Crimson Sun - January 2018 Edition

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C r i mson Sun Vol. 19, No. 2

The Student Newspaper of Morristown-Beard School 70 Whippany Road, Morristown, NJ 07960

Left and Bottom Right: students enjoying the accepting atmosphere of The Intersection Top Right: Posters advocating for human rights

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January 2018

PERRI EASLEY and SARAH YAMASHITA

Bridging the gap: diversity at MBS By ANIKA BUCH and JULIAN LEVY

The lower floor of Grant Hall has never lacked energy, but it’s not just the Student Center that’s buzzing these days. At The Intersection, students find a safe space where they can voice their ideas freely and be understood. At all times of the day, The Intersection is filled with students. The Intersection serves as the office of MBS Diversity Coordinator Ms. Klarissa Karosen, who wants each student to feel safe and respected. The problem is that students of racially and socioeconomically diverse backgrounds “have to adapt and assimilate the environment they are in - which could mean modifying their humor, modifying the volume of their voice, the tone, who they are, what they express in class, so it’s pretty exhausting for a student to modify all of those things,” Karosen said. “I think there is some sense of unawareness, in that I don’t think that some of the other kids are aware of what that student has to transition from on a day to day basis.” This is why Karosen introduced The Intersection: a place where students can be who they are. (cont. on page 5)

It’s not writing on those walls

By TALIA GOLD and ALI STECKER

The hallways of Morristown-Beard School’s Beard and Grant Halls look different this winter, after teachers in the World Language and Humanities programs spent the autumn selecting prints to hang on the walls. The prints show famous images from around the world. There are differences, however, in how teachers in the two departments settled on which prints to display. The English and History departments chose their pieces based on their relevance to the curriculum, but Dr. Amanda Gregory, a Latin teacher who had the idea for hanging prints on the walls, explained that the World Language department’s approach differs from the others. “My understanding is that in the Humanities wing they selected major works of art in general. In the World Language department, faculty members selected some of their favorite works of art by either a French artist, Italian artist, a Latin American or Spanish artist, or a piece from the ancient world,” she said. Each faculty member of the World Language department sponsored a piece of art created by a native speaker of their language. You will find bilingual plaques written by the language teachers next to every piece of art, explaining the background of the painting. “My piece is the only one that is cheating a bit,” Gregory said. “I selected the ‘Oath of the Horatii’ by David, a French artist not from the ancient world. I picked it because it depicts a famous and exciting episode from Roman history, written about by the Roman author, Livy.” Since their department relocated to Beard Hall this year, the World Language teachers wanted to make the space feel more like home. (cont. on page 6)

INSIDE THIS ISSUE Commentary: The “existential crisis” crisis (p. 2) Philosopher’s Corner: The purpose of a poem (p. 3) Advice from L. (p. 4) Feature: Mr. Wilson drops marker (p. 5) Boys’ and Girls’ Basketball (p. 8)


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