 and Michael Wagmeister ’13 aim to improve communication with students.

Some ways in which we believe that we can achieve this are: opening up more streamlined networks of communication or media through which the Prefect Council and the administration are more accessible; hosting more frequent inter-grade activities or events to further break down any remnants of an already weakly divided student body; and bringing in more offcampus food to remedy the monotony of the cafeteria.

However, these are simply our ideas.

Ultimately, we want to hear from you, the students,

“I’m looking forward to using the pool because now we don’t have to travel off campus for practice.”

—Justin Carr ’14

— Katie Lim ’13 and Michael Wagmeister ’13 Head Prefects

The Chronicle asked: “Was last year’s Honor Board process effective?”

71.3%

Yes

—Hunter Stanley ’13 “I can’t wait to use the Kutler Center because it is amazing and I feel like I would be able to get a lot of work done there. ” —Julia Safir ’15

who make up our entire community.

You are the key necessary to open up the gift of this present year.

So we welcome you all to the school year of 2012-2013!

Let us help you to facilitate the success of your goals, and help us come together as a collective, cohesive community because, after all, what is a gift if you have no one to share it with.

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FRONT AND CENTER: Blake Nosratian ’13 crowd surfs at Outside Lands, top.

Aimee Misaki ’15 poses with locals in Tokyo, top right. Anna Witenberg ’13 listens to music wth her friend at Bonaroo, right.

Miles for music

By Sydney Foreman

A few hundred or even a few thousand miles did not stop music lovers from seeing their favorite acts this summer.

Although Sziget, one of the biggest music festivals in Europe was not Ally White’s ’13 only reason for traveling to Budapest, it was one of the highlights of her trip.

“My friends invited me and who am I to turn down a European experience?” said White.

White is familiar with traveling abroad, but is not as familiar with music festivals. best I could have imagined,” said White.

“People were so excited because LMFAO, The Killers, etcetera don’t come to Hungary often. I love watching people singing lyrics in English when you can tell they don’t really understand what the words mean.”

She does not feel that she would travel great lengths for musical performances unless she loves the area in which it takes place.

“People have to be excited to be in the place they are in,” said White. “If there is not someone you want to see playing every moment, then the energy level goes down.

You want people to be excited to be there in general, not just for the music.”

Once his trip to Madrid was arranged, Jordan Elist ’13 bought a ticket to Rock in Rio. “The reason I signed up was to see Rihanna,” said Elist, who was greatly disappointed when she cancelled her appearance.

Despite this, Elist listed Rock at Rio as “the perfect summer vacation getaway for kids between 16 and 23.”

After three years of attending the Summer Sonic festival in Tokyo, Aimee Misaki ’15 is still delighted by it and intends to return to the festival.

Misaki is particularly drawn to the upbeat atmosphere that Tokyo has to offer a music festival, which she believes Los Angeles is lacking.

“Even though my feet are ruined from walking miles every day, I just had the best time,” said Misaki.

Summer Sonic was an opportunity to see many artists Misaki grew up listening to such as Tears for Fears. Headliner Green Day performed their new album Dukie, which allowed Misaki to rekindle her self-declared “love-hate relationship” with the band.

While it was not the 11 hour plane ride Misaki took, the hour ride to San Francisco where the three-day music festival Outside Lands is held was the furthest Andrew Meepos ’13 has traveled to hear live music.

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Music lovers visited festivals across the country and in foreign countries they happened to be visiting. tival,” said Meepos.

Meepos said Outside Lands is his favorite of the six festivals he has attended because of the surrounding culture in San Francisco. Every day food is provided from some of the Bay Area’s top rated restaurants.

San Francisco is currently the furthest Meepos has travelled for music. However, he plans to attend the Glastonbury festival in England next journey.

Blake Nosratian ’13, another Outside Lands attendee, believes the energy of the other festival goers enhanced the experience. “Even though I was towards the back I could tell that the whole crowd was really into it,” said Nosratian.

Anna Witenberg ’13 does not predict she will be returning to Bonnaroo, after taking a four-hour plane ride and spending two hours in a car and three days of camping in Manchester, Tenn..

“It seems like a once in a lifetime experience and I don’t know if I need to do it again,” said Witenberg.

Radiohead, a favorite of Witenberg’s, was a huge disappointment for her during the festival. She is unsure whether the letdown is due to a

low quality sound system or because of the immeasurable amount of sweaty fans that surrounded her. Despite the letdown, Witenberg feels optimistic about other music festivals in the future. Witenberg believes that traveling great lengths for a festival can be worth it, but very unpredictable.

“It’s a risk and you just have to for it.”

For Ethan Weinstein ’15 and Eli Weinstein ’16 traveling to Chicago for Lollapalooza is nothing new. The brothers returned to Illinois to visit their grandmother and to attend Lollapalooza for the second consecutive year.

This year the Weinstein brothers attended the festival with their mother. For future festivals, “I would like to go with a big group of friends,” said Ethan.

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Camp to bridge cultural divides allows senior to see both sides

By Sarah Novicoff

As an Iranian Jew whose family suffered religious persecution after the Islamic Revolution, Blake Nosratian ’13 had always only known the Israeli side of the Israeli-Palestinian teenagers from six countries involved in the Middle Eastern “How could I look an Israeli boy in the eye and criticize Israeli security measures when [the boy’s] neighbor was killed by a suicide bomber?

How could I blame a Palestinian girl for the rejection of the British partition plan in the 1930s, long before her parents were even born?” Nosratian The camp, run by the nonunites teenagers from nine

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“[Camp] was a great opAs Nosratian puts it, the portunity to step out of my goal of the camp is to “[bring] bubble and really expand my youth from knowledge of global studgions around ies,” Nosrathe world How could I blame together to Nosraa Palestinian girl for learn about tian stayed leadership at the camp the rejection of the and commuBritish partition plan nication to Maine for in the 1930s, long end cycles of two consecuviolence,” he tive summers, before her parents each time for were even born.” tion to “northree and a mal” camp —Blake Nosratian ’13 As a member activities like color games, of a dialogue campers pargroup with 20 teenagers from Jordan, Egypt, Typically the conversation Israel, Palestine, Great Britain begins with yelling and closeminded statements, Nosratian cussed current events, in adsaid, but evolves to an under- dition to taking seminars in

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BONDING FOR PEACE: Blake Nosratian ’13 (right) and his friend from the West Bank play tug of war in the Color Games as members of the blue team at the international camp Seeds of Peace. communication and leadership Hana Al-Henaid ’10 atended the camp herself and -

has 5,000 alumni across the globe with a majority of them “Imagine if the Palestinian and Israeli leaders were both seeds; imagine what good that

Students, alumnus camp with homeless By reBecca Katz

First time counselor at Camp Harliams ’14 was ready to take on the ropes course with a camper when the 9-year-old girl asked to pair with a girl from her bunk that she hadn’t got-

spect as you would anybody else,” three-time Harmony counselor Mariel Brunman

Current programming director at Camp Harmony, Nick Melvoin ’04, nathanson ’s/chroNicle knows exactly Mariel Brunman ’13 what camp can do for both the kids and the That experience was one of the highlights of camp for Harmony since his sophomore

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For the past 23 years, Camp Harmony has served as a summer camp for children living in shelters from the greater

“[Camp Harmony] is my faces is just an incredible feel-

lake students who volunteered as counselors at Harmony this

Brunman said that many of the kids have restraining orders against their own parents

“You never really know what kind of camper you’re going to get, and what their story is going to be… but you treat every camper with as much love and as much re-

afraid that their parents may “It’s heartbreaking,” BrunThe counselors said they all faced challenging situa-

tions, but the reward seemed to be much greater than those “Through the week, I went through highs and lows with my kids, but they frequently tell you that Camp Harmony is the best week of their lives and that they wish they lived there,” counselor Andrew RaBrunman said that with students at camp, they end up interacting with each other in “It’s kind of a uniting force when you see someone that you have biology, or chemistry with, and all of a sudden you’re Counselor Cayla Blachman ’15 said that saying goodbye “I knew I had made an impact on my campers, and they my counselors and I embraced our campers, tears streamed down all of our faces,” Ravan

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Be it in offices, museums or out on a farm, several students got first-hand looks at professional fields of interest.

Senior translates multiple languages

By Jessica Lee

ternship has been amazingly helpful to us and an excellent Staring at the dull glow of experience for her.” her computer screen, Annie Wasseman translated docWasserman ’13 typed away, uments in three languages to translating sentence after sen- extract the intricacies of the tence from French to English, language. stopping only “ E a c h when she had [language] has finished all seven unique terms pages. and nuances It’s complex and really Wa s s e r that I somedifficult; you can man worked as times can’t completely butcher a French, Italfully express what the other person in ian, and Spanish English,” translator at the Wa s s e r m a n is trying to say if you Risk Managesaid. “It’s comdon’t come up with ment Departplex and really the exact translation.” ment at the Los difficult; you Angeles Coun—Annie Wasserman ’13 can completely ty Museum of butcher what Art, translating the other peremails and documents for and son is trying to say if you don’t from her supervisor to mu- come up with the exact transseum directors and officials in lation or verbal representaother countries. tion.”

“Most people don’t realize Wasserman was at a dinthat behind every exhibition ner with family friends when on the walls are months of ne- a parent who worked in the gotiations with the lenders,” Risk Management DepartAssistant Director of Risk ment commented on her apManagement at LACMA Re- titude in languages and asked nee Montgomery said. “So far, her to help translate a docuAnnie has translated insur- ment. Since then, Wasserman ance contract terms and docu- translated a file here and there ments for museums in Fabre, until she was offered an intern Florence, and Quebec. Her in- position last January. Three

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USING LANGUAGE: Annie Wasserman ’13 translates many foreign documents for her summer internship at LACMA.

days a week during the summer Wasserman would drive down to UCLA for her morning German classes, and then rush over to LACMA just minutes before afternoon traffic.

In June, Wasserman translated an Italian file that involved an upcoming exhibit set to feature the artwork and legacy of the famous 17th century artist Caravaggio.

“It was particularly exciting for me to work on that document because last year, in my directed studies Italian class, we spent a few weeks learning about Caravaggio,” Wasserman said.

In addition to translating, Wasserman compiled damage reports and helped create methods of efficient protection. Wasserman used Excel to see on which days and in which exhibits the artwork was damaged or tampered with by visitors. She would then decide when to employ more security. Wasserman also kept close track of climate changes, making sure that the artwork remained unaffected by excessive heat.

Wasserman hopes to consider translating next year.

Students work as summer interns for upcoming political candidates

By Ally White and Michael Sugerman

Copying fliers and running errands, transcribing speeches and maintaining websites were some of the tasks assigned to students who volunteered during the summer for mayoral, congressional and the presidential campaigns.

Tommy Chen ‘13, Jonathan Loewenberg ‘13, Jacob Pardo ‘14 and Miranda Van Iderstine ‘13 interned on Congressman Howard Berman’s reelection campaign.

“It has been an amazing hands-on experience,” van Iderstine said.

All four students pursued the internship via the Alumni Office, which arranged interviews.

“I’ve actually always had an interest in politics,” Pardo said. “It’s something I could see myself doing later in life. I thought that interning for the campaign would be a great place to start.”

“Sometimes we do tedious work, but all of it is ultimately important,” Van Iderstine said. “My favorite is attending debates and just talking to constituents.”

Samantha Maccabee ‘13 worked on Los Angeles city councilman Eric Garcetti’s ‘88 mayoral campaign.

Maccabee said she chose to intern for Garcetti because of their Harvard-Westlake connection. She worked main-

ly from his home, transcribing his and his opponents’ speeches from video, making donor spreadsheets and working to tag constituents on his campaign website.

“I have always been interested in politics and I thought, ‘this is a great opportunity for me to learn about policies and their effectiveness,’” Maccabee said. “Now when I do vote, I can make my own educated opinion.”

“I think my favorite part of the job is learning how campaigns work, not just from a book but from actually doing it,” she said. “[It was] great to meet and eat lunch with someone who could be the next mayor of Los Angeles.”

Lucy Putnam ‘14 worked on President Barack Obama’s reelection campaign at its Los Angeles headquarters, and will continue working there once a week until the general Claire Goldsmith ‘14 in- election in November. terned for three months for “I have wanted to work on City Controller and mayoral a campaign since I remember,” candidate Wendy Greuel. she said. “Though I’ve talked Goldsmith worked in the politics with my family for controller’s office last summer years, this is the first I’ve felt and decided I could make to volunteer a difference on the mayand actually oral camwork on a I’ve actually always had paign because presidential an interest in politics. It’s “I think she campaign.” something I could see has all the As an inmyself doing later in life. qualities we tern, Putnam need in the outlined conI thought that interning next mayor ference call for the campaign would of Los Angediscussions be a great start.” les. She has and orgayears of both nized volun—Jacob Pardo ’14 business and teer lists via go v e r n m e n t an online sysexperience tem. and a great vision for Los AnPutnam said the best part geles,” she said. of her job was working with Goldsmith worked three others for a common goal: days each week filing, pro- Obama’s reelection. cessing donor contributions “We need to win this elecand soliciting donations. She tion to ensure our country plans to continue volunteering does not backslide,” she said. on the Greuel campaign after “It is great to be with people readjusting to the first few who will stand up for your weeks of school. common values.”

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OFF THE GRID: Riu spent two weeks farming in Durham, Maine. Above, he walks the grounds of a farm where he worked.

Senior works on farm in Maine

By Aaron Lyons

Martin Riu ’13 woke up at 5:30 a.m. There was little light outside, but Riu dragged himself out of bed to feed pigs and chickens, move cows and set up fencing. At 7:30 a.m. he went back to make breakfast.

Then he went back outside to continue his work. This was just the start of his day.

Over the summer, Riu spent two weeks on a farm in Maine toiling for hours on end to get firsthand experience of the difficulty of producing food.

In 10th grade, Riu became interested in environmental causes, such as global warming. After taking Advanced Placement Environmental Science, Riu’s interest grew. He started studying nutrition and organic agriculture outside of school by reading books such as “The Omnivore’s Dilemma.”

After speaking with his APES teacher, Hilary Ethe, he contacted Steve Sinisi, a man

who manages two farms in Durham, Maine. Riu worked on these two farms for two weeks. The first, Old Crow Ranch, is a farm that raises livestock. The other is New Leaf Farm, an organic sustainable farm.

Riu’s schedule consisted of working 14 hours a day, seven days a week. During his stay at the farm, Riu learned how corporations grow crops.

Riu said his most memorable experience was Harvest Day. Every Wednesday they would pick all of the crops.

These included cherry tomatoes and green beans. Riu said that he will never eat green beans again because of the energy it takes to get just a single pound of green beans.

“If they were too small you leave them, if they were too big you had to throw them out because they were too starchy,” said Riu. “We would bend over for hours just finding and picking green beans.”

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By Cosima ElwEs cial winner of the Junior Summer Fellowship, traveled to cities and rural villages across France to study the impact of water pollution on places including Paris, Saint-Brieuc, Saint-Nazaire, Nantes, La Rochelle, Cerbère, and Nice.

“I think this experience has made me less afraid to do things I’ve never done before,” Konkol said.

Konkol was also able to learn more French on her trip, and she feels that she gained a new sense of independence.

In order to measure the impact of pollution in the water, Konkol tested water samples from different types of cities and compared the pollutants

that are in them. The cities she visited were greatly varied, such as Nantes which is a port city and Cerbere which is a small village.

“What I loved most was being able to go to cities that don’t have many foreigners that visit, and experiencing how differently they live and what they use the ocean for,” she said.

French so she was scared about communicating with everyone, but all the people were “very friendly” and “very kind,” she said.

“My French skills were good enough for me to survive for two weeks in France. I feel like I can do more things on my own now, and that I can rely only on myself.”

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Laurel Wayne: England

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Jose Morales’ ’13 r interest in art and arch ture led him to study th chitecture of Antoni Gau two weeks over the summ Barcelona.

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Keane MuraokaRobertson spent two weeks studying the impact of fresh water on rural villages, local economies, and the livelihood of women in Ghana and Tanzania.

Muraoka-Robertson was able to visit locals’ homes where ing installed.

She describes one house she visited that was more like a hole in the wall with a curtain as a door.

“In the water [some villagers] brought me, I was able to see little worms moving around. At

Laurel Wayne ’13 worked trumpet player to ever hold a principal position in an orchestra, Anne McAneney, in order to improve her playing and “rebuild a stronger foundation.”

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in Wayne’s playing that were habits she had developed when she was 5 years old.

During her 12 years playing the Trumpet Wayne has never wanted to play professionally, but after her trip she is considering it.

“One of the biggest things apart from my music was just really experiencing what it’s like to be somewhere on your own... a little out of your comfort zone” Wayne said.

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Kallista Kusumanegara: Italy

By Enya huang Kallista Kusumanegara ’13 studied the link between modern Venetian art and Venice’s ‘sinking’ into the Adriatic Sea during a nine-day visit to the city in early July for her Junior Summer Fellowship study.

“The Adriatic Sea is rising, so people aren’t really sure if Venice is going to exist in the sumanegara said.

Kusumanegara found a main link between Venice’s situation and how it affected the native artists. Through interviews with artists she found that they were using the city’s sinking as a method for economic gain instead of a

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source of inspiration.

“The environment serves as a kind of business,” Kusumanegara said. “It’s not really serving as an inspiration to artist.”

Whereas the museums are no longer of interest, street vendors are selling paintings of the sinking Venice to tourists and using the situation to their economic advantage since Venice’s unique environmental circumstances cannot be helped anyway.

“You know how art is usually cultured students and normal people, you think that art is a passion, and now I’m seeing it as a business, which is very disappointing,” Kusumanegara said.

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David Lim: Italy

interesting to see that.”

By KEnnEth sChrupp David Lim ‘13 went on a 12 day trip to Italy to connect art and architecture with their political and literary context.

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Lim was especially surprised by his experience at the National Archaeological Museum.

“The art portrayed everyday Romans doing everyday Roman things as opposed to grand imperial art with a clear political purpose.” Lim said. It was something different and unexpected.”

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organization, Save a Bottle, Save a Life. Elist also discussed the importance of community service in Spain.

“For me, the most important part of the fellowship was teaching students that even though it is not a requirement, they should still go out and do community service,” Elist said.

While in Spain, Elist met with the United States Ambassador to Spain, Alan D. Solomont, and was personally thanked by him.

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As recipients of the Gunter-Gross Summer Fellowship both Demren Sinik ’13, who traveled to Turkey, and Jamie Chang ‘13, who traveled to South Korea, explored their countries of origin.

Sinik interviewed students and professors about their opinions on Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the prime minister of Turkey. “[Some things] simply can’t be learned in the classroom or sitting at home in front of the computer,” Sinik said. “By going to Turkey I learned a lot of information about Turkish

politics, but the whole experience really went beyond that. I really got a sense of what people my age were feeling about their country.”

Chang took photographs of elderly people for a South Korean ritual where a recent portrait of the deceased is placed next to a closed casket at the funeral. cant, many people can’t afford them, or are physically incapable of getting to the studio, so Chang donated them.

Chang described her ovreall experience as “overwhelming and amazing at the same time.

I’m so glad I got the opportunity to do it.”

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Sept. 5, 2012 Eight new sophomores and one junior will be joining the Harvard-Westlake community for the upcoming school year.

“I’m excited about new people, different classes, and just the year in general.”

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Rebecca Li ’15

Julia Kim ’14

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“I’m excited to meet a lot of different people and experience the atmosphere of the school. I think it will be a great change.”

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Nico Lubkeman ’15

Victoria Huynh ’15

“I like tennis, photography, Chinese harp and I’m also fluent in Chinese.”

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Xenia Viragh ’15

“[I’m looking forward to] a more traditional enviornment and getting to know a lot of new kids.”

Former School: Oakwood Schoool

“I like acting, mainly drama.

I program a little bit to. I’m fluent in c sharp, the programming language.”

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Oliver Sanderson ’15

“I can’t wait to see my friends again because I haven’t been back [from Switzerland] since I left in 7th grade.”

Former School: Zurich International School

“I participate in girl scouts, love swimming, and am inerested in tech theater.”

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Alexis Ladge ’15

“I’m looking forward to 300 classmates instead of 16 and a better athletic program.”

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Gabriell Jenkinson ’15

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Milan Severino ’15

“I am a dancer and am also really involved in helping girls with down syndrome learn to control their bodies though dance.”

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Courtney*, the athlete

Doug*, the brain

Francesca*, the all around

Starting the application process

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Courtney* Courtney spent her summer going to tournaments and camps for her sport. She has met with coaches and has received offers from several schools including eight division three liberal arts colleges including Williams, Amherst, Connecticut College and Hamilton.

Not only does she like these schools because of the athletic opportunities they have to offer, but she also loves the small towns where these schools are situated.

“There’s a feel when you step on the campus. I feel like I’m at home. These are my people,” Courtney said.

She said that her parents want her to consider the full experience of a school, not only the sports opportunities it has to offer.

They encourage her to ask herself, “Would I go to that school without my sport?”

Courtney said.

In July, the schools recruiting her performed an academic read where they evaluated her work in school and her testing scores. All of the schools put

her in the “likely” category for admission although she plans on retaking the Literature and perhaps U.S. History SAT 2 exams based on their recommendations.

At the end of September she plans to visit one of these schools where she will attend a class and get to know the team.

She hopes she will only have to visit one school although she foresees possibly visiting three.

Doug* Doug spent most of his summer in a lab at UCLA researching and preparing for a national science competition. He also volunteered at a camp, built houses for underprivileged families and tried to get started on his applications though he had some trouble at first.

“I work better under pressure,” Doug said. “The common application itself was pretty easy, I finished it in about two or three days just to get the information down. For the essays, for some reason every time I sat down and stared at the computer I had no idea what to write.”

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In the last week before summer Doug felt that the pressure kick in and he has managed to get a draft down for his personal statement. He said that he started just by listing sentences chronologically for the story he was telling, then arranging them into paragraphs and adding some meat.

Doug has not started any supplements at this point but will most likely apply early to Princeton.

He is also considering Harvard, Yale, U Penn, and Cornell as early options. He has finished all standardized testing having taken the SAT in January and has completed his subject testing, as well.

Francesca* Between tournaments and practice for her varsity sport, music rehearsals and working at a local business, Francesca had a packed summer.

In addition she has drafted her common application and some supplements although she said that getting started was difficult.

“It’s harder than I thought.,” Francesca said. “I’m not a natural essay writer

Arthur*, the artist The four rising seniors you met last May began the process of finding their ideal college.

but it’s coming together now which is really nice.”

Francesca has been studying to retake the biology subject test and has been working with a private college counselor throughout the summer. Although she originally planned on applying early to Yale, Francesca has switched her focus to Brown.

“Brown was just a lot more practical and realistic. It’s a really cool atmosphere and is away from California,” Francesca said.

She realized that she didn’t love Yale and decided that since she has around the same GPA and testing scores as her older sister who was deferred from Yale, Brown was a safer bet.

Arthur* Arthur decided to apply early to Brown while visiting family on the East Coast this summer.

After touring he chose Brown although he had been considering Harvard, NYU’s Tish school for performing arts, Carnegie Mellon and Julliard.

“Arts at Brown have so many productions a year,” Ar-

thur said.

Although he had been planning on going to a conservatory for his undergraduate education he now plans on earning a masters rather than a bachelors degree in fine arts.

He hopes to gain a historical and theoretical understanding of his art before moving on to more practical training.

“To have a graduate degree is so much more powerful,” Arthur said. “If and when I reach a certain age and work dries up or if I suddenly want to stop, with an MFA I could teach in a college especially with a degree from Harvard, Yale or Julliard.”

Arthur plans on retaking the ACT in September.

“I’m not the greatest standardized tester but Brown doesn’t really look at the test scores as much as the writing,” Arthur said.

He has drafted his Common Application but has yet to get started on the Brown supplement which he admits is daunting.

“There’s so much writing because that’s what they really care about,” Arthur said. * names have been changed

Arts&EntErtAinmEnt Sophomore puts song on iTunes, releases music video on YouTube

By Zoe Dutton Singer Claire Nordstrom

PRINTED WITH PERMISSION OF CLAIRE NORDSTROM

STRUMMING AWAY: Nordstrom ‘15 sings and plays the

world.”

Nordstrom’s music video

and edited by her father, is “Yet…” last week. now on Youtube.

The song was one of sevThe video features Rachel eral that she wrote herself in Persky ‘15.

January, after receiving a ukuNordstrom said she drew lele as a present. on her own life for inspiration Nordstrom spent several while writing “Yet…” months ed“The song iting it, and is pretty recorded the much based single in June on me, bewith the ascause I’m alIt feels pretty sistance of ways trying awesome. Right now her father, a I feel like I’m on top of professional one…”

Norcomposer, in dstrom said. the world.” his studio.

“I believe They then —Claire Nordstrom ‘15 that everyone uploaded the has somesong to onone meant line music for them out distributor in the world CD Baby, and from there re- somewhere, and everyone’s leased it onto iTunes, Amazon, Spotify, and a number of other My song is about not necesdigital stores on Aug. 28. sarily my journey but in gen“It feels pretty awesome,” Nordstrom said. “Right now that person.”

I feel like I’m on top of the Though “Yet…” costs 99

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Senior signs with record company

O’Malley films documentary about Luebtow’s fountain

By Jivani GenGatharan

Visual arts teacher Kevin O’Malley created two documentaries about fellow art teacher John Luebtow’s fountain Venus Vitae located in the heart of

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toward the success of that end product,” Luebtow said.

documentary on the fountain’s reinstallation was made, Luebtow was concerned ’ / that it was too foKevin O’Malley cused on the working process rather than last fall, recorded the the artistic developreinstallation of the ment. fountain.

Luebtow then The second docuasked O’Malley to mentary, which was tary on his personal explained Luebtow’s artistic motivations ’ / motivations to create John Luebtow the fountain. Luebtow enced the fountain.

In his second doca documentary so he umentary, Luebtcould send it to prospective ow shifted the overall focus. clients. He chose a colleague to create the documentary be- documentaries, Luebtow said cause he thought the familiar- that the second included his ity between them would help experiences and senses in the the documentary’s development and overall success. LuHis 55 foot-long fountain ebtow felt that the fact that incorporates a wide range he and O’Malley are colleauges of materials including glass, - granite and stainless steel. It ry as a whole. also utilizes light and sound.

“I respect [O’Malley], he In addition to O’Malley, respects me and together that other faculty participated in respect generally adds to a the creation of the documenhigher quality end product tary. and a stronger commitment Middle school visual arts nathanson s chronicle

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cents on iTunes, generating revenue isn’t Nordstrom’s priority.

“I think we make money out of it, but …I don’t really care.” Nordstrom said, “I’d put it up there for free if I had the chance.”

Nordstrom also plans to donate a portion of the proceeds to The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International, a cause she feels personally connected to because both she and her sister are diabetic.

Nordstrom looks forward to releasing more singles in the future. She hopes to eventually even put out an entire album, also entitled “Yet…”.

Though she currently records independently, she is open to collaboration in the future.

In addition to singing, Nordstrom plays the piano and ukulele and recently started taking guitar lessons.

“I love music,” Nordstrom said. “I’ve known since I was little that I wanted to be a musician.”

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VENUS VITAE: The 55 foot-long fountain, created by art teacher John Luebtow and featured in both of fellow art teacher Kevin O’Malley’s documentaries, stands at the heart of Century City. teacher Katie Palmer narrated the introduction of the the spring documentary. Additionally, upper school visual arts teachers Dylan Palmer and Art Tobias, as well as science teacher Dietrich Schuhl, were part of the documentary’s crew.

The fall documentary recorded Luebtow helping a crew put together the fountain at its current location by carrying and placing pieces of glass in Century City.The glass used for the fountain was a result of Luebtow’s method of bending glass. O’Malley admired Luebtow’s work ethic and passion for art and sculpture as well as his artistic talent even before

“It’s kind of like having the gold medal winner in the 400 hurdles coaching our track athletes, only Mr. Luebtow teaches our kids ceramics and sculpture,” O’Malley said.

In O’Malley’s opinion the second documentary was more cause it focused on showing Luebtow’s passion for art and sculpture.Luebtow’s passion for art partially stems from the excitement that comes along with the job.

“That’s the beauty of being an artist,” Luebtow said in his documentary about Venus Vitae. “There’s never a boring moment.”

Alex Fleischman ’13 recently signed with the record label Bombeatz Music after sending in several demos of his own electronic creations and getting positive reviews.

Fleischman has been interested in electronic music since he took the class at the Middle School during his eighth grade year. He has been producing dubstep music for one year.

Before signing to Bombeatz Music, he had also worked with the label Xeno Recordings. During his time working with Bombeatz Music, Fleischman plans on releasing a few extended play recordings.

For now, as it always has been, music is a hobby for him and does not take priority.

Regardless of his success in music, Fleischman said he college.

“Being signed to a label is just a cool experience that not many other people get to have,” he said. Another of Fleischman’s hobbies is playing video games, the sounds of his music.

“As long as it stays fun, I’ll keep doing it,” Fleischman said.

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Sophomore performs onstage for play in Fringe Festival

By Sara Evall

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ON THE STAGE: Covi Brannan ’16 points at the poster for the play her mother wrote called “The Smoking Boy.”

Covi Brannan ’15 took a step toward her dream of professional acting when she performed at the world famous Fringe Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland this summer.

The play “The Smoking Boy,” written by her mother Jenn Robbins, ran from Aug. 3 to 11. Robbins had been working on the production since 2005 and was approached two years ago by Loyola-Marymount University theater professor Diane Benedict. LMU awarded Robbins and Benedict a grant to help fund an adaptation of the play for the Fringe Festival.

The play, set in 20th century America, revolves around the aftershock of a family member’s wound from World War I and his complex relationship with his mother.

Brannan said it was slightly environment of the festival. “‘The Smoking Boy’ re-

veals the family coping with casualties, shifting alliances, confrontation, denial and humor,” she said.

Roger Cox, a reviewer at The Scotsman wrote, “The production values are high and the acting hard to fault…

A very lovingly crafted [and] freshly minted play.”

Upper School Performing Arts Head Rees Pugh also attended the performance in Scotland. Having previously worked on productions at the Fringe Festival, he decided to return this summer strictly as a spectator. After receiving an email from Upper School acting teacher Chris Moore saying that Brannan was in a show, he made plans to see the production. He arrived in Edinburgh on the closing night,

see.

Pugh said he enjoyed the play and found it both informative and entertaining. He said that the costumes, set, and lighting all added to the

Students, alumni sing at Hollywood Bowl

By Enya Huang

Eight students and recent graduates performed in the choir at the Hollywood Bowl concert “Ray Charles: Genius + Soul = Jazz,” a tribute to the famed musician who specialized in jazz, pop, and country music on July 11.

Liane Capiral ’15, Kyla Rhynes ’14, her sister Karin Rhynes ‘15, Chanell Thomas ’13, Molly Chapman ’14, Laura Edwards ’13, Nadia Dubovitsky ’12 and Karen Kim ’12 sang at the event.

The concert also featured special guests such as Martina McBride, George Duke, Dee Dee Bridgewater, and Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds. The performers sang alongside the internationally acclaimed Count Basie Orchestra.

The night’s program included Charles’ favorites, with

songs such as “Georgia,” You Don’t Know Me,” and the musician’s rendition of “America the Beautiful.”

Performing arts teacher Rodger Guerrero and Nina Burtchaell selected the girls to perform, who then auditioned for Fred Martin, an outside musician in charge of the choir at the event. Martin then called musicians back to ask them to join the choir, Thomas said.

Burtchaell and Guerrero each recommended about 15 students, based on who were quick learners and fans of popular music, Burtchaell said.

The musicians had about a month to prepare for the concert, with an average of two rehearsals per week on the weekends.

Martin hosted most of the rehearsals at his house, but a few later practices were held

Junior helps to make commercial

By Emily SEgal

at the community center. The performers gathered at CenterStaging Studio in Burbank on July 10 for a dress rehearsal.

The singers were impressed with the famous names associated with the event.

“We got to perform behind some really talented people and work with some awesome writers,” Thomas said.

Chapman said she also enjoyed “meeting so many

Thirty-two students ani-

Although Alyssa Sherwood’s Photography I class’s

time in class, which will be screened along with some of

accepted to the Ottawa International Animation Film Festival, it will be screened at the Salon des Refuses or “exhibition of rejects” on Sept.

20, 21.

not accepted to the festival.

“Needless to say we didn’t get into Ottawa, but I’m very excited that we’ll be a part of the festivities and seen by a huge international animation community at the exhibition,” said Sherwood.

The Salon des Refuses of the Ottawa festival stems from a tradition started in France in the late 1 8 0 0 ’s

by the Paris Salon which each year held the prestigious Académie des Beaux-Arts. The Académie showcased the greatest works of art in the western world.

When the French impressionists began submitting work to the Académie, they were rejected because they were considered “nontraditional.” They continued dé to showcase their work in the Salon dés Refuses or “exhibition of rejects.”

“The Darkroom” was created through stop-

ILLUSTRATION BY NADIA RAHMAN

As a market research intern for Next Engine, a technology design partner for many of the ’ / largest comKrista panies in the Knighton ’14 U.S., Krista Knighton’ 14 spent four to six hours a day researching what types of commercials her “own demographic of young people” responded best to. This informatinon will be used to help the company sell their new product, a keyboard, to a wide variety of people.

Knighton researched online for factors that make successful commercials targeting teenagers and, after creating a PowerPoint presentation summarizing what she had discovered, presented the information at meetings about the upcoming commercial.

“What I found didn’t actually surprise me very much: teenagers and young people generally follow what other people do, especially when they’re older,” said Knighton.

Because of this, social media like Facebook and Twitter are the best ways for companies to promote what they are selling. The idea is that once teenagers see what their friends and family are “liking” on Facebook or “following” on Twitter, they will most likely tag along and begin to “like” and “follow” the same things, thus increasing the amount of “buzz,” or discussion, about a certain company or product.

“I’m really glad I took this internship because I think marketing is an important part of many professions,” Knighton said. “[It] was also something I didn’t know much about but ended up being really interesting.” nathanson s cHroniclE

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THE ARTISTS: Molly Chapman ’14 and Laura Edwards ’13 pose after their concert, above.

The singers received artists’ passes for the concert. legends at such a legendary venue” and sharing the experience with close friends.

Film from Photography I class finds new life

By Jacob goodman

quality of the show.

“I thought the acting [in ‘The Smoking Boy’] was very strong, the play writing was lyrical, it seemed historically accurate and in the style of the period, and it was quite moving,” Pugh said.

Brannan intends to pursue a career through writing, directing or acting and aspires to perform on Broadway or the West End. She has been in many productions both inside and outside of school, one of the most recent was playing the part of Beatrice in Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing” at the Norris Theater in Rolling Hills Estates.

“My favorite part of the entire experience was being able to perform abroad in front of an international audience and just having people from all different cultures and walks of life watching your art form and truly enjoying what they saw,” Brannan said. “It’s really gratifying.”

motion animation utilizing misprints of photos that the students in Photography I took.

“In Photography I you are still quite new to the idea of many very good, but not perfect prints that were set aside to be cut up for animation,” said Arthur Troy ’14.

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STEP IN LINE: Elana Stroud ’13 (left) marches alongside other members of her Air Force summer program in uniform, top. Stroud (left) talks to another member of the Civil Air Patrol, left. Students in her summer program at the Air Force base Camp San Luis Obispo, along with their comaround a helicopter, right.

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Heart of a Soldier

By DaviD Gisser Sitting in a four-seater single-propeller Cessna 182, Chief Master Sergeant Elana Stroud’s ’13 voice crackled on the radio.

“Cap four-niner-niner permission to use takeoff strip four,” she said.

Stroud received permission from ground conchecklist. She checked the elevators, rudder, fuel level, wind speed, and gyros. Stroud taxied to the runway and prepared for takeoff. The engine screamed as she sped down the runway and pulled back on the control yoke to lift into the skies.

Stroud spent a week at the joint Air Force base Camp San Luis Obispo and a week at a leadership seminar at the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis.

The purpose was to experience what it would be like to attend one of the nation’s service academies.

On the last day of the naval program, commanding offore that they would let them sleep in until eight and would not be required to do any PT [physical training] the next room at 4:30 a.m. the next day with pots and pans. The group then ran to a bay and had to complete seven activities in over 100 degree weather including martial arts, treading water with weights and a bear crawl relay.

“By 10 in the morning we were just covered, plastered in dirt, our clothes were ripped, we were exhausted, and they are just screaming at us,” Stroud said.

Afterwards, the squadron had to undergo “indoctrina-

tion” the had to against and be

where group stand a wall beratcer for hours.

“By 5 p.m. everyone was about to pass nathanson ’s/chronicle out.

It was Elana Stroud ridiculous.

The whole point is not just to be mean to you, but as they say ‘break you down to build you back up again.’”

Although cadets did at least 300 push ups every day, they also attended a variety of classes hosted by the program.

The Air Force tried to as well. The cadets were woken up at 5 a.m. daily without the help of an alarm clock.

“By eight o’clock we had done a workout, eaten breakfast and had learned something,” Stroud said.

Air Force cadets rode in Black Hawk helicopters and piloted Cessna 182s and 172s.

“It made you realize the capabilities of helicopters befrom the side of the mountain. We went really low, right above the freeway, so it was much cooler than a plane.”

Despite the freedom to control these vehicles, Stroud thought that the Air Force is much harder on its cadets than the Navy. “[The head commander] inspected everyone’s barracks.

We had to stand at attention for over four hours, not moving, while they checked the measurements of everything and if anything was wrong they threw it down, ripped it out, they yelled at you and it was not fun. We were standing there and all of a sudden people would burst out crying

Elana Stroud ’13 spent her summer riding in helicopters, training in the military, and earning the rank of Airman First Class, a rank that normally takes two years to earn.

because they just couldn’t take have been in places that other it anymore.” people have never been to,” Stroud was never fazed Stroud said. by the constant discipline deStroud has held and scrumanded of cadets.

“Honestly, I’m pretty un- a C-130 cargo jet, and received emotional with such things,” formal marksmanship trainshe said. “There were people ing at Los Alamitos. who broke down and were cry“There are points where ing or had to go home and just you can’t freak out in stresscouldn’t handle the stress, but ful situations,” Sroud said. that is what it is meant to be: to put you in a stressful envi- shouldn’t start crying to yourronment and teach you to re- self. You should do something act in the proper way and not about it so that’s what they try freak out and not have to cry to train you for.” yourself to The rasleep. It was tio of wommiserable en to men but for me There were people who in Stroud’s it wasn’t as squadron broke down crying or bad because is around 1 had to go home and I knew what to 10, said was going on just couldn’t handle the Stroud. and I wasn’t “Honestly stress, but this is what it I’ve been a going to let it get to me.” tomboy my is meant to be.”

Bec ause entire life so —Elana Stroud ’13 I don’t notice.

Stroud completed the It’s amusing to me to see Force prothese guys gram, if she were to enlist she who think just because I’m a would automatically be ranked girl I’m not going to be strong an Airman First Class — two or I’m not going to be as good ranks above where she would at sports as them. It’s funny to have been otherwise. beat a guy at his own standard Since ninth grade, Stroud because then they feel really has been involved in the Civil bad about it.”

Air Patrol and has worked her Stroud hopes to attend way up to the rank of Chief the U.S. Military Academy at Master Sergeant of her squad- West Point and then join the ron based in Santa Monica. Air Force.

She is responsible for helping “I like how the academy is to run the weekly four-hour not just the military environment, but the academy has a activities for the squad such big emphasis on athletics and as air shows, rocket launches, a big emphasis on teamwork.” and marksmanship training.

When Stroud is in uni“I feel like it has changed form, “people will come up to me more than any other single us and [say] ‘Thank you for thing in my life has. I have your service’ but, we’re a volbeen in charge of more than a unteer organization and while hundred people, I have had to obviously I am not in the military yet, it really makes me for permission to do things, I want to serve,” Stroud said.

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Four Wolverines competed in London this summer to compete in the 2012 Olympic games.

C4-5 Lineman receives 10 offers

By Michael Aronson

PHOTOS BY MICHAEL ARONSON/CHRONICLE

BOUNCE BACK: Wide receiver Clinton Hooks ’13, left, charges through defenders. Lineman Thomas Oser ’13, top right, confronts a North Hollywood defender. The Wolverines’ defense lines up on a third down conversion. The Wolverines beat North Hollywood 57-13.

Football trounces North Hollywood

By Luke Holthouse

Two games into his first year at the helm of the football program, Scot Ruggles and his varsity football team have only faced one true test. The Wolverines demolished a weaker North Hollywood side last Friday 57-13, but were unable to maintain a halftime lead against arch rival Loyola in the first game of the season.

“No discredit to North Hollywood, but Loyola is a Pac-5 team and it was going to be a tougher game,” receiver Chris Sebastian ’13 said after the North Hollywood win. “But we played hard and we were flying around out there. That will al-

ways produce a good result.”

In Ruggles’ first game as Head Coach, the Wolverines had a 14-7 lead at halftime against three-touchdown favorite Loyola. The Cubs, winners of two CIF titles in the past decade, took over in the second half and ultimately won 42-27. The Wolverines have a roster of 36 players, almost half the size of the 64 Cubs, and had six players leave the game because of cramps.

“They made the plays when they needed to,” Ruggles said.

“We just didn’t have it in the tank in the second half.”

The Wolverines then answered with the North Hollywood win on Friday. Quar-

terback Chad Kanoff ’13 led the Wolverines with three touchdowns in the air and two touchdowns on the ground.

Kanoff now has 729 passing yards on the season after 287 against North Hollywood and 442 against Loyola.

Play was stopped for about 15 minutes in the second quarter when the on-field lights temporarily stopped working.

“I’m not an electrician,” Ruggles said. “It was good to see somebody fix that.”

The Wolverines visit Granada Hills this Friday, host Sylmar the following week on Sept. 14 and then travel to El Camino Real on Sept. 21 before beginning league play.

The

Wolverines record in league games will determine whether or not they make the playoffs.

Kanoff said that the move of offensive lineman Thomas Oser ’13 from left tackle to center has significantly helped the team’s running game. He added that the passing game needs to improve against manto-man coverage. The Wolverines did not lose any of its players to cramps in the second half. Defensive lineman Chase Klein ’13 said that the Wolverine defense may have been able to handle Loyola’s second half surge without the cramps and it will be crucial for the Wolverines to avoid injuries on defense due to their lack of depth.

At the start of the summer, offensive lineman and center Thomas Oser ’13 had four offers. By the middle of August, ten Division I programs were knocking on his door.

Oser, who is currently the 39th best offensive guard in the nation according to rivals.com, has offers from six Pac-12 schools: Washington State, The University of Colorado Boulder, Utah, Stanford, Oregon State and the defending Rose Bowl Champion Oregon Ducks.

Other schools on Oser’s list include Mississippi, San Diego State, New Mexico State and Vanderbilt, the SEC school that quarterback Chad Kanoff ’13 will play for next year.

The 6-foot-4 lineman has rotated between the left tackle and center positions for the Wolverines, but he thinks that he will play center in college because he lacks size to play offensive tackle.

“I’ve been playing mostly interior lineman in front of coaches, but I played center all last year, so I’ll probably play center in college wherever I go,” Oser said.

Oser put his name on the map in June when he attended various recruiting camps including the Rivals camp held in Eugene, Ore., Stanford camp, Vanderbilt camp and USC camp. Oser said that the plays he ran and conditioning drills he did at the camps were what best showcased him to Division I scouts.

“The camps are a big reason why I have so many offers,” Oser said.

Oser plans on taking his time to make the decision because he wants to make official visits to schools first.

“I’m looking for a school that has a good balance of academics and athletics,” Oser said. “I’m really just looking at trying to meet people to see where I’m going to fit in for the next four or five years.”

Boys’ water polo begins season in renovated pool

By Patrick Ryan

After playing an entire season without a home pool, the boys’ water polo team was rewarded with one of the best facilities in the country for the upcoming season, according to Head Coach Brian Flacks ’06.

“It [isn’t] even comparable,” Flacks said. “We are talking about going from a puddle to one of the nicest pools in the country.”

Due to the construction, the Wolverines played all away games and were forced to practice off campus at San Fernando.

“Because of the sacrifices we made last year, the new

pool is going to be so much better,” Matthew Moses ’13 said. “We do get a lot more home games this year, and I believe since we do have one of the nicest stadiums in the United States, we are going to have a lot more fun with it.”

The Copses Family Aquatics Center was officially opened on August 27, but the team has been practicing in the new pool for the past two weeks.

“I think the pool is extra motivation because playing in front of your home crowd, you are defending your own pool,” Andrew Miller ’13 said.

For the upcoming season, the Wolverines are ranked

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OLYMPIC CALIBER: The boys’ water polo team practices in the newly renovated pool to train for the upcoming season. The team lost 9-3 to Newport Harbor on Nov. 12 in the quarterfinals of CIF last year.

eighth in Division I, behind their rival Loyola Cubs who are in the third spot.

“We are behind some teams [in the rankings] that we are playing this year,” Miller said. “I think that our biggest motivation this year is to prove that we should be up

there.”

Younger role players on this year’s team include Morio Saito ’15, Johnny Hooper ’15 and Ben Hallock ’14.

Hallock competed for the US Men’s Junior National Team in the Pan American Water Polo Tournament this

summer.

“We have a lot to prove this year and I think it will be great,” Flacks said. “I don’t want to use this as a building year or a rebuilding year, we have high expectations for our guys and we have a talented group of kids.”

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Professional innings Lucas Giolito ’12 pitched on Aug. 14 before re-injuring his elbow, according to the Washington Post

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Harvard-Westlake football players who suffered from cramps during the Loyola game

Track coach Felix Sanchez’s gold medal-winning 400-meter hurdles time in both the 2004 and 2012 Olympics

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Approximate total number of miles the cross country team ran this summer, according to head coach Tim Sharpe

Game to watch BOYS’ WATER POLO

Sept. 6 vs. Ventura 4 p.m. @ Copses Family Pool

After playing the 2011 season without a home pool due to construction, the boys’ water polo team will face Ventura Thursday in its first game in the newly renovated pool. The boys beat Ventura last year 12-5 in their only meeting against the team but ended up losing in CIF quarterfinals to Newport Harbor.

Player to Watch Ben Hallock ’16 Fresh off a silver medal as part of the Men’s Junior National team at the Pan American games in Montreal, the Ventura game will be Hallock’s first as a Wolverine. Hallock, whose older sister is back-to-back CIF champion water polo player Morgan Hallock ’13, stands at 6-foot-4 as the team’s center.

Junior Varsity Boys’ Water Polo 0-0 Next Game: Sept. 6 v. Ventura Cross Country 0-0 Next Meet: Sept. 6 at Balboa Park Field Hockey 0-0 Next Game: Sept. 7 at Edison Football 0-2 Next Game: Sept. 7 at Granada Hills Girls’ Tennis 0-0 Next Game: Sept. 6 v. Marlborough Girls’ Volleyball 2-0 Next Game: Sept. 6 v. Redondo Union

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PROMOTION: Scott Bello is the inaugural Middle School Sports Coordinator.

The Athletic Department named Scott Bello the new Middle School Sports Coordinator after seven years as an Administrative Assistant and Football Coach at the Middle School.

His dedication to the program spurred Terry Barnum and the other Athletic Directors to create the position for him.

“I’m going to be a set of eyes and ears for anything that arises [in the department],” Bello said. “I’m working with all of the middle school coaches, getting to know them and the kids and trying to make

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a smooth environment for all the parents and kids that work here.”

The idea for the position arose when the Athletic Department decided that the time dedicated to middle school sports was inadequate.

“We found that there were so many sports at the Upper School and that there was not someone adequately covering the Middle School,” Barnum said. “[Bello] is dedicated specifically to Middle School sports to make sure they don’t go uncovered. He is the point-person for middle school sports, helping with the administration flow on a day-today basis.”

Bello was previously an administrative assistant who helped develop the athletics section on the school website.

He was also an Offensive Line Coach for the varsity football team as well as the Middle School Football Coordinator.

For Bello, the position is a drastic change.

“This is the first time in 16 or 17 years that I haven’t coached a sport, but I’m looking forward to the challenge,” Bello said. “[Bello] has been great,” Barnum said. “He did a very good job in past years with various jobs, and I think he is going to be great with this new challenge.”

3 compete in weeklong national baseball tournament in front of college and MLB scouts

By Luke Holthouse

If the career paths of Jack Flaherty ’14, Arden Pabst ’13 amd Tyler Urbach ’14 follow those of the past six HarvardWestlake baseball players to participate in the Area Code Baseball Games, then the trio of Wolverines are officially on the fast-track to the MLB draft.

Surrounded by 250 of the top high school baseball players in the country and many scouts from professional and college teams, the three Wolverines proved they have what it takes to compete at the highest level by participating in what ESPN calls “one of the highest regarded high school talent tournaments in the country.”

“The tournament was a great experience,” Flaherty said. “I had an unbelievable time there and met a lot of great guys.”

Flaherty, Pabst and Urbach joined six other former Wolverine baseball players who participated in the showcase: Jon nathanson ’s Schaeffer ’94, Arden Pabst ’13 Josh Satin ’03, Brennan Boesch ’03, Nik Turley ’08, Austin Wilson ’09, Max Fried ’12 and Lucas Giolito ’12. All six went on to play professional baseball.

This past summer, Fried and Giolito passed up scholarship offers to UCLA to play professional for the San Diego Padres and Washington Nationals franchises, respectively.

Players needed a recommendation from an MLB scout to be invited to a regional tryout. At the games, the players were divided into eight teams,

each represent a region of the U.S., that compete against each other throughout the week before collegiate and profesnathanson ’s sional scouts. Jack Flaherty ’14 Both Urbach and Flaherty played third base while Pabst played catcher.

Flaherty, who was one of the Wolverines’ three starting pitchers last year, did not take the mound at the showcase.

Pabst and Flaherty helped lead the Southern California team to a perfect 5-0 record while Urbach played for the 1-3-1 Northeast team, which typically incorporates one Southern California player each year.

Flaherty said most players had already committed to Division I baseball programs and

that almost all scouts at the showcase were from MLB teams.

Flaherty and Urbach have not decided on colleges yet. nathanson ’s Pabst com- Tyler Urbach ’14 mitted to Georgia Tech last year.

“I would say every single guy there could definitely go Division I in college and a lot of those guys could get drafted,” Flaherty said.

Pabst led the Wolverines last year in RBIs with 35 and hit .375. Flaherty went .397 with 13 RBIs. Urbach hit .287 with 18 RBIs. The Wolverines won the Mission League Championship and advanced to the second round of CIF Division II playoffs before losing to Placentia Valencia.

Take out the trash talk, please

By Michael Sugerman

On Aug. 14 around 5 p.m., the Head Fanatics sent out a Facebook invitation to “Harvard-Westlake vs. Boyola Football.”

Roughly 2,300 students joined the event. And the trash talking began.

I don’t mind trash talk. It was pretty hilarious when a sophomore posted, “HarvardWestlake will win 100-0.”

He was met with mockery from Loyola kids: “No they won’t. Loyola’s gonna crush.

Are you an idiot?”

That kind of banter is innocent enough and stirs athletic spirit. However, I think there’s a line. It’s not thin or gray. It’s abundantly clear. There is a difference between riling up competitive sentiment and spewing inappropriate comments that only embarrass yourself and muddy the image of your school.

For example, I don’t consider the following exchange to be good-spirited trash talk.

It’s ridiculous maliciousness.

One student said a “Boyola education” would land its students working at a McDonald’s in 15 years.

A Loyola student’s retort: “Harvard-Westlake alumni don’t end up at McDonald’s after high school. They wind up living on the streets after losing everything to satisfy their cocaine addictions.”

I even saw a heated conversation, initiated by allegations that Harvard-Westlake didn’t contribute to its nearby community, warring over whose school put forth better community service.

All of this idiocy over a football game. When exchanging pathetic insults becomes more important to a sport than the actual athletic event, I see a problem.

Last year, Head of School Jeanne Huybrechts asked students to “act like champions,” to represent Harvard-Westlake to the fullest, to keep in mind the clichéd but impor-

tant dogma: “do unto others as you would have them do to you.” It was a pretty simple and fair request.

Furthermore, Huybrechts and the Student-Athlete Advisory Council crafted a policy in 2011 stating that “all members of the Harvard-Westlake community attending sporting events are expected to refrain from disrespectful conduct including verbal abuse, trash talk, taunting and inappropriate celebration.”

Yes, this mandate was meant for the field, but you’d think students would have the respect to follow those seemingly self-evident rules anywhere, even on social media platforms.

Jackson Beavers ’14, a member of the junior varsity football squad, diplomatically put it best.

“To have confidence in your team does not mean that you should go and abuse your opponent. To express pride is not to attack another, but

to cheer on your fellow team members.”

Beavers aside, for the first time in six years, I was embarrassed by a handful of my fellow students.

I am not proud that we call Loyola “Boyola.” A few of their students complained that it’s a homophobic name.

I can’t help but agree. This is pretty ironic given that our school supports a wellrespected GSA club.

I am not proud that people think it’s funny to curse out random strangers, offend them and make judgments on their character just because of a sports rivalry. And the Loyola kids who are contributing to such a negative exchange should be ashamed, too.

I don’t care how much we dislike each other on the field or on the court. Misconduct on any platform shows a lack of maturity on either side.

Show some restraint and try to act like champions.

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Nutritionist assists teams with diet

The girls’ field hockey, soccer and volleyball teams have hired Kristen Bell, a nutritionist, according to players on each of the teams.

Bell will suggest a new nutrition plan in an effort to improve their teams. The program includes healthy snack choices for the athletes as well as a food log that every player must fill out. Players must include the details of their meals including the amount of every food and beverage consumed.

—Miles Harleston

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BIG LEAGUES: Lucas Giolito ’12, left, stands in the Washington Nationals dugout after signing with the organization. Max Fried ’12, right, throws a pitch for one of the Padres minor league teams. The two first round draft picks signed MLB contracts this past summer.

Former pitchers sign with MLB teams

By Robbie Loeb

Max Fried ’12 heads back to Arizona for training next week after pitching in 10 professional games this summer, while Wolverine teammate Lucas Giolito ’12, who re-injured his elbow after throwing just two innings, begins 10-14 months of recovery from Tommy John surgery.

Fried and Giolito actualized their childhood aspirations of becoming professional baseball players June 4, before they even graduated from high school. Fried was drafted by the San Diego Padres as the seventh overall pick in the 2012 MLB First Year Player Draft, while Giolito went 16th to the Washington Nationals.

Since the draft, both Fried and Giolito have earned their diplomas, signed deals worth $3 million and debuted in the minor leagues, but already their careers are on diverging paths. In the 10 games Fried has pitched for the Arizona League Padres in his young professional career, he started nine games, pitched 17.2 innings and no more than two innings per game. He holds a 0-1 record with a 3.57 ERA, has recorded 17 strikeouts and

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LOST YEAR: Taylor Lee ’13 passes in the team’s 3-1 win over Edison in the first round CIF playoffs last year. Lee is out for the season with a torn ACL.

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six walks and has allowed sev- on current Nationals pitchers en earned runs, 14 hits and one Stephen Strasburg and Jorhome run. dan Zimmer“I’m not mann, perreally looking formed the Being a professional, at the Arisurgery. it’s your lifestyle. It’s zona league “ O b v i your job to play the as something ously, the Nathat I’m gosport, and so you really tionals are an ing to be have to put everything organization looking back that generinto it.” on,” Fried ally deals very said. “It was well with in—Lucas Giolito more about jured players,” just getting Giolito said. my feet wet in the system and “You can look at their roster learning about everything go- now and see how well they’re ing on.” doing and how well their team Next week, the Padres is doing, so obviously it’s the prospect will head back to Ari- kind of up-and-coming orgazona where he will prepare for nization that I’m very lucky to spring training. The southpaw be a part of.” likely won’t pitch much until “We’ll have a rehabilitation January or February, he said. schedule in place the same as More than five months we’ve had with Zimmermann removed from his last start, and [Strasburg] and [2010 Giolito pitched two innings second round pick] Sammy in his professional debut with Solis,” Nationals General the Gulf Coast League Na- Manager Mike Rizzo said. “In tionals on Aug. 14 before leav- a year he’ll be a young 19-yearing the game with soreness old guy that’s come off Tommy in his throwing elbow. Giolito John surgery and will begin underwent Tommy John sur- his ascent up the minor league gery to repair his elbow Aug. system.”

31 and should miss between At the start of his senior 10 and 14 months. Dr. Lewis season, the 6-foot-6 Giolito Yocum, the specialist who per- was in the running for the top formed Tommy John surgery overall selection, and his value

rose once he started hurling 100 mph fastballs. But just as scouts began locking him in as the top pick, he strained his ulnar collateral ligament in his throwing elbow and was sidelined the rest of the season. Giolito saw his stock slip toward the end of the first round due to concerns about his elbow, until the Nationals nabbed him with the 16th pick.

After a month of negotiations, Giolito signed with the Nationals for a reported $2.925 million signing bonus minutes before the July 12 signing deadline.

“It’s just the way the negotiations played out,” Giolito said. “It wasn’t too crazy of a process. It ended up being a good situation for everyone.”

Fried agreed to terms with the Padres on a $3 million deal June 15.

“Being a professional, it’s your lifestyle. It’s your job to play the sport, and so you really have to put everything into it,” Giolito said.

“It’s my dream,” Fried said.

“I see rehab guys coming down from higher levels and that sort of helps fuel my fire of getting to that eventual goal that I have of being in the major leagues.”

By Aaron Lyons

The team competed in the five day KSA Fall Classic field hockey tournament in Orlando, Fla. where they played against teams from all over the country.

“Being able to play tough teams like that while given the opportunity to travel together will give us an edge,” Lim ’13.

“It’s just such a great opportunity for growth on our team, both on the field and off.”

They lost their first game against Southern Regional High School, 1-0, however, they won their second game 6-1 against Ketcham High School.

They won their final two games against Presentation High School and Clarkstown South High School, 2-1 and 8-0 respectively.

The team will start off the season on Sept. 4 against Newport Harbor.

Field hockey hires new assistant coach, attends national tournament Brenna Moeljadi ’07 was once a player for Erin Creznic on the varsity field hockey team. Five years later, Moeljadi is back, but now as Creznic’s new assistant coach.

One of the immediate issues that Moeljadi and the team will have to face is the injury of rising senior and co-captain Taylor Lee ’13. Although she tore her ACL and is out for the season, certain team members are not looking at as a detriment.

“Taylor is by no means a lost member,” Co-captain Elana Meer ’13 said. “She’s not going to be playing but she’s still a huge part of our team and she’s still coming to practices and giving the team advice.”

Moeljadi has already been implementing new technique into the teams play. She pre-

viously played field hockey at Indiana University and has coached various club teams.

Moeljadi has been a great addition to the team, co-captain and rising senior Katie Lim ’13 said.

“It’s clearly evident that she knows what she’s talking about and the new drills she’s been introducing only proves it further,” Lim said.

She said because she was coached by Erin Creznic while at Harvard-Westlake they already had a very strong relationship.

“I really want the girls to focus not on their wins and losses, but how they play throughout the season and try to improve through every game,” said Moeljadi. “My personal goal as coach is to make them focus on how they are performing rather than the outcome of the games.”

Alumnus hired to be ESPN anchor ESPN hired a former Chronicle Sports Editor this past summer to be an anchor for the network.

Doug Kezirian ’95 played water polo at Harvard-Westlake and Brown University before moving to Las Vegas to be a TV sports anchor and director for the local Channel 13 news. Shortly after Kezirian’s June 28 final appearance, the network announced it would end its sports coverage.

Prior to his work at KTNV-TV, Kezirian covered St. Louis and Kansas City professional sports in Missouri.

From there, he went on to cover the MLB’s Chicago Cubs and the NFL’s Chicago Bears in the Quad Cities.

His new job required that Kezirian relocate from Las Vegas to Bristol, Conn.

—Lizzy Thomas

Alumnus baseball player named to all star team Austin Wilson ’10 played in the Cape Cod amateur baseball summer league and was elected to the all-star team as an outfielder. Wilson batted .312 and belted six home runs in 23 games playing for the Harwich Mariners.

As a Wolverine, Wilson was a two-time All-American and a three-time All-CIF selection.

Wilson is going into his junior year at Stanford University.

The St. Louis Cardinals picked Wilson in the 12th round of the MLB amateur draft two years ago, but decided to play at Stanford before pursuing his MLB dreams.

—Tyler Graham

New SAAC members announced The Student-Athlete Advisory Council named the members for the upcoming school year. Natalie Florescu ’13, Nicole Gould ’13, Yasmin Moreno ’13 and Ashley Wu ’13 will be representing the senior class, Mintis Hankerson ’14, David Hartmeier ’14, Angela Knight ’14 and Ross O’Shea ’14 will be representing the juniors, and Jeremy Tepper ’15, Bryanna Lee ’15, Shea Copeland ’15 and Paige Moelis ’15 will represent the sophomores.

Member students must be Harvard-Westlake studentathletes in good standing, be willing to commit time to council sponsored activities, according to the Council.

—Eric Loeb

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London 2012

Sept. 5, 2012 Three alumni and a Track and Field Coach competed in the 2012 Olympic Games. Only one finished with a medal.

US team eliminates NZ soccer competitor

By Jeremy Tepper

The 2012 London Olympics marked Ali Riley’s ’06 second trip to the world’s biggest sporting event.

She first appeared in Beijing four years ago, where the Stanford product led the New Zealand National Women’s Soccer Team through pool play.

A dual citizen of the United States and New Zealand, Riley has made 59 appearances for the New Zealand Senior Womens’ team and has become a star in the Women’s Professional Soccer circuit as a two-time all-pro selection.

Riley played every minute of the four 2012 Olympic matches that New Zealand competed in and led her squad to a quarterfinals matchup against the United States.

“It felt very strange to hear the United States national anthem being played and to see my friends and Stanford teammates on the other end of the field,” Riley told Stanford Magazine. “But now that I have played with New Zealand for so many years, I think of myself as a Kiwi when it comes to soccer.”

The New Zealanders ultimately fell in London to the gold medal-winning Americans in a 0-2 defeat, though the team advanced further than any other soccer team the country has sent to the Olympics before.

“I’ve learned what it takes to be successful at the highest level of sport, and I know what I have to do to be even better,” Riley said. “I still get goose bumps thinking about it. It’s something that stays with you for four years and drives you to continue working hard so you can play in another one.”

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UNISON: Rower Alex Osborne ’05, second from the left, rows for the U.S. men’s team in an elimination race. The team lost to Switzerland in the competition by 0.72 seconds to end the U.S. team’s Olympic run. Osborne was able to make the team despite injuring his ribs in January.

Rower competes in first Olympic Games, ousted by Swiss in preliminary heats

By Grant Nussbaum

Alex Osborne ’05 competed in his first Olympics at the 2012 London Games, rowing for the United States men’s quadruple scull team.

Osborne’s team finished six seconds behind France to take fourth place out of five in preliminary heats on July 28.

The U.S. team was forced to compete in the repechage - an elimination round between the teams that placed at the bottom of their heats – where Switzerland beat out Osborne

and the U.S. team by 0.72 seconds to claim the third and final spot to advance to the semifinal round.

Despite being eliminated in the second round, Osborne was grateful for the chance to row.

“Unfortunately the result wasn’t what we wanted,” Osborne said. “We had a bit of a shipwreck in our qualifying race, but beyond that it was just a very special opportunity.”

Osborne did not row while he was at Harvard-Westlake,

but he rowed in college for Stanford University.

Although originally in sweep rowing, which uses one oar while scull rowing uses two, Osborne suffered a stress fracture and a torn intercostal in his ribs in January, which kept him out of action until March. When Osborne returned, the Olympic quadruple scull team was one of the only teams that had yet to be selected. Osborne was able to make the team and go to the Olympics. While he had previously raced in several interna-

tional competitions including the 2011 World Rowing Championships in sweep rowing, the 2012 London Olympics were Osborne’s first international competition as a quadruple scull rower.

Osborne is uncertain of whether he will attempt to make it to the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games, as he is looking to settle in Los Angeles and search for a job.

“I’m going to need a little bit of time to step away from everything and evaluate what I want to do,” Osborne said.

Wolverines travel to Summer games

By Sam Sachs

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GOLD MEDAL MATCH: Matthew Stieg ’14 poses inside the Olympic boxing arena after the gold medal bout. Stieg also attended other boxing events and the round 16 match in Olympic table tennis.

President Thomas C. Hudnut, Matt Beyer ’15 and Matthew Stieg ’14 were three of the reported nine million people in attendance at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Hudnut attended the games to cheer on Alex Osborne ’05, Ali Riley ’06, Track Coach Felix Sanchez and his son Peter Hudnut ’99.

Peter won a silver medal in the 2008 Beijing Olympics with the USA Men’s Water Polo Team, falling to Hungary in the gold medal game.

However, the U.S. mens’ water polo team was unable to medal in London, and ultimately finished in eighth place overall.

“It was a mixed Olympics for Harvard-Westlake,” Hudnut said. “Disappointments

aside, it was a wonderful fortnight for sports enthusiasts.

The spirit all over the city was amazing and the better [Great Britain] did, the more enthusiastic everyone became. The London Olympics were amazingly well run. A party atmosphere prevailed.”

Matt Beyer picked up on the same spirit, saying it was “unlike anything else in sports.”

He, his sister Jackie Beyer ’13 and brother Andrew Beyer ’17 also attended the summer games in London. The Beyers saw the 4x100-meter swimming relay and also watched the USA men’s basketball team compete in its twentyyear reunion after the notorious “dream team” in the 1992 Olympics.

The Beyers were watching from the same stands as

Laker superstar Kobe Bryant when Michael Phelps paraded around the Olympic Aquatic Centre after receiving the FINA lifetime achievement award for his 22 career Olympic medals.

Stieg and his family said the Olympics were the perfect time to visit London.

While in England, Stieg went to the London Eye, Westminster Abby, Buckingham Palace and other popular London attractions.

Stieg still was able to see much of the Olympics and was surprised by the entertainment factor that Olympic table tennis had.

He said that watching British Super Heavyweight boxer Anthony Joshua win the Gold medal in the last boxing event of the Olympics really stood out for him.

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Water polo player fails to capture 2nd medal

By Eric Loeb

After winning a silver medal in Beijing, Peter Hudnut ’99 returned to the U.S. Olympic water polo team for one last run with his sights set on a gold medal. However, his hopes were dashed as the U.S. team only won its first three matches, followed by five straight losses.

In their first match of the preliminary rounds, the team beat Montenegro 8-7, and followed up their performance up with a 10-8 win against Romania.

After a 13-7 victory over Great Britain, the team dropped two games to Serbia and Hungary. In the loss to Hungary, Hudnut scored a goal, his only one of the Olympics.

The team was seeded eighth, and lost to Croatia 8-2.

They got bumped to the loser’s bracket, and lost two more games to Spain and Australia, tallying five consecutive losses.

The team finished in eighth place overall.

For Hudnut, who played limited minutes, it was a great accomplishment just making the team.

During the games, he suffered a torn ulnar tendon

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MAN ON: Defender Peter Hudnut ’99 guards a Serbian player in the U.S. men’s 11-6 loss on Aug. 4. These summer games marked Hudnut’s second Olympic appearance after he took silver in the Beijing Olympics in 2008, losing to Hungary in the gold medal match. in his left elbow, and will have Tommy John surgery, his father and President of Harvard-Westlake Thomas Hudnut said. Despite his injury, Tom Hudnut said his son doesn’t regret his decision to play in the Olympics.

“I think he always would have regretted it if he hadn’t given it another try,” Hudnut said.

Peter Hudnut was a three-

time All-American, threetime All-CIF, four-time AllLeague, and two-time league MVP in high school.

He is now retired from Olympic level water polo, but hopes to continue occasionally playing for the New York Athletic Club.

After the team won a silver medal in 2008, Hudnut’s first Olympics, he retired and applied for business school. How-

ever, two years into his MBA, he realized that he wanted another chance to win a gold medal. However, he had not worked out the past two years and needed to get back into shape, as he had gained 35 pounds since his last game.

His listed weight and height are 230 pounds and 6-foot-5 respectively.

He went back to working out, and soon his coaches be-

gan to realize that he deserved a spot on the team. Hudnut returned to water polo the day after he received his MBA at Stanford.

In the 2011 FINA World League Super Final in Florence, Italy, Hudnut scored four goals to help his team secure a fourth place finish. Hudnut will pursue a career at Goldman Sachs in New York, according to USAwaterpolo.org.

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plifies effort, persistence, all the things that we want to died days before the final. teach ourselves and all the Sanchez had to wait an- things we want to be.” other four years to get back Sanchez works directly on top of the podium. with the hurdlers on their With the word “Abuela,” form throughout practices Spanish for grandmoth- during the season. Despite er, written across his rac- his vigorous workout schedule ing spikes and for his own a picture of career, Sanher tucked inchez finds a side his jersey, He exemplifies effort, way to make Sanchez finalmost every persistence, all the ished two body track team lengths ahead of practice and things that we want American silver ever meet to teach ourselves medalist Miduring the chael Tinsley. spring seaand all the things we “I’ve been son. want to be.” really emotional Laurel all week, think—Audrius Barzdukas Aberle ’13, ing about her,” another hurSanchez said to dler on the the Associated track and Press. “All of us do it — you field team, said that Sanchez think about winning, you train still structures the team’s so hard. You get to this mo- workout when he is unable to ment and everything has to go make practice. right for you to pull it off.”

“At first, you don’t realAt 34, Sanchez posted a ize how lucky you are or how time of 47.63 to claim the sec- crazy it is and you think he’s ond ever gold medal for the just another coach,” Aberle Dominican Republic. said. “But then he’ll give you Former Head of Athlet- these little insights and little ics and current Head of Up- stories. He’ll say like ‘Oh yeah, per School Audrius Barzdukas I usually get nervous before a watched on television with race,’ and then you realize he’s his family. His daughter Mila talking about the Olympics Barzdukas ’15 is also a mem- and you just feel like in awe or ber of the track team. that you’re just not worthy of “We watched the race,” him.”

Barzdukas said. “But as imAberle, who began runportantly, we watched the ning hurdles her sophomore man. He is a great runner and year, says that she has seen a great hurdler. He’s a better tremendous improvement in person and that’s what really her form and technique from made it so special. He exem- working with Sanchez. In two

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seasons, Aberle has seen her time in the 100m hurdles drop from 21.52 at the 2011 Los Angeles County Championships to 16.79 at the 2012 Mission League Finals.

“When he is teaching, you can tell that he knows exactly what he is doing from experience,” she said. “It’s really cool because I feel like a lot of the time, people that are good at something aren’t necessarily good at teaching it. But because he has been trained for so many years, he is so good at training others as well.”

Barzdukas anticipates that Sanchez will be back to coach the Wolverine track team this season, but did not know when Sanchez was going to retire from competing.

Since the Olympics, Sanchez has competed at the International Association of Athletics World Championship in Berlin, winning the 400m hurdles with a time of 48.89.

Barzdukas added that the athletic department had not planned any temporary public display of Sanchez’s medal for the school, but he does expect Sanchez to bring it to a few practices next year.

“He’s a pretty understated guy,” Barzdukas said. “He’s a guy who always looks forward to the next thing. We’re going to want to do something, but I think what he’s going to want to do is go to practice and help our kids be better hurdlers. I think that’s how he’s going to celebrate at Harvard-Westlake.”

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Cross country copes with loss of record holders

By Grant Nussbaum

Following five days of training in Big Bear, this year’s varsity cross country teams strive to prove themselves tomorrow in their first league meet at Balboa Park at 3:30 p.m..

The Wolverines began practicing for this season in early July, and trained in Big Bear from Aug. 21 to Aug. 26.

The team lost last year’s girls’ co-captains Amy Weissenbach ’12 and Cami Chapus ’12, along with last year’s boys’ co-captain Aaron de Toledo ’12. All three graduated seniors competed in the CIF Finals last year.

“It’s always tough losing seniors,” boys’ co-captain Justin Berman ’13 said, “but we’ve also got some new upand-coming runners who are more than ready to fill in [their] place.”

Despite the loss of de Toledo, who trained with the squad in Big Bear before leaving for college, the boys’ squad will be looking to contend based on

the performance of runners like co-captains Berman and David Manahan ’14, along with second year varsity runner Ben Weissenbach ’15. Manahan is confident that the team can take the reins and live up to the standard of success de Toledo set.

“We have a lot of talent on this team, especially coming from Ben Weissenbach, and I see no reason why we can’t keep up what he’s been doing,” Manahan said. “Even though we lost [de Toledo] and his skills as a runner, our team is a lot deeper this year than it was ever before.”

While captains Berman, David Manahan, Yasmin Moreno ’13 and Elle Wilson ’13 will take on the leadership positions, a team effort is what will fill the void left by the graduated seniors.

“As one group leaves, the next group is prepared to take on the mantle of leadership,” Program Head Jonas Koolsbergen said. “It’s really going to be the work of many to raise

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SHOES TO FILL: The varsity girls’ cross country team starts a league race from last season. Elle Wilson ’13, second from right, and Yasmin Moreno ’13 are the team’s co-captains for the upcoming year. the performance of the whole.”

Among other accolades, Chapus and Weissenbach finished second and third respectively in last year’s state finals, and led the girls team to a CIF Division IV championship in 2009. With their departure and a hamstring injury to

co-captain Wilson, the girls’ squad will try to compete for state with veterans Moreno and Monica Nimmagadda ’14, along with several sophomores and freshmen.

Moreno believes the team’s work ethic is what will lead them to success.

“We have a lot of similar times, we’re in similar ranges,” Moreno said. “I know this summer, we’ve been putting in a lot of work, going to practice all the time. Big Bear was really great, and what I saw there makes me think we’re going to have a great season.”

Girls’ volleyball rallies to victory over Santa Barbara in opener

By Eric Loeb

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IN FOR THE KILL: Outside hitter Jo Kremer ’14 jumps to spike the ball in the team’s match against Louisville High School last year.

After dropping game two against Santa Barbara on the Dons’ home court, the girls’ varsity volleyball team played with energy and stormed back to take games three and four to win its first match of the regular season.

“It was a really exciting game because both teams came out with a lot of energy,” outside hitter Nicole Gould ’13 said. “Santa Barbara had a ton of fans and we used that energy to pump us up even more.”

The Wolverines were able to identify some aspects that they could take away from the match and use for their next game tomorrow against the Redondo Union Sea Hawks.

“We need to work on not letting down after we get a lead,” outside hitter Josephine Kremer ’14 said, who had 13

kills and 13 digs against Santa Barbara. “We played well [in scrimmages], but we had much more energy this match because it was against a better team.”

Kremer is one of the 10 returning varsity players this season, after the team lost four seniors last year.

Outside hitter Victoria Pearson ’12, libero Katie Price ’12, opposite Lucy Tilton ’12 and defensive specialist Sofia Davila ’12 graduated last year.

Head Coach Adam Black said that the returning starters will help fill the void.

“Seven of [the returning players] received significant playing time. Their experience and leadership will support our efforts tremendously,” Black said.

Madison McAndrews ’13, starting as the team’s new libero in place of Price, led the Wolverines with 16 digs

against Santa Barbara.

Along with the 10 returning girls, six new players also made the Wolverines squad this year including setter Nicole Elattrache ’14, who said she has made an easy transition from JV to varsity.

“All of the senior girls who are returners on varsity are very inclusive and have made the transition very easy,” Elattrache said. “We are a passionate group. This plays a huge role in our performance out there on the court.”

The team failed to win league last year for the first time during Black’s five-year tenure.

Black said that this team has the potential to take back the Mission League title.

“Our expectations are simple: to improve over time, compete for the league title, and compete for the CIF title,” Black said.

Tennis seeks 5th straight Mission League title

By Lizzy Thomas

Starting with tomorrow’s match against Marlborough, girls’ tennis looks to break a habit that has become familiar to them – smashing success in the Mission League tempered by speedy exits from CIF playoffs.

The end of last year’s season – a Mission League championship in team, singles, and doubles, but a loss in CIF quarterfinals – was nothing new for the team, which has won the Mission League every year since 2000 except for 2007. Despite this, the team has failed to advance past CIF quarterfinals since 2001.

“I think we’ll be able to match last year’s finish, winning league and making it to

the quarterfinals of Division I,” Head Coach Chris Simpson said. “It’s kind of been a pattern because when you’re ranked six or nine, you come up against the three or four seed by the quarterfinals.”

The team graduated four seniors last year, a relatively low number taking into account that one of the four was Kei Goldberg ’12, a captain who was sidelined most of the season by a shoulder injury.

The team will be relatively young, with four freshmen and two sophomores.

“I think it’s one of our strengths that we have a younger team and our team is going to be stronger than it was last year. I definitely think we have the potential to make it to the [CIF] semis or, who

knows, even further,” Savannah de Montesquiou ’13 said.

Co-captain de Montesquiou, who was last year’s Mission League singles champion, now enters the year ranked 178 in the country. De Montesquiou played often this summer, competing almost every day in July.

Kristina Park ’13, who won the doubles Mission League championship with Taylor Coon ’12 last year, and Samantha Maccabee ’13 are the team’s other two co-captains.

“Our team is going to be a lot better this year. All of the new players we’re getting are really good players. We should be able to do really well this year,” said Park.

The key stretch of the season will come in late October

right before the postseason as the team takes on Palos Verdes and Thousand Oaks, teams Simpson says are likely to be close in rank to them.

The team lost last year in their sole match against Palos Verdes and did not play Thousand Oaks.

Positive results could position the team well for the CIF tournament.

“I think just in general, tennis is a very mental game and everyone on the team, myself included, think we can all work on just kind of really understanding what it takes to pull out that game or hold your serve,” de Montesquiou said. “I would say overall, the mental part of the game is what we can all work on the most.”

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FOREHAND: Sophie Gunter ’14 is one of the rising juniors on this year’s tennis squad.

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Athletic department hires new director and swimming coach

Girls’ golf prepares for League opponents

By Jessica Arzy Katz

By Lucy Putnam

As the fall season gets underway, the members of the girls’ golf team are gearing up for their season’s biggest challenge when they face Mission League powerhouse Notre Dame on Oct. 11, according to rising senior Jessica Wibawa ’13.

“Notre Dame has been our biggest competition for the past two seasons,” Wibawa said.

The Knights, led by reigning Mission League MVP award winner Katelyn Reynolds, won the Northern Division CIF Championship last season.

The Wolverines finished fifth at that same tournament.

Team leaders for the Wolverines this season include Wibawa, who was the Wolverines’ lowest scorer last season, Maddy Abrahams ’14, Amanda Aizuss ’13 and Kate Kushi ’14.

“I am looking forward to playing lots of golf, and getting a lot closer to beating Notre Dame,” Aizuss said.

All four players played in individual events over the summer to prepare for the upcoming season.

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FORWARD PRESS: Kate Kushi ’14 uses a belly putter in the girls’ golf team’s 226-271 win over Alemany last season.

Over the summer, Wibawa qualified to play in the Optimist Junior International Championships in Florida at the PGA National Golf Course, host of the Honda Classic in men’s professional golf.

The 2011 season has been shortened so that teams will play league opponents once per week instead of twice as it has been in years past.

lando said. “I hope to do whatever it takes to live up to the legacy he left in this position.”

The Athletic Department Orlando played baseball hired Vince Orlando to serve and football at Sherman Oaks as Harvard-WestNotre Dame before lake’s new athletic playing baseball at UC director and JonaIrvine. than Carroll to head Though he is a basethe swimming and ball player, Orlando diving program. said if he could attend Orlando worked one game at Harvardas El Camino Real’s Westlake, it would be athletic director for the basketball games the past four years. against rival Loyola.

DIDAX He managed 22 var- Vince Orlando “I’ve heard that the sity sports for the energy and enthusiasm Conquistadors and of the crowds at those oversaw 13 City Secgames is really a sight tion Championships to behold, and I can’t during his tenure. wait to be a part of it,” He also served as he said. a history teacher, As the new head baseball coach and coach of the swim team girls’ golf coach. and head of the diving DIDAX Although Orprogram, Carroll plans Jonathan lando said leaving El to take his swimmers Carroll Camino was tough, to the Eastern Interhe is excited about this oppor- scholastic Championship in tunity.

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“Harvard-Westlake was “I am really excited to always that kind of place you introduce some of my highdreamed about working at,” profile kids to the more naOrlando said. “When the op- tional level meets that exist,” portunity arose to become the Carroll said. “I want to excite athletic director here, I was the swimmers and continue really grateful for the chance.” to attract more people to the He will replace Terry Bar- Harvard-Westlake swimming num, who was promoted to program. I want to raise the Head of Athletics in April. profile of the program and “Terry Barnum is definite- excel in the sport in a world ly a tough act to follow,” Or- class facility.” and

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Carroll has been coaching club swimming in Los Angeles since 2004, so he has interacted with Harvard-Westlake and their students before.

“In certain circles, the swim team is seen as a fluffy program compared to some of the other programs on campus,” Carroll said. “I would definitely like to change that perception. A lot of money has been invested into the swim team, so I want my swimmers to come to the pool deck and take it seriously.”

As the head coach of aquatics, Carroll is expected to teach swim classes at the lower campus, oversee middle and high school swim teams and manage staffing.

“I have always had a respect and fondness for the school,” Carroll said. “So when the opportunity came along to officially be a part of the Harvard-Westlake family, it didn’t require much thought at all.

What makes Harvard-Westlake so prestigious is this new pool. Just being in charge of the program itself allows me to implement my own vision.”

Carroll’s priority is to make Harvard-Westlake into a major force in the Mission League, increase the number of swimmers that make CIF finals and even have some of his swimmers qualify for the Olympic trials.

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Treading water with

Morgan Hallock ‘13 & Ben Hallock ‘16 PRINTED WITH PERMISSION OF MORGAN HALLOCK

Siblings Morgan and Ben Hallock competed on the US U-19 teams in the Pan-American Youth Water Polo Championships this summer. Morgan and the Women’s Junior National team won gold while Ben and the Men’s Junior National team won silver.

By Michael Aronson

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INTERNATIONAL: Ben Hallock ’16, bottom, and Morgan Hallock ’13, top, journeyed to Montreal and faced several teams from around the world in their second Pan-American Youth Championships.

How did it feel to represent your country playing the sport you love?

Morgan: “It felt amazing to be able to represent my country, not just for water polo. I was also able to represent my country on a worldwide scale, especially since the women’s water polo team had just won gold in the Olympics and I was able to watch that in Canada.”

What was your most memorable game in the tournament?

Ben: “My most memorable game was probably the Canada game. There was a huge crowd. It was awesome to beat them on their home turf.”

What was it like to go to an international tournament with your brother? Was this your first time?

Morgan: “This was the second time. He was actually on last year’s team. It was actually different this year because we were both the youngest on our teams.

We are really close and very supportive of each other, so it was really fun to go to his games and cheer for him. All the countries knew that we were siblings and they thought it was really cool.”

What are your personal goals for water polo?

Ben: “My goal is to train for the Olympics one day – my ‘big dream,’ as you might say – I’ve always wanted to also play in Europe after I get out of college.”

Who would win in a one-on-one competition between you two?

Morgan: “Obviously me. In all seriousness, I am very excited for Ben and his high school career. I mean, he is 6-5, 200 lbs. He’s an animal. He’s so strong.

But, being the older sister I would probably win one-on-one.”

Are you in any way following in your sister’s footsteps by playing water polo?

Ben: “Yeah, she kind of got me into water polo at the beginning. Ever since I was little, she was playing water polo at Harvard-Westlake and I watched her play in that pool. I always wanted to play at Harvard-Westlake and have the same success that she’s had.”