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New security protocols impact students SHANNON MCGLONE ’16 // Copy Editor

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lushed from a three-hour practice, the football players just wanted to go home. They had dinner to eat, homework to do and family to see after a long day. But unfortunately for athletes with late, after-school practices, that was easier said than done.

The school was in lock-down.

Not in the dangerous sense, but in a literal one: between the hours of 5:30 and 6 p.m, the main building, the majority of the S-building and IA building became completely inaccessible.

“I am so outraged,” Sam Jones `16 said. “There’s no way that we can access our lockers. We were not told of this, and we came right here after football.”

Jones, with teammates Kavon Scott and Garrett Hudson, both `16, were confused as to why the school would suddenly change its policy on security after-hours without making a statement.

“We can’t get our homework,” Scott said, on being in the main building. “There are cameras (in the halls). I’m baffled.”

Hudson said he felt there was a more complicated reason behind the abrupt change.

“I think it goes deeper than that, man, I think they’re hiding something,” he said. “It’s weird.”

He was right.

Shortly after Jones, Scott and Hudson shared their frustrations, a custodian broke their ranks, bolting the last door to the main building.

Apologizing, the custodian said the reason for increased security was a small series of breakins in the Boll Center and main building.

Three weeks ago, a 17-yearold South student was discovered trying to sleep, once at midnight, another at an unrecorded time, in each building, the custodian said. A pair of bolt cutters was discovered at one of the break-in scenes, where they think the student severed the door’s lock in an effort to have long-term access to the school.

The custodian’s story was corroborated by Assistant Principals Terry Flint and Steven Wolf.

“Ninety-nine percent of kids will do the right thing, less than

one percent occasionally don’t do the right thing,” Wolf said.

However, Wolf said he did not investigate the situation. Flint oversaw the incidents.

“I know one happened somewhere in the main building, and one in the Boll Center,” Flint said.

“It was after-hours, and they literally found a kid. That particular student has been having a lot of problems at home, and was trying to hang out or stay at South.

Same kid both times.”

However, Flint said the new security protocols do not stem from the break-ins, but Superintendent Gary Niehaus’ orders.

“As he has visited the schools, he felt like that (security) was something we should update,” Flint said. “The increased security of the school has come from the superintendent and his awareness of a revision of our overall security practices.”

This, however, conflicts with timelines from various athletes, who reported that the school only began to lock its doors early on Sept. 22, less than a week after the break-ins.

Students, such as Robyn Rush

Blue Devil Makerspace Lounge to provide creative outlet for students CAMERON SMOLEN ’18 // Staff Writer

Opening on Oct. 13 for it’s first whole year of operation, the Blue Devils Makerspace will give students the opportunity to use new technology and gadgets, such as a 3D printer, for no cost.

Founded last year by English teacher Nicholas Provenzano and Media Specialist Courtney McGuire, the Makerspace purpose is to help students with class assignments and with extracurricular interests, Provenzano said.

Students interested in utilizing in the Makerspace should attend a 30-minute training seminar with Provenzano, he said. These meetings are during both lunches from Oc 13-16 and after school on Oct. 13-15 After taking the course, students will then have access to a 3D printer, touch screen TV, Chromebooks, comfortable chairs, and the whiteboards any time that the library is open.

Provenzano said that he got the idea from looking at schools all around the country.

“Well, it’s been around in the education community for a few years, so we really took a look at what other people have done to libraries around the country,” Provenzano said.

In order to fund the Makerspace, the school received a $40,000 grant, which was split evenly

between South and Trombly Elementary to cover the costs of equipment and the library redesign, Provenzano said.

One of the most unique features of the room is the 3D printer, Provenzano said. The 3D printer is used by students to create smaller items like dice and chess pieces. These items have already been made for free without a grant, but larger projects like parts to a drone that take longer to make and use up more resources require a grant to be submitted.

“If a student has an idea to build something they can put a proposal together and present it to the library in order to get grant money,” Provenzano said.

The grants can range from a small amount for a little projects or a larger grant for much bigger projects such as a drone, Provenzano said.

“We really want this to be a no cost space for all kids,” Provenzano said, “so whether you have money, or don’t have money we want everybody to feel comfortable coming and working, sitting, or just grabbing a Chromebook to work on school projects.”

Down the road, they plan on doing competitions within the school and against other schools for building and designing projects with the 3D printer, Provenzano said.

Photo by SYDNEY SIMONCINI ’16

`19 said neither break-ins nor security policy warrant barring students from accessing their backpacks.

Rush, like the football players, was unable to access her locker after her field hockey practice that ended at 6:30 p.m. She also said she wasn’t informed that the main building would be inaccessible.

“Couldn’t they just rotate it randomly throughout the week?

I think they should leave at least one door open in case of emergencies,” Rush said. “What if they left something important to them in their locker? Like a driver’s license?”

Flint said students must be accountable for their possessions, including backpacks and homework, when the school day ends at 3:05 p.m.

“Kids are going to have to learn that when they go off to their activities they have to take all their stuff with them,” Flint said.

Flint said all athletes or other students with late after-school activities will be properly informed of the new guidelines.

Graphic by SYDNEY SIMONCINI ’16

Planned Parenthood defunding causes concern for community

because (Planned Parenthood) abortions. People won’t know can’t afford to stay in practice,” where to go.” *Name has been changed per said Paul Gosar (R-Arizona) Even if Planned Parenthood student request. during the House debate. “So, locations are inaccessible to After anti-abortion repre- what you’ve done is narrowed students seeking information sentatives proposed the shut- the scope of the practice, so or services, it is vital to talk to down of government funding that they’re profit centers.” knowledgeable adults, counselfor Planned Parenthood loIn August and September, or Aja Perales said in an e-mail. cations this September, it has Planned Parenthood was sub“In a situation like an unbeen decided by the Congres- jected to scrutiny after the pro- wanted pregnancy or a scare, sional House that until further life Center for Medical Prog- it is important to reach out to notice that the government will ress released undercover videos a trusted adult. This may be a continue to fund Planned Par- in which Planned Parenthood parent, counselor, social workenthood. employees allegedly discussed er or teacher,” Perales said.

Although the government selling fetal tissue from aborThe emotional baggage of will continue to support the tions. However, this claim has an unwanted pregnancy can maternity clinic foundation, been continuously denied by pull students down, leading to the threatened absence of Planned Parenthood. worse decisions in the future, funding could mean big issues U n Bergson* said. for students of South dealing der Title For this reawith reproductive concerns, X, clinics son, she thinks If you’re caught in that like Cynthia Bergson* ’17. cannot the best idea situation you should is to keep the As a sexually active teen, use govknow what to do and approx i mate Bergson* experienced a preg- e r n m e nt talk to someone about it. $528 million nancy scare, which she said is f u n d i n g feature // 6 Wednesday, 7, 2015 the result of not being well-in- for aborfrom theOct.govformed about the risks of hav- t i o n s . ernment in CYNTHIA BERGSON* ANONYMOUS SOURCE ing sex or what to do in the T h r e e Planned Parevent of pregnancy. percent of enthood.

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Market: reasonable birth prices control and help representatives argued that the things, Three Planned Parenthood locally grown produce organization detracts from pri- with pregnancies, including clinics surround the areas near supporting local businesses vate medical practices. abortions,” Bergson* said. “If Grosse Pointe, located in Deencouraging healthy “What we’ve ended up hav- eating (Planned Parenthood) is de- troit, Warren and Ferndale. a cultural experience ing is very few primary docs funded, it’ll cause more unsafe RILEY LYNCH ’18 // Pulse Feature Editor

Adventures in Eastern Market

Madeleine Glasser ‘17

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A VEGAN’S PARADISE// Eastern Market is a fantastic source to purchase fresh, locally grown produce.

PHOTOS COURTESY OF MADELEINE GLASSER ‘17

Somewhere over the rainbow self expression comes in many forms, and for Emily Tujaka ‘16, it’s in the form of a bottle of dye

Political Flip to page 5 for a run down on the leading 2016 presidential candidates.

care. I just do not let the haters get to me,” The attention Tujaka gets may not be 100 percent positive, but she says she still likes it, even ome colors of the rainbow are if people look at her differently. underrepresented, but not by Emily Having colorful hair does affect her everyday Tujaka ’16. life, Tujaka said, but mainly in a positive way.

The fashion-forward senior has being She thinks having colored hair makes her more dyeing her hair ever since freshman year. She said unique, Tujaka said. she started more subtle, with a deep red, then “I love when random people come up to me moved on to her most wild colors, like pastel pink, and compliment me on my hair, having unique pastel blue and neon blue. colors,” Tujaka said.

She used to dye her hair almost every month She dyes her hair to stand out and be different and a half, but she has toned it down a bit for now. Tujaka explains. The confidence Tujaka gets from The assumption that people with wild hair have a having colorful hair is one of her favorite parts. less likely chance of being accepted into society is People may stare at something they find something Tujaka will not abnormal, but Tujaka doesn’t let this stand for. get to her, she said.

The colorful hair “I try not to notice if anyone is If people decide to movement is something paying attention to me other than stereotype me when that Tujaka’s mother, Mary people I know. I know that having they see my hair, then I Tujaka, is a supporter of, weird hair colors is not normal don’t really care about and one of the biggest to see, and I do not mind people that, because I know influences when it comes to looking at me because I am proud the next hair color. of it,” Tujaka said. “If people decide what kind of person I “There are a lot of to stereotype me when they see my am. stereotypes of people who hair, then I don’t really care about EMILY TUJAKA dye their hair,” Mary said. that, because I know what kind of STUDENT Tujaka’s mom encourages person I am.” this color sensation of hair because she used to dye Tujaka has dyed her hair so much, she her own hair when she was Emily’s age. knows how to keep it healthy. She taught herself The attention she gets with her eye drawing how to dye her hair through the many times she hair is mainly positive but there are a few colorful- has dyed it previously, she said. hair-haters, Emily says.

“People always say I shouldn’t dye my hair “My friends like it, but some of my friends and tell me it’s going to fall out.” Tujaka said. “But parents aren’t huge fans of it.” Emily said.

I know how to keep it healthy. I do conditioning “Basically my friends parents will make sly treatments after I bleach it, and visit my comments, like ‘oh good, that looks so much hairdresser to make sure it’s healthy.” better on you than all of those funky colors.’ Or Tujaka plans on dying her hair some shade they will make comments about people with of green around December for Christmas time.

MARGOT BAER ’18 // Staff Writer

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Rainbow Turn to page 6 for a feature on one of South’s most colorful students.

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When I went to Eastern Market, it was a cold Saturday.

I dressed in my finest leggings and sneakers. I endured the frigid temperatures of around 57 degrees with my pumpkin spice latte in hand. So basic.

I wandered around the sheds, looking for trendy, “hipster” things to buy. I got juice, jam (from a really cute boy), sunflowers and pumpkins and lots and lots of little baby pumpkins. The products at Eastern Market are usually locally grown or manufactured, so by purchasing produce there, you are supporting your community.

Eastern Market is the largest historic market in the country. Farmers from all around the area come to sell their fruits, vegetables, baked goods and meats. The goal of Eastern Market is to provide the freshest and purest foods for the locals that come to the market, according to Eastern Market’s website.

The market smells like flowers. That sounds cliche, but it’s true. There are stands with daisies and roses and sunflowers and every other flower you can think of. (But

no tropical plants, so don’t get too excited). The market also smells like spices. And bread. It smells like spiced bread. It’s a really cool place to be. Different languages and dialects being shouted from across the sheds creates an amazing cultural experience.

There are a lot of things that you can get at Eastern Market that you can’t get at Kroger or Trader Joe’s. For example, locally made jams with a wide variety of flavors, fresh baked bread, and home grown produce. They also have live animals. Not my thing, but still cool. I really wanted a bunny. I practically begged my mom for one. She shot me down.

Besides produce and baked goods and other things to eat, Eastern Market is a great place to buy plants. My mom bought a lot of mums (that’s funny) for our front porch. If you stay long enough, the already small prices will be even cheaper because the vendors are trying to sell all of their goods.

On the topic of cheap prices, Eastern Market is a really amazing place to bargain for your goods. I bargained for my jam. Originally $7, I paid $6.99.

It really was a steal.

Eastern Market is the perfect place for getting locally grown foods and homemade baked goods. Not only is it a fun thing to do on a Saturday morning, but it’s a cultural experience too.

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Wednesday, Oct. 7 2015

Those who glitter should be punished equally

ACT veteran explains how to improve score MY VIEW Julia Fox ’16

CARTOON BY ABBY FERRY ‘16

Spirit week was a picture of contrasts. On one hand, there was the nervous freshman, trapped in the halls of screaming seniors, getting glitter dunked over their head and stuck in their eyes. On the other, there was the excited senior who never glittered others in their high school career, being attacked by underclassmen armed with glitter and Silly String.

Both of these images were very real last week and both should have been addressed equally, following a strict zero tolerance policy for this destructive form of hazing and bullying.

Although the administration did punish some transgressions with daily suspensions, they failed to enforce the district’s guidelines uniformly. While the administration said around three to four students were suspended for the day, other students received only a slap on the wrist.

Some students had Silly String fights during a math class and were only sent downstairs to grab a broom.

According to the district’s board policy, hazing, under the umbrella of bullying, is defined as actions which inhibit the ability of a pupil to participate in or benefit from educational programs or activities by “placing the student in reasonable fear of physical harm or by causing substantial emotional distress.” In the student code of conduct, hazing, whether the target consents or not, is punished with “temporary separation up through expulsion.”

We believe that any manifestation of glittering or Silly-Stringing should be punished by the offender’s exclusion from the Homecoming football game and dance. While suspension is a viable avenue for repeated offenses, it seems unfairly strict for a first

offense.

Though Assistant Vice Principal Terry Flint’s announcement at the end of freshman spirit day on Wednesday, Sept. 30 emphasized the consequences of glittering, it came too late for the junior, sophomore and freshman classes to heed. Why wasn’t this announcement made after glittering incidents on Monday or Tuesday?

On social media, sophomores and seniors alike excused glittering as a harmless tradition, meant to be spirited, not menacing. Some students asked to be glittered, and even if they were targeted unwillingly, felt it unnecessary to report the incident.

A freshman even posted pictures

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of glitter bottles, captioned “ready for the seniors” on Twitter. Evidently, this is no longer an issue of seniors hazing freshmen--it is an issue where all classes are perpetrators, and most of the perpetrators do not consider their actions harmful.

Regardless, administrators should punish the student who commits the crime, not the class as a whole. It’s unfair to classes, especially the senior class, to get punished as a group for the actions of a select few. Senior class officials have been working for up to four years, all in the hope that they could achieve a senior sweep and bring home the Spirit Jug, the ultimate homecoming prize. Points should not be taken away from hard-working class councils who only want to create an amazing year for

their peers.

No matter what warnings or admonishments class officers posted in class Facebook groups, it was impossible to successfully prevent other students from exercising their “right” to glitter. If people have made up their minds to do something, then they cannot be stopped by other students--nor is it the job of class councils to police the actions of more than 400 classmates.

Ultimately, the people who choose to glitter are the ones welcoming both punishment and bitterness from other students. And those specific students, senior or sophomore, junior or freshman, should be the ones equally punished by administration, not by students who simply want to have a good, successful school year.

Internship breakup: A students experience at her first

internship at a company that challenged her personal beliefs MY VIEW

Shannon McGlone ’16

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Relationships are like, I mean, so whatever these days.

Be they bittersweet or sweetly bitter-- at one point or another the end will trumpet at its own arrival, severing one into two forever. And, it seems, however far off into the future we may find ourselves, there is always the occasional stab of guilt at a rusty memory or a weary smile at forgotten Valentine’s jewelry.

Which is why I’m always the one to end it. And in doing so, I’ve learned a lot.

I am definitely not a Christian. Or pro-life, for that matter.

This outlook has been bubbling beneath the surface for a while, but didn’t come to a full boil until I began interning at a non-profit called “The Alice Paul Group (APG).”

When the pastel advertisement for a graphic design internship popped onto my mother’s Facebook feed, she brought it to my attention.

I had just been rejected (chocolate, anyone?) from a paid journalism internship and was desperate for something to sweeten my bland resume.

The gig was easy enough to get. They were a religious, feminist, organization, and I fit the bill. If they had a checklist, I had a pencil.

The only thing that tipped the scales unfavorably was my incorrect assumption that they were

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actually feminists. Their website said “feminist.”

They told me during my interview that they were feminists. And while I knew they were a pro-life, religious organization, at the time I didn’t believe that negated someone’s belief in feminism. If you’re a feminist, you generally have an outlook other feminists can relate to.

“I’m really passionate about LGBTQ rights,” I said during my interview, living under the complete delusion I was talking to sympathetic individuals.

Oh, well, erm … (I don’t know if this is going to work out … ) Red flag. They were bad news, considering my allegiances to a much more colorful banner. I should have withdrawn my application.

But I didn’t. I cared more about me and rebounding after my previous failure, which you should never do.

Unfortunately, I was hired. I’m certain it was because I was the only one who contacted them about the position, so all the kissing up I did in my interview was probably unnecessary.

All’s fair in love and war, I suppose.

Thus began my tumultuous affair making propaganda for the conservative masses.

My job was simple: make “memes” (I prefered to call them graphics, but they were so immature), with the supplied image and quote.

Some of the graphics were lovely. I made art encouraging people to adopt, to be generous towards the poor and to do away with racial prejudices. The APG’s mission statement vows to make a difference in ending human trafficking and to empower women. Surface level = excellent.

There was only one problem: they were Bible thumpers, and when they said they wanted to empower women, they didn’t actually mean inspire them to stay in STEM or to demand equal pay or

Editor-in-Chief Jennifer Maiorana* ’16

Photo Editor Jennifer Toenjes* ’16

Associate Editors Brenna Bromwell* ’16 Emily Fleming* ’16

Business Managers Alexis Motschall* ’16 Asst. Mackenzie Harrel* ’17

Supervising Editors Gabi de Coster* ’16 Haley Vercruysse* ’16 Lauren Pankin* ’16 Sydney Simoncini* ’16

Online Editors-in-Chief Allyson Hartz* and Olivia Baratta*, both ’16

Page Editors Maggie Wright* and Zoe Jackson*, both ’16 Claire Yeamans*, Erykah Benson* and Jack Holme*, all ’17 John Francis*, Liz Bigham* and Ray Hasanaj*, all ’18

Online Section Editors Scarlett Constand* ’16, Adam Cervone* and Ariana Chengges*, both ’17 Riley Lynch* ’18

Copy Editors Brendan Cauvel*, Hannah Connors*, Julia Fox*, Juliana Berkowski* and Shannon McGlone*, all ’16 Rachel Harris* ’18

Online Associate Editor Preston Fossee* ’16

Online Copy Editors Lindsey Stanek* ’16 Lily Kubek* ’17 Online Social Media Directors Emma Andreasen* and Zoe Evans*, both ’17

even to say anything body-positive.

All they really cared about was being pro-life, so much so that they ignored all their other causes to the point where making the graphics felt more like a means of attacking a certain view rather than a way to express their charitable efforts and ideas.

Everything was about pregnancy. The joy of it, the beauty, the service to God. Women aren’t vessels for the next generation.

Sure we can do it, but we are not obligated to, and shouldn’t be treated like that’s our sole purpose on this earth. APG seemed to think that when women got the right to vote, there wasn’t anything else to worry about.

They also committed the cardinal sin of comparing strong women to one another, saying “I wish more girls would look up to (blank) rather than girls like (blank), because they disagree with me.”

Girls like what, exactly?

I was ready to quit but procrastinating. (Should I stick it out until they leave me?)

The final push was my boss’s Twitter feed. It was nothing but hateful propaganda about Hillary Clinton, Planned Parenthood and gay rights.

I sent her an e-mail and quit.

A nice clean break-- no one needs that kind of negativity in their lives.

So, APG, sorry if I broke your heart. It just wasn’t meant to be. There was no future for us. And honestly, I just need some space (lots of it). Let’s not be friends. We should definitely see other people.

Staff Writers Abigail, Warren, Blair Shortal, Callie Zingas, Christina Ambrozy, Elizabeth Coyle, Gennie Martin, Griffin Brooks, Hadley Diamond, Hailey Murphy, J.D. Gray, Jessica Whitney, Jon Theros, Katharine Kuhnlein, Lily Patterson, Lindsey Clark, Mac Cimmarrusti, Madeline DesNoyer, Olivia Frederickson and Olivia Wouters, all ’16 Abby Ottenhoff, Anton Mikolowski, Bridget Driscoll, Cam Francis, Charlie Denison, Claire Hubbell, Emma Russell, Gillian Eliot, Jack Froelich, Jack Roma, Mac Welsher, Madeleine Glasser, Mary Grace O’Shea, Michael French, Olivia Sheffer, Sydney Stann and William Muawad, all ’17 Abigail Due, Arianna Paganette, Blair Cullen, Brennan Zihlman, Cameron Smolen, Chase Clark, Elena Rauch, Evan Skaff, Grace Brandon, John Standish, Kaitlin Nemeh, Katherine Bird, Lauren Thom, Maren Roeske, Margot Baer, Mollie DeBrunner and Liam Walsh, all ’18

Applying to colleges. I’m not going to lie: it sucks. And the worst part, the part I didn’t really even realize until this year, is that it starts as a junior, not as a senior. So juniors, listen up. It starts with the WORST tests you’ll ever take: the ACT and the SAT. As a junior, I thought I was going to ace the ACT on the first try. So I waited until December and didn’t study at all. It didn’t go quite the way I planned. I got about four 4 points below what I was aiming for, but I didn’t stress. I just waited until the March ACT offered by the school.

I decided to take an ACT preparatory class, but I didn’t take it seriously at all, so it didn’t help. I took the March ACT and only went up by one point., Unfortunately, that wasn’t good enough, and time was running out for me to take another test.

In short, I started panicking. A lot.

I bought ACT practice books. I signed up for the June ACT. I did different subject practice tests every day after school for the three weeks leading up to it. It happened to be two days after the last day of school and while all of my friends went up north to celebrate the first day of summer, I spent the day in the library doing practice test on practice test on practice test.

I barely slept the night before because I was so nervous. In my eyes, everything was riding on this one test. I knew I could take it one last test in September of my senior year but I was determined not to.

Not only CONFIDENTIAL wou l d that be a pain, I needed to apply early to my top choice college and taking that ACT would prevent me from doing t h a t since the scores come back so late.

I “woke up” (in reality I had been lying in bed awake for at least three hours) the morning of that test and my dad made me breakfast. I sharpened my pencils (it would be so nice if they let us use mechanical pencils; much less stressful) and checked to make sure I had everything. I swear I almost crashed on the way to North.

A couple pro tips: 1) bring a sweatshirt, it’s always cold in the testing rooms. 2) bring lots of pencils; you can never have too many.

3) bring a snack and a water. Brain food! 4) don’t panic during the tests; the more you panic the less you can concentrate so just take a deep breath. 5) remember that you can always take it again!

After taking the ACT that day, I walked out and I was unsure of how I had done.

Turns out, I actually improved three points from the test I had previously taken and my score was above my goal score, which just goes to show that when you leave, you can’t overthink how well you did. Even if you don’t think you did well you might have done really well. So don’t stress!

It might seem like one bad test score is the end of the world but trust me, it’s not. I wish someone had told me that as a junior.

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Wednesday, Oct. 7 2015

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Hall pass policy instituted for safety precautions as admins crack down MY VIEW

What are your thoughts on the new hall pass policy?

DEETTE NARDONE

Psychology teacher I think the hall pass system seems to be working out fine.

I don’t necessarily know what it will change, but I guess we’ll have to wait and see.

DANIELLE PECK

English teacher “I think it’s obvious it’s annoying but -- and that’s the biggest part-- but it is good.

The teachers and the students are being held accountable for where people are in the building and that’s positive.”

CORINNE CHADWELL ‘18

I think it was fine before when the teachers just gave their hall passes that they originally had in the classroom. Now you have to sign out, and it’s a big hassle.

AIDAN CLEMENTS ‘16 “It doesn’t really do anything and nobody’s checking them anyways, so there’s no effect of the hall pass system.”

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EVAN SKAFF ’18 // Staff Writer igning in and out of class is now mandatory for all South students who want to leave their class while it is in session, as per the new, strictly-enforced hall pass policy.

After witnessing last year’s lax observance and application of the policy, Principal Moussa Hamka said he felt a change had to be made.

“One of the things that I observed last year was students out in the halls without a pass,” Hamka said. “We didn’t know where they were going or where they were coming from or what time they should return.”

Because of this, Assistant Principal Steven Wolf said the administrative team and the leadership team (department chairs) have decided to attempt to strictly enforce the hall pass rule during the school year.

“As it’s typical with high school students, sometimes the lack of healthy boundaries leads to kids exploding a loose situation,” Hamka said. “So we observed several students who would just wander the halls. We are trying to protect our instructional class time and make sure students are where they’re supposed to be, which is in classrooms and learning.”

According to Hamka, staff members observed several students who would wander the halls on a regular basis last year.

“There was a lot of students in the hallways going from place to place,” Assistant Principal Stephen Wolf said. “There are definitely specific students who abuse that more than others. But we did feel like this covered the majority of students.”

Students in classes like tutorial, where there is flexibility to go to oth-

er teachers for support, are still en- said the newly-enforced hall pass polcouraged to go to content-area teach- icy is a waste of time.

“Teachers have to stop their class ers, Wolf said. But enforcing a pass policy will give administrators and for everyone, just to sign your planhall monitors a better idea of whether ner,” Hauswirth said. “I got sent back or not the student should actually be for having a regular hall pass and just in the hall. wasted more time because I had to go “We don’t know whether or not back to the bathroom.” the teacher has given them permisEven if students don’t like it, the sion, or if they have actually checked policy is here to stay, Hamka said, into class, or if they have been to class adding there will be escalating conseand left without permission,” Wolf quences for students who don’t abide said. “We wanted to make sure stu- by the policy. dents have per“Beginning mission.” in the near fuBeginning in the near ture, any student The new policy involves future, any student in the in the hall withstudents havhall without a pass will be out a pass will ing their South be issued a deissued a detention planners signed tention,” Hamka to exit a class, as said.

BILL CAYO well as carrying For now, DECA ADVISER individualized students will hall passes difbe sent back ferent teachers may have. to class if they are in the halls with“We prefer the planners for con- out a pass instead of being assigned sistency,” Hamka said. “However, detention, Hamka said. Once back some teachers are going to be using a in class, the student has to get their lanyard and a sign-in, sign-out sheet planner signed by the teacher of the in their room. We will continue to al- class they’re leaving. low that to happen. But the point is “We don’t want to give detenthat with the lanyard or the planner tions, so right now we are trying to every student will have a pass when over-communicate: communicate they leave the classroom.” with kids, which we did at the class Wolf said the new policy is bet- meeting and communicate with ter for administrators because kids teachers our expectations,” Hamka get into less trouble when they are in said. “Our expectation is to avoid the the locations they should be, such as consequence.” class.

Despite student opposition, hall “When students are in the class- monitor Deb Dempsey said enforcroom, it benefits themselves,” Wolf ing a hall pass policy will make South said. “Teachers are happy because a safer place. students are in front of them, and “I think the hall pass are a great they have a better chance of being idea because it’s great for security reamore successful.” sons and also we can monitor where However, Noah Hauswirth ’18 people are going,” Dempsey said.

Business club fundraises, prepares for upcoming year

money in one minute.

DECA members from both schools covered their designated sections and passed multiple buckets around the stands and student sections to collect any donations. South raised $501.17, beating Grosse Pointe North’s total of $333.48. All of the proceeds were donated to the Muscular Dystrophy Association.

In January, DECA’s first competitive event takes place at Lake Orion High School, adviser and AP Microeconomics and Macroeconomics teacher Bill Cayo

said. If teams win there, they will Scupholm said. First, competimove on to the State competition tors take an online test and then in March, in Detroit, and then are given a scenario for a business to the Internaand asked to tional compepresent about tition in April, it to judges.

I always tell kids that if in Nashville, If scores from they are uncertain as to Tenn. these two whether they should join, This will be events are high they should take a leap of enough, parDavid Scupfaith and try it, and again, ticipants move holm’s ’17 secalmost always the kids ond year comonto the next peting. find it something of value. round.

The compeLast year, BILL CAYO tition process Scupholm DECA ADVISOR has two parts, made it to

Bridging People To People.

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CHRISTINA AMBROZY ’16 // Staff Writer After successfully raising money for charity at the NorthSouth football game, South’s DECA club gears up for further fundraising and numerous competitions this school year.

Milan Lancaster ‘16, a second-year DECA member, coordinated the first ever “Miracle Minute” fundraiser at this year’s rivalry football game, in which North and South DECA teams competed against each other to see who could earn the most

the state competition in Grand Rapids, and even though he did not advance to the International competition, he said it was a great experience which he recommends.

“Overall, just going to states last year was great,” Scupholm said. “I had a great time and it was a lot of fun for everyone. It is a great experience for anyone interested in business in marketing.”

Cayo said that it is not too late to join DECA, especially if there any more South students that

have an interest in business and would like to join.

“If someone wants to get to the meeting and was not there, they are still welcome,” Cayo said. “There are a lot of benefits that come with membership in DECA, and I always tell kids that if they are uncertain as to whether they should join. They should take a leap of faith and try it, and again, almost always, the kids find it something of value.”

DECA meetings are held in room 105 every Wednesday right after school.

DECA fast facts Who: around 50 different students, freshmen to seniors When: Wednesdays after school Where: Mr. Cayo’s room 105 What: Club for students interested in marketing and business

Grace Community Church * 21001 Moross Rd * Detroit, MI 48236 * 313.882.3000 *

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Activities: District, state and international competitions

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Amp up your (free) apps LIZ BIGHAM ’18 // Page Editor

Duolingo

ENTERTAINMENT

SCHOOL

Colorfwy

Colorfy solves any sort of anxiety or stress by making problems fade away as you color beautiful floral and mandalas. All you do is tap a certain section to change its color.

Instead of spending $500 on Rosetta Stone, Duolingo provides the same basics, but without the price. The app offers 13 different languages that can be studied.

Best feature- The variety of drawings and colors makes the finished masterpieces look elegant and well constructed.

Best feature- It provides a variety of different studying techniques, including reading, writing and speaking.

Khan Academy

Wishbone

Khan Academy allows people to learn almost anything for free with over 10,000 videos and explanations at your fingertips in math, science, economics, history and more.

Wishbone in an entertaining teen polling app that allows people to choose their favorite between two different things.

It’s a quick and fun start to each morning, giving you a little bit of knowledge about what’s buzzing around the world.

Best feature- You can learn even when you’re offline: Bookmark your favorite content to “Your List” for easy access, and download it to keep learning even when you’re not connected to the Internet.

Best feature- The 100 community cards and daily cards cover humor, fashion, celebrities, sports, music and pretty much anything What you want to talk about.

MUSIC

Songza

Songza focuses on themed music playlists ranging through all genres, created by both Songza music experts and users. The app includes three different sections for playlists: music concierge, popular, and browse all.

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Best feature- Songza lets you select music to match not only the time of day, but whether you want tunes that will complement your work or study.

Bandsintown

Bandsintown allowing you to track your favorite artists, receive alerts when they’re touring near you, keep track of which shows you have RSVP’d to and share concert details with your friends.

Best feature-This free app scans your music libraries in services like iTunes, Spotify, Rdio and Google and suggests similar sounding artists, helping you discover new bands and DJs who are coming to your town.

Secure Vault

All important photos and files are password protected with this private password-protected app. Manage your photo and video collection with simplicity and keep track of who has tried to break in using the app’s own advanced security and tracking features.

Best feature-If at any time a wrong password is entered, a picture with the front camera is taken and the time and location is recorded.

Motion Wallpapers

how deeply you press the display, letting you do all kinds of essential things more quickly and simply.

Faster LTE Faster Wi‑Fi

Battery doctor is a simple, yet analytically packed app that helps to improve your phone’s battery life just by opening the app. You can receive insights on how to optimize your battery by managing your settings and turning off certain functions.

Best feature- If you are running low on storage, the app will scan your memory for free space and cleans junk that is found in the phone’s storage.

3D TOUCH It senses

new rose gold color

HACKS

Battery Doctor

better than most smartphones

iPhone 6s review

MAC WELSHER ’17 // Staff Writer The new iPhone 6s, released on Sept. 25, has significant upgrades that makes it my favorite iPhone in the series.

There aren’t many physical improvements from the original iPhone 6. The only difference visible is the little “s” on the back of the phone.

However, Apple did put in a better glass called Sapphire that makes the iPhone clearer than ever.

The biggest change within the phone is definitely the 3D Touch. 3D Touch makes it easier to navigate through the phone and its apps. It is activated by pushing harder than normal, causing options for the specific app to pop up above or below. A simple slide of a finger brings you into an app. It works as a great shortcut in the phone

because it gets in and out of the app faster.

3D Touch also lets you go through texting in an easier way. When you are in the texting app and a message is unread, you can push down and put finger pressure on the conversation and it will preview it without reading the text. If you then want to go into the conversation, you can push even harder and you will pop into the full conversation.

Another benefit of 3D Touch is the way you can observe photos; it is the same as with texting. You can put pressure with your finger on the photo, and it will pop up in a bubble half the size of the phone just to preview it. If you then put more pressure on the screen, it will pop up to the full picture.

Music also has the same 3D Touch.

With just the pressure of the finger, it peeks at the playlist on the screen and with more pressure, the playlist will pop up completely.

In addition, the new 12 megapixel camera is making the way you take picture crispier. When you zoom in on a picture, it basically stays the same definition as it would if you were just observing the regularsized picture.

Also there is a new way to take a picture called live photo. When you take a picture, it captures one second before and one second after. When you put finger pressure on the photo, the photo will move.

There are two more minor details that are recognizable when you are navigating

through the iPhone 6S. First, when you double tap the home button all of your tabs appear to the left of the home screen instead of the right. The second detail is when you hold the home button and Siri mode activates, the voice bar at the bottom isn’t a squiggly line anymore.

It turns into a rainbow of colors expanding out of the line.

I didn’t find any flaws the first couple weeks with the 6s. But, I have found one thing that would make the 6s better: the placement of the lock button. One model ago, the lock button moved from the bottom to the side; the side isn’t very convenient. It should be in a better place where you normally hold your phone, not in a place where you need to adjust your grip just to lock it. Getting a new phone is always exciting, especially with the new iPhone 6S.

$649 749 Live Photos

(When the iPhone 6s captures a standard photo, it also records a brief video automatically in the background)

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BLAIR SHORTAL ’16 // Staff Writer Students turning 18 in time for this upcoming presidential election have the opportunity to vote for the next leader of this country.

For some, the answer to America’s problems is the former chairman and president of The Trump Organization, Donald Trump.

Students like Will Poplawski ‘16 and Rowan Thom ‘17 think Trump is the solution to America’s problems.

“Donald Trump brings a winning attitude and success to the table,” Poplawski said. “He is showing and telling millions of Americans what they want to hear and giving them a true sense of hope--make America great again.”

Despite Trump’s controversial persona, Thom said he is the most well-qualified and deserving candidate.

“Although Donald Trump is at the core of heated conversation,

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and has commented on controversial issues, I still admire him very much,” Thom said, “I love listening to what he says and his input on our country. I find his success to be very impressive and he should be a role model to people everywhere.”

However, some students, like Ryley Kerik ‘16, think Trump will start more problems than he solves.

“He’s a liar and lacks diplomacy, as well as the ability to work with others,” Kerik said. “We need a president that will bring us together rather than divide us. I cannot see him compromising, serving, or representing this country well in regards to his foreign affairs.”

While Thom acknowledged that Trump is not the most experienced candidate, he said he views him as the voice of the future.

“I don’t think he’s the most eligible candidate for the election,” Thom said, “but I do think in the end if he became president, he could do amazing things.”

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LINDSAY STANEK ’16 // Pulse Copy Editor With the Michigan primaries for the 2016 presidential election tentatively scheduled for March 8, 2016 South student Lauren Pankin and North student Rachael Backer, both ’16, have created a Grosse Pointe Students for Bernie Sanders club.

“I found out about Bernie Sanders through a lot of other things… and I researched more about his platform and found that I really agreed with him, even more so than Hillary Clinton,” Pankin ‘16 said.

Pankin and Backer met at a meeting for the affiliated Grosse Pointe for Bernie Sanders organization, and they decided to start a student-oriented club for the Democratic Vermont senator.

Sanders hopes to close the gap between the extremely wealthy and middle class, creating more jobs, and establishing a living wage, according to his website, berniesanders.com.

“I think it’s interesting that

Sanders is actually making an effort to hear the voices of others.” club member Emily Tujaka ‘16 said. She thinks Sander’s attempts to “eliminate racism and protect the rights of women and LGBT people” is a major part of her interest in him.

While the club primarily campaigns for Sanders, they’re also just looking to get students more engaged in politics overall, Pankin said.

Raising money for Sanders can be difficult, so the club focuses on distributing flyers or chalking sidewalks to promote him, Pankin said. One of their main goals is to also help register students who will be 18 by the election to vote.

Students interested in joining can contact Pankin or join the Facebook group, “Grosse Pointe Students for Bernie.” Meetings are bi-weekly and occur off school grounds, with dates and locations announced in the Facebook group.

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PHOTOS COURTESY Gage Skidmore, Wikimedia, Department of State, United States Senate and Getty Images used under a creative commons license

HILLARY

No, I don’t agree with her views, and she flips them to get votes. She doesn’t even stand by her own views.

WALKER UTLEY ’16

I support Hillary because she is probably the most qualified candidate in the entire race. I like her policies in general and what she stands for.

ALEX FAHLE’18

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CARSON

I like how he is a quiet and reserved republican ... and that he schools Trump in every debate.

I don’t agree with what he believes in.

He should stick to brain surgery.

ANNA CARMODY ‘16

MICHAEL CALCATERA ’16

Who’s who on the GOP 2016 presidential campaign trail

Jeb Bush

Carly Fiorina

Donald Trump

Ted Cruz

Ben Carson

Marco Rubio

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Adventures in Eastern Market

America’s oldest running market is in Detroit and it’s great MY VIEW

Madeleine Glasser ‘17

Why you should shop at Eastern Market: reasonable prices ▲ locally grown produce ▲ supporting local businesses ▲ encouraging healthy eating ▲ a cultural experience ▲ fantastic Instagram opportunities ▲

FACTBOX BY ERYKAH BENSON ’17

When I went to Eastern Market, it was a cold Saturday.

I dressed in my finest leggings and sneakers. I endured the frigid temperatures of around 57 degrees with my pumpkin spice latte in hand. So basic.

I wandered around the sheds, looking for trendy, “hipster” things to buy. I got juice, jam (from a really cute boy), sunflowers and pumpkins and lots and lots of little baby pumpkins. The products at Eastern Market are usually locally grown or manufactured, so by purchasing produce there, you are supporting your community.

Eastern Market is the largest historic market in the country. Farmers from all around the area come to sell their fruits, vegetables, baked goods and meats. The goal of Eastern Market is to provide the freshest and purest foods for the locals that come to the market, according to Eastern Market’s website.

The market smells like flowers. That sounds cliche, but it’s true. There are stands

with daisies and roses and sunflowers and every other flower you can think of. (But no tropical plants, so don’t get too excited). The market also smells like spices. And bread.

It smells like spiced bread. It’s a really cool place to be. Different languages and dialects being shouted from across the sheds creates an amazing cultural experience.

There are a lot of things that you can get at Eastern Market that you can’t get at Kroger or Trader Joe’s. For example, locally made jams with a wide variety of flavors, fresh baked bread, and home grown produce. They also have live animals. Not my thing, but still cool. I really wanted a bunny. I practically begged my mom for one. She shot me down.

Besides produce and baked goods and other things to eat, Eastern Market is a great place to buy plants. My mom bought a lot of mums (that’s funny) for our front porch. If you stay long enough, the already small prices will be even cheaper because the vendors are trying to sell all of their goods.

Eastern Market is the perfect place for getting locally grown foods and homemade baked goods. Not only is it a fun thing to do on a Saturday morning, but it’s a cultural experience too.

PHOTOS BY MADELEINE GLASSER ‘17

A VEGAN’S PARADISE// Eastern Market is a fantastic source to purchase fresh, locally grown produce.

Somewhere over the rainbow Self expression comes in many forms, some in the form of a bottle of dye

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MARGOT BAER ’18 // Staff Writer ome colors of the rainbow are underrepresented, but not by Emily Tujaka ’16.

The fashion-forward senior has being dyeing her hair ever since freshman year.

She said she started with a more subtle deep red, then moved on to her most wild colors, like pastel pink, pastel blue and neon blue.

She used to dye her hair almost every month and a half, but she has toned it down a bit for now. The assumption that people with wild hair have a less likely chance of being accepted into society is something Emily said she will not stand for.

The colorful hair movement is something that Tujaka’s mother, Mary Tujaka, said she supports.

“There are a lot of stereotypes of people who dye their hair,” Mary said.

Mary said she encourages her daughter’s hair color changes because she used to dye her own hair when she was Emily’s age.

The attention Emily receives with her eye-drawing hair is mainly positive but there are a few colorful-hair-haters, she said.

“My friends like it, but some of my friends’ parents aren’t huge fans of it.” Emily said. “My friends’ parents will make sly comments, like ‘oh good, that looks so much better on you than all of those funky colors.’ Or they will make comments about people with colored hair when I am around, which upsets me sometimes, but for the most part I don’t really care.”

The attention Emily gets may not be 100 percent positive, but she says she still likes it, even if people look at her differently.

Having colorful hair does affect her everyday life, Emily said, but mainly in a positive way. She thinks

having colored hair makes her more unique.

“I love when random people come up to me and compliment me on my hair, having unique colors,” Emily said.

She dyes her hair to stand out and be different, Emily said. The confidence she gets from having colorful hair is one of her favorite parts. People may stare at something they find abnormal, but she said she doesn’t let this get to her.

“I try not to notice if anyone is paying attention to me other than people I know,” Emily said. “I know that having weird hair colors is not normal to see, and I do not mind people looking at me because I am proud of it.”

Emily has dyed her hair so much, she I know that having said she knows weird hair colors is not how to keep it normal to see, and I healthy. She do not mind people taught herself looking at me because I how to dye her am proud of it. hair through the many EMILY TUJAKA times she has STUDENT dyed it previously, she said.

“People always say I shouldn’t dye my hair and tell me it’s going to fall out.” Emily said. “But I know how to keep it healthy. I do conditioning treatments after I bleach it, and visit my hairdresser to make sure it’s healthy.”

Emily said she plans to dye her hair some shade of green around December for Christmas.

“Dyeing my hair is the way I express myself, I don’t care if people judge me for it.”

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THE ASSEMBLY

Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2015

THE GAME

THE PARADE PHOTOS COURTESY OF JEN TOENJES, LINDSAY STANEK, all ‘16, LAUREN THOM ‘18, AND KRISTIN MALLEGG.

SPIRIT WEEK WINNERS originality // seniors

best float // juniors

spirit day // seniors

pep assembly // seniors

penny jar // seniors

best dressed // seniors

outdoor decorations // seniors indoor decorations // juniors

spirit jug // seniors homecoming queen // jen toenjes

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JUST KEEP Senior selected as one of six members of USA Swimming Junior National Team

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LAUREN THOM ’18 // Staff Writer s one of the premier swimmers in the nation, Jacob Montague ‘16 was selected to be a member of the USA Swimming Junior National Team on Sept. 16.

For each event, USA Swimming accepts the top six times in the country for swimmers under 18 years old. Montague qualifies for the 100 meter breaststroke and the 200 meter breaststroke.

“I started seriously training my sophomore year of high school. That’s when I started swimming year-round,” Montague said. “Since March, that’s when things have just started coming together.”

Grosse Pointe Gators head coach John Fodell has been one of Montague’s biggest motivators, he said.

“He’s there every practice, every meet.

He’s always helping me get faster and find new things to do,” Montague said.

Fodell said Montague works as hard as anyone he has ever seen and is a standout swimmer who everyone wants to watch.

“He has learned what it takes to get to this point and wants to go further, so he trains as hard as possible,” Fodell said via

e-mail. sacrifice some social aspects of his life, it’s The selection process for the Junior all worth it when he gets a new best time.

National team is all automatic. After each There are also meets one to two times a race, Montague said all the times are com- month. puter generated and sent in automatically “There’s about two or three really big to a database and the top six in the country meets per year at the end of each season. are chosen.

Those are the ones that I’m really focused “They sent me an email saying that I on,” Montague said. was selected, and posted it a couple days Each year a whole new team is selected after that,” Montague in September. Previous said. team members do not Montague said he have a secured spot.

It’s not really that never thought he’d be They have to re-qualiother people respect able to swim at the same fy. The only times takyou, but it’s a respect level as some of the othen into account are the to yourself. It gives you er swimmers on team. ones within that year, so a swimmer could not

“There’s a lot of confidence each time people that are a lot fastyou swim, knowing that use a time from a couple of years ago. er than me on there, so it you’re on that level.

Montague said it was kind of a relief that I means a lot to be recogwas able to achieve that,” JACOB MONTAGUE ’16 nized on a national levMontague said. “It kind el and know that he is of gives me confidence capable of being a part to say that I’m on that of something like this. team.”

“It’s not really that other people reMontague practices six days a week for three hours a day. He said having such a spect you, but it’s a respect to yourself. It busy schedule teaches him time-manage- gives you confidence each time you swim, ment skills, and even though he has to knowing that you’re on that level,” Mon-

tague said.

Montague said he doesn’t think this experience will affect his mindset that much.

He is trying to think less about the fact he is on the team and more about what the next step is.

“I’m trying to not really think about it and just focus on my training and not really what I have done, but what I want to do,” Montague said.

His main goal for the next year is training for the Olympic trials coming up this summer and maintaining his spot at the University of Michigan.

Fodell said he thinks Montague has a chance at making it to the Olympics.

“Four years at a college like Michigan can do a lot of good for a swimmer. I believe he could have a shot, and there will be no one cheering more for him if he does,” Fodell said via email.

Because Montague just committed to the University of Michigan a few weeks ago, he said he feels like he still needs to earn his spot on the team.

Montague said, “I don’t want to take a year off of training hard. I just want to keep getting faster and not take any steps backwards.”

PHOTOS COURTESY OF JACOB MONTAGUE ’16

HARD WORK // Jacob Montague ‘16 swims breaststroke competitively in a meet. Montague is focused on maintaining his spot swimming for the University of Michigan and training for this summer’s Olympic trials.

SPORTS UPDATE

SPORT // Girls Swim and Dive Record: 2-3 Team Traditions: Pasta parties before the MISCA meet and Divisions.

Captain’s Quote: “I would say our team spirit this year is a lot better than it has been in past years and we’re getting really close as a team. We had some really good freshmen join this year, which really helps overall.” -Brigit Jogan ‘16

SPORT // Boys Football Record: 4-2 Team Traditions: Before games we have a time where no one talks.

Captain’s Quote: “Our season is going great. We are like an avalanche. Once we started to get everything together against Port Huron we have been rolling and will continue to. We need to stay focused every play and never let up.” -Andrew Trost ‘16

SPORT // Girls Golf Record: 0-6 Team Traditions: Pasta parties before matches.

Captain’s Quote: “Our season is going solid and are having a lot of fun because we have a great group of girls. If we keep improving our scores and working hard, we have the potential to advance to the next round of the playoffs.”

-Elizabeth Rauh ‘16 INFORMATION COMPILED BY EMMA RUSSELL ’17 AND JON THEROS ’16 PHOTOS BY LAUREN THOM ’18 AND JEN MAIORANA ’16