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Harrisonburg High School • 1001 Garbers Church Road • Harrisonburg, VA 22801 • 540.433.2651 • Volume XIIC • Issue 3 • November 28, 2016
PROTEST
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STRONGER TOGETHER. Freshman Lenore Penrod and sophomore Lizet Muniz participate in a march to protest president-elect Donald Trump’s views regarding LGBTQ and minority rights. The student-led protest took place on Nov.14. Participants left school 10 minutes early to walk downtown where they congregated in Court Square.
Students march downtown to protest election Sam Heie Feature Editor When junior Lizet Muniz woke up the day after election day, she was devastated. “I was so shocked. I thought it was going to be impossible for him to become the president, but I was unfortunately wrong,” Muniz said. This reaction was common, causing uproars and
violent protests across the nation. Muniz, alongside juniors Juan Romero, Dharakshan Shaikh, Karina Vasquez and Ana Santiago, had the same idea, but in a more peaceful manner. Romero suggested a protest to the group and that enveloped into a walkout. “The goal of the protest was to promote peace and unity instead of violence and hatred that we have seen in some other protests across the U.S. We saw the
other protests and thought we should have one that actually achieves what it should,” Muniz said. The protest occurred on Nov. 14, beginning at HHS and ending in Court Square. The protesters walked the three miles with signs and banners, some reading ‘Love Not Hate’ and ‘Honk if you Love Diversity’. The protest was not intended to be anti-Trump, but instead as a protest against his ideas and values. The group
said. Despite these fears, Muniz believes that their goal was achieved. “We had people from the community and the school come up to us and say that they really appreciated what we were doing. We had hope for our country and we let it show in a peaceful way,” Muniz said. The original plan for the protest was to leave
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Jackson, Vaughn encourage blood drive
HHS only school in state to win United Sound grant
Abby Hissong Editor-In-Chief
Iris Cessna Staff Reporter If you happen to walk by room 216 during the school day, there is a chance you will be greeted with the smells of various foods wafting through the door. Learning how to prepare foods is just one of the things that goes on in special ed classes, where the students learn how to perform basic household chores. But now that the school has gotten the United
had some worries going in, however. “...We were worried about being singled out from the community instead of being unified. After the election was announced, we were in a lot of pain and so was a large part of our community. There was also a lot more hate after the election, so we were worried we would receive some of that during the protest. That was our only major fear,” Muniz
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HEAR THEIR SOUND. Junior Emily Werner instructs sophomore Jasmine Espinoza on the xylophone. Sound program, the learning in this room is expanding outside the kitchen and into the realm of music. Six students with intellectual disabilities reap the benefits of the United Sound program on ELT
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choice days, starting this year along with their peer mentors. These mentors are band students who have been chosen to teach a ‘new musician’ (the Unit-
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With the holiday season approaching, Virginia Blood Services is hoping that people will be open to donating more than just money to those in need. Blood drive coordinator Austin Rehfield encourages all students eligible to donate blood to get out of their comfort zone and participate. “I think [giving blood] is a decision that takes a lot of bravery, and not everybody is comfortable with the idea of donating right off the bat. But the fact of the matter is that usually once people take the leap and donate, often times they come out of it thinking
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DONATION SEASON. Junior Mikah Vaughan gives blood for the first time during the SCA-sponsored drive. ‘wow, that wasn’t so bad’. In doing something for someone else, kids often just have this sense of pride when they walk out, and I think that’s something real-
ly special you can’t get anywhere else,” Rehfield said. Though Rehfield is a strong supporter of student
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