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Convent of the Sacred Heart HS • San Francisco, California

Upperclassmen staff the polls

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Juniors, seniors get politically involved in presidential election.

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Fall production chronicles high school experiences.

GETTING AHEAD OF THE GAME Early voters walk into San Francisco City Hall to cast ballots before Election Day on Nov. 8. Early voting began on Oct. 24 and beginning Saturday, voters can cast ballots on weekends. With a longer-than-usual state and city ballot, some voters chose to cast their decisions early to avoid long lines and time crunches.

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or the majority of high schoolers unable to vote in the coming election, working at the polls can be an opportunity to become involved in an event anticipated, explained and debated in over 500 days of media coverage.

“It’s such an important year with the presidential election,” junior Katie Thomis, who plans to be a poll worker on Nov. 8, said. “Even though I can’t vote yet, I knew that I wanted to be involved somehow.”

Student poll workers arrive at their assigned polling places at 6 a.m. to assist with setting up the polling place, aid voters until the polls close at 8 p.m., and stay even later to clean up from the voting processes.

“I really appreciated the context in which this opportunity

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was presented to me,” Student Life Director Devin DeMartini Cooke said. “Civic duty, teaching you about the [electoral] process, is very [International Baccalaureate] and open-minded, making this something the school will support.”

San Francisco Department of Elections clerk Clint Wolfrom visited campus at the end of August to share the opportunity for high schoolers to staff the polls, which got many juniors and seniors interested in the prospect.

“I heard about working at the polls when he came to our class meeting,” Thomis said. “I was really intrigued by the option, as I had no idea that it was possible to be a part of the election without being able to vote.

Being a high school poll worker is not the only way for citizens not of voting age to become involved in the legislative

process — working campaigns, phone banking for candidates or propositions, or attending political rallies all help connect students to elections, according to Wolfrom.

“The election for the City and County of San Francisco literally would not take place without our high school poll workers,” Wolfrom said. “Our poll workers are the backbone of the election, and high schoolers are a good chunk of those workers.”

Background insight on the democratic process, a unique way to service the diverse community of San Francisco and a $142 stipend attract people to serve in this capacity, according to Wolfram.

“Working at the polls means helping people who may have completely different views and opinions than you,” DeMartini Cooke said. “Democracy is all

about having different perspectives so this kind of exposure is really a fantastic opportunity to take advantage of.”

Student poll workers also have the choice of donating all or part of stipends to the Walk for Uganda fundraiser, raising money for scholarships to Sacred Heart schools in Uganda, where $675 sends a girl to school for a year. Those who choose to donate their stipends will be eligible for service hours.

“If nothing good comes out of this election at all, whatever your position is politically, this is about education and developing a better world,” DeMartini Cooke said. “You can participate in this event, gain experience and help fund a girl’s education in Africa — that is incredibly wonderful.”

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BREAKFAST BY THE BAY Theology teacher Paul Pryor Lorentz

hands his daughter breakfast during the annual Walk for Uganda last Saturday. The event raises nearly $4,000 each year.

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espite the scheduled ACT college entrance exam and a cross-country meet, the annual Walk for Uganda united Convent High School and Elementary communities on Saturday to raise funds supporting students attending the Sacred Heart Schools in Uganda.

Participants registered online for $25, with many opting to “Sleep in for Uganda” and make a donation without attending.

“You could just pay the money, sleep in for Uganda and you are doing just as much service,” freshman Arianna Nassiri said.

“By going to the walk, you are recognizing that ‘I did something for someone else. Why don’t I do

something good for myself as well?’”

Proceeds sponsor scholarships for students attending Sacred Heart Primary and St. Charles Lwanga Girls’ Training Centre.

The walk usually raises close to $4,000 each year, according to Student Life Director Devin DeMartini Cooke.

“The Network and Religious of the Sacred Heart are our connections in bringing the schools together,” DeMartini Cooke said.

Tuition at the all-girls primary boarding school is $720 per year, and $675 at the high school, St. Charles Lwanga. The money raised contributes to tuition as well as supplies and necessities at a school with intermittent electricity and little Internet-access.

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The 4.5 mile WinterFaith Shelter Walk around Lake Merced will be co-hosted by Team Convent & Stuart Hall. The event is planned to support the Interfaith Winter Shelter, a program dedicated to providing food and shelter to homeless men. Participants plan to meet at the Lake Merced Parking Circle before the event, which is scheduled to take place at 1 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 30.

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The STEM College and Career Fair will offer students interested in science, technology, engineering and math the opportunity to ask questions and learn about future college and career options. The event is scheduled from 11 a.m. — 2 p.m. pm Sunday, Nov. 6 at the South San Francisco Conference Center. Registration information is available online on the school website.

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Write or wrong

Actors author scenes to make the fall play more relatable to teens.

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The fall theater production “Sixteen in 10 Minutes or Less” will mark the first play that includes original scripts written

by Convent and Stuart Hall students.

“I’ve really encouraged the actors to write scenes about their experiences,” director Pamela Rickard said about the show that is comprised of short plays, each depicting life at age 16. “That is going to be a very exciting part of the show.”

“Sixteen,” written by Canadian playwright Bradley Hayward, is a step in a different direction from previous fall productions, according to Rickard.

“The last two years we have done two Shakespeare plays,” Rickard said. “It is really about teenagers’ experiences and it’s not about teenagers playing 400-year-old characters.”

Although Rickard chose the show for its relatability to students, not all aspects of the play

are up-to-date with current pop culture, according to cast member Sophie Egan.

I’ve really encouraged the actors to write scenes about their experiences

— Pamela Rickard

“Some of the scenes are not accurate, like they email instead of text each other,” Egan said.

Writing their scripts provides an opportunity for students to add personal ordeals that reflect their own high school experiences, according to stage manager Maya Shur.

Families for annual funding Percentage of CSH family participation by grade (As of October 21)

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“A lot of people in the cast expressed concern that events they face in high school are not really in the show, and parts of the show are not really a reflection of how high school is,” Shur said. “People like having the opportunity to connect it to their own lives.”

The cast previously practiced their skills in classes on playwriting and improvisation, according to Rickard.

“Whenever you are playing any character, you can interpret it your own way,” Egan said. “But this way you get to create the character a little bit more.”

The play was written to fit a cast of seven, but the original pieces expand the cast to 21.

Performances are scheduled for 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 10 and Friday, Nov. 11, and at 2 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 12. Tickets are $10 at the door.

“It is really about the struggles, trials, relations, joys and miseries of being a teenager,” Rickard said.

Annual Fund brings in donations to contribute to school improvements.

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out a scene from “Sixteen in 10 Minutes or Less.” Incorporating some scenes written by the actors themselves, the play tries to encompass the daily life of a teen through a compilation of short plays.

Performances begin Nov. 10.

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CENTER STAGE Sophomores Delaney Tobin and Darrean Loy act

Red and blue posters and balloons outside of the Flood Mansion and Stuart Hall Hall School entrances in recent weeks announced the commencement of the Convent and Stuart Hall Annual Fund, which raised almost $2.4 million last year.

The Annual Fund encourages the Sacred Heart community to donate to the improvement and maintenance of all four schools.

Donations supplement costs not covered by tuition, according to Karen Lenardi, annual and planned gifts officer.

“The money goes to the school’s operating budget,” Lenardi said. “Faculty development, furniture, classrooms, the bus going back and forth — all of those things are part of the school’s operating budget.”

Donations support projects across the four schools, including the renovations of three Stuart Hall High School science labs last summer. Although the improvements affect students, awareness of the fund is small, according to junior Kelly Rosanelli.

“Students don’t know if the Annual Fund is good or bad because we don’t know what the money is actually being put to,” Rosanelli said.

One hundred percent of faculty, staff and administration already participated in the Annual Fund, demonstrating its commitment, according to Tracy Sena, Convent High School Annual Fund captain.

“When the school approaches other donors, especially larger corporations [to donate], it is a real feather in the school’s cap if it can say that our employees

believe in our mission so much that 100 percent of them donated,” Sena said.

As of the week of Oct. 24, $750,645 was donated, reaching almost a third of the fund’s goal of $2.125 million, according to the school website.

“Schools of the Sacred Heart is an organization that does good work,” Sena said. “It is something that is worthy of all of us to support, whether we are a teacher or a parent.”

Parents are asked to pledge by Jan. 20, but alumnae and other individuals have until the end of the school year to contribute, according to Lenardi.

“We want the students to be able to enjoy it,” Lenardi said, “So when the heads of school start thinking ‘I would love to put this into play, I would love to be able to let students go here, or see this,’ they can.”

Annual walk bridges support for African Network schools From Community p. 1 “This is a great cause to support our schools in Uganda, and it’s a great way to embrace our school community while helping our fellow Sacred Heart Schools,” College Counseling Director Rebecca Munda, who attended the walk with her two young sons and husband, said.

“It is a great bonding activity for our school members.”

CES and Stuart Hall for Boys also participate in a Pinewood Derby in the spring which raises

money for the Ugandan schools.

The fundraisers also serve as a platform for new students to become more acclimated in the school community, according to Nassiri.

“As a freshman, I try to volunteer for as many of these events as possible just to see what the atmosphere is like, but also this event has a great cause,” Nassiri said. “It is for children who are not as fortunate as we are.”

CES and CSH have supported three to four girls in Uganda through fundraising events since

they were in elementary school through fundraising events.

Sending the Ugandan schools money allows for the school to purchase what they specifically need while supporting their local economy.

“It’s a great opportunity for students to see each other outside of the classroom, away from their typical schedule and faculty in a different environment,” Munda said. “It’s a way to escape the pressures of everyday life and support our students in Uganda.”

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GOING THE DISTANCE Freshmen Arianna Nassiri and Catherine

Webb-Purkis walk to the Golden Gate Bridge during the annual Walk for Uganda. For every registered participant, a donation is made to tuition scholarships for students at Sacred Heart schools in Uganda.

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Non-profit for NOLA Latin teacher starts non-profit organization.

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SAPLING Latin teacher Scott Roos stands outside a tree nursery in

New Orleans where he has begun a non-profit. SHHS senior Harry Doyle follows behind Roos after buying fruit trees to plant on newly acquired land in the Ninth Ward which was devastated by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

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“As a non-profit, we welcome and solicit for donations,” SHHS theology teacher Ray O’Connor who is the group’s secretary, said “If a sizable amount is donated,

Reducing junk food consumption and raising nutrition awareness.

Beautifying neighbohoods and raising property values.

we can expand our operations and benefit more people.”

Although the orchards are for the community, their fruits will not be available for a while.

“It will take up to four years for the trees to grow to their full potential and become a reliable food source,” Roos said.

Meanwhile, former SHHS employee Matt Jones, who is the treasurer for the organization, manages the properties and onsite operations in New Orleans.

Like Roos, many board members such as Carol Rosanelli help operate the organization from San Francisco.

“The need for fresh fruits, vegetables and local involvement, is desperately needed,” Rosanelli said “Providing these things will go a long way in healing of the Ninth Ward.”

Farming New Orleans accepts financial gifts online at farmingneworleans.org. Farming New Orleans is a 501(c)3 organization, making all donations tax deductible.

“I’ve always wanted to provide help for New Orleans and just help feed people,” Roos said.

“With Farming New Orleans, I was able to do both.”

Improving affordable, fresh produce in food deserts.

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The need for fresh fruits, vegetables and local involvement, is desperately needed.

Positive effects of urban agriculture

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ew fruit trees are now located in the Lower and Upper Ninth Ward, one of the poorest neighborhoods in New Orleans, thanks to a nonprofit organization founded by a Stuart Hall & Convent faculty member.

Latin teacher Scott Roos founded Farming New Orleans as a means of addressing the Ninth Ward food desert, neighborhood with limited food access after 2005’s Hurricane Katrina.

“Ever since the storm hit, I have wanted to go back and help,” Roos, a New Orleans native who evacuated the area during the storm, said. “I went down to New Orleans and interviewed people in the urban agriculture scene to see what was needed the most — which was fresh fruit.”

Farming New Orleans currently has three 35-by-120 feet plots located in the Ninth Ward of New Orleans. The non-profit obtained one plot of land as a donation and the other two are rented for $1 a year from Habitat for Humanity.

The organization plans to raise money to purchase more of land, according to Roos. With the eventual goal of having the surrounding community come and garden, have people living on site working with livestock, bees, fruits, vegetables and also have homeless outreach allowing the homeless to live on their land.

RSCJs lobby for change

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iving presentations about the United Nations, traveling the globe to discuss international issues and writing lobby papers to advance agendas are routine commitments on the calendar of one New York nun.

Cecile Meijer, RSCJ, is the non-governmental organization representative for the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The organization shares information with the Sacred Heart community about crucial world issues and facilitates contributions of members’ MEIJER e x p e r i e nc e s , reflections and analyses to the international policy debate, according to the Society of the Sacred Heart.

“I am from the Netherlands, but the type of international law I practiced [there] is not a big deal in this country,” Meijer said.

“I knew I had to find something different from what I did in Hol-

land, so I switched to another area of international law, which became human rights law.”

A lifelong Catholic, Meijer joined the Society of the Sacred Heart in 1986. She completed religious formation programs and worked in other ministries before returning to international law as a focus. Meijer became the NGO’s representative 13 years ago when the Society became a lobby group at the United Nations.

NGOs are private organizations characterized by humanitarian or cooperative objectives — as opposed to commercial — committed to international advancement of developing countries in numerous ways.

Thousands of NGOs exist around the world, each with its own mandates and expertise, according to Meijer.

“To be an NGO at the UN is a conscious choice,” Meijer said. “You work at a structural, international level with the UN Secretariat and governments to make the world a better place through the sharing of experience on the ground.”

The Sacred Heart NGO works

with the Department of Public Information at the United Nations to disseminate information regarding items of critical importance to the congregation, including education, social justice and global interconnectedness.

“I go to a lot of meetings, whether it be with the General Assembly, the Security Council, or the Economic and Social

To be an NGO at the UN is a conscious choice.

— Cecile Meijer

Council,” Meijer said. “I keep up with some of the issues they are working on — what’s new or what’s not new.”

Meijer also collaborates with other NGOs, building coali-

tions with like-minded groups to strategize the most effective ways to share insight and knowledge with the 193 member countries of the United Nations.

“The Society is a member of several NGO committees, which is very exciting,” Meijer said.

“That means you work with collective wisdom because, if we put all our wisdom together, we get a better product.”

Another pivotal piece of Meijer’s role is as communicator to the wider Sacred Heart community through both domestic and international travel and a designated website, sharing information about the work of the Society at the United Nations.

“I want people to make a link between local issues and global issues,” Meijer said. “Solutions that people may have come up with to solve local problems could also work on a global scale, and that is where I come in.”

Full text of position papers and other information about Meijer’s work at the United Nations is found on a tri-lingual website, www.sacredheartattheun.org.

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Snap!

Company transitions from screens to lenses.

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hile many teens view photo sharing and messaging application Snapchat as a way to send quick selfies adorned with doodles and filters to friends, the addition of a new product may change how people see the rebranded Snapchat as Snap Inc. Unveiled on September 23, Spectacles, sunglasses featuring a built-in camera, are now advertised by the mainstream company — straying from the social media app that brought Snap Inc to the phone screens of millions.

“I feel like it’s a device that is just famous for being famous,” junior Trinity Lee said. “It’s one of those things that you buy to show other people, not something that you would genuinely enjoy.”

Featuring frames in black, teal and coral, the hands-free camera can record up to 10 seconds of video from the user’s perspective. By tapping the top left-hand corner of the glasses, the footage can be saved to the “Memories” section of the Snapchat app through either Bluetooth or Wi-Fi. Despite bright, colorful ads that may appeal to a younger customer base, 48 percent of students in a Broadview survey referred to Spectacles as “useless,” “unnecessary” and a “waste of money.”

“A lot of people already have glasses in some form, it’s just kind of an extra thing to carry,” junior Francesca Petruzzelli said. “I would be really concerned about losing them, breaking them or cracking the camera lens.”

Snapchat may have gained a large following among teens, as 59 percent of students reported Snapchat to be their favorite social media app and 65 percent claimed to

use the app multiple times per day, according to the same survey .

Despite the widely

popular social media application, the business’s website states the app’s parent company, Snap Inc, to be primarily a camera company.

“This is just the nature of innovation altogether,” Innobotics Club advisor Chris Person-Rennell said. “It’s no surprise in the course of innovation that a company like Snap Inc would develop hardware specific to their current projects to enhance overall user experience.”

At $129 a pair, the glasses are a fraction of the cost of the $1,500 price tag for Google Glass, a similar product that came to the market in 2013. Due to safety, privacy and aesthetic appeal concerns, Google ultimately halted production of the glasses in 2015, leaving room for similar products to develop.

While the release date for Spectacles has not been announced, the glasses are already being compared to their Google counterpart, leading to similar concerns that may have limited the success of Google Glass.

“The biggest issue with Google Glass had to do with security concerns,” Person-Rennell said.

“The problem with Google Glass is that no ‘scrubbing’ of information would occur — you would look around and Google would receive those images of whatever it was you were looking at. I would not be surprised to see similar privacy concerns with Spectacles.”

Some people find Spectacles an unnecessary addition to the wide variety of camera technology at consumers’ disposal as many are content with their phones’ cameras as well as the Snapchat app itself.

“I just like the social media that you can do with your phone,” Petruzzelli said. “It’s definitely easier to just have everything in one place.”

Dressing for success

Additions to uniform promote gender neutrality, unity.

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hile coming to school in sweatpants and a T-shirt everyday can be comfortable, studies show that “dressing for success” may prove beneficial for learning.

Wearing more formal attire, such as dress pants, blouses and blazers, increases higher level thinking and feelings of power, according to a study published in Social Psychological & Personality Science, conducted by researchers from Columbia University and California State University, Northridge who asked subjects to wear either casual or formal clothing before a test.

The current Convent & Stuart Hall Student/Parent High School Handbook includes an updated dress code as an expansion of the school uniform, yet the school has not abandoned maintaining a look reflecting dressing for success, according to Director of Student Life Devin DeMartini Cooke.

“There’s an important balance between being physically comfortable and looking prepared for whatever activity it is you’re going to,” DeMartini Cooke said. “I want you to feel ready for the school day.”

A dress code offers a balance between a strict uniform and having infinite wardrobe options while still

offering school appropriate clothes, according to DeMartini Cooke.

“It’s about how we dress in a way that gives us time to perform the job we’re doing and also think less about what we’re wearing,” Head of School Rachel Simpson said. “Then, we can pay more

We are showing pride and respect for the community we are coming from.

—DeMartini Cooke

attention to what we’re doing.”

The dress code not only conveys dressing for success, but also strives to have unisex options, such as pants and polos, for both Convent and Stuart Hall high school students, according to Simpson.

“The uniform gives us the ability to express ourselves and be comfortable at the same time,” junior Ariana Davidis said. “They’ve definitely made it more unisex with the addition of pants.” DeMartini Cooke announced

the addition of bermuda shorts to the dress code last Friday at assembly.

Shorts were previously the only item of dress code that was permitted for only Stuart Hall students.

“We never want it to be a potential double standard,” Simpson said about aligning the code with Stuart Hall High School. “We have tried to establish some form of gender neutrality in the dress code.”

The decision to add a dress code option in lieu of the uniform on most school days resulted from a discussion group comprised of students who reevaluated the uniform last year. Every student was invited to be apart of the group, according to Simpson.

“Faculty and students talked about the reality and practicality of the uniform and what was working and what wasn’t,” Junior Class President Fiona Mittelstaedt, who was apart of the discussion group, said. “We wanted a look that was put together so we are ready to learn.” Keeping a uniform option respects the school’s tradition of having coordinated attire to be apart of a community, according to DeMartini Cooke.

“We want students to wear dress uniform for Masses and special events to really communicate uniformity,” DeMartini Cooke said. “We are showing pride and respect for the community we are coming from, instead of doing it ‘just ’cause.’”

Picturing perfect uniform

An overview of proper uniform attire Blouses, polos, Oxfords, sweaters, solid colors or Convent outerwear. Senior privileges allow the color navy and college sweatshirts.

Neutral colored slacks (navy, olive, black, grey, khaki, black), uniform skirt­ only worn with polo, tights and Convent sweater.

Tights or leggings when wearing the uniform skirt.

Closed toed shoes, sandals with a back and black flats on full dress uniform days.

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Teens choose between trick-or-treating and partying.

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ather than ringing doorbells to strangers offering bowls of candy, many teenagers have ditched the superhero and princess costumes to be welcomed at the door by familiar faces holding red Solo cups.

“I trick-or-treated until I was a freshman,” senior Lillian Lachman said. “Once you go to high school, trick-or-treating is seen as a younger thing to do so teenagers want to go party and do more adult things.”

As partying becomes more of a social norm on Halloween, it is important for teenagers contemplating experimenting with illegal substances to consider the potential impact of their actions on a scale of “joy versus regret,” according to youth advocate Charis Denison. Teens should evaluate whether their actions may lead to regretful feelings the following morning.

“There are certain holidays that explicitly are one thing and implicitly are another,” Denison said. “Implicitly, young people see Halloween as an excuse to behave like someone they’re not.”

Teenagers are set on growing up fast and moving away from the image of being children which drives the transition from trick-or-treating to partying, according to junior Olivia Matthes.

“In middle school, Halloween was more about candy and trickor-treating around the city with

friends and parents more than in high school which is more about hanging with friends,” Matthes said. “It’s not a social norm for high schoolers to go trick-ortreating. Some people would even think that’s kind of weird.”

Many parents send teens out on Halloween with their blessing, which can potentially lead teens to be more inclined to experiment with drugs or alcohol, according to Denison.

“If somebody is thinking they want to go out and party, they can just tell their parents they’re trick-or-treating,” Denison said.

“I see a lot of ninth graders who get pushed into experimenting earlier than they want to because they bump into teens who are not actually trick-or-treating and get roped into doing some stuff they might not be ready for.”

Teenagers who opt to go to a party rather than stay in their neighborhood collecting candy for the first time this Halloween, should consider certain environmental factors in order to have the safest and most enjoyable time, according to Lachman.

“If you’re going out for the first time you wouldn’t want to be out at huge party with tons of people you don’t know who are under the influence because that could create an environment that isn’t necessarily positive,” Lachman said. “Safety is the most important part, so, in order to create the most comfortable and safe environment you should be surrounded by people you trust.”

Female cosutmes expose double standard Options for teens on Halloween limited by oversexualization.

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sychologists and social science researchers are recognizing a shift in Halloween culture “from scary to sexy,” as girl’s costumes morph from innocent animals and pop culture figures to sexualized options that portray these characters as alluring and unrealistic.

“It looks like the norm is not to be wearing sweatpants for a puppy costume, but wearing tights,” school counselor Annie Egan said. “Whatever that differential is, whatever you see in the aisle, starts to have an impact in terms of what you think you should look like.”

The change in costumes aligns with the provocativeness of fashion sold by mainstream clothing companies like H&M and Forever 21, according to Egan.

“I personally hate Halloween because now it’s so structured as to ‘Who are your friends?, What are you going to dress up as?,’” junior Olivia Sanchez-Corea said. “Girls tend to think that Halloween is a day when they can just dress provocatively, that it’s a designated day that gives

you reason to wear minimal clothing. They give into stereotypes.”

Costume designers often create fetishized “career” costumes for girls, such as police officers wearing short skirts with tall, knee-high pleather boots and accessorized with belts and handcuffs. Some child models pose suggestively, with chests made more visible to the camera.

“I am dumbfounded by the irresponsibility of someone around a board table in a creative space drawing out these costumes with a particular age range in mind,” Egan said.

“These costumes are intentionally designed for a specific age range where there is zero value in making it sexy. There are significant consequences.”

Thirty percent of young girls’ clothing sold in the United States could be considered sexy, based on the number of garments emphasizing breasts and buttocks or emblazoned with suggestive writing, according to 2011 Kenyon College research.

More recent eroticization, however, may have gone so overboard that it can be hard to take costume options such as “Sexy

Big Bird,” “Sexy pizza” or “Sexy Mr. Potato Head” seriously.

“Sexy” has become synonymous to “cool” thanks to modern media, according to Sanchez-Corea.

“Choosing to dress as an animal, which has been considered a ‘safe bet’ in the past, is no longer safe,” Egan said.

The teen cult movie “Mean Girls,” which parodies a stereotypical clique-based high school social culture, portrays costume oversexualization in a Halloween party scene in which protagonist Cady Heron arrives in a gory Frankenstein’s bride costume and a crowd of scantilyclad animals confront her.

“Halloween is the one night a year when girls can dress like a total slut and no other girls can say anything about it,” she tells the audience in a voiceover observation.

For some people, it’s not so much about what they wear, but more so about the influx of sugar, festive decor and positive connotations that accompany the holiday.

“Halloween is the holiday when people dress up and have candy,” senior Cameron New-

man, who has won the all-school Halloween costume competition for three consecutive years, said.

“For me it’s a time to make people smile.”

While Newman, whose past costumes have included the Sock Monkey, a Pink Pearl eraser and a box of Kraft Mac ’n’ Cheese, acknowledges it might be viewed as acceptable for girls to dress in scantily clad outfits for Halloween, she says, is a time for people to get away with any kind of otherwise socially unacceptable outfit or costume.

But Newman has her limits.

“I don’t agree with the sexualization of Halloween,” Newman said. “You see all these revealing costumes for women but you don’t see the equivalent with men.”

Choosing to wear a revealing costume for one night does not reflect one’s personality every other day of the year, according to Sanchez-Corea.

“By the time girls are old enough to make these decisions about what they’re wearing, they’ve been inundated with visuals on the market,” Egan said.

“It’s a significant problem.”

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Women take the political stage Women assume powerful civic leadership roles in local, federal government.

“Women bring on a different viewpoint in politics,” junior Jocey Shilakes, who participates ’d love to meet the person who makes in Model United Nations and says she hopes to your pantsuits because for Halloween I pursue a career in politics, said. “I feel like they wanted to go as a librarian from outer approach things with more reason which is defispace,” host Zach Galifianakis said to nitely valuable in any political conversation.” presidential candidate Hillary Clinton during his The importance of incorporating a diversity of talk show “Between Two Ferns.” Although the opinion in politics applies not only to women, but program is labeled as satire, women in politics are also to a diversity in religious beliefs and ethnic often criticized for their clothing, demeanor and background, according to Skewes-Cox Trainor. tone every day in a much less comical context.

“I believe that it’s not just good for women An equal number of girls and boys hope to bewhen women are represented, it’s good for evcome president at age seven, but far fewer girls erybody,” Skewes-Cox Trainor said. “It’s good for have the same dream when asked at 15 years old, families, it’s good for work life balance. The same according to Caroline Heldman, Associate Progoes with racial, ethnic and religious diversity. I fessor of Political Science at Occidental College really do believe that the more different types of in the film “Miss Representation.” voices are at the decision making table, the stronThis divergence is evident in the lack of women ger we are.” holding political positions.

During the 2016 presidential campaign, the Women are short of the 50 percent threshold in long-existing issue of a double standard for nearly every sector of politics, according to Stina women in politics is being acknowledged due the Skewes-Cox Trainor, who has held political popublic’s criticism and ostracization of Clinton’s sitions including the Advance appearance. Talk show host Director for then Speaker of David Letterman highlighted the House Nancy Pelosi and the issue in Clinton’s 2008 Deputy Chief of Staff for U.S. campaign, regularly making Ambassador Samantha Power. fun of her clothing choices.

“Our government works best “There are pictures online All women in the when everyone has a seat at the of Hillary online in all differpublic eye are table,” Skewes-Cox Trainor ent colors of pantsuits with said. “That means everyone’s captions like, ‘Oh it’s a rainheld to a double voice is being heard, different bow Hillary,’ and that’s what is types of people have decision focused on,” Salveson said. “It standard. making abilities and there is makes me frustrated because — Stina Skewes-Cox Trainer diversity of opinion. I firmly it’s a distraction from the actubelieve that the more varied al politics and issues. It doesn’t experiences at the table, the matter what you’re wearing if better and stronger the governyou’re making good decisions.” ment is.”

Double standards are not Yet, women account for fewlimited to politics, according to er than 20 percent of congressional seats.

Skewes-Cox Trainor.

Despite women being the majority in terms of “All women in the public eye are held to a douglobal population, women are grossly underrepble standard,” Skewes-Cox Trainor said. “You have resented because they are a minority in terms of to be the smartest, the brightest and you have to political participation, according to Michael Staflook perfect, too. When I think about the tone of ford, Philosophy and Ethics of Politics, Economthe debate right now, and some of the things that ics and Power teacher. some of the candidates have said, I find it incred“Policies can affect men and women equally,” ibly upsetting that women are being objectified.”

Stafford said. “If we have a policy that regards imIt will take time for the double standard to be migrants coming into our country, it’s going to reversed and for women to obtain an equal numaffect male immigrants and it’s going to affect the ber of seats in every sector of politics, according female immigrants. Yet, the people who are makto Shilakes. In order to help achieve equal power, ing those decisions are largely male and they’re just societal norms and values must be estabcoming at it from a male perspective.” lished for both girls and boys from a young age.

A balance of both men and women’s voices is “We need to start giving girls the ability to not necessary in politics, as with a solely male voice be restricted with what they want to do in elemenin Congress, certain needs of women are not betary or middle school,” Shilakes said. “Whether ing touched upon, according to senior Caroline it’s in politics, science, engineering or any maleSalveson who takes Stafford’s course. dominated field, they should be able to succeed.”

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n a city where Republican mayor has not been elected for over half a century, a silent demographic of students may feel repressed when it comes to sharing their viewpoints both in and out of the classroom.

Approximately 14 percent of San Francisco’s population is registered as Republican, according to the Public Policy Institute of California.

A decreasing Republican presence among registered voters may be in direct correlation with student conservative viewpoints.

“As a Republican in San Francisco, I’ve learned that I don’t really agree with my friends or family in terms of politics,” sophomore Olivia Mohun said. “We just kind of agree to disagree.”

San Francisco Republican mayor George Christopher ended his term in 1964, and the registered San Francisco Republican population has steadily decreased and experienced harassment ever since, according to Howard Epstein, San Francisco GOP Vice Media Chair.

“Voters discriminate against our party in every election,” Epstein said. “We put our opinion out and get nasty responses telling us we don’t belong in San Francisco, we’re selfish, racist — you name it.”

Twelve percent of students identify as Republican, according to an anonymous Broadview survey in which 48% of students responded.

“My experience at Convent has been typically like San Francisco — fairly progressive and liberal,” history teacher Michael Stafford said.

“There have been some students who have expressed various conservative views, so it does happen.

I love how the students own that.”

With so few identifying as conservative, some students like Mo-

hun say their opinions are neither welcomed nor wanted due to longstanding stereotypes.

“There’s a stigma that the Republican Party is just a bunch of old, rich white men, but I see the Republican Party as a different group,” Mohun said. “The Republican Party is based on tradition and strong moral values. They’re good people who try to stay true to how America was founded.”

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We get our opinions out and get nasty responses telling us we don’t belong in San Francisco, we’re selfish, racist — you name it.

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Old Party include that Americans should make individual decisions in healthcare, educational, energy and economic policies — freeing individuals and families from overreach of federal bureaucrats, according to the Republican Party’s official website.

Republican dissent of Democratic Party policies, however, may be lost in translation.

“If we say that we disagree with one of the president’s policies, we have people claiming that we wouldn’t say the same thing if the president was white,” Epstein said about liberal responses to conservative viewpoints. “In reality it has nothing to do with the president’s race, it simply has to do with his

policies.”

Epstein says many San Francisco Republicans do not admit to their conservative beliefs because they are afraid it may hurt them in their work and social lives.

“I find it ironic considering the Democratic Party and progressives today focus a lot on being tolerant,” Mohun said. “It seems that the one type of intolerance they allow is towards people who have ideological or political differences.”

Backlash towards Republican views may also occur on campus as over 63 percent of Republican students report their peers do not respect their political views.

Stafford says Republican students tend to feel defensive and backed into a corner when it comes to sharing their views.

“I can imagine there are people with conservative leanings in my class who have not even articulated their beliefs for fear of reprisal, social condemnation or being judged,” Stafford said. “They just don’t want to go down that road in certain conversations.”

Adverse reactions towards Republican beliefs derive from an exuberant curiosity, according to Stafford.

“I want my students to explore what other people think instead of just yelling, which isn’t productive,” Stafford said. “Empathy, curiosity and questioning will allow people to see that other people prioritize different issues than them and in turn they see the world in a different way.”

A new divide, however, has emerged within the Republican Party with the 2016 Republican nominee Donald Trump.

The majority of Republican Trump supporters are typically business owners looking for industry deregulation, according to Ep-

stein.

“Trump supporters are fed up with business usual,” Epstein said.

“If you own a small business, you spend more time as a government compliance officer because of all the regulations that come down from federal, state and local legislation.”

Yet some Republicans have pulled their support from the nominee as his demeanor has received overwhelming criticism from the general public, according to Mohun.

“He has this aura of racism and sexism around him,” Mohun said.

“I don’t support him because I don’t want those traits connected to our party.”

Stafford says politically involved individuals should think critically about their beliefs and not merely accept information handed down to them through friends, family or the media regardless of political leaning.

“We have to think critically about every single decision we make and every single side because the issues are so complex,” Stafford said.

“There’s a reason why there are a lot of different viewpoints and reasonings for political topics.”

Students should not view Republican beliefs as completely homogenous, according to Mohun.

“Just be aware that there are people that might have different opinions than you,” Mohun said. “You don’t have to like or agree with their opinions, you should just respect that some people believe differently.”

Teachers like Stafford say Republican students may want to share their views with the community to combat a sameness in views “It would be beneficial for our community to see that people we know, love and respect do think differently on certain issues,” Stafford said. “Uniformity is boring.”

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Sports Roundup Testing policy gets ahead Captains weigh in as seasons wind down.

“We’re improving even though we’ve lost some games. We’ve definitely gotten a lot better on our serve receive and returning hits from other teams. We are really good at communicating.”

— Maya Young, volleyball

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hile trying to stop an opponent from kicking the soccer ball during a game at Beach Chalet Soccer Fields last spring, sophomore Elizabeth Worthington took a ball in the face, leaving her with a serious concussion.

Female high school students like Worthington suffer from concussions more frequently than male students, especially in sports such as soccer and basketball, according to the “Journal of the American Medical Association.”

“In athletics, it’s a probability that you could get hit in the head,” Athletic Director Elena De Santis said. “The test assesses where you stand with your reaction time and memory before you sustain a head injury.”

The imPACT baseline test gives doctors a control for each player to recognize the existence of a concussion after a head injury and determine when the player is ready to return to the sport.

The baseline test, required for all Convent basketball and soccer players, asks all participants for background information including height, weight and if they had any concussive symptoms. The online assessment then tests the athletes’ memories and reflexes through a series of challenges that test neurocognitive function such as hand-eye coordination and reaction time, according to sports trainer Hally Tappan.

“I thought the concussion assessment was really hard,” senior Ally Arora, who has had two concussions, said. “Memorizing

on the spot was the hardest part because then you do another section and I would forgot what I was supposed to remember.”

Arora received both of her concussions while playing basketball, although she plays both soccer and basketball — which have the fifth and third highest rate of concussions in high school sports, according to High School Reporting Information Online.

“When I got a concussion my freshman year while playing basketball, I felt dizzy and out of it,” Arora said. “I had to hold onto a teammate to walk.”

Concussive symptoms include headaches, dizziness, temporary loss of consciousness, vomiting and slurred speech. Symptoms, however, can vary person to person, according to Tappan.

“After I got the concussion I felt very out of it and a little queasy,” Worthington said. “At first I thought it was only my eye that hurt, since the ball hit my eye, but I also had a headache.”

After the head injury, both Arora and Worthington went to doctors who diagnosed them with concussions.

While the first-time head injury might be problematic, a second or third time could cause long-term brain damage and could lead to dementia or Alzheimer’s, according to Tappan.

“Rest is the best way to treat a concussion,” Tappan said. “That means staying away from your phone and outside stimulus.”

Outside stimuli can range from watching television to having a book read to you.

“I wasn’t allowed to use technology for a month or two,” Worthington said. “I’m still experiencing some of the effects of the concussion, even though it happened months ago.”

“We did very well as a team even though we lost our old teammates to college, and had new people who had never touched a club before. We were successful and won most of our matches and even made it to NCS.” — Cameron Newman, golf

“I don’t know how the season going to end up but we’ve already had our first regatta. We finished 21 out of 50. Half of our team is new, but they’re all learning really quickly and doing really, so the season should turn out well.”

— Lulu Desai, sailing

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DAZED Senior Ally Arora holds onto the uniform of teammate Alyssa Alvarez at a basketball game three years ago after receiving a concussion during the game.

SPORTS STATS Varsity Volleyball Varisty Volleyball 9.23 v University 3-0 9.28 9.23 vv Lick-Wilmerding University 3-0 2-3 9.30 v Washington 3-2 2-3 9.28 v Lick-Wilmerding 10.5 v Urban 3-0 9.30 v Washington 3-2 10.12 v Berean Christian 3-2 10.5 vvUrban 3-0 2-3 10.14 University 10.12 vv Marin Berean Christian 10.19 Academy 0-33-2 10.14 vv Lick-Wilmerdin University 2-3 g 0-3 10.21 10.19 v Marin Academy 0-3 10.21 v Lick Wilmerding 0-3

“We started out a little bit weak only because we lost so many seniors and we had to rebuild our team, but I think as we had more practices and matches, we became stronger. I’m excited for playoffs.”

— Grace Apple, tennis

Varsity Golf

“The team has improved a lot this year and in general this team is really unique in that we all depend on each other and motivate each other and that’s why we succeed so much.”

— Olivia Hoekendijk cross-country

9.22 v Holy Names 196-248 9.27 v St. Joseph’s 192-174 10.4 v Bay 193-212 10.6 v San Domenico 220- 210 10.12 v Holy Names 219-338 10.18 League Tournament

2nd place in league 10.24 NCS Division 2 Championships

Results: 7th place

Varsity Tennis 9.23 v Bay 2-3 9.28 v Lick-Wilmerding 2-3 10.5 v Urban 2-3 10.12 v San Domenico 4-1 10.13 v University 2-3 10.19 v Marin Academy 2-3 10.21 v International 2-3 Upcoming: First Round of

League Playoffs

Varsity XC 10.1 Stanford Invitational

8th out of 24 teams 10.5 BCL West Meet #2 v Urban 29-26 v International 35-22 v San Domenico 43-20 v Marin Academy 15-50 10.8 Castro Valley Invitational

6th out of 9 teams 10.13 Jim Tracy Challenge

2nd out of 11 teams 10.21 Mt. Sac Invitational

1st place

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10.1-2 Nor Cal #1 and #2 Did not participate due to lack of players 10.8-9 Sea Otter Regatta

21st of 50 teams

Upcoming Games/Matches 10.26 Varsity Volleyball is set to face off against Marin Academy in the first round of the playoffs.

Senior Cameron Newman placed 2nd at North Coast Section and will participate in the Division I Golf Championships on Oct. 31.

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Putting tape on the issue

Athletes use sports adhesive to alleviate pain.

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thletes plagued with injuries like pulled muscles and ligaments or who have joint pain, are turning to athletic tape as a low-tech way for support and pain relief as well as aid with recovery.

“We typically use tape to stabilize for practice or games and align different joints and body segments so the athlete can make it through the game with a little extra support,” physical therapist Matthew Wyland said.

Athletic tape, including types with a special adhesive for sweat and water sports, can relieve pain from muscles while also keeping muscles from moving into an uncomfortable position.

“I tape for swimming because one time I pulled a muscle in my back and wearing it relieves pain and makes it easier to swim,” sophomore Anna Doggett said.

“It moves with my muscle while supporting it.”

Brands such as KT Tape and RockTape are labeled as “kinesiology tapes” and are more elastic and flexible in form to help with muscle pain or strains while allowing for more complex movements commonly applied on

muscles, ligaments and tendons.

“I use KT Tape for my tendonitis that I have in my right leg, and use Mueller tape to wrap my ankles to stabilize my ankle,” junior Rosie Morford said. “I prefer athletic tape over an ankle

I was injured while playing tennis because I did not stretch enough.

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brace because I find it more direct and stabilizing when I play soccer.”

Mueller tape is a “supportive tape” that limits movement and may benefit athletes who do not want too much mobility in their ankles, wrists, toes or fingers.

“Kinesiology tape is good to facilitate muscle contraction,” Wyand said. “Depending on how much pressure you put on the muscle, kinesiology can help it relax.”

Sophomore Kiki Apple uses KT Tape, a form of kinesiolic athletic tape, fits to muscles and helps to support and relieve pain.

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Leukotape for her posterior tibial tendinitis in her feet, which occurs when the tendon is inflamed or torn and can cause severe pain.

“I was injured while playing tennis because I did not stretch enough,” Apple said. “This injury causes me pain in my inner arch, leading me to use tape for relief and support. I have to tape from my outer ankle area, under my inner foot and up my leg every time I play, which is basically every day.”

Athletes also commonly use athletic tape for lower back pain, knee pain, shin splints, carpal tunnel syndrome and tennis elbow.

The benefits of athletic tape can diminish if athletes or their trainers apply the tape in the wrong place. Support from tape can also decrease about 40 to 50 percent in a period of 15 to 20 minutes in motion, according to the National Institute of Health.

“Sometimes patients are irritated by the adhesive of the tape, but I haven’t found to many negatives,” Wyand said. “If you do tape for stability constantly, you start to rely so on it — so that’s a negative — but I haven’t found to many bad responses.”

The standing wall calf stretch targets the calf muscle and reduces the risk of a cramp.

Complied by Mason Cooney Sources: Livestrong Foundation, Runners Connect, Stretching Exercise Guide

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The tricep stretch stretches the back arm muscle from the shoulder to elbow.

tice in Siboni Arts & Science Center. Apple used base tape and then Leukotape tape because the Leukotape tape on its own can cause blisters. Leukotape is primarily applied for knee or shoulder issues but works with soft tissues.

Leukotape tape gives more support due to its rigid form, helping to keep muscles in place.

Best pre-workout stretches.

The cobra stretches abdominal muscules which can alleviate or prevent a side cramp.

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TAPED UP Sophomore Kiki Apple tapes her leg before tennis prac-

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School athletes shouldn’t copy routines of professionals.

s I listened to my coach’s end-of-game speech, his words became more and more faint. The dizziness was taking over, and I soon realized that I surprisingly did not have the same capabilities and physical attributes as a professional athlete.

I begged my parents to buy me Gatorade Chews for my tournament that weekend. Even though I had no idea what their purpose was, all the big-time athletes were using them, so I wanted them too.

Little did I know that after devouring a whole pack, I would be throwing up on the side of the Bay Bridge two hours after consuming them.

I was obsessed with LeBron James at the ripe age of 9, and as I saw his promotions for Gatorade and Muscle Milk, I rushed my mom to the store in search of them.

Many amateur athletes believe their bodies can take the rigor of a pro’s workout as well as ingest their supplements.

We want to be as good as famous athletes but do not always understand that hard work and not some chews or a protein shake are going to get us there.

Players similarly want the best shoes and ap-

parel because that is what they see in the media and that is what all of their friends are wearing.

But, the new Jordans will not be the deciding factor in their careers.

Sports should be an outlet for players rather than a place where their identity can be trumped by what is popular or what others are doing.

Similar to shoes and nutrition items, athletes do not always live up to their full potential because they are aware of their skills but do not want to be different or stand out.

Being an athlete is a choice. It’s a choice that we should make on our own as we continue down a path that is not the same as LeBron James or our best friend.

Our experiences as athletes are different and unique to our skill levels and what we want to accomplish so comparisons to others are unfair and can change and ruin sports — especially for a child.

I have always believed in having role models to look up to and follow, but being your own athlete and trusting in what you can do and what you want to do is important as one progresses.

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Media is not a friend

According to Kim’s Snapchat and Instagram she is currently home alone.

Social media threatens personal safety.

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rom the simple act of swiping a geofilter on to a Snapchat story update to adding location to an Instagram post, users must be wary of simple acts that can lead to detrimental results.

While many people love to hate the Kardashian-Jenner family, fans and critics alike rushed to support perhaps the most notorious of the clan, Kim Kardashian-West, when she was robbed at gunpoint in her Paris hotel room early last month.

Although the family’s highly publicized lifestyle is a considerable target for potential thefts in itself, KardashianWest’s incessant updates on Snapchat, Twitter and Instagram are thought to be the source of the crime.

With 85.4 million followers on Instagram alone, Kardashian-West’s posts can be seen by millions of people within a matter of seconds, with numerous selfies suggesting her exact location.

Allegedly causing intense anxiety and millions in losses, Kardashian-West’s terrifying dilemma is a stark reminder that constant social media sharing may go

further than just the click of a button.

Along with allowing users to post pictures of their location, Snapchat offers Geofilters, designs that can be added to pictures when taken in a specific geographical location, showing exactly where the user is at a given time.

Instagram also allows users to add a location to their posts, and compiles their photo feed into a map based on the entered locations.

With social media becoming the primary platform for teen interaction, 91 percent of teens post photos of themselves to their social media profiles, along with 71 percent who post their school name or where they live, according to a 2013 Pew Research study about the privacy of teens on social media.

As we make our social media accounts a one-stop shop for private information, our entire lives can move to the phone

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screen of anyone in a matter of seconds.

Revealing too much of our private lives on such a public interface can pose a threat to our safety and security, and while it may seem relatively easy to control who sees our content, it can always end up in the wrong hands.

While Kardashian-West’s constant display of extravagance and wealth through her various social media accounts may please her fans and followers, fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld claimed that

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she should not be surprised that some people would want to “share” her wealth when bombarded by her privilege.

Simply avoiding private details and posting with discretion can prevent unsafe situations from happening in the first place.

Safety should not be sacrificed for a cute Geofilter or Instagram post.

Instead of automatically swiping left on Snapchat to add a location to your picture, consider whose eyes may see it.

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The Voting Age Reduction amendment gives teens the option to vote on local issue as 16-year-olds, thereby increasing civic engagement and improving yearon-year voter turnout.

No funds from the soda and sugary beverage tax will go to programs combating health problems from overconsumption of said beverages, and it is unclear how the tax will reduce sugarybeverage consumption.

The sales tax increase will direct much needed funds to counter homelessness and upgrade public transit, while still keeping the City’s sales tax one of the lowest in the Bay Area.

$3.5 billion in bonds will provide muchneeded funds to modernize BART’s electrical infrastructure, replace almost 100 miles of track, increase seismic reliability, and improve general rider safety.

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Hide and seek for freedom

Refugee children live in danger.

hen a photographer points a camera at the average American child, she flashes a toothy smile. When Turkish photojournalist Osman Sağırlı pointed his camera at a Syrian child refugee, her lower lip trembled as she put her tiny hands up in defeat.

She mistook the camera for a gun.

Small tremoring limbs covered in debris and tear-filled, doe eyes have not only become the elements of my nightmares — but an indication of a horrifying and tragic reality.

Fifty thousand children have died since the beginning of Syria’s civil war, according to media-based campaign I Am Syria.

While a child should not possess a worry in the world, 7-year-old Bana Alabed struggles to clutch onto a sense of safety. Her small fingers graze a reluctant assuredness that she will witness the end of the week.

“My soul can be taken at any time,” Alabed tweeted with the help of her mother.

Over 4 million registered Syrian refugees exist in Egypt, Iraq, Jordan and Lebanon with over a quarter of the demographic under 17 years, according to a United Nations report.

While watching YouTube videos of unconscious children with wet, matted hair wheeled away into ambulances, I see my baby cousins who experience uncorrupted childhood playing tag in the backyard, watching tv shows and laughing in their whimsical worlds: all due to when and where they were born.

I then think of my great grandmother’s infant sister abandoned by her mother under a desert tree amongst the tumult of genocide in 1915, displacing millions of Greeks, Assyrians and Armenians. She was never fully granted the privilege of life.

We always claim that life is what we make of it, but the same cannot be said about Syrian children’s lives that are immediately predestined for tragedy.

“Rescued unconscious, but regained their senses after CPR,” a Greek refugee rescuer reported in “4.1 miles,” a documentary short published by “The New York Times.”

With what these children have seen and the world that they will live in, we wonder whether salvation is their blessing or their curse.

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Iraqi forces began a campaign to take back the ISIS-held city of Mosul.

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A drone lead to the rescue of a man stuck in his attic due to Hurricane Matthew

3. Buster Posey reached 1,000 career hits this season.

4. Drake released four new songs and announced the debut of a new album coming this December.

5. Convent’s varsity volleyball team won its Homecoming games 3-2.

1. One phase of the process can take months.

2. Over 40 people have died from of the hurricane.

3. It is the end of the Giants’ even year World Series streak.

4. He decided to cancel the remainder of his Summer Sixteen tour due to ankle injury.

5. The team lost its Senior Night game 2-3.

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An un‘president’ed issue Comments from presidential candidate reveal societal issue.

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hen you’re a star they let you do it, you can do anything,” Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said as he sat in an “Access Hollywood” bus with former anchor Billy Bush in a 2005 recording.

Unaware that his “locker room talk” would be heard by the world 11 years later, Trump allegedly referred to his innate desire to kiss and grope beautiful women without taking their approval into account beforehand.

To Donald Trump, his stardom was supposedly fair replacement for a woman’s consent. Following rumors and announcements from WikiLeaks creator Julian Assange claiming the presidential election’s “October surprise” was going to focus on Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton, the tape was truly a surprise to the American public.

A look at the timeline of Trump’s antics, however, proves that his words were not much of a surprise at all coming from a man whose at times hurtful, demeaning and sexist rhetoric is at the forefront of his presidential campaign.

As Trump’s true colors are brought to the public eye just weeks before Election Day, multiple women, such as former “Apprentice” contestant Summer Zervos, “People” magazine reporter Natasha Stoynoff and former Miss Utah Temple Taggart, have come forward with allegations against him, claiming that he committed various degrees of sexual assault against them from unwarranted groping to rape.

Alleged victims, however, only acquired the courage to come forward with their stories after the public’s view of Trump shifted in their favor, indicating a societal problem far more serious than the presidency.

In response to the allegations against him, Trump refers to himself as the victim, as well as insulting Stoynoff and implying that he wouldn’t have pursued her due to her physical appearance.

This reflects a culture of victim blaming where women fear their stories will not be seen as truthful or credible by the public and the justice system.

Instead of seeking justice for crimes committed against them, many women simply keep their stories of abuse to themselves, festering an already open wound of pain and violation.

Only 35 percent of rape or sexual assault cases are reported, and are reported far less than other crimes, according to a 2013 U.S. Department of Justice survey.

While much of the public has rushed to denounce Trump’s vulgar remarks towards women, Trump’s long-standing celebrity status has rendered him above the law for far too long.

Similar to the numerous rape and assault allegations against comedian Bill Cosby, many people vilified the women seeking justice, failing to let go of the childhood icon they had grown to love.

Fame is not an excuse.

Consent is non-negotiable.

While getting both sides of the story is important in any case, a person’s stardom should not cloud their actions or intentions.

Instead of immediately blaming the victim and excusing the accused, we must put stardom and image aside to reach the truth. If we don’t, justice will remain out of reach.As we choose between a man with a fake tan and a woman in a pant suit to serve as our next president, it is vital to remember who we want as an example, advocate and leader for our nation and the women within.

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“Women should advocate for themselves by embodying a positive image.”

— Miley Sherman, freshman

“We should work together instead of slut-shaming or shaming other women to make ourselves better.”

— Abby Anderson, sophomore

“It’s easy for men not to realise that something is happening so I think it’s important to point the problem out and make it known.”

— Mary Crawford, junior

“It’s really improtant that women get really strong educations and enter professional fields where they can make strides and make a name from themselves.” ­— Katie Newbold, senior

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Moving forward

Women must realize voting power.

felt my insides turn as Donald Trump pledged “Nobody has more respect for women than I do” after being confronted by moderators during the second debate about the behindthe-scenes “Access Hollywood” tape in which he bragged about sexually grabbing and kissing women.

He proceeded to explain his solutions to these problems included implementing “borders in our country” and restricting immigration from the Middle East.

Trump’s lewd comments and his alleged assaults do not reflect the qualities a president should possess. This election has become particularly difficult to watch because it is no longer about politics — it’s about human decency and getting our minds out of the gutter.

Overwhelmed by the power of the female voter in the upcoming election, some Trump-supporting Twitter users are hashtagging #RepealThe19th in an attempt to abolish the amendment that gave women the right to vote nearly 100 years ago.

Even in an election where FiveThirtyEight, an interactive statistical analysis site, has reported that if all eligible female voters cast their ballots for Clinton, she would win by an astounding 33 points.

In an election where equality and respect are not prioritized by one of the candidates, we cannot risk not voting.

First lady Michelle Obama took to the podium at a Clinton rally in New Hampshire as a Clinton

advocate as well as a feminist, mother and first lady of the United States, and spoke about why Trump’s behaviors are unfit for someone in the Oval Office.

She reminded us why, as women, we need to use this voting power to our advantage.

“We need to recover from our shock and depression and do what women have always done in this country,” Obama said. “We need you to roll up your sleeves. We need to get to work. Because remember this: When they go low, we go high.”

Aside from his misogynist ideals, his policies are deeply un-American. Trump’s plans to waterboard potential terrorists and their families, a war crime previously banned by the Geneva Convention, and mandate religious immigration criteria which harkens back to the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798. For the first time in American history, we have a presidential candidate threatening to take legal action in the case he is not elected, and assuming the election is rigged if he doesn’t win.

“Making America great” does not equate to turning back the clock a couple hundred years.

In an election like this, women must exercise their right to vote to prevent an ignorant and malicious leader from being president, whether or not they agree with Clinton’s policies.

It’s not time to rewind to 1798, or 1919. This is 2016 and it’s time to move forward.

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Snow delicious Minimalistic dessert shop brings frozen Taiwanese treats to San Francisco.

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LET IT SNOW A strawberry “BOB” Daily S’nome Pick option at San

Francisco’s new shaved ice cream parlor includes homemade berry glaze, rainbow sprinkles and fresh, organic berries. The Powder daily specials are $1 more than regular options.

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rystalline shavings of flavored ice gather together in cups of snowy goodness at Powder, the Taiwanese ice cream experience that opened on Divisadero Street about a month ago.

During a San Francisco heatwave with weather in the high 70s, Powder was a refreshing treat that satisfied a sweet-tooth hankering. While the parlor only offers five “snows” — resembling a dessert halfway between ice cream and shaved ice, it offers the fresh and flavorful ones: black sesame, Vietnamese coffee, strawberry, horchata and matcha green tea.

The regular-sized snow appears to be large, but weighs significantly less than it looks to be since the shaved ice isn’t weighed down by sugary syrups or heavy cream like ice cream.

The Vietnamese coffee snow is rich and milky, unlike its

dense popsicle rival from Bi Rite Creamery, a block away.

The horchata snow, flavored like the traditional Mexican cinnamon-spiced rice drink, was better than most horchatas at taquerias, mostly because it’s thankfully not as rich or dairy-heavy.

Each dish comes with a crunchy waffle cone cracker to shovel some of the snow into one’s mouth — a subtle touch which satisfies the traditional ice cream cone lover. The frozen yogurt fanatic is also in luck, as Powder’s menu boasts more toppings than flavors.

Unlike ice cream, there are no to-go pints available for purchase for binge eating while watching Netflix. Downing a gallon of this stuff would be no impressive feat because it’s so light, it might feel like eating air. A taste of Powder will require getting out of bed to order and wait for the freshlymade, frozen treats.

The shop can be difficult to lo-

cate. After 10 minutes of driving and searching, it appeared to be a dark, closed space, with a marker-on-paper sign in the window declaring that it closed early. The shop would have stayed open another two hours, if it had enough product left to last through the day.

A small space limits seating for customers, but an accommodating public parklet outdoors offers a place for customers to sit down and enjoy the refreshing snows.

The purist’s plain and simple regular cup of snow starts at $4.50, and daily specials include $5.50 “S’nome Picks” which offer two sundae-style snow options with prefixed toppings.

Only one flavor is available per order, so optimally, customers go in pairs, order different flavors and share dessert then leave having tried half the menu.

Powder is located at 260 Divisadero St. and is open on Tuesday through Sunday, noon to 10 p.m.

Exhibit reflects on the past

Elements of an altar

Day of the Dead exhibition honors recent mass shooting victims.

Tributes to the dead contain common items.

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large tree with 49 copper hearts and rainbow “papel picado,” paper cut into elaborate designs, stands in the center of the Mission Cultural Center gallery for Latino Arts 30th annual Day of the Dead exhibition to honor the Orlando Shooting victims.

“Día de los Muertos,” a multiday celebration around Nov. 2 as All Soul’s Day, recognizes the cycle of life and death by creating an altar or “ofrenda.” The day is also commemorated with food, drinks and activities, all of which the deceased may have enjoyed doing during their lives.

“The way that people encompass and prepare for the ritual stems from that natural calendar cycle of the environment,” Angelica Rodriguez, Gallery Coordinator for the Day of the Dead exhibition, said. “People would tend to start gathering the last

of the harvest and take the opportunity to remember all the people and things that were here before, that are no longer here.”

Annual exhibit themes can reflect what is going on in the world politically and socially.

This year’s Cultural Center exhibit includes altars honoring victims of police shootings and a prominent Mexican artist, while featuring art from 13 different artists.

This year’s theme, “Ofrendas para las ánimas. Offerings for the souls,” focuses on the origins of the celebration, according to Rodriguez.

“Last year’s exhibit’s theme was on Junípero Serra and the controversy of him being canonized as a saint because there was protest due to his treatment of the indigenous people,” Spanish teacher Mary Bicanic said. “I thought that was really important to focus on in terms of an interdisciplinary

lesson, by studying it in American history, art history and the Spanish class.”

The Mission as a neighborhood itself is a great classroom for Spanish students.

— Mary Bicanic

Bicanic says her Spanish 3 Honors students annually study Día de los Muertos to understand essential rituals of Spanish and Latino communities by touring the Mission District and attending the exhibit.

“It can be so specific to each family,” senior Grace Apple,

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who visited the exhibition, said.

“They put things on the altar that only they attribute with their honoree like a deck of cards, board games or different drinks they liked.”

Two thousand guests and up to 55 schools typically visit the exhibition, according to Rodriguez.

“The Mission as a neighborhood itself is a great classroom for Spanish students because of the many cultural benefits as well as linguists,” Bicanic said.

“San Francisco is one of the cities in the U.S. that widely celebrates Day of the Dead because of the Mexican-American population and heritage.”

“Ofrendas para las ánimas.

Offerings for the souls.” runs through Nov. 19 at the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, at 2862 Mission St. Gallery. Hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Admission is $2.

Marigolds

symbolize death; scent is said to guide the dead back to Earth.

Incense

allow for conversation with spirits.

Candles Cand dles

attract tt and welcome spirits to the altar.

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