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Rebuilding Sonoma County

Students help victims of disastrous fires in Northern California fires.

Claire Kosewic Editor-in-Chief

In the aftermath of the devastating fires which whipped through Northern California at the beginning of October, residents of the affected areas must now face the difficult task of rebuilding their lives.

Burning more than 223,000 acres, destroying 9,000 homes and killing 42 people, the fires are “truly one of the greatest tragedies that California has ever faced,” Gov. Jerry Brown said in an Oct. 14 press conference at Santa Rosa High School.

The fires displaced 100,000

people and consumed 8,400 structures, most notably in Santa Rosa, where 3,000 homes burned. Fellow Catholic high school Cardinal Newman also suffered significant damage.

As the tragedy unfolded, the Convent & Stuart Hall community came together to support the recovery efforts, by holding food drives, raising money and donating other items to the displaced residents. Some students who evacuated are temporarily attending the elementary schools.

“We worked with both the parent committee and student government,” senior Luke

Chang, head of Students in Action at Stuart Hall, said, “and as a collaborative group we discussed ways we can give support to the North Bay fire victims.”

SIA placed collection bins on both campuses, requesting donations of canned and nonperishable foods, to give to the Redwood Empire Food Bank.

The club amassed more than 200 canned goods and more than 50 lbs. of pasta, according to Chang.

Students have also taken advantage of individual opportunities to help victims of the fire.

Juniors Sofia Pirri and Natalia

Varni helped to evacuate horses and other large animals, thousands of whom were displaced as the fires raged through heavily agricultural areas.

“It’s [always] important to help people in a disaster, but [it’s even more important] when that disaster hits so close to home,” Pirri said.

Student organizations will continue to make opportunities available for students to provide aid to affected areas.

“I personally knew a victim of the fires,” Chang said, “and after hearing his story and how he’s been affected, I’ve been inspired to help his community.”

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Parent-teacher conferences take place Nov. 9-10, offering students, parents and teachers an opportunity to connect about and reflect on the first quarter.

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Daylight saving time ends at 2 a.m. Nov. 5, when clocks are set back one hour. With the decreased amounts of natural daylight available in the winter and the end of daylight saving time, it will start getting darker earlier in the evening. ►►Listen

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George Saunders, Man Booker Prize winner for “Lincoln in the Bardo,” will visit campus Nov. 16 to give a presentation and facilitate classroom workshops for students. Parents, alumni and guests are invited to an evening reception and reading with Saunders from 5 to 8 p.m. Tickets can be purchased online at sacredsf.org.

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WILDFIRES Stornetta Dairy, on the side of Highway 12, burned down during the Sonoma Fires, which destroyed an estimated 8,400

National Honor Society inducts new members.

structures. The Dairy produced milk for the Clover Sonoma dairy company for 100 years.

Lights, curtains, action

‘Crucible’cast brews up spectacle.

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ACTION “The Cruicible” cast performs Act 2, Scene 2 during a rehearsal. The play opens Nov. 6.

With pastel lights and a few bone-chilling screams, Convent & Stuart Hall’s fall production of Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible” will set the stage of Syufy Theatre to 17th century Salem, Massachusetts.

The 1953 play dramatizes the Salem Witch Trials, which prosecuted people accused of witchcraft. The trials show the results of envy and dissolution in Salem, according to English teacher Ju-

lia Arce, who teaches “The Crucible” in her junior English class.

“We are aiming to get the feel of old Salem,” stage manager Kelly Rosanelli said. “With the staging [of the play], we are really trying to show what went on [during the trials] since there are so many layers to the story.”

The crew uses pastel colors to convey the atmosphere of Salem, according to junior Darrean Loy, who plays landowner Thomas Putman and slave Titiba.

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Fall play relates to modern issues From Lights, p. 1 “We are using the lighting and staging to visibly show the emotions that are happening in the scene,” Rosanelli said. “In one scene there is a couple that is not happy in their relationship so we have them on separate sides of a long table to distance them.”

The play exposes ideological fanaticism and puts significant pressure on those who show dissent from authority, according to Arce.

“Sadly ‘The Crucible’ is a very timely play,” Arce said. “It [illuminates] this time in our culture where there is seemingly a lack of distrust of authority or leadership, and there seems to be a lot of chaos surrounding what is true and what is not.”

Characters in the play struggle with the concept of truth and formulating their own opinions when power figures constantly inflict their beliefs on society, according to senior Mary Crawford, who plays servant Mercy Lewis. “‘The Crucible’ is a cautionary tale about a society that does not know how to talk about differences of opinions, that does not have an outlet for forgiveness and ends up hanging its own people,” Arce said.

Although the play is set in 1692, the play alludes to the attacks on alleged communists in 1950s America under McCarthyism, a campaign instituted by Senator Joseph McCarthy to blacklist socialist sym-

pathizers, but ultimately resulted in unfounded prosecutions and subsequent convictions of innocent people.

“The play was essentially written as an allegory for McCarthyism,” Rosanelli said. “The show describes how society falls apart when people start accusing each other.”

Understanding history from a dramatic point of view allows both the actors and the audience to deeply connect with the historical content, according to director Pamela Rickard.

“The historical circumstances in the play really have touched a nerve in all of the actors and they all really identify with it,” Rickard said. “They are really understanding a piece of history in a very powerful way.”

The play has the structure of a traditional, almost Shakespearean play, with modern aspects and social critique built in as well, according to senior Devin King-Roberts, who plays Reverend Hales.

“I resisted picking ‘The Crucible’ for a really long time since every high school performs it,” Rickard said. “But then, when I read it again I realized how perfect, relevant and powerful this play is. I hope we can bring something new and exciting to it.”

Opening night is Thursday, Nov. 9 at 7 p.m., with two more performances on Nov. 10 at 7 p.m. and Nov. 11 at 2 p.m.

Tickets cost $10.

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Induction ceremony for NHS moves to fall

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WHAT AN HONOR New inductees Olivia Mohun, Josephine Rozzelle, Lizzie Bruce and Angela

Chao light their candles, signifying their NHS membership. NHS members shared inductees’ achievements through short speeches.

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he​ ​National​ ​Honor​ ​Society​ ​inducted​ ​a​ ​select​ ​ group​ ​of​ ​juniors​ ​and​ ​seniors​ ​last Friday,​ ​moving​ ​the​ ​ traditionally​ ​spring​ ​ceremony​ ​to​ ​ the​ ​fall.

“NHS​ ​has​ ​always​ ​been​ ​a​ ​spring​ ​ thing​ ​where​ ​sophomores,​ ​juniors​ ​and​ ​seniors​ ​are​ ​all​ ​allowed​ ​ to apply,”​ ​math​ ​teacher​ ​Jordan​ ​ Lewis,​ ​who​ ​was​ ​part​ ​of​ ​the​ ​student​ ​selection​ ​committee,​ ​said.​ ​ “This year,​ ​we​ ​have​ ​changed​ ​it​ ​to​ ​ a​ ​fall​ ​ceremony​ ​and​ ​limited​ ​it​ ​to​ ​ current​ ​juniors​ ​and​ ​seniors.”

The​ ​induction​ ​ceremony​ ​was​ ​ moved to​ ​the​ ​fall​ ​in​ ​order​ ​to​ ​accommodate​ ​the​ ​seniors’​ ​college applications,​ ​according​ ​to​ ​Lewis.

“Being​ ​part​ ​of​ ​the​ ​National​ ​ Honor​ ​Society​ ​is​ ​an​ ​extracurricular​ ​activity,​ ​so​ ​it’s​ ​something​ ​seniors can​ ​show​ ​colleges​ ​of​ ​their​ ​ interests,”​ ​College​ ​Counseling Director​ ​Rebecca​ ​Munda​ ​said.​ ​ “It​ ​shows​ ​a​ ​way that​ ​they’ve​ ​been​ ​ committed​ ​to​ ​our​ ​community.”

NHS​ ​acknowledges​ ​students​ ​ with​ ​exceptional​ ​achievements​ ​

in​ t​ he​ ​areas​ o ​ f​ a​ cademics,​ s​ ervice, character​ a​ nd​ l​ eadership.

“NHS​ c​ alls​ ​out​ s​ tudents​ w ​ ho​ ​ are​ ​good​ p ​ eople​ a​ nd​ a​ ctive​ i​ n​ t​ he​ ​ community​ w ​ ho​ d ​ on’t​ a​ lways​ g​ et recognition​ i​ n​ t​ he​ c​ lassroom,”​ ​ Lewis​ s​ aid.

Convent’s​ c​ hapter​ i​ s​ i​ ntroducing​ ​a​ t​ utoring​ p ​ rogram​ w ​ ith​ ​ members​ a​ cting​ a​ s​ ​academic​ ​ mentors to​ h ​ elp​ o ​ ther​ s​ tudents.

“The​ ​students​ w ​ ho​ a​ re​ ​being​ ​ tutored​ ​get​ t​ o​ h ​ ave​ a​ ​ r​ eally​ g​ reat​ ​ perspective​ f​ rom​ a​ ​ s​ tudent.”

Lewis​ ​said.​ ​“You​ c​ an​ t​ alk​ t​ o​ a​ ​ ​ teacher​ a​ ll​ y​ ou​ w ​ ant​ a​ nd​ h ​ ave​ ​ them​ e​ xplain​ t​ hings,​ b ​ ut​ a​ ​ s​ tudent might​ h ​ ave​ a​ ​ b ​ etter​ w ​ ay​ o ​ f​ ​ explaining​ s​ omething.”​ A student can use the position of a tutor to master a topic so she can explain it simply to someone else, according to Lewis.

Members​ a​ re​ e​ xpected​ t​ o​ ​ be​ a​ vailable​ t​ o​ t​ utor​ o ​ thers​ ​ throughout​ t​ he​ s​ chool​ y​ ear,​ b ​ ut​ ​ there​ ​will also​ b ​ e​ d ​ esignated​ ​ tutoring​ s​ essions​ b ​ efore​ fi ​ nals​ ​ week,​ ​according​ t​ o​ L ​ ewis.

“There​ ​are​ a​ ​ l​ ot​ o ​ f​ s​ mart​ s​ tudents​ ​around​ w ​ ho​ k​ now​ w ​ hat​ ​ they’re​ d ​ oing,​ s​ o​ I​ ​ t​ hink​ i​ t’s​ g​ ood​ ​

to give​ ​them​ ​a​ ​platform​ ​in​ ​teaching​ ​others,”​ ​Lewis​ ​said.​ ​“NHS​ ​ asks​ ​members​ ​to​ ​give​ ​back​ ​to​ ​ the community​ ​in​ ​some​ ​way​ ​ through​ t​ utoring​ o ​ r​ ​volunteering.”

The​ tutoring ​program​ w ​ ill​ ​ also​ ​be​ ​united​ ​with​ ​the​ A ​ P​ ​Club,​ ​ a​ ​new​ student organization ​that​ ​ helps​ those s​ truggling ​ ​with AP​ ​ classes,​ ​and​ ​its​ ​tutoring​ ​program,​ ​according​ ​to​ ​club​ h ​ ead​ ​ Sydney​ ​O’Neil,​ ​who​ ​is​ a​ lso​ ​an NHS​ ​member.

“What​ ​I’m​ ​hoping​ ​to​ ​do​ ​is​ ​ have​ N ​ HS​ ​integrate​ ​with​ ​AP​ ​ Club​ ​and​ ​have​ ​one​ ​peer​ ​tutoring program,”​ O ​ ’Neil​ ​said.​ ​“I​ ​ think​ ​it’d​ ​be​ ​a​ ​good​ ​opportunity​ ​ for​ ​people​ ​struggling​ ​in​ ​rigorous​ ​ classes to​ ​come​ ​together.”

Having​ ​peer​ ​tutoring​ w ​ ill​ ​help​ ​ relieve​ ​the​ ​stress​ ​some​ ​students​ ​ feel​ ​when​ ​asking​ ​for​ ​help​ ​in​ ​their classes,​ ​according​ ​to​ ​O’Neil.

“Sometimes​ t​ here’s​ ​a​ ​pressure​ ​ between​ ​teacher-student​ r​ elationships,”​ ​O’Neil​ ​said.​ ​“If​ y​ ou​ ​ have someone​ ​who​ y​ ou​ c​ an​ ​ask​ ​ questions​ t​ o​ ​about​ ​a​ ​certain​ ​subject,​ ​it’ll​ ​be​ ​beneficial.”

Ugandan author visits campus Asha Khanna & Claire Kosewic

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AGAINST ALL ODDS Head of School Rachel Simpson, Sister Irene Cullen, RSCJ and Betty Ogiel eat lunch and look at photos of Ogiel’s children. Ogiel gifted the school a handmade wood plaque.

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etty Ogiel, an alumna of Sacred Heart Schools Kangole Senior Secondary School and St. Charles Lwanga Girls Training Center Kalungu in Uganda, visited Oct. 23 as part of her United States book tour.

Ogiel’s memoir “Against All Odds” chronicles her life as an orphan and details her commitment to the pursuit of education. Ten percent of the book’s proceeds will go to Ogiel’s fund, which supports girls’ education

in the Karamoja region, where Kangole is located.

Ogiel said she hopes to make a film of her experiences.

In an interview during Chapel, Ogiel shared stories of her life with the school community of suffering and resilience.

Orphaned at young age, Ogiel overcame countless struggles to attain a quality education, leading her to win the Human Resource Excellence Award 2016 of Uganda.

In her book, Ogiel credits her intellectual success to the nuns of the Society of the Sacred Heart who provided her op-

portunities to pursue her education.

Kangole, Ogiel’s high school, previously faced a food shortage crisis brought on by the withdrawal of support from the United Nations World Food Programme.

Due to donations and support from the Sacred Heart community, the school has the resources to remain open for the remainder of the school year.

The RSCJ are in the process of developing long term food sourcing solutions for coming school years.

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Society celebrates internationality

Sacred Heart education marks 200th year in U.S. Cassie Eskicioglu

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he Society of the Sacred Heart, which dates back nearly as far as the founding of America as a nation, is looking to 2018 to celebrate the 200-year anniversary of its internationality.

Philippine Duchesne continued the efforts of Madeleine Sophie Barat by founding the first Sacred Heart school outside of France in St. Charles, Missouri in 1818.

“The 200th Anniversary is a great opportunity to look at what Philippine started by crossing new frontiers and bringing Sacred Heart education to a new era,” Sergio Vasquez, Duchesne House Assistant Administrator, said. “Philippine serves as a model for us to prepare ourselves interiorly by asking the questions: Who am I? How am I at my best? How can I then respond to new frontiers that are emerging?”

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Heart and Sacred Heart schools have organized multiple events to celebrate and honor Duchesne, including a year of prayer as well as a Global Service day in which all Sacred Heart schools will participate.

“We are hoping to adopt the Mass of Philippine, as well, so that anytime we as a Sacred Heart school are having a full Mass, we could use what has been written specifically for Sacred Heart schools,” Kristin Monfredini, Convent & Stuart Hall Elementary Spiritual L.I.F.E. Director said.

Convent & Stuart Hall, and possibly sister-school Sacred Heart Preparatory in Atherton, will come together to celebrate the 200th anniversary for the Feast Day of Philippine Duchesne next year, according to Monfredini.

Duchesne and Barat encompass the Society of the Sacred Heart mission in its entirety, according to junior Caroline Phillipps, who also attended Covent

Elementary.

“Barat and Duchesne were pioneers in the education of young girls, which is an amazing thing to have in your history as a school,” Phillipps said. “Because of Duchesne and the Society of the Sacred Heart, there are educated, confident girls who are ready to change the world for the better.”

Duchesne’s work serves as the foundation of current Sacred Heart schools across the country. Although her work is more than 200 years old, she still remains relevant, according to Vasquez.

“Relationships are the heart of who we are,” Vasquez said.

“Relationships cross differences. Philippine herself crossed the difference of culture and geography, and really crossed the differences of world views, from Europe to the new world.

Being in relationships and staying open to respecting differences in others will always remain true to the Society of Sacred Heart.”

Self-study ends, review begins Sacred Heart Commission on Goals representatives to arrive.

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epresentatives from the Sacred Heart Commission on Goals arrive Saturday to visit Convent & Stuart Hall and review how well the school is living the Goals and Criteria of the Society of the Sacred Heart.

Sacred Heart schools in the United States go through a fiveyear cycle consisting of two years of self study, a visit from the committee, and three years of making improvements in regards to the self study to stay aligned with the Society’s ideology. Convent & Stuart Hall is currently in the second year of the cycle.

“Last year, there were a lot of conversations we had in Chapel and class about the Goals and the Criteria and how we live them out,” Paul Pryor Lorentz, self-study committee chair, said.

“We are releasing the self-study for people to read prior to when the visiting committee joins us.”

The visiting committee will interview students, parents, faculty and alumni during their week on campus.

Three other accreditation committees, California Association of Independent Schools, Western Association of Schools and Colleges and Western

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Catholic Educational Association, visited Convent & Stuart last February and interviewed students, such as sophomore Isabelle Thiara, and other me mbers of the community.

We have come a long way in the last five years. It is a season of renewal.

— Paul Pryor Lorentz

“Last year when the accreditation committees came they asked us a lot about how we are a co-ed environment with singlesex education,” Thiara said. “I assume when the Sacred Heart Commission on Goals comes this year they will ask more about that and how we are living out our goals.

In the last five years, the school has attempted to make all of four divisions more connected to live out Goal Four of the Goals

and Criteria, according to Pryor Lorentz.

“There was a period of time in which all the divisions viewed themselves as separate things,” Pryor Lorentz said. “The work of the last five years was to make us as one K through 12 school.”

Thiara, who also attended Convent Elementary, says she has felt the school integrating the Goals and Criteria into the students’ daily lives, especially during weekly Chapels and PAWS. “A lot of my friends did not know the Goals even existed early last year, but now, they all know them,” Thiara said. “I think that living out the Goals will ultimately make me a better person because it shapes how I am and how I treat others around me.”

Next year, the third year of the five-year cycle, the school will create a proposal for an action plan, which accounts for elements t hat the visiting committee highlights as areas of improvement.

“We have come a long way in the last five years,” Pryor Lorentz said. “The school has improved not only in education but how we’re living out the Goals and Criteria. It is a season of renewal.”

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200 years of Sacred Heart schools in the U.S. 2018: Society of the Sacred Heart celebrates 200 years in the U.S. 1998: Princeton Academy of the Sacred Heart Princeton, N.J. opens.

1991: Regis School of the Sacred Heart in Houston opens.

1975: Goals and Criteria are created.

1961: Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart in Miami opens.

2005: Goals and Criteria are revised.

2000: Stuart Hall High School in San Francisco opens.

1990: Goals and Criteria are revised.

1963: Stuart Country Day School of the Sacred Heart in Princeton, N.J. opens.

1956: Stuart Hall for Boys in San Francisco opens.

1960: Duchesne Academy of the Sacred Heart in Houston opens.

1939: Maud Lee Flood donates her home to the Society of the Sacred Heart.

1940: Boys are first enrolled at the school in San Francisco.

1929: Villa Duchesne and Oak Hill School in St. Louis, Mo. opens.

1907: Forest Ridge School of the Sacred Heart in Seattle opens.

1890: Josephinum Academy of the Sacred Heart in Chicago opens.

1887: Convent & Stuart Hall in San Francisco opens.

1881: Convent of the Sacred Heart in New York opens.

1876: Sacred Heart Schools in Chicago opens.

1858: Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart in Lake Forest, Ill. opens.

1848: Convent of the Sacred Heart in Greenwich, Conn. opens.

1821: Schools of the Sacred Heart in Grand Coteau, La. opens.

1923: Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart in Bethesda, Md. opens.

1898: Sacred Heart Schools in Atherton, Calif. opens.

1887: Academy of the Sacred Heart in New Orleans opens.

1881: Duchesne Academy of the Sacred Heart Omaha, Neb. opens.

1880: Newton Coun-try Day School in Newton, Mass. opens.

1865: Sacred Heart Academy Bryn Mawr in Bryn Mawr, Pa. opens.

1851: Academy of the Sacred Heart in Bloomfield Hills, Mich. opens.

1818: Academy of the Sacred Heart in St. Charles, Mo. opens.

Source: Network of Sacred Heart Schools, Schools of the Sacred Heart San Francisco Laura Mogannam | THE BROADVIEW

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‘Private’ personas Instagram users alter their images in multiple social media accounts.

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Account terminology finsta: short for fake Instagram, usually only followed by close friends rinsta: short for real Instagram, generally for posting high quality photos for more followers sinsta: short for secret Instagram, similar to finsta priv: short for private Instagram, same as finsta main: primary Instagram, same as rinsta Mason Cooney | THE BROADVIEW

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gly selfies, rants and crude memes are populating Instagram feeds and breaking the stereotypical beautified Instagram aesthetic as users are posting more authentic photos through their “private” accounts.

Private Instagrams, secondary accounts usually followed by close friends, have become a common place for students to share unfiltered thoughts and photos to a more limited number of followers. Usernames often make parodies or puns of the owner’s name.

“To me it’s not about the pictures — I normally use it for the caption,” sophomore Colette Hom, who uses her private about once a week, said. “I post funny stories or something that’s happening in my life just to update my friends.”

Both main accounts and privates are often set to private mode, a setting that allows users to regulate who follows and sees their accounts, with secondary accounts generally having fewer followers. With 79 followers on her private and over 1,000 on her main, Hom says she notices a difference in the ways she portrays herself on each account.

“The photos on my main are just a little bit more posed, and I put filters on them,” Hom said. “You can’t really see my personality even though I try to post pictures of me smiling.

On my private, you see a lot more of my emotions and the way my friends see me.”

Junior Elizabeth O’Boyle, who runs a private with 63 followers, says she does not care about what she posts because only her friends are meant to see it.

“It’s not about quality and showing off like a main Instagram,” O’Boyle said. “On my private I feel comfortable showing stuff I would be embarrassed about if it was to strangers.”

While many students feel comfortable revealing themselves to a fewer number of followers, others take advantage of the privacy to bully. A student who asked to remain anonymous said that she has used her private account to say jokingly mean things to her friends that she would not say through her main.

“I usually only cyberbully my friends,” the student said.

“It’s joking bullying, but I say things that if taken out of context would be considered mean.”

The student says she would not comment these things through her main.

“If someone sees [student’s name] commented ‘loser’ on someone’s photo, they’d think, ‘Why is she so mean?’” the student said. “But when they see a username that doesn’t make any sense say ‘loser,’ they think it’s probably an inside joke.”

Hom says she has seen mean comments on private accounts, and she says bullying often occurs when people post about drama.

School counselor Annie Egan recommends that students who see online bullying should direct message the bully to take the post down or reach out to the victim to make her feel less isolated.

“The challenge of a private Instagram is that it feels like it’s not real,” Egan said. “There is a distance between you and that other person you’re hurting.”

The responses people receive to their posts and comments influences what they share on their different accounts, according to John McQuaid, Vice Chair for Adult Psychology at University of California San Francisco.

“If you are sharing something very personal on a public setting, and it gets attacked and criticized, that’s going to shape how likely you are to share that stuff on that setting in the future,” McQuaid said. “Similarly, if you share something with a set of personal friends and they’re much more supportive and reinforcing, that’s going to shape what sort of information you share to a personal group.”

Social media users generally seek support, reinforcement and validation in relationships, which translates into how they portray themselves on social media, according to McQuaid. O’Boyle says she seeks similar support on her private.

“When bad things happen, like if I think I flunked a test, I can complain about it and get support from my friends,” O’Boyle said.

Many students, such as O’Boyle, began their private Instagrams to comment on and follow their friends’ privates.

Hom says she got hers in eighth grade because privates were becoming increasingly popular among her friends.

“At first I thought this was one of those trends that would die out,” Hom said, “but then it didn’t, and ever since I’ve just always had it.”

McQuaid says he suspects that the private Instagram trend will continue.

“Having that sort of control over who interacts with you provides more safety in a private account,” McQuaid said.

“Folks are going to take more advantage of that.”

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How private is a ‘private’?

Information on “privates” is not totally secure.

Any posts can be screenshotted and reposted.

“Private” posts can be accessed in legal proceedings, even if the content has been deleted.

Privacy settings can be confusing, and “private” may not have the same meaning on all social media sites.

Private accounts can be hacked.

Sources: American Bar Association, Teen Safe, National Crime Prevention Council Mason Cooney | THE BROADVIEW

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Pricking away

Traditional healing method relieves stress with needles.

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nior Jemima Scott’s back. Scott has been getting acupuncture since September.

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hile sticking needles all over a person’s body may sound painful, senior Jemima Scott voluntarily goes through the process to release stress.

“I started getting acupuncture in September,” Scott, who undergoes acupuncture once a week, said. “I like going back and being able to talk to [my acupuncturist] about what’s on my mind and it helps me to have that disconnect from school.”

Many acupuncture sessions start with having a conversation about what issues the patient is experiencing.

“Acupuncture is the puncture of particularly chosen points on the surface of the body that are linked to each other,” licenced acupuncturist Dennis McGrath said. “Stimulating acupuncture points with needles can stimulate the movement of that electrical energy within us and help to nudge us to more balance, electrically, chemically, physiologically.”

The needles are not much thicker than a hair, according to McGrath.

“The needles are super thin,” Scott said. “You feel it slightly

but it’s not like getting a shot.

The only part that you really feel is when [the acupuncturist] is twisting it around as she is trying to hit the trigger point.”

Acupuncture improves the body’s functions and promotes the natural self-healing process by stimulating specific anatomic sites, commonly referred to

You feel it slightly, but it is not like getting a shot.

— Jemima Scott

as acupuncture points, or acupoints, according to University of California, San Diego’s Center for Integrative Medicine. “[My acupuncturist] puts a lot of needles towards the top of my head, and that helps with instant relaxation,” junior Kiki Apple said. “My whole body just goes ‘Ah, that felt good.’”

Apple gets acupuncture as a way of dealing with a residual foot injury and stress.

“I used to think that it’s a mental thing and it doesn’t actually

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Get to the point Acupuncture points on hands and feet, stimulated by needles, produce health benefits for specific areas in others parts of the body.

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help,” Apple said. “After going a couple of times, she put two needles in my head. I had never been able to touch my toes before ever in my life, and after I could — immediately.”

Clinical studies on the benefits of acupuncture show that it successfully treats conditions ranging from musculoskeletal problems to nausea, migraine headache, anxiety, depression, insomnia and infertility, according to UCSD’s Center for Integrative Medicine.

There are very few risks associated with acupuncture, as long as the acupuncturist is certified, although occasionally there might be some bruising.

“The needles are engineered to be not too sharp but not too dull,” McGrath said. “They’re sharp enough to get in through the surface layer, but not sharp enough that they will literally puncture structures, such as blood vessels or nerves.”

Patients undergo several sessions to build up the effect of the needles.

“It can help people maintain health and balance in both the mind and body,” McGrath said.

“I would suggest [acupuncture] to any Americans contemplating their overall health.

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ccidentally letting an fbomb drop in front of a teacher or jokingly referring to a friend with a curse word were traditionally seen as punishment-worthy, but teenagers’ increased use of swear words has contributed to their prevalence in both casual conversation and the classroom.

The use of swear words — traditionally reserved as words meant to offend or to express anger — is on the rise, as teenagers have begun to swear more informally with no offense intended, according to a survey conducted

by The Broadview.

Some teachers frown harshly upon swearing in the classroom and have creative ways of stopping it.

“As a sophomore, [Chris Person-Rennell] had a list of every single class on the whiteboard with tally marks for each time somebody in that class swore, ” senior Ava Jones said. “The class with the least amount of tally marks got a prize at the end of

the semester, making it a competition between classes to swear less.”

Curse words are considered to be “unmentionable” words, which makes the words more powerful when one is conditioned not to say them, according to Timothy Jay, author of “Why We Curse: A Neuro-Psycho-Social Theory of Speech.”

Swearing can be cathartic and can help people cope with pain, according to Richard Stephens, a senior lecturer in psychology at Keele University.

“For pain relief, swearing seems to trigger the natural ‘fight or flight’ stress response, as well as increased adrenaline and heart pumping,” Stephens said in an interview with the New York Times. “This leads to stress-induced analgesia — being more tolerant of pain.”

In the survey, 75 percent of respondents reported swearing after injuring themselves because it seemed to help relieve the pain. Stephens conducted a study corroborating the student reports, which found that participants who swore while keep-

ing their hands submerged in ice water could keep their hands in the water 50 percent longer than those who were just asked to use neutral words.

As the construct of swearing changes, so do the circumstances where people feel comfortable swearing. In the same survey, not only did 100 percent report swearing around friends, 33 percent indicated they feel comfortable swearing around parents and 11 percent around teachers.

“I do not swear around teachers because school is a more formal environment,” Jones said, “and swearing is very informal and inappropriate for the school setting.”

While swearing is often associated with lower intelligence or social class, the opposite is generally true, according to Jay. “We found that people who could generate a lot of letter words and animal names could also generate the most swear words,” Jay said. “So as fluency goes up, so does the ability to say swear words, not the other way around.’’

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Convent & Stuart Hall recommits to de Maintaining ‘single-sex in a coed environment’ mandates careful balance of experiences Despite rumors, no plans to merge high schools.

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hen schedules noting multiple classes at Stuart Hall went live on the online portal this summer and a second bus had to be added to transport students between Convent & Stuart Hall’s campuses, some students began to wonder which school they attended.

“I’m taking seven classes this year, six out of seven of which are coed,” senior Caroline O’Connell said. “Almost all my classes are at Stuart Hall — I spend the majority of everyday there.”

Students began speculating about whether Convent would merge and become one with Stuart Hall because of how often the boys came to the Broadway campus and how often the girls went to the Pine-Octavia campus, according to O’Connell.

“It feels like a completely different school from when I was a freshman,” O’Connell said. “Then, it was totally weird to have a bunch of classes at Stuart Hall, even for my friends and my brother who were upperclassmen.”

Despite the rumors, there is no plan in place to merge Convent and Stuart Hall into one school, according to Head of School Rachel Simpson.

“When we build the schedule, we’re building the schedule based on a number of factors related to teachers, classes that kids have registered for, and what space that class can be held in,” Simpson said.

Both students and teachers switch campuses this year, in an effort to maximize use of space, which is why some all- girls’ classes are held at the Pine-Octavia campus and some all boys’ classes are held at the Broadway campus.

“Scheduling is a bit like a Rubik’s Cube,” Simpson said, “where you’re trying to make all sides the same color, but then you move one piece and it’s all mixed up again.”

Student experience, however, is paramount and student feedback about the struggles of shuttling back and forth across campuses has been noted.

“As we increasingly live into this experience, we are constantly working to make it work for you,” Simpson said,

“given the expanded bus schedule and such.”

The school strives for most freshman and sophomore classes to be single-sex, regardless of which campus holds them, but for the junior and senior years in which students have more opportunity to design individual curricula, classes are more often coed, according to Simpson.

Scheduling is a bit like a Rubik’s Cube, where you’re trying to make all the sides the same color, but then you move one piece and it’s all mixed up again.

— Rachel Simpson

“I think that having coed classes is better, because in college next year I’ll definitely have guys in my classes,” O’Connell said. “It’s good to get back into the rhythm of having guys in the room, especially after having three years of almost all singlesex classes.”

Having mostly single-sex classes freshman and sophomore years is vital, especially so girls can find and develop their voices, according to Simpson.

“When they reach 11th and 12th grades, when their voice might be stretched in a coed environment, having that strong single-sex experience behind them ensures that there’s no sense of that imposter syndrome,” Simpson said.

“There’s never a sense of ‘Oh, I shouldn’t be here.’”

Despite having an outgoing personality to begin with, O’Connell says she noticed that having a solid base in single-sex education before transitioning back into having a majority of coed classes helped increase her confidence in the classroom.

“I’m really outspoken and not afraid to talk in class, so having all-girls classes wasn’t really that different for me than having classes with guys,” O’Connell said.

“But for some people who were totally frozen up and embarrassed to speak up with guys in the room, I know it was super valuable.”

Freshman Sofia Houts does not have any classes at Stuart Hall, but says she feels comfortable spending time there and knows several people who either have a class there or spend their free periods there.

“I like having classes with all girls, but I’m glad that my classes will be coed in a few years,” Houts said.

Freshman Virginia Morford does not have any classes at Stuart Hall either, but says that being there feels natural, unlike O’Connell’s freshman experience.

“I feel very connected with the boys, especially with the fact that cross-country is coed,” Morford said. “Although I do feel like [Convent and Stuart Hall] are very different schools, I don’t feel out of place at Stuart Hall.”

Convent & Stuart Hall remains one school with two single-sex divisions that do cross over, but even in the junior and senior years when the majority of classes are coed, intentional pieces of the singlesex experience are preserved, according to Simpson.

“We want the single-sex experience to be an integral part of the student’s life,” Simpson said. “Some of our co-curricular experiences, like student government or when we come together in Chapel, are times to develop and embrace what it means to be a girl-centric community.”

An increase in coed environments this year has not been limited to the classroom.

Some clubs have also become coed this year, combining with similar clubs at Stuart Hall High School or inviting boys to join pre-existing clubs at Convent.

“We decided to merge with Stuart Hall because it didn’t make sense to have two different service groups doing the same thing when they could be working together,” junior Isis Boivin, head of the Students in Action club for Convent said.

“Leadership is shared between the two schools and Stuart Hall has three heads.”

Heads of SIA at both schools work to spread information on their respective campuses about upcoming service opportunities as well as plan future events.

“Working with Stuart Hall has been great,” Boivin said. “They have a well established SIA which serves as an example for what Convent can have one day.”

Surf Club head Jemima Scott says some of her friends at Stuart Hall expressed interest in joining the club this year, which had been previously been exclusively at Convent.

“The guys would always talk about how they wanted to surf,” Scott said, “so over the summer we went surfing for fun together, and Jonny [Forman] got the idea that we may as well stretch the club onto both campuses.”

As a unique institution that offers both a single-sex and coed educational approach, Convent & Stuart Hall expect teachers to be able to teach both girls in single-sex classes and boys in single-sex classes, while still being able to combine the best methods for each when both genders come together in a coed class, according to Simpson.

I like having classes with all girls, but I’m glad that my classes will be coed in a few years.

— Sofia Houts

“I think that a lot of the sense of ‘Oh gosh, it feels so much more coed this year’ comes from the fact that we have teachers teaching both girls and boys, but still in single-sex classes,” Simpson said.

“We’re just testing our practices to make sure that we are working in the service of both girls and boys, while not losing anything when we come together in a coed setting.”

SINGLE-SEX IN A COED ENVIRONMENT

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CHAPEL Senior Sydney O’Neil embraces fellow classmate Lulu De-

sai after inducting her into the National Honor Society. Chapels and most assemblies are exclusively single-sex.

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ENGLISH Sophomore Sofia Telfer participates in an English class dis-

cussion about Charles Dickens’ “A Tale of Two Cities.” The majority of freshman and sophomore classes are single-sex.

IB HISTORY Seniors Devin Kingthew Chang listen in the IB Histo Most classes taken by students in t

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efinition of one school, four divisions.

New logo, mascot to promote school unity Josephine Rozzelle

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TWO CAMPUSES The Flood Mansion (top) and the Pine/Octavia campus (above) host

the majority of high school classes. Located 0.8 miles away from each other, students ride school-hosted shuttles back and forth between classes. With this year’s increased crosscampus travel, “flex” time has been built into the beginning and ending of each period to allow ample time for cross-campus travel. Freshmen and seniors who need to travel to the other campus are excused from class five minutes early, in order to catch the first of the two shuttle buses to the opposite location. Sophomores and juniors catch a shuttle which leaves seven minutes into the official passing period — teachers are asked to begin class with flex minutes also, allowing all students to get to classes on time.

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he ongoing search for a common mascot for all four divisions and the alignment of the K-12 curriculum across the girls and boys schools are some of the more obvious examples of how Convent & Stuart Hall is returning to its identity as one school.

“When the [Religious of the Sacred Heart] ​were here and running​the school, they never thought of themselves as running four different schools,” President Ann Marie Krejcarek said. “This idea of divisions really isn’t new, it is a way of talking about it differently.”

“Convent” originates from a nickname and is still used in effort to differentiate from the similarly-named Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory, a neighboring high school, according to Krejcarek.

“One hundred and thirty years ago, Convent was a shorthand term, because you would send your children to where the sisters lived — in the convent,” Krejcarek said. “Somehow that name stuck.

Really, we are Schools of the Sacred Heart San Francisco.”

Part of the necessity to align all four divisions stems from the school’s religious background, according to Krejcarek. “​ As​a Sacred Heart School, we are proudly based on the RSCJ heritage a​ nd mission​— ​so fundamentally,​​our four schools should n ​ ot look terribly different​, and the heads of each should not be leading each in​a​different direction,” Krejcarek said.

Not all students perceive Convent & Stuart Hall as one school and feel more connected with some divisions than others.

“I feel like we are four schools or two schools,” junior Camilla Sigmund said.

“We are somewhat unified with Stuart Hall High School because we share classes with them, but I have never interacted with Stuart Hall for Boys while in high school.”

Part of the disconnection between the four divisions is simply caused by the physical location, according to crosscountry co-captain Maggie Walter.

“I don’t feel like we are one school,” Walter said. “I feel like Convent High School and the elementary schools are really unified because we are all on the same

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AP CALCULUS Senior Halie Kim and junior Lucas Horowitz work

through a packet in AP Calculus. Junior- and senior-level classes are often coed to provide more options for individualized curricula.

campus, but Stuart Hall High School is on a different campus so I don’t really feel like we are as connected.”

Walter adds that the athletic department — which is in the process of selecting one mascot for all four divisions — is headed in the right direction.

“This is in an effort to unify the school,” Anthony Thomas, head of athletics and physical education for all four divisions, said. “The school as a whole has decided to go in this direction, and so it just makes sense to move us in this direction when it comes to a mascot, logos and school colors.”

Convent was a shorthand term, because you would send your children to where the sisters lived — in the convent.

— Ann Marie Krejcarek

Thomas has already met with the high school captains council, comprised of SHHS and CHS sports captains, as well as SHHS Student Council to discuss the new mascot. He says he plans to meet with CHS Student Council, attend faculty meetings, and contact alumni to ensure the most community involvement in the process.

“I’m just trying to lead conversations and get feedback,” Thomas said. “Everyone is going to have an opinion, everyone should have an opinion. This is a big deal, so I want to get all of the feedback we can from as many constituents as there are.”

Thomas says that the selection process for a new mascot and colors — which would include new uniforms for sports teams — could be finished in the fall of 2019 or sooner, depending on the time the process takes.

“This alignment is just getting back to center,” Krejcarek said. “We had really veered away from being one school even though that is how we ​are​organized.”

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THEATER Cast members of “The Crucible” play team-building games during rehearsal. Many extra-curricular activities, such as theater and some clubs and sports, are coed.

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Weighing all the options

Gym workouts provide alternative exercise for student athletes Olivia Mohun

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hile many athletes look to school sports for their exercise, others choose to workout on their own, hitting the gym or other exercise classes at their convenience.

“I work out at the Olympic Club,” junior Anna Doggett said.

“I normally run on the treadmill and focus on core, leg and arm workouts to keep in shape. I find that working out acts a stressreliever and allows me to clear my head especially if I’m having a bad day.”

Working out alone allows for more concentration on personal improvement, according to junior Amelia Estes.

“I feel less judged working out alone,” Estes said. “I can focus and really push myself to my limit.”

Knowing your body’s limits is important when exercising alone, according to Athletic Director, Elena DeSantis “There are different levels of athletes, so knowing when to stop depends on your knowledge

of your body,” DeSantis said.

“The best way to avoid injury if you’re all by yourself is remembering to warm up and making sure you’re in proper form.”

Working out alone prompts

It’s just as important to know when you need to stop as it is to stay motivated.

— Miley Sherman

the question of balancing determination with knowing when enough is enough, according to sophomore Miley Sherman.

“It’s just as important to know when you need to stop as it is to stay motivated,” Sherman said.

“It’s easy to overcompensate for the fact that you’re working out alone and end up hurting yourself without realizing it.”

Exercise places like SoulCycle can be helpful because group workouts are led by an instruc-

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DUMBBELLS UP Junior Sophie Mack lifts weights in the Herbert Center training room. The new

facility provides a workout room for student athletes and faculty on both campuses. tor, according to Estes.

“At SoulCycle I can just follow instructions and I trust that they know what they’re doing,” Estes said. “It’s harder to simultaneously stay motivated and know my limit when I’m exercising on my own.”

When working out alone, it is

SPORTS STATS Varsity Volleyball

J.V. Tennis

9.27 v. Lick-Wilmerding High School 3-0 loss 10.6 v. Urban School 3-1 win 10.10 v. University High School 0-3 loss

9.25 v. Drew School 5-0 win 9.28 v. Marin Academy 3-2 win 9.29 v. University High School 2-3 loss 10.5 v. International High School 5-0 win 10.6 v. Urban School 0-5 loss 10.16 v. Marin Academy 3-2 win 10.18 University High School 3-2 win

10.18 v. Lick-Wilmerding High School 3-0 loss

10.20 v. Marin Academy 0-3 loss 10.23 v. Urban School 3-0 win 10.24 v. BCL West Semi Finals 0-3 loss

Varsity Tennis 9.27v.v.Drew DrewSchool School7-0 7-0win win 9.27 9.29 v. San Domenico School 5-0 win 10.4 v. Marin Academy 2-3 loss 10.6 v. University High School 2-3 loss 10.19 v. Bay School 4-1 win 10.20 v. International High School 2-3 loss 10.24 v. Urban School 3-4 loss

Golf 9.21 v. San Domenico School 207-201 win 9.26 v. Holy Names High School 198-193 win 10.3 v. St. Joseph Notre Dame High School 196-205 loss 10.5 v. San Domenico School 207-187 win 10.16 v. BAC Tournament 3rd place

J.V. Volleyball 9.27 v. Lick-Wilmerding High School 1-3 10.6 v. Urban School 0-2 loss 10.10 v. University High School 0-2 loss 10.18 v. Lick-Wilmerding 0-2 loss 10.20 v. Marin Academy 0-3 loss

Cross Country 9.30 v. Westmoor Ram Invitational Race #1 3rd overall Race #2 Maggie Walter (17:73) 10.4 v. BCL West Meet #2 10.7 v. Artichoke Invitational 2nd of 6 teams 10.20 v. Mt. SAC Invitational 3rd-place in 4/5 division field 10.25 v. BCL West Meet #3 3 wins, 1 loss

Sailing 9.30 v. NorCal #1 Silver 20th and 28th of 30 teams 10.14 v. 2017 Sea Otter Silver Fleet 23rd of 30 teams 10.1 v. Silver NorCal #2 13th and 16th of 21 teams

Hyped up

music are a good way to stay focused when working out alone, according to Doggett.

“I tend to listen to music when I’m at the gym because it keeps me energized,” Doggett said. “I workout to stay fit for swimming and use that as encouragement to keep going.”

Caffeinated beverages can provide health benefits.

Laura Mogannam

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ith long school hours and late night study sessions, caffeine is a crucial part of many students’ diets. Coffee and tea can both provide a solution to that daily fix, along with providing other health benefits.

Frosh-Soph Volleyball 9.27 v. CA Crosspoint High School 0-2 loss 10.2 SF Waldorf School 0-2 loss 10.4 v. Lick-Wilmerding High School 2-1 win 10.6 v. Urban School 0-2 loss 10.18 v. Lick-Wilmerding 1-2 loss

important to know how to gauge pain.

“There’s good pain and bad pain,” Doggett said. “Sometimes at the gym I keep going even when I’m in pain because I know that I’m building up my muscles.”

Using distractions such as

I drink unsweetened black iced tea in the mornings because I actually hate coffee.

— Olivia Matthes

“Coffee will more than likely have more caffeine than tea,” herbalist Alex Trevisan said.

“Because of this, coffee tends to have a more jittery effect and be a more powerful stimulant.”

An 8 ounce cup of brewed coffee has between 95 and 165 milligrams of caffeine, while an 8 ounce brewed cup of black tea has between 25 and 48 milligrams of caffeine, according to the Mayo Clinic.

“I prefer caffeinated tea,” junior Amelia Estes said, “but when I need a bigger boost of energy, I will drink coffee — like during finals week.”

Not only does coffee generally have more caffeine, but it also contains the antioxidant chlorogenic acid, that may lower blood pressure and prevent diabetes, according to a study For those who want caffeine, but do not enjoy coffee, many caffeinated tea varieties exist with different levels of oxidization, which impact the amount of caffeine and antioxidants in the tea.

“I drink unsweetened black iced tea in the mornings because I actually hate coffee,” senior Olivia Matthes said. “I need some caffeine in the morning so tea is my substitute for that. It just gives me a little boost.”

Those who drink tea may also be receiving other added benefits.

“Green tea has an antioxidant which is really good for the body — catechins,” Trevisan said.

“This antioxidant can help prevent free radicals, which damage cells.”

Studies have shown that catechins also improve cardiovascular health due to their tendency to reduce inflammation, prevent clots and lower blood pressure, according to the National Center for Biotechnology Information.

“I use highly concentrated green teas, which are high in catechins, in my herbal formulas as an antioxidant to treat some of my patients,” Trevisan said.

For those who are caffeine sensitive or want to enjoy a cup of tea before bed, caffeinated teas may not be an ideal option.

“Herbal teas, which have no caffeine can also have some antioxidants because they are sometimes made from fruits or flowers,” Trevisan said. “A lot of people can benefit from teas that are made to relax you.”

Coffee and tea by the numbers

65%

$1.35

Average cost of a Percentage of Americans who drink cup of coffee in the U.S. coffee with breakfast.

Sources: Flat Icon, Harvard T.C. Chan, Tea Association of the U.S.A

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288

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Amount of green and black tea imported to the U.S. in 2016.

Percentage of tea consumed in the U.S. that is iced.

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On pointe

Ballerina juggles dancing, school.

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ON HER TOES Senior Charlotte Ogden-Moore dances in Helgi

Tomasson’s “Meisten’s Mozart” for the San Francisco Ballet. OgdenMoore is currently preparing for her roles in “The Nutcracker.”

hile most seniors are focusing on getting into college, Charlotte Ogden-Moore continues her commitment of more than 36 hours a week to ballet in addition to normal Senior Year obligations.

“My schedule is always busy and go, go, go,” Ogden-Moore said. “Last year, on top of preparing for my annual showcase, I had finals, and then on top of that I had the SAT. My last performance was on Friday, ending at 11 p.m., and then the very next morning I had my first SAT.” In addition to ballet, OgdenMoore’s schedule includes AP Biology, AP Art History and AP English Literature as well as calculus and Spanish online. Academic Counselor Betsy Pfeiffer

works with Ogden-Moore and her schedule.

“It shows that Convent really wants to honor that commitment to the whole person,” Pfeiffer, who has worked with other ballerinas like Ogden-Moore, said. “We help find the right balance with their academics and what they are passionate about outside of school.”

Ogden-Moore says she has found support from her peers and teachers to succeed academically, even when missing on average five to six hours of school a day.

“The teachers have always been completely open to talking me after class and emailing at anytime,” Ogden-Moore said.

“They have always backed me up and given me the extra help I need after missing class. That has been amazingly helpful.”

If there is pain, there is no gain

Four ways to prevent overexertion

Over-exercising proves dangerous for athletes.

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hile the temptation to lift just 10 more pounds or to push through one extra mile on the treadmill is attractive when working out, training too hard can cause overexertion and counteract the positive benefits of a workout routine.

“I row two and a half hours every week day and between four to seven hours on Saturday,” junior Camilla Sigmund said. “That adds up to about 16.5 to 19.5 hours a week on average, so according to my physical therapist, I am technically over exercising because teenage

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athletes aren’t supposed to exercise for more hours a week than their age.”

By her physical therapist’s formula, the 16-year-old is exercising up to three hours more than she should in a given week.

Curtailing activity on some days is crucial to keeping oneself from becoming overexerted, as well as not spending more than 45 minutes to an hour in a gym session, according to Convent athletic trainer Hally Tappan.

“Working out for seven days a week is not bad, but taking those rest days is really important,” Tappan said. “If you’re going to push yourself for five days, do lower intensity exercises on the

other days so you’re not stressing your body and muscles too much.”

Overuse and overexertion can lead to chronic injuries, even in adolescents.

“Working out every single day has had real effects on my body,” Sigmund said. “I have lower lumbar pain in my back and it’s been determined to be a [result] of the constant stress and pressure that I put on it through sports. But on my team you just push through it.”

Some students, such as senior Jocey Shilakes, have found ways to alter their workout routines to prevent further injury or overexertion.

Josephine Rozzelle

Coming in as the secondmost popular way to train at home, leg lifts recieved 16.7% of students’s votes.

With 14.3% of the votes, crunches ranked third as one of the most favored ways to exercise.

Complied by Caroline Thompson 42 of 217 possible respondents Based on a Google Form sent to all students’s emails

“I used to do track as a sport and I injured my knee,” Shilakes, who works out at a gym five to six times a week, said, “so now, I make sure I alternate between running, cycling and StairMaster throughout the week because cycling is low impact and much better for my knee.”

Four major considerations can prevent overexertion for people of all ages, according to Tappan.

“It’s hard in the society that we live in,” Tappan said, “but teenagers need to make time for eating well, sleeping enough, hydrating enough, and staying active while taking those rest days.

That’s what’s really important.”

Staying hydrated

Athletes should drink at least 10 eight-ounce glasses of water a day.

Sleeping

It takes at least 8 to 10 hours of sleep to build muscle.

Nutrition

Make sure to eat a balanced amount of protein and carbohydrates.

Taking rest days

Perform lower intensity exercises at least twice a week.

Source: iuhealth.org Image credit: Flaticon Jordan Russell | THE BROADVIEW

POINT OF VIEW

Favorite at-home ab exercises.

Situps proved the most popular at-home workout with 21.4% of students’s votes.

As much as success in academics and ballet is important to Ogden-Moore, her health precedes all, according to her mother Lori Ogden-Moore.

“My job as a mom is to enable her dreams, but at the same time make sure she stays focused ultimately on her health, which is the most important thing,” Lori Ogden-Moore said. “If I don’t pay attention to that, I don’t know who will.”

Ogden-Moore is currently preparing for her roles of a flower and a snowflake in the San Francisco Ballet Company’s “The Nutcracker.”

“It is an amazing feeling to give to the audience, but it is also this joy that you are giving and receiving at the same time,” Ogden-Moore said. “Dance, to me, is just a very personal experience.”

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The punishment should fit the crime

fter smashing a soaring home run into left field to put the Astros up 1-0 in the third game of the MLB World Series last Friday, Houston first baseman Yuli Gurriel returned to the dugout and made a racist gesture, seemingly mocking Yu Darvish, a Japanese-born pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers, off of whom he had just hit a homer.

Television cameras caught Gurriel using “his fingers to slant his eyes in a gesture that is offensive to people of Asian descent and mouthed a derogatory word in Spanish,” according to ESPN. When asked about the incident after the game, Gurriel said, “I didn’t know he was going to feel that offended. I feel bad and apologize if he got offended over there. It was not my intention,” according to “Sports Illustrated.”

The next day, Major League Baseball determined that Gurriel would receive a five-game suspension for his actions. The disappointing part: those five games will occur next season.

So, Gurriel, who has led his team in hitting in the last 30 games, continued to play for the Astros in the World Series and will face the repercussions of his actions five months from now.

MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred justified his questionable decision, by stating the suspension should come with a penalty of lost salary, which, due to the method in which players are paid in the World Series, would not be applicable if Gurriel was suspended now.

Manfred said that it would be “unfair to punish

the other 24 players on the Astros roster.” He also displayed that Darvish, who expressed his desire to “move forward,” had influence on his decision.

The MLB should have forced Gurriel, who acted extremely insensitive, to face the repercussions of his actions immediately. Although most of Manfred’s reasoning is legitimate, there was by all means many more options to punish Gurriel.

If Gurriel was suspended for Game 4 of the World Series, the magnitude of his loss for just one game would be insurmountable to that of the first five games of next season. The Astros were ahead going into Game 4, in which Gurriel did not even get a hit, so his absence could not have definitively eliminated them from a championship win.

The MLB could have required Gurriel to pay a fine equal to what he will have to forfeit from his salary next year. Of course, his teammates would feel the repercussions of his loss in a game they ended up losing, but the fallout of Gurriel’s absence in one game is not worse than racist gestures and comments.

As someone who looks forward to the World Series every year — regardless of whether the team I root for during the regular season is in the running or not — I am ashamed to see the MLB place the amusement and entertainment of the competition, something that could be thrown off if the Astros lost one of their most crucial players, over the discipline of their athletes.

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Following in the footsteps of school’s founder

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hen St. Madeline Sophie Barat founded the Society of the Sacred Heart in 1801, she proclaimed her mission to teach young girls in a world where gender parity in education was non-existent.

Her efforts and the work of others have made huge steps in progressing equality for women today, but female education is still a global issue.

Equal access to education for girls and boys is present in only about 40 percent of countries, according to the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. Though this division may not be as apparent in a country like the United States, the fact remains that a majority of the world still does not offer the same possibilities to young women as they do to young men.

Changemakers and advocates are actively pushing for females, especially young girls, to have full access to the same quality of education as boys.

Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai is one of many fighting for the cause now.

In October of 2013, she founded the Malala Fund with the aim of giving more young girls across the globe access to education and promoting gender equality.

At just 18, Yousafzai won the Nobel Peace Prize for her dedication to the campaign and successful change in the international approach to education for girls. Like Barat did, Yousafzai devotes her life to making change and has made major strides in girls education.

Although Convent & Stuart Hall is made up both single-sex and coed classes and activities, the school still continues Barat’s vision of equal opportunity over 200 years later.

Whether it be the strictly all-girls English department or coed Advanced Placement higher level classes, the emphasis on successful girls is everpresent.

The community of teachers and faculty challenge all students to strive for their highest potential regardless of their gender.

With the social movements of people like Malala, more girls have begun to gain access to an education closer to the kind Convent offers. High quality education grants girls wide opportunities later

in life. Girls who graduate from singlesex schools have higher career aspirations in general and thus reach elevated positions later in life, according to the author of “Sex Roles: A Journal of Research” Cary M. Watson, which points to the benefit of a place like Convent.

The school’s goal to provide equal opportunities is so strong that the priority extends much farther past the classroom and into all personal passions. Last year, when four Convent girls had an interest

in wrestling, the traditionally all-boys program at Stuart Hall openly accepted them, demonstrating exactly how the Convent & Stuart Hall community is in pursuit of equal opportunities for all.

As a school that prides itself in offering single-sex education in a coed environment, Convent & Stuart Hall has managed to find a balance of not only instilling intellect in young women, but in fostering the growth of all individuals in their pursuits past high school.

HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE MIXTURE OF BOTH COED AND SINGLE-SEX OPPORTUNITIES AT SCHOOL?

“I like the coed opportunities we have because then I’m not only at the Convent campus, but I also get to go to the Stuart Hall campus.”

— Cecilia McQuaid, freshman

“Convent is known for having single-sex education and I think the integration of boys and girls for underclassmen might be difficult.”

— Ryann Minnis, sophomore

“I like how we are getting more coed but at the same time, I like having that single-sex class experience because for me I feel more comfortable voicing my opinions.”

— Molly Brown, junior

“The coed opportunities are definitely a lot more present than they were freshman year, but I like the single-sex classes better.”

— Riley Kramer, junior

“I feel that the mix of coed and single-sex opportunities are very well balanced. I prefer the singlesex classes, though, because the dynamics are tamer.” ­— Natalie Lunbeck, senior

THE MINOR ISSUE

Asha Khanna Editor-in-Chief

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Controversial skincare ad provokes thought

new ad for a popular personal care brand caught many users’ attention a few weeks ago. Although I do not have a Facebook account, the internet’s outrage over the ad quickly caught my attention.

The first part of Dove’s most recent soap ad, featuring a black woman taking off a dark brown T-shirt to reveal a white woman in a white T-shirt, has brought the company under public scrutiny.

For a company whose mission statement is “to help all women realize their personal beauty potential,” this ad conveyed quite the opposite.

Many, including myself, an Indian female, interpreted the message to be that dark skin is “dirty” and must be “cleaned” — using Dove soap — to be light like a white person’s.

When I was 8 years old, a girl at my summer camp came up to me and asked me why my knees were so dark and told me I should go wash them because they were gross. I never answered back and instead went home and scrubbed my knees trying to “clean” them.

Seeing the ad reminded me of how confused I felt in that situation and how I embarrassed I was for having dark skin.

Dove removed the ad and later issued an apology on Twitter, claiming it “missed the

mark,” and that it wanted to show that its products were meant for people of all skin tones. Despite what the company’s true intentions were, their mistake presents a stark reminder that discrimination against people with darker skin can be slyly embedded in our society.

While it is comforting to see that many are recognizing the problems with the ad, it makes me question how it even made it through a marketing team and onto digital platforms.

The Dove advertising staff may have not caught on to the issue due to “racial colorblindness.” Without having experienced racial discrimination yourself, it can be difficult to see how it can harm others.

But this is no reason to excuse it, and we should still be empathetic towards others, no matter what skin color they have.

We are all humans, the concept of “race” was entirely fabricated by us to discriminate. Uncontrollable genetics that determine our skin color have contributed to thousands of years of racism. Just eight genetic variants separate the skin tones of the white supremacists of Charlottesville from the minorities they threaten.

But regardless of what we look like on the outside, we are all deserving to be recognized as beautiful.

1. Pakistani girls and women activist Malala Yousafzai began college at Oxford University last month.

1. Yousafzai was shamed online for wearing skinny jeans and boots.

2. Pets have been reunited with families after the California wildfires.

2. The Sonoma Humane Society reports that over 550 domesticated animals are still missing.

3. San Francisco no longer has the worst traffic in the United States.

3. The city is second to Washington D.C.

4 . A year after its first release, “Stranger Things 2” came out on Oct. 27.

4. Actor Charlie Heaton was caught in possession of trace amounts of cocaine.

5. The addition of a second shuttle between campuses has alleviated overcrowded buses.

5. Shuttles arriving late make students even later to class after implementing soft-starts.

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Yet another chance

Las Vegas shooting offers legislators opportunity to break cycle of inaction.

Grace Ainslie

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News Editor

n the wake of the worst mass shooting in modern United States history, which injured over 500 people at the hands of one man in Las Vegas, politicians threw around the usual buzzwords — “tragedy,” “disaster,” “shocking.” It sparked a short-lived push for stricter gun control laws, but quickly faded from the public eye amid calls to be respectful to the victims.

Illustrative of the classic aftermath of mass shootings — defined by the FBI as the killing of four or more people — a tragedy occurred, the public was outraged, politicians demanded action, no legislation was passed, and everyone became complicit once more.

Lawmakers did not tighten gun control legislation after in-

nocent children were shot while attending classes at Sandy Hook Elementary School, nor when moviegoers were gunned down during a midnight viewing of “The Dark Knight Rising” in Aurora, Colorado.

Last year saw more than one mass shooting per day, yet each was followed by the same cycle of inaction.

The Las Vegas shooter, Stephen Paddock, used 47 legallypurchased guns to injure over 500 people and kill 58. In a time when banks flag extra-large credit and debit card purchases at Starbucks, it is unacceptable that the federal government is unaware of firearm stockpiling by people like Paddock.

Hunting and self-defense, common arguments cited by proponents of looser gun regulations, cannot condone gun ownership of this magnitude.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms did not receive a notification about Paddock’s multiple firearm purchases, because the guns were bought individually. The system only sends out alerts if multiple guns are purchased in one transaction.

Some say that the solution to limiting casualties during an active shooting is having “a good guy with a gun” present, but when someone is spraying bullets into a crowd, it is impossible to distinguish “the good guy” from the perpetrator.

Guitarist Caleb Keeter, who performed at the music festival in Las Vegas, has championed the right to bear arms, but had a change of heart after living through the shooting.

“We actually have members of our crew with [concealed handgun licenses], and legal firearms on the bus,” Keeter said in a post

on Twitter. “They were useless.

We couldn’t touch them for fear the police might think that we were part of the massacre and shoot us.”

Keeters’ biggest regret, he says, is that he did not realize the extent of America’s gun control issues until his life was threatened.

He is now calling for firearm regulations.

While the Second Amendment protects “the right of the people to keep and bear arms,” it is improbable that the Founding Fathers envisioned their words justifying the purchase of semi-automatic weapons, or the deaths of hundreds of innocent people.

The Second Amendment once guaranteed citizens’ right to protect themselves, but without stricter gun control regulations, it seems that citizens may need protection from their own laws.

WHY DOES THE U.S. NEED GUN CONTROL?

“Giving people access to guns without regulation gives them the freedom to possibly kill people.”

— Simona Nigusse, freshman

“In comparison to other countries that have outlawed firearms, America’s rate of deaths by firearms is extremely high due to the lack of gun control.”

— Kai Johnson, sophomore

“If someone has a criminal record, they shouldn’t be able to obtain a gun because that threatens the safety of other people.”

— Amelia Estes, junior

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“The U.S. needs gun control to regulate people’s access to firearms to make sure all gun owners are responsible and stable.” ­— Starr Hooper, senior

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Behind the scenes Misogyny calls for action.

hen the news of Hollywood film mogul Harvey Weinstein’s alleged inappropriate and unsolicited sexual advances towards several actresses became public, all I felt was frustration, as I thought to myself, “despite all this ‘progress’ we’ve made, will I ever open the newspaper and not read of misogyny?”

I was frustrated because Weinstein allegedly felt that it was appropriate to ask women to come to his hotel room and undress for him, with the rationale that “if they weren’t confident enough to undress in front of him alone, how could they ever do it in front of a camera?”

I was frustrated because almost as soon as the reports came out, a rash of the most unsupportive, judgemental comments accompanied them, describing what the victims could have done instead, and how they could have stopped the abusive cycle much earlier.

When men enter the film and television industry, they worry about the stresses of the job — if their talent will be enough, if they will be selected for career-advancing roles, if they will make it in the cutthroat business.

Women worry about everything the men worry about, and whether they will need to submit themselves to the sexual advances of their male superiors — the ones with the power to make or break their careers — in order to have any semblance of a career at all.

Luise Rainer was a breakout star in the 1930s, the first person to win two back-to-back Acad-

emy Awards. Then she allegedly refused the sexual advances of her boss, Louis B. Mayer of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer media conglomerate, and completely disappeared from the Hollywood scene.

Men hold a disproportionate amount of power in Hollywood. As 96 percent of the directors, 81 percent of the producers and 97 percent of the cinematographers, that boys’ club has power to make or break anyone’s career — especially those of women.

I was frustrated because as I sat down to write this column, someone said to me “Oh that’s a good topic for a girls’ school newspaper to address.” I wanted to scream, “Why is this just a topic for a girls’ school newspaper to address?”

The accusations against Weinstein are a microcosm of the misogyny that plagues popular culture, politics and professional environments. It also provides a forum for discussion about what can be done to minimize these harmful behaviors.

I’m done with reading about issues like these day after day. I’m empowered and ready to take action. But, I can’t do that without the everyone’s help — guys included. So, I bring this issue to my father, my brothers, my male friends, my male coaches and my male teachers. Are you with me?

My hands are pretty much tied, because as the editor-in-chief of a girls’ high school newspaper, I’m preaching to the choir. But with a united front of men and women, we’ll make things happen.

CITY LIFE

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ROOM FOR A VIEW Dolores Park offers sweeping views of the city on clear days, making it a perfect spot for picnicking, sunbathing and exercising with friends. The park sits

in the heart of the Mission District, a neighborhood known for distinctive Mexican cuisine and cultural expression.

Rich culture, community defines neighborhood Murals, traditional restaurants and decades-old businesses create vibrant atmosphere.

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he Mission District is one of the Bay Area’s most thriving neighborhoods, filled with music, murals, food

and an abundance of retail opportunities.

The Mission stays true to its Hispanic history with a plethora of taquerias lining the district’s blocks. For old school Missionstyle Mexican food, head to award-winning La Taqueria.

Its tacos ($4.75) and burritos ($9.50) are widely known for extra crisp tortillas and the replacement of rice with extra meat and beans.

Dandelion Chocolate, known for its fair trade, locally made chocolate, satisfies all sweet tooths after a meal. The menu ranges from hot chocolate ($5.75) with homemade marsh-

mallows to a Brownie Bite Flight ($5.50), three brownies all with different chocolate flavors.

A temporary home to tech gurus and millennials is Ritual Coffee, known for locally sourced roasted coffee beans as well as creative floral latte designs.

Not only does the Mission have a myriad of restaurants, it also offers a wide range of retail stores, from modern stores like Reformation to 50-year-old family-run businesses like Harrington Galleries.

For an evening of fun, go to Urban Putt, a high tech 14-hole indoor mini golf course in an old Victorian building at 1096

S. Van Ness Ave. At the top of the mini golf course is Up @ Urban Putt, a restaurant that offers Californian comfort food such as seafood and Mexican dishes.

When walking up and down Valencia street., one might miss Clarion alley tucked in between 17th and 18th streets, but it should not be overlooked. The alley is an urban gallery used as a voice for those who feel marginalized and a place for a culture to thrive through art. Some of the most popular murals include “Tax the Rich,” with a colorful flower pattern background and “Bad Hombre,” a blue bear with a white bad hombre shirt on a

yellow backdrop.

Rich with Hispanic history, the Mission is one of the top places to celebrate Dia De Los Muertos, today’s feast Day of the Dead. The day is celebrated with a “Nuestros Muertos No Se Venden - Our Dead are Not For Sale,” procession in which individuals are welcome to participate — and build colorful and creative altars that commemorate the dead at Garfield Park.

The Mission District is located between Dolores Street and Potrero Avenue and is accessible by the 14, 22 and 29 Muni bus lines.

Spilling the tea

Tea houses offer treats for cold days.

Olivia Mohun City Life Editor

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TEA-TIME Traditional British tea salon Crown & Crumpet offers a

classic tea service along with additional treats like Halloween-themed hot chocolate. The parlor was founded in 2008.

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s cooler temperatures hover on the horizon, sandals and flip flops will be shoved to the back of the closet as fuzzy socks, boots and booties have their months in the spotlight. Booties especially provide a happy medium between lightweight summer shoes and the traditional, knee-high boots often seen in fall and winter ensem-

hroughout time, tea has been a common staple in society, drawing connections between divergent cultures across the globe. A hotbed for coffeehouses and juice bars, San Francisco also offers dozens of local hubs for tea fanatics to satisfy their cravings.

Located in the heart of Golden Gate Park beside the De Young Museum, the Japanese Tea Garden is home to both a Japanesestyle garden and classical tea house. While the garden attracts a multitude of tourists, tranquil scenery and reasonable prices entice locals as well.

Visitors may sample teas such as Genmaicha, Hojicha, or Jasmine tea for $3.75 a cup or purchase a cup of Matcha for $8.50.

Tea may be accompanied by small Japanese confections like sesame and almond cookies, green tea cheesecake or house-

made traditional rice cakes called “Kuzumochi”.

The tea house offers outdoor seating shaded by a roof where guests may view the gardens while sampling their traditional Japanese delicacies.

Another popular tea stop is Lovejoy’s Tea Room, an eclectically mismatched location with a wide range of tea and treat options. The menu is divided into differently-sized tea services, most including fruit, a choice of sandwiches, a warm scone and a small tea biscuit along with bottomless pots of tea. Reservations, while fairly easy to obtain, are must due to the location’s popularity.

Those looking for a lesserknown spot may sip their tea at Crown and Crumpet, a tea room in Japantown where guests sit in a stylish salon that maintains the atmosphere of a traditional English tea parlor. The salon is located in the corner of a multipurpose building, where customers

are seated in an intimate dining setting full of floral tablecloths and colorful chairs. Visitors may dine in or opt to take treats like macarons to go.

Those looking to try a bit of everything on the menu may choose to order the Afternoon Tea for One at $32 or can order a serving for two for an additional $8. The deal includes a pot of tea of choice and various “amusebouches,” including raspberry and apple scones, typical English crumpets served with clotted cream and jam, finger sandwiches and sweets like meringue and chocolate covered strawberries.

The Japanese Tea House and Garden (75 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive) is open from 9:00 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. daily through the Winter season. Lovejoy’s Tea Room (1351 Church Street) is open Wednesday to Sunday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Crown & Crumpet (1746 Post Street) is open 11:00 a.m. until 5:15 p.m. daily.

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Booties offer less-traditional form of boot.

bles. Available in a variety of colors, fabrics and heel heights, booties can be dressed up or dressed down, making them perfect for both fancy holiday parties or casual nights out with friends.

— Claire Kosewic Sam Edelman Brown Leather $60 Sam Edelman

Dolce Vita Black Velvet $90 Dolce Vita

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