Inside 2 February 15, 2013
Convent of the Sacred Heart High School • San Francisco, California
Safety first
Volume 18, Issue 4
School improves security technology Tatiana Gutierrez Senior Reporter
Even before the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Conn. and the Midland City, Ala. school bus shooting and hostage situation, Schools of the Sacred Heart has been reviewing and implementing a new system of screening and identifying visitors on campus. “As a dean, safety is a primary concern, so knowledge that our campus is secure and has well thought-out protocol security feels extremely important,” dean Rachel Simpson, who is also a parent of a CES third grader, said. “As a parent, nothing is more important than being aware of the security that protects both my child and my students. My most important worry is each child’s safety on campus.” Parents and other visitors to the Broadway campus are now given a printed sticker with their name and picture, issued after swiping the visitor’s driver license at the front desk. The swipe interfaces with Raptor, security software that checks visitors for sex offender history. “I just scan in the drivers license and on the computer screen it will have their first name, last name, birthday and license number,” receptionist
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Rachel Miguel said. “In my notes I will put their destination and print out a pass for them.” The schools’ Emergency Operations committee is investigating improvement of security protocol and heightened the security at the front desk and outside gates as a precaution to avoid future security breaches. “The idea [for the new badges] came from conversations I had with president Ann Marie Krejcarek about school security and safety for all who are on our campus,” Geoff Smith, who heads up Emergency Operations said. “I have always felt our schools had a lack of knowing who is on our campus at any given time.” Krejcarek used Raptor at her previous school and it proved to be very efficient, according to Smith. Raptor replaced the system of guests signing a sheet of paper and getting a neon sticker with the date before coming into the campus. “I think [Raptor] is good system, and there is no sense in turning back,” Simpson said. “It is very important when working in a community of children to know who is on campus at all times.”
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—Camilla Bykhovsky contributed to this story
Seniors honored at Senior Night
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Raptor security technology was implemented on the Broadway campus to heighten school security. Signs posted on the front door alert visitors that they are required to scan their California ID.
Adventures Abroad Enrichment trips depart Alice Jones Food Columnist
Over the next six weeks students and teacher chaperones will be traveling as far east as Venice, Italy for enrichment trips that plan to take learning to the streets. The 26 girls venturing across the Atlantic Ocean to Venice are arriving today and staying until Feb. 23 in the San Marco quarter of the city. The first three days will focus on completing an art and architecture treasure hunt that will take the girls from the galleries of Castello, Miracoli to the Accademia. Each location has its own list of pieces and paintings the students must find. “This takes the girls out of the classroom and lets them see and experience the art first hand,” art history teacher Sonia Evers said. “They get to use their eyes and learn by looking for the artist and art pieces that we have studied in class on the streets of Venice.” Along with scouring streets and visiting museums, the group will stop by the Church of San Sebastiano, the cathedral Evers wrote about in her doctoral dissertation. The girls will hear the monks’ choir and observe the 16th-century frescoes lining the altar walls.
The students will also attend a performance of “La Boheme” at La Fenice. “I am very excited to be seeing ‘La Boheme,’” junior Scarlett Cinotti, who sings for the San Francisco Girls Chorus and is a fan of classical music, said. “To watch and appreciate beautiful Italian opera in this gorgeous ancient city, is so wonder f u l ly authentic — an experience I would never have had otherwise.” Art department chair Rachel McIntire and math teacher Miriam Symonds plan to bring a group of students to New York City March 31 to April 4 for an interdisciplinary trip focusing on art, math and architecture around the city. “Students will be using their smart phones to take photos and document the city’s art and architecture, incorporating the interdisciplinaries of art and math with a photography element,” Symonds said. The opening of the Museum of Mathematics, the only math museum in the United States, inspired Symonds to organize a trip and decided to involve an art aspect as well. As students meander through the city, they will be “Mapping the
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Seniors captains Gina Domergue, Isabella Borges, and Bianka Quintanilla-Whye listen to a Senior Night presentation by Athletic Director Elena DeSantis before last Friday’s final home game against the University Red Devils. Each senior player was presented with a card and a bouquet from the Athletic Department. The Cubs fell to the Devils 46-61, marking the end of their season.
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▶ Winter break begins today at 3:15. School will reconvene on Monday, Feb. 25. ▶ Midterms are scheduled for the week of March 4. Monday exams will be on students’ F and H Periods; Tuesday will be E and G; Wednesday A and D and Thursday B and C. ▶ Community Service Day is set to take place on Friday, March 8. PAWS groups will travel to service locations they selected in the fall. Locations include Glide Memorial, St. Anthony’s Food Kitchen and Ocean Beach. ▶ Lenten Mini Retreat is scheduled for Friday, March 8. Students can opt to either stay for the night or just for dinner. Reservations should be sent to Kate McMichael. ▶ No school on Monday, March 11 due to a faculty inservice. ▶ The spring musical production of “In the Heights” will open March 13 and run through March 15. For more on the musical, see Page 2. ▶ Ice skating party is scheduled for March 16 at Yerba Bueba Ice Skating Rink. ▶ Class retreats depart on Thursday March 21. Seniors will depart on their overnight retreat on this day. ▶ Easter Break begins at dismissal on Friday, March 29 and goes until Sunday, April 7.
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Junior Dani Hogan and freshman Corinne Sigmund (center) dance with the student body as a part of the One Billion Rising movement. The V-Day event raised awareness for abuse against women.
The student body gathered on the Syufy Court in a sea of red, pink and black yesterday to record a flash mob-like dance during Elective Period to support equal rights for women around the world. Convent teamed up with Eve Ensler, creator of the “Vagina Monologues,” and her team at One Billion Rising in a dance that was performed by women’s groups around the world to globalize support for women, especially those in developing nations. “As part of our efforts to explore ‘Half the Sky,’ women’s studies class has been doing extra research into other women and other organizations that fight women oppression,” senior MaryKatherine Michiels-Kibler said. Michiels-Kibler showed a video of girls dancing as a part of the One Billion Rising movement during the annual assembly put on by Women’s Studies. Coinciding with Valentines Day, V-Day is a global movement bringing attention to antiviolence organizations through-
Travelers learn outside classroom From Trips p. 1 lis,” recording architecture they find interesting or innovative. “This trip really caught my interest,” senior Claudia Tropp said. “I’m able to us my love of photography to help document our math and art experiences in museums and what we find along the city.” The 14 students will also go on the “official” Gangs of New York tour. Inspired by Martin
Scorsese’s film, the tour will take the group through neighborhoods with former gang hangouts like Chinatown and the Financial District then stop at Paradise Square and sites associated with the 1857 Police and 1863 Draft Riots. “I am hoping that along with enjoying the city, the girls will learn to see the connection of math in the real world and not just in the classroom,” Symonds said.
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out the world as well as to rape, battery, incest, female genital cutting and sex slavery throughout the world, according to Michiels-Kibler. “The one and only goal of VDay is to end violence against women and girls,” MichielsKibler said. “As an all-girls school, I think it is incredibly important to show that we support the rise to end violence against women.” V-Day’s four core values, include the power that art has to transform thinking and inspire people to act, social and cultural changes are spread through ordinary people doing extraordinary things, local women becoming unstoppable leaders, and looking at the intersection of race, class and gender to understand violence against women, according to One Billion Rising’s website. In preparation for the event, some teachers took class time to teach the students the dance choreography. “I think all of us are doing it, but not in every class,” said theology teacher Kate McMichael. “Since Mary Katherine is in my senior class, we’ve been learning
or practicing it for a part of every class period.” “For us at CSH, having read and seen ‘Half the Sky,’ it seems utterly fitting that we are doing this — both because we’ve been made physically and emotionally sick by what we’ve learned about how women are treated in other parts of the world, and because ‘social awareness should impel us to action’ (Goal 3), especially on behalf of the world community of women,” McMichael said. “It’s such a creative, full-bodied, heart-filled way to say no to something hurtful.” V-day Convent teamed up with Eve Ensler, creator of the “Vagina Monologues,” and her team at One Billion Rising in a dance that was performed by women’s groups around the world to globalize support for women, especially those in developing nations. “As part of our efforts to explore ‘Half the Sky,’ women’s studies class has been doing extra research into other women and other organizations that fight women oppression,” senior MaryKatherine Michiels-Kibler said.
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Cafeteria makes changes to menu jaime hum-nishikado Reporter
Recent changes in items sold by the school cafeteria have students wondering why their favorite baked goods and bottled water are now unavailable for purchase. Pastries were removed from the cafeteria due to their refined starches and high sugar count with the prospect of introducing a new bakery section, which would offer students a healthier option. “Hopefully, we will begin making pastries for the students on site, so we will start our own bakery,” cafe manager Zelda Williams said. Along with the promise of a new bakery, the community now has the option to have a hot breakfast every Tuesday and Thursday. Prior to this addition, breakfast items included, Sun’s Up sandwich, breakfast burritos, yogurt and bagels. “We have recently started doing hot breakfasts, and I think it will be very successful with the kids because there is a big rush to get to school and there is not enough time to have breakfast at home,” executive chef Herb Kettelton said. In the two weeks hot breakfast has been served, students have been purchasing pancakes, sausages, potatoes and bacon. The Philly cheesesteak sandwich, pizza and new salads have become new lunch favorites for the students, according to senior Annie Mitchell.
“I really like the mini pizzas and the chicken Ceasar salad boxes,” Mitchell said. “I also enjoy the little fruit cups because there is a variety of fruit.” Even though students are excited about the new additions to the menu, the removal of water bottles in December caused a community upset . With the new cafeteria makeover, a filtered water dispenser was added to the dining area, yet, water in biodegradable bottles were still being sold. The food committee then decided to remove them completely.
“To provide a more ecofriendly campus we decided as a food committee to pull the water bottles,” Williams said. Some students were disappointed, but eventually saw the reasoning behind it. “When the water bottles were taken away from the cafeteria, I was a little caught off guard,” junior Mckenna Eichler said. “But I understand that we do have multiple water fountains around the school, so there was really no need to purchase water in the first place.” — Hanae Nakajima contributed to this story
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Junior Rebecca Stapleton serves herself oatmeal — a new self-serve option in the cafeteria — before her first period class. Students can also get a pancake breakfast on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
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Members of the cast of “In the Heights” practice the choreography to the musical number “Carnival.” The play will premiere on March 13 and runs through the weekend. Madeleine Ainslie reporter
Convent and Stuart Hall will be among the first high schools in the country to perform “In the Heights,” which won four Tony Awards including Best Musical in 2008. “There’s a lot of rap, salsa and merengue music in it, which set it apart from so many other musicals,” Rebecca Stapleton, who plays a hairdresser, said. The musical’s theme centers on three main characters as they strive to balance their American and Dominican identities as well as the difficulties they encounter while coming to terms with their cultural roots. “This musical accentuates the contrasting Latino and American cultures,” Ayesha Sayeed, who plays a hairdresser, said. “It has to do a lot with people’s heritage and being proud of where you come from which makes it really unique.” The production, while arguably a more modern musical, puts a twist on age-old problems, according to Sayeed. “The characters struggle with friendships but also have to deal with expectations that their family and community
has of them and what happens when they can’t live up to those expectations,” Sayeed said. “In the Heights” tells the story of both heartbreak and happiness within the closeknit New York City neighborhood of Washington Heights, as seen through the eyes of a shopkeeper. “It’s all about discovering for yourself that home is a place where you are safe, not only are least judged, but also most loved,” Alice Jones, who plays the lead role of Nina, said. The community struggles with trying to balance old traditions that many wish to leave behind and the new traditions acquired in America that some characters wish had never been introduced. “It’s about determination and finding where you fit in,” Jones said. “In the Heights” will play in Syufy Theatre March 13-15. Tickets will be available at the door for $10. “We can’t wait to put on a good show for people,” said Sayeed. “It’s extremely complex, but that’s what makes it so fun and interesting to watch and perform.” — Zoë Baker contributed to this story
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Women battle for equality
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his time last year, The Pentagon released a statement that outlined 14,000 new positions for women. This past week, again The Pentagon released a statement this time say that women now have the ability to enter into combat. What their statement did not outline, however, are the countless challenges, prejudices and judgements that are made every day about women who embark on careers in the armed services.
Physically, women are not as strong as men. They aren’t usually bench pressing over 100 pounds at the gym and most civilians are not lifting heavy artillery as part of daily life. In the military, carrying this much weight — both figuratively and literally — is not uncommon. Not only do women lead teams and become decorated
officers, they have to perform at the same physical level as their male counterparts. In addition, women often have to go out on a limb to prove themselves to their male superiors, and even to some lower ranking officers who doubt their capabilities. Sexual assault is a problem for women in general, but add the pressure cooker atmosphere
that comes with service and you have an equation for rape and sexual assault at every turn. Soldiers have a reputation for being aggressive and strong-minded, sending women into a situation where emotions are high and men are trained to think second and act first is dangerous. Being away from family and loved ones and being broken down
14,000 new combat positions are now open to women although they have been involved in combat for years. RACHEL FUNG | The Broadview
1. The pope resigns due to poor health. 2. Marco Rubio makes eloquent response to State of the Union Address. 3. Cafeteria now serving breakfast. 4. Opening celebration for the new Bay Bridge on Labor day. 5. Lady Gaga back on tour.
1. Benedict XVI is the first pope to resign since 1294. 2. He voted against Violence Against Women Act. 3. It’s just oatmeal. 4. Citizens are being charged $37 to walk across. 5. She hurt her hip, and it’s been cut short.
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are somehow less capable than men. This type of thinking is heightened within the military and in combat zones because women have not yet torn down the gender biases that exist in the profession. It is a monumental event that the United States military created 14,000 new positions specifically for women, but this achievement in the fight for equal rights comes with some setbacks. Women now have to fight even harder to not only protect themselves but to assert themselves in the military environment. Thus the fight for equality and respect continues.
Fresh Take Claire Fahy
Living on Luck
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veryone deserves to have life this good, to live as well as we do.” Theology teacher Paul Pryor-Lorentz presented my Theology 4 class with this idea after viewing “The Motorcycle Diaries” last month. In the film, two friends venture across South America and encounter various forms of poverty and hardship in the communities of all the countries they visit, many of whose inhabitants are struggling to survive below the poverty line. Pryor-Lorentz’s idea is not a new one. Earlier this semester when the entire school watched “Half the Sky,” a documentary on women in the Developing World, no concept was more prevalent than that of luck. A discussion my theology class has often had since that viewing was one in which we agree that each of us has won the “lottery” that is life. I have done nothing to be born in the industrialized world, in a city as modern and functioning as San Francisco, and to have access to the resources I have. It was luck. The Occupy Movement of last year was a small step in the direction of this call for world revision, with people brave enough to sacrifice their own
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ways of life for a greater cause. Though this column is not a battle cry for the 99 percent, I do think our world needs to see change, and we need to see it now. It isn’t fair that women and girls are tortured and killed simply due to their gender. It isn’t fair that men do not share the burden of responsibility that women do. It isn’t fair that there is a “lottery” that has to be won. I’m not naive. I know that these issues are far more complex and political than my idealism allows. But I believe that they should be solved. I believe that a world as advanced as ours should be able to pull together and make these changes. I appreciate that this will be difficult. A few cannot live lavishly while billions barely survive. I also appreciate that if I want the violence and oppression I see in countless movies like “Motorcycle Diaries” and “Half the Sky” to end, my own life will be forever changed as a result. I hate change as much as the next person, and I understand that it is beyond difficult to drastically alter the way the world functions. I’m not saying it will be easy. I’m saying it’s necessary.
Our world needs to see change, and we need to see it now.
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A new perspective
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into a subordinate wears away at any person’s mental capacity. In the military, power is the golden ticket; the more power that a soldier has the more respect that comes with it. Seeing as women have just been given the ability enter into combat positions, the level of respect they receive is low. Women have to fight to show that they are worthy of being respected. Many are forced to shed their feminine appearances and mannerisms in order to command regard among their male counterparts. In the society that we live in today, it is still ingrained in the social psyche that women
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Looks can be deceiving
n a recent stop at a St. Helena restaurant, I was served by a man with enormous gauges that stretched out his earlobes. I accepted my sandwich from him with a smile in an effort to make up for what I just overheard from the customer before me. A woman remarked to her companion she was scared of the server due to his piercings and the tattoo that stretched around his wrists and became visible when he graciously extended his arm. “He looked so scary at first,” she said, “but then he ended up being pretty nice.” This relatively new facet of profiling — the act of judging people by their appearance and drawing conclusions — focuses on people’s choices to modify their bodies. Passing judgements based on someone’s choosing to get piercings or tattoos is inherently becoming more and more generational.
I always thought — probably as a result of my grandmother’s words that “If God didn’t put holes in your earlobes, you shouldn’t have them there” — that changing your body in this fashion was unnecessary and violating. I began to reconsider in second grade, when I had the sweetest homeroom teacher. She had the kindest smile that was so genuine that it left deep smile wrinkles in her tan and freckled skin. I had to get accustomed to the tiny, colorful rose that she displayed on her ankle. As earth-shattering as it was, I began to love it. What kept me from embracing my teacher’s individuality for a time was my grandmother’s traditional views. I changed my mind, but she never will, which I realized is fine too. My teacher showed that tattoos — which are often interpreted as rash decisions or careless actions — aren’t synonymous with foolhardiness.
I never knew the meaning behind her rose, yet I knew her, and that was enough to confirm this notion. Often, there’s more to tattoos than can really be expressed by the illusion they make to a passerby. When one of my friends turned 18, she celebrated with a tattoo, but it was more of a somber occasion than a wild excursion to the ink parlor. She got her family name, and later, a love song her grandfather used to sing and finally, her parents’ names engraved in her skin as reminders of what they meant to her. It’s easy to say that at first glance she looks tough with a lip piercing and a backwards baseball cap. Now, with ink covering her body, I could still say the same, except I know what they mean to her. These women showed me that tattoos and piercings can be tools to define themselves by, but not weapons for me to define them by.
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At your ser Amid opportunities to take part in Greek life, service organizations and other components of a traditional college experience, some teens look to ROTC and United States Service Academies as alternate options for higher education.
Alumnae use service backgrounds in both military and civilian careers Claire Fahy rebecca Siegel
As seniors weigh various factors like financial aid options or a suburban vs. an urban campus in their college decisions, a small few look for unique programs specializing in military service. Lenka Fejt (’97) and Juliana Rotter (’05) decided to pursue an education with a military focus. Fejt attended the United States Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, N.Y., and Rotter entered the Naval Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (Navy ROTC) program as a freshman at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. “I came out of Convent more liberal-arts-oriented,” Fejt said. “For my community service project, I worked with Merchant Marine guys, who I thought were really cool. That influenced my decision to go to the Merchant Marine Academy.” Two courses of study are available for incoming cadets at the Merchant Marine Academy. They can either pursue an education in engineering — a more physically demanding, and therefore male dominated route — or, as a deck officer — a less demanding and more coed course of study. “It was more appropriate for women to study to be deck officers because there are fewer physical requirements,” Fejt said. As a cadet, Fejt pursued a now-terminated course that
combined both the Deck Officer and the engineering programs. Identified as a more engineering-focused school, MIT founded its Navy ROTC program in 1956, which has grown to include neighboring Harvard and Tufts Universities. “The problem-solving that engineers are responsible for leads to creative thinking, using lots of resources and thinking out of the
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You learn how people behave in a structured environment. box,” Rotter said. “You look at something differently to someone with a liberal arts education or who has been in the Navy for a while. The work ethic you learn sets up for success in any career.” In addition to academics, both women found opportunities to learn skills such as teamwork and leadership through their regimented educations. “You learn a lot — you learn how people behave and grow in such a structured environment,” Fejt said. “You learn your responsibilities in a structured environment.” Both Fejt and Rotter graduated from these structured surroundings to even higher intensity environments in their professional careers aboard a Chevron oil tanker and the
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Fitzgerald, respectively. “Being held responsible to lead different-sized groups of sailors really transformed me from a plain college graduate to a professional naval officer,” Rotter said. “You have to act differently and use different leadership tools to fit whatever situation you’re faced with.” Both Fejt and Rotter have experienced delegating responsibility in their college careers, but it wasn’t until they left for the professional world that their training came into play. “My responsibilities include managing my 25-person team, and any maintenance and all operations of my boat’s power plant,” Fejt said. Despite sexist notions that engineering a battleship or an oil tanker is too physically demanding for women, Fejt and Rotter both proved those preconceived prejudices wrong. “For about a year or a year and a half I was a 22-year-old female in charge of 12 men,” Rotter said. “It was a great team and a group of sailors I was leading.” While military careers are not often marketed to women, there are just as many opportunities for success and growth in the armed service for women as there are for men. “Things are easier now than they were before,” Rotter said. “Women face unique challenges in male-dominated roles and I got very lucky.”
Academic Information —College preparatory courses in high school that stress English and math. —Applicants should take the ACT and SAT, possibly more than once. —Minimum SAT scores for the academies are 500 in verbal and 500 in math. —Virtually all cadets are from the top 25 percent of their high school classes.
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Women may wear makeup “conservatively” and items such as false eyelashes are prohibited.
Nail polish is allowed in service, mess or dress uniforms.
Camouflage helps soldiers blend in with their surroundings better.
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Is a service academy right for you?
Can you get up early?
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Women must keep their hair in a bun or ponytail while on duty; braids and cornrows are also allowed.
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Are you comfortable with guns?
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Army combat uniform must be hand-ironed; commercial pressing services are not allowed.
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SHHS seniors weigh service options in college decisions Women’s fingernail length is limited to a quarter of an inch. Fake nails, add-ons and extensions are prohibited.
Thick, leather, lace-up boots protect soldier’s ankles and feet.
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While most seniors are awaiting letters of decision from their top choice colleges, some are looking towards future careers in the military through application to service academies and campus training programs. “The Naval Academy was very interesting to me because you’re able to start your career early,” senior Alex Fong said. “You’re getting specific training, and then afterwards you go into the Navy, of course.” Service academies are publicly funded schools that fully cover students’ college education for four years, requiring a four or five year service commitment from the students after graduation, according to Cesar Guerrero, Stuart Hall college counseling director. Most service schools allow students to decide to drop out with no service requirement within the first two years of training at the academy, however students would owe the school over $50,000 per year they attend. Other options for training such as POC, preferred occupational choice, allows students to train in the reserves, while still attending many public and private universities, rather than an academy. “Since I was three, I was interested in the Marines be-
cause of the affiliations my family has with the military,” senior Jean-Luc Seltenrich said. “My dad was in the Marines and my godfather was in the Army. Knowing that if I join the military and serve, that I would be somewhere and I’d be protecting somebody means a lot to me.” Seltenrich plans to attend the University of Southern California in the fall because of the nearby Marine base and Navy ROTC programs at USC. The U.S. Department of the Navy founded the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps to generate a group of qualified officers within colleges in case of an emergency. “Commitment is a big component, and I hope it’s not a deterrent but something that the applicants realize,” Guerrero said. “The value is, you’re going to get a world-class education in a small environment. The Naval Academy is less than 2,000 students.” Applicants go through an extensive “rolling application” process in which students begin applications during spring semester of their junior year in high school. High school seniors, college students and members of the Army may open an admissions file by completing a candidate questionnaire, according to West Point. “Candidates will be evaluated for admission based on
their academics, demonstrated leadership, and physical fitness,” the West Point website states. “To compete for admission, candidates must also meet medical qualification standards.” A complete transcript, including faculty recommendations, high school class ranking and SAT or ACT scores are used in evaluation of each applicant. Standardized testing scores for students placed in extended-time are not accepted. “Students fill out an application initially, send it to their regional admissions counselor and then from there they’ll send you the next steps,” Guerrero said. Admission is granted through a system of nomination, qualification, evaluation and selection. A nomination is the legal authority for the U.S. Military Academy to consider a candidate for admission. Convent and Stuart Hall are such small schools that the application rate to service academies changes rapidly, according to Guerrero. Usually a few students are interested each year — this year, there are two applicants from Stuart Hall. “I don’t doubt my decision, (to apply to an academy) though a lot of people in both school and my life have been negative about it and have said bad things,” Seltenrich said. “I’ve always been proud.”
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Coach: Jen Hum-Traverso Captains: Bianka QuintanillaWhye, Isabella Borges, Gina Domergue, Jaime Hum-Nishikado, Lizzie Whittles League Record: 2-8 Most recent game: Feb. 8 University HS. Score: 46-61 “The girls have battled through adversity together, and they have become better and stronger basketball teammates over the course of the season,” Hum-Traverso said. Elizabeth Smith Editor - in - Chief
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any students will be sticking to their wintertime traditions over break next week by heading up to the mountains for a full week of skiing. With a little over a month of winter remaining, skiing can be an effective way to take in the few remaining weeks of ski season on the slopes. The time off from school not only gives senior MaryKatherine Michiels-Kibler a job opportunity as a ski instructor but a chance to participate in one of her favorite hobbies. “I get to play with kids while doing what I love,” MichielsKibler said. “It’s fun to see the same joy in them I remember having when I was their age and teaching them what I remember being taught.” Michiels-Kibler typically spends the majority of winter break skiing from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. “I love how exhilarating and exciting speeding down slopes is as well as the challenge of finding the best route down a more difficult slope,” Michiels-Kibler
said. “It is easy to forget that you are exercising, being surrounded by beautiful nature.” Stuart Hall freshman Philip Toulinov uses skiing as a continuation of the skateboarding he does around the city. “I love how free you feel in the snow,” Toulinov said. “You don’t have any distractions — you’re one-on-one with nature.” Skiing also has a more competitive side, according to junior Francesca Dana, who has been skiing competitively for nine years for the Sugar Bowl Ski Team. “I love the feeling you get when you make that perfect turn, and you can feel your edges in the snow, and your ski bending and going fast,” Dana said. While skiing is a hobby, it also has its secondary rewards such as staying in shape, according to Dana. “I’m the kind of person who thinks I will be happy sitting inside all day and ‘resting’ and watching television, but when I’m actually doing it I’m bored out of my mind,” Dana said. “I just think that if you’re given an entire week off, be product and don’t let it pass you by.”
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alking to the bus stop at the corner of 29th and Noe streets, junior Margaux Gaede never thought her night would end in panic. Around 6:20 p.m. on Jan. 26 while listening to her iPhone, two men approached her, held a gun to her face and demanded her personal belongings. Gaede was one victim of over 90 thefts and robberies committed that day, according to records from the San Francisco Police Department. Although Gaede took a selfdefense class in seventh grade, she’s not sure if it would have helped her in this situation. “I might take another one, but in the moment you aren’t really thinking, so I don’t know if it would help,” Gaede said. “Your natural instincts kick in, and you just do whatever the [robbers] say.” “A majority of theft and robberies are accompanied with threats or violences along with a knife or gun,” Officer Neil Cunningham of the San Francisco Police Department said. “I recommend pepper spray as self-defense,” Cunningham said. “There have been some cases where the attacker got hit with pepper spray and couldn’t hurt anyone.”
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Next meet: Sat, March 9 @ San Rafael HS “My hope is that we achieve real excellence through hard work, and that we build a strong, friendly team culture,” Buckley said. ▶
Soccer
Coaches: Anne Guina, Elena De Santis Captains: Bianka QuintanillaWhye and Sara Svartvasmo Next game: Wed, Feb. 13 vs. Head Royce School @ home
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Awareness crucial when alone in the city Shannan Lum Reporter
Track
Captains: No student captains
Percentage of lifts open as of Feb. 14 Sugar Bowl: 69% Alpine Meadows:77% North Star: 75%
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Common sense can trump self-defense It is illegal for anyone under the age of 18 to purchase, carry or use pepper spray in California. “A lot of people that get attacked, look like a victim,” Barny Foland, owner of the self-defense studio KravMaga, said. “The victims of these muggings are not aware of their surroundings. They’re looking at their cell phones, listening to music, not really looking at the people they walk by.” Although self-defense weapons are a common option, they are not as effective as self-defense according to Foland. “Pepper spray, mace, any selfdefense product is okay, but if you don’t hit your attacker right in the eyes then it has no effect,” Foland said. “No one carries a bottle of pepper spray around and by the time you rummage through your bag looking for one, it’s too late.” “It takes a lot of practice to be ready to defend yourself if a weapon is involved, but taking our classes you can develop the skill to know how to deal with an attack like that,” Foland said. Gaede says she doesn’t plan on making the same mistake twice. “I won’t pull out my phone or put in my headphones when I’m walking to the bus stop,” Gaede said.
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“We only have 13 girls on our team so with 11 on the field, it’s hard with (only) two subs,” Guina said.
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More than a game
or 13 years basketball has been a source of adversity and struggle for me in addition to pride and hard work. I have been cut from two different teams, scored 25 points in a single game, and spent two seasons as a bench warmer. Needless to say, my experience with basketball has been quite the rollercoaster ride. Throughout my athletic career, I have heard basketball described as “more than a game” countless times. It’s even the title of Lebron James’s biographical documentary. For most players, the phrase means that basketball is not just simply chucking a leather ball toward a metal rim — it’s a lifestyle. It’s miles worth of “suicides” run and lifetimes of rhythmic shooting. It’s days filled with strategizing and practicing and nights spent dreaming of victories to come. It’s more than a game. To me, though, this phrase means something different. It means that basketball isn’t about the wins won, or the plays run — it’s about the character built. I started playing basketball when I was 5 years old. I have
yet to spend more time on any other activity. Nor have I spent more effort. Ever since I was in grade school, I have logged probably thousands of hours practicing on the hoop outside my house or dribbling my basketball to
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the local park. I was never very good at basketball, but I always loved it. Now, looking back on the 13 years I have dedicated to the sport, I can remember the hard losses and sweet victories, but what I cherish is the person the sport has made me. I find myself now at the end of my career, thankful for the success of my person, and not for my win-loss record. It’s true that “There’s more to life than basketball,” but to me, there’s more to basketball than just the game.
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Swimming
Coach: Victoria Fernandez Captains: Cate Svendsen and Katie Stableford Next game: Saturday, March 2; City Invitational “We have a lot of great swimmers, especially the freshmen. They’re all really fast, which is going to definitely help us this season,” Svendsen said. ▶
Sailing
Coaches: Adam Corpus-Lahne, Brent Harril Captain: Francesca Dana Next Regatta: Feb. 23-24 @ Treasure Island Sailing Center “We have one freshman, Ava Esquier, who’s blown me away with her sailing skills,” Dana said. ▶
Fencing
Coach: Leo Bello Captain: Eliza Klyce Next match: Thurs, March 7 vs. University HS @ home
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SACRED HEART
The Broadview
February 15, 2013
Heading in new direction Student focus groups interview four selected candidates for the head of school position
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n advisory group made up of students from each grade has been meeting over pizza during the past month with the four final candidates applying for the head of school. “I’d like to see somebody who respects the traditions we have in place, but who is also willing to make a change,” sophomore Sarah Bunney, who participated in the focus group, said. “Someone who can allow the students to make more decisions.” Three students from each grade were selected by interim head of school Mary Forsyth to interview the candidates. After each interview, students filled out questionnaires for president Anne Marie Krejcarek, who will take into consideration the community’s opinions, but will make the ultimate decision, in hiring a new head. “I am looking for somebody who has the ability and the vision to go forward with the cur-
riculum,” Krejcarek said. “I want someone who has leadership skills, but still really cares about students. It’s all about a relationship with the students, and the faculty.”
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While interviewing candidates, students looked for qualities they would like to see in the new head of school, according to junior Alyssa Viscio. “One woman we talked with was more relatable than others,” Viscio said. “That connection with the faculty and students was one of the important qualities I was looking for.” Faculty, parents, alumnae and the board of trustees all had the opportunity to interview candi-
dates, while each applicant spent two days on campus over the course of the month. “Adjusting to a new head each year is hard,” junior Sophia Kelley who has had an acting head, head of school, and an interim head over the past three years, said. “This is something the school needs — someone who is going to be here for a while.” Carney, Sandoe & Associates, a faculty placement firm, recruited and selected 10 initial candidates who were interviewed over phone by Krejcarek. With help from a faculty search committee, the president chose four candidates to be interviewed on campus. “I want a bright future for this school because I am going to be part of this community even when I don’t go here anymore,” Kelley said. “This is the type of school that you get married at, you will send your kids, and your kids send their kids. You forget that it isn’t just school, it’s a community.”
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Freshman Julia Praeger, juniors Francesca Dana, Alyssa Viscio and senior Gina Domergue (left to right), interview a candidate for head of school. Four candidates were interviewed over the course of the month.
Alumna to return as science sub Science teacher’s daughter to teach biology, chemistry Teaching is part of Kendall’s DNA, according to Orso, who is also a teacher of biological sciCHS alumna awaiting ences. Kendall came with her acceptance to medical mother to CHS when she had school will be substituting elementary school breaks and atin the science department while tended classes that interested her. teachers take family leave this “It’s great to be back and spring. spending time with the faculty,” Morgan Kendall (’08) is reKendall said. “There are a lot of turning to her alma mater to them who were my teachers, and substitute pregnant chemistry I’m really glad to get the opporteacher Christy Cinti for four tunity to work with them now. weeks and then for her husband, They were always supportive of biology teacher Raymond Cinti, me. It’s a little strange that I won’t for the following two weeks. be the one in a uniform this time, “I’m really excited to be back and I’ll be up front in a classroom at Convent,” Kendall said. “I instead of sitting at a desk.” learned a lot here, so I am glad Faculty who taught Kendall to contribute back to the educaare excited to welcome her as a tion of others and return to the colleague. Sacred Heart community. I’m es“Morgan was an pecially looking forward outstanding student, to meeting the students.” curious, focused, Kendall studied physifriendly and always ological science at Uniwanted to do her versity of California at best,” dean Rachel Los Angeles, graduatSimpson, who taught ing summa cum laude Kendall French for in June. She then held a four years, said. research position at the KENDALL “I think (it will Hospital for Sick Chilbe beneficial for studren in Toronto, Canada dents), seeing someone who has and is currently applying to medgone through this school and ical schools. what she’s learned and taken with Christy Cinti is planning out her,” theology teacher Kathryn all notes, worksheets and labs for McMichael, who taught Kendall, Kendall, as well as holding high said. expectations for all her students. “I think that it’s important “As they have all year, I exfor our current students to have pect my students to be attentive, many different connections with good-humored, forgiving of any our alumnae,” Simpson said. “I mistakes and supportive of the think it’s an outstanding expenew teacher,” Cinti said. rience to have an alumna be a Although this is Kendall’s first classroom teacher.” time teaching high schoolers, she Kendall credits her career has experience as a tutor and reschoice to her “well-rounded eduident adviser in college. cation” she received at Convent. “She was an RA for her last two “I definitely can trace my interyears at UCLA, helping students est in science to the classes (Ray with their problems,” Marisa and Christy) taught me,” Kendall Orso, Kendall’s mom, said. “I said. “They were great teachers think teaching is just a natural who were passionate about sciextension of that. She’s used to ence, which encouraged me to young adults. She knows how to pursue science as a major in colhandle them in good times and lege and also as a career.” in bad—as well as just chatting.”
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Senior Kimmy Pace discusses Eye-to-Eye training with learning resource teacher Patricia Kievlan at St. Vincent De Paul. Eye-to-Eye mentoring art rooms take place every Tuesday afternoon.
Service volunteers mentor elementary school students Aoife Devereux Reporter
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uring typical after school sessions, teenage volunteers sit with their elementary school students to discuss using proactive learning styles, incorporating arts and crafts to help improve their confidence in their ideal learning environments, giving volunteers an opportunity to connect with their students by helping them feel secure in their academic settings at school. Eye-to-Eye, a national service club with high school and college chapters, pairs older students with grade school students, both of whom have learning differences. CSH students meet children from St. Vincent de Paul, Cathedral and Gateway Middle School on Tuesdays, working on self-promotion, metacognitive skills and learning abilities. “I understand what it means to have problems learning and having your parents become frustrated with you,” Casey Stuart, who heads Convent’s Eye-to-Eye chapter, said. “Being able to tell your mentee your struggles and having
them look to you as a guide is really inspiring.” Eye-to-Eye separates itself from most peer mentoring institutions because instead of tutoring, students use art to express themselves. “We make them tap into their creative sides and communicate through art — it really creates a fun and playful vibe,” club member Kimmy Pace said. “Each week Eyeto-Eye headquarters gives us a different project. One week we had them create their ideal learning environment, another week it was create a pretend app for an iPad or iPhone that would help them learn.” Eye-to-Eye’s mission is to improve the life of every child that suffers from a learning difference and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, according to the Eye-to-Eye website. “I love seeing the students’ faces when we connect with them and they finally understand the concept of what we are doing and that there are many other children out there just like them,” club member Marly Schatz said. Bridge the Gap College Prep, another peer mentoring pro-
gram, pairs elementary students with high school tutors. This program is meant to help raise the chances that children from low-income families in Marin City will have a change to graduate college. “Not everyone is as lucky and we have to help when we can,” sophomore Sarah Bunney said. “I learned how to interact with kids better and I now know more about education. I also have a better perspective on the troubles outside of the bubble I live in, by showing me how another child, also living in Marin, is struggling.” Bridge the Gap focuses on improving low test scores and dropout rates for at-risk students, a mentoring program that raises the chances that a child will succeed. “I think it’s really beneficial for both parties,” Bunney said. “It’s rewarding personally to teach, and the student has someone who is relatable that they can look up to, to model themselves on. It’s hard for these children to see themselves as an adult, but it is a bit easier to relate to when you’re closer in age range.”
—Sarah Selzer contributed to this story
Liana Lum Reporter
CITY LIFE
The Broadview
January 25, 2013
Food For Days
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here’s a new burger on the block. With Johnny Rockets’ closure earlier this year, a new burger joint has opened across the street on Fillmore. Roam is concocting innovative recipes and combining wonderful flavors, bringing the burger up to a new level. My devotion to In-n-Out ended after biting into the most glorious burger — Roam’s French and Fries. On top of a well-cooked patty lies a bevy of avocado, gruyère cheese, caramelized onions, watercress and strong Dijon mustard, all mounted with sultry Parmesan cheese and truffle oil fries — pure divinity. The onions are subtle and to the rich silky flavors and textures of the truffle fries and avocado. I was already sold on Roam when my dripping Straus Family Creamery mint chip shake, adorned with a brûléed marshmallow, arrived, having quickly nodded “Yes” when I was offered the $1 topping. If these creamy shakes are too hearty for you, try the array of light and fresh artisan sodas offered in Meyer Lemon, Prickly Pear, Ginger Lime, Caramelized Pineapple or a seasonal flavor of the day like Blood Orange. These lightly-carbonated sodas tickle your tongue and refresh your taste buds in preparation for a lavish entrée. Another masterpiece, using the wonderfully mellow watercress in replacement for drab lettuce, is the Pacific Blue burger. With watercress, tomato, sweet caramelized onions and steak sauce, these bursting flavors smoothly dance with the tamed blue cheese. It’s perfectly subtle, but still adds the light, bitter taste. If you are looking for a powerful kick to the taste buds, get the Tejano. Your first few bites will have you enraptured by the avocado, tomato, light herb ranch dressing and crunchy white corn strips. You’ll start to call foul on the mild-tasting burger, but once you get to the middle, all the fla-
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vors of the Pepper Jack cheese and jalapeños will hit your tongue with a flavor wave of intensity — then you’ll beg to differ. Another incredible burger is the Heritage, draped in applewood-smoked bacon, Fontina cheese, butter lettuce, tomato, caramelized onions and delicious herb mayo. This burger is buttery, juicy and supple with an incredible latka-like flavor. The maplely bacon mixed with the subtle caramelized onions create a sweet and savory combination that melds with the creamy herb mayo. This is a unique burger, using sweet butter lettuce instead of Roam’s usual watercress, adding another sweet element to this succulent burger. Roam also offers a plethora of delicious fries. Russet fries are a classic, mediumly-thick fry dusted with salt and chopped parsley. Sweet potato fries can get old fast, and I am usually regretful after ordering. Roam’s are salty and very filling, but so sweet we couldn’t finish them. Their third fry is the Zucchini Onion Haystack, a twisted, salty forest of chalky and sweet sticks. Even when you can’t decide, Roam has found a way to satisfy everyone with all three, offering the Fry-Fecta. I’m a fan of mushrooms, but tasting them on the Chalet Burger threw me off. The mix of swiss cheese, oniony house sauce, and cremini mushrooms created a earthy, cheesy mixture of flavor — a combination I personally am not a fan of on a burger. This trendy, wooden-decor burger place has also popped up on Union Street off of Octavia Street and provides the same menu, selection of kombucha, and cane sugar sodas as its Fillmore Street counterpart. These natural beverages and Roam’s selection of beers from microbreweries and sustainably produced wines on tap contribute to the caring artisan vibe of the restaurant, appealing to a hip, foody, over-21 crowd as well as hungry hordes of high schoolers.
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Form-fitting and lacy were two of the most popular styles seen at Winter Ball this last week. As students filled the Main Hall, many girls were spotted in an elegant mixture of tatted and tight attire.
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Roam’s made-to-order mint chip milkshake drips with a high-fat Straus Family Creamery ice cream.
‘Dutch Mona Lisa’ visits SF
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espite arriving only a half hour after the De Young Museum opened on Saturday morning, patrons were already waiting in long lines to view the special traveling exhibition, “Girl with a Pearl Earring: Dutch Paintings from the Mauritshuis.” The collection traveled from the city palace turned museum The Mauritshuis, in the center of The Hague, right next to the center of the Dutch government. The Mauritshuis has been under renovation for the past year and is sharing its priceless collection of Dutch gems — both famous and hidden — with fine art museums around the world. The exhibition opens with beautifully intricate sketches of the Dutch master Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, eloquently illustrating the chronological order of how a painting is planned out. Rembrandt’s etchings are paired with words describing the prosperity of the Dutch Golden Age, a parallel movement to the Italian Renaissance, and the Dutch master’s close attention to day-to-day common life as well as the beauty and opulence of the wealthy. The first gallery shows oil landscapes highlighting the region’s rich and beautiful cities and countryside. The most striking landscape of urban life is Emanuel de Witte’s “Interior of an Imaginary Catholic Church.” The interior
shows de Witte’s ideal vision of what an urban chapel might look like — a safe and beautiful haven for the community to get closer to God. The detailed oil composition pulls viewers into the heart of this urban oasis, and even further emphasizes the Dutch focus on detail. An unexpected treasure in the landscape gallery is Jacob Van Ruisdale’s “Winter Landscape,” which in emotional color and detail, shows the turbulence that winter can cause in even the most prosperous farms and cities. The next gallery houses some of the most famous Dutch still lifes, focusing on flowers — especially tulips. After arriving from Turkey on a pre-Golden Age trade boat, tulips have been some of the Netherlands’ best exports. Abraham van Beyeren’s 1664 Flower still life with a timepiece, depicts a gorgeous flower arrangement, and shows the importance that the Dutch put on creating simple beauty in everyday life. The room also holds Pieter Claesz’s “Vanitas,” a chilling still life showing a highly detailed human skull, and emphasizing the Dutch Golden Age’s intellectual opinion on human mortality. Vermeer’s “Girl with a Pearl Earring” is held in the second to last gallery in an impressive gold frame. Often referred to as the “Dutch Mona Lisa,” Vermeer’s hauntingly beautiful painting is the reason so many have flocked
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Vermeer’s “The Girl with the Pearl Earring” is on display at the De Young Museum through June 2 with other treasures from The Mauritshuis in The Hague.
to the De Young so early on a Saturday morning. The tronie — an idealistic version of a portrait — does not disappoint. “Girl with a Pearl Earring” is shockingly alluring, her simplicity and innocence radiate off the canvas. Despite being restored multiple times, her original mystery still prevails. This exhibit is a must-see for not only the art buff, but also anyone who wants to learn more about the Dutch Golden Age. This special exhibit at the De Young is open 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. seven days a week until June 2. Youth tickets, ages 13-17, are $16 and students with ID are $22. One last quick tip for success — don’t visit The Girl on a weekend.
Rachel Fung