[CRIER Munster High School
[
Issue 4 Volume 53 Nov 30, 2018
1968
14
Clubs are run by female students
[Mercedez Williams] Alt-copy Manager
senior
Comparing and Contrasting
social studies teacher
“The first thing that comes to mind when comparing Donald Trump and Richard Nixon is how they handled China differently. Trump is currently waging a trade war with China, while Richard Nixon was the first president to open trade relations with communist China.”
Peter Gallagher junior
[Inside look] pg. 8
Updates on FDA rules on JUULing
pg. 7
story by
L
Copy Editor
ooking back at women’s liberation movements 50 years ago the most prominent was “No More Miss America” protests. Women gathered outside the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey holding signs reading “No More Miss America Cattle Actiond” and “Women’s Libera-
323
Continuing the Legacy
“I think that civil rights obviously progressed at a rapid rate during the Civil Rights Movement, but in this current age. I am not sure that I would say that the rate of progression is rapid. My previous AP US History teacher, Mr. Lopez once said to me ‘This generation has a tendency to demand instant gratification and that we march and protest for a little bit and then give up.’ I think to some extent that this is true. For example, when Starbucks had the recent scandal of arresting the two black men for using the restroom without purchasing, the majority of the black community viewed this as a blatant act of racism, but refused to boycott Starbucks.” Kayla Prowell
Record number of women elected in midterms earlier this month
[Alyssa Bass]
23
story by
“Nixon, in ’68, was not initially as hostile to the press. That happened a little bit more as you went into the second term. But there was always this kind of idea where Nixon, more or less, would see the press in his confidants and his discussions with his age, and with the enemy, he referred to them as the enemy. When you look Trump, rather than calling them his enemy, his famous line is ‘Fake News’, one of the thinks you notice with Trump is that he rarely gets press conferences.” Mr. Steve Lopez
WOMEN ON A MISSION
Out of a total of
his year marks 50 years since 1968 and the civil progress that occurred in that year. Events in the Civil Rights Movement can be compared to Black Lives Matter Movement. Richard Nixon’s controversial election could be compared to President Trump’s equally controversial election in 2016. In the beginning of this year, March For Our Lives took place across the country and a 17-minute walk out walkout can be compared to Vietnam protests. Crier looks forwards—and backwards.
[STUDENT LIFE]12 Nov 30, 2018
8808 Columbia Ave. Munster, IN 46321
LOOKING T BACK, MARCH NG FORWARD Comparing activism 50 years after landmark year 1968
Munster High School Crier
Women are served in Congress to date
Women in the Legislative branch
85
Women are serving in the House of Representatives
23
Women are serving in the Senate
Out of 103 women that will be serving in Congress, 38 are women of color
tion” to protest the sexism of the Miss America Pageant that was being filmed inside. “The whole premise of the Miss America pageants is that sex sells,” Emma Stevens, senior, said. “This idea is still prevalent in our culture today, as we see women who breastfeed in public as ‘shameful’ and needing to ‘cover up’, but drive past billboards of scantily-clad women for different strip clubs and lingerie stores. To a significant amount of the American population, seeing a woman in a non-sexual way is disgusting and looked down upon.” Even though society has come a long way with how we view women, there is still progress to be made according to Lily Leslie, senior. “We have made a significant amount of progress since the 1960s,” Lily said. “We’ve gone through the feminist movement. It started in the 60s and moved through the 70s. We went through, the women’s revolution and then also kind of went along like the sexual revolution which definitely made us more comfortable with our bodies, but we still have a ways to go.” This year, January 20 marked the second annual Women’s March. According to the Women’s March official
website, their beliefs include progress for reproductive rights and getting women more active in leadership roles. “I think that women always have been running/trying for leadership positions, wherever these positions exist,” Emma said. “But we have been silenced and denied the right to be able to due to their sex. Considering that we weren’t even able to vote prior to 1920, the road to leadership has been a rocky one.” Women in the ’60s were getting into government and paving the way for future female leaders, such as Patsy mink from Hawaii in 1969. This year 108 women are in Congress, 23 women were elected into Senate and 85 women serve in the House of Representatives. “I become overjoyed when I think about the women in politics being elected,” Emma said. “They are venturing into territory untouched by females in America for ages, and with their trailblazing, seeing women in such positions will create a normalcy. I hope that being a woman in politics will be seen as a common occurrence, just as being a man in politics is.”
2018 “Manipulation. That’s a word I’d use for both administrations. They have trouble with the truth, they would do anything to gain the upper hand and take advantage of the situation. They would also compromise their values. Nixon had more of an issue with compromising his values. I think it was harder for Nixon then it is for Trump.”
Mr. Joshua Herold social studies teacher (Top left) Former President Richard Nixon addressing reporters during a press conference. (Bottom left) At a rally, President Trump addresses his supporters. (Top right) In 1968, students led protests against the Vietnam War across the college campuses. (Top right) Martin Luther King, Jr., gives a speech. (Center) In the 2017-18 school year, students hold signs to rally for gun
“I would say probably another significant comparison between the two is now the kind of belief in the executive that—not that they can go above around the law—but that they can test the constitutionality of issues. Trump has done it with executive orders. Nixon attempted to do it with executive privilege, particularly concerning the tapes was the Watergate investigation began. So there are definitely a comparisons there.”
Mr. Steve Lopez social studies teacher
law reform. “Finding the courage to express myself and my ideas, was rough, to put it bluntly.” Ella Uylaki, senior, said, “The negative energy casted onto me before, during, and after the event was a big low point in my life, and made me question myself. I don’t have any regrets about how I did act, because ultimately I did what I knew had to be done.”
WOMEN IN POWER Lily Leslie (12), Emma Stevens (12), Catie Gilhooly (12), Chynna Vaughn (12), Jackie Webber (12), Mimi Brody (12), Zoe O’Shaughnessy (11), Lilia Brunetti (11), Elizabeth Fonseca (12), Sam Barraza (12), Maddy Foreit (12), and Rachel Lyons, junior and senior leaders of various clubs, pose for a photo together.
Creative commons photos from Wikipedia, Boston Herold, Daily Mail
pg. 9
Popular clubs, Wrestling travels hour by hour to Plymouth
[Upcoming] Boys’ Basketball game at home tonight at 7 p.m.
Club picture day for yearbook in Fieldhouse all day next Friday
[BACKTALK]
“Do you like science? Because I’ve got my ion you.”
It’s cuffing season. What is your best pickup line?
“How you doin’?”
Antonio Cantu, freshman
Charlie Mason, freshman
“Are you Jamaican? Cause you’re Jamaican me crazy” Taylor Grahm, sophomore
“Are you cake? ‘Cause I want a piece of that.” Waaniya Irfan, sophomore
“If I could rearrange the alphabet I would put u and i together” Holden Raffin, junior
“Hey, I’m getting my nails done, what color would look best holding your hand?”
Yalissa Rubio, junior
“Are you a Snickers bar? Because I’m satisfied.” Kara Bryant, senior
“Are you a parking ticket? Because you have fine written all over you.”
Matt Nahnsen, senior