The Puma Press Issue 2, 2017-18 by The Puma Press

Volume 35 • Issue 2 November 14, 2017 University Prep 8000 25th Ave. NE, Seattle Jade saved the day

THEY’RE WATCHING US

THOR! PA G E

PARK

We all agree parking has gotten a lot harder. But what happend? Page 3

BARK

College is stressful for all of us, especially with parents barking in our ears Page 6

DARK

Exploring the haunted houses around Seattle Page 13

LEARNING TO LIVE LIFE

NEWS

SEL is a new concept for the student body SEL’S 5 CORE COMPETENCIES

Self-awareness: “The ability to accurately assess one’s strengths and limitations, with a well-grounded sense of confidence, optimism, and a ‘growth mindset.’”

Self-management: “The ability to successfully regulate one’s emotions, thoughts, and behaviors in different situations.”

Social Awareness: “The ability to understand social and ethical norms.”

Relationship skills: “The ability to communicate clearly, listen well and cooperate with other.”

Responsible decision-making: “The ability to make constructive choices about personal behavior and social interactions based on ethical standard, safety concerns, and social norms.”

SEL workshops have BY AARON IGRA been taking place during his year, University Community Time. Twice Prep Upper School a quarter, each grade will students attendhave a 30-minute activity ed two or three Social or conversation about Emotional Learning (SEL) something along the lines meetings during commuof SEL. nity time. “The goal of that ComA few years ago, UPrep munity Time is partly to formed the SEL Committee respond to needs we idenas part of UPrep’s Next tified, and partly to be able Generation Learning. to be flexible and responAccording to the SEL sive as random concerns Committee’s definicome up,” counselor and tion: “SEL is the process co-head of the SEL Comthrough which students develop skills to regulate, “[SEL] permeates all react to aspects of a student’s and process their experience.” emotions; —COLLEGE COUNSELOR AND COnavigate HEAD OF THE SEL COMMITEE relationships in KELLY HERRINGTON a healthy way; and develop mittee Lindsay Metcalfe self-awareness.” said. “We often expect stuSo far, the freshmen dents to know things rehave listened to Dr. Jennigarding relationships, defer Bryan talk about gencision-making, emotional der stereotypes, and the awareness, self-awareness sophomores have particibut in fact, a lot of those pated in an activity about things need to be taught time management. The to have a comprehensive events have had mixed understanding [of them],” responses. counselor and co-head of “I think [SEL meetings] the SEL Committee Andrea bring up the important Moore said. topics that come up in the The SEL Committee used community a lot, so it’s data from many surveys an important thing to talk to identify areas in which about because it’s a part of students are struggling living,” freshman Mitchell and then create curricula Zell said. based on those needs.

(Source: Casel.org)

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PHOTO: MICHELE MATUSZEWSKI

On the other hand, some students feel that SEL isn’t an effective use of time. “I think there should be less [SEL], because I use Office Hours much more effectively. I could be doing other things that are way more useful,” sophomore Devin Wagner said. The committee is doing more than just organize short workshops during Community Time. It’s integrating SEL into many aspects of UPrep. “SEL is not just taking place in the classroom, but it’s also taking place extracurricularly on the playing fields, with theater, with Mock Trial. It permeates

WHAT DOES MIDDLE SCHOOL SEL LOOK LIKE?

While UPrep’s Upper School is instituting biquarterly SEL meetings, the Middle School has 50-minutes each week for SEL. These meetings come in many different forms such as Open Session and Puma Development Days. “[Open Session] is a circle conversation that’s led by the students where they get to raise questions or concerns

or things that they’re struggling with as a class and problem solve it together,” math teacher and co-head of the SEL committee Meg Shortell said. Puma Development Days are workshops to teach students about many topics. “We do lessons around building SEL skills: naming your emotions, being able

all aspects of a student’s experience,” college counselor and co-head of the SEL Committee Kelly Herrington said. In the years to come, the committee is looking to increase the amount of SEL throughout the UPrep experience. The Middle School already has a weekly, 50-minute block of Community Time devoted to SEL. The goal is to implement similar practices in the Upper School in the next few years. “We’re still in the early stages of developing and implementing [SEL] and building on it over time,” Moore said.

to cooperate or working with a group, manage stress, getting enough sleep,” Shortell said. The Upper School is in it’s early stages of developing SEL, and may be similar to Middle School’s version of SEL. “We’d like to find a way to bring open session to the upper school, and definitely more SEL lessons,” Shortell said.

Each grade has had community timeblocks set aside to learning about SEL. Sophmore Doran Cao participates in an activity about how we mange time.

NEWS

99 PROBLEMS AND PARKING IS ONE Why can’t UPrep students park in the lines? BY JAMES GARVEY ave you ever arrived at school a couple minutes late, driven around the parking lot, and realized that every single spot is taken? You’re not alone. 56 percent of students polled by The Puma Press agree that parking has become significantly worse this year. It seems that, all of the parking spots are taken from 8:20 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. One major contributor is the fact that many students don’t appear to know how to park. “There’s less clarity about the rules. People aren’t as willing to follow them,” senior Donovan Bown said. Students consistently double park, ignore the general parking rules and park in the big car lot with small cars. Senior Cameron Mason believes that poorly parked cars lead to confusion within the parking lot. “University Prep kids suck at parking. Some kids are okay with taking two spots without correcting their parking job. Other UPrep kids don’t know how to respond to it, so they keep taking up more spots than they should,” Mason said. This accumulation of multiple screwed-up parking jobs leads to students being late to school. The new school start time at 8:25 a.m. may also

HOW TO PARK IN UPREP LOTS

Park within the lines in the big lot. Less double parking means more spaces.

PHOTO: JASEN MANSFIELD

be aggravating the parking issue. With the increased amount of traffic from 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m., the daycare at Temple Beth Am uses the parking lot increasingly right at 8:20 a.m. The influx of parents dropping off their kids causes delays in the roundabout and parking lot. Even though the temple has its own parking spots in the back of the lot, many parents still frequently park in UPrep spots. Assistant Head of the Upper School Sarah Peterson adds that these parents are rushed, trying to manage their kids early in the morning. Although the parents are only there for a moment, students

continue to complain about the parents in the student lot. “I’m not very sympathetic because they’re only there for a couple minutes dropping their kid off. Then they’ve got to go to work,” Peterson said. To attempt to work around this issue, 68 percent of students surveyed try to get to school earlier in order to find a space to park. Otherwise, they face the possibility of being late to school. “If you’re not okay with being late then, yes, you do have to make an active effort to get to school early,” Mason said. The parking problem has not only led to confusion and frustration in the

STUDENTS’ THOUGHTS ON PARKING Do you make an effort to get to school earlier in order to get a parking spot?

Yes: 68% No: 32%

Do you believe that parking is worse this year compared to previous years?

Yes: 56% No: 44%

parking lot itself, but also around the neighborhood, where tensions are already high due to UPrep’s expansion plans. “Parking in the lot has become such a challenge that some kids have been parking behind the roundabout. Due to the increase of cars behind the school, neighbors are putting up orange cones to mark their spots because kids are taking all of them,” Mason said. Besides educating people on how to park, there doesn’t seem to be any clear solution. “We can’t just grow more parking,” said Peterson. Although frustrating to hear, the Dahl parking lot is available just a block away.

Students have repeatadly ignored the parking guidelines, leading to frustration and late slips.

Ignore the white lines in the small lot. Instead, pull up next to the car adjacent to you, leaving just enough space to get out

Please don’t park small cars in the big lot. It makes the big cars take up more space in the small lot, meaning fewer people can park

First come, first served. No spot claiming. Welcome to the real world.

Sophomores have to park at Dahl. You’ll get your chance next year.

Have you ever been late to school due to not being able to park at UPrep?

Yes: 64% No: 36% Methodology: Poll results come from 25 students across 3 grades GRAPHICS: CARLI BELOUSKAS

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THE OPINION PAGE

EDITORIAL

OPINION COLUMNS

MORE FREEDOM THAN MOST

Neighbor’s Opinion BY JENN AZEN am your neighbor and a member of Ravenwood United. I love our neighborhood and seek partnership with you to improve it. Your institution has planned an expansion since 2010. We were made aware only after the sale of our wonderful Tool Library in 2016. My neighbor invited your administration to her home in January to foster a relationship with your institution. After this meeting, I felt reassured that the design of the expansion would be done in a sensitive manner. Six months later, during University Prep’s presentation to the community, I was completely shocked to learn your proposed design completely disregarded and disrespected our community. Imagine your neighbor, once a sleepy church with a beautiful copper steeple and statuesque deodor cedar, becomes a massive 39,000+ square foot cube designed only with the school in mind. The unattractive and industrial bulk of the building is pushed as close as allowed to neighbors while the entrance has a spacious courtyard facing the main campus. Most shocking is a rooftop that students can look down from upon our homes, one-twentieth the size. The safe sidewalks for my children now feature as much as

tudent freedom is an eternally important topic. While there will always be steps the administration could take to back away from coddling us and better prepare us for life in the real world, it’s crucial to also consider the freedoms we have that those at other schools go without. For example: leaving campus. At UPrep, we are allowed to leave campus for lunch. However at our neighbor Nathan Hale High School, the rules are stricter. According to the Nathan Hale student handbook, if a student must “leave school before the day is over, [they must] bring a note from [their] parent/guardian requesting an early dismissal.” As for repercussions following issues like tardiness, UPrep is relaxed. The administration doesn’t really have a concrete detention policy. According to the UPrep student handbook, “Disciplinary issues in the Upper School may be handled internally via consultation with the student, the student’s personal advisor and the associate director of Upper School.” The very fact that the disciplinary process includes the student in discussions sets UPrep’s policies apart from those of other schools. At Lakeside, there’s a cutand-dry detention policy. Their student handbook has a list of offences with minimum and maximum punishments. While it’s important to question student freedom, it’s also important to appreciate the freedoms we have as UPrep students, and not take them for granted.

The Puma Press University Prep’s Student Voice Winner of Three Pacemaker Awards Editors Micho Matuszewski Mahir Piyarali Copy Editor Beatrice Cappio Graphics Designer Carli Belouskas Reporters Zubin Abraham-Ahmed Jade Buchanan-Moh Melissa Funes James Garvey Sydney Hurst Aaron Igra Anna Inghram Grace Kellogg Aidan Lee Ian Lee Olivia Poolos Join us online Instagram: @uprepmedia Twitter: @uprepmedia Web: blogs.universityprep.org/ uprepmedia Send feedback: pumapress@ universityprep.org Cover Art: Carli Belouskas

a six-foot drop with a retaining pond, a hazard. Noisy HVAC units are placed near neighbors. There is no real plan for the increase in parking and traffic, already an area of concern. The presenters responded they “could have gone higher.” Would you welcome this neighbor next door? UPrep has not attempted to involve its neighbors in the design and has not responded to our concerns in a meaningful way. It is stripping away community resources such as the Tool Library, an environmental organization, while heavily utilizing our beloved Dahl Field as if it is part of your campus. I believe that your leadership has wasted an opportunity to demonstrate to future leaders, your students, true community collaboration. I am saddened this has cultivated such an adversarial relationship. As members of the UPrep Community, please take the time to hear from all my neighbors. We have united to save our neighborhood and will continue to fight for it. Visit our website at https://www. sites.google.com/site/no2uprep/. Also, I encourage you to visit the permit website http://www.seattle.gov/dpd/, project 3018711 to see our complete comments. My neighbors and I ask your administration to start over and involve the community in the design.

Experienced ≠ Evil

ocked in the grip of the two-party-system, the U.S. government has been unable to make progress due to the inability to strike compromise. Americans are tired of this fruitless back and forth and feel that politicians don’t care about them and their views. Luckily, there’s an easy solution: elect experienced politicians who know how to instigate change. However, Americans have been maligning these BY ANNA INGHRAM politicians, demanding a “radical” leader to tip the political balance back in favor of the people. A poll conducted by Quinnipiac University in April 2016 found that 64 percent of registered American voters either “strongly agree” or “somewhat agree” that “the old way of doing things no longer works and we need radical change.” Having political experience, however, isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Our government isn’t perfect, but just because someone has worked in politics doesn’t mean they are part of the “establishment.” In fact, extensive political experience is more likely an indicator of a drive to make a

change in our government. Though more experienced politicians might not make extravagant campaign promises, they instead set pragmatic goals that they know can be achieved. For example, President Trump made flashy promises on the campaign trail. Coming into the presidency, Trump had never had any political experience. Neither has he been able to follow through on any of his major campaign promises. While most Seattleites may not have been captivated by Trump’s fantastical political plans, they have rallied for politically inexperienced candidates in the mayoral election. Cary Moon, one of the two finalists in a close race who ultamately condeded the race to Jenny Durkan, said she has been on “‘sabbatical’ from paid work,” according to the Seattle Times. If Americans want to see a change in the way our political machine runs, the best person to vote for is not the walk-on candidate with exciting campaign promises, but the candidate who can deftly navigate the bureaucratic world with an extensive political background. Support the candidate who not only shares your morals and supports your political priorities, but also has the experience to make them a reality.

About the Cover: This issue’s cover is inspired by students’ recent expression of concern regarding the administration and teachers cracking down on student freedom around and outside of campus. This cover was inspired by a “big brother” type of propaganda poster depicting an administrator or teacher checking their watch and looking for students ariving late to class or trying to lave campus during their free period. - Carli Belouskas 4 University Prep • NOVEMBER 14, 2017 • Vol. 35, No. 2

NEWS BRIEFS

WHAT’S UP AROUND SCHOOL?

Durkan Elected Mayor Mayor-elect Jenny Durkan will soon become Seattle’s chief executive. On Nov. 7 Durkan was elected mayor of Seattle, winning the election with around 61 percent of the vote in a competition against Cary Moon an “urban planner and civic leader,” according to Moon’s website. Moon conceded the election on Nov. 8. Durkan is a former U.S. attorney appointed by then-President Barack Obama and University Prep parent. She received endorsements from The Seattle Times and recently-resigned former Mayor Ed Murray. According to the Seattle Ethics and Elections Commision, Durkan outraised Moon by a factor of 1–4. In a statement, Durkan sounded optimis-

tic about the city’s future. “Our city will – and must – come together around the solutions to address the urgent issues facing our city from homelessness to affordability to addressing systemic inequities,” Durkan said. In her statement of concession, Moon encouraged Durkan “to remember that Seattle’s prosperity should provide shared opportunity and success for everyone, not just the wealthy few.” According The Seattle Times, the Durkan will take the oath of office directly following the certification of the election results on Nov. 28. Durkan will become the first female mayor of the city since the 1920s.

Break-In

PHOTO: TIM DURKAN

Trend in Tardiness

hile a later school start time should correlate with less tardiness among students, the opposite is proving true. Main office coordinator Debra Boyd has noticed a definite increase in the number of students who need late slips this year, especially “Upper School students,” she said. “[Arriving late is] both disruptive to a class in session and it cuts into the limited time we all have to learn and teach,” history teacher Abigail Hundley said. Boyd thinks that this could be partially attributed to a decrease in parking availability. “With [the later start time], we have

PHOTO: BEATRICE CAPPIO

car break-in has served as a reminder to not overlook an important detail of parking at school: security. In September, senior Donovan Bown’s car was broken into. During the incident both his backpack and oboe were stolen. Bown described how he found his car after the break-in. “I saw my back window was broken and I looked in ... and my whole backpack was gone,” he said. Bown provided a word of advice for students looking to avoid similar incidents. “Don’t leave anything in the back seat of your car,” he said. According to the Seattle Police Department, certain “key” guidelines can help prevent car prowls. The police urge people to “remove or hide anything that a car prowler might mistake as something worth stealing, not leave any valuables in plain sight and choose well-lit [parking] space[s].” Increased student responsibility when parking may be needed to avoid future theft following a recent break-in in the student lot.

BY BEATRICE CAPPIO AND ANNA INGHRAM

a little bit of a conflict with [Temple Beth Am’s] daycare,” she said. Hundley sees that traffic could be a cause. “The later start time means that students who are cutting it close have more traffic to contend with,” she said. The new schedule has created a more relaxed policy around tardiness, Hundley thinks. “Softer start times for some periods encourage the idea that arrival times are somewhat fuzzy,” she said. Hundley hopes that students prioritize punctuality in the future. “The idea is to avoid normalizing a behavior that’s detrimental to the community,” Hundley said.

Suicide Prevention Recognition Award

niversity Prep’s suicide prevention program was officially recognized when students, faculty and staff involved with the organization earned a second-place Trevor R. Simpson award on Oct. 24 from Forefront, a “social-impact center,” according to its website. “Our goal is to have each member of the UPrep community able to reach out to someone who is struggling,” counselor Lindsay Metcalfe said. “The Trevor R. Simpson award recognizes schools that have trained high percentages of their populations in suicide awareness and prevention,” Metcalfe said. The UPrep program was also given $1,500 toward the potentially life-saving effort. The use of the funds will be determined by the program’s student leaders who will weigh how to best distibute the funds.

PHOTO: LISA KENNEDY

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NEWS

HOW COMMITING CHANGES THE GAME FOR ATHLETES Junior Arie Smidt “[Running] track gives me a bonus, essentially. It gives me an added edge over someone who would have the same academic record.” (Undecided, Track]

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Senior Adam Reid “It’s really stressful to only be able to pick one school, as opposed to being able to apply to a bunch of schools, seeing where you get in, and then choosing.” (Whitman,Soccer]

They’re under-involved 15% 15%

They’re over-involved

“Avoid pronoun confusion. ‘We’ are not applying to college; your son or daughter is applying to college,” Herrington said. It is important to remember that the students are the ones who have to spend four-plus years at whatever school they choose. “It’s my future. I get it if my parents are stressed about it, but it’s my future,” Murray said. “You want your kid to go to the best school possible, and that actually requires a lot of trust in the kid to do a good job,” Shenk said. Though many students find that over-involved parents add to their stress, there are still students that find a controlled amount of parent involvement is appreciated. “Find the right balance between being hands-off and a little police-y, so that your kid actually stays on top of stuff,” Shenk said.

GRAPHICS: CARLI BELOUSKAS

Poll Methodology: Data comes from 40 randomly selected upperclassmen

This is the data for “How Involved are your Parents in the College Process?”

Shenk said. “I think that school. I think in reality can relate directly to the they really want me to go competitive nature of the to Cornell,” junior Katrina school here.” Murray said. The process of thinking A student, however, about and preparing for might not share the same college has also begun view as their parents. starting at a younger and “For me, higher eduyounger age. For Falicov, cation is a privilege. I the pursuit for the perfect don’t care where I go as school began just as she long as I’m happy. I don’t was starting high school. need the name brand, “[It started] during my “In the back of my freshman year. [My head, I can’t help parents] but think about the would say, ‘We didn’t prestige.” get started —SENIOR ANTON SHEK on your brother early enough,’” Falicov said. The pressure to start and that’s where my and preparing for college early [my parents] expectations can also come from parclash,” senior Chloe Smith ents who have a specific said. preference for a particular College counselor Kelly school. Herrington emphasized “[My parents] tell me the importance of keeping that they want me to get parent and student desires into and go to my dream separate.

Under-involved - 15% Over-involved- 15% The perfect balance of involved, but not too involved: 70%

BY OLIVIA POOLOS AND JADE BUCHANAN-MOH t’s that time of year again — juniors are studying for the SAT, seniors are filling out applications and parents are stressing just as much as their students. It’s college season. In an academically rigorous and competitive environment, University Prep students can feel a lot of pressure when college is right around the corner. “[My parents] put stress on me to get into a good college,” sophomore Nikki Falicov said. “They’re both Harvard graduates, and they want the same path for me.” Especially in an already prestigious school, there is often an expectation of continuing on to an equally highly-rated college or university. “In the back of my mind I can’t help but think about the prestige thing a little bit,” senior Anton

They have the right balance of being involved, but not too involved 70%

Dream colleges are dominating the minds of parents and students alike

HOW INVOLVED ARE UPREP PARENTS?

15%

PRESSURE FOR PRESTIGE

PHOTO : JADE BUCHANAN-MOH

Students and parents sometimes have conflicting preferences on colleges . [This photo is staged, and does not depict the actual views of Senior Cameron Mason or her mother, Laura Domoto.]

Junior Emily Morrissey “Unless you want to change your mind [after committing], there’s not many disadvantages.” [Villanova, Soccer]

ENTICING INTENSIVES

NEWS

Committee, faculty, students plan for implementation of immersive courses

BY BEATRICE CAPPIO magine the opportunity to take one class for three weeks. Next year, students will enroll in “intensive” classes, immersive courses allowing for the exploration of subjects in new ways and depths. According to art teacher and intensive committee member Ty Talbot, the short terms would take place in January following winter break and “around Memorial Day,” with the program beginning ideally next school year. Talbot sees the program as a good change of pace. “It’s an opportunity for teaching and learning to look really different than in a typical 70-minute class,” Talbot said. Junior Anna Brandt looks forward to the exactly promote depth of different learning opporlearning.” tunities. The intensive terms “There will be really exare intended to allow the citing opportunities to go coverage of complex ideas off campus,” Brandt said. past what can be covered One goal of the program within a rotational schedis to reduce the number of ule. classes “[Instudents tenare tak“[Intensives are] an sives ing per opportunity to do are] an term. opporAcadema deep dive in a tunity ic dean to do particular topic.” Richard a deep Kassis—ART TEACHER AND INTENdive in sieh sees SIVE COMMITTEE MEMBER a parlogic ticular in this TY TALBOT topic,” aspect Talbot of the said. change. The entire UPrep com“In very few workplacmunity has been involved es do you have seven in the decision-making different jobs at once,” going into the beginning Kassissieh said. “Educators of the new program. across the country are “There’s a research and understanding increasdevelopment intensive ingly that trying to keep design team comprised of seven balls in the air at student, faculty and adonce is hard. It doesn’t

How do you feel about the intensives program? Unexcited: 18%

Indifferent: 52%

Durkan: Excited: 40%30%

What are you most looking forward to about the program? Schedule: 9% PHOTO: MAHIR PIYARALI

ministrators,” Talbot said. This year, there have been two professional development days devoted to the intensive planning process as well as a student feedback session. Sophomore Mark Fishman expressed concern about some logistics. “If you miss [days] because you’re sick, you’re screwed for the rest of the course,” Fishman said. Other students are confused about certain aspects of the new schedule. Junior Sophie Lee worries about the displacement of the exam period included in the schedule change. “If the semester ends earlier, will that mean that we have less time to study for finals?” Lee said. Work toward implementation of the program has been met with some obstacles. “We need to make sure that if teachers are coming

SUCCESS OF SIMILAR PROGRAMS

Though the intensive program may be new to UPrep, the immersive-course model has seen success across the country. According to Academic Dean Richard Kassissieh, the intensive design process included analysis of similar programs elsewhere. “[Members of the committee on intensives]

STUDENTS’ THOUGHTS ON INTENSIVES

visited Hawken School in Ohio, which has run for-credit intensive courses for nine years with similar purpose and vision, and the Bay School in San Francisco, which is launching intensives in the same timeframe as [UPrep is],” Kassissieh said in an article in Prep Talk. Students can expect the courses at UPrep

up with learning experiences that cost a bit more than being in a classroom, we have prepared to meet those [needs],” Kassissieh said. As a teacher, Talbot also sees some potential downsides to the program relating to the new course-avilability restrictions. “If you’re not teaching something during a rotational class, then you’re teaching something in an intensive,” Talbot said. Kassissieh sees the greater community’s involvement in the planning process as critical. “Any time we make a big change for the school we need to look at it from a lot of different perspectives. This isn’t just a curriculum change,” Kassissieh said. “We need to be thorough about how this change has ripple effects across the school.”

The entire UPrep community has contributed input to the new intensive program. Students participated by evaluating class ideas during a feedback session.

Model: Hands-on 19% learning: New 43% courses: 29%

What are you least looking forward to about the program? Instability: 5% Model: 5% Schedule: 29%

Bad course possibility: 66%

Methodology: A poll was sent to 40 Upper School students selected randomly.

GRAPHICS: CARLI BELOUSKAS

to loosely mirror the intensives at the Hawken School and the proposed ideas at the Bay School. Art teacher and immersive committee member Ty Talbot noted success of similar models. “[Intensive programs are] something that has precedent and has a lot of success,” he said. Vol. 35, No. 2 • NOVEMBER 14, 2017 • University Prep 7

FEATURE

BEING CONTROLLED FROM ABOVE New this year, more and more students feel like they’re being increasingly managed by the administration. But the school says they’ve barely changed a thing...

WHY DO WE CHECK-IN BEFORE LUNCH? With University Village, Himitsu Teriyaki, and Tubs Gourmet Subs all less than a 10 minute drive from UPrep, it’s no wonder that students want to venture off-campus for lunch. However, with Advisory check-ins everyday before lunch, students have been finding it more difficult to go out to lunch as frequently as they’d like. Although it may not be apparent at first, there’s a reason behind the instatement of

advisory check-ins. The administrators didn’t create them purely to spite those who want to eat off campus. The way the new schedule is designed, Middle School lunch ends only 15 minutes before Upper School’s B block does, leaving hardly any time for the Commons Cafe staff to prepare to feed the students who rush the lunch lines. By adding advisory check-in, it gives the staff double the amount of time to transition

from Middle to Upper School lunch. The frustrations surrounding the time limitations that advisory check-in incidentally places on going off campus for lunch are understandable, but the high quality of the food provided in the Commons Cafe makes up for that inconvenience. In addition, UPrep gives us a long lunch about once a week, allowing students to continue to go off campus as they did on gray days last year.

LAYOUT: MAHIR PIYARALI PHOTOS: MAHIR PIYARALI GRAPHICS: CARLI BELOUSKAS

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FEATURE is actually the same as it has always been. If you have your free period at the beginning or end of the day, your parent can excuse your late arrival or early dismissal just the same as they would if you were missing class,” Associate Director of Upper School Sarah Peterson said. Some students feel like there’s been a recent push to enforce the rule. “Now that free periods are longer, there’s an increased incentive [for students] to leave, [leading to] an increased incentive to enforce the rule,” Peterson said. “It’s a liability issue. While you’re at school, we are legally responsible for ensuring your safety and whereabouts. If we don’t know where you are, then [it’s] a problem.” One question that many students have is, if free periods have a closed-campus rule, why are students allowed to leave during the lunch period? “It’s my understanding that we essentially say in our handbook [that] the school washes its hands

of keeping the students safe during their lunch period,” Peterson said. Although this forgotton rule is stated in the student handbook, a poll of Upper School students determined that only 9 percent of students say they’ve even read a small portion of the handbook, while 82 percent admit to never having read any part of it. Students are now questioning why the school can’t allow them to leave campus during their free periods. “Constitutionally, the school’s job is to stand in for the parent. So if the parent — at whatever age — is fine with you going off campus, I think by that point you should be able to [go off campus],” ASB Vice President and senior Anton Shenk said. In the student handbook, the school is able to not claim responsibility for students during lunch, yet it hasn’t been able to find a way to change its stance on liability surrounding the free period policy. “The administration isn’t

trying to be evil. They’re open to getting this rule changed. They just want to do it in a way that ensures they have input,” Shenk said. However, the school’s adoption of a new schedule has incidentally placed further limitations on when students can leave campus during lunch. With mandatory advisory check-ins every day, students are required to wait for all members to arrive before being released to lunch. The lack of passing periods, combined with potentially having to wait 15 minutes for everyone to arrive at advisory before being released to lunch, limits the amount of time students have to eat. Fueled by UPrep’s transition to a new schedule, free period pandemonium has plagued the minds of many upperclassmen students. Although it may be frustrating for students, these rules aren’t set in stone. While this policy exists, it’s important for students to comply with it, purely for safety reasons.

WHAT DO STUDENTS THINK ABOUT FREE PERIODS? Studying 82% Going Off-Campus 18%

Yes 100%

Methodology: poll results come from 44 students across all four grades

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dents, free periods aren’t actually “free.” “University Prep’s mission is to prepare us for life after high school. In college, if you don’t have class, that’s your [free] time. You can go anywhere as long as you can get back to school by your next class,” senior Nicholas Romano said. “The fact that we’re expected to stay on campus for our free time isn’t exactly preparing us for how to budget the freedom that we’ll find in college.” According to the student handbook, students with a free period either first or last block of the day have the possibility to sleep in or leave early, but only with a parent’s official permission – including a signature – relayed to the front office. If students have a free period in the middle of the day, they’re out of luck. Then, students aren’t allowed to leave at all, regardless of parental permission. Though it may feel surprising, this policy isn’t new. “The free period policy

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BY ZUBIN ABRAHAM-AHMED, JADE-BUCHANAN-MOH, SYDNEY HURST s a teenager, it’s necessary to prove — generally to parents — the ability to handle oneself in a safe, responsible and respectful manner before being left to one’s own devices. For many students, the start of high school is a time to prove your capable of handling increased freedoms and growing responsibilities. Despite having a perceived newfound sense of opportunity and free reign, do we actually have that much freedom? At University Prep, these freedoms can include the ability to venture off campus for lunch, choose from a wide array of electives and incorporate a free period into your schedule. However, according to some stu-

WHAT DOES STUDENT PRESS FREEDOM LOOK LIKE? One of the issues plaguing high schools across America is press freedom — or a lack thereof. The Student Press Law Center, a non-profit organization dedicated helping high school and college students know their rights, explains that “With the erosion of mainstream newsmedia coverage, “imbedded” student journalists are often the public’s only way [of] knowing when schools are dirty, dangerous or ineffective.” Because UPrep is a privately-run institu-

tion, The Puma Press isn’t protected by the student press rights guaranteed to public school newspapers by the First Amendment. Legally, the school has the right to tell us what we are and aren’t allowed to publish. However, the press procedure at UPrep doesn’t involve a prior review, meaning no one from the administration reads through our issues before we publish them. With no one looking over the shoulders of the journalism staff and students, we have a greater

amount of press freedom than other schools might — including some public schools. The amount of press freedom private schools have is relatively dependant on the strictness of their administrators. At UPrep, the administrative staff is uninvolved in student publications, leaving us with plenty of freedom surrounding our press and student voice. This freedom allows UPrep’s journalists to publish excellent journalism that has received multiple national awards.

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WHY ISN’T IT WORKING OUT?

STUDENT LIFE

Turns out we don’t use a lot of our resources Q & A WITH KELVIN

We talked to UPrep’s very own atheltic trainer Kelvin Wallace about how to get started in the weight room. What role do you play in the weight room? “I’m the trainer. I watch over the weight room and give you all workouts. I help students by writing up workouts.” What is the best piece of equipment for a person who is new to the weight room to use? “Dumbbells. They’re great to start on because you can do a million different exercises with them.” How can students best take advantage of the space? “Just come in and use it. That’s how you can take advantage of it. Just come in and work out.”

vertised to students in BY GRACE KELLOGG the same way that other niversity Prep has UPrep programs are, such a lot of resources, as Global Link or Global monetarily and Online Academy. physically, but there are “I haven’t seen marketfeatures of the school that ing for the weight room aren’t being taken adsince it was brand new,” vantage of by the student senior Caleb Sherman said. body. With an obesity rate From fully-functioning of 22 percent for youths workout rooms to the in Seattle according to chance to design their own the Centers for Disease classes, students either can’t or won’t get “We don’t tend to reinvolved. More design [programs] if than 70% there isn’t some deire percent of students at being expressed [for UPrep are the program to be inengaged school creased].” sports, and —ACADEMIC DEAN RICHARD KASanother 60 students SISSIEH on average participate Control, and studies in in the school’s weight the US National Library of training class each year. Medicine connecting proRegardless of whether or ductivity and engagement not a student is currently to exercise, not advertising participating in a UPrep its own workout space sport, the training room may be an oversight on located above the gym the part of the school. with high-grade equipFor students who aren’t ment is a tool that they as familiar with the fitness can use, containing equipcenter through specialized ment from cardio weights. classes or sports, it can The only requirement is a seem daunting. waiver signed by a parent “I think some students or guardian and turned don’t use the weight into Athletic Director room because they may Rebecca Moe. be intimidated, whether So what’s the inhibitor? it’s not knowing where Aside from one or two to start, how to safely cursory announcements use equipment or other throughout the school reasons. It does seem like year, the weight room is those students who have not a space that’s ad-

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taken weight training as a class are more eager to use the fitness center after school… students didn’t know how to use the equipment [before taking specialized classes],” Physical Education teacher Kayla Robertson said. UPrep students are also passing up academic opportunities. The amount of times students complain about the classes they’re “forced” to take seems endless, yet only six students per year on average petition to create their own classes, according to Academic Dean Richard Kassissieh. “We don’t tend to redesign [programs] if there isn’t some desire being expressed [for the program to be expanded],” said Kassissieh. The concept of independent studies is something that many students aren’t even aware of.

“I think I’ve probably heard about them before. I’ve never really cared. I also don’t know what they are,” senior Grant Nitta said. To be able to participate in an independent study, students must have finished the existing UPrep sequence of classes in that area. This tends to restrict independent studies to juniors and seniors. “Our grade hasn’t been informed about [independent studies] yet,” said freshman Henry Buscher. A student interested in an independent study must find a teacher advisor, fill out the independent study form and submit their proposal to the registrar. Whether it’s student laziness or negligible marketing by the school, the UPrep community isn’t doing what it could with its resources.

The weight room above the gym remains a space that is either used by the same few people - or none at all.

WHAT’S ONE UPREP OPPORTUNITY YOU WISH STUDENTS TOOK ADVANTAGE OF? Alec Duxbury, English Teacher “As outdoor education coordinator, I would like more students to do that. The winter camping is the one that seems to fill up the most, maybe because it’s just one night.”

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Brian Gonzales, Globabl Programs Coordinator “I would love to see more students get the chance to do things like Semester Away, Independent Study, and Global Link.”

Leah Griffin, Librarian “I wish more students would contact library@universityprep.org to scheule research appointments with the librarians... we’re happy to help students facilitate their research.”

STUDENT LIFE

IMPORTANCE OF THE ORDINARY

The creation of a podcast about the “everyday” They settled on the idea BY IAN LEE of talking to regular womenior Allison Bunker en whose ideas and stories and Junior Malvika should be shared. Wadhawan have been “The premise is just orproducing and creating a dinary women. We wanted podcast together since last to year. talk The “We wanted to talk to podpeocast is to people who didn’t ple titled make the headlines who “Everyyet are still so power- didn’t make daythe Womful in our communiheaden.” tites. lines “Both yet —JUNIOR MALVIKA WADHAWAN of us are like still podso powerful in our comcasts. It kind of happened munities,” Wadhawan organically,” Wadhawan said. said. “We were tossing “We were talking about ideas around and we were how many incredible like ‘Hey, We should start women we’ve met in our a podcast’.”

lives, and we were like, ‘They’re awesome. We want to have people hear what they have to say,” Bunker said. The structure of the podcast is simple. Bunker and Wadhawan start with some planned questions and progresses into a deep conversation. “We’ve been recording 20-40 minute episodes. They are essentially normal conversations,” Bunker said. “We generally start with a list of questions on our screen. However, as the conversation goes on, we shift away from that.” They have been able to interview people in the University Prep community and beyond. “Some of the people we

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have had on the show have been people from the school like history teacher Abigail Hundley and biology teacher Virginia Engel. We’ve also talked to former students and family friends as well. For our next season, we want to get more people from outside our personal communities,” Bunker said. “I’ve learned how to talk to people I don’t know, and I’ve learned how to

listen more deeply,” Wadhawan said.“We generally like to get right into deep conversations and skip most of the small talk.” “We have maybe 5070 listeners per episode, which is more than we were expecting when we started this. People can find our old episodes on iTunes or SoundCloud. I would highly recommend more people giving it a listen,” Bunker said.

The podcast explores the lives of everyday women, and is available on iTunes and SoundCloud.

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LOVE IN THE HALLWAYS STUDENT LIFE

How much affection in school is too much? WHAT STUDENTS THINK ABOUT PDA Does seeing public displays of affection make you uncomfortable?

Yes: 40% No: 40% Maybe: 20%

Would you feel comfortable showing PDA while at school?

No: 52.4% Yes: 33.3% Maybe: 20%

Should the administration get involved by creating a policy on PDA?

No: 61.9% Maybe: 23.8% Yes: 14.3%

BY MELISSA FUNES want to see people making heir constant out in the hallway, she smooching and agrees that some PDA isn’t excessive cuddling a big deal. has the ability to make “I think there’s a level of some students’ skin crawl. PDA that’s okay. Holding They glance side-to-side hands or a hug doesn’t and watch uncomfortable make most people uncomschool-goers give them fortable,” Seera said. grotesque looks as they Senior Jonas Kohn and pass by. Athletic Director Rebecca As of recently, there Moe agree that there are appears to be an increase other times outside of in irritation around public school for couples express displays of affection at their affection for one school. Junior Meher another. Seera believes that there’s “I can’t deal with PDA. a line to You’re be drawn here “School isn’t the when it for six comes to place to put one’s hours PDA in the a day. own hands down hallways. You “School have thier loved ones isn’t the eighpants.” same teen as your hours —JUNIOR MEHER SEERA bedroom. to do I didn’t your come to own school to see how much thing,” Kohn said. couples love each other,” Moe says that the only Seera said. way she knows about Some people struggle students’ personal relawith determining what tionships is when they the problem with PDA is. publicly express affection Sophomore Nathan for each other. Burke believes this is “Frankly I don’t want to because there isn’t a real know what kids are in reproblem with expressing lationships. If I have to tell PDA and those who do kids to take their hands take issue with seeing PDA off on one another it’s unshould keep to themselves comfortable for everyone,” about it. Moe said. “I don’t think PDA is a Considering the student big deal. I think expressing body has had a negative PDA is completely okay,” reaction to PDA, some Burke said. wonder if the administraAlthough Seera doesn’t tion will take issue with it.

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According to the grade deans there is no specific school policy on PDA. tenth grade dean Ms. Patella-Buckley was unsure if a PDA policy even existed at University Prep. “If there is an explicit policy on PDA at school it would be in the student handbook,” Ms. Patella-Buckley said. Although the student handbook covers many other issues ranging from dress code to theft there is not a single acknowledgement of PDA throughout the entire book. Students believe this is for the best, Kohn and Seera believe the administration should most definitely stay out of the issue

and leave the problem to be addressed by students. “Administration shouldn’t take on the issue of PDA because frankly it would be kind of creepy. Students should be able to keep one another in check, students shouldn’t have a problem with calling one-another out. If a couple gets called out, they need to respect that.” Kohn said. Seera agrees that PDA is not for the administration but also thinks students need to be more aware. Seera said, “Every student should be able to recognize that school isn’t a good place to put one’s own hands down their loved ones pants.”

Although University Prep doesn’t seem to take issue with students holding hands in the hallways, it still is considered a display of public affection.

WHAT IS A PUBLIC DISPLAY OF AFFECTION? Senior Ty Maider “PDA is just two people getting it on with one another in front of other people. ”

Methodology: Poll results come from 30 students across all four grades. GRAPHICS: CARLI BELOUSKAS

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Junior Maggie Scroggs “When people show intimacy with one another while they are in the presence of others.”

Freshman Hanna Kolyvek: “When someone shows romantic affection to somebody else in public.”

STUDENT LIFE

A HAUNTED HOUSE HUNT

Allowing everyone to play sports may lead to problems

BY MICHO MATUSZEWSKI

’m not much for being scared. I’ll watch horror movies but I was afraid to walk around my house at night before sixth grade because I thought the guy from “Scream” was out to kill me. Because of this, I’ve never really been a fan of haunted houses. With that in mind I made the brilliant decision to review three haunted houses around Seattle. So along with my self-described “stoic” comrade senior Sofia Beaufrand, I headed out to perform this great service for the good people of University Prep.

Nightmare at Beaver Lake

his haunted house wasn’t a house at all but a forest trail. Nightmare at Beaver Lake an outdoor path that’s overall about three-quarters of a mile long and took us about 40 minutes to walk through at a slow pace. After arriving early and waiting in line for a while, the ticket collectors swiftly led us onto the path. On the trail were several scenes set up to look like they were from different movies and video games with appearances from “Silent Hill”, “The Corpse Bride” and many more. While there were a few good jump scares, one generally felt more on edge and uneasy rather than constantly scared. Overall,

though, the commitment of the characters and ambience contributed to a good experience. Also, a portion of all funds generated by Nightmare at Beaver Lake is donated to several charities, so it’s a fun time for a great cause.

Scariness: Ambiance: Quality:

Stalker Farms

talker Farms, was a sort of Halloween amusement park, with zombie paintball and food trucks. This farm included two themed haunted corn mazes. We started with a maze called “Blood Rot.” The idea was a man had cursed a small town with an otherworldly disease that the townspeople could only stave off by eating uninfected human flesh. So naturally, you walk through a dark maze while people with half-melted faces jump out and ask if they can eat yours. The other maze was called “Pogo Presents Abara-Kadaver,” a circus -themed walk full of deadly magic tricks, deranged clowns and dismembered

spectators. Similar in form to “Blood Rot,” costumed performers would jump out saying things about how nice of a bowl Sofia’s skull would be or that they wanted to eat my toenails after they killed me. For those a bit older, this one’s a lot of fun. The storylines along with the realistic performances make it a great time.

Scariness: Ambiance: Quality:

Georgetown Morgue

e end with Georgetown Morgue: the culmination of this quest’s mix of utter terror and nervous kettle corn eating. I had been told that the morgue, with its history involving a multitude of actual deaths, was the scariest Halloween experience in all of Seattle, if not all of Washington. Less than 10 seconds after we entered with our fast passes that helped us circumvent the two-hour-long line, the scares started flying at us. People banged on windows and jumped out of holes in the wall while the zombie doctor called me a nerd for recommending Neosporin for his

numerous injuries. While there was less of an overarching storyline, the constant onslaught of strobe lights, realistic cosmetic effects and deafening noises throws one into a state of panic. And in this reporter’s humble opinion, the Georgetown Morgue has certainly earned its title as the scariest in Seattle.

Scariness: Ambiance: Quality:

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RAGNAROCKING THE BOX OFFICE

MOVIE REVIEW

Thor dominates the box office and the critics BY AIDAN LEE o all of you Marvel fans, “Thor: Ragnarok,” directed by Taika Waititi, is the film for you. Starring a brilliant cast of characters with superb acting, “Thor: Ragnarok” is one of the best Marvel movies made to date. Marvel takes you on an adventure with Thor (Chris Hemsworth) as he has the worst week ever. Thor starts his week enslaved by a fire demon who’s plotting to kill him. Directly after escaping said fire demon (named Surtur), he’s enslaved on the planet Sakaar, where he must fight to survive in the Grandmaster’s games in order to evade danger. Think “Gladiator”

but with Norse gods and fighting that takes place on a different planet as opposed to an ancient colosseum. After Thor’s gladiator battles on Sakaar, he ventures back to Asgard to fight Goddess of Death, Hela (Cate Blanchett). Thor’s “revengers” consist of Valkyrie (Tessa Thompson), Loki (Tom Hiddleston), The Hulk (Mark Ruffalo) and Thor himself. The team ventures off to defeat Hela before she destroys the universe. “Thor: Ragnarok” is one of the most enjoyable Marvel movies too watch if you’re seeking a comedic action movie. Roughly 60 percent of all scenes had at least some amount of humor in them and

the theater erupted with laughter throughout the movie. “Thor: Ragnarok” also introduces the first-ever LGBTQ Marvel character. Valkyrie was confirmed to identify as bisexual by a post by Thompson on Twitter. This little fact might be missed by many, as it’s never clearly stated during the film. With any Marvel movie, comes Stan Lee’s cameo. In “Thor: Ragnarok” it is one of his best. “Thor: Ragnarok” is among the best movies so far from 2017 (shoutout “Star Wars”). With a great cast and some comedy, “Thor: Ragnarok” is a great Marvel movie to watch. Grade: A-

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FALL SPORTS RECAP

NEWS

How did our Pumas do out on the field this fall season? ity Record Vars

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This year, the varsity soccer team only had four returning starters, making it an uphill climb from day one. Despite the lack of seniors, they earned themselves a #3 seed in league and

advanced to the Distict playoff, where their season ended in a 1-3 loss to South Whidbey. “I felt like we came together as a younger team and improved a lot as the year went on,” junior Vayden Hicks said.

BOYS ULTIMATE

BOYS TENNIS

With the 1-2 finish, both pairs have earned themselves a trip to the state tournament in the spring. “I’m really excited to go to Yakima and defend my state title,” Mansfield said. On the singles side, freshman Jacob

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B “Our term for the season was ‘grifficiency,’ which was ‘efficiency’ and ‘grit’ combined,” senior Alex Lewis said. This mentality helped the team make it all the way to the state tournament, where

they were eliminated in the semi-final game by Garfield. “The intensity and drive that everyone brought to [the season] made the team really effective,” Lewis said.

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3rd Senior Allison Bunker and junior Ailey Birkeland earned themselves spots to run in the State Championship. Bunker finished 20th at Districts and Birkeland finished 23rd.

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“Everyone was always so supportive, I definitely see myself being friends with everyone in the future.” Senior Jessica Washigton said. Washington also won 2nd team All-League.

Sleight won 6-1 and 6-0 in the singles district championship, and has also earned himself a trip to the state tournament in May. Mansfield, Keannui, Mosier, Yang, Sleight and sophomore Nicholas Aaron all recieved All-League recognition for their top finishes.

JV Record

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The volleyball team made it to the playoffs this year, where they lost to Annie Wright to end the season. Though the season ended early, players felt like the team was a close-knit unit.

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The boys tennis team, which at times prefers to be referred to as “Tennis with Boys” won both first and second in the district doubles this year. With seniors Jasen Mansfield and Christian Keannui beating senior Wilson Mosier and _ Michael Yang.

VOLLEYBALL

GIRLS SOCCER

BY MAHIR PIYARALI

6th The team as a whole also finished 3rd in league for boys and 6th in league for girls. “I think the cross country family, as a whole, has grown exponentially in their running,” sophomore Jerome Todd said.

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BACK PAGE

“And for Halloween I crossdressed with my brother.”

“I don’t care if a girl touches me because I know cooties don’t exist.”

“I feel like a warmed turkey.”

“We’re gonna haze the nipples off that man.”

“It’s not cleaning if you’re bleeding profusely.”

“Self love is not incest.”

HEARD IN THE

“Oh I’m sorry I must have mistaken you for a scavenger organism.”

HALLWAYS No, we don’t make these up

“I feel like Italian prisons have good food.”

“How do you feel about ‘Cars 2’ fetishes?”

“Do you like slim or fat toes?”

Illustrious Illustrations by Micho Matuszewski

SCHEDULE SHENANIGANS

RANTS

• I still don’t understand the schedule • It’s too damn cold • My parents saw my quarter grades • The teacher’s lounge coffee sucks • They’re airing Christmas ads in November • Zubin doesn’t understand what a deadline is 16 University Prep • NOVEMBER 14, 2017 • Vol. 35, No. 2

RAVES

• We got through the second issue s--- show • T-God it’s almost T-Givin’ • Ski season is just around the corner • It’s peppermint mocha season • Mr. Gallaher bought Birkenstocks • James figured what a deadline is (3 years late)