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Tiny cakes come to Loehmann’s By Grant Miner

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Sophomore Jake Haltom dribbles past a Buckingham defender on Oct. 16. Haltom and senior Donald Hutchinson combined for three goals in the team’s 6!0 victory. "Photo by Kelsi Thomas#

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about everything.â€? In high school, McNally used his wit to draw cartoons for the OcÄĽ tagon, which won him a second place in the Columbia Scholastic Press Association Gold Circle competition. He acted as well, playing the lead role of a sarcastic and witty JUDQGIDWKHU LQ D SURGXFWLRQ RI Âł<RX &DQÂśW 7DNH LW :LWK <RX´ KLV freshman year. “Kyle was an amazing actor,â€? Octagon adviser Patricia Fels said. “He was incredibly convincing, even though he was only 14 years old at the time.â€? Though McNally strongly supported the wars in Iraq and AfghaniÄĽ stan, his next move was closer to the war front than his friends, or teachers, ever saw coming. Upon graduating, he went on to liberal UC Santa Cruz, but withÄĽ drew after only two quarters to join the Marine Corps. ³Ī0F1DOO\ÄŤ KDG REYLRXV GUDZLQJ WDOHQW EXW KH QHYHU H[HUWHG KLPÄĽ self enough to live up to what he might have been. For example, when his cartoon won second place, the comment said it would have ZRQ ÂżUVW SODFH LI LW KDG MXVW EHHQ D OLWWOH PRUH SROLVKHG ´ )HOV VDLG Âł<RX GRQÂśW WKLQN RI WKDW NLQG RI SHUVRQ EHFRPLQJ D 0DULQH ´ Benjamin agrees. Âł, QHYHU VDZ KLP JRLQJ WR ZDUħZKR KH ZDV DV D SHUVRQ GLGQÂśW PDWFK WKDW ´ KH VDLG Âł7KHUH ZDV D FRQĂ€LFW EHWZHHQ VWDWH EHWZHHQ his persona and what he claimed his political perspectives were.â€? $QG 1HOOLV VDZ 0F1DOO\ÂśV SHUVRQD FKDQJH GUDVWLFDOO\ DIWHU UHWXUQÄĽ ing home from the Marine Corp. Âł,ÂśOO QHYHU IRUJHW KRZ JURZQÄĽXS .\OH VHHPHG ZKHQ KH JRW EDFN from boot camp. I was shocked,â€? she said. But McNally said joining the Marines was always a goal of his, one that, unlike his political views, he kept quiet about.. 0F1DOO\ÂśV IDWKHU DOVR VHUYHG VSHQGLQJ D \HDU LQ WKH 0HUFKDQW 0DÄĽ rines after high school. Working as a combat correspondent for the Marines, however, KDV FDXVHG 0F1DOO\ÂśV KLJKÄĽVFKRRO YLHZV WR QRW VR PXFK HYROYH DV strengthen, he said. +H ZDV HVSHFLDOO\ LQĂ€XHQFHG E\ KLV QLQH PRQWKV LQ $IJKDQLVWDQ Âł%HLQJ WKHUH DQG ZKDW , VDZ VKRZHG PH WKDW WKHUHÂśV D YHU\ UHDO threat out there,â€? he said. :KLOH LQ KLJK VFKRRO 0F1DOO\ IHOW KLV SDUHQWVħVWDXQFK 5HSXEÄĽ OLFDQV ZKR UHJXODUO\ ZRUNHG LQ FRQVHUYDWLYH FDPSDLJQVħDÉąHFWHG him,but only to a degree. Âł, OLYHG LQ WKHLU KRXVH VR , REYLRXVO\ SLFNHG XS RQ VRPH VWXÉą IURP WKHP ´ 0F1DOO\ VDLG Âł%XW , ÂżJXUHG WKLQJV RXW RQ P\ RZQ ´ +H QRZ GHVFULEHV KLPVHOI DV OLEHUWDULDQħKH RSSRVHV ODUJH JRYHUQÄĽ ment and any restrictions on individual freedoms. “America has always been a place that celebrates individuality, and \RX VKRXOG EDVLFDOO\ EH DEOH WR GR ZKDW \RX ZDQW DV ORQJ DV LW GRHVQÂśW

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about everything.â€? In high school, McNally used his wit to draw cartoons for the OcÄĽ tagon, which won him a second place in the Columbia Scholastic Press Association Gold Circle competition. He acted as well, playing the lead role of a sarcastic and witty JUDQGIDWKHU LQ D SURGXFWLRQ RI Âł<RX &DQÂśW 7DNH LW :LWK <RX´ KLV freshman year. “Kyle was an amazing actor,â€? Octagon adviser Patricia Fels said. “He was incredibly convincing, even though he was only 14 years old at the time.â€? Though McNally strongly supported the wars in Iraq and AfghaniÄĽ stan, his next move was closer to the war front than his friends, or teachers, ever saw coming. Upon graduating, he went on to liberal UC Santa Cruz, but withÄĽ drew after only two quarters to join the Marine Corps. ³Ī0F1DOO\ÄŤ KDG REYLRXV GUDZLQJ WDOHQW EXW KH QHYHU H[HUWHG KLPÄĽ self enough to live up to what he might have been. For example, when his cartoon won second place, the comment said it would have ZRQ ÂżUVW SODFH LI LW KDG MXVW EHHQ D OLWWOH PRUH SROLVKHG ´ )HOV VDLG Âł<RX GRQÂśW WKLQN RI WKDW NLQG RI SHUVRQ EHFRPLQJ D 0DULQH ´ Benjamin agrees. Âł, QHYHU VDZ KLP JRLQJ WR ZDUħZKR KH ZDV DV D SHUVRQ GLGQÂśW PDWFK WKDW ´ KH VDLG Âł7KHUH ZDV D FRQĂ€LFW EHWZHHQ VWDWH EHWZHHQ his persona and what he claimed his political perspectives were.â€? $QG 1HOOLV VDZ 0F1DOO\ÂśV SHUVRQD FKDQJH GUDVWLFDOO\ DIWHU UHWXUQÄĽ ing home from the Marine Corp. Âł,ÂśOO QHYHU IRUJHW KRZ JURZQÄĽXS .\OH VHHPHG ZKHQ KH JRW EDFN from boot camp. I was shocked,â€? she said. But McNally said joining the Marines was always a goal of his, one that, unlike his political views, he kept quiet about.. 0F1DOO\ÂśV IDWKHU DOVR VHUYHG VSHQGLQJ D \HDU LQ WKH 0HUFKDQW 0DÄĽ rines after high school. Working as a combat correspondent for the Marines, however, KDV FDXVHG 0F1DOO\ÂśV KLJKÄĽVFKRRO YLHZV WR QRW VR PXFK HYROYH DV strengthen, he said. +H ZDV HVSHFLDOO\ LQĂ€XHQFHG E\ KLV QLQH PRQWKV LQ $IJKDQLVWDQ Âł%HLQJ WKHUH DQG ZKDW , VDZ VKRZHG PH WKDW WKHUHÂśV D YHU\ UHDO threat out there,â€? he said. :KLOH LQ KLJK VFKRRO 0F1DOO\ IHOW KLV SDUHQWVħVWDXQFK 5HSXEÄĽ OLFDQV ZKR UHJXODUO\ ZRUNHG LQ FRQVHUYDWLYH FDPSDLJQVħDÉąHFWHG him,but only to a degree. Âł, OLYHG LQ WKHLU KRXVH VR , REYLRXVO\ SLFNHG XS RQ VRPH VWXÉą IURP WKHP ´ 0F1DOO\ VDLG Âł%XW , ÂżJXUHG WKLQJV RXW RQ P\ RZQ ´ +H QRZ GHVFULEHV KLPVHOI DV OLEHUWDULDQħKH RSSRVHV ODUJH JRYHUQÄĽ ment and any restrictions on individual freedoms. “America has always been a place that celebrates individuality, and \RX VKRXOG EDVLFDOO\ EH DEOH WR GR ZKDW \RX ZDQW DV ORQJ DV LW GRHVQÂśW

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high-school-issued student laptops, dozens of faculty laptops and printers, desktops in the lower school computer lab and library, lower school iPad carts and library laptops in the high school. And how many tech staff does the school pay to W\YJOHZL JVUÄN\YL HUK THPU[HPU [OLZL KL]PJLZ& One. That’s right. Apart from summer worker Austin Walter and part-time helper Sarah Song, Wroten is the sole technology staffer at our school. At Palo Alto’s Castilleja School—where a similar 1-to-1 program is in effect—425 students are served by an eight-person tech department. Now we realize that our school has fewer students, but if the administration wants to put a laptop in the hands of every high-school student and an iPad in [OL OHUKZ VM L]LY` TPKKSL ZJOVVSLY THQVY Z[HMÄUN PUcreases still need to happen. Granted, Wroten has the budget to hire a part-time assistant, but as we explained in our front-page story, he said that the time required to train someone who would be there only part time is simply not worth it for him. Wroten does an excellent job—no one is denying that—but he alone is simply not enough. The administration found the money for laptops. They found the money for iPads. And now it is time MVY [OLT [V ÄUK [OL TVUL` [V OPYL WLVWSL ^OV JHU keep those devices working.

The Octagon Editors-In-Chief Jeffrey Caves Yanni Dahmani Madeleine Wright Copy Editor Garrett Kaighn Business Manager Jeffrey Caves News Editor Mary-Clare Bosco Editorial Editor Ryan Ho Community Editor Connor Martin Sports Editors Micaela Bennett-Smith Morgan Bennett-Smith Skovran Cunningham Centerpoint Editor Madeleine Wright Opinion Editor Darby Bosco Feature Editors Yanni Dahmani

Kamira Patel Online Editor David Myers Photo Editors Kelsi Thomas Will Wright Reporters Annie Bell Zoe Bowlus Emma Brown Elise DeCarli Eric Hilton Madison Judd Grant Miner Aishwarya Nadgauda Max Shukuya Manson Tung Anthony Valdez Emma Williams Foreign Correspondent Margaret Whitney Cartoonist Shewetha Prasad Adviser Patricia Fels

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jas, a marketing company based in Lautoka, Fiji. “I love to :LWKLQ D \HDU KH EHFDPH D PDQDJHU DW WKH FRPSDQ\ ÂżVK PDQ ,Q Years later, and some 6,710 miles away, Prasad surÄĽ Fiji some times YH\HG KLV ZRUN 7KH OLEUDU\ Ă€RRU ZDV VSRWOHVV DQG we would say, ‘Hey, let’s forget faint track marks were just visible on the carpet. ZRUN DQG JR ÂżVKLQJ today!’ I used to go all the time, As he dug around in his custodial cart, he said to FDWFK DOO VRUWV RI ELJ ÂżVK +HUH WKH ÂżVKLQJ LV QRW DV me, “This is the hardest work I’ve done. Back home good, but I still go every once in awhile.â€? , ZDV VLWWLQJ LQ IURQW RI WKH FRPSXWHU LQ DQ RɡFH :KHQ , ZDONHG RXW WR KLV FDU ZLWK KLP , QRWLFHG Designing, you know, billboards, magazines, you VHYHUDO ÂżVKLQJ SROHV LQ WKH EDFN VHDW OHDGLQJ PH WR QDPH LW , GLG VWRFN FRQWURO WRR 2QH WLPH , KDG IJ EHOLHYH KH ÂżVKHG PRUH WKDQ KH OHW RQ million of stock at my hands.â€? Âł:KDW ZHUH WKH SHRSOH OLNH LQ )LML"´ , DVNHG He found what he was looking for, a feather “People are very friendly. They always say hello to duster, and set upon the tops of bookshelves with \RX ZKHQ \RX DUH ZDONLQJ E\ RÉąHU \RX IRRG LI WKH\ a vengeance. have some. You know lots of people. Here it’s none After a minute or so of silence, I had to ask it. of your business to talk to somebody else.â€? Âł:KDW DUH \RX GRLQJ KHUH"´ It was time for the windows, so he picked up a rag Âł,ÂśP GXVWLQJ FDQÂśW \RX VHH" ,W JHWV GXVW\ XS KHUH ´ and a spray bottle. he said. “It’s safer here, though. In “No, I mean here, as a janiÄĽ Fiji, you couldn’t walk the tor,â€? I said to him. It seemed “I was totally lost when I came streets at night. People come like a rude thing to say, and I here. Whatever job came, I up, punch you, take the wallet regretted asking. from you,â€? he said as he wiped. “I was totally lost when I took it. I couldn’t be sitting I asked him if that had ever FDPH KHUH :KDWHYHU MRE FDPH around, eh?â€? happened to him. I took it. I couldn’t be sitting “Two, three, four times, —Sanjesh Prasad, janitor DURXQG HK"´ maybe,â€? he said nonchalantly. +H GLGQÂśW VHHP RÉąHQGHG DQG 7KH ÂżUVW WLPH , WDONHG WR pondered the question more. Prasad, his wife was studying to “I’ve found myself VD\LQJ Âľ:KDW DP , GRLQJ KHUH"Âś earn a degree in dental assistance from Anthem ColÄĽ EHIRUH %XW MREV DUH WRXJK WR ÂżQG :KHQ , ÂżUVW FDPH lege in Sacramento. KHUH ÄŞWR $PHULFDÄŤ , ZRUNHG DW &DUOÂśV -U IRU D OLWWOH Three months later, he told me that his wife had while. Sometimes you have to take it.â€? completed her degree. And then he asked if I knew The kindergarten classrooms were next, so I any dentists. helped Prasad roll his cart into the hallway. It held “I know a couple, actually,â€? I told him. several weapons of mass disinfection: spray bottles Âł5HDOO\" 6HH LI DQ\RQH QHHGV DQ DVVLVWDQW SDUW ÂżOOHG ZLWK JUHHQ DQG EOXH OLTXLGV DHURVRO FDQV IXOO of unknown contents and one jug of liquid which time,â€? he said. After the kindergarten rooms, Prasad donned a proclaimed “Eliminates 200 billion microorganisms pair of latex gloves and disappeared into the bathÄĽ per gallon!â€? As he wiped table surfaces and emptied trash room, disinfectants close at hand. I waited until he ZDV ÂżQLVKHG EHIRUH WKDQNLQJ KLP IRU OHWWLQJ PH DFÄĽ cans, I asked about his homeland. “I lived on a very small island in Fiji. I lived there company him. “No. Thank you,â€? he said. for 20, 25 years,â€? he said. Âł-XVW PDNH VXUH , JHW D SD\FKHFN IRU WKLV ´ KH 7RGD\ 3UDVDG KDV DQ ÄĽ\HDUÄĽROG VRQ LQ WKH WKLUG grade at Mary Tsukamoto Elementary School. I met joked. As I headed out into the hallway towards the exit, his son several years ago when he attended Country he called after me, “And tell me if you meet any denÄĽ Day summer camp, and the likeness was striking. tists!â€? :KDW GRHV 3UDVDG GR LQ KLV VSDUH WLPH"

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