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Te n s i o n s r i s e a s sophomores battle for Kindles.

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Veteran instructor gives up teaching

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By Jeffrey Caves

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The Octagon

May 28, 2013

Students opt for art college, leave behind : An unconventional path grades, athletics & core curriculum

By Eric Hilton

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Bosco said. /LEUDULDQ -RDQQH 0HOLQVRQ WDXJKW &ROOHJH 5HVHDUFK arrived. ent Theodora Wilner, who Prasad hopes to avoid regularly teaches yoga, was “What I took away most from the class was how to make sure another such incident by a popular choice for seniors I do not plagiarize anything, even accidentally,â€? senior Ben +HUQULHG VDLG attending the Automobile Annie Bell, TayÄĽ Melinson contacted the librariÄĽ Maintenance seminar, lor Oeschger ans of the colleges the students atÄĽ one of the many semiÄĽ and William QDUV EHLQJ RÉąHUHG E\ WKH “(Meditation and yoga is) tending the seminar were going to. Wright. school to seniors. “I have been a way to naturally calm She individually helped them unÄĽ derstand how they can make the These seminars, which convinced by replaced the traditionÄĽ most of the resources available to your energy and refresh the class that al senior projects, took yoga is someÄĽ your mind and body, so them at their college. place from May 20 to 31. 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Top 10 Sophomore Projects Anna Wiley “Body Image�

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PDGHħDQG ZKDW GLÉąHUHQFH LW should make in her search for the right college. “America is obsessed with placing people in categories,â€? she said. Âł3HRSOH DUH IRUFHG LQWR WKLV DZNZDUG LQÄĽEHÄĽ tween state because of how they look, and soÄĽ ciety just hopes this gives them an identity.â€? Next year Thomas will attend Georgetown University, a school known for being “white,â€? she said, as Georgetown University is only VL[ SHUFHQW $IULFDQÄĽ$PHULFDQ $QG &RXQWU\ 'D\ LV ÂżYH SHUFHQWħVR technically for Thomas, the change is not too drastic. But because it’s so much bigger, GeorgeÄĽ WRZQ KDV D VLJQLÂżFDQW $IULFDQ $PHULFDQ population. 8QOLNH DW &RXQWU\ 'D\ ZKHUH 7KRPDV KDG QR FKRLFH EXW WR KDQJ RXW ZLWK DQ XQÄĽ diverse group of students, at Georgetown Thomas believes she will have to make a choice. %XW GHVSLWH WKH IDFW WKDW LW LV D FKRLFHħ DQG LWÂśV KHUV WR PDNHÄĽÄĽVKH LV VWLOO EHLQJ forced into it. $QG ZK\" Because of the supposed categorization that plagues America, she said. She was forced into the category of “AfriÄĽ can American,â€? and these are the choices she was left with. And she knows she’s not alone. Thomas said she sees two paths for minorÄĽ ity college students at Georgetown. She can stay on the path she’s always travÄĽ HOHGħEH D ÂłWRNHQ ´ WKH VROH EODFN VWXGHQW LQ a group of friends. 2U VKH FDQ FKRRVH WKH RWKHU SDWKħVHHN out black students who might give her a winÄĽ

dow into a community she’s never truly felt a part of. The reason why minorities face this issue is because society tells them what they are, Thomas said. Therefore they must pick. According to Thomas, it’s no easy choice. “Either way minorities see you negatively,â€? she said. “And either way it’s like you’re trying to forget who you are, even though I don’t beÄĽ OLHYH WKDW SHRSOH DUH GHÂżQHG E\ WKHLU UDFH ´ 6HQLRU ,PDQL 5LWFKDUGV DQRWKHU $IULFDQÄĽ American student, doesn’t believe people are GHÂżQHG E\ WKHLU UDFH HLWKHU /LNH 7KRPDV

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Correction In the front-page picture of students cleaning up wreckage of the vandalized garden (March 19), eighth grader Zane Jakobs was misidentified as his brother, Nate. The Octagon regrets the error.

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munity service,â€? she said. And many students have taken the unique mathematics and foreign Fels’s advice and nixed taking four APs language system at Country Day. Due in order to dedicate more time to extraÄĽ to the specialized program, a number curriculars. RI VRSKRPRUHV KDYH DOUHDG\ ÂżQLVKHG :KHQ KH ZDV D VRSKRPRUH MXQLRU 3UHÄĽ&DOFXOXV DQG ZDQW WR PRYH RQ WR Connor Martin debated taking four AP Calculus. Many students also have $3V WKLV \HDU EXW XOWLPDWHO\ ZHQW ZLWK already completed their fourth year of WKH UHFRPPHQGHG ÄĽ VFKHGXOH ÄŞWKUHH language and can advance to only an AP $3V DQG WZR UHJXODU FODVVHVÄŤ language course. “Pretty much everyone said, ‘Don’t But former college counselor Patricia do it.’ And I really regretted taking regÄĽ Fels attributes the high XODU 8 6 ÄŞKLVWRÄĽ demand for APs to U\ÄŤ ´ KH VDLG a desire to impress “I’m glad I didn’t do (four “But I’m kind FROOHJHV ZLWK D QHDU of glad I didn’t RYHUORDG RI $3ÄĽODGÄĽ APs) because I’ve been able do it because to put more time into extra- I’ve been able en transcripts. )HOV DFNQRZOHGJHV curriculars.â€? to put more that because SCDS –Connor Martin, junior time into extraÄĽ RÉąHUV $3 FODVVHV curriculars.â€? competitive appliÄĽ 0DUWLQ ZLOO cants to highly selective colleges need EH DQ HGLWRUÄĽLQÄĽFKLHI RI 7KH 2FWDJRQ to take APs. next year. +RZHYHU VKH VDLG WKDW VWXGHQWV QHHG 6WLOO VRPH ZKR KDYH JRQH WKURXJK to leave time for extracurricular inÄĽ WKH SURFHVV DGYRFDWH D IRXUÄĽ$3 VFKHGÄĽ YROYHPHQW DV ZHOO DV DFDGHPLFV XOH $ORQJ ZLWK SDUWLFLSDWLQJ RQ WKH Âł$ VHQLRU ZLWK VHYHQ $3V DQG JROI WHDP DQG 7KH 2FWDJRQ MXQLRU *DUÄĽ hours of community service over four rett Kaighn currently has four APs and years at the Mustard Seed School has a one regular class, yet has taken it all in PXFK EHWWHU FKDQFH ÄŞRI EHLQJ DFFHSWHG stride. WR D KLJKO\ FRPSHWLWLYH FROOHJHÄŤ WKDQ Âł,WÂśV PRUH ZRUN WKDQ VRSKRPRUH \HDU RQH ZLWK $3V DQG QR WLPH IRU FRPÄĽ but I still have free time,â€? he said. “My

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By Jeffrey Caves

Cooking in the Cave

Farewell, fellow foodies

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The Octagon

May 28, 2013

By Ryan Ho

My Angle Subtle racism can hurt just as much

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he intersection of Latham Drive and Munroe Street is dangerous. There’s no question about that. Nearly half of high-school students report having a close encounter with a car (see story, p. 1), and many have to traverse this crosswalk regularly to get to their cars or Loehmann’s Plaza. Maybe there hasn’t been a serious accident yet, but ^P[O [OL OPNO [YHMÄJ ÅV^ HSVUN 4\UYVL HUK [`WPJHS inattention of drivers, one could happen at any time. Drivers go too fast and don’t stop for pedestrians, especially with no warning of somebody in the crosswalk. And students, impatient after standing at the crosswalk of the Latham/Munroe intersection for several minutes without being given an opportunity to cross, often start walking without knowing for certain if drivers will stop for them. Stop signs and stoplights are excessive measures— the important issue is the safety of pedestrians, and it PZ \UULJLZZHY` [V ZSV^ KV^U [YHMÄJ ^OLU UVIVK` PZ crossing the street. :V [OL SVNPJHS ZHML[` TLHZ\YL ^V\SK IL H ÅHZOPUN crosswalk beacon. It’s activated only when pedestriHUZ HYL WYLZLU[ HUK KVLZ UV[ V[OLY^PZL KPZY\W[ [YHMÄJ As an added bonus, it’s much cheaper than a full stoplight. This particular intersection is not a top priority for the city, which is understandable, considering there are intersections in the city with higher collision rates.

And the city claims to have enough funding for only one or two new signals per year—one or two new $300,000-minimum full stoplights. )\[ H ÅHZOPUN ILHJVU JVZ[Z T\JO SLZZ [OHU [OH[! in the neighborhood of $15,000 to $25,000 for the entire project. Surely that could fall within the city’s funding. Maybe the city’s resources truly are invested in more pressing matters. But it really doesn’t matter who funds the crosswalk. It could be the city, the school, the neighborhood or some generous benefactor. Maybe the school could work with the neighbors to ZOHYL [OL ÄUHUJPHS YLZWVUZPIPSP[` Another partial remedy might be unlocking or VWLUPUN [OL NH[L VU [OL ZVJJLY ÄLSK [V LUJV\YHNL Z[\dents who park on American River Drive to cross at the stoplight and walk directly into the campus. Granted, this would not aid the neighbors or students walking toward Loehmann’s Plaza, but it would take care of part of the problem. >L RUV^ [OH[ [OL JVUZ[Y\J[PVU VM H [YHMÄJ ZPNUHS PZ expensive and the school has little control over the decision, but something needs to be done. That might mean pressing the city for change, funding the beacon or working with the neighbors—anything that might lead to a resolution. Regardless of the solution, the current issue remains: when half of the high-school student body has had a close encounter with a car already, there is too much at risk not to do something.

The Octagon Editors-In-Chief Jeffrey Caves Yanni Dahmani Madeleine Wright Copy Editor Garrett Kaighn Business Manager Jeffrey Caves News Editor Yanni Dahmani Editorial Editor Ryan Ho Community Editor Aishwarya Nadgauda Kamira Patel Centerpoint Editor Madeleine Wright Feature Editors Connor Martin Kamira Patel Sports Editors Micaela Bennett-Smith Skovran Cunningham

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The Octagon is published eight times a year by high-school journalism students of Sacramento Country Day School, 2636 Latham Drive, Sacramento, Calif. 95864. Phone: (916) 481-8811, ext. 347. Email: octagon@saccds.org, Web address: http://www. scdsoctagon.com.

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acism. It’s the word that frightened me most about attending school in the United States six years ago. Coming from an elementary school in Taiwan that had 2000 other Asian children, I felt queasy about being one of the only Asians at Camellia Waldorf School. So on the first day, I expected to be showered by hurtful remarks about my race. But I received none. And it stayed that way for the two years that I spent at Waldorf and the years since then at Country Day. In fact I haven’t met anyone, student or adult, who has discriminated against me—in other words, someone that I would call “truly racist.” But I have heard my share of racist jokes. “Hey, open your eyes.” “What do you mean? They are open.” Oh, wait. I get it. Ha. Ha. It is also not uncommon that some people make fun of me for my “Asian-ness.” “You’re doing homework? That’s so Asian of you.” “Umm, so you eat dogs?” While these jokes pop up every so often at school, they don’t offend me much for two reasons. First, I know that the person probably intends to emphasize the joke more than the racist aspect behind it. Secondly, I am likely friends with the offender—or at least know the person well enough to not take offense. But those reasons are also why there’s a problem at Country Day. I see the school as a place where everyone is acquainted. Yet this positive quality also leads to carelessness and insensitivity about potentially harmful jokes. Racist jokes are around at this school, just as they are at other high schools, because they’re “funny” and not often punished. People on the receiving end of these jokes are stuck between laughing them off, as I do, or taking offense. But due to the friendly environment, it’s hard to be seriously angry. In fact, it’s socially awkward to be. “What, you can’t take a joke?” So most victims don’t confront the offenders even if they’re truly hurt, and consequently the people think that their jokes are okay and continue making them. The racist jokes at Country Day are so minor that they don’t bother me, but I understand that that’s not the case for others. I really believe (and want to believe) that the offenders don’t mean their jokes to hurt. But I encourage the victims to confront these jokesters if the jokes do sting. Maybe for some, equality among races is now so established that jokes about a race are just as reasonable and humorous as other common jokes. But then again, maybe the time still isn’t right.

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rchids to. . . the student body for donating 42 boxes of supplies to Movers for Moms and WEAVE. This support will make a difference for moms in need.

nions to. . . all the students who still have not turned in their course requests and elective forms. It makes scheduling classes that much harder for the faculty.

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Girls’ soccer coach calls it quits—maybe to be even more of a disapÄĽ hate to leave the CounÄĽ who chose to quit the team pointment than the last, he WU\ 'D\ IDPLO\ħJHWWLQJ this year. said. to know all the families is “He was the reason “This year was one of a huge plus,â€? Champayne I came back to play my sophomore and junior irls’ soccer the roughest in my time at said. \HDU ´ VHQLRU $OLVRQ :DOWHU coach George &RXQWU\ 'D\ ´ &KDPSD\QH said. Champayne said said. %XW :DOWHU GLG QRW he may not be The team lacked efÄĽ UHWXUQLQJ WR &RXQWU\ 'D\ fort and only a few girls “I have made so many play this season because next year. showed up to practices connections here that I of her commitment to row for UC Berkeley next Of course, he said regularly. can’t just leave without year. the same thing last 7KH JLUOV HÉąRUW ZDV And she wasn’t the year. UHĂ€HFWHG E\ WKHLU UHÄĽ thinking about it twice.â€? only senior not to play. “Its been a rumor for FRUG 7KH\ ÂżQLVKHG WKH –George Champayne, Natalie Polan and JiÄĽ 18 years, and this year is year with an over all girls’ soccer coach anna Gudebski, both of QRWKLQJ GLÉąHUHQW ´ DWKÄĽ UHFRUG RI ÄĽ DQG GLG whom had been on the letic director Matt Vargo not make it to the playÄĽ team for three years, said. RÉąV chose not to return eiÄĽ But the girls’ soccer seaÄĽ “My sophomore year “Now I have the choice ther. VRQ ZDV YHU\ GLÉąHUHQW WKLV there was a lot of spirit; to stay and coach eight However, Champayne said year. we were a cohesive unit,â€? girls or take over a powÄĽ he understands the seniors’ Âł:KHQ , VWDUWHG RXW KHUH VHQLRU 0DGHOHLQH :ULJKW erhouse school. From a decisions. I had 32 girls come out for said. professional standpoint, “I always encourage my the team,â€? Champayne “You could say ‘I’m on this decision would be players to do what they said. the soccer team,’ and there want. If they want to Âł:H ZHUH D UHDO pursue academics or SRZHUKRXVHħZH drama, I want them to could compete do that,â€? Champayne with Rocklin said. ÄŞ+LJK 6FKRROÄŤ “And I’m obligated and other big to share practice time schools. But now with track and other we’re struggling DIWHUÄĽVFKRRO DFWLYLWLHV against small So it’s hard to practice schools.â€? well.â€? ,Q WKH But without ChamÄĽ team was elimiÄĽ payne many believe nated in the that there might not SOD\RÉąV ZKHQ even be a team next RQO\ SOD\HUV year. showed up for In fact, according to WKH SOD\RÉą JDPH senior Kelsi Thomas, Many girls stayed near the end of the seaÄĽ home because son, Champayne took the game was the her and another player night before the aside to talk about just AP U.S. History that. exam. “Right now I’m makÄĽ “After that, I Coach George Champayne and senior defender Marisa Kindsvater ing the decision whethÄĽ FKHHU RQ WKH JLUOV¡ VRFFHU WHDP &KDPSD\QH KDV EHHQ RɲHUHG FRDFKthought that my er I want to come back career at CounÄĽ ing jobs at St. Francis and El Camino in the past and is unsure to a team of eight, but WU\ 'D\ VKRXOG whether he will return to SCDS next year. (Photo by Kelsi Thomas) as a coach I need more be over,â€? ChamÄĽ than that,â€? Champayne payne said. would be a sense of idenÄĽ HDV\ħWDNH WKH SRZHUKRXVH said. Âł, KDG RÉąHUV IURP (O tity in that. This year peoÄĽ school. “If I had a roster of 21, &DPLQR ÄŞ+LJK 6FKRROÄŤ ple completely lost that “But I have made so then I would stay. And DQG 6W )UDQFLV ÄŞ+LJK sense of unity and identiÄĽ many connections here when you enjoy the job and 6FKRROÄŤ WR FRDFK WKHUH ty.â€? that I can’t just leave withÄĽ the people you work with, but I stuck with Country But despite the lack of out thinking about it you never want to leave. 'D\ WR JLYH LW RQH PRUH commitment, Champayne twice.â€? But sometimes you need push.â€? admits that he would have a And his players feel the to know when to move But this season proved hard time leaving. “I would connection too, even those on.â€?

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Tennis star goes her own way for practice, still makes playoffs By Aishwarya Nadgauda Page Editor

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ot going to tennis pracÄĽ tice has turned out well for sophomore Caroline Mehta. For two years in a

Sophomore Caroline Mehta eyes the ball in a match against San Juan. (Photo by Alex Kardasopoulos)

Mehta has achieved this without atÄĽ tending tennis practice regularly. “I went to practice a couple times last year and I didn’t feel as if it was helping me,â€? she said. Instead, Monroy, who has been row Mehta has made it to the division coaching her since she began playing at SOD\RÉąV WKH DJH RI ÂżYH ZRUNHG ZLWK 0HKWD WZR Mehta remained undefeated for 11 to three hours a week. FRQVHFXWLYH PDWFKHV XQWLO WKH SOD\RÉąV As a result Mehta only plays singles. RQ 0D\ ZKHQ VKH ORVW KHU ÂżUVW PDWFK Âł:KHQ NLGV KDYH JRWWHQ DV JRRG DV ÄĽ DJDLQVW :HVW &DPSXV D 'LYLVLRQ Caroline has gotten, they play singles,â€? III school, and was eliminated from Monroy said. the competition. 0HKWD ÂżQGV WKDW WKH WRXUQDPHQWV According to coach Haitham she used to compete in up until a year Batarseh, MehÄĽ ago were more chalÄĽ ta could have lenging. won the match, “At these competiÄĽ but she got “I went to practice a tions she did fairly well, bored with the couple times last year but she never got a game. state or national rankÄĽ Mehta adÄĽ and I didn’t feel as if it ing,â€? Monroy said. vanced to the was helping me.â€? :KHQ 0HKWD ZDV SOD\RÉąV DIWHU –Caroline Mehta, a member of the U.S. defeating all of sophomore Tennis Association and the women’s the Sacramento Tennis singles comÄĽ Association, she parÄĽ petitors in her ticipated in northern league. California tournaments hosted at ArÄĽ Mehta claimed easy victories in the den Hills. league competitions, winning a majoriÄĽ “I feel like the people in my league W\ RI KHU PDWFKHV ÄĽ ÄĽ %DWDUVHK VDLG I play now are not as experienced as Felipe Monroy, Mehta’s private coach, I am,â€? Mehta said. “Although we have considers Mehta’s strongest moves her good rallies in the matches, I could be serve and her groundstroke. playing people at a higher level.â€?

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s a Bennett-Smith, it’s fair to say I have a lot to live up to. Being the youngest of four definitely has its perks. But there’s an expectation that I will excel in the same areas that my siblings excelled in. And all of them were amazing scholar athletes. My sister, Meredith, ‘06, played varsity basketball and was co-captain of the varsity girls’ soccer team. Miles, ‘09, was co-captain of the soccer team and played baseball, cross-country, and even did wrestling. He then went on to play club soccer, club basketball and club baseball at Stanford University. And Morgan, currently a senior, followed in their footsteps, running cross-country and playing baseball and varsity basketball. He will play varsity soccer at Occidental College in Los Angeles in the fall. The first game I watched from my booster seat, sippy cup in hand, was Meredith and Miles’s basketball game at the YMCA. As I grew older, the sports multiplied. Baseball season started, and with it came long evening practices and games every weekend at Loomis Park. I’ve spent my va- “Sometimes I get tired cations on trips to of being compared soccer tournaments to my siblings by my and sat through six years of section teachers, coaches, championship socand even my parents.� cer games. When they lost, I lost, and when they triumphed, so did I. Understand that I’m not complaining. I’m very proud of their accomplishments, and I’ve never begrudged any of them. But sometimes I get tired of being compared to my siblings by my teachers, coaches and even my parents. When I joined the basketball team, coaches David Ancrum and Matt Vargo would encourage me to practice more by reminding me that I was a Bennett-Smith. It’s in my blood. “You’ll be getting at least 10 points a game next year,� Vargo said. As I grew older and realized that maybe I would never reach the same skill level in the traditional Country Day sports (soccer, track, basketball) as my brothers and sister, I decided that I could make my own legacy in water sports. I’m a swimmer, I played water polo and I’m a lifeguard. When I was younger, I loved bragging to all of my siblings, especially Morgan, about how I was the best swimmer in the family. But Morgan could never admit this. We had many arguments about who was the best swimmer, and he always maintained that it was he. Once he said to me, “I’m stronger, faster and better than you.� As I got older I started to think about why Morgan could never just admit that I was the best swimmer. “He worked hard... I think the main not only to improve reason was his uncompetithe Bennett-Smith yielding tiveness. legacy, but to make Morgan chose a different path from his own.� me. He decided early that he would make his name by being extremely competitive. He worked hard, specifically in soccer, to achieve this goal, not only to improve the Bennett-Smith legacy, but to make his own. But I don’t have Morgan’s competitive drive. I also don’t have all of my siblings’ strengths. I’m not a sports star like them, and I’m not going to be. I’m okay with that. But let me just set the record straight. I am the best Bennett-Smith swimmer.

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Shuffle: Lower school changes

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In 4-H, freshman Ketchum raises rabbits for showing, eating

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WLRQ RI VHUYLQJ WKH EODFN FRPPXQLW\ RQO\ SHUFHQW PLQRULW\ VWXGHQWV But it was this community Ritchards experienced on her But Ragland never made a conscious choice between toÄĽ tours of these schools that dissuaded her from choosing to NHQLVP DQG VHOIÄĽVHJUHJDWLRQħUDWKHU VKH FDPH XSRQ KHU DWWHQG DQ +%&8 relatively diverse friend group naturally based on shared inÄĽ Âł, MXVW GLGQÂśW ÂżW LQ ZLWK WKH JLUOV , ZDV ZLWK ´ 5LWFKDUGV WHUHVWV VDLG Âł,W ZDVQÂśW DV WKRXJK ZH FRXOGQÂśW EH IULHQGV WKRXJKħZH At the beginning of the year she did sign up to join a numÄĽ (Continued from page 4) MXVW GLGQÂśW KDYH WKH VDPH WKLQJV WR WDON DERXW ´ EHU RI &RQQHFWLFXWÂśV FXOWXUDO JURXSV were not nearly as separated, and there seemed to be a much $QG DV D UHVXOW VKH IHHOV KHU FKDQFHV RI FKRRVLQJ WR VHOIÄĽ %XW VKH QHYHU HQGHG XS DWWHQGLQJ DQ\ RI WKH PHHWLQJV VWURQJHU $IULFDQÄĽ$PHULFDQ FRPPXQLW\ segregate next year at Carleton, in the form of joining culÄĽ Âł, GLGQÂśW IHHO OLNH , ZDV PLVVLQJ RXW E\ QRW JRLQJ´ VKH VDLG But Ritchards still did not feel as comfortable at Grinnell WXUDO LQWHUFXOWXUDO JURXSV LV VLJQLÂżFDQWO\ ORZHU Âł, ZDV VDWLVÂżHG ZLWK P\ RWKHU VRFLDO DFWLYLWLHV DQG , MXVW DV VKH GLG DW &DUOHWRQ Âł,W FRPHV EDFN WR WKRVH WZR SDWKV ´ VKH VDLG Âł$QG , IHHO didn’t need to have that group as part of my “It came down to the question of whether I was going to OLNH LI , FKRVH WR OLYH LQ DQ DOOÄĽ$IULFDQÄĽ$PHULFDQ OLIH ´ go to Grinnell and not have to make that choice between themed house, for example, I would be cutting myÄĽ However, she says she may attend in the fuÄĽ VHOIÄĽVHJUHJDWLRQ DQG WRNHQLVP DQG DFWXDOO\ EH D SDUW RI ERWK VHOI RÉą IURP WKH HYHQ ODUJHU JURXS WKDW LV WKH HQWLUH WXUH ZRUOGV ´ VKH VDLG &DUOHWRQ FRPPXQLW\ ´ 5DJODQG ZKRVH PRWKHU LV $IULFDQÄĽ$PHULFDQ “Or I go to Carleton where I felt %XW 7KRPDV KDV GLÉąHUHQW ZRUULHV LQ and father is white, has been described as an more at home because it was what UHODWLRQ WR *HRUJHWRZQ 2UHR OLNH 7KRPDV , ZDV XVHG WRħWKH RQO\ RQH RQH RI After she had been accepted, $QG ZKLOH VKH LV ÂłKDOIÄĽDQGÄĽKDOI ´ DV VKH SXWV WKH RQO\ $IULFDQÄĽ$PHULFDQV “People shouldn’t be Thomas came across a page called Imani Ritchards it, she doesn’t understand the reference in Âł$QG LW MXVW IHOW ULJKW WKHUH ´ terms of herself because she’s “not sure if I can forced to not embrace all “Georgetown Confessions: MicroÄĽ Still, Ritchards won’t know what DJJUHVVLRQV ´ DFW OLNH RQH DQG QRW EH WKH RWKHU ´ path she will take until she arrives at sides of themselves. It’s “And it seemed like every post was “I just live my life as an individual, not really Carleton in the fall and is able to deÄĽ wrong to negate part of about how hated black people, poor SXWWLQJ P\VHOI LQ HLWKHU JURXS ´ cide how much of a role race plays SHRSOH +LVSDQLFV $VLDQVħHYHU\ Ragland said she has never experienced racÄĽ who you are.â€? LQ WKH VRFLDO DFWLYLWLHV JURXSħZHUH ´ 7KRPDV VDLG ism at Connecticut College based on her skin –Kelsi Thomas, senior “It’s not really a conscious choice The obvious “categorizingâ€? of miÄĽ FRORU WKRXJK Kelsi Thomas IRU PH ´ VKH VDLG Âł, IHHO OLNH , ZLOO norities and evident racism on the %XW 7KRPDV LV QRW FRPIRUWHG probably continue with my choice of individuality, but even Georgetown campus made her seriously reconsider She knows assumptions, based purely on with that you have to make the choice to not MRLQ WKH $IULFDQÄĽ her decision to attend the school, but after visiting skin color, will be something she encounters at $PHULFDQ FRPPXQLW\ ´ VKH GHFLGHG VKH FRXOG ÂłFRSH ´ *HRUJHWRZQ But Ritchards has already made this very same choice once 6DVKD 5DJODQG Âľ DQ $IULFDQÄĽ$PHULFDQ VWXGHQW “In college your life experiences or social EHIRUH who attends Connecticut College, already made standing don’t matter to those who don’t know (DUOLHU WKLV \HDU 5LWFKDUGV GHFOLQHG KHU RÉąHU WR DWWHQG WKH FKRLFH 7KRPDV DQG 5LWFKDUGV DUH DQWLFLSDWLQJ \RXħWKH\ MXVW OXPS EODFNV RU DQ\ RWKHU PLÄĽ Spelman College, a Historically Black College/University And while she agrees with Thomas that there QRULW\ WRJHWKHU DQ\ZD\V ´ VKH VDLG Sasha Ragland, ‘12 ÄŞ+%&8ÄŤ are two paths minority students can take in college, “Suddenly I’ll be treated some way because HBCU’s, which include schools like Howard University, 5DJODQG EHOLHYHV VKH KDV FKRVHQ WKH ÂłPLGGOH SDWK ´ RI KRZ , ORRN 3HRSOH VKRXOGQÂśW EH IRUFHG WR Morehouse College and Spelman, along with 103 others, are Ragland described Connecticut College as “probably one QRW HPEUDFH DOO VLGHV RI WKHPVHOYHV ,WÂśV ZURQJ WR QHJDWH SDUW LQVWLWXWLRQV WKDW ZHUH HVWDEOLVKHG SUHÄĽ ZLWK WKH LQWHQÄĽ RI WKH OHDVW GLYHUVH FROOHJHV LQ WKH FRXQWU\´ħDQG LW LV ZLWK RI ZKR \RX DUH ´

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Senior ‘summoner’ rises to the top By Yanni Dahmani It’s two on two, senior Jack Lewis and his teammate against two opponents. Lewis waits in the back, taking care of the “minionsâ€? surrounding his partner, who attacks the two enÄĽ emies. That’s when it happens. The two opponents kill Lewis’s teammate. Lewis is alone with no one to help him. Fate is against him and the chances of survival, slim. So he runs straight into the thick of the fray, knowing that he will very likely lose his life. Ten seconds later, his enemies die instead. All right. I’ll admit it. Lewis wasn’t actually in any danger. %XW KLV ÂłFKDPSLRQ ´ &DLWO\Q ÄŞWKH FKDUDFWHU KH SOD\HGÄŤ ZDV Welcome to the world where Lewis not only plays champiÄĽ ons but is one. Welcome to the world of League of Legends. Developed and published by Riot Games Inc., League of /HJHQGV ÄŞ/R/ LQ ,QWHUQHWÄĽVSHDNÄŤ LV D IUHHÄĽWRÄĽSOD\ RQOLQH PXOWLÄĽ SOD\HU DUHQD EDWWOH YLGHR JDPH LQ ZKLFK SOD\HUVħFDOOHG ÂłVXPÄĽ PRQHUV´ħWDNH WKH UROHV RI FKDPSLRQV LQ D ÂżYH YV ÂżYH ÄĽ WR ÄĽPLQXWH VWUXJJOH WR GHVWUR\ WKH RSSRQHQWVÂś EDVH RU ÂłQH[XV ´ Sounds simple, right? Well that’s where the simplicity ends. :LWK FKDPSLRQV WR FKRRVH IURP ÄŞDOO KDYLQJ GLÉąHUHQW VWDWV DQG DELOLWLHVÄŤ DQG GLÉąHUHQW LWHPV ÄŞVXFK DV ZHDSRQV DUPRU DQG SRWLRQVÄŤ WR EX\ WR ERRVW VDLG VWDWVħQRW WR PHQWLRQ that both champion and item stats are constantly tweaked by 5LRWħ/R/ LV D FRPSOH[ JDPH )RU H[DPSOH LI \RX ZDQWHG WR LQFUHDVH \RXU KHDOWK VR WKDW it would be harder for an enemy to kill you, you could choose WR EX\ :DUPRJÂśV $UPRU IRU JROG ÄŞD FXUUHQF\ JDLQHG E\ NLOOLQJ HQHP\ FKDPSLRQV DQG PLQLRQVÄŤ ZKLFK ZRXOG ERRVW \RXU KHDOWK E\ KHDOWK SRLQWV DQG JLYH \RX D ERQXV KHDOWK regeneration stat. Not only are the character and item choices vast, but the strategy, or “meta,â€? behind LoL is just as confusing. 7KHUH DUH WKUHH ODQHV WKDW OHDG WR DQ HQHP\ÂśV QH[XV DQG EDVHG RQ WKH W\SH RI FKDPSLRQ SOD\HG ÄŹ7DQN\ JRHV WRS $WÄĽ WDFN 'DPDJH ÄŞÂł$'´č DQG 6XSSRUW JR ERWWRP $ELOLW\ 3RZHU ÄŞÂł$3´č JRHV PLGGOH DQG -XQJOHU GRHVQÂśW JR WKURXJK DQ\ ODQHÄ­ the player chooses one of these lanes to charge through and

destroy the turrets protecting the entrance. “I’m still surprised that people get into this game,â€? Lewis said. “There’s a lot of info you need to know to play.â€? “To become decent, it took me three months of playing,â€? VRSKRPRUH 0D[ZHOO 6KXNX\D VDLG Âł<RX KDYH WR OHDUQ WR LQWXLÄĽ tively know which items are best for which champions.â€? Even with the knowledge required, LoL has a huge fanbase. $FFRUGLQJ WR 5LRW JDPHV DV RI /R/ KDV KDG PLOOLRQ GDLO\ DFWLYH SOD\HUV DQG RYHU PLOOLRQ DFFRXQWV UHJLVWHUHG PDNLQJ LW WKH QXPEHUÄĽRQH SOD\HG YLGHR JDPH LQ WKH ZRUOG And it’s in this vast world that Lewis is a champion. LiterÄĽ ally. /HZLV ZDV LQWURGXFHG WR WKH JDPH LQ $W WKH WLPH KH was playing a similar game called Defense of the Ancients. He saw an ad for LoL, decided to try it out and was instantly hooked. But it wasn’t until this year that his true potential emerged. LoL is split into two overarching game modes: normal and UDQNHG 1RUPDO JDPHV DUH IRU SOD\HUV OHYHOV ÄĽ RU DQ\RQH looking to play uncompetitively. 5DQNHG RQ WKH RWKHU KDQG FDQ EH SOD\HG RQO\ DW OHYHO and is a competitive game in which summoners are ranked LQWR ÂżYH OHDJXHVħ%URQ]H 6LOYHU *ROG 3ODWLQXP DQG 'LDÄĽ PRQGħZKLFK DUH IXUWKHU GLYLGHG LQWR ÂżYH GLYLVLRQV , WR 9 ÄŞ9 EHLQJ WKH ORZHVW DQG , WKH KLJKHVWÄŤ DQG D VL[WK ÄĽSHUVRQÄĽPD[ Challenger league. 2QFH D VXPPRQHU KDV UHDFKHG OHYHO DQG FKRRVHV WR SOD\ UDQNHG KH RU VKH SOD\V SUHOLPLQDU\ SODFHPHQW PDWFKHV WR be placed in a league and division and then continues playing ranked to reach higher leagues and divisions. After four weeks playing ranked, Lewis reached Diamond I. But Lewis’s prowess didn’t stop there. He soon found he FRXOG JHW SDLG IRU SOD\LQJ WKH JDPH KH H[FHOOHG DW “I knew that some people coached,â€? he said. “So I looked for coaching jobs online.â€? +RZHYHU /HZLV FRXOGQÂśW ÂżQG DQ\ FRDFKLQJ MREV ,QVWHDG KH found a more suspicious means of income: “boosting.â€? Another entry in LoL’s vast dictionary of jargon, boosting is when a player allows another better player to play on their account to increase the number of wins they have, and move them up in ranking. Âł, ZDV LÉą\ DERXW ERRVWLQJ VLQFH LW YLRODWHG 5LRWÂśV WHUPV DQG FRQGLWLRQV ´ /HZLV VDLG Âł%XW VLQFH , FRXOGQÂśW ÂżQG DQ\WKLQJ else, I said ‘Screw it’ and tried it out.â€? 7R GDWH /HZLV KDV PDGH IJ ERRVWLQJ RWKHUVÂś DFFRXQWV But boosting and coaching aren’t the only sources of income

for LoL players. “Top players stream their games live for people who want to learn new strategies or enjoy watching others play,â€? senior 1LFN )HVOHU VDLG Âł,ÂśYH VHHQ VWUHDPV ZKHUH SHRSOH ZHUH watching.â€? Streamers get paid through advertising that sites put on their videos. So the more viewers, the more the ad works and the more the streamer earns. But there is an even more lucrative LoL occupation: the professional LoL player. These players compete in tournaments hosted by Riot and the League of Legends Championship Series. In fact, the JUDQG SUL]H IRU WKH VSULQJ SOD\RÉąV ZDV IJ But unlike tournaments in basketball and football, in which physical ability is of the utmost importance, LoL is all about strategy and mental focus. Âł<RXÂśYH JRW WR EH SDWLHQW DQG ZDLW IRU WKH ULJKW WLPLQJ DQG moment to attack,â€? Lewis said. Otherwise you run the risk of not just losing but angering teammates. And that is the main problem that many Country Day LoL players see with ranked. Âł, VWRSSHG SOD\LQJ UDQNHG EHFDXVH WKHUH DUH D ORW RI WR[LF players,â€? sophomore Grant Miner said. “I’d be playing with a lot of people who were way above my level, and they’d destroy me and call me a ‘feeder.’â€? In LoL, a feeder is someone who “feedsâ€? the other team kills with their death. Âł,WÂśV MXVW QRW D JUHDW FRPPXQLW\ ´ 0LQHU VDLG Âł<RX KDYH WR have a thick skin when you’re doing badly.â€? “If you or someone else messes up, there are people who continuously say ‘you suck,’â€? Fesler said. While other students don’t like ranked, Lewis continuousÄĽ O\ SOD\V LW 2I WKH DOPRVW SOD\HUV UDQNHG LQ 1RUWK $PHULFD /HZLV LV LQ WKH WRS SHUFHQWLOH UDQNHG DW DW press time. 5HWXUQLQJ WR WKH JDPH DW PLQXWHV DOO KDG VHHPHG ORVW IRU Lewis’s team. The enemy had destroyed the defensive turrets protecting their bottom lane. “I’m kind of new to this champion. I started playing her two days ago,â€? Lewis says, as he kills three more champions. But then Lewis’s champion is killed as he and his team rush the middle lane. His teammates massacre the other team and DWWDFN WKH QH[XV /HZLV VDWLVÂżHG OHDQV EDFN LQ KLV FKDLU DQG ZDWFKHV WKH FKDÄĽ RV HQVXH RQ VFUHHQ DV KH WDNHV D VLS RI KLV LFHÄĽFROG VRGD Âł<HDK ZHÂśUH SUREDEO\ JRLQJ WR ZLQ QRZ ´ KH VD\V FRROO\

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