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December 14, 2017

Convent of the Sacred Heart HS • San Francisco, California

Volume 24, Issue 4

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Up in smoke

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Service organizations lack help during busy season.

New form of nicotine consumption poses health hazards.

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Despite the Surgeon General’s Warnings on packs of cigarettes and anti-cigarette campaigns, many young smokers are starting nicotine habits through JUULs, a type of ecigarette available in multiple flavors.

“I was at my friend’s birthday dinner and a bunch of people were in the bathroom and they had a JUUL,” a Bay Area prep school student, who wishes to remain anonymous, said. “All my friends had used a JUUL before and I had never used one. They said it was to get the head rush so you can feel dizzy for a couple of seconds.”

JUUL devices are comprised of two parts — the aluminum shell and replaceable JUULpods, which contain JUULsalts, an e-liquid based on nicotine salts found in the tobacco

leaf that match cigarettestrength nicotine levels, according to JUUL. Due to its unique heating system, a JUUL produces fewer carcinogens than cigarettes and other brands of e-cigarettes, according to an independently funded study conducted by researchers at Portland State University, initiating the claim that JUULs are a “healthier alternative” to other nicotine products.

Comparable to other ecigarettes, JUULpods are sold in various flavors including Virginia tobacco, cool mint, fruit medley, creme brulee and mango. The level of nicotine in one pod is equivalent to one pack of cigarettes, according to JUUL.

“One pod, depending on the person, lasts a different amount of time,” the student said. “For me, I’d say one pod lasts a week and a half to two weeks. Some people I know go through a pod a day.”

Like other drugs, the younger an individual starts using nicotine, the more likely she will become addicted to it, according to family practice physician Mitika Kanabar, who is board-certified in addiction medicine.

“From teens to around age 24, your brain power to make decisions is still developing, See JUULs, p. 2

Giving during the holidays

Service locations are overlooked as volunteers flock to others.

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Volunteers clamor to serve meals at soup kitchens or package food at local food banks as the holidays approach, while less popular organizations in San Francisco are overlooked and left with little assistance.

“Unfortunately, people like to reach out and say, ‘I’m going to go to Glide and serve a meal because it’s the holidays,’” Ray O’Connor, Stuart Hall service learning director, said. “Well,

there’s a lot of people who think that way. Then they get inundated with volunteers and don’t need it, so I like to find those places that may be forgotten that may need it.”

O’Connor says Most Holy Redeemer Church in the Castro district is one of those places constantly in need of help for its Wednesday night suppers. Elder homes, such as The Sequoias and Vintage Coventry in Japantown, are a hidden and vulnerable population that also could use

help over the holidays.

“We have so many retirement communities in this city with a ton of people and no one visiting them,” O’Connor, who established the Students in Action club, said. “Families are either distant, can’t or won’t visit them and a lot of [the residents] can’t go anywhere.”

While O’Connor says he and students in SIA often send out emails to the student body to communicate volunteer opportunities, junior Molly Brown

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Sophomore serves as a City youth commissioner.

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Alumna designs solar-powered incubator.

finds out about service opportunities through her service nonprofit.

“I’m part of National Charity League where mothers and daughters do community service together,” junior Molly Brown said. “We’re in contact with organizations around the city, so there’s a ton of different philanthropies you can do.”

Brown says she has signed up for several volunteer opportunities this winter through the See Help, p. 2

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Teenage girls share their experiences with harassment.

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Senior ice skates for national awards.

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Finals begin today with E and F classes, altering the schedule to have only two, two-hour exam periods a day. A and B Period are on Friday, G and H on Monday, and C and D on Tuesday. ►►Noël,

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All four divisions of Convent & Stuart Hall will join together tomorrow in the Herbert Center and continue the singing tradition of Noëls, initiated in the 1920s, at 8:30 a.m. ►►Festive

festivities

The Sophomore Class will host a half-day Christmas celebration Wednesday filled activities such as a PAWS White Elephant Exchange beginning at 8 am with dismissal at noon.

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SHOWING OFF Junior Maggie Walter and Stuart Hall junior Leet Miller view Sophie Mack’s art at the IB Art Reception “Explorations & Opportunities.” The art work is displayed in Syfuy Theatre Gallery.

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After 17 years at the Broadway Campus, security guard Ali Nasser is retiring and will not be returning after break. Nasser will be moving to Michigan to be near his family.

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Help wanted From Giving, p. 1 charity league, including helping at​ ​family​ ​housing​ ​organizations​ ​ like​ ​the​ ​Hamilton​ ​Families​ ​and​ ​ the Raphael​ ​House.

Junior​ ​Isabella​ ​Bermejo,​ ​who​ ​ volunteers​ ​at​ ​the​ ​SF​ ​SPCA​ ​as​ ​a​ ​ cat​ ​socializer,​ ​says​ ​the​ ​animal nonprofit​ ​needs​ ​extra​ ​help​ ​over​ ​ the​ ​holidays.

“There​ ​is​ ​an​ ​influx​ ​of​ ​traffic​ ​ during​ ​the​ ​holidays​ ​from​ ​people​ ​ who​ ​see​ ​the​ ​animals​ ​in​ ​the​ ​Macy’s windows,”​ ​Bermejo​ ​said.​ ​“If​​

they​ ​don’t​ ​find​ ​an​ ​animal​ ​there,​ ​ they​ ​get​ ​inspired​ ​to​ ​go​ ​to​ ​the shelters​ ​to​ ​find​ ​a​ ​pet.”

O’Connor​ ​says​ ​he​ ​is​ ​astounded​ ​by​ ​the​ ​amount​ ​of​ ​service​ ​ Convent​ ​&​ ​Stuart​ ​Hall​ ​students​ ​ at​ ​do, and​ ​says​ ​the​ ​willingness​ ​to​ ​ serve​ ​is​ ​strong.

“We​ ​have​ ​the​ ​reputation​ ​that​ ​ we​ ​deliver,​ ​that​ ​we’re​ ​responsible​ ​ and​ ​that​ ​we​ ​follow​ ​through,” O’Connor​ ​said.​ ​“I​ ​want​ ​to​ ​preserve​ ​that.​ ​It​ ​is​ ​a​ ​great​ ​reflection​ ​ on​ ​our​ ​entire​ ​community.”

Volunteer opportunities in the City Wednesday night meal service Most Holy Redeemer Church, 100 Diamond St. Elder care The Sequoias, 1400 Geary Blvd.

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HELPING HAND Junior Anna Doggett lays out gingerbread men to prepare for the Santa Fest holiday

fundraiser at the General’s Residence in Fort Mason. Children of Shelters runs the annual event in the Presidio for local homeless children.

“I​ ​have​ ​friends​ ​who,​ ​if​ ​they​ ​ are​ ​away​ ​from​ ​their​ ​JUUL​ ​for​ ​ more​ ​than​ ​an​ ​hour​ ​or​ ​two,​ ​start​ ​ getting really​ ​jittery​ ​and​ ​they​ ​ start​ ​sweating,”​ ​the​ ​student​ ​said.​ ​ “They​ ​can’t​ ​stop​ ​talking​ ​about​ ​it​ ​ and​ ​how much​ ​they​ ​need​ ​it.”

On​ ​top​ ​of​ ​the​ ​health​ ​issues​ ​associated​ ​with​ ​nicotine,​ ​packs​ ​of​ ​ JUULpods​ ​can​ ​run​ ​upwards​ ​of $20​ ​or​ ​$30,​ ​making​ ​JUULing​ ​a​ ​ pricy​ ​habit.

“I​ ​own​ ​a​ ​JUUL,​ ​but​ ​​it​ ​is​ ​really​ ​ expensive,”​ ​the​ ​student​ ​said.​ ​“​ I​ ​only​ ​use​ ​it​ ​when​ ​I​ ​go​ ​to​ ​parties.​ ​I have​ ​a​ ​fear​ ​of​ ​getting​ ​really​ ​addicted​ ​to​ ​it​ ​so​ ​I​ ​make​ ​sure​ ​ it’s​ ​away​ ​for​ ​the​ ​entire​ ​week​ ​and​ ​ then on​ ​weekends​ ​I​ ​use​ ​it,​ ​but​ ​ I​ ​know​ ​people​ ​who​ ​just​ ​use​ ​it​ ​ alone​ ​at​ ​home.”

Advertised​ ​as​ ​a​ ​“smoking​ ​ alternative”​ ​that​ ​is​ ​“intended​ ​ for​ ​adult​ ​smokers​ ​who​ ​want​ ​to​ ​ switch from​ ​combustible​ ​cigarettes,”​ ​federal​ ​law​ ​prohibits​ ​persons​ ​under​ ​the​ ​age​ ​of​ ​21​ ​from​ ​ purchasing JUUL​ ​products,​ ​but​ ​ this​ ​has​ ​not​ ​stopped​ ​teens​ ​from​ ​ obtaining​ ​them.

The​ ​compactness​ ​and​ ​look​ ​resembling​ ​a​ ​USB​ ​flash​ ​drive​ ​make​ ​ the​ ​JUUL​ ​easy​ ​to​ ​use​ ​discreetly, according​ ​to​ ​the​ ​student.

After school programs Cameron House, 920 Sacramento St.

Elder care Vintage Coventry, 1550 Sutter St.

Food preparation and meal service Glide Memorial, 330 Ellis St.

Meal Service Episcopal Community Services, 1001 Polk St. & 201 8th St.

Food preparation and meal service St. Anthony Foundation, 150 Golden Gate Ave.

School hosts first basketball tournament

JUUL use damages long-term health

From Up, p. 1 Kanabar said. “If you expose your brain to substances, then it doesn’t develop the way it’s supposed to and you become​ predisposed​ ​to​ ​developing​ ​an​ ​ addiction.”

Addiction​ ​can​ ​also​ ​stem​ ​from​ ​ equating​ ​the​ ​use​ ​of​ ​substances​ ​to​ ​ daily​ ​habits. ​ ​​“The​ ​more​ ​you​ ​associate​ ​ smoking​ ​with​ ​particular​ ​daytime​ ​activities,​ ​the​ ​more​ ​likely​ ​ you​ ​are​ ​to become​ ​addicted​ ​to​ ​ any​ ​substance,​ ​nicotine​ ​in​ ​particular,”​ ​Kanabar​ ​said.​ ​“‘I​ ​walk​ ​ my​ ​dog​ ​and​ ​I vape’​ ​—​ ​that’s​ ​one​ ​ of​ ​the​ ​stories​ ​I​ ​often​ ​hear.”

Immediate​ ​effects​ ​of​ ​nicotine​ ​ use​ ​include​ ​an​ ​increase​ ​of​ ​blood​ ​ pressure​ ​and​ ​heart​ ​rate,​ ​but nicotine​ ​can​ ​also​ ​cause​ ​long​ ​term​ ​ effects​ ​such​ ​as​ ​heart​ ​disease​ ​and​ ​ chronic​ ​obstructive pulmonary​ ​ disease,​ ​and​ ​even​ ​micro​ ​problems​ ​in​ ​the​ ​brain​ ​that​ ​can​ ​impair​ ​ memory​ ​and cognition,​ ​according​ ​to​ ​Kanabar.

Because​ ​nicotine​ ​is​ ​highly​ ​addictive,​ ​withdrawal​ ​symptoms​ ​ like​ ​irritability,​ ​anxiety​ ​and​ ​difficulty concentrating​ ​can​ ​come​ ​ quickly​ ​and​ ​be​ ​extreme.

Dog and cat socializing San Francisco SPCA, 250 Florida St.

Addressing​ ​rumors​ ​that​ ​students​ ​were​ ​using​ ​e-cigarette​ ​devices​ ​at​ ​school,​ ​Head​ ​of​ ​School Rachel​ ​Simpson​ ​recently​ ​made​ ​ an​ ​announcement​ ​condemning​ ​ vaping​ ​during​ ​Chapel,​ ​stating that​ ​it​ ​was​ ​against​ ​school​ ​rules.

“Possession​ ​or​ ​use​ ​of​ ​illegal​ ​ substances​ ​is​ ​not​ ​tolerated​ ​on​ ​ the​ ​school​ ​campuses​ ​or​ ​at​ ​school sponsored​ ​functions,”​ ​according​ ​to​ ​the​ ​High​ ​School​ ​Student​ ​ Handbook.​ ​“Similarly,​ ​a​ ​student’s use​ ​of​ ​these​ ​substances​ ​ before​ ​or​ ​after​ ​the​ ​school​ ​day​ ​or​ ​ school​ ​activities​ ​is​ ​not​ ​tolerated,​ ​ and students​ ​may​ ​not​ ​attend​ ​any​ ​ school​ ​event​ ​while​ ​under​ ​the​ ​influence​ ​of​ ​substances.”

For​ ​those​ ​looking​ ​to​ ​quit​ ​ smoking​ ​or​ ​vaping,​ ​Kanabar​ ​ suggests​ ​asking​ ​for​ ​help​ ​as​ ​a​ ​first​ ​ step,​ ​as often​ ​only​ ​3​ ​to​ ​6​ ​percent​ ​ of​ ​teenagers​ ​are​ ​successful​ ​when​ ​ trying​ ​to​ ​quit​ ​by​ ​themselves.

“I’m​ ​getting​ ​rid​ ​of​ ​[my​ ​JUUL]​ ​ after​ ​I​ ​finish​ ​my​ ​last​ ​[JUUL]pod,”​ the​ ​student​ ​said.​ ​“It’s​ ​just​ ​so expensive​ ​and​ ​I​ ​feel​ ​like​ ​there’s​ ​no​ ​ real​ ​reason​ ​to​ ​do​ ​it​ ​other​ ​than​ ​ it’s​ ​‘cool’​ ​right​ ​now.​ ​In​ ​five years,​ ​ people​ ​will​ ​probably​ ​just​ ​think​ ​ it’s​ ​dumb​ ​—​ ​and​ ​it’s​ ​bad​ ​for​ ​your​ ​ health.”

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Percent of teens who used cigarettes v. e-cigarettes in June 2017

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SHE SHOOTS SHE SCORES Sophomore Jade Despanie drives the lane against a Lincoln High School player. The Cubs played Branson High School the second day of the tournament.

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onvent High School hosted the 4th Annual Hoops vs. Cancer Classic basketball tournament for the first time this past weekend, inviting high school teams from across the Bay Area to play to raise money for cancer research.

Athletic Director Anthony Thomas, who is new to the

Convent & Stuart Hall community this year, says he created the tournament at Branson High School in 2013 to honor a parent who had died of cancer.

“We created this basketball tournament to not only raise awareness,” Thomas said, “but to hopefully raise some funds to donate to the Kay Yow Cancer Fund.

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Improving the egg-conomy Alumna engineers self-sustainable incubator in African country.

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team of five mechanical engineers from Stanford University, including a Convent alumna, are designing and constructing a solar-powered, poultry egg incubator for Burkina Faso, one of West Africa’s most impoverished countries, in response to its demand for poultry farming.

“Poultry farming is the main source of income, but the access to the energy grid is terrible,” Bianka Quintanilla-Whye (’13) said. “When the energy cuts out and the incubator shuts down for a few days, all the eggs die, which is why there is such a great need for solar-power products.”

The incubators designed by Quintanilla-Why and her team should accelerate and reduce the cost of poultry production, which makes up 80 percent of Burkina Faso’s economy.

“One of the major problems in Burkina Faso is that they do not have access to sustainable energy and the modern technology required to accelerate poultry production,” Dena Montague, a research associate at the Center for Black Studies Research at UC Santa Barbara said. “This makes production less productive, and demonstrates a huge need and potential for solar-power.”

Montague first introduced the project to Reginald Mitchell, the

team’s advisor and a professor of Advanced Thermal System and Energy Systems at Stanford. He then brought it to QuintanillaWhye and her teammates during their senior year in December 2016.

Montague and Boureima Kabre, a Burkina Faso poultry farmer, co-founded the social enterprise Énergie Rich that created the solar-powered poultry egg incubator idea and organized the project.

“I have always been doing Energie Rich on the side, but I really started to see how local production of solar energy is important in Sub-Saharan Africa,” Montague said. “If you don’t have access to energy, you can’t develop economically. We want access to energy to spread more rapidly — and for people to have local control over energy — while also creating jobs for locals.”

The team began the 10-week process with preliminary research on Burkina Faso, the challenges with sustainable energy and the poultry eggs. They then used coding, experimentation and small prototypes with shelves and insulation before making the final 230 egg capacity, solar- powered incubator, according to Quintanilla-Whye.

“This process took a lot of dedication and work,” teammate Paul Watkins said. “It was not just another senior project

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CUTE CHICKS Alumna Bianka Quintanilla-Whye and teammate Paul Watkins hold newly-born chicks hatched in poultry farmer Boureima Kabre’s traditionally-powered incubator in Burkina Faso. Their team from Stanford University worked in Kabre’s shop assembling a solar powered incubator they designed.

— this is going to be a lifetime commitment for me.”

Montague specifically wanted to work with a team of AfricanAmerican students to address how few people of color work in engineering.

“I think it’s really powerful that we are working with people who live in Africa since all of [the team’s] ancestors were from there,” Quintanilla-Whye said. “To me, having the project centered within the African Diaspora — especially because the number of black mechanical engineers is very low — is really beautiful.”

Quintanilla-Whye and Watkins joined Montague and Kabre in Burkina Faso last summer to assemble the newly-designed incubator. Shipping the materials was the most expensive and difficult part of the trip, according to Montague.

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plan to return next year with new team members to improve the incubator design, make it more cost effective, and educate locals on how to assemble the incubator.

“The people there are very excited by our work and ready to get the incubators functioning,” Montague said. “These students came from all the way across the world to not only help us build the incubator, but also to transfer knowledge so that we can build a sustainable green economy within the community.”

French Filmmaker Bonny Anoman accompanied the team to Burkina Faso and is creating a documentary, “On the Line,” about the project.

“Our work is not done,” Quintanilla-Whye said. “This is an ongoing project and people are depending on our design. The solar-powered incubator could

On-campus jobs benefit student employees, school community.

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lthough having a job during the school year can cause stress in finding a balance between classwork, sports and extracurriculars, working on-campus can alleviate some of those issues.

“Over the summer I worked in the tech department as an intern,” senior Jilan Powers said.

“I am interested in computer science, and I thought working at school would be a great chance to be exposed to the tech field while in a setting that I was comfortable in.”

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WORKING IT Junior Molly Brown asks two Convent Elementary

students to show her how their sound maker works during After School Program. Brown works at ASP every Tuesday after school.

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Powers is in the second year of an internship with the tech department.

“We took inventory of new iPads, deployed them to different grade levels and cased them, as well as deploying new Apple TVs,” Powers said about her summer job.

Other on-campus job opportunities include working for the After School Program with Convent Elementary students.

“I started working with kids a couple of years ago when I was a counseler-in-training at the Bay Club Camp,” junior Molly Brown, who works for ASP, said.

“I realized that working with kids made me really happy. I love interacting with them and helping them learn.”

Brown assists Stuart Hall for Boys teacher Kendyl Eriksen in her after school science class.

“We do all sorts of experiments,” Brown said. “Just the other week we did an activity with cockroaches and learned all about them. The week of Hallow-

een we made a variety of slimes using many different chemicals and materials.”

Hiring students provides high schoolers with employment opportunities and is convenient as the employees are already on campus for school, according to Auxiliary Program Director Joey Elftmann.

“Having the high school staff present adds such a healthy, youthful energy to the program that otherwise doesn’t exist,” Elftmann said.

Student Life Director Devin DeMartini Cooke sent out an email at the beginning of the school year inviting interested students to apply for ASP. Paid positions are only available when to students over 16 years old, however, interested applicants can also volunteer with the program.

“They are such big role models for the younger kids.” Elftmann said. “The kids naturally look up to them and want to be like them.”

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completely change the game of the economy in Burkina Faso.”

Quintanilla-Whye graduated Stanford in June and returned for an additional quarter in order to complete her graduation requirements, having not declared her engineering major until her sophomore year.

She currently works part time at X, the Moonshot Factory, a division of Google that creates top secret inventions such as the Self-Driving Car. QuintanillaWhye says she plans to work at X full time once the quarter is complete.

“In the future I hope to run workshops for students, or help people who have ideas but need the materials and money,” Quintanilla-Whye said. “Mechanical engineering is a predominantly male field, but I do not allow that to hold me back.”

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Visiting committee commends, recommends.

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ast month’s visiting team from the Sacred Heart Commission on Goals commended the student experience while recommending more time for planning, connecting among faculty and staff, and finding ways to incorporate the Goals and Criteria.

“One overarching recommendation was to create more time to be with students and each other as faculty,” theology teacher Paul Pryor Lorentz said. “We have great programs, but sometimes there is not enough time to plan it out.”

On the first workday back from Winter Break, faculty plan to address the recommendations, according to Lorentz.

“Having the student experience be most important for all of us felt like a really strong commendation and in line with the mission of the school — to serve each child,” Head of School Rachel Simpson said.

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Blending two worlds

Applying the numbers

Celebrities, social media changes beauty branding.

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Consumers contribute to growing makeup industry.

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85% of students wear makeup.

98.11 million people purchased cosmetics within the last 12 months of spring 2017.

Women 18-34 buy the most makeup.

1 in 3 women say they will not leave homes without applying makeup.

Women spend an average of $15,000 on beauty products in a lifetime.

Sources: Broadview survey administered via email 12/6/17 with 44% student response, Statista, TABS Analytics, Style Caster, People Style Mason Cooney | THE BROADVIEW

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ith beauty vloggers on YouTube, regular celebrity product endorsements on Instagram, and an increased presence of cosmetic companies online, the makeup and beauty industry’s marketing strategies have changed with the advent of social media.

“When I see makeup on Instagram I think I may like, I usually look into buying it,” senior Madison O’Neill said. “It’s not just the ads. The people who show off the products have a huge impact because their videos give people the chance to see what products do and how they work before buying.”

Beauty brands that pair with social media platforms can gain awareness and stay relevant to their customers. Partnerships with YouTube stars or Instagram celebrities allow companies to access a larger audience, according to marketing and creativity consultant Michelle Busse Moran (’02), who works on video and content creation specifically for beauty and skincare brands.

“Some of the companies I have worked with have paid certain celebrities like the Kardashian girls for one Instagram post showing their product,” Moran said. “The effect is massive, leading products to sometimes even sell out completely. That’s the kind of attentive audience those a-list celebrities have online.”

After seeing Kylie Jenner’s

heavy online and social media presence, junior Avery Van Natta says the reality TV star and model’s line of makeup, Kylie Cosmetics, is popular because of its branding style and not not necessarily because of the products’ quality.

“I don’t wear makeup, but I got Kylie Jenner’s Lip Kits for my sister,” Van Natta said. “I guess I wanted to see the difference in how they are presented online versus what they are in reality. Honestly, when I bought the kit, I was more focused on the brand name because it is so well known.”

Other popular celebrities such as Kim Kardashian and Rihanna have released beauty lines of their own that are advertised similarly to Jenner’s.

“I bought Rihanna’s Fenty Beauty Trophy Wife Highlighter and Fenty Lip Gloss after seeing them on social media,” O’Neill said. “I think that people probably tend to lean towards makeup they see online because if something is everywhere, they probably think it’s good in some way.”

Entire beauty marketing departments are dedicated to promoting products through social media. With large financial and human resources devoted to a company’s online persona, makeup brands are able to further their name and reach a wider community, according Erin Dress (’02), Emerging Channels e-Commerce Team Lead at Unilever.

“Social media has become a more nuanced way to reach sub-segments of consumers with individualized messages that appeal to them and their needs,” Dress said. “From the brands I’ve worked with at Unilever, digital-leading brands are better able to drive market share and build extreme loyalty with their shoppers.”

Before the omnipresent world of social media, brands had to rely on their ads in magazines or newspapers, according to Moran.

“There is no way to measure consumer engagement and effectiveness with print ads,” Moran said. “With social media, companies are now able to see the data from online interactives, seeing click throughs and analytics of what works and what doesn’t.”

In an age in which consumers more often than not use wireless technology before paper and cable, industries like cosmetics are often directing their efforts towards teens and young adults to gain their lifetime support, according to Moran.

“As a young person on social media, I sort of expected Kylie Jenner’s products to be magical like how they are portrayed online,” Van Natta said.

“The weren’t as amazing as they seemed and I probably wouldn’t buy her products again just because I am not drawn to the makeup itself but instead the ‘cool’ reputation they have.”

Personal care products may pose serious health risks Shampoo, conditioners and skin care lotion chemicals can disrupt hormones.

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howering with shampoo and conditioner, rinsing with an army of skin care products, or even putting on makeup may seem important for maintaining a healthier, cleaner lifestyle, but many personal care products contain harmful and unsafe chemicals that could have detrimental health effects in the future.

The Health and Environmental Research in Make-up Of Salinas Adolescents (HERMOSA) Study monitored 100 teen girls in Salinas during a three-day period in which they cut all of their normal personal care products out of their daily routines.

Instead, they used pre-approved alternatives that did not contain any of the chemicals researchers were worried about.

“The study was concerned about chemicals in makeup and other personal care products that might act like hormones and mimic estrogen,” Dr. Kim Harley — associate Director for Health Effects at UC Berkeley’s Center for Environmental Research and Children’s Health —

who led the study said. “We were particularly concerned about teenage girls [who] use a lot of makeup and a lot of other personal care products, and are going through a time of reproductive development.”

After comparing urine samples from before and after a three-day study period, Harley found significant results.

“On average we saw that levels of chemicals — the different hormone-disrupting chemicals — went down between 25 percent and 45 percent just in three days of using different products,” Harley said.

Some chemical ingredients in personal care products may mimic hormones such as estrogen and are suspected of provoking breast cancer, according to Harley.

“Our project was funded by the California Breast Cancer Research Program because they’re interested in how these hormone disrupting chemicals might impact breast cancer much later down the road,” Harley said. “We don’t have strong evidence that these chemicals do cause breast cancer, but we have enough evi-

Students who bought makeup after they saw it on social media.

dence from animal studies to be concerned.”

Junior Worth Taylor says she only purchases organic or natural skin care products in effort to eliminate chemicals from her daily routine.

“I do not use any Sephora makeup or drugstore makeup,” Taylor said. “I only use things that are made with ingredients that I can pronounce or that I know rather than chemicals and things I learn about in chemistry class.”

Although a good method to avoid harmful chemicals, reading labels may not always prove to be reliable. Many fragrances contain phthalates, a group of chemicals that are commonly found in vinyl flooring and have affected the reproductive system in animal testing, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.

Because fragrance recipes are considered proprietary and a trade secret, fragrance companies are not required to list phthalates as ingredients and instead simply write the word “parfum,” according to Harley.

“That is why, in general, if it

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is fragrance free, that is better,” Harley said. “If it doesn’t have ‘parfum’ or fragrance on the label, that’s good. But if you really want a fragrance, natural fragrance is better.”

Even though there is widespread concern for the safety of a particular personal care product, the Food and Drug Administration can do little about it, according to Harley.

“The FDA doesn’t have very strong regulatory powers when it comes to cosmetics,” Harley said. “The FDA was started by a law called the Drug and Cosmetics Act. In theory the Act was to oversee food, drugs and cosmetics, but the reality is the FDA has really strong powers over food and drugs and it has very weak power over cosmetics.”

Senators Dianne Feinstein and Susan Collins introduced the Personal Care Products Safety Act in May to amend the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. The bill would strengthen the FDA’s authority to regulate ingredients in personal care products.

Some hair care products, such as Brazilian Blowout, contain

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formaldehyde — a known carcinogen. A hairdresser raised concern when they began having nosebleeds, eye irritation, and trouble breathing while using the product labeled “formaldehyde-free,” according to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

“The FDA could not do anything about it,” Harley said. “The FDA sent a very stern letter to the company saying ‘Please don’t do this anymore,’ but that was all they could do and the company had no recourse.”

Using apps such as Think Dirty - Shop Clean and the Environmental Working Group’s Healthy Living, which scan products’ barcodes and give a rating on their safety, are easy ways to find products with fewer chemicals, according to Harley.

“Everyone’s so conscious about what food they eat and eating healthy when what you put on your body is just as important,” Taylor said. “If you are putting chemicals on your skin, that’s going to cause as much harm as eating something that’s full of preservatives. It’s just as bad for you.”

Students who do not look at ingredients before buying makeup.

Source: Broadview survey administered via email 12/6/17 with 44% student response

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A voice for youth

Sophomore pursues interest in politics.

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hile weekly meetings at City Hall, evening conference calls, and completing community improvement projects seem like the tasks of a member of the Board Supervisor, they are the duties a sophomore on the San Francisco District Youth Commission and member of the civic engagement and immigration committee.

“I’ve always known I wanted to go into politics and this position allows me to see the people that I am eventually going to be working alongside and for,” Districts Arianna Nassiri Youth Commissioner said. “I also know that if I say what is needed to be said I can make an impact on this city even as a 15 year old, which is a pretty impressive thing.”

The San Francisco Youth Commission is comprised of 17 teens and young adults, ages 12 to 23, who comment and give recommendations on all ordinances and laws affecting youth and families in the City’s 11 districts.

Nassiri previously interned at Board of Supervisors President London Breed’s office in seventh grade, mostly working with adults. According to Nas-

siri, working with youth is more comfortable and respect is easily attained.

“When you are working with one of your peers, there is a sense that each opinion is just as important,” Nassiri said. “That is really significant when you are trying to be taken seriously in a community of adults.”

I’ve always known I wanted to go into politics and this position allows me to see the people that I am eventually going to be working alongside.

— Arianna Nassiri

Extracurriculars outside of school, like Nassiri’s involvement with local government, help students scope out their interests before college, according to College Counseling Director

Balancing the checkbook

Rebecca Munda.

“We are in a dynamic global city and being exposed to civic volunteer work or sports outside of school can help students get a sense of what their interests might be or not be down the road,” Munda said.

Attending Youth Commission’s meetings and joining one of its committees serve as alternative ways for youth interested in government to get involved, according to Kiely Hosmon, Coordinator of Youth Development and Administration.

“Any of our meetings are open to the public, so if youth come into our meetings they can make a public comment,” Hosmon said. “The City Services Committee could then try to get traction with those that deal with that issue. Joining a committee is also a way they could get involved and reap the benefits of learning how city government works as well as be a part of meetings.”

Nassiri won last year’s Convent & Stuart Hall’s Launch Grant with a website prototype dedicated to educating new voters on registration and making smart decisions in voting. She says she plans to speak to the Convent community about preregistration for voting.

students who graduated from a four year college in 2012 had student loan debt.

Teens spend 47 percent of their weekly income.

Teens save 53 percent of their weekly income.

2/3 of college students in 201415 paid for school with the assistance of financial aid in the forms of grants or scholarships.

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Commission about voter pre-registration for those eligible to vote on election day. Nassiri was sworn into the Youth Commission this September with 17 other Bay Area youth, ages 12 to 23.

“I hope to get a better understanding of how government works and the whole process behind creating projects and ideas,” Nassiri said about her goals. “I come from a very di-

verse family and a lot of us live in San Francisco. My goal is to give back my time and energy in order to better the community of San Francisco.”

Saving for success

Teens are entering the workforce early to save for college.

Claire Devereux

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hether it means working full eight-hour shifts during the summer or on the weekends, or heading off to a part-time job each afternoon, many teens are working to save money for the substantial price tag of college.

Ninety-three percent of teens say saving their money for college was a priority for them, and 91 percent stated that they were expected to cover at least some of their higher-educational expenses, according to a Teen College Savings Barometer study.

“I worked all summer with an eight-hour shift for four to five days a week,” Ana Cahuas (’17), who attends University of Michigan said, “and I expect the money to last me through my first semester.”

Savings often do not cover all of college tuition, so many financial advisors recommend taking loans out to ease the pressure.

“I am going to need loans or a scholarship,” senior Isabel Elgin, who worked at Target last year, said. “My job helped eliminate the need for bigger loans, but I still plan on taking loans out.”

Larry Lane, president of L Squared Wealth Management LLC, suggests creating a budget based on how much the college costs and what the family can afford. A student’s budget should include savings, parental contributions, scholarships, part-time jobs and loans.

“College is a huge financial investment, especially when you consider that the total cost of a public school can be over $100,000 and a private school over $200,000,” Lane said, “but it is important to remember that scholarships can dramatically lower the cost of a private school to the point where it is sometimes less expensive than a public school.”

It is essential to weigh the current college budget, costs of a planned college major, and expected future income when choosing the best college for an individual, according to Lane.

“It’s important to remember that loans need to be paid back after college, and that can have negative effects on your postcollege lifestyle,” Lane said.

High school students can also save money for college tax-free by using the 529 College Savings Plan implemented in 2001. Any boosts in the account are untaxable as long as the funds are used for qualified college expenses.

The 529 plan also allows the account holders an untaxed return investment.

“These plans are typically held by a parent with the child as the beneficiary,” Lane said. “The advantage of these plans is that funds can be accumulated and invested.”

Under the tax overhaul currently being negotiated by Congress, there would be no change to the savings benefits for higher education currently offered by

the 529, but account holders would be able to use the money from a 529 account to pay for private K-12 education.

Though Cahuas does not currently have an on-campus job, she advises college-bound students to think about how they are going to pay for incidentals and expenses beyond the room, board and educational expenses

I am going to need loans or a scholarship. My job helped me eliminate the need for bigger loans, but I still plan on taking some out.

— Isabel Elgin

of the school, and save money accordingly.

“I’d really suggest getting a job before college,” Cahuas said. “I pay pretty much just for extra personal expenses like snacks and clothes, but it would be super awkward to have to ask your parents for money for anything, especially when you’re in college.”

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DEC. 10 Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki R. Haley breaks with official White House talking points, saying that the women who have accused President Trump of sexual misconduct “should be heard.”

DEC. 1 “#MeToo” is posted to Facebook 85 million times.

NOV. 29 NBC fires “Today” show co-host Matt Lauer for “sexually inappropriate behavior with at least one woman”; others have come forward.

NOV. 16 Minnesota senator Al Franken accused of forcefully kissing and groping several women. He say he will resign.

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Working around sexual harassment Sexual misconduct remains an issue for teens and women in the workplace.

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he viral “#MeToo” has become a movement, as stories of dozens of women coming forward with allegations of sexual harassment continue to dominate headlines. But the issue of harassment goes beyond adults, affecting teenage girls who must decide how to react.

This guy grabbed my buttocks and I thought, ‘I’m out. I can’t do this.’

— “Mel”

“Sexist remarks and catcalls are just constant,” a freshman, who wishes to be referred to as Jane, said. “On the street people have slapped my butt and whistled at me. I don’t know if they think they’re flirting, but it’s so disrespectful.”

Eighty-six percent of the female student body reported experiencing sexual harassment, with 93 percent experiencing catcalling, 69 percent experiencing gender harassment, 44 percent experiencing requests for sexual favors and 39 percent experiencing groping, according to an anonymous Broadview survey with 51 percent of student body responding.

Sexual harassment includes unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors and other verbal or physical harassment of a sexual nature, according to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

Jill Sprague, an employment lawyer for CSAA Insurance Group, who leads company trainings on preventing sexual harassment, says that the frequent occurrences of quid pro quo harassment, the submission or rejection of a sexual act used as a basis for employment decisions, in the news surprises her.

“That stuff is happening a lot more than I ever thought, and I’ve been in the field for many years,” Sprague said. “It’s so widespread and blatant — all of these incidents

coming out in the open has been really eye opening.”

Most of the harassment claims Sprague sees have to do with sexual gestures, suggestive looks, unwelcome physical contact or offensive jokes — harassment that creates a hostile work environment. Offensive comments about a person’s sex also constitute this kind of harassment, according to the EEOC. Another student who wishes to be referred to as Mel says she experienced unwanted sexual advances, groping, and suggestive looks from multiple men at a paid summer position.

“It was very lecherous and uncomfortable,” Mel said as she pulled her knees to her chest. “One day this guy grabbed my buttocks and I thought, ‘I’m out. I can’t do this.’”

A friend of the source corroborated that Mel told her about the incident shortly after it happened, and the student left the position after feeling uncomfortable with the men.

“It opened my eyes to the reality of the world,” Mel said. “I’ve gone through allgirls education since kindergarten, and I obliviously thought something like that could never happen to me. It was a reality shock.”

Jane says she also received unwelcome touching and sexual advances while working at a swim club.

“I was 14 at the time and all my coworkers were over 18,” Jane said. “They knew I was underage, but one of the lifeguards would suggest for me to come over and hang at his place everyday. The week before I left, he would start to get [physically] touchy and it was not OK.” Jane’s mother corroborated that her daughter experienced this harassment and informed her about how she was dealing with it at work.

Jane says she informed her boss and assistant manager that the man was making her uncomfortable. She also told two of her female coworkers, who told her they experienced similar harassment from the lifeguard, that he was making her uncomfortable.

“At the time I just thought, “Why do you think you have the right to do this to me?’”

Jane said. “It’s degrading and sends a bad

message to young women and teenage girls — they feel like they can’t do anything to stop it. I just get really angry at that.”

While Jane informed an authority figure, Mel did not tell her manager or confront her harassers because she was scared they would become aggressive.

“I’m 16 and there were all these men around me,” Mel said. “I couldn’t stand up for myself, so I just froze up and quit.”

When Sprague’s company receives a report of sexual harassment, it thoroughly investigates by talking to the victim and witnesses for any documents, such as emails, performance reviews or records of complaints, that could support or refute the claim and then makes a determination, she said. She says most companies follow a similar process.

“If we think that there was sexual harassment, then the company will act swiftly to discipline and possibly terminate the person who engaged in the conduct,” Sprague said.

An individual facing sexual harassment should tell the harasser that his actions are offensive and keep a record of all instances of the harassment, according to Equal Rights Advocates. The individual should then report the sexual harassment in writing to a supervisor, human resources department or other person who has the

At the time I just thought, ‘Why do you think you have the right to do this to me?’

— “Jane”

power to stop the harassment.

“I think it’s so important to tell someone what’s happening and let them know you’re uncomfortable and want to get out of the situation,” Jane said. “As long as somebody else understands that, you have more people supporting you and trying to send off whoever is sexually assaulting you.”

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Sharing sexually inappropriate videos or images with coworkers.

Sending suggestive notes, letters, or emails.

Telling lewd jokes or sharing sexual anecdotes.

Making sexual gestures, whistling, or staring in a suggestive way.

Inappropriate touching, such as purposefully brushing up against a person, pinching, patting, or rubbing.

Making offensive comments about someone’s sexual history or gender identity and orientation.

If you have been sexually assaulted If you are in danger or need medical care, call 911. If you are in San Francisco and calling from a cell phone, call (415)-553-8090 — it is a direct line to the San Francisco police dispatch. If you can, get away from the person who assaulted you and to a safe place right away.

Do not shower or clean yourself off in any way, and save everything that might have the attacker’s DNA on it. Go to the nearest hospital emergency room to be examined and treated for injuries, and given medication to prevent sexually transmitted infections and emergency contraception.

Reach out for help: Call a trusted friend or family member, or a hotline to find support and resources near you such as the National Sexual Assault Hotline (800)-656-HOPE (4673).

EDITORS’ NOTE ON THE USE OF ANONYMOUS SOURCES: The anonymous sources used in the above story, both of whom are minors, asked to remain so to protect themselves and maintain their privacy. In order to ensure The Broadview’s credibility as a publication, the Editorial Board discussed the implications of the use of anonymous sources. It corroborated each source’s account with her parents and friends, with whom both sources discussed the incident shortly after it took place.

THE SILENCE BREAKERS

Each year, “Time” magazine picks one person whose story, accomplishments, or experiences are somehow representative of the previous year. This year, “The Silence Breakers” — the women and two men who spoke out against their sexual harassers and abusers to say, “this is unacceptable” — are the Person of the Year.

These individuals have inspired hundreds of others to speak up and share their stories, which in turn encourages others to do the same.

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Work smarter, not harder

Benefits of physical therapy

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ebounding from common athletic injuries like broken bones or torn ligaments often mandates special attention to regaining strength through individualized physical therapy regimens of stretching, massage and use of athletic tape to support and protect injuries.

“My ankle has been a constant injury for me, so without rehabilitation and strengthening I wouldn’t be able to play soccer again,” senior Pilar BallesterosCordero said.

Physical therapists and athletic trainers aim to help athletes and others recover from injuries, often with the goal of reaching 100 percent mobility again, according to Stuart Hall athletic trainer Michael Mayes.

“A big part of my job is keeping someone on the court or field,” Mayes said. “I am doing my job right if [my patients] can go back to their sport and don’t get injured again.”

Physical therapy helps improve mobility in injured places as well as relieve pain and pre-

Stabilizes balance, assists in muscle rehabilitation.

Improves cardiovascular function, builds endurance.

Physical therapy aids athletes.

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vent or stop further injury, according to Mayes.

“Say an athlete sprains an ankle, and they gain back 75 percent of their mobility but not 100

I am doing my job right if [my patients] can go back to their sport and don’t get injured again.

Prevents swelling and tenderness in joints.

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therapy.

“I play soccer,” BallesterosCordero said. “Without physical therapy for my fractured and sprained ankle and lack of cartilage in my knee, I most likely wouldn’t have been able to play the sport again.”

Along with increased mobility, senior Jocey Shilakes reported that adhering to a physical therapy regimen of injury-specific stretching and exercise significantly relieved her pain.

Sports massage, another aspect

— Michael Mayes

percent,” Mayes said. “The coach may be able to play the athlete, but there is a good chance the injury may get restrained or keep hurting and because of that they may not be able to play the full season or to their full potential.”

Ballesteros-Cordero credits her sports successes to physical

of therapy, also proved beneficial for her.

“I had a bad case of runner’s knee, so I went to the physical therapist,” Shilakes said. “We did a lot of strengthening exercises that helped make my surrounding muscles stronger, and as a result, my knee was able to function better, and I experienced less pain in general.”

In order to prevent and heal students’ sports injuries, Convent & Stuart Hall each have a certified athletic trainer on

each campus, Hally Tappan at Broadway and Mayes at Octavia.

Mayes and Tappan are there to help student athletes during the school week before, during and after sports practices.

“Without physical therapy I would definitely not be able to be at the athletic capability I am now,” Shilakes said. “Physical therapy taught me the importance of recovery and rehabilitation as means to heal my injury forever.”

All hands in

Pregame rituals help to strengthen team bonds.

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efore every regatta, junior Camilla Sigmund joins her rowing team in a prerace ritual, taking three deep breaths and passing a handshake from one team member to the next along the side of the boat.

Rituals, the different actions completed around a meaningful event, not only have practical results or superstitious connotations but have also been scientifically proven to benefit those who perform them regularly, increasing attention and confidence or creating a shared, team identity, according to Scientific American.

“Since my Freshman Year on the basketball team, there has always been a huge focus on team bonding and encouragement before games,” junior Kiki Apple said. “Routine events help us find that team sportsmanship. When we get dinner before late games as a team, we are reminded that we are one with a common goal and to work as a united force.”

Rituals can prompt emotions and assist athletes to remember

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RITUALS Team co-captain Josephine Rozzelle shakes hands with

her opponent from the Urban School. Before each match, the captains from both teams announce each player who shake the opposing teams hands as well as the hands of both coaches.

the goals of the game so much so that successful coaches most often require their teams to find customary routines of their own, according to the Harvard Business Review.

“Our coach really respects our cheers and time before the game as just players,” volleyball

Our coach really respects our cheers and time before the games as just players.

— Bella Shea

co-captain Bella Shea said. “He leaves the room so we can stand together as just players while we reinforce our aims for the game.

It’s extremely nice knowing he values that.”

Research shows that the leaders, whether it be players or

coaches, of most high-performing teams take advantage of ritual. In particular, when new groups of people were combined, coaches prioritized finding routines that would benefit all, according to the Harvard Business Report.

Although serious routines do benefit athletes, adding in entertaining routines can be rewarding as well.

“We want to have as much fun together as we can while at the same time pushing for the best outcome in the upcoming game,” Apple said. “We all love watching the show [H2O: Just Add Water] together. It unifies us before games as not only teammates but as friends.”

Regular routines before games or races help individuals combine into one team and work to strengthen bonds that already exist, according to Sigmund.

“Rituals really allow teams to flourish and meet their highest potential,” Sigmund said. “They reinforce that everyone has each others backs and that everyone is committed to winning for and with each other.”

SPORTS STATS Varsity Basketball 11.30 v. San Domenico School

32-60 Loss 12.1 v. Albany High School

38-41 Loss 12.2 v. Branson School Loss 12.8 v. Lincoln High School

31-56 Loss 12.9 v. Branson School 34-46 Loss

Varsity upcoming games 12.15 v. Rincon Valley Christian School 12.19 v. International High School 1.4 v. Enterprise High School Tournament

J.V. Basketball 11.28 v. Waldorf High School 15-23 Loss 12.7 v. Novato High School

18-14 Win

12.8 v. O’Connell 10-18 Loss 12.9 v. San Raphael Loss

J.V. upcoming games 1.5 v. Waldorf High School 1.9 v. Lick-Wilmerding High School 1.11 v. Urban School

Cross-country 11.3 v. BCL West Championship 5th overall 11.18 v. NCS Championship 11th out of 21 teams

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Breaking the ice

Figure skater competes in national, local ice shows.

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hile most of her classmates are still in bed sleeping, senior Gabby Tom rises at 5 a.m. in the East Bay and drives to San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Ice Skating Rink to practice her double jumps, camel spins, and death drop spins, for an hour and a half.

Tom practices three times a week in the morning with San Francisco Ice Theatre and on the weekends at the Ice Center San Mateo.

“Gabby is an extremely hard worker and at practices she contributes absolute focus, serves as a leader for others to follow, and puts forward her best effort,” teammate Maya Schwartz said. “She is also the least likely to complain about how incredibly early practice is.”

At the age of 5, Tom began ballet lessons at San Francisco Ballet School. She started ice skating lessons at the same time, but dropped ballet at age 9 and began skating competitively at age 13.

“Gabby is highly committed and one of the busiest figure skaters in the Bay Area,” her father Gary Tom said. “She was part of two medal winning skating teams and has ice skated at numerous competitions, championships and ice shows with multiple television appearances. I have been to all the competitions and filmed all of them.”

Tom skated with the Silver Stars Synchronized Skating Team at the Dublin Iceland Ice Skating Rink up until this year, when the team disbanded due to lack of skaters.

“I am sad that I can no longer skate with the synchronized skating team,” Tom said, “though it has allowed me to focus more on school.”

Tom balances a rigorous practice and competition schedule with six classes including four Advanced Placement courses.

In addition to local competitions and ice shows such as the Union Square Ice Rink Opening and Tree and Building Lightings at Embarcadero Center, Tom’s team also competes across the United States multiple times during the school year, requiring her to miss

school.

Tom meets with teachers ahead of time and remains on top of her studies, according to Gary Tom. “Skating has had to take priority over many things in our lives, including school,” teammate Jessica Zhang said. “Even though we practice a lot and work very hard collectively, it’s my teammates like Gabby — who truly love the sport — that make skating fun and worthwhile.”

Tom says she plans to continue ice skating through her Senior Year and hopes to skate at the collegiate level individually or as part of a team.

Tom’s next competition is the Theatre on Ice Nationals in Geneva, Illinois, in June as part of the San Francisco Ice Theater team.

“I have competitions all over the country, which are all incredible experiences,” Tom said, “but the people I have met on my teams, some of whom are now my best friends, is my favorite part of ice skating.”

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Tournament funds cancer research

Reigning league champions challenge Bay Area schools for a cause.

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takes a shot against Lincoln High School during the Hoops vs.

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From School, p. 2 “My god mom is a breast cancer survivor, so it’s really big for me to see that my school is supporting something that hits home for me,” senior Starneisia Hooper said. “It shows me that the school really does care about the greater good of things outside of our community.”

The tournament is in a transition period this year because of its move from Branson to Convent, according to Thomas.

“As part of the shift, we might not be making a donation this year as much as just playing in the basketball tournament,”

Thomas said. “We’ll get into that starting next year.”

Branson held events from penny drives to a 5k run to raise money for the charity. Thomas says he wants to start some of those events next year at Convent.

“Every year we challenge the other schools that are coming to do something for their community to raise money,” Thomas said. “The school that raises the most money during the week gets a plaque.”

But raising money is not the most import part of the tournament, according to Thomas.

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“We have had speakers or survivors come in and talk about breast cancer,” Thomas said. “We

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Thirty percent of students prefer skiing and snowboarding at Squaw Valley — Alpine Meadows. A day pass for ages 1318 is $112.

It really shows how strong we are and how much we support each other as females. — Kiki Apple

are really trying to engage our community through discussion and education around cancer and support survivors and research. That’s what we are going to next year.”

The events would also provide a way for people who cannot attend the tournament to support breast cancer research, according to junior Kiki Apple.

“The tournament supports a really great cause and I’m glad that Mr. Thomas brought it to our community,” Apple said. “It really shows how strong we are and how much we support each other as females.”

One and not done

Rule creates flaws in NCAA, NBA.

o some serious basketball players hoping to become professionals in the NBA, college is a checkbox — a one-year nuisance to pass the time before they become eligible for the draft.

This phenomenon is created by the “one and done” rule, as it is appropriately called, which states that all players who wish to become eligible for the National Basketball Association draft cannot be drafted out of high school and must be 19 or older.

In other words, players must attend college for a minimum of one year or pass the time somewhere else, such as playing in international leagues, although most choose the college route.

One and done boasts famous alumni — Kyrie Irving, Carmelo Anthony and Kevin Durant — and grows each year as more and more A-list basketball stars decide that college is a place to waste a year before going pro, rather than seeing it as a four-year opportunity.

The two youngest brothers of the Ball family basketball dynasty, LiAngelo and LaMelo Ball — 19 and 16 years old, respectively — did just this when they signed with an agent, eliminating their college eligibility and beginning the waiting game before they become eligible for the NBA draft, according to ESPN. LiAngelo began his freshman year at the University of California, Los Angeles this fall, a college he committed to as a sophomore in high school, but was arrested for allegedly shoplifting

while in China for a preseason tournament that the Bruins participated in.

After an indefinite suspension from the team, LiAngelo withdrew from both the team and the university completely, now looking to fill the one year requirement elsewhere before being eligible for the NBA draft.

Instead of completing a year at the collegiate level, LiAngelo and his younger brother LaMelo, who began homeschooling this fall, have set their sights internationally, looking to play overseas to pass the time before they become eligible for the draft, according to ESPN. High school and college athletes hoping to make it to the professional level should not treat the one year interruption in their career plan as a box to check off, nor should college be simply just to waste time.

In a blink of an eye, a fractured knee, broken leg or even a badly twisted ankle could forever dismantle a player’s career. A one-year stint at college surely won’t be a strong enough crutch to fall back on.

Although some members of the professional basketball community want to eliminate the “one and done” rule all together and create a fluid recruitment from high school to the NBA, players who plan on competing at the highest level need to spend more time at college — to develop their athletic skills, to mature as a player and an individual, and to get an education.

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Speaking out for change

Women’s March 2.0 Coming Jan. 20, 2018

Women voice allegations of sexual misconduct.

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ime magazine recently recognized “The Silence Breakers,” 33 women and two men who publicly shared their stories of sexual harassment, as its Person of Year, representing the slowly evaporating stigma surrounding sexual assault.

The shift began with The Women’s March on Jan. 21, the day after President Donald J. Trump’s inauguration, when planes full of women wearing pink “pussy hats” flew into Washington D.C. to march and speak out against the president’s rhetoric and proposed policies.

Over 500,000 women thronged into the streets of the capital, harnessing the political power of diverse women and their communities to create transformative social change, while 673 sister marches took place on every continent — including Antarctica. There were approximately 5 million participants worldwide, according to the organizers’ website.

The Women’s March, a grassroots event conceived on Facebook, harnessed a cross section of women and girls — and some men — who felt angry and hopeless about Trump’s presidency to take action, refusing to watch the bigotry and misogyny of the 45th President in

silence.

Long-silent victims are treating stories of sexual misconduct similarly.

Women and men are sharing stories of their own experience of sexaul assault by posting “#MeToo” on social media platforms,serving as way for them to recognize that they are not alone, but also revealing a noticeable fault in society. Over 4.7 million users posted the hashtag in under 24 hours, according to Facebook. Too many people have come forward.

Following accusations that Academy Award-winning producer Harvey Weinstein raped three women, dozens more men from news, entertainment and politics and have been publicly accused of sexual misconduct or assault, including Roy Moore, Louis C.K., Al Franken, Matt Lauer, Charlie Rose, John Conyers Jr,. Kevin Spacey, Ed Westwick, Roy Price, Bryan Singer, Danny Masterson, Trent Franks, Lorin Stein, Matt Dababneh, Israel Horovitz, Justin Huff, Garrison Keillor, Russell Simmons, David Sweeney, Wes Goodman, Tony Cornish and Eddie Berganza.

Many of these men have faced repercussions for their alleged actions, ranging from resignation to being outright

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fired and having their projects dropped.

Roy Moore is the exception. Moore ran for Alabama’s open Senate seat despite sexual misconduct allegations against minors and received Trump’s and Republican party’s endorsements.

To date, three women have assumed the roles of men fired for alleged sexual assault. Edith Chapin replaced David Sweeney as National Public Radio’s chief news editor; Robin Wright replaced Kevin Spacey as the main character in “House of Cards”; and Christiane Aman-

pour replaced Charlie Rose, changing the show bearing his name to hers.

While many women and men are coming forward sharing their stories of sexual assault, countless others cannot because they do not have the means for a lawyer or they need the paycheck.

It is for these women who cannot have a voice that we must stand up for. Hotel maids, farmers and dishwashers must be able to experience the same safety that all people should feel.

It is for them that we must persist.

HOW HAVE THE HIGH-PROFILE ALLEGATIONS OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND ASSAULT AFFECTED YOU?

“It’s great that these celebrities are being displayed for who they truly are. People are coming together to stand against those who believe treating others like sexual objects is acceptable.”

— Tara Boyd, freshman

“It hasn’t really affected me but I do think that it’s really important that people as powerful as Harvey Weinstein are being called out on their actions. “ — Brooke Wilson, sophomore

“I have grown up watching many of the celebrities that have been accused of sexual harassment, so learning about these allegations really shocked me.”

— Jacqui Carlson, sophomore

“Watching celebrities speak out empowers other women to speak up as well. When these celebrities have enough bravery to speak up it sends a message to other women.”

— Wellsley Cohen, junior

“It makes me sad that sexual assault happens so frequently to women but the #METOO campaign makes me feel like we’re all in this together.” ­— Jasper Conacher, senior

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ndorsing political candidates with histories of sexual assault allegations has apparently become a pattern.

At least nine women have publicly accused Republican Senate nominee Roy Moore of Alabama of sexually assaulting them, most cases occurring when the victims were minors.

Disregarding these women, President Donald J. Trump endorsed Moore in a Twitter post, writing that “we need his vote on stopping crime, illegal immigration, Border Wall, Military, Pro Life, V.A., Judges 2nd Amendment and more.”

To Trump and others supporting Moore, maintaining a Republican majority in the Senate outweighs Moore facing repercussions for sexual harassment. They would rather keep their seat with an assaulter than lose it to the Democratic candidate.

Luckily bipartisanship was not completely thrown out the window.

Republican Senator Jeff Flake of Arizona announced his support for the Democratic nominee Doug Jones, tweeting a picture of a check he wrote to Jones for $100. In the memo line, Flake wrote “country over party,” indicating that the assault cases held too much importance to overlook.

In an era of party-line voting where bills are

passed on 51-49 majorities, it is refreshing to see that we are still capable to put aside political associations and support what is lawfully and humanly right.

I remember the weeks after the 2016 presidential election, coming back to my predominantly Democratic school, only to find that some of my friends were part of the silent majority supporting Trump.

As we debated in heated arguments through Instagram comment sections and class discussions about our opposing political views, we began to hear the issues and opinions of each other’s sides.

While we still considered ourselves a “Democrat” or “Republican,” the more we talked, we started to see that a few of our viewpoints were not that different, and some were even the same. I cannot remember the last time a Democrat and Republican in our government actually agreed on something.

It is only through bipartisanship that we will be able to make any progress in today’s unsound political atmosphere. Instead of shutting each other out and ignoring opinions that differ from our own, we must open our minds and start to listen.

Results of Alabama Senate election were not available at press time.

1. International protesters marched to show solidarity with Palestinians after Donald Trump recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.

2. Sn. Al Franken recently announced his plans to resign from the Senate.

3. London Breed becomes the second female mayor of San Francisco.

4 . Prince Harry proposed to actress Meghan Markle.

5. The full community joins together Friday for Noëls.

1. Trump plans to move the U.S. Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

2. Franken is accused by multiple women of sexual misconduct.

3. Former mayor Ed Lee died on Tuesday.

4. Markle had to leave some of her dogs in Canada when she moved to the UK. 5. Students sitting on the gym floor in uniform skirts: awkward.

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The reversal of net neutrality will end equal access to the web.

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n open internet is crucial for communication, education and entertainment nationwide, but unlimited access to websites and fast-speeds are in danger due to the pending vote to revoke of net neutrality regulations on Dec.14.

The national policy of net neutrality defines internet service providers as common carriers that cannot block or favor content on the internet.

Without net neutrality, internet service providers could create more expensive high-speed internet packages or favor companies’ sites that they have deals with, while slowing down the websites of competitors, leaving lower income families and small business at risk.

The Federal Communications Commission, which regulates all interstate and international

communications in the United States, including net neutrality rules, voted to release the Open Internet Order in 2015, also known as Title II, that ensured net neutrality.

Current FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, who was appointed by President Donald J. Trump, released his plans in April to start reversing the regulations of Title II. Pai unsuccessfully attempted to pacify net neutrality supporters’ concerns by releasing a “Myth vs. Fact” sheet, with “This is an unofficial announcement of Commission action” written in fine print at the bottom on Nov. 28.

The document addressed concerns ranging from “the end of the internet as we know it” to the blocking of website by saying that nothing was wrong before Title II was enacted in 2015, so when it is reversed everything will stay the same.

Just because favored and blocked websites were not issues before, does not mean that they will not be in the future because the internet and society has changed immensely in the last three years.

If ISPs attempt to block content, they will receive “fierce backlash from consumers” and “scrutiny from the Federal Communications Commission,” according to the document.

But backlash and scrutiny might not be enough to prevent powerful ISPs from doing just that.

The largest ISPs, AT&T, Comcast and Verizon, have spent more than $500 million lobbying the government on issues including net neutrality, according to a study by MapLight.

Once net neutrality regulations are gone, IPSs will be able to drive up rates and charge different rates for faster and slower

speeds and other services.

ISPs will be able to strike a deal with a particular streaming service and the consumers who cannot afford other options may be stuck with slower speeds or blocked access to other streaming services.

Internet access may start to look like cable, with packages of varying prices, each with different access to various websites.

The few businesses and households that can afford the internet “fast-lanes” and expensive packages will have access to all the content they need, while the majority of Americans will be stuck with slower speeds, less access and fewer options.

If net neutrality regulations are reversed, the divide between the “haves” and the “have nots” will increase. Retracting net neutrality laws will hurt consumers, especially low-income households.

HOW WOULD THE LOSS OF NET NEUTRALITY AFFECT YOU?

“I think it would be really difficult to do school papers because I use the internet to research.”

—Gabby Guido, freshman

“I don’t think it’s fair that I already pay a lot of money for textbooks and then would have to pay to look at my assignment.”

—Maeven McShane, sophomore

“It would cause me to lose a lot of connections throughout the internet. The fact that people would have to pay to be themselves is really wrong.“ — Delaney Tobin, junior

“Whenever I need to look up something for class, I would have to pay more money than I would to get the same amount of education.”

— Jill Hernandez, senior

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Mr. President, that land is not yours to give away

n open letter to President Donald J. Trump: You are entitled to create and designate national monuments as you see fit, to ensure that places of pivotal importance to our country’s past are cherished and celebrated as they should be.

You are not, however, entitled to obliterate the monuments designated by your predecessors. But you knew this already, which is why you explicitly called the dissolution of the Bears Ears National Monument a “reduction” instead of a revocation.

But redesignating a parcel of protected land to 14 percent of its original size is not a reduction. It is a revocation.

President Obama, in his designation of Bears Ears, noted dozens of natural features and artifacts to be protected — including plants and animals that could not survive elsewhere, and traditional Native American art which tells the story of an incredible people.

In your executive order “modifying” Bears Ears, it was noted that the Antiquities Act requires the smallest amount of land possible around the area of interest to be protected, and that reducing the monument’s size is acceptable because “some items are not unique to Bears Ears” and others “are not of significant scientific or historic interest.”

You have no comprehension of Bears Ears’ significance to the Native American tribes who call it home — or used to, before the United States government forced them out. Some of their sacred rituals are so specific that the plants, animals and other items used in ceremony can only be taken

from Bears Ears. To them, you have destroyed a heritage.

You told the people of Utah that your executive order gave them back “power over [their] own land,” removing control from a small handful of Washington bureaucrats. It sounded like a favor.

You must have forgotten about the Bears Ears Commission, whose Navajo, Ute and Ute Mountain tribal representatives influence all decisions made about the monument. The United States government recognizes these tribes as sovereign nations with lands in Utah. Pursuant to Standing Bear v. Crook of 1879, Native Americans are human beings too.

So no, you didn’t really give any power back to the people. You took power from people who comprehend and cherish its significance, and gave it to people who do not. Senators Orrin Hatch and Mike Lee do not care about sacred burial grounds, ancient cliff dwellings or traditional ceremonies. It’s not their heritage, after all.

You didn’t even have the dignity to visit the land, or to meet with tribal officials before ripping federal protections off of these sacred sites and opening the land to destructive gas and oil development.

With a scrawl of your pen, you have torn people from their ancestral homelands, and carelessly decided what is important to them and what is not.

The United States government has broken almost 500 treaties with Native American people since 1778.

Don’t let Bears Ears be another one.

CITY LIFE

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Christmas in the City Holiday festivities lure crowds downtown.

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ome to hundreds of stores meeting most holiday shopping needs and a host of dining options from upscale restaurants to grab-and-go cafés, Downtown San Francisco offers an array of attractions across multiple neighborhoods including Union Square, Market Street, and the Embarcadero.

For a holiday outing, guests may stop by Union Square, nestled in between Chinatown and Market Street, the plaza bustles with activity as painters exhibit their artwork, tourists await the Hop on Hop off tour bu, and shoppers traverse streets.

Directly in its center lies the Union Square Holiday Ice Rink alongside the Macy’s Christmas tree complete with over 700 ornaments. Visitors can purchase tickets to skate at $18 per per-

son or sample sweet and savory treats at Emporio Rulli, a small café adjacent to the rink that offers heated patio seating.

While many of the district retailers are high fashion brands such as Tiffany & Co, Gucci and Prada, there are less expensive options such as Zara nearby as well. Additionally, Westfield Mall lies two blocks south of Union Square, complete with a movie theater and food court with quick and cheap options like Chipotle and Jamba Juice.

The Neiman Marcus Rotunda offers an upscale dining experience on the top floor of the department store. The restaurant serves popovers and other signature dishes such as pan seared salmon fillet or herb roasted chicken breast. Reservations are recommended as waits tend to be lengthy.

Visitors may also dine at the Cheesecake Factory, a rooftop bistro located at the top of Ma-

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cy’s, offering outdoor seating and a bird’s eye view of Union Square.

A ten minute walk from Union Square is the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Located on 3rd street,the museum features pieces by artists such as Andy Warhol and Edvard Munch.

Tickets are $25 for adults and entrance is free for minors.

A short drive down Market street is the Ferry Building where local produce and product stalls line its halls each Thursday and weekend as the building transforms into a farmer’s market.

Across the street is the Embarcadero Plaza, complete with a grassy area and fountain, the space often holds concerts and other fun events. During the holiday season the space is converted into a skating rink often less crowded than its Union Square counterpart.

Downtown is accessible from the Broadway Campus on the 1 California MUNI line.

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HOLIDAYS The Union Square Christmas tree, sponsored by Ma-

cy’s, is decorated with over 700 ornaments and 43,000 LED lights.

The official tree lighting took place on Nov. 24, and the tree will remain up into the new year.

Ho, ho, home decor

Home owners go above and beyond with Christmas decor.

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ROCK-N-AROUND Crowds gather outside the home of Tom

Taylor and Jerry Goldstein to see the grand Christmas display and visit Santa Claus. The couple hires Santa each night from 6:30-10:00 p.m. throughout December 24 to hand out candy canes and take photos.

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handful of San Francisco residents go beyond the tree in the window or string of lights by assembling grand holiday displays consisting of everything from ornaments lining the walkways, to real life santas hired to greet visiting crowds with candy canes.

Ashbury Terrace residents Wade Joffrion and partner Greg Price transform their brick cottage on the corner of Upper Terrace and Masonic Avenue into a gingerbread house each year since 1998.

“The house had such a storybrooke presence, and I thought that it was a very Christmas-y looking house,” Joffrion said.

“We’ve always been big into the holidays, so we’ve been doing it for [almost] 20 years and the neighbors love it.”

The couple decorates the house with all things red and green, filling the front yard with a large skiing Santa, two grand nutcrackers, and largely wrapped presents and garden gnomes. The display draws

crowds annually, according to Joffrion.

“We’re just known for decorating,” Joffrion said. “We do a lot of holidays, we get a lot of folks driving by and taking pictures or using the front steps for photo-ops.”

Much like the residents of Ashbury Terrace, Castro Street resident Geoffrey Swenson says he chooses to put up his extravagant decor every year the day after Thanksgiving because of the people who enjoy visiting it.

“It’s a great way to give back to the community and remember what the christmas season is all about,” Swenson said.

Decked three stories high with an assortment of wreaths, lights, and ornaments, the Castro and 14th street home is appreciated even by those who cannot come outside to see the festive decorations.

“One year I got a handwritten note from a nurse at the Davies Medical Center telling me that the cancer relief patients like to come to the south window to see my house when they can’t sleep at night,” Swenson said. “It

was the most beautiful note ever written to me about the house.”

In addition to these displays, the Noe Valley home of Tom Taylor and Jerry Goldstein is another notable holiday destination. Located on 21st Street and Church, the home is recognized for its acclaimed Christmas tree that overlooks a panoramic view of the city, according to junior Caroline Phillipps.

“The Tom and Jerry house is spectcle to see. It’s a tradition for my family to visit as well as a lot of other people in the city, and the giant tree that they always have is my favorite.”

While each project takes a significant amount of effort to assemble, the best part, according to Joffrion, is when the display is finished.

“My favorite part is when it’s all put up for the first time and I haven’t seen it in a year,” Joffrion said. “I stand across the street and I go ‘Ah that looks great, that was a lot of work, I think I’ll take a rest now.’”

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