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New policy requires students to bring own computers.

Celebration honors seniors Teatime tradition acts as a tribute to the graduating class.

3 CONGÉ

Sacred Heart students celebrate Congé nationally.

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Student models considering careers in industry.

6 PROM FESTIVITIES

Prom season focused on asking and dieting.

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GIRLS IN WHITE DRESSES The Senior Class stands for its formal class photo on the front steps of the Flood Mansion. The photo, formerly taken in the Cortile, was relocated to the front steps so that refreshments could be served in the tented patio area..

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Illuminated by light pouring in from the Belvedere windows overlooking San Francisco Bay, the Senior Class stood in a semicircle, clad in white dresses, holding bouquets of pink and white roses in one hand and shaking guests’ hands with the other.

Faculty and students, along with invited parents and friends, congratulated the departing class as a commencement to graduation week.

“I enjoy getting to see everyone and being congratulated the most,” senior Gaby Gupta said.

Seniors accessorized their out-

fits with formal jewelry, while many hid casual footwear, aimed for comfort, beneath the skirts of their floor-length dresses.

“The seniors in the receiving line should definitely wear their comfiest shoes because they are standing there for a long, long time,” philosophy teacher Paul Pryor-Lorentz said.

Footwear ranged from elegant heels to Converse high tops to TOMS slip-on wedding shoes.

“The dress dilemma was that we were all having to wear allwhite instead of ivory or cream white,” Gupta said. “The other dilemma was making sure everyone was wearing enough strap fabric on their dresses. Everyone

needs to look nice, and people wearing skinny straps don’t look very consistent or uniform.”

The Senior Tea tradition allows the community to connect back to the roots of Convent and Schools of the Sacred Heart, according to junior Caroline Salveson.

“It’s a really nice way to calmly start a long and hectic week,” Salveson said.

The historical element of the event is valuable, as it builds connections with sister schools in New Orleans and New York, according to Pryor-Lorentz.

“We greet the seniors for the first time in their dresses,” PryorLorentz said. “We go around and

shake all of their gloved hands in a line as a salute to them. It’s one of those interesting traditions we have.”

Some teachers may want to continue a conversation with the graduating seniors, but oftentimes they will be told to hurry it up and move on, according to Pryor-Lorentz.

For the first time, students from all grades took part in the celebration with juniors lining the Marble Stairs leading up to the sophomores in the Gallery and the freshmen in the Center.

“Senior week is a lot,” Salveson said. “Tea is a good event to start that off in a civil way.”

Awareness that compels consumers to action Shoppers don’t need to think big to make a difference.

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While abuse, neglect and unsafe conditions continue to affect workers in fast fashion factories, the efforts of a few is enough to make an impact to sever the

thread of maltreatment.

“I did a lot of stuff on child labor last year for an art project and through Girl Scouts, and I did my last essay on it,” sophomore Sarah Mahnke-Baum said.

“Doing my capstone on this is-

8 RAISING THE BARRE Dance-inspired workouts attract athletes.

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LACROSSE

Two lacrosse clinics are taking place tomorrow and May 25, from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

The clinic is running at the Beach Chalet Soccer Fields. The school is offering two-way bus service. All equipment is supplied. The clinics are intended to gauge interest for a potential lacrosse team next year.

BACCALAUREATE MASS

The annual Baccalaureate Mass is scheduled in the Mary Mardel, RSCJ Chapel on Wednesday, May 18, at 6 p.m.

The mass acts as a final prayer ritual, asking for blessings upon the departing seniors as they enter the next chapter of their lives.

PRIZE DAY sue just seemed kind of natural because I’m really passionate about it.”

Mahnke-Baum’s Hislish capstone, a final project in the conjoined history and English class to resolve a form of oppression, on child labor in the manufacturing of clothing and other popular products.

“That’s the goal of the class, to expose them to the idea that there is injustice in the world,” Hislish teacher Michael Stafford said. “The idea is to find one particular area of corruption or oppression that they are particularly inspired by to to work against, and really try to help the people in a loving, empathetic way.”

Stafford introduced sophomore students to the unsafe conditions, abuse and unfair wages in overseas clothing factories as

a comparison to similarly oppressive manufacturing practices in the United States and other developed countries during the Industrial Revolution, prior to the boom in outsourced industry.

“Where we see the Industrial Revolution happening today is in places like India and Bangladesh, all those places on the tag on the back of your shirt,” Stafford said. “While we were studying the historical Industrial Revolution we wanted to connect it to where things are being produced today, how some of that has changed and how some of that stuff is being repeated, just in a new location.”

In order to enable substantial change, teens and adults alike do not have to think big, according to Stafford.

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Students will be recognized for academic and overall excellence on May 19 in the Mary Mardel, RSCJ Chapel for Prize Day. There will also be a special schedule due to the award ceremony, which should run from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.

NO SCHOOL

Due to the Commencement for the Class of 2016, there will be no classes scheduled for Friday, May 20.

THE GRAND FINALE

Finals start on Tuesday, May 31 and end June 3. There will be no class on May 30 due to Memorial Day weekend.

Students are not required to attend the final periods for their Academic or Free Periods unless they are personally requested by a teacher.

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Artwork displays City pride at SFO 28 student-artists’ work featured in ‘Destinations’ airport exhibit.

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Graphite sketches, digital designs, oil and acrylic paintings, photographs, prints and collages comprise a Stuart Hall-coordinated display featuring Convent art at the San Francisco International Airport.

The display contains 43 works of art created by 28 students and two collaborative teams, according to SHHS Artist-in-Residence Patter Hellstrom.

“This is the third time Stuart Hall has been invited by the SFO Museum — a museum in every sense of the word — which does exhibitions throughout all the terminals at SFO,” Hellstrom said. “This is our third show, ‘Destinations,’ and this is the first time that the whole high school division will be participating.”

Students who submitted installations to the exhibit worked on their pieces in class from mid-November to mid-Decem-

ber, with the only requirements on sizing, adherence to the exhibit’s theme, and being a twodimensional work.

“One of the goals of our program is to provide professional and out-of-school opportunities for our students to display our work,” Visual Art department chair Rachel McIntire said. “In the past we’ve done collaborations with the de Young and citywide art contests, and this year this is just a great opportunity

for it to be at the airport, since it’s going to be seen by so many people.”

The display theme connects with this year’s four-school school theme of “Paths To…,” according to McIntire.

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This is the first time that the whole high school division will be participating.

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DESTINATIONS High school artwork lines the walls of Delta baggage claim, welcoming travelers as they arrive or sit and wait for baggage. The 2D artwork will be on display through May, featuring 28 artists.

Small steps can prompt change

From Awareness p. 1 “Part of it is making your voice heard to the people who make the decisions,” Stafford said. “So not just boycotting products, but expressing to the company why you’re boycotting so that they know, ‘This is something we need to do if we want to keep these customers.’”

Raising widespread awareness and doing thorough research is integral in creating change to halt the pattern of oppression in clothing manufacturing factories, according to Stafford.

“For now, one of our goals this year is to formalize a strategy around engaging our customers in these values,” Amy Hall, the Social Consciousness Director for Eileen Fisher, said of the company’s values for ethical manufacturing. “We really want to see our customer be more thoughtful, maybe extend their understanding of these values and be aware when she shops in other places, and really absorbing these values into the rest of her life.”

Sixty-five percent of student respondents in a Broadview survey claimed that they were not aware of the manufacturing practices of the clothing stores

they buy from, but 81 percent said that they would terminate their support if a company utilized child labor.

While customers can simply choose to opt for fair trade alternatives to fast fashion retailers that enlist manufacturing built off of abused and maltreated workers, merely avoiding unethical companies may not be the most effective solution, according to Stafford.

“There’s nothing inherently wrong with manufacturing items,” Stafford said. “If it’s done in a kind and loving way, the wages are fair, the conditions are safe, people are able to work and to be able to enjoy rights at the same time. That’s ultimately the goal.”

Despite the abuse and neglect that is common in overseas clothing manufacturing, factory work has become essential to the local economies in production hubs.

“One of the things that a documentary that we showed the students talks about is that to pull these factories from Colombia or Bangladesh would be devastating, and that’s not the answer,” Stafford said. “These people and their economies really depend on these factories

there. How to address the issues of the poverty, the wages, the unsafe working conditions, the lack of education, that’s what’s not agreed upon.”

In a report conducted by Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability, 8 out of 10 buyers liked the idea of purchasing ethically-produced and sustainable clothing.

“I want to make fair trade more accessible to people, that’s my end goal,” Mahnke-Baum said. “Whenever I’m thinking about buying something I think who is getting money from this, who’s profiting and who made this?”

In order to make a difference, awareness of the repercussions of purchasing from exploitative fast fashion retailers needs to be spread, as well as a clear and easy to follow plan for shoppers to avoid abusive manufacturing practices, according to Stafford.

“Take for example San Francisco’s ban on plastic bags,” Stafford said. “There was a small movement that popped up to start bringing your own bags and reusing, and over a period of 20 years, as more and more people realized that this was something.

It just took patience and a lot of time to get to the point where it’s now happening.”

“I was thinking about what ‘Destinations’ means to me, which is the familiarity of a new place, since almost everywhere I go reminds me a little bit of San Francisco,” senior Cole Fuetsch, who created the acrylic painting “Bridges,” said about her creative process. “I like to compare the places I go to, so I had the familiarity of a place I know really well with the contrast of a new lens on a different culture or a new setting.”

Back in the Sacred Heart community, mugs sold during Celebrate Spring featured Fuetsch’s painting along with three Stuart Hall pieces.

“We made these mugs for ourselves,” Hellstrom said. “This is an in-house production between the high school divisions in keeping with the museum tradition of having a gift store, but our gift store is really just through Convent & Stuart Hall.”

Displaying art at the airport gives students a chance to collaborate with other artists, share their work with a larger community and gain feedback, according to McIntire.

“I think it’s a really important opportunity for them to explore having an audience and what that relationship is when you share your work with a greater number of people,” McIntire said. “A lot of our students are going on to study either visual arts or communication, and I think this is a nice thing to put in their ‘suitcase’ of a professional experience that they had.”

Fuetsch said this is the first time her work has been displayed outside of the school community.

“I feel good about it,” Fuetsch said. “It’s an honor, and I’m really happy to have my work displayed in such a prestigious place, especially since all my previous work has only been displayed in fairs and stuff.”

The exhibit runs through May at the Terminal 1 baggage claim area and does not require passing through airport security.

“What makes this such a great opportunity is that they share their work with tens of thousands of travelers and passersby,” Hellstrom said. “It lets the larger public know about Convent & Stuart Hall and the work that we’re doing here — and they can see and be inspired by the students’ work.”

“Destinations” is on display until May 31 in the baggage claim secction of Terminal 1 at San Francisco International Airport.

Where does your uniform come from?

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Champion Made in Honduras

Uniform Sweater Dress Code Made in USA

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Cherokee Made in Indonesia

Uniform Skirt

Lands’ End Made in Bangladesh

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BYOD replaces 1:1 iPad program Students, families to determine their primary device for school use.

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n a recent sophomore theology class of nine students, eight used personal laptops for classwork instead of iPads, confirming the high school’s transition to an ePack Bring Your Own Device Program starting next year.

Students in both high schools will no longer lease schoolowned iPads from the ePack 1:1 Device Program.

“In the girls high school, we started to see a lot of girls showing up with laptops,” Director of Educational Innovation Howard Levin said. “In the boys high school, we started to hear more and more concerns informally from students and faculty that the iPads weren’t giving them the functionality that they fully needed.”

Students will be required to bring any device except

Chromebooks that satisfies the school’s minimum requirements to complete their classwork and homework to serve as their primary device, according to Levin.

“We think the majority of students are going to show up with Macs,” Levin said. “We are trying to encourage that, just because there is so much more familiarity among students and faculty with the operating system, but we want to really open it up. We know there are quite a few students who have PCs at home and are much more comfortable with PCs. If they can make that work, then that’s great.”

Plans to change the program formally began last September, although thoughts from administration and feedback from students arose much earlier, according to Levin.

“We crafted a survey for all students and faculty asking them about their general preferences and practices,” Levin said. “They

all pointed to a very high percentage of students and faculty saying the iPads just weren’t providing all the functionality they wanted, in particular around keyboarding.”

Most of the survey responses indicated a preference for laptops, according to Levin.

“For school work, it’s a lot easier to use a laptop because it’s bigger and there’s a keyboard which makes it easier to type faster,” sophomore Ava Jones, who started bringing a laptop to school everyday towards the end of last year, said.

Junior Claudia Bouchard favors laptops because of the keyboard and ability to have multiple windows open at once.

“On an iPad, you have to keep switching back and forth between apps,” Bouchard said.

“When I’m trying to write a research paper, I need to have the Internet and my document open

at the same time, which is hard to do on an iPad.” Students who wish to buy a less expensive laptop for next year can purchase a used one from the school as an alternative to purchasing a new computer, according to Levin.

While the majority of students prefer laptops, sophomore Hannah Taschek is part of a small percentage of students and faculty who currently use an iPad as a primary device.

“At home, I use my desktop computer, which I obviously can’t bring to school, so I didn’t really have the choice to bring a laptop last year and this year,” Taschek said. “Sometimes I bring an attachable keyboard with my iPad, but only if I know I am going to be typing a lot.”

Returning students can either purchase their current iPad for $215 or $150, depending on the model, or return their iPad back to the school.

“I plan on returning my iPad just because I don’t like using iPads,” Bouchard said. “You can have apps like Instagram and Snapchat on it, so it’s easy to get distracted.”

The committee’s initial desire was to mandate laptops for all students, but Levin says the small minority of students and faculty who prefer the iPad cannot be ignored.

“I really believe an iPad and other kinds of tablets offer advantages to a segment of our teaching and learning population that laptops don’t,” Levin said. “Both myself and Senior Admin that looked at the final proposal wanted to open the doors as wide as we could to the options for students and not limit it to laptops for keyboarding sake. We know that some students and adults are actually faster in their inputting on an iPad.”

Down the drain — or not Restroom issues due to age of building, misuse.

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uring passing periods and after school, the restrooms are some of the most visited places on campus, but finding a working stall can sometimes be difficult.

The 10 girls restroom stalls throughout the Flood Mansion clog regularly.

“The clogging happens because this building was built in 1886 and was built for a family,” Plant Operations Director Geoff De Santis said. “We have old piping throughout the building and it’s designed to hold the capacity of four to eight people and not over 100.”

The restrooms have a lot of activity during passing periods, which tends to overwhelm the system, especially with backto-back users, according to De Santis.

Students also use the stalls as alternate changing rooms to change for sports, to save up to a six flight trek to the gym.

“When people are changing for sports, they take the unclogged bathrooms, so people that actually need to go to the bathroom have to wait a while because everyone is changing,” sophomore Tess Wilmoth said.

However, athletes often use the restroom for both changing and using the toilet.

“It’s really frustrating to change in the clogged stalls,” junior Olivia Hoekendijk, who runs track and field, said. “People usually change in the clogged stalls, but then have to wait to actually go to the bathroom.”

The Facilities Department services unclogs the toilets and checks them throughout the week, along with the janitorial staff, according to De Santis. The school hires an outside company to snake out, use a drain auger to push clogged items, the pipes on a quarterly basis.

Heavy rains can cause more problem with the plumbing due to sewer lines backing up, according to De Santis.

How students, faculty can help decrease restroom clogging

Construction going on throughout the City — including Pacific Heights — should help to improve the quality of the restrooms because it will enlarge the City’s sewer capacity allows for more of the school’s waste to go through, according to De Santis.

The school would consider repiping the Broadway campus if the safety and sanitary needs of the students are compromised, but is not going to this year.

“That’s a large task that involves opening up a lot of walls, a lot of ceilings and a lot of floors which takes time and is costly,” De Santis said.

Students can help prevent clogging by only using the necessary amount of toilet paper and not flushing any feminine hygiene products.

“It’s just hit or miss,” De Santis said. “It just really depends on the amount of waste that is being put into the toilets and the amount of toilet paper that is being flushed.”

1. Use minimal toilet paper.

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OUT OF ORDER Sophomore Edna Tesfaye washes her hands in the restroom on the third flood of Flood Mansion. The restrooms clog frequently in the Flood Mansion and Grant Building.

2. Place feminine products in the designated bin.

3. Alert maintenance staff if a stall is clogged.

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Dated information becomes accessible School archives to be reorganized, uploaded into online database.

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ld uniform pictures and architectural blueprints of the Flood Mansion, previously hidden away in the attic of the Grant House, will become accessible by computer as the Archives are digitized.

“Just think school history and we have it,” Associate Librarian Reba Sell said. “Whether it’s business records or student photographs.”

The Archives will be moving from the attic of the Grant House to the back room in the Mother Williams Library. Librarians will scan documents and upload them onto a database where students can view them.

Former Director of Schools Sister Mary Mardel, RSCJ was at the Broadway campus on April 13 and 14 working with alumna

Virginia Murillo (’48) to identify and organize the Archives.

“Any organization has archives,” Mardel said. “They’re very important, because all the records, all the accounts of everything that goes on in the school are kept there.”

Mardel and Murillo used a timeline starting in 1887 to categorize photos and other objects found in the Archives.

“The school reacts to the historic events that are happening in the world,” Murillo said. “During World War II, we looked out these windows and we could see our battleships leaving and coming back. This school is part of the history of San Francisco.”

Sell plans to digitize all of the archival documents with the help of Lead Librarian Alyson Barrett-Ryan.

“All the different departments have their own section and the

history of all the departments are there,” Murillo said.

Sell says she hopes to have students help out with the digitalization, read through the primary sources and look for additional information about what students would be scanning.

“It’s a huge project we’re undertaking,” Sell said. “The digitalization will be an ongoing process. As we continue to get more documents, we’ll just keep scanning them.”

Sell plans on using a flatbed scanner to get high resolution images of the documents.

“Students could use it for community research, even just to look back on local history here during World War II,” Sell said.

“It’s just another way to look at history but at a local, in depth analysis of it.”

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EXPLORING THE PAST Associate Librarian Reba Sell sorts through documents in the Archives in the Grant House attic. The Archives contain historical documents and historical documents

Schools personalize Network tradition Sacred Heart ‘holiday’ practiced in different ways, across U.S.

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DAY OFF Sophomore Katie Walsh and senior Grace Neary from the Duschesne Academy of the Sacred Heart in Omaha, Nebraska announce Congé (top). The student body engaged in a musicallythemed holiday. Seniors Alex Farrán and Victoria Oestermann sit on the swings during this year’s Congé at Six Flags in Vallejo (lower).

Student body announced the day after Senior Presentations in a Wednesday assembly.

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estive wristbands labelled “CSH Congé 2016” and confetti flew across the aisles of the Syufy Theatre on March 23 as a clip of a roller coaster played on the big screen.

Nearly every Sacred Heart school in the United States plans an annual Congé, “time off ” or “holiday” in French, a Sacred Heart Network tradition in which students take a day off school and engage in surprise activities. CSH and SHHS spent the day riding roller coasters and walking around Six Flags Discovery Kingdom.

“It’s really special that we have that day each year where all students can just take a break and relax in the spring semester,” SHHS student body president Michael Tellini said. “Particularly for me as a junior, it was a huge relief to have just one extra day before break.”

Although implemented in different forms at every Sacred Heart school, the tradition is equally revered among students at each Network school.

“This year we went to Medieval Times,” junior Juliana Ketting, who attends Stuart Country Day School of the Sacred Heart in Princeton, New Jersey, said. “It’s basically a castle in the middle of nowhere that has jousting. The fact that it’s still a surprise is my favorite part.”

Former Convent student Sophia Phillips experienced Congé at CSH freshman year and at Duchesne Academy of the Sacred Heart in Houston for her sophomore and junior year after she moved to Texas.

“It was pretty similar,” Phillips said. “It’s all the same tradition behind it but something that was a little different here is that it’s also a K through 12 school

and Congé here is for the entire school. There are a lot of different things that go on because you have to do activities for the younger kids and the high schoolers too.”

Teachers anticipate Congé just as much as the students at some Sacred Heart schools.

“The teachers don’t know until that morning, which keeps it interesting,” Ketting said. “They all freak out because they had stuff planned for class.”

At both the Duchesne Academy in Omaha and in Houston, Congé is centered around a theme.

“At our school it’s a major secret,” senior Grace Neary, who attends Duchesne Academy in Omaha, Nebraska, said. “It is usually announced in the first 10 minutes of school day with a creative announcement that relates to the theme over the intercom.

This year’s theme was Academy Awards Congé and we got little bow ties for it.”

The entire Senior Class, the student council, or in some cases, just the student body president plan the annual Congé festivities.

“It’s just the senior president who knows and she basically tells our upper school head where we want to go,” Ketting said. “She gives options and our principal chooses.”

The Congé reveal is always anticipated, and the surprise holiday was announced at SHHS at the end of an hour-long chapel, according to Tellini.

“A lot of times people will constantly ask, ‘When’s Congé? when’s Congé?’ but there is a part of it that’s only fun if it’s a surprise,” Tellini said. “I think the reveal this year, at least at guys’ school, planning the reveal and actually executing it was a ton of fun.”

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Women dare to go bare

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Movement works against taboo of breastfeeding, being topless in public.

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movement spearheaded by an actress and advocated by a teenager is taking the nation by storm — centering around the female anatomy.

Free the Nipple, a gender equality movement, emphasizes the right women hold to be topless and breastfeed legally in public.

“You can see naked women in magazines trying to sell you things, but you can’t see them in real life without viewing it as this horrible thing,” Alli Marsh, Los Angeles, California and Washington, DC Free the Nipple division head, said. “Why is that?

We’re aiming to take back the sexualization that society has done to the female body.”

Marsh, 18, decided to join the movement last year after viewing the Free the Nipple documentary, available on Netflix and later contacted movement founder Lina Esco.

“I was so used to seeing women sexualized that I objectified

If I was a guy, I wouldn’t need this top

myself at a really young age because I thought that was how it was supposed to be,” Marsh said.

“When I found what Free the Nipple was, I immediately decided that I had to be a part of this.”

Marsh organized a topless event in Venice Beach, California when the city council proposed a law prohibiting women the right to bare breasts last year.

“We had a beach day that happened to be topless,” Marsh said. “There were adults and

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children of all ages and genders, and it was really amazing to be a part of.”

“Top freedom” laws, which allow individuals of both sexes to

Class presidents elected for 2016-2017 What are you looking forward to next year?

“I’m excited because we have a really good group this year on student council so we are going to have a really awesome Christmas.”

— Laura Mogannam Sophomore Class President-elect

“I’m excited to try to make junior year the best and most inclusive time because it is stressful with school work alone so if the social aspect of school is a little less stressful I think that would be super great.”

— Fiona Mittelstaedt Junior Class President-elect

“One of the things I'm excited about is to be a leader of a class full of leaders because we are seniors next year and we are going to be role models for the entire school, and I think being a leader of that group of people is just a really awesome opportunity.”

— Bella Kearney

Senior Class President-elect

be topless in public, are in effect in 32 states, including California. Although the majority of states allow top freedom, local governments have passed ordinances that annul them, according to organization GoTopless.

Topless laws include the right to publicly breastfeed and all but three states allow women to breastfeed in public, although states such as California do not have an enforcement provision which means that a breastfeeding woman can take no legal action against any potential harassers.

“Men can be running without their tops, and women can’t sit there and do something that their body is naturally meant to do,” senior Clara Phipps said.

“That’s really unfortunate.”

Phipps became interested in the sexualization of the female body after reading an article about pinup girls during World War II — models who dressed in risque clothing as morale boosters for troops.

Marsh, who previously attended an all-girls’ high school, says she encourages advocates like Phipps to take action.

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“If you want to have a protest, then organize it,” Marsh said. “It doesn’t have to be approved by us. Free the Nipple is a movement that’s open to everyone.”

The movement is also not necessarily completely about topless rights, according to Marsh.

“By joining the movement, you’re saying that you support women and their right to choose what they want to do with their bodies,” Marsh said. “I think it’s important for every woman to be a part of something like that.”

Student council election rules updated Councils will have only four members to ensure all officers effectively contribute to group.

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osters advertising candidates plaster bathroom stall doors, hallway walls and stairways during class elections season, but unlike previous years, none of them promoted students for the roles of secretary, treasurer, publicity or activities.

Two class representative offices have replaced those positions replaced those positions, which is the singular change in the structure of the new class councils.

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The councils will be more cohesive.

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“Class student councils have been gradually aligning with the model that Stuart Hall follows,” Director of Student Life Devin DeMartini Cooke said. “Their

model works, and it allows students the opportunity to be involved in different parts of student leadership.”

The main reason for the modified structure of student class councils is to make the system more efficient, and have the members of those councils all feel as if they have a valuable, contributing role to the group, according to DeMartini Cooke.

“There just weren’t enough appropriate jobs for people to do,” DeMartini Cooke said. “The people on activities were helping to plan activities, but that’s what the whole student council was doing, so it didn’t make sense for there to be a specific job for that.”

Both newly-elected Student Body President Katie Newbold and sophomore class representative Mason Cooney agreed that the changes are necessary and will allow the student councils to run more effectively.

“Given my previous experience on student council, we have worked better with a smaller group, so I think that having slightly smaller councils will help get more things done,” Newbold said. “The groups will be more cohesive as well, because everyone will be working

as a team instead of all trying to do disconnected jobs.”

Positions like vice president and secretary previously organized fundraisers alongside

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Everyone will have a role to play.

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treasurers. The jobs frequently overlapped, prompting changes in leadership.

Although the new format of the councils allows less people to take part in student government, the councils will end up taking into account many more student opinions, according to Cooney.

“This coming year, as a class representative, I will be able to get involved in all aspects of the student council,” Cooney said. “I can be part treasurer, part activities and part publicity which I think will ultimately be a much better system.”

— Josie Rozzelle contributed to this story.

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s they finish up high school and approach college, a trio of teen models begin to consider whether or not they are ready to commit to a career in the fashion industry.

Junior Hailey Long was approached by a modeling agent while shopping with her mom when she was 13-years-old — she signed soon after.

“I had never thought about it before,” Long said. “I didn’t even really know what it was, or how you did it.”

Long now participates in monthly professional photoshoots organized by her agency, Look Model.

Junior Chloe Yu became more immersed in the business after beginning her modeling career in the fourth grade.

“I always liked ‘America’s Next Top Model,’” Yu said. “I really liked what they did, and I thought it would be fun to try it.”

Yu appreciates the work as it allows for her to have a flexible schedule that includes school and club volleyball.

“I am able to customize my schedule a bit because it’s not a full time job,” Yu said. “I had a few gigs last month, but sometimes there will be a dry period where I don’t hear anything.”

Photo-shoots, however, can require a full day of work and time off school — generally taking place between 9 to 5 and mainly being scheduled on weekdays, according to SHHS senior Jackson Rhodes, who began modeling 11 months ago.

“I used to say no to photoshoots a lot, but, as senior year progressed and I had less to do, I’ve been taking more shoots,” Rhodes said. “Thus, more people can see me so I have a portfolio — I’m also building a book.”

“Building a book,” creating an industry portfolio, is important for models for advancing their

careers, leading to more jobs.

Maintaining a portfolio and continually building a book is crucial, as it allows clients to see a model’s development over time, according to Yu. “It started out slow but now I’m doing [a major clothing line] shoot in July and freaking killing the game,” Rhodes said. “I’m thoroughly excited for that.”

Teenagers work in fashion modeling more often, with the average female fashion model beginning work two years earlier, at age 16, than the average male fashion model, according to The Art Career Project.

Child models begin in more commercial business shoots for clients like Target and Pottery Barn, according to Yu, who started as a child model.

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a minimum age for models because there’s always going to be a market for anyone, little kids too,” Yu said. “When you’re little, they don’t go that hard on you, so I think that any age is a good one to begin modeling.”

Child modeling is a relaxed market which changes once young models become aware themselves and their surroundings, comparing themselves to others, according to Yu. “I’ve experienced modeling as both a self-esteem building hobby, and a tough one,” Yu said.

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Both Long and Yu say they have experienced discrimination due to industry height standards.

“The only instance where one of the stereotypes rang true in my experience was a long time ago and it was with height,” Long said. “The shoot required me to be 5’9” or above and I thought that was unfair because I was 5’8” ½.”

Maintaining their looks and meeting industry standards could inhibit both Rhodes and Yu’s modeling careers.

Rhodes has leg scars from biking and skating which can distract from a “picture perfect” body.

On one occasion, he went to a job with a bad case of poison oak.

“I had it almost everywhere except my face and they wanted me to put on these pants that were kind of flowy,” Rhodes said.

“Everyone at the shoot gasped.

As a model, I’m supposed to be pristine. The scars aren’t a part of my ‘look.’”

With a standard modeling height of 5’10, Yu says her 5’7” height can prevent her from getting runway jobs, which has prepared her to seek other career plans. She credits her exposure to the modeling industry in helping her decide on a future in marketing.

“When I see all of the production that goes into shoots, it seems really cool and fun — and that’s definitely something I would want to do in addition to modeling,” Yu said. “I’d love to work on the other side.”

Despite stereotypes, Rhodes says rude or self-centered people in the modeling industry do not affect his work ethic.

“I’m the job of a moving mannequin,” Rhodes said. “I just do my job and chill. If other people have a bad personality, I just won’t work with them again.”

Yu warns that some stereotypes are unavoidable — cautioning that individuals who de-

cide to pursue modeling should be aware of the pressures to conform and meet unrealistic body standards.

“It’s more important to be healthy than to alter yourself for something,” Yu said. “It’s not worth succumbing to the pressure that exists in the modeling world. If you can stay healthy, exercise and still do modeling, then I say go for it.”

Although she has weighed her options in the past, Yu says she prioritizes school over modeling.

“I would want to take a year off school for modeling, but I don’t know if I could,” Yu said.

“School is important and modeling won’t last forever..”

Rhodes began exploring other options for his future when a modeling representation suggested he take a gap year.

“I didn’t really think of pursuing modeling because I didn’t think I could do that,” Rhodes said. “I thought that this was going to remain more of a hobby, but it could turn into a career.

That would be pretty sweet.”

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lthough the U.S. Food and Drug Administration classifies tampons and pads as medical devices, they are taxed in California, unlike bandages which are exempt from sales tax, despite also being considered medical devices.

“I feel that it is very unfair and discriminatory towards women,” junior Amelia Bulivant said. “Both products have similar purposes and are equally essential, so it’s unjust how the one that pertains specifically to women is taxed and the other one isn’t.”

Tampons, pads and other menstrual items, which are not classified as necessities, are taxed as “luxury” items in California, one of 40 states with similar tax codes.

“It’s inconsiderate to call them a luxury item,” Bulivant said.

“People are clearly ignorant to the fact that we need them. You

can’t live without them.”

Women across California are pushing for the passage of a bill, drafted by state assemblywomen Cristina Garcia (D-Bell Gardens) and Ling Ling Chang (R-Diamond Bar), to remove the sales tax on feminine hygiene products.

“It is long overdue,” Katie McCall, Human Resources Manager at the Women’s Community Clinic, said. “Any supplies that are tied to women’s menstrual cycles are necessities. It’s not something that women can opt into and out of.”

About $20 million in taxes from feminine hygiene products goes to the state annually, according to Garcia’s office.

“The $20 million is being carried by women who are getting paid 79 cents on the dollar who are often full breadwinners because they are in single family homes,” McCall said. “To layer on a biological requirement is unfair.”

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er to fight for the bill and make it known that feminine hygiene products are a necessity, according to senior Cat Heinen.

“The most effective tactic would be to contact a local congressmen or state representative to get the concern out there,” Heinen, who has discussed the issue in meetings with the oncampus Fem Alliance club, said.

To bring attention to state legislators, “Cosmopolitan” magazine created petition to end the tax, which has drawn almost 60,000 supporters. The petition is a way for minors to voice their opinions in the push to pass the bills in light of their inability to vote.

“It takes the vigilance of citizens and elected officials to make sure we are crafting fair laws,” McCall said. “Meeting the basic needs of people in our society, that’s what the government is here for, and I think feminine supplies are basic needs for women.”

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Kerry Cron, who plans to attend Butler University in Indiana in the fall, says that she is already registered to vote in her party’s California primary election and plans to stay registered as a California voter in college.

“I’m going to vote in Marin for the primary in June,” Cron said.

“The primary for my school’s state has already happened, so I definitely want to stay registered here. Otherwise, I wouldn’t be able to vote in the primary.”

Cron says that she plans to send in an absentee ballot, for individuals unable to be physically present at their state’s polls, for the general election by mail.

“I could register in Indiana, which is one of my party’s states,” Cron said. “If I voted there I would be with the majority, whereas here I’m with the minority. I think I’m going to research that more and see, because I might have more of a say if I’m voting with the majority.”

Senior Allie Kelleher, who plans to attend Purdue University in Indiana, says that she is also already registered to vote in California, and plans to vote in both the state primary and general election.

“Taking AP United States Government, I got really interested in voting and the primary is here in June, which is way before I leave for Purdue,” Kelleher said. “This is the first time I’ll be able to vote, and it’s a really interesting election, considering who is running.”

Kelleher says that she is open to meeting new people at college who have different political views from her own.

“When I visited Indiana, the people I met there had a lot of different views from mine,” Kelleher said. “I don’t think it should or would inhibit me from making friends.”

New voters should be aware that they legally cannot be registered to vote in more than one state, and that each state has different rules about registering to vote, according to history teacher Michael Stafford, who first registered as a voter in Virginia but chose to switch his voter registration while attending Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.

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s the largest generation since the baby boomers takes to the polls for this upcoming election, encouraging millennials to vote, without pressure from biased sources, takes precedence during the presidential election.

Only 40 percent of 18 to 29-year-olds voted in the 2012 presidential election, making young voters the lowest demographic, according to Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey, Number Voting and Registration Supplement.

“Why wouldn’t you vote?” senior Isabelle Armstrong said.

“It’s really easy. I signed up online really quickly, and I’m just going to go vote either by mail if I’m not in town then or just go to my local voting place, which is a block away from my house.”

Despite the low national average, 27.3 percent of eligible student voters are already registered, and 59.1 percent planned to register before May 15, according to a Broadview survey emailed to the Senior Class.

This election season brought campaign slogans of “Make America Great Again” and “Feel the Bern” in an attempt to relate to younger audiences, but media portrayal is also influencing voters’ opinions.

“This is a dog and pony show,” History department chair Michael Steinbrecher said. “It is all extremely scripted. It’s hard to study and read anything that you don’t agree with, but that’s what really makes you a scholar.

That’s the key. Educate yourself as much as you possibly can and vote, because young people vote the least.”

Comedians such as Samantha Bee use their humourous platforms to draw attention to some political issues during the election, highlighting issues from feminist opinions to immigration laws.

“I also do a lot of the Daily Show with Trevor Noah, or Samantha Bee in Full Frontal,” Armstrong said about her political information coming from more than news sources. “Comedy shows, they actually inform

ballots as a registered voter in Virginia, but chose to switch his registration to Connecticut after becoming more interested in New Haven’s local politics.

“I realized I was more concerned with stuff going on in Connecticut that I wanted to be involved in,” Stafford said. “I had an undergraduate friend in college who was running for the local city council, and I wanted to vote for him. I cared about the local issues, because in a lot of ways that was more part of my life than what was going on in Virginia.”

Stafford advises that young voters also consider voting in local elections in their home state or the state where the choose to go to college, if permitted.

“You are affected on a national level, so you want to vote nationally, but those local issues are absolutely critical,” Stafford said.

California voters can register online at http://registertovote. ca.gov/. The deadline to register is 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time on the 15th calendar day before that election, however applications after that time may still be processed for future elections.

“I think it’s nice to practice our freedom to vote,” Cron said. “We do have that freedom, so why not use it?”

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my opinion a lot more than the articles do.”

Some of the comedic hype surrounding candidates has turned this election into a joke instead serious tones defining the election, disappointing some seniors that this is their first opportunity to vote, according to Armstrong.

“I know a lot of people are excited that they can vote, but they are disappointed,” Armstrong said. “They don’t feel this is a

good year to start their voting experience. So the tone of this whole election is that we don’t feel like we have enough choice.”

Steinbrecher says that voting is crucial, even if one does not agree with all the candidates.

“I wouldn’t stay home no matter what,” Steinbrecher said. “If there is really no one from the Republican or Democratic parties or the third party Libertar-

ians, vote for the state and city stuff. You’ve got to vote.”

Seniors’ new ability to vote may be overwhelming, but the privilege needs to be utilized, according to Armstrong.

“I think that a lot of students aren’t going to vote or just vote for whatever and think that their vote doesn’t matter, which is concerning in our political atmosphere,” Armstrong said. “It is so important to vote.”

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lying to a new state will be the first step of freshman year for over two-thirds of this year’s graduating class. Although the onset of living in a new state, along with new schedules and friends, may be overwhelming, such experiences offer new perspectives and development of independence.

“Originally, I thought I had only wanted to go to California schools, but then I started researching and fell in love with a bunch of out of state schools,” senior Isabella Coolins, who will be attending the University of Alabama next fall, said. “Location didn’t really matter in the end.

When I visited, it felt really comfortable and natural.”

The feeling of being on campus is usually separate from geographical location, according to Madison Riehle (’15), who will be transferring from Holy Cross College to the neighboring University of Notre Dame in Indiana after successfully completing a special transfer program. But, for other students, locations still dictated their college searches.

“College is an excellent time to experience a different part of the country,” Sarah Niehaus (‘15), who attends Brown University in Rhode Island and focused her college search on East Coast schools, said.

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few short months after senior Makena House leaves the gates of the Flood Mansion in her floorlength white dress, her sister Peyton House will enter the very same gates, dressed in a burgundy sweater and gray skirt.

Makena, who will be attending the University of Wisconsin in the fall, applied to colleges as her younger sister applied to high schools.

“There were a lot of times when we were studying at the same time and working on standardized tests,” Makena said.

“That gave us a valuable understanding of what the other was going through.”

Bonding with Makena over their similar sources of stress, Peyton also benefited from matriculating into the same high school as her older sister.

“I could always ask Makena questions because I knew she went through the same thing four years ago,” Peyton said. “She also shared things about her high school experience, how she loved

it and how she thought that it would be a perfect place for me.”

Undergoing parallel situations, from the application process to starting next year at new schools, will allow sisters to bond more, according to Nora Hanak, who will be attending Loyola University Chicago next year while her younger sister Ava Hanak will attend St. Ignatius College Preparatory.

“We have a level of sympathy for each other,” Nora said.

“We both had the same mindset of giving our best in our applications.”

Having an older sister can allow younger sisters to gain insight into the high school application process as well as attend college visits.

“Nora gave me advice such as keeping calm and staying focused to accomplish work ahead of time,” Ava said.

When it came time for decisions, the sisters helped one another out.

“I actually told Makena I thought Wisconsin was the best fit for her before she had narrowed down her choices,” Peyton

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said. “I knew she would really fit in there.”

Older sisters remained more neutral and allowed their younger sisters to make the decisions themselves, according to Nora.

“I left it open ended on where she should go to school,” Nora said. “There are so many great options, and we are different people looking for different things.”

Although the siblings will be experiencing similar stages in their lives, being apart will lead to missed moments.

“I wish I could be there for the little things, like the first day of school, but I think it will be even more exciting when I come home,” Nora said. “We’ll definitely have some FaceTime sessions. It’ll be exciting but tough not being around each other for the first time.”

With both older sisters attending college out of state, the distance will cause the pairs to grow closer, according to Peyton.

“It’ll be weird being an only child and not having anyone else in the house,” Ava said. “But, it will also be nice to have alone time.”

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“Look beyond the glossy brochure, dig deeper and know how to be successful,” Bailey said. “This transition is a big step, especially for people who have made the decision to move far away from home. A lot of times it boils down to communication and planning.”

Moving to a different state, and even coast, can present differences in culture.

“The people, food, political views and atmosphere — everything is completely different down there, especially compared to here,” Coolins said. “With southern hospitality, a lot of people open their arms to you. The family of my cousin’s roommate offered their home to us, which is different because if you live here, some people aren’t really open to having strangers in their house.”

Such differences lead to more diverse conversations in the classroom, exposing students to new perspectives and challenging their original way of thinking, according to Riehle.

“In high school, it was easy to just say your opinion, and you knew someone wasn’t going to go against it,” Riehle, who has encountered students who didn’t share her views on evolution or same sex marriage, said. “Whereas in Indiana, I find myself holding back. I never expected that people had such conservative beliefs. I couldn’t understand their opinions and accept their thinking.”

Riehle says she has changed some of her opinions through intelligent conversations with different people and being open to new ideas.

“You are much more challenged than you are in high school in terms of figuring out what you are going to say and what you believe in,” Riehle said. “In defending my opinion and learning others, I feel like I have a much more defined set of beliefs.”

Attending college far from home can cause challenges during rough times, and homesickness can become more pronounced, according to Bailey. Some colleges bring in parents if students have experienced trauma or accidents.

“Success for students going far away is in talking to your parents about all the what ifs that are going to happen,” Bailey said. “So, ‘How often do you plan on coming home? What would we do if something happens? Do I have a doctor or healthcare provider?’”

Due to expenses and travel time, some students only visit home during longer holidays like winter break.

“On my long weekends, people who live closeby go home and I don’t, which is fine because I get a lot of work done,” Niehaus said. “One thing now is trying to get storage for the summer while a lot of my friends who live near Brown are just moving all their stuff home with their parents.”

Distance from family, including dealing with time changes for calls or missing home cooked meals, builds self-reliance and character, according to Riehle.

“When you’re on campus, you don’t think about the fact that it’s 20 degrees with windchill because it’s so beautiful, and you’re just so happy to be there,” Riehle said.

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orking toward careers from archeology to engineering, many graduating seniors have already declared their majors, yet some are still unsure of what they want to do.

Jillian Cardamon, who plans to major in physics at Harvey Mudd College in the fall, says she has wanted to pursue a profession in the field since before the age of eight.

“I spent a lot of time with my grandmother when I was younger, and she had a pass to the Chabot Space & Science Center in the East Bay,” Cardamon said.

“Every Friday night, my sister, my grandmother and I would go there and watch movies and look through telescopes and the exhibits. I just fell in love with it.”

Cardamon says that she chose to enroll in Harvey Mudd with her future profession in mind, and that she has worked towards her career goals both inside and outside of high school, participating in school physics courses, reading physics books and watching physics lectures.

“This year I’ve taken AP Physics, as well as continued reading astronomy and theoretical physics textbooks that I have at home,” Cardamon said. “High school has made me refine what particular area of physics I want to go into, because there’s a lot of breadth.”

Jennifer Quillen, who plans to study archeology at George Washington University, says her experiences as a child also influenced her professional goals at a young age.

“My grandpa used to show me the History Channel all the time, and I really loved watching it,” Quillen said. “I always found history interesting, but I wanted to actively go find it, so archeology seemed like the way to do that.”

Despite Quillen’s interest in archeology, she says that her choice of college was based on other factors, such as location and study abroad opportunities.

“George Washington is one of the few schools that actually has my major, but I did not choose my school based on the major — that was just an added bonus,” Quillen said. “Otherwise,

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Unlike Cardamon and Quillen, many students have not decided on a career choice before going into college, according to College Counseling Director Rebecca Munda. Some seniors, like Angelica Scott, who has enrolled undeclared in Santa Clara University, plan to use their undergraduate education as an opportunity to explore different careers.

“I know that I want to do something with science, math or engineering because I am not

interested in the liberal arts majors,” Scott said.

Scott says she hopes that taking different college courses in the subjects she is interested in will help discover what kind of professional job she wants to hold.

“I think going to college and being able to have a variety of classes to pick from and exploring different majors and options will help with narrowing down exactly what I want to do,” Scott said. “Since I’m an athlete, I have priority classes. I can take any class that I want, so that will

help with narrowing down my major.”

Regardless of whether or not the soon-to-be freshmen have chosen a profession, Munda recommends that they visit their campus’s career development office.

“Career development offices will help you with your resumé, interviewing skills and getting internships,” Munda said. “This is all free and is part of your tuition. They can really help direct you toward job opportunities that relate to your professional interests.”

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Senior Lily Ross, who has worked in retail at Y & I and Liv Fashion Boutique for the past year and a half, is learning about responsibilities that come with jobs.

“Retail is hard because you get a lot of responsibility and a lot of criticism,” Ross said. “You’re given tasks to do in a period of time, so it’s really showing your responsibility and time management.”

Ross says she plans to major in education, but intends to keep her options open, similar to 80 percent of college students in the country who change their majors before they graduate, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. Her first jobs in retail, and the skills that she learned, can help her later if she decides to change career paths.

“Going into elementary education has been my dream,” Ross said. “After having all this retail experience, I think marketing and the fashion industry are really cool, so I definitely want to keep those in mind if I don’t find a home in teaching.”

Before finding a career in education, teachers’ first jobs ranged

from playing in bands to bookkeeping as librarians.

Retiring history chair Michael Steinbrecher first worked as a member in a high school band, playing guitar for shows almost every weekend. Steinbrecher says that although playing guitar and teaching history do not directly correlate, he learned many

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lessons from his first job that affected how he went about his career.

“I learned from an old musician ‘as you practice, as you play,’” Steinbrecher said about his work in the band. “His point was when you’re practicing at home, take it seriously. Don’t just noodle around or just play on the couch when the TV’s on, but seriously practice.”

Steinbrecher says that first jobs also allowed him to learn and understand workplace etiquette, which helped him when he started his first teaching jobs.

“No one’s going to graduate from college and be handed the key to the executive suite,” Stein-

brecher said. “There’s a lot of grunt work involved. On the way there, plan your work, and work your plan and make it happen.

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It’s your future.”

After playing in a band, Steinbrecher was a grave digger at a local cemetery every summer throughout college, which also taught him about what it meant to join a union and to earn the minimum wage of $3.50 an hour. Steinbrecher’s varied jobs gave him a wider perspective of the workforce.

“The cemetery was easy because all jokes aside, you don’t have to deal with the customers— they’re dead,” Steinbrecher said. “But playing in the band was a lot different because you had to deal with people.”

Earning money is one motivation for working, but other reasons can include the learning experience that comes with job practice. English teacher Julia Arce worked in her campus library during college, which she says helped get experience.

“Be willing to do unpaid things and try things,” Arce said.

“Just try things in life.”

Keeping an open mind in the job market can allow for mentorship, according to Arce.

“It’s definitely taught me so much about responsibility,” Ross said. “Just being able to pick things up fast and also working on your toes and working with people, I’ve gained a lot of people skills, and I think that’s really important.”

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‘Promposals’ go beyond tradition Prom date hopefuls used out-of-the-box techniques to pop the question.

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rom the stereotypical poster and flowers to a live musical wperformance, high school students entered the “promposal season,” finding creative ways to ask their dates to prom — but “going stag” remained an ever-present option for some.

“Going to prom is a rite of passage,” junior Mackenzie Maly, who promposed and brought her boyfriend of over one year, said.

“I think it’s fun to have someone to go with, but part of why prom is such a big deal is because of the tradition of bringing a date.”

Prom-asks have been coined “promposals,” and the Internet is home to a wide variety of promposal videos and pictures.

“Part of the fun of taking a date to prom is the promposal,” senior Laura Herren, who was promposed to at the Community Art Show, said.

Seventy-five percent of prom “couples” who attended the Convent & Stuart Hall prom were initiated by a promposal, according to the survey.

In many instances, the asker holds a sign with a clever saying.

In other instances, promposals exceed a simple sign or bouquet of flowers.

Senior Dante Cheung, who asked Herren to prom, did so

after he sang “Kiss the Girl” with the Acahallers, the Stuart Hall a cappella group, at the art show and performance in the Syufy Theatre in front of attendees including students, faculty and families. After the song, he brought out signs spelling “PROM?” with a bouquet of flowers, saying into the mic, “Laura, I’d be really jazzed if you went to prom with me.”

“It’s punny, because I’m in Jazz Band and he sings a cappella,” Herren said.

The average West Coast family spent $596 on prom night in 2015, according to Visa’s Plan’It Prom app, which claims to help its users budget and manage prom spending and collect information on users’ spending habits.

The app, which considers the costs of attire, transportation, tickets, accessories, memorabilia, food and other expenses, considered promposal costs for the first time in 2015. Promposal expenses alone raised the regional spending numbers by an average of $324.

“It was established that we were going together,” Maly said about waiting to be asked to prom by her boyfriend before she took the initiative to ask him herself, “but the promposal is such a big part of going to prom, and so I had been waiting.”

Students dieting for prom

A Facebook group page was activated in order for all students to post videos and pictures of their promposals.

The Facebook promposal videos inspired others to ask their potential prom dates in out-ofthe-box and unique ways, according to junior Alex McDonald.

“I liked that ‘likes’ meant votes, because that’s when you saw people trying really crazy ways of asking,” McDonald said.

The promposal Facebook post with the most likes won two free tickets to prom, a $120 value.

“I don’t know if it’s the best idea to have the people with the most likes win the free tickets because that sort of makes it a popularity contest,” Herren, whose promposal won with the most likes, said.

Forty-two percent of “promposers” who asked their dates to prom said they felt pressured to plan and execute a good promposal, according to the survey.

Promposing is seen as something that one should want to do, according to McDonald.

“The weird thing is that nobody ever stresses out about getting a date for any of the other dances,” Maly said. “So why is it such a big deal for prom? It’s just another dance.”

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VICTORY Seniors Laura Herren and Dante Cheung won the promposal competition in which Student Council awarded the couple two free tickets to prom. The winner had the most video likes on the Facebook page “Knights and Cubs Promposal Contest.”

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s the tally poster at the top of the Marble Stairs counting down the days until prom decreased, so did the daily caloric intake of a handful of juniors and seniors eager to fit into their dresses.

Twenty-seven percent of upperclassmen reported changing their eating habits and 21 percent of upperclassmen said they changed their exercise regimens in preparation for prom, according to a Broadview survey.

“I don’t normally exercise unless I go to my dance class,” junior Sophia Hettenkofer said. “I was noticing that I wasn’t really happy with how my body looked and my arms looked really flabby so I went to my dance teacher and she instructed me with certain arm and core exercises.”

Some students change their diet or exercise routines by going to the gym more often, signing up for Soul Cycle classes or cutting down on sugar and carbohydrates, according to the survey.

“I’m dieting because I want to fit into my dress and I want

to look good, but the only thing that I’m really doing to ‘diet’ is having salads for lunch,” junior Ana Paula Louie-Grover said.

“It’s only for one meal a day which is working fine.”

While some students are using prom as an incentive to become more fit or eat healthier, small changes can lead to “yo-yo” or crash dieting, an extreme shift in daily eating habits, according to dietician Katie Morford.

“It cannot be good for your body,” Morford said about crash diets. “The bigger issue is what it can do to your mind. It can kind of set you up for feelings of deprivation which sometimes result in binge eating or certain disordered thinking.”

Despite the substantial percentage of upperclassmen who have altered their diets and exercise programs, nobody was willing to identify herself in the anonymous survey that required school email addresses in order to participate, other than LouieGrover and Hettenkofer.

Rather than being embarrassed about wanting to feel good, students should move away from the idea of dieting

and exercise in a way that makes them happy, and in a way that does not involve any extreme changes to a daily regimen, according to Morford.

“I think that just doing a little bit of exercise everyday just changes so much because you start being really aware of your body,” Hettenkofer said. ”If you put it with positive reinforcement, you’re going to want to do it more and then you find out that it’s actually really fun.”

Dieting with an end goal of looking good for one night is an unhealthy mindset that can result in binge eating as soon as the event is over — gaining the weight back and then some — according to Morford.

“There’s nothing wrong with saying ‘You know, I really wanna feel good around prom,’” Morford said. “But rather than focusing on ‘I wanna be skinny,’ focus on ‘I wanna feel good for prom.’

It’s almost like a feel-good diet.

To me, the feel-good diet is feeding your body and exercising in a way that’s wholesome and healthy and fuels your body and your brain.”

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Exercise method raises the barre Ballet-type workouts provide low-impact exercise.

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emale soccer players from the United States Women’s National Team made headlines for filing a wage discrimination complaint against the United States Soccer Federation, claiming they are not fairly compensated compared to their male counterparts.

“A lot of young girls look up to the women’s national soccer team, and to see that women who inspire them are fighting for a cause like equal pay and working to level the playing field is great,” soccer team co-captain Delaney Moslander said.

Hope Solo, Carli Lloyd, Becky Sauerbrunn, Alex Morgan and Megan Rapinoe filed the complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, citing they earn as little as 40 percent of the men’s soccer team’s wages, despite their team’s third World Cup win last summer.

“What equal employment laws look at is the comparability of the work,” Andrea Johnson, an Equal Justice Works Fellow at the National Women’s Law Center, said. “If the men and the women are both playing soccer,

then they should be compensated similarly.”

U.S. Soccer justified the pay disparity by saying the men generate much more annual income than the women and that the viewer and revenue statistics the players used in their complaint was “cherry-picked from an extremely successful season to draw broad conclusions.”

“Their lawsuit is totally justifiable because the women are paid so much less than the men even when the women’s team wins consistently more than the men’s team does,” Moslander said.

Women standing up for issues they strongly believe in is inspiring and a demonstration of strength and of the influence of women in our society, according to outside defender Rosie Morford.

“I’m a soccer player and so are they — we’re all girls, which I think kind of bonds us,” Morford said. “When I see someone like Carli Lloyd or Alex Morgan sticking up for themselves, it inspires me to do the same for myself and know that that is okay.”

Male and female teams do have different pay structures, with the men following a payto-play system and the women receiving a consistent salary with benefits — a condition the

women negotiated for. The differing methods of pay is another reason U.S. Soccer claims the women are being fairly compensated.

In friendly matches, a man earns $5,000 for a loss and as much as $17,000 for a win, whereas a woman earns a mere $1,350 — but only if her team wins.

“The fact that someone agreed to a certain wage and even if they negotiated for it, if it is a discriminatory wage, that is not a defense,” Johnson said. “The whole idea of negotiation is an issue because women tend not to negotiate as much as men, which employers know and often take advantage of.”

Women are generally not comfortable to discuss wages, leading to many pay inequities that are never mentioned simply because they do not ever think to ask what a man’s salary would be, according to Johnson.

“Given America’s past history with issues like this, I don’t think it’s 100 percent at all that they’ll win their lawsuit,” Moslander said. “But I have hope because seeing their passion and their drive to do what they see as right is so inspiring. No win or loss changes that.”

Junior selected as league MVP Soccer player elected by all coaches in Bay Counties League South to receive award.

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unior Ally Arora has been playing soccer since kindergarten, so it’s no surprise that she took over the BCL Central League this season and won league MVP. Arora led the league in goals and assists with 17 goals and 5 assists, according to MaxPreps.

“She adds that competitive edge that some of those younger players tend to lack because of lack of experience,” varsity soccer coach Ricardo Azucena said.

“She adds that element of playing aggressive and not quitting and having the willingness to work hard.”

Arora plays club soccer for Athena White during the fall and spring, and has played for the team since the fifth grade.

“Playing club has helped me because I learn to play with different people and adapt to their different skills,” Arora said.

“Practicing different skills with

different coaches teaches you a variety of ways to get the ball up the field.”

Azucena credits her success to staying healthy after an injuryplagued sophomore season, according to Azucena.

“She definitely matured from last year and that is always a big plus ARORA in any sport,” Azucena said. “As you get older, you get more experience, and she is definitely one of those players who is hungry to do better and work harder.”

Arora is a two-sport athlete who plays varsity basketball during the winter.

“Because of basketball season, I am in shape for soccer,” Arora said. “Having coordination on the court helps me have coordination on the field defensively because you use the same skills.”

The center forward credits her family and teammates for her accomplishments this season.

“My family has always been there by coming to all my games and driving me everywhere,” Arora said. “The greatest support system has been my teammates with their great passes and connections on and off the field.”

Although Arora was not a captain on the team this year, but she acted as a strong role model for the underclassmen.

“We had great leaders last year and I wanted to try and follow in their footsteps,” Arora said.

“I have created really good relationships with the younger girls and it betters our chemistry on the field as well.”

MVP is decided by the coaches of all the teams in the league.

“It’s a huge honor and privilege,” Arora said. “It shows the work I have put into the sport and that I am a valuable player to my teammates and coaches.”

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thletes interested in a supplemental workout and teenagers looking for a low-impact exercise are increasingly turning to workouts that look more like a ballet class than a traditional routine.

Created by ballet dancer Lotte Berk in London in the 1950s, barre workouts utilize the ballet barre for support and resistance.

“It focuses on all aspects of your body,” junior Grace Lachman, who has been attending classes at the Bar Method, one of the many franchises, since seventh grade, said. “You start with your arms, you do core, you do legs — you do everything.”

Barre workouts typically target muscles to create a dancer-type physique. Unlike other cardio-based workouts, barre workouts use small, controlled isometric movements to develop smaller muscles, according to Lauren Fike, owner of the West Portal Pure Barre studio.

“It’s tiny little movements where we keep firing from that specific muscle group throughout that whole exercise,” Fike said. “We stretch everything out in between to create long lean muscles.”

The typically hour-long classes start out with a warm up, then work muscles in the arms and legs followed by stretches and finish with core work before a cool down stretch.

“I really noticed a big difference in my muscles and how much stronger I got from this particular workout,” Lachman, who dances at City Ballet, said.

“My dancing improved a lot from it.”

Besides dancers and gymnasts, barre workouts can ben-

efit runners and athletes who have sustained injuries from high impact sports, according to Fike.

“Pure Barre compliments those kinds of athletes in that it’s low impact,” Fike said. “We are helping build those small muscle fibers to help support joints.”

Cross-training, training in more than one sport to improve performance and fitness, is one of the best ways to prevent injury and is important for any athlete, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics. Most sports injuries are due to overuse and can be prevented by stretching, as well as conditioning and strengthening muscles.

“It would be the perfect balance with cardio, cycling or running,” senior Lily Ross, who exercises at Cardio Barre, another barre studio, said.

“We do a lot of stretching in the classes and it really helps with muscle building, but also muscle stretching and muscle relief.”

The classes of about 15 people are usually dominated by female clientele.

“You’re stretching and doing a lot of things that are challenging and I feel like I can push myself more because there are only women around,” Ross said. “You feel welcomed and there is no judgement at all.”

Barre studios help improve the confidence of their clients by setting goals for each individual, according to Fike.

From endorphin release to building community, barre workouts strive to be an enjoyable and beneficial form of exercise.

“You feel refreshed and motivated afterwards,” Lachman said. “I always feel more confident and better about myself.”

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GRIN & BARRE IT Clients leave Pure Barre on West Portal after their workout class. Barre classes have recently undergone a resurgence in popularity across the country.

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A BIT OF FIT Visual Arts department chair Rachel McIntire tracks her Fitbit progress on her computer during a lunch period. Fitbit data can be viewed on any device it gets synced to.

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aculty members from each of the four schools and Central Services are competing with each other throughout the month of May as part of a Fitbit Challenge through the Wellness Program, designed to encourage faculty members’ healthy habits.

Participants received Fitbits, a device which counts how many steps the user takes and records them online or on their mobile device, on April 28, two days before the fifth Wellness Challenge commenced, according to Human Resources Director Juli Devincenzi. In the past they have done walking challenges with pedometers.

“The idea behind it is to really get our employees to be thinking about how they’re taking care of themselves,” Devincenzi said.

The school provided participants with basic-level Fitbits, the Fitbit Zip, though faculty members could upgrade to a more advanced Fitbit and pay the cost

difference themselves.

“This is my first Fitbit,” Visual Arts department chair Rachel McIntire, who is participating in the competition for Convent High School, said. “The only other tracker that I’ve used is on my phone. I really dislike having my phone on me at all times, so I’m really looking forward to that option of having a tracker on an individual device.”

The Broadway campus has over 10 flights of stairs, making it easy for participants to have high daily averages.

“We all exercise on some level, and our campus presents so many lovely steps for us to walk,” McIntire said.“We haven’t done a walking challenge in a while, but it’s a popular one because it’s easy for everyone to be engaged.”

The Fitbit app ranks each participant by the number of steps they take against other competitors. Each member’s steps goes towards his or her division school’s total steps to determine a winner between the five divisions.

“I’m really competitive,” Associate Athletic Director Cody Lee Fusco, who is competing for Convent Elementary School, said. “It’s good for me to see where everybody else is. The app has us ranked, so being able to say ‘Okay, I’m going to beat this person today,’ really encourages me to exercise more.”

The staff ’s goal is to virtually walk to the Himalayas, with the participants climbing different mountain ranges including Mt. Everest.

“The goal is achievable especially since there is this whole competition factor,” Fusco said.

“A lot of people will use that as motivation to walk as far as they can and get lots of steps in.”

The competition ends on May 27.

“We’ve got a huge amount of interest here and we’ve got a really healthy and active community to begin with,” Devincenzi said. “It’s great to see them so enthusiastic about this type of activity.”

SPORTS STATS • SPORTS STATS • SPORTS STATS • SPORTS STATS • SPORTS STATS • SPORTS STATS

SOCCER

3/16 v Drew: 0-3 3/22 v S.Domenico: 1-7 3/24 v Bay: 0-6 4/2 v Bentley: 3-7 4/7 v Athenian: 0-2 4/14 v International: 5-3 4/19 v Pescadero: 7-1 4/21 v Gateway: 1-0 4/26 v Waldorf: 6-0 4/28 v Drew: 0-5

5/3 v Drew (Playoff Game): 1-3

FENCING

3/15 v Galileo: 6-3 3/21 v Urban: 7-2 3/22 v Lincoln: 6-3 4/16 Fencing City Championship: 1st Place All-Girls Team

BADMINTON

3/19 v International: 4-1 4/21 v Drew: 3-2 4/27 v University: 2-3 4/28 v Lick-Wilmerding: 2-3 5/3 v Athenian: 5-0 5/5 v California Crosspoint: 2-3

SAILING

4/2 & 4/3 Little Daddy Regatta: 9th out of 24 4/9 & 4/10 Stanford Invitational: 1st out of 16 4/16 & 4/17 Gold Fleet Pacific Coast Championships: 15th out of 22 Overall: 15th in the state

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lthough half of the Convent and Stuart Hall fencing team were first-time competitors, it exceptionally wrapped up the season, winning the Fencing City Championship for the second consecutive year and having the only sophomore captain of any spring sport place first in the All-State Invitational.

“It was exciting and relieving when I found out I won yet again,” two-time All-State champion Erika Wong said. “I was kind of in shock because all of the year’s work was showing itself and my work was paying off.”

Co-captain Bea Gee placed second in All-State, also for the second year in a row.

“Fencing is great because it is a physical and mental game,” Gee said. “It’s almost like physical chess — you need to be strategic and, at the same time, be active and fit.”

Gee and Wong, along with co-captain April Matsumoto, helped teach new fencers a wide range of moves and attacks, including straight thrust and touch

— allowing them to score points during matches.

“This is my first year fencing, so I didn’t know much about the sport before,” freshman Sydney Caba said. “All the other more experienced members of the team, especially the captains, have been so helpful teaching everyone this year.”

Daily practices let the team grow with skill and as a community, contributing to its success and undefeated season, according to Matsumoto.

“This year we were successful in every match, but no matter whether we were losing or winning, everyone was supportive of each other,” Matsumoto said.

“We would cheer on whoever was up, so we would have everyone cheer for that one person and when they were done, we would cheer for the next person.”

With no seniors — and no one expected to leave — the team expects to continue its success next season.

“We have a really good system that we want to keep up,” Matsumoto said. “We are hoping for a repeat next year.”

TRACK & FIELD

3rd in all meets NCS begins 5/21

SWIMMING

3/16 v Lick: 30-121 3/23 v University: 25-73 4/13 v San Domenico: 68-91 4/27 v Urban,

International, Drew: Convent 61-Urban 81, Convent 68-International 85,Convent 84-Drew 52 5/7 BAC Swim C’ships: Anna Doggett 100 Free 3rd Place Overall, Masha Kozlova 100 Breast 11th Place Overall, Bella Kearney 100 Free 9th

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Fencers finish top in city, state.

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Waiting for winning

Fans must be patient for ‘golden teams.’

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hether a fan of sports or not, much of the nation has been witness to the historic season Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors have put on. The team’s success is like a new baby that fans are keeping a watchful eye on.

The Warriors had a 23-43 record during the 2011-12 season and produced their first winning record in five years in the 2012-13 season.

They are now the reigning NBA Champions and highly favored to have back to back championships.

San Francisco 49ers fans are now feeling the same disappointment that Warriors fans felt four years ago. After three historic seasons and reaching the Super Bowl, the 49ers now have trouble filling the brand new Levi’s Stadium as they continue to produce losses.

Yet, true fans are there through both the winning and the losing. They have hope that things will turn around and teams will be great again or for the first time because of athletes like Curry.

In the midst of another disappointing season, Curry published a tweet in 2011: “Promise to all the Warrior fans...we will figure this thing out... if it’s the last thing we do we will figure it out.”

I remember racing home from school or practices to watch Warriors games when I was younger, even though I knew they probably would not win. I did it because I knew all the players and loved the sport, so it never really mattered if they won.

If one does not remember the times when her favorite team struggled, then she is someone who falters when times get hard. She is a fairweathered fan who jumps on the bandwagon of successful teams and what is most popular.

It is important to stick with a team — or even a passion — because one can learn and experience events that can improve them as an athlete and a person. Curry’s shot and the Warriors winning ways are clear examples of things that did not happen overnight.

Being successful is a process. Fans, players and people overall cannot hope for triumph overnight, but must understand that it comes with time and patience.

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Girls going ‘doe’

Why?

Girls pressured to find a date to prom.

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hile most juniors and seniors attended the enchanted evening-themed prom Saturday night, some decided to stay home due to their lack of a date.

For some teens, finding a date for prom can be even more important than finding the perfect dress, but the embarrassment and humiliation that some teens face by not having a date can be harmful to girls’ confidence and self esteem.

Prom is not simply a formal dance to commemorate the end of the school year, but for many is an important tradition up to par with many weddings. Promthemed banter, planning and worrying can be heard around school for months prior to the big day, and the stress of logistics can even surmount concerns of finals and AP testing.

The growing popularity of elaborate “promposals,” the often extravagant proposal to take a date to prom, further evokes the growing social standard of going to prom with a date, usually of the opposite sex. But as the tradition becomes more integral to the high school

experience, many are left to feel excluded from the festivities if they choose to go without a date.

Being part of an all girls community, we are often encouraged to exert our independence and potential without the direction of harmful and exclusionary stereotypes to guide us. While “going stag” may not be the ultimate testament to these values, girls should not be pressured into feeling like they must attend with a date to have a fun and fulfilled experience at prom.

The various lists of “Who goes with whom” and Facebook promposal groups that make their rounds throughout school, while harmless in their intentions, elevate the significance of attending prom as a couple and isolate those who want or are going to attend prom alone.

This social ideal can lead to a negative mindset for girls who do not have a date for prom and jeopardize their decision to attend and enjoy the night on their own.

In some cases, the desperation of finding a date can become so severe that teens will turn to friends of friends or people

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Are you sure?

I am going to prom ...ALONE

We could take you

You don’t have to do this

It’s ok.

I can fix this.

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they do not know personally just to attend prom with a date.

While there is no right or wrong way to attend prom, whether a girl attends as half of a couple or on her own, the event should be a celebration of community, not an opportunity for rejection and social isolation.

Prom is an opportunity to put your best self forward and enjoy one another before the school year concludes, and it

should not be distorted with negative social standards made to exclude those who refrain from conforming. In order to fulfill the values of community and inclusion instilled in us as students of the Sacred Heart, it is important to support our peers in whatever prom path they choose to take so that they can become confident, independent and positive individuals.

Whether you attend by yourself or with a date, we want you there.

SHOULD FEMININE HYGIENE PRODUCTS BE TAXED?

“Tampons should not be taxed because it’s a necessity. It’s upsetting when there is a tax on necessities because they don’t have a choice to buy it or not.”

— Laura Mogannam, freshman

“It’s very unfair and it’s not something that can be controlled.

It shouldn’t be seen as a luxury.

But the fact that people recognize there is unfair taxing shows that people are trying to fix it, which is good.” ­— Julia Alvarez, sophmore

“It’s dumb because why should a woman have to pay for their needs? Why is Viagra not taxed and tampons are taxed? That sounds like sex is necessary and tampons aren’t.” ­— Gabby Tom, sophomore

“I do not think it’s fair because it isn’t like women want to have their periods. Honestly, it needs to be changed.”

— Caroline Salveson, junior

“I don’t think it’s fair because the rights of women are being determined by majority old white men and they can’t relate to anything on a personal level.”

— Abby Dolan, senior

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Coming to America

Stereotypes don’t tell the story.

ince when has a wall been able to withstand human will?”

Journalist and undocumented immigrant Jose Antonio Vargas posed the question at the National Scholastic Press Association/Journalism Education Association convention in April, referencing presidential candidate Donald Trump’s proposed U.S.Mexico border wall, but it reminds me of my own journey and the journey of our entire country.

When my parents legally immigrated to America for high school and college, they did so with the hope of providing better opportunities for future generations. All that I have is a result of the sacrifices they endured.

From our founding fathers to our next door neighbors, America is built on the toil and work of immigrants. The United States is a land of immigrants and to be American is to be a part of the American dream we all hope for, a dream built on hard work and shown through success and freedom.

Yet, today the word “immigrant” is looked down upon and, at times, exclusively associated to certain races and stereotypes. Singling out immigrants by ethnicity, most often individuals of Hispanic descent, is inaccurate just as invalidating the existence and work of an-

other human being by labeling them “illegal” is unacceptable.

Now more than ever we must be cognizant of our counterparts and their stories, rather than generalize and silence them. This is especially true with the potential passage of the DREAM (Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors) Act, which would grant certain undocumented immigrants conditional and even permanent residency, and the potential unfreezing and expansion of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, allowing undocumented immigrants who entered the country before their 16th birthday to obtain a two-year work permit and avoid deportation.

Hearing Vargas, and reflecting on the stories I have heard about my own family, I know that the immigrant story is one of toil and sacrifice — driven by love and hope. Most importantly, it should be a story of pride.

American novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote in “The Great Gatsby,” “Tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther…. So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”

Perhaps our past is best left behind, or perhaps it makes us who we are. Regardless, we must beat on, continuing on a path of acceptance and striving for understanding.

1. Seniors graduate Friday.

2. California bill proposes for 16 and 17 year-olds to vote in school district elections.

3. Google submitted 13 emojis to represent women doing more than painting their nails.

4. MIT biologists developed a potential “antiaging” pill.

5. Pope Francis is establishing a commission to study the feasibility of female deacons.

1. Everyone else has nine more days of school.

2. They still have to be 18 to vote in national elections.

3. Sexist still reigns in tech industry.

4. Do you really want Grandma to look as good as you?

5. Not all women are convinced there will be a change.

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Make America think again

WHAT QUALITY SHOULD A PRESIDENT HAVE?

Presidential candidate’s supporters disregard facts.

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passionate crowd of over 31,000 people at the Pacific Amphitheater in Costa Mesa, California suddenly appeared on my television screen one afternoon. Was Ariana Grande in town?

Was Led Zeppelin having another reunion tour? Did John Lennon resurrect from the dead? I asked myself all these questions until I saw a 6’2” man in a tailored suit with perfectly coiffed blonde hair take the stage — then it all made sense.

Republican delegate leader Donald Trump was the most talked about candidate from July to mid-October, hogging 40 to 50 percent of the coverage of all 16 Republican primary candidates at the time, according to the Internet Archive’s Closed Caption Database.

Trump mainly garnered the extensive media attention for his speeches — outlined with eccentric, ambitious plans and shameless jeers repeatedly shoved into simplistic phrases.

Starting with immigration, Trump notoriously vows to shut off the borders from all illegal immigrants by having Mexico pay for a wall separating the two countries and cracking down on deportation of undocumented immigrants currently living in the United States.

Despite his stance on immigration,

Trump hides that his crown jewel, the Trump Tower, was built off the backs of about 200 undocumented Polish workers who worked 12-hour shifts seven days a week for $4 to $5 an hour and with no overtime, according to Pulitzer Prize-winning fact-checking website Politifact.

But his supporters ignore that fact as they gladly accept his words as pretty little packages of understanding as claimed to a cheering crowd in Dayton, Ohio that, “our jobs are being sucked away, our military can’t beat ISIS… our borders are like Swiss cheese.”

Trump fuels his supporters with the fire of their nativist sentiments who believe that undocumented immigrants “steal their jobs” and they are the ones who suffer for “working honestly.”

But the paranoia is not limited to immigration. Trump issued a hard stance on gun control in relation to mass shootings by stating that “it’s not a gun problem, it’s a mental illness problem.”

Fewer than five percent of the 120,000 gun-related killings in the United States between 2001 and 2010 were perpetrated by people diagnosed with mental illness, according to the National Center for Health Statistics.

Trump’s supporters, however, could not care less as they eat up everything they want to hear from the palm of the

Republican primary candidate’s hand.

Supporters believe our nation is too “politically correct.” American politics has been marred with false promises, empty speeches and, since Trump is seen as a “political outsider,” he has embodied himself as the absolute deviation from the stereotypical American politician.

Trump is also self-financing approximately 71 percent of his campaign — revealing that he does not need to cater to any special interest groups for funds. This does not matter as much in retrospect, as Democratic primary candidate Hillary Clinton has raised around $155 million more than Trump.

However, over the course of his campaign, Trump has earned close to $2 billion worth of media attention — about twice the net price of the most expensive presidential campaigns in history, according to The New York Times.

The truth is there are very few people who have an ambivalent position on Donald Trump or Clinton as the undecided vote currently against the two sums up to a measly 8.4 percent, according to HuffPost Pollster.

The general election has a clear view of a divided country — possibly redefining our national identity as a whole.

Trump has nothing to lose in a country that can lose it all.

Do we have to put him back together?

Trumpty Dumpty sat on a wall...

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“Selflessness because they are representing a whole country so they can’t think about their own needs, rather everyone elses.”

— Emma Blaza, sophomore

“Honesty is an important quality for a president to have, and someone who wants to stand up for what people believe in.”

— Mackenzie Maly, junior

“A good speaker — someone who is experienced in many fields and isn’t primarily wealthy, who can relate to the middle and lower classes, instead of just the top one percent.” ­— Kerry Cron, senior

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“Respectful not only to the people they work with, but the country’s citizens and people internationally which will affect the way people see America.”

— Isis Boivin, freshman

Announcement prompts reflection

Attorney General addresses unrest in North Carolina.

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ttorney General Loretta Lynch’s announcement last Monday was not only notable for its declaration that the Department of Justice plans to sue North Carolina over a recently approved law, but also for the powerful message it sent to the transgender community.

The law, signed into effect two months ago, struck down an anti-discrimination provision in a Charlotte, North Carolina ordinance and ordered that transgender individuals use public restrooms in accordance to the gender they were assigned at birth.

In addition to the conflict the legislation presents with federal law prohibiting gender identitybased discrimination, Lynch asserted that it represented government-sponsored discrimination.

Lynch took the opportunity to address the transgender community directly, stating that our nation has overcome discrimination before and that they had support from the Department of Justice.

“Some of you have lived freely for decades,” Lynch said. “Others of you are still wondering how you can possibly live the lives you were born to lead. But no matter how isolated or scared you may feel today, the Department of Justice and the entire Obama Administration wants you to know that we see you; we stand with you; and we

will do everything we can to protect you going forward.”

I plan to obtain a degree in government in college and have been working toward that future for my entire high school career. In the midst of college applications and resumé building, I felt that I partially lost sight of my initial goal in that career choice.

Lynch’s remarks reminded me of why I originally decided to become involved in politics — to help protect individuals’ rights, and ensure that they feel safe, respected, and most importantly heard.

“This country was founded on a promise of equal rights for all, and we have always managed to move closer to that promise, little by little, one day at a time,” Lynch said. “It may not be easy — but we’ll get there together.”

Looking back at my fours years in high school, I have come to realize that this idea of listening to different individuals’ voices before taking steps to lend support to their causes directly connects with Goal Three of the Network of Sacred Heart Schools, which calls for students to develop a social awareness that impels to action.

Before taking action, we must listen to the words and stories of others — a concept both exemplified by Lynch’s words and our school’s teachings.

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HANGING OUT “Double Gong,” a 1953 mobile by Alexander Calder hangs in the “Alexander Calder: Motion Lab” exhibition at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Calder is most famous for his hanging sculptures, which consist of abstract shapes connected by wires.

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have been a self-professed disliker of all art and architecture labeled “modern” from a young age, never understanding why what looks like just a bunch of paint splattered on a canvas is just as much “art” as a Monet landscape. But the newly redesigned San Francisco Museum of Modern Art did not let me walk out of the galleries feeling the same way.

Designed by the Norwegian architectural firm Snøhetta, the seven-floor expansion building resembles an iceberg with window cut-outs, miraculously

squeezed into a small space around the existing structure — similar to what the Titanic might look like, had it been built with an iceberg attached.

The Snøhetta building’s floors exactly line up to those of the previously existing structure, and allow the two very different exteriors to become one harmonious, uninterrupted interior, an imperative for a museum. A line purposefully marked in a darker hardwood on the floor is the only way a visitor can distinguish between the two structures.

The museum’s expanded art collection now boasts a stunning 33,000 works of art from pop art to figurative art, and includes a brand new space completely

dedicated to photography, billed as the largest of its kind in an American museum.

The galleries are generally divided by artist, a smart move that makes it simpler to digest the different styles of art that fall under the umbrella term of “modern.”

One of the most standout galleries is dedicated to the work of minimalist painter Ellsworth Kelly, whose fantastic attention to detail and brilliant use of color results in eye-catching and deceivingly simple works of art.

A new interactive gallery allows visitors to learn more about the works of art by playing in a slideshow of quotes by famous modern painters, such as Ameri-

The first rooms of the exhibit depict the natural elements of Everdeen’s home, District 12, as guests first walk into an eerie brown room containing what is supposed to be the Hob, a black market trading center, followed by a green room containing Everdeen’s early costumes from forest scenes.

The exhibit transitions District 12 to the Capitol Train Room — used to transport tributes from all participating districts to the Capitol, the government’s headquarters. Despite an intricate blue dress worn by the District 12 tribute escort Effie Trinket, the room lacked impressive details to bring the scenes to life — using only a train bench and smeared images to depict the moving train.

Mannequins dressed in some of President Snow’s, the leader of Panem, costumes as they move into the Capitol Rooms.

While there is a wide range of interactive activities throughout the rooms, they lack dramatic

appeal to impress fans. Guests sit face-to-face with a mannequin as a projection of the character’s face stares blankly, in an interview simulation with the television host of “The Hunger Games” Caesar Flickerman.

Viewers proceed to the Making of The Games — a room where they can learn fighting techniques and knot tying, referencing the famous scenes as the characters prepare for the arena. To learn the fighting techniques, participants step up on a platform and follow along with a trainer on a screen. Costumes and weapons used by tributes Rue from District 11 and Joanna from District 7 are also on display.

The exhibit concludes with District 13 and Katniss’ Journey.

Despite the lack of interactive activities or costumes in these rooms, guests experience what it would be like to live underground in demolished District 13. Katniss’ Journey wraps up the exhibit with some of her most

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he Hunger Games” saga has come to an end but, through actual costumes and props from the movies in an interactive setting, the series has been resurrected at the Palace of Fine Arts so fans can give a final farewell.

The movie series illustrates the conflict of each “district,” or state, in the dystopian world of “The Hunger Games,” involuntarily sacrificing two children — one girl and one boy — as “tributes” in an Olympian battle where the losers are punished with death for the Capitol’s entertainment. The series’ heroine Katniss Everdeen, played by Jennifer Lawrence, volunteers as tribute to save her sister and becomes the series’ protagonist — winning the games alongside her love interest Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson).

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usic festivals such as Coachella and Outside Lands are now in season, as are fun and eclectic clothing items perfect for the occasion. High-waisted shorts, floral patterned pants and crop

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can Milton Avery, who quipped, “A blank canvas is a thing of beauty. The challenge is to cover it and still retain that beauty.”

Through painstaking efforts of benefactors, architects and builders, the once blank canvas of SFMOMA has been enhanced and upgraded to truly display the splendor of art, retaining the beauty the building originally had and making it even more radiant.

Attempting to experience all that SFMOMA has to offer in a few hours can result in a “museum overload,” a phenomenon of exhaustion from trying to absorb a large breadth of content extremely quickly.

Make the museum a day trip and walk through the galleries slowly, trying to understand why the museum curators put a portrait by Henri Matisse beside a golden sculpture resembling a deformed egg. Then, see why it is impossible to hate modern art.

The museum, which reopened to the public on Saturday, is located at 151 3rd St., in close proximity with Yerba Buena Gardens. Admission to the museum is always free for members and anyone 18 and under, $19 for adults ages 19-24, $25 for adults ages 25-64 and $22 for seniors.

The admission price for teenagers can’t be beat, so there’s no reason to stay home.

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GIRL ON FIRE Katniss Everdeen is highlighted through a series of costumes in the final room of “The Hunger Games: The Exhibition.”

Six exhibit rooms showcase some of her most popular outfits. provocative costumes. The final stop contains her most iconic outfits and jewelry, including her Mockingjay pin which she wore in the games as a symbol of hope.

Although signage in the rooms informs guests of the meaning behind the series scenes, they failed to bring “The Hunger Games” to life. The exhibit is a

more kid-friendly way to experience the series.

“The Hunger Games” exhibit runs through Sept. 5 at the Palace of Fine Arts Innovation Hangar at 3301 Lyon St., — the former home of the Exploratorium. Admission is $27.50 for adults, $25 for seniors and $22 for children ages 11 to 14.

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