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editors-In-Chief: Becca Levinsky ’10 and Madison Bennett ’10
November 2009
Legacy Day Deemed a Success
ARIELLE STAMBLER | EDITOR
On the morning of Friday, in September 2006. It seemed
September 25, the entire obvious to Stephenson to bring
Hathaway Brown community, up the Legacy Day idea at HB
from hand-in-hand toddlers to as well.
18-year-old seniors, migrated
Both
Fredlund
and
down to the gym to kick off Stephenson believe that HB
the first-ever Legacy Day. already had a strong sense of
After weeks of the slogan community before Legacy
“Together. For Good.” ringing Day.
in students’ ears and lunchtime
However, Stephenson feels
chant-offs led by the Spirit that “we lacked a vehicle
Squad, students finally got to really tap into this strong
to experience the highly feeling and to optimize the
anticipated event.
experience for the students
Although the day was put and the faculty. With our busy
together by parents, students, schedules, it can also be easy
faculty, and numerous other to get very involved in our
volunteers, Sara Stephenson, individual worlds and to forget
Middle School Head, and Polly to connect with each other.”
Fredlund, Upper School Dean
Fredlund agrees that one of
of Students, were the driving the most unusual aspects of HB
forces behind the program. is that “we have our youngest
The idea for a Legacy Day kids here on campus…so we
was proposed last spring by need to make sure we have
Stephenson, who had seen the people connecting with each
idea come to fruition at two other.” Both wanted to harness
of her previous schools. The the unique community of HB
first was Greenhill School in and tighten the connections
Dallas, Tex.
between the schools through
Stephenson worked with “spirit,
sisterhood,
and
their Legacy Day program service,” as the Legacy Day
for seven years and said that motto says.
she still keeps in contact with
Fredlund also organized
her Green Legacy family. the Spirit Squad, which started
She then brought the idea to working on Legacy Day three
Blake School in Minneapolis, weeks before the start of school
a school with three campuses and all of its members were
that benefited tremendously very invested in the planning
from their first Legacy Day of the day. They gave Fredlund
ideas for how they wanted the
day to go and came up with the
cheers for each color group.
After six months of
preparation, the event was
ready for kickoff, and it seems
like the entire HB community
agrees that it could not have
taken off more splendidly.
“[The day] was more than
I ever expected in terms
of energy,” Fredlund said.
“Everyone was invested in an
authentic way.”
One of the most important
aspects of the day for both
Fredlund and Stephenson
was the service component.
Stephenson believes that
“to be a true community, we
must serve others…Coming
together for the good of others
is a meaningful and authentic
way to build community, no
question.”
HB students across all
grade levels agreed that the
service aspect helped them to
see beyond themselves and
work together toward a greater
purpose. Rebecca Lathe, junior
and member of the Green 11
family group, helped make
fleece blankets for a children’s
hospital on Legacy Day. “It’s
good to give to others because
it is part of HB’s motto [We
learn not for school but for
life],” Lathe said. “It helps
to bind the grades through
service.” Maddelana Chesler, a
fifth grader and member of the
Blue 1 family group, also felt
that the service component to
the day was important. In fact,
her favorite part of the day
was making cards for soldiers
in Iraq because “it’s doing
something great for the world.
It shows that HB really cares.”
Besides the more serious
service work of the day,
students felt they were able
to build community and make
connections with their peers
through fun as well. Sabrina
Bhaiji, a freshman from the
Blue 1 family group, said, “It’s
kind of exciting to interact with
younger kids.”
On the other hand,
Katherine Mansour and Molly
Gleydura, two fourth graders,
talked enthusiastically about
how much fun it was to meet
the older students. “I think
we’re trying to get to know
older students so you know
more people in the halls,”
Gleydura said.
After such a successful
day, Fredlund and Stephenson
are already excited about
planning the next Legacy
events. They want to conduct
two more events this year, one
in February and one in April,
allowing the families reunite to
do a service activity together.
They are also already thinking
about next year’s Legacy Day,
hoping to have a parade or to
hold the day near Fall Family
Festival and Homecoming
weekend.
Stephenson believes that
we can easily keep up the
spirit of camaraderie fostered
on Legacy Day between these
events. “I think that the sense of
community can be maintained
by small gestures: saying ‘hi’ to
your Legacy family when you
see them around the school,
going to the Prime playground
to see your Prime Legacy
family members, attending
a game of someone in your
family. There are countless
ways to stay connected.”
Now that the gym has been
cleaned up, the tie-dye has been
put away, and the “Together.
For Good.” signs have been set
up to rest in the Upper School
Lobby, it will be up to HB
students and faculty to maintain
those relationships. Senior and
Spirit Squad member Becky
Sebo put it best when she said,
“It’s Legacy Day, but it’s an
atmosphere we’re building for
the whole year.”
Additional Legacy Day
coverage on page 4.
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HB Girls Discover Their Inner Transcendentalists
Partnership with Squire Valleevue Farm offers students new ways to learn
SIENNA ZEILINGER | EDITOR
Sitting under fluorescent teacher, takes her juniors to Middlebury
College in falling leaves is a very Some say that it should be. “I
lights for seven hours a day, Squire Valleevue Farm each Vermont when she was enlivening, childlike letting- could see it being useful for a
moving from place to place fall as a culmination of their devising her AP classes’ loose of worries and burdens, biology class because of the
as dictated by a shrill bell study of “Walden” by Henry activity.
but the trip is also a privilege, wildlife, but it’d be especially
and constantly worrying David Thoreau. “It’s the perfect
“When I was in grad school, and the students take it cool for my Environmental
about whether or not there environment for learning we really took advantage of seriously.”
Science class,” Zale said.
will be a pop quiz next about Transcendentalism,” she the setting. On Friday nights
“I think Squire Valleevue
In fact, there is a loose
period is a challenging way said. “It’s really impossible we would hike out to a spot is a great location because committee already formed to
to learn. It does not take
and sit on the it takes us out of the high discuss how to harness the
much for the suburban
ground around a pressure atmosphere that vast opportunities of Squire
atmosphere within and
bonfire, and our surrounds HB,” senior Katie Valleevue Farm. Clark is a
around Hathaway Brown
professors would Schikowski said.
member, as are HB science
to become claustrophobic,
give readings,”
In early September, the teachers Sheri Homany and
but thankfully, not all of
Clark said. “We class of 2010 ventured to Valerie Katz and HB dance
students’ learning takes
sit on the floor at Squire Valleevue Farm for a teacher Jenny Burnett.
place indoors.
Squire Valleevue senior bonding experience.
“We [who have already
In 2006, Hathaway
too,
actually, The outdoor atmosphere brought classes there] met at
Brown entered into a
while we discuss provided a unique chance the end of August to discuss
partnership with Squire
l i t e r a t u r e . for the seniors to learn more ways to extend the program to
Valleevue Farm, a 389-acre
Having students about each other.
other classes, and we all agreed
plot of land owned by Case Squire Valleevue Farm in Hunting Valley
and
teachers
“We all ate lunch in that it would make sense to
Western Reserve University. to understand exactly what on the same level is one way separate groups, but then one bring in an environmental
It includes meadows, creeks, Thoreau was thinking when the Squire Valleevue trip group started playing a game, element,” Clark said. “But this
hiking trails and rustic meeting you’re sitting under such an breaks down the hierarchies and soon we had almost our is only a possibility. We have
spots, and it has made a huge industrial-looking ceiling.”
of school.”
whole class sitting in a huge to be inventive and creative
difference in experiential
Clark
recalled
her
Throughout the years, circle playing this game,” with thinking about how to
learning at Hathaway Brown. experience at the Bread Clark said her classes have Schikowski said. “We all use that space.”
Laurie Clark, HB English Loaf School of English at had overwhelmingly positive realized that we were bonding
“We’re bouncing some
experiences. Senior
ideas
around,”
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Lizzy Zale felt the
Homany
said.
trip really enhanced
“Nothing’s
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Squire
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when we could see
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things from their
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point of view,” Zale Ms. Clark’s ’09-’10 AP English class at Squire Valleevue Squire Valleevue
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said. “I wouldn’t change a more with each other, even is refreshing and invigorating,
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thing. Everyone loved it!”
developing leadership skills, especially as a break from the
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The trip is only half a by playing together.”
chaos of a typical Hathaway
day
long,
but
according
to
The
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holds
more
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S
chool New
“Stop waiting for the world
to change.”
This helpful inspiration,
courtesy of Andrew Briggs, a
freedom fighter for child soldiers in Uganda, was the basis
for the HB Upper School assembly on September 23. He
inspired a new approach to service learning by analyzing the
types of questions students ask
themselves, and emphasized
that they should start asking
“how?” instead of “when?”
As president and founder of
Freedom In Creation, Briggs
uses the arts to help the abducted children formerly involved
with the Lord’s Resistance
Army in Uganda deal with
war trauma. He believes that
“art transcends culture,” with
therapeutic abilities to allow
Freeing the World through Art
one to speak through a series the hardships elsewhere in the
of themes such as freedom, world.
peace, and happiness.
Physics teacher Mary Kay
Students at Hathaway Patton became familiar with
Brown created art work in- these hardships while visiting
spired by the African
culture with Briggs
while he was visiting.
Junior Hailey Burns experienced his giving attitude firsthand. By finger-painting the flag of
Uganda, Briggs taught
more than art. Burns
stated that “his sense of
community was truly
amazing.
He always thought Paintings created for Freedom In Creation
about the idea of how we
can accomplish more together Uganda during the summer.
than separately.” The entire She described the trip in one
experience opened the eyes of word: “humbling.” She said
Hathaway Brown students to she admired the people living
Meet Vicki Lovegren
Liz Kilbane | Editor
: Where are you from?
Q
A
: I’m from Texas — received my Ph.D. from Univ.
of Texas — but have lived in
Cleveland for 21 years.
Q
A
: Married? Kids? Pets?
: Divorced, with one biological son, James, who
is a senior at Heights High, and
Omer, my “adopted son/brother”
who is an asylee from Baghdad
and a student at CSU.
I have 3 cats and 2 “foster cats”
who were displaced because of a
friend’s nasty divorce (and whom
I’m trying to find homes for!
Hint! Hint!)
Q
A
: Pet Peeves?
: Headaches! Forgetting
things. Fox News! Clear
Channel! Rush Limbaugh and
other forms of mind control.
Q
A
: Describe your ideal night
out.
: “Hanging” with my
“guys”— rollerblading at
Beaumont while they practice
Lacrosse or “studying” at Phoenix on Lee. Tennis. Cedar-Lee
shows. Book club, discussing
“Web of Debt.”
Q
A
Q
: Is there anything that’s
strange to you about working at an all-girls’ school?
: Not really. Lots of “Uggs”
(boots). Lots of energy.
: Who do you think is the
most intimidating teacher
at HB? What is your ideal lunch
table? Which department seems
the most fun?
: Haven’t found any that are
intimidating. Ideal lunch
table is the one with the most
laughter, and that has salt and
pepper shakers. Not sure. Foreign-language, maybe. English
perhaps.
A
Editors: Arielle Stambler ’10 And Aobo Guo ’11
there for their “positive attitude, despite all of the struggles they deal with every day.”
Patton explained that the
work of mission groups such
as Freedom In Creation
is important. They help
“reintegrate the torn society,” by giving those
cast away from their
communities an opportunity to express their
difficulties with “an artistic voice.” Art helps
them change from a
“soldier mentality into a
normal society position,
where they know they
are loved and cared for,”
Patton said.
Freedom In Creation addresses this reintegration of
children into their communi-
ties by providing access to
clean and safe drinking water.
The children use creative power to bring drinking water to
their society in desperate need
of fresh water wells.
In his speech at HB, Briggs
explained how water and mental rehabilitation are vital to improving a community’s way of
life. Economic hardships have
not helped the organization to
succeed, so its support comes
from spreading the word about
Briggs’ accomplishments.
Assemblies based on humanitarianism allow an audience to take an interest in the
cause and begin to change the
world. Listening to Briggs was
a great way to begin the Center
for Global Citizenship Lecture
Series.
If you don’t take Photo 2 or Photo 3...
Meet Kimberly Ponsky
PHOTO COURTESY OF M. WOOD
If you don’t take Calculus 3 or Statistics and Precalculus...
Dr. Lovegren in her classroom
PHOTO COURTESY OF M. WOOD
susan muehrcke | Editor
S
Ms. Ponsky in the Photo Room
isabelle rivers-mccue | Editor
: Is there anything that’s
: Describe your ideal night
strange to you about workout.
: Bowling and Benihanas.
ing at an all-girls’ school?
: It’s weird that girls put
such an effort into their appearance. I guess I did it to a
: Who do you think is the
certain degree, but I recognized
most intimidating teacher at
it. I didn’t wear makeup, and it HB?
was definitely less than what I see
: Obviously Carl Hoffman
now, probably due to society.
(but I feel bad saying that!)
Q
A
Q
A
: Married? Kids? Pets?
: I have a boyfriend, Sagi.
And a boxer named Zoe, a
mini labradoodle named Linus,
and a cat named Barney.
Q
A
: Pet Peeves?
: A pet peeve for myself is
not being timely about my
responses. So I guess bad response time. Another is being
late, which I usually am. And I
hate when people say “exspecially,” and “good” instead of “really”: “It went exspecially good.”
Q
A
Q
A
Editor’s Note: An HB grad, Ponsky still calls Hoffman “Mr. Hoffman,” not “Carl,” even though
she is a fellow faculty member.
Q
A
: What is your ideal lunch
table?
: Mrs. Johnson (get her out
of retirement), and that’s it.
Maybe “Carl,” Mrs. Sadler, and
Mr. Morse. That’d be fun.
Q
A
: Which department seems
the most fun?
: P.E. because they get to
play all day. And art!
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A Fun-Filled Day Excited All
eature
faith roberts | Writer
Legacy Day began with
an all-school pep rally in the
gym with a performance by
the Bravuras and a speech by
Bill Christ, Head of School.
After that, the students
and faculty split up into
designated family groups
to work on different service
projects,
from
making
clothespin dolls to decorate
hospital rooms and writing
letters to soldiers to making
placemats and cards for
Meals on Wheels and sorting
books from the all-school
book drive that took place
the previous week.
Sophomore Sarah James
said, “I really enjoyed
doing the service projects
on Legacy Day. It not only
girls were so great. I love
brought us together as an planned the event.
HB community, but it felt
“At first I thought it them,” said sophomore Issy
great to give back to others would be really boring, but Blakeway-Phillips. “All the
in need.”
I think that after we got planning really paid off!”
The purpose of
This
aspect
Legacy Day was
gave
many
to bring the grades
students a positive
closer
together,
take on Legacy
and that really
Day. “I thought
was
achieved.
Legacy Day was a
The grades were
great way to bring
divided into color
the whole school
groups: first, fifth,
together. I hope
and ninth were
that there will be
blue; second, sixth,
more Legacy Days
and tenth were red;
to come,” said
Members of the Purple 10 Legacy family with EC kids
third, seventh, and
freshman
Emily
through all the inspirational eleventh were green; and
Rowe.
This positive feedback speeches and stuff and we fourth, eighth, and twelfth
was encouraging to all got into our family groups, I were purple.
The family groups then
the staff and members of had a ton of fun because the
the Spirit Squad who had Prime and Middle School consisted of students from
the different color groups
and a few faculty members
as well. These family groups
were a big hit at Legacy
Day; the Prime and Middle
School girls loved hanging
out with the high schoolers,
and vice versa.
“The Prime kids were so
precious, and it’s great how
they look up to us so much,
and they loved to get to spend
time with us awesome Upper
Schoolers,”
said
junior
Lesley Wellener. “Legacy
Day was surprisingly really
fun!”
This inaugural Legacy
Day truly was successful,
and it proved to everyone
that HB really can come
together for good.
Legacy Day: Here for Good
Hannah Bersee | Writer
The
floor
of
the separate family groups met. cards, or sorting books for everyday culture of HB.
As high schoolers, we
gymnasium was a rainbow Many service projects were the disadvantaged children
of Cleveland helped often forget about the younger
of color: purple, blue,
to bond the families. grades, and how much they
green, and red. The
smiles shined from Emma Phillips, another look up to us. “There was a
walls
shook
with Vibrant
reverberating cheers, youthful faces striped with slogans sophomore, thought that girl – I think her name was
“it was something that Malloy, she pretty much
each proclaiming a
like “Together, for Good.”
both the younger and attached herself to me for the
certain color to be the
older kids could enjoy. whole time,” Phillips said.
best.
One of the driving forces
Shawneice
Floyd,
a completed in order to foster a … It was fun coloring with
behind Legacy Day was the
sophomore who became true feeling of “villages near little kids.”
Life is busy here at HB; fact that nothing like it had
a Blazer in fourth grade, and far.” In Floyd’s opinion,
thought Legacy Day “was the service projects were there’s rarely time to
really fun because I didn’t good. “It was great to be able sit down and color in
realize how much I could to help others while getting a placemat. “The three Nothing like it had ever taken
relate to the little kids,” she to know the younger girls parts of the school
place at HB.
said. Originally a skeptic, she in my family group,” Floyd aren’t really connected
was surprised by the amount said. “Everyone was pretty – I’d never been in the
cool, and it was fun to make Prime or Middle School
of school spirit.
before…it was awesome to ever taken place at HB. The
Indeed, a
sense of the placemats.”
It seemed that the act get to know what they were three schools, while they are
community was not limited
to the gym or the many of serving others through about,” Phillips said. This is still physically connected and
classrooms
in
which making
placemats
and a sentiment reflected by the located on the same 16-acre
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Editors:
campus, operate separately
from one another.
Many Upper Schoolers
do not know what goes on
within the lower schools,
except when an event impacts
the already stressful parking
situation. The same can be
said for the girls in Middle
and Prime; their schooldays
only coincide with our own
when the Dining Hall is
commandeered for testing.
Everyone is so focused
on
their
immediate
surroundings
—
that
test next period that you
forgot to study for, or the
homework that you just
learned about, or even the
dance next week — that they
do not often take the time to
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Conquering Freshman Fears
eature
maddie stambler | Writer
As students walked in on
the first day of school and took
their first steps into the Student Center, they all seemed
to have that look of dread on
their faces that said, “Is summer really over already?” But
secretly, almost everyone was
excited for the start of a new
school year.
The upperclassmen swaggered into school and to their
lockers, watching as the scared
and confused freshmen faces
looked around trying to find
out where they should be.
As the days passed and
progressed into weeks, those
unfamiliar faces started to
transform into friendly ones.
Upperclassmen began to
seem less intimidating, since
many freshmen have classes
and play sports with older students.
Now that everyone has gotten a chance to connect with
teachers, meet and befriend
new classmates, and even
elect class officers, it seems
as though all students are
starting to get into the swing
of things. The Class of 2013
finally feels like the freshman
class of the Upper School.
Most freshmen love the til 6 p.m. because of sports,” difficult part of HB so far,”
said Emma Stewart-Bates,
freedom they are given in freshman Zoe Harvan said.
“The most difficult part a new freshman. “There is a
the Upper School more than
anything. As freshman Ra- of high school would prob- lot more homework and the
chael Persky said, “We don’t ably be the difference in the tests are harder than at my old
have to go to classrooms all amount of work, plus the ex- school.”
As a way to help
the time during
ease the incoming
free periods and
freshmen into Upthe teachers aren’t
per School, every
always watching
senior is assigned
us.”
a freshman buddy.
Students enjoy
Having a senior
having the choice
buddy makes the
of how they use
transition into high
their free time and
school a lot easier.
that is probably
“I like having
the easiest part of
senior buddies beUpper School so
cause they always
far, whether it is
say ‘hi’ to you in
doing homework
the halls and bring
or just socializing
Enthusiastic freshmen gather in the student center
you smoothies and
with friends.
But there are some conse- pectations are different from other treats,” freshman Isaquences that come along with Middle School,” Brenna Scul- belle Arnson said. “My senior
so much independence. Most ly, the newly elected Class buddy always makes me feel
welcome and less intimidated
high school students would President, said.
New ninth-grade students by upperclassmen.”
probably agree that organizahave the same feelings and
Hallie Godshall, Ninth
tion is the key to success.
Along with the need for worries as their classmates Grade Dean, feels that the
organization comes the im- who have been at HB for transition is going very well.
portance of time management years. Many feel that the “This was a class that loved
in the Upper School. “Some- homework load and atmo- Middle School. They have
times the homework is a little sphere of HB is very differ- fun with everything whether it
overwhelming,
especially ent from their former schools. be class trips or just having a
when you don’t get home un- “The academics are the most good time in class,” she said.
“This class was definitely excited for the shift into high
school and I think they are
embracing Upper School culture very well. It was a very
seamless transition.”
Godshall believes the students bring excitement, spirit
and a good work ethic into the
Upper School.
Polly Fredlund, Upper
School Dean of Students, also
agrees that this class is very
enthusiastic. She thinks that
they bring a fresh perspective,
new student experiences, and
a sense of youthfulness to the
Upper School. “It’s fun because I am a freshman with
this class,” she said. “It is my
first year in this job, so I feel
I am moving along with them.
It helps me appreciate the experience.”
As everyone who was once
a freshman can attest, it is
hard to be the youngest in the
school. Eventually, though,
you get used to the workload
and the upperclassmen turn
from scary giants to friendly
helpers. At the end of the day,
we realize that we are all just
one big HB family, together
for good.
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consider what else might
be happening within the
school.
There might be a rare
day dedicated to class unity
(Brown and Gold day, for
example, in the Middle
School), but hardly ever
is the larger picture and
community considered.
Legacy Day strives to
change that mentality, and
it was an overall success.
Even though it was greeted
with skeptical smiles and
murmured doubts within
the Upper School as we
convened in class meetings
to engage in mysterious class
activities, it soon lived up to
every standard set before it.
Sophomores
raced
through the halls, bound by
a few loops of yarn, with
their mentor groups on a
vivacious scavenger hunt
throughout the school.
Skittles abounded, their
rainbow colors and tastes
reflecting the rainbow of
class spirit that surged into
the gym first thing in the
morning and then later in
the day.
Vibrant smiles shined
from youthful faces striped
with slogans like “Together,
for Good” and “Like No
Other.”
Girls
from
Prime
demanded piggy-back rides
from Upper Schoolers,
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and once they were loosed
upon the field hockey field
for lunch, it was blissfully
chaotic.
Each family group truly
became just that – a family,
for better or for worse,
during Legacy Day.
Aptly named, it was a
gathering of Blazers young
and old, those who had left
and returned, and those who
have yet to venture into
the world as fully-fledged
Hathaway Brown women.
And that was what
Legacy Day was about, at its
core: reuniting friends, and
forging new bonds with no
consideration to age, grade,
or graduating class.
Alumnae stood with
preschoolers as they shook
their
bean-filled
noise
makers, and Upper Schoolers
happily granted the Prime
students’ wishes of facepaint
and piggy-back rides.
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Erika Jobson | editor
After last year’s swim
season, the Hathaway Brown
athletic department set out to
find the perfect combination of
knowledge and experience to
complement the considerable
talent of the team.
Lindsey Meier and Tim
Hable encompass all of HB’s
hopes and more. Not only are
they themselves successful
swimmers, but they also have
had many years of experience
coaching numerous teams in
the area. Meier and Hable
grew up as water babies,
swimming for the Lake Erie
Silver Dolphins since they
were in grade school.
Meier, a graduate of Purdue
and John Carroll University,
started coaching more than
10 years ago. During this
period, she has coached
the Hawken and University
School varsity swim teams.
Meier grew up in Bainbridge,
and attended Hawken School,
where she excelled on the
swim team and competed
at States. She hails from a
swimming family, as her dad
also swam.
Of her experiences at
Hathaway Brown as Head
Varsity Swim Coach and Head
of Aquatics, Meier said she
is “amazed with the school,
and with the level where
the girls hold themselves to.
They really set the bar high
and [work to] achieve their
goals.” Meier believes last
season ended on a high note,
and she hopes to improve on
the successes achieved last
year.
Assistant Varsity Coach
Tim Hable, who also attended
Hawken, has been coaching
ever since he graduated from
college a “long time ago,”
he joked. Hable, like Meier,
grew up around the water,
“All my brothers and sisters
swam,” he said. “We lived
about three blocks from the
pool, so that was our summer
entertainment; we lived at the
pool all day long.”
Hable was an AllAmerican
High
School
swimmer and qualified for the
Slap A Hand
Grace Yi | Writer
Walking through HB on a
normal school day, it is easy
to spot tie-dyed t-shirts with
“slap a hand” written on the
back. The girls wearing these
shirts are the varsity volleyball
team.
Seniors and captains of
this year’s volleyball team,
Sarah Kurland and Katie
Barrett have been playing
volleyball since elementary
school. As captains, they
motivate the team, take over
when the coach needs them
to, run drills, make sure team
camaraderie is good, and try
to pump players up before a
game.
“We try to make sure
everyone
knows
we’re
approachable for issues on
and off the court, and be good
role models,” said Kurland,
who is an active volunteer in
the Cleveland area. “We’re
like the mediators between
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the coaches and the team,
and we’re there for the team,”
added Barrett.
Being captains is an honor
that both of them undoubtedly
deserve. “When I found out
I was captain, I immediately
thought of all the things I
wanted to do. I like leading a
team that needs a leader,” said
Kurland, who is also the vice
president of Senate.
“I think when Sarah and I
were voted as captains, it was
an honor knowing that the
team trusted us and wanted
us to lead them,” said Barrett,
who was captain in her junior
year as well.
The team has been steadily
improving since the beginning
of their season.
“Whenever
someone
makes one improvement, if
it’s hitting, if it’s serving, if
it’s setting – if they change
one thing and become a
better player because of
it, it’s really rewarding to
see that,” said Kurland.
As for college, both girls are
interested in playing varsity
volleyball. “I can’t really
live without volleyball,” said
Kurland, and Barrett, who is
also the president of the Latin
club, agreed. “It’s been great.
I’ve had a lot of fun,” she
said.
Both Kurland and Barrett
were new students in their
freshman year, and neither of
them regret their decision.
“The benefits from HB are
definitely becoming more and
more apparent as I go through
the college process. HB has a
great environment, and I feel
a lot more prepared for life
and college,” said Kurland.
“I loved it, and I am so happy
I picked HB,” said Barrett.
“I’ve met some of the greatest
people here.”
NCAA at Dartmouth College.
His favorite event is I.M.,
or the Individual Medley,
in which a swimmer must
swim all four strokes. “I think
everyone should work on all
their strokes, so that’s one of
my big things,” he said.
One aspect both Meier and
Hable hope to strengthen and
continue is teamwork.
“Last year I saw how
supportive the girls were
with each other, and for me,
I’ve never seen that before;
that everyone truly wanted
everyone to be successful,”
Meier remarked.
Hable agreed, stating that
the two want the girls to have
a great team experience and
be part of a team. He said
they “learn how to pull for
everyone else on the team
and learn that having 17 or
18 girls help you swim faster
every day is much better than
just having yourself help you
swim faster every day.”
Meier’s
and
Hable’s
combined ideology and
united team front promises
a successful swim season
for swimmers and students
alike. These coaches have
already made a mark on HB;
the two graciously stepped
in as coaches last year when
the team’s coach abruptly
resigned. The HB community
is thrilled to welcome them
back.
A Word With
the Tennis Captains
Erika Jobson | Editor
Varsity A
Cameron Dorsey, senior:
“The best part about the
tennis team and our season is
the times we spend huddled
together watching matches.
We really get to know one
another on a deeper level.”
Elizabeth Eisele, senior:
“My favorite part of the
season is preseason because it
is a time to do team bonding
activities and get to know the
team better.”
Varsity B
Tierney Bishop, junior:
“I loved meeting people at
the beginning and getting
to know them as individual,
wonderful people throughout
the season.”
Kathy
Guo,
senior:
“I think that one of the
important things that I, along
with the other captains,
emphasize is the fact that it’s
not all about winning,” said
Guo. Her favorite part of the
tennis season is being able to
see both her team and herself
develop as players.
Lesley Wellener, junior:
“I like hanging out with my
teammates. Everyone is so
awesome this year and it’s
just been a really fun and
fantastic season.”
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Last Putt, Gray Course
Stephanie Yu | Editor
Although golf is a solitary
sport, the members of the HB
golf team are supportive of each
other and their combined abilities
resulted in their fourth place finish
at States.
The captains are responsible
for keeping the team together
and setting a good example. This
year, the golf team is captained by
Jessica O’Neil and Keely Lavelle.
O’Neil, a senior, is surrounded
by golf; her father is the golf coach
at University School and her
brother played golf there. O’Neil
started playing competitively
during the summer before
freshman year and has been
playing ever since.
She said she is satisfied with
her season this year. “All my goals
for the season have been met and
exceeded,” she said. After the
season, her goal is to enjoy her last
year at Hathaway Brown.
Lavelle, also a senior, is the
other golf captain. She is dedicated
to the sport. “I love golf,” she
said. “It may seem boring, but
something about pitting yourself
against the natural landscape
and conditions is one of the best
feelings for me.”
Lavelle’s goal for the season,
which was to make the All-Ohio
team, was accomplished, along
with the team goal of making it to
States.
These
two
co-captains
considered the season a success;
the team won two tournaments
in the summer, finished third in
their league with a record of 8-2,
won sectionals, took second place
at Districts and came in fourth at
States.
“We played well, and focused
on the main goal of getting down
to States,” Lavelle explained.
The team connected with each
other during lengthy tournaments
and they all worked to improve
their game while having fun at the
same time.
Bandanas For All
GRACE YI | WRITER
The girls huddle together
after the field hockey game.
They offer each other words of
motivation, encouragement,
and praise. They support
each other, they help each
other improve. They’re more
than teammates, they’re more
than friends – they’re sisters.
This is old news for Cassidy
Artz and Stacey Shroyer.
Seniors and captains, this is
their sixth year playing field
hockey for HB. Their goals
as captains are to motivate
their team and to bring the
team even closer.
“We’ve
progressively
improved throughout the
season,” said Shroyer, who
was also a captain in her
middle school years. “We’re
looking ahead for success
as the season goes on.”
“Being a captain is nice
because you’re the voice for
the team,” added Artz. “It’s
great knowing that people
feel comfortable with you,
that you’re going to listen to
them.”
An ongoing tradition
this season is the bandanas.
At every game, each team
member receives a bandana
to be worn as a headband.
“Everyone’s
looking
forward to the bandanas and
it’s a small thing that draws
everyone closer,” said Artz.
All the girls hope to
continue to States this year
and win for the second year
in a row. Artz and Shroyer
both agree that winning
the state championship last
year was one of the greatest
achievements that they’ve
had in all of their years of
playing field hockey.
For Artz and Shroyer, field
hockey isn’t just a hobby; it’s
a passion.
“I love the sport and it
makes me happy, so I’m going
to keep playing,” said Artz,
who is also the president and
founder of Club Med.
Shroyer, who is a talented
lacrosse player as well,
agreed, “I definitely want to
keep playing field hockey
and lacrosse in college,” she
said.
What have they learned in
the past six years at Hathaway
Brown? “I’ve learned to be a
better student and to manage
my time better,” Shroyer
said.
Artz said she feels the
same. “What I like about
HB is that everyone works
hard, not only on the field
but in the classroom as well.
Hathaway Brown is a place
where we can soar. There
are a thousand ways for us
to be wildly successful and
together for good and that
means it’s a good place.”
Write it On Your Hands: XIV*
stephanie yu | editor
Many of the HB varsity
soccer games have become
part of the history of our
school. These atheletes won
the OHSAA Division II State
Championship in 2007 and
rose to the Final Four in 2008.
This year, the varsity team
is led by three upperclassmen:
Birdie Wargo, Lani Smith, and
Shelby Jahnke.
Birdie Wargo, a junior,
is the youngest varsity team
captain. She began playing
soccer at age 4, when her father
and older brother supported her
budding interest in the sport.
She has continued ever since.
Soccer is a way for Wargo to
unwind and have fun.
She strives to be an
admirable captain, learning
from seniors Lani Smith and
Shelby Jahnke and she works
to be upbeat.
“Attitude is one of the most
important things that everyone
can see, so I have to stay
positive even when times are
tough,” she said.
Wargo gets pumped with
“Shipping up to Boston” by
Dropkick Murphys.
Lani Smith is one of the
senior captains. Like Wargo,
she has played soccer since a
young age. Although she has
dabbled in other team sports,
her heart lies with soccer, since
she considers herself the best at
Editors: Stephanie Yu ’11 And Erika Jobson ’12
it and she loves the competition
and scoring goals.
Smith is currently working
toward tip-top health and
training before playoffs.
Smith has adopted the soccer
motto of “Domination takes
dedication,” and likes listening
to “Party in the USA” by Miley
Cyrus and “Dreamer” by Chris
Brown to get psyched.
She would like to become
a professional soccer player
someday – an obvious
indication that she doesn’t
expect her love for the sport to
diminish with time.
The third varsity soccer
captain is Shelby Jahnke, who
also is a senior. Along with
soccer, she has played softball,
but she found it inadequate.
She and the other captains
expressed slight concern for
the team at the beginning of the
season, as they had acquired
new players and lost others. It
took some time for everyone to
get along and get used to each
other.
Everyone on the team has
learned to play together and
the team is now off to the
postseason.
The three co-captains had
only good things to say about
their team and the vibe between
them all: “We are a tightly
knitted close group that loves
having fun,” said Wargo.
The team is extremely laid
back, bonding through jokes,
games, and other activities.
Not only are they dedicated
and hardworking, but they
can even be compared to a
family, supporting and helping
each other on and off the field.
Soccer is a sport with strong
emphasis on teamwork, and
the HB team has taken this to
a whole new level with spirited
captains.
With their perseverance and
intense attitude, it should be
no surprise when they win the
state championship.
*XIV stands for November
14, the date of the soccer state
championship.
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And Tango Makes Controversy Food for Thought
joyce guo | Writer
“And Tango Makes Three”
by Justin Richardson and
Peter Parnell is a picture book
for little kids that has created
quite a lot of controversy
recently. The book has been
banned from a lot of schools,
and it’s actually number one
on the American Library
Association’s list of the most
challenged books of 2008.
The book is about two
chinstrap penguins – both
male – at New York’s Central
Park Zoo who have become
a couple. In a cute way, the
story explains how these two
penguins want to have a baby
penguin, so they even make a
nest and sit on it, in hopes an
egg will appear. Reading this
story will have you saying
“aww” on every turn of the
page and it’s sure to warm
your heart. Whether you pick
it up to read yourself, read it to
a younger sibling or someone
you babysit, it’s certainly
worth checking out.
Lucky for Hathaway Brown
students, the school has it in
stock, so you can see what
all the controversy is about.
Once On This Island
Claire ASHMEAD | Writer
What better way to set the
tone and celebrate our Upper
School community than with
the flavorful musical “Once
on this Island”?
The story upon which
“Once on this Island” is based
was the original inspiration
for Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Little Mermaid.”
However, “Once on this
Island” takes a brandnew little mermaid – Ti
Moune – and places her
within the Caribbean.
Accompanied
by
earth-shaking
songs
and pulsating beats, Ti
Moune meets and falls in
love with Daniel, a man
she rescues in a car accident. She begs the gods for
her death so that his life may
be spared, but despite her
love and devotion to him, as
soon as Daniel recovers, he
forgets Ti Moune’s sacrifice
and returns to his betrothed.
Though it does not have
the classic Disney ending, it
is not entirely unhappy: Ultimately, Ti Moune is transformed into a tree and the cycle of the story begins again.
“It is about Love and
whether Love is more
powerful than Death,” said
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Molly Cornwell, director of
the musical that is “a folktale
that is told and retold by
generation after generation of
islanders.”
This
all-encompassing
message is exemplified in
the fact that “Once on this
Island” will be presented “in
the round,” theater lingo for
on a circular stage.
Once on this Island
Book & lyrics by Lynn Ahrens
Music by Stephen Flaherty
Directed by Molly Cornwell
7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13
and Saturday, Nov. 14
This is fitting for a musical
whose main idea is that of
birth and rebirth, and, as
Cornwell said, “The show is
not a traditional musical…
why stage it in a traditional
space?”
The fact that a circular
stage somewhat resembles
an island – geographically
speaking – is a challenge.
Senior Ari Weinberg,
playing Ti Moune’s mother,
is an experienced thespian
in her own right. “It’s like
you’re walking around in
a normal area, Weinberg
says. “There’s no direction
you’re performing toward.”
Sophomore Jessie Pinnick,
taking up the mantle of main
character Ti Moune, is also
extremely excited to take on
the challenge of this musical.
The fact that the show rarely
requires actual speaking,
rather, rhythmic sentences
set to beats, adds further
flavor and authenticity
to the already-unique
vibe. “Granted, it can
be very difficult at times
when trying to stay within
the strong rhythmic
patterns of the lines, but
we are able to sometimes
change up the rhythms a
little bit in order to make it
our own,” said Pinnick.
Everyone takes a part in
the storytelling: “The show’s
really ensemble-based,” said
Weinberg.
So, if you’re looking for
a little Caribbean flavor midNovember, and find yourself
itching to see yet another new
side to the Upper School, go
to “Once on this Island.”
It’s real. It’s complicated.
It’s the perfect start to a
completely new school year.
HANNAH MARGOLIS | Writer
Persimmons are bright orange colored fruits that grow on
trees that provide a very unique dining experience. Imagine
yourself standing in an orchard, chilled by the first frost. The
small orange fruits dance in the trees, bobbing to the wind’s
music, just ripe. At a gentle tug, the fruit falls into your palm.
Persimmons, or as the Greeks say “diaspyros” or “food of
the gods,” are native to North America. When the first settlers
arrived they found such trees as they explored the new land, but
they were too eager to taste the new fruits, and were left with a
rather bad first impression. Quite astringent, the fruit can be especially unappetizing when unripe. The settlers experienced a
bitter and hard fruit. It wasn’t until they learned from the Native
Americans that the fruits would not be ready until the first frost
that they could enjoy the persimmon for its best qualities.
It is suspected that during the 1800s persimmon trees were
first brought to California from Japan, where they flourished in
the subtropical climate.
The type of persimmon grown in California is called Hachiya. This type is bright orange and when ripe is not firm, but
soft to the touch. Hachiya persimmons also have an elongated
shape and often have a pointed bottom. As for taste, people
often compare them to overly sweet apricots. Hachiya persimmons are most commonly sold in the U.S.
In contrast, another type of persimmon, the Fuyu persimmon, leaves quite a different impression. First of all, Fuyu persimmons are short and have flat bottoms. The taste and texture one might compare to an apple, especially because of its
crunchiness. Fuyu persimmons also are much less astringent
compared to Hachiya persimmons.
Both types of persimmons look like tomatoes, since they are
about the same size and color (although originally persimmons
were the size of grapes). Be careful when picking out your fruit,
so that you don’t end up with a tomato!
After taking just a taste of this fruit, I encourage those who
have never tasted such a flavor before to go out and try it. Persimmons, both Hachiya and Fuyu, can be found at local markets and other food stores, such as Miles Market, Trader Joe’s,
and Whole Foods, within the fall/winter months.
A recipe for a quick and easy autumn salad: Add cubed Fuyu
Persimmons. Cut a bunch of grapes into halves and add them.
Next in the salad are some pomegranate seeds and a whole
apple, cubed. Lastly, add some slices of green kiwi, add your
favorite salad dressing, and enjoy!
This Micah Schwaberow paper pulp painting of two persimmons
illustrates the fruit’s vibrant color.
Editors: Abby Mitchell ’10 And Jenny Heyside ’11
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Club Fair: Eye Opening or Eye Closing?
lubs & event
Jenny heyside | editor
HB has so many diverse you are not interested in and it
students with different inter- just feels like a waste of time.”
ests, and this creates an envi- Her friend then chimed in that
ronment where clubs are able the clubs assembly “made all
the clubs merge together in
to flourish.
Most girls have little free my head” and she was often
time and are not aware of the “not paying any attention to
many extracurriculars avail- what was being described to
able to them, which was all me.”
In contoo
clear
last year. The club fair was far better trast, most
Many think
and more enjoyable than the s t u d e n t s
who were
that the anassembly.
asked
renual clubs
sponded
assembly is
just a boring 50-minute-long that this year’s club fair was
assembly, rather than a learn- far better and more enjoyable
than the assembly, although
ing opportunity.
“The clubs assembly is the some students did have some
worst thing ever,” one anony- complaints about the fair.
A common theme for girls
mous sophomore said, “You
are forced to sit and listen to when reflecting on the fair
all these clubs that you know was the level of awkward-
ness they felt when they had had at the fair.
When asked if she took it
to reject club leaders’ cries for
them to join their clubs. Many personally when students did
students said they felt uncom- not sign up for Scripta, Guo
fortable when they were in- laughed, and said she did not,
vited to a club table to listen but that she could sense a lot
to the whole spiel from the of girls, especially freshmen,
club leader, only to deny
the invitation to sign up for Many students felt uncomthe club.
fortable when they...had to
Kathy Guo, a senior who
is a co-editor of Scripta, deny the invitation to sign
up for the club.
the school’s literary magazine, thought that the club
fair’s benefits are evident in seemed uncomfortable with
the number of students who the confrontational manner of
most club leaders.
signed up to join her club.
One student, a senior, reKathy mentioned that this
year brought in the highest vealed she has never been in a
number of sign-ups that she club at HB because freshman
can remember Scripta having, year she was too scared to join
and that is due in part to the and since then it just has never
amount of exposure the club been something she has been
interested in. Maybe if the
club fair had been organized
her freshman year, her extracurricular list would look a lot
different.
The club fair gave students the opportunity to sign
up for clubs that they were
interested in. These students
also had the chance to explore other clubs even if they
didn’t originally think they
would be interested.
Sophomore Malorie Polster summed it up: “The club
fair was awesome! It gave all
students, even those who are
normally closed-minded, the
chance to be open-minded
and adventurous with their
choices.
“I really hope the school
continues this new tradition.”
New Clubs | 2009-2010
Lesley Wellener | editor
purpose is to bolster participaSCRAP
Senior Molly Shiverick was tion in the cultural exchanges
motivated to create SCRAP, a that take place at Hathaway
cancer research and awareness Brown and to create more exclub, after one of her closest citement in these programs.
friends was diagnosed with
the disease last year. She plans
to raise money and awareness about cancer research
with SCRAP schools across
the country. SCRAP also will
plan fundraisers for cancer research.
Globe
Trotters
Junior Lesley Wellener
and sophomore Sarah James,
having participated in foreign
exchange programs, have
founded Globe Trotters, an organization that serves as a vehicle for students interested in
traveling abroad and hosting
exchange students. The club’s
society and current events.
L’Chaim hopes to bring a
new excitement about Israeli
tending a service trip to Nepal,
she wanted to share this reality
with the HB community.
local organizations, and to enhance the HB name on a global
scale. HELPP! will support current HB humanitarian projects
such as the Invisible Children
effort. The club also will learn
about local organizations’ contributions to their community.
HELPP! hopes to contribute
to humanitarian efforts internationally, either directly
with international projects or
indirectly by contributing to
Junior Jenny Heyside
founded the Style Council,
HB’s fashion industry club,
to generate more interest in
fashion than the previously
inactive Fashion Club. The
Style Council is no longer for
an average fashionista. It also
will cater to students who are
interested in fashion as a business. The club is overseen by
the Fashion Institute of Design
and Merchandising in LA.
The club will plan events
including lectures from local
speakers on different aspects
of the fashion industry, thriftstore shopping trips, fashion
week overviews, and fashion
shows.
Style Council
Nifty Needles
Another new but unofficial
club, Nifty Needles, has been
founded by three seniors: Hadley Bell, Maggie Scanlon, and
Halle Biggar. Members of this
club will have fun knitting,
crocheting, and sewing. No experience is required, members
only need to have an interest in
this art form.
L’Chaim
Senior Rachel Gross and junior Fallon Rubin are bringing
the life back to the previously
inactive L’Chaim. L’Chaim
is HB’s Israeli culture club,
whose purpose is to educate
the student body about Israeli
Editor: Hailey Burns ’11
culture to the Upper School
students. The club plans to
provide treats on Jewish holidays and to sponsor similar
activities.
HELPP!
Junior Aobo Guo founded
HELPP! in order to promote
global philanthropy in the HB
community. After witnessing
extreme desolation while at-
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How Heavy Is Your Backpack?
GURBANI KAUR | Writer
Are you bending over as
you walk around Hathaway
Brown with a backpack filled
with books, notes, shoes, and
clothes?
According to the U.S. National Safety Council, overfilled backpacks can cause
back, head, neck, and shoulder
pain and injury.
Warning signs that your
backpack is too heavy include
change in posture, back pain,
numbness or tingling when the
backpack is on, difficulty putting on the backpack or taking
if off, and red marks on the
shoulders or back from wearing the backpack.
A backpack should not
weigh more than 10-15 percent
of your body weight. Therefore, an Upper Schooler who
weighs 110 pounds should not
carry a backpack weighing
more than 11 to 16 pounds.
In a sample of 20 student
backpacks weighed at HB, the
weight of backpacks ranged
from 9.3 to 26.8 pounds. Ap-
proximately 75 percent of the
backpacks weighed more than
the aforementioned safety limits, and the average weight of
an Upper School girl’s backpack was 17.8 pounds.
School
Nurse
Judy
Cherosky feels that the backBackpacks By Weight
Jessie O’Neil ’10: 9.35 lbs.
Danielle Davis ’11: 15.3 lbs.
Alex Pullella ’13: 26.6 lbs.
Sam Morford ’12: 26.8 lbs.
packs of most HB students are
too large and heavy.
“I have lifted some of them
and wondered how students
can lug around such a heavy
backpack all day,” Cherosky
said.
Nurse Cherosky affirms
that heavy backpacks can
cause back, hip, shoulder, and
neck pain, poor posture and
poor balance.
There also is a risk of falling
or slipping on the steps due to
students being off-balance especially if they carry the back-
pack on only one shoulder.
Furthermore, students often feel the need to carry too
many books at one time, and
Cherosky recommends that
students prioritize what they
need to carry and keep unnecessary items in their lockers.
A lighter backpack would
help decrease the frequency of
back and muscle injuries.
The best way to cut down
on the weight of your backpack is to include only what
is necessary and make more
frequent trips to your lockers. Remember, one book can
weigh 3-5 pounds, and most
textbooks today have an electronic version accessible online.
Try using your flash drive
or a laptop to store books and
class assignments. You can
also use locker shelves to keep
books used during the first half
of the day separate from those
used during the latter half.
Lighten your backpack and
save your back.
Liz’s Logic Puzzle
Student Question:
Which Teacher Looks Like a Celebrity?
LAUREN CASARONA | WRITER
“I think Ms. Mueller looks like
Dina Lohan.”
--Halle Bachouros ’13
“Mr. Pierce looks a lot like an
older version of Brad Pitt.”
--Madeleine Barr ’12
“I think Mr. Hoffman looks like
Mr. Feeny from
‘Boy Meets World.’”
--Emily Wargo ’13
“I got a Britney vibe from Ms.
Rothey when she was blonde.”
--Malorie Polster ’12
“I think Mr. Hatcher looks like
Lil Wayne.”
--Madeline Horner ’11
“Ms. Godshall looks like
Hilary Swank.”
--Birdie Wargo ’11
“Mr. Verbos looks like Sunshine
from ‘Remember the Titans.’”
--Grace Redmon ’11
“Ms. Baca is Selena Gomez with
a touch of America Ferrera”
--Katie Barrett ’10 & Tori Guy ’10
“Mr. Dubow looks like
Jackie Chan.”
--Dianne Zettl ’10
“Mr. Vogel looks like my idea of
what a president should look like.”
--Jamie Mueller, 11th Grade Dean
To solve the puzzle, read each of the following clues and
use the grid provided to organize the information that you
are given. Five patients (Adrienne, Brody, Justin, Lucy, and
Shannon) at a local hospital got physicals, and their stats
were all logged into the hospital’s database. Determine each
patient’s first name, height, and weight. If you’re having
trouble, try working with friends or with someone who has
done a puzzle like this before!
1. The heaviest patient is not the tallest.
2. Shannon is neither the lightest nor the shortest.
3. The patient who is 5’10” weighs more than the patient
who is 5’5” but less than the patient who is 5’7”.
4. Lucy weighs more than Adrienne, but less than the
patient who is 6’1”.
5. The patient who weighs 121 pounds is three inches
shorter than the patient who weighs 153 pounds.
6. Brody is two inches taller than Shannon, but he is
shorter than Justin.
5’3”
5’5”
5’7”
5’10”
6’1”
103
114
121
153
181
LIZ KILBANE | EDITOR
Adrienne
Brody
Justin
Lucy
Shannon
103
114
121
153
181
Adrienne, 5’3”, 103; Brody, 5’7”, 181; Justin, 6’1”, 153; Lucy, 5’10”, 121; Shannon, 5’5”, 114
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Editors: Liz Kilbane ’10 And Faith Roberts ’12
C
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ommentar
A Bittersweet Homecoming: Life After France
ABBY MITCHELL | EDITOR
When you decide to go
abroad, you never consider
what it will be like to come
home. You consider leaving.
Extensively. I spent days
contemplating the pros and
cons of leaving my family,
my friends, and my school
for an entire year when I was
considering going on School
Year Abroad. Then, a year
seemed like an age.
I watched the admissions
video and read the many
pamphlets I received in the
mail, always asking myself
the same question: “Is this
really what I want to do?” I
was perfectly aware of the
difficulty of immersing myself
in a language, adjusting to a
new family, and embracing
my newfound independence.
I worried about my French
skills, the strictness of French
teachers, and the detrimental
effect a year in France would
have on my Spanish grammar.
I never imagined that the most
arduous stage of my experience
in France would be the end.
I remember when I got off
the plane in the Cleveland
airport this past June, flanked
by fellow Cleveland SYAers.
I was overwhelmed; I didn’t
know how to feel or what to
say as I turned the corner and
saw my friends and family for
the first time in nine months.
Initially, I was excited. No
matter my experiences in
France, I had missed them all.
However, as we all rode
home, talking, reminiscing,
and laughing, I couldn’t help
but feel a sense of melancholy;
the moment was too familiar.
Everything was reverting
back to the way it had always
been much too quickly, and
my year in France — though
only technically finished hours
before — already seemed
distant.
Having mostly overcome
the struggles of reintegration,
I can now look at the different
stages objectively. I went
into denial. I hardly saw other
people and talked incessantly
about France (in the present
tense, no less). I could tell that
I was starting to annoy my
friends and making my sister
miserable, but I couldn’t stop.
Then I was depressed. I
skyped and called my SYA
friends daily, and tried, in vain,
to find my French comfort
foods here in Cleveland. Even
though I knew that it was
masochistic, I talked to the
rising SYAers, asking them
who their host families were or
where they would be living.
By the time school began,
however, I had mostly accepted
that I was back in the States, but
HB wasn’t the same as before.
I could feel that I was different,
but defining that difference,
even now, after months, is
nearly impossible. It reminds
me of Plato’s “Allegory of the
Cave”; how do you even begin
to explain what you saw when
you left the safe confines of
the darkness and trekked into
the sun? Furthermore, how do
you return, with a completely
altered
and
expanded
perspective, to the past?
An old French proverb
says, “Partir c’est mourir un
peu.” Literally translated, it
means, “Leaving is to die a
little.” There’s no easy way to
leave a life behind.
For one short year, I lived
in quaint cafes, on wide
cobblestoned streets, under
thousand-year-old ramparts.
I imbibed the aromas of
rising bread in the morning
and the pungent flowers
of the Jardin du Thabor,
the sounds of the bustling
Marche Des Lices and the
silence of Sunday afternoons.
I navigated the winding
streets of Hemingway’s Paris,
deciphered the visionary
surrealism of Arthur Rimbaud,
and debated politics at the
Institut Franco-Americain.
Those things I had to leave
behind for a new generation
of students to discover and
enjoy.
Some things, however, I
will always carry with me,
such as my second family
and the band of 60 scared
Americans with whom I share
so many memories.
But the influence of my
experience abroad expands far
beyond the borders of France. I
now dream of new adventures,
surprises, and discoveries,
knowing all the while that it is
not the destination that matters
in the end, but the journey
itself.
If a student misses 15 to
20% of the classes of a particular subject per semester,
the course’s teacher can meet
with that student, a parent and
Polly Fredlund to discuss the
basis and implications of the
absences. Absences over 20%
may result in the student receiving no course credit.
While the impetus for
this new regulation is wellintended, there has been recent commotion regarding its
explanation and wording. “I
think it’s a good idea,” senior
Jackie Han said, “but the way
it’s explained just gets people
freaked out too easily. People
think they’ll get in trouble for
missing classes even if they
were dying from leprosy.”
Freshman Charlotte Zale also
thinks the policy is a bit harsh.
“I feel like it puts a lot more
pressure on the students and
that a lot of people think it’s a
‘go to school or die’ situation
when it really isn’t.”
Other students are more
cynical about this new policy.
“I really don’t like it. It puts
pressure on us to come to
school even when we’re sick,”
sophomore Emily Weinberg
said. This opposition to the
new policy is characteristic
among other grades as well.
“Quite honestly, I think it’s
pretty ridiculous. I don’t think
people should be compelled to
always update their teachers
on why they missed class. We,
as students, have a right to pri-
vacy,” junior Christine Schubert said. “I’m not absolutely
against it, but I think teachers
should take note of absences
and be required to have discussions with students about
their absences only if they
suspect something, like a student who always misses class
on test days or a student who
missed a lot of the classes and
is doing poorly.”
Teachers, however, seem
satisfied with this new policy.
“I believe that the new attendance policy is certainly a step
in the right direction, and I do
feel that in the long term, once
the student body adjusts to the
change and also once the new
policy is fully implemented, it
will be effective,” said history
teacher Kevin Purpura.
“Student absenteeism, especially on quiz and test dates,
has historically been a real
problem in the courses that
I teach,” said Purpura. “Although most of our students
abide by the rules and only
miss school for legitimate
reasons, I do not think that all
of our students fall into this
category. This being said, I
would expect that the new attendance policy would give
some needed support to those
students who frequently miss
school without just cause.”
Whatever the feeling toward this new policy, one
thing is for sure: the policy
is here to stay (at least for the
year).
Reactions to New Attendance Policy
AOBo GUO | EDITOR
With September comes
the new school year, and with
the new school year come
new policies and regulations.
While some of these remain
uncontroversial and more or
less unpublicized, others attract the attention of the HB
student body.
The
class
attendance
policy is one of the changes
made this year. Presumably
designed primarily to deter
students from skipping certain less-enticing classes and
faking sick on important test
days, the new procedure establishes several repercussions based on the number of
classes a student has missed,
regardless of the legitimacy of
the excuses.
Editors: Isabelle Rivers-McCue ’10 and Amy Young ’11
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L
E
Help Us Revise the AUP
ditoria
At the start of the school
year, we sign the Technology Acceptable Use Policy
without a second glance. We
know what it allows (computers to be used for educational
purposes) and what it forbids
(everything else). For about a
minute, we think about how
unfair it is that we cannot use
Facebook in school.
Then we turn in the form,
get network passwords, and
continue using the computers
the same way that we would
use them at home, AUP or no
AUP. We ignore the AUP, and
despite this, no changes have
been made to make the policy
one that students will follow.
James Allen, Upper School
Computer Department Chair,
has been working on liberalizing the AUP during his
tenure at Hathaway Brown.
However, he has reached a
stumbling block because he
feels there is not enough dialogue among the student body
to push anyone to make a decision regarding this topic.
On close examination, the
AUP’s many clauses reveal
that it is an anachronistic document. Sure, it deals with important topics such as privacy,
responsible use, and image,
and much of the AUP does
make sense.
For example, we are asked
not to “engage in activity that
is illegal.” Of course. But as
there are a few clauses that
do make sense, there are just
as many that ought to be removed.
Among the many nonsensical clauses is one that asks
HB Users to “represent the
School in a positive light.”
This rule not only implies
subjective representation but
is also nearly impossible to
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follow. Individuals surfing
the web who stumble upon
the HB website might make
negative judgments regarding
the school based on website
contents. So is the school not
following the AUP?
Furthermore, the AUP
asks HB Users not to use
their “home e-mail account
or instant messaging while at
Hathaway Brown School.”
The HB email system is hard
to navigate and our HB mailboxes have small memory capacity.
It is simply easier to set
your HB email to forward to
your home address, where
you can manage everything
as you like. Gmail users can
even send emails from their
HB accounts through the
Gmail program.
Many other email systems
are easier to use and nearly
everyone has a different opinion regarding their favorite
(although the staff of The Review strongly prefers Gmail).
It is, therefore, simply too
restrictive to require students
to use only their HB email at
school.
In addition to all these reasons why the AUP should be
liberalized, there is the most
glaring example: Facebook
use.
Even if
Facebook is
banned, there is no way to
enforce this jurisdiction. Students can minimize the site
and conceal it from teachers,
or keep it in a hidden tab. Although the HB librarians boast
that they are schooled in the
art of seeking out Facebookers, most students are also
pretty educated in how to hide
websites from people who are
looking over their shoulders.
Blocking the website won’t
work because we know all the
proxy sites that allow us to access the sites despite the ban.
In addition, these proxy sites
sometimes put the computers
at risk for viruses. It is simply
impossible to know if students
are accessing the website, unless Mr. Allen wants to spend
all day monitoring web use.
It makes little sense to
block students from using Facebook. The site is much safer
than other social networking
sites such as MySpace; it has
more protective privacy settings. Facebook can be used
by students for educational
purposes.
Many seniors, especially
athletes being recruited, have
admitted to talking to college
representatives over Facebook. Clubs use Facebook to
organize events and remind
members about meetings. Last
year, Global Youth Service
Day was organized through a
Facebook event.
Some students have even
said that Facebook is simply
glorified email. They use Facebook to get in touch with
their classmates regarding
homework because it is more
reliable. Many students check
their Facebooks mulitiple
times an hour.
In addition, the Alumni
Office has a Facebook page
that you can become a “fan”
of. This page has helped HB
alums reconnect with their
classmates and reminisce together about their days at HB.
Having a page like this reinforces the close HB community and even expands it.
The AUP as it stands right
now is so restricting that it
cannot feasibly be followed
or enforced. Enforcement of
the AUP relies more than any-
thing on the Honor Code and
the belief that we simply will
follow it. But we don’t, and
therefore this policy should
be changed.
So come on. Why aren’t
we talking about this issue?
Why aren’t we, as students,
questioning the reasons behind a policy that is virtually
unenforceable? Do we realize
the power that our dialogue
could have?
Think about why we should
or shouldn’t be allowed to use
Facebook. Think about the
other ways that the AUP is
antiquated. And then talk to
your friends.
Do it outside Ms. Rose’s
office. Have a discussion in
the Sidewalk Café beside a ta-
ble full of teachers. Talk about
it, argue about it, and subtly
make your point. Or, you can
write a letter to the editors.
If we want the AUP to be
changed, we have to help the
process along and make it a
priority among us, the students. We do have the ability
to help make decisions around
school. The administration
does listen to us.
If we were talking about
the real issues in our lives,
rather than who did what over
the weekend and what happened on “Gossip Girl” last
night, then maybe some of
the changes we wanted would
come about.
No one can listen to us if
we aren’t talking.
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