TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2012
VOLUME 68 ISSUE 2
Westover Mock Election
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Photograph by Catch O’Reilly ‘14
Elections Class Holds Debate by Sunah Hong ‘13
On Friday, October 12, Westover Election 2012 Class presented a debate in the red hall for an hour. With four students, two for each Obama’s or Romney’s team, the debate presented topics about healthcare, environment, education and controversy. Both teams had the same opinion for healthcare and environment: to offer healthcare to more people at an affordable level and to make the United States independent of energy sources. However, when they were discussing about education and controversy, they showed a complete conflicting view. For example, controversy included a discussion about the gay marriage and the government funding for abortion. Team Obama allowed gay marriage and agreed that part of the government should be used for abortion process. Yet Team Romney had the complete opposite perspective; because Romney believes that there should be a mother
In this Issue...
Elections Class Debate......................................................1 Sandy Stranded..................................................................1 Recent Alumnae Interviews.............................................2 Westover Mock Election Results ...................................3 Photography....................................................................3 Music Column...................................................................3 Fifty Shades of Disgust..................................................... 4 Dear Wendy ......................................................................4 An Ode to Westover ..........................................................5 Poetry Field Trip ..............................................................5 COLORES..........................................................................6 Looking through the Lens ...............................................7 Photos of the Month ........................................................7 Sports Word Search...........................................................8 Faculty Crossword ...........................................................8 Upcoming Events...............................................................8 WICK-er of the Month ................................................... 8 The Wick Staff ...................................................................8
and a father as their roles, he was against gay marriage. Also, he did not want a part of government funds to be spent for abortion because women “decided” to have abortion that they should pay for the procedure. The debate ended well, thanks to the Westover Election 2012 Class. After the debate, there were interesting questions from students and faculty members. It was great to see that many people are involved in political thoughts and the election of 2012.
Photographs by C.O.
Sandy Stranded by Alex Neelon ‘16
With power links, one or two downed trees, and some minor damage to a few roofs, Westover is doing just fine after Hurricane Sandy hit on 10/28/12. After what was told to be a 1000 mile wide storm causing an evacuation of New York, worth shutting down the subway sys-
tem, the stock market, sand has left building and cities underwater, to some, Hurricane Sandy was “oversold and underdelivered” at Westover. Thank goodness for the generators, because they allowed people to watch movies, Netflix, listen to music, do homework, and most importantly, use the internet continuously during the power blinks,which were sparse. Though people who didn’t use or need power spent time playing board games, reading books, being bored, “staring into space for hours on end” and “sleeping forever”. At least on Tuesday, there were a number of activities, such as a Dunkin Donughts shuttle, a Starbucks shuttle, and Carving pumpkins. These were probably the things that relived the most boredom. But nonetheless, “it was good to have a few days off,” “we have too much homework,” and “I like having more time to do homework.” Just a few things for teachers to think about! Apparently Hurricane Sandy “wasn’t as bad as it could have been,” nor as bad as last year’s storm, Irene. One person said “I lost power for one week last year.” On the contrary, others said “This one was worse. My friends sent me pictures of the damage in Norwelk, and boats were everywhere. Houses were flooded, along with trees in roofs.” There were mixed feelings about the experience. Many people didn’t like being in Hurricane Sandy, because they couldn’t leave school. Other people thought it was fun, exiting, and “it wasn’t too bad, got to hang out with friends.” Hurricane Sandy has made a few problems, but Westover prevails over the storm without much damage. And as one person said to hurricane Sandy, “don’t come back.”