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Three Rindge boats raced in the 52nd Head of the Charles; the Varsity Boys boats came in 19th and 66th and the Varsity Girls came in 22nd place. Photo Credit: Cam Poklop For Rindge, It’s No Contest Cambodian Genocide In RF Mock Election Hillary Wins Handily Survivor Speaks at CRLS nominee for president. ge students are not a fan eight years old to fight in By By All together, 14.4% of of the Twenty-Second Am- a war. In the middle of the Diego Lasarte Kiana Laws students, unprompted, re- mendment, as 1.8% of the war, Pond fled to the jungle Register Forum Register Forum Staff fused to pick one of the four student body—fifth place— Editor-in-Chief and later found himself in a major candidates or to ab- wrote in President Obama, In 1975, after the Viet- Thai refugee camp. Soon he After surveying al- stain and instead wrote in a wanting a third term for the nam war, the Khmer Rouge was found by Peter Pond, an most one fourth of CRLS candidate of their choosing. sitting president. took over Cambodia. They American man who later ad- students, teachers, and After Senator Sanders, However, President promised to bring peace opted him and brought him staff, the Register Forum is Republican nominee Don- Obama was not the only back to their country, but to America. prepared to announce that ald Trump and Libertarian write-in ineligible for the instead they starved and In America, he went Democratic nominee Sec- nominee Governor Gary office of the presidency: re- abused millions of Cambo- to highschool, but things retary Clinton has cently martyered dians, wiping out almost all were still very difficult for won the Rindge gorilla Harambe of their music him. At his mock election with pulled in a surpris- and cultural Survivor Arn-Chorn school in New 73.9% of the total ing 0.9%—sixth background. Pond came to CRLS Hampshire he vote and a 3.9% place—of the vote. Survivor felt out num- margin of error. When compared Arn-Chorn to tell his story. bered. Pond Although this to a July Public Pond came explained outcome was eas- Policy Poll where to CRLS on October 6th that he was “very angry, ily predicted, there Harambe garnared to tell his story. During the but didn’t know why.” He were plenty of sur- 5% of the vote as genocide he played the flute ran away from home many prises to be found an independent, and drums to survive. He times. “I had an urge to tell in the results of this Secretary Clinton got the lion’s share of the vote. this was below the and other Cambodians were my story, but I couldn’t,” he school-wide poll. Graph Credit: Diego Lasarte national average. forced to work from five in added. His father encour- Perhaps most shocking was Johnson tied for third place Even with 3.6% of the morning until midnight, aged him to tell his story, second place going to Ver- with 2.7% of the vote, fol- students abstaining, most often times with no food. and ensured him that “the mont Senator Bernie Sand- lowed closely by the Green writing in that they couldn’t “They said we don’t work American children will lis- ers with 10.8% of the vote, Party’s candidate, Jill Stein, stand any candidate, it looks hard enough,” Pond said. ten,” but Pond was very a former candidate who has at 2.5%. like Rindge knows who it’s The Khmer Rouge forced dropped out of the race and Also according to this voting for this November most children as young as Continued on page 2 endorsed the Democratic Register Forum poll, Rind- 8th. INSIDE THIS EDITION SPIRIT WEEK 125TH YEAR OF RF MA ELECTION RED SOX HOCR From twin Tuesday to den- Take a look at Massachsu- The largest regatta in the im Thursday, Sprit Week sett’s four ballot questions world takes place on the encourages Falcon pride and their supporters and Charles River as October during homecoming week. opponents. comes to a close. Around School, p. 2 Around School, p. 6 Metro, p. 12 Op-Ed, p. 18 Sports, p. 24 Page 2 AAROUNDROUND SSCHOOLCHOOL October 2016 Cambodia Speaker Register Forum Continued from page 1 Cambridge Rindge and Latin School doubtful. 459 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02138 He spoke in front of twitter: : @registerforum his high school and told instagram: @registerforum them what the genocide was snapchat: registerforum like, and they listened. Be- wikipedia: Register Forum fore he knew it he was talk- bit.ly/crlsrf [email protected] ing to more people about his story. What he learned to do Editor-in-Chief when talking to people was Diego Lasarte ‘17 to make connections. He Students heard survivor Arn-Chorn Pond speak during second period. told the Register Forum, Photo Credit: Steve Matteo Managing Editor “The trick is to connect, find he built a school in Cambo- time and help others.” Grace Ramsdell ‘18 connections and tell your dia providing them with re- “We are very lucky to Editors story.” sources and instruments to have access to resources in Adrienne Ashe ‘17 In 1993 Arn-Chorn play their music. CRLS, and I really want to Rafael Goldstein ‘17 Pond went back to Cambo- Pond, his stories in- go to Cambodia now,” said dia. He taught the kids tradi- spired all kinds of people at Emma Harris, senior. Contributors tional music from before the the assembly at CRLS. Ju- For a deeper under- genocide. He put children nior Rafael Higonnet-Faith- standing of Pond’s life, go Isabelle Agee-Jacobson ‘20 Rosa Munson-Blatt ‘17 in classes with survivors, full told the Register Fo- check out the biography, Cecilia Barron ‘19 Ursula Murray-Bozeman ‘17 Yusef Chisolm ‘18 Marney O’Connor ‘18 and now “they have more rum, “It puts in perspective Never Fall Down by Patri- Sam Costa ‘19 Atticus Olivet ‘18 knowledge of their culture.” how little problems I have. cia McCormick in the Pearl Carlo Cremonini ‘17 Shuvom Sadhuka ‘18 With the help of Cambridge, It makes me want to spend K. Wise Library. Carmen Enrique ‘17 Robie Scola ‘19 Harry Greenblat ‘19 Robert Shapiro ‘18 Sophie Harrington ‘18 Honor O’Shaughnessy ‘19 Christo Hays ‘17 Myles Paton ‘18 Emily Henry ‘17 Cam Poklop ‘20 Nusrat Jahan ‘18 Ben Radovitzky ‘18 Megan Kelliher ‘19 Charlotte Rosenblum ‘17 Kiana Laws ‘19 Will Telingator ‘17 Olivia Mariscal ‘17 Aviv Yaacobi ‘20 Louisa Monahan ‘20 Sun-Jung Yum ‘19

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“Listening to every voice, printing what you need to hear” Make sure to check out Pond’s biography, Never Fall Down, in the Pearl K. Wise library. Photo Credit: Steve Matteo In Week of Festivities: Student Gov. Shows Spirit Spirit Week wrapped up with By Falcon Friday, where Rindge stu- Honor O’Shaughnessy dents as well as teachers wore their Register Forum Contributor favorite CRLS Falcon gear, includ- ing sweatpants, sweatshirts, and CRLS celebrated its first Spirit more. Week of the school year from Mon- The school spirit helped pump day October 17th to Friday October everyone up for the homecoming 21st, 2016. This highly-anticipated game against Acton-Boxborough week run by CRLS Student Gov- that night at Russell Field. ernment was jam-packed with five Although the week was very exciting theme days. The October complicated, consisting of PSATs, 2016 spirit week consisted of Mar- early releases, and late starts, the vel Monday, twin Tuesday, where CRLS student body made it work. ya from Wednesday, denim Thurs- Student Body President Kester day, and, of course, Falcon Friday. Messan, says, “In the future, we The school-wide favorite, hope to be in better communication twin day, was a huge success this with administration about the days Spirit Week. of our events be- Friends, both The school-wide favorite, fore we begin ad- old and new, vertising.” dressed up in twin Tuesday, was a huge Student Gov- their best twin success this spirit week. ernment’s main garb. Most stu- intention of Spirit dents did not Week is making dress identically. However, some sure all students are aware of the Pictured Above: CRLS Student Governmnet enjoys Denim Thursday! pairs of ‘twins’ bought outfits to- event. Photo Credit: CRLS Student Goverment gether, even coordinating down to According to Messan, “One well in advance of the week it- CRLS Spirit Week is always their socks. At lunches and before of the biggest things that Student self! Having received confirmation very exciting and it is a great way to or after school “twins” took pic- Government wanted to make sure from students about our posters and get involved and boost school spirit. tures with one another to share with of this Spirit Week was that it was Facebook events, I think we accom- Make sure to dress up every day at friends. well advertised, and advertised plished this goal!” the next Spirit Week! October 2016 AAROUNDROUND SSCHOOLCHOOL Page 3 Does CRLS Get Vaccinated? By flu shot as soon as possible. get the injection, but I feel CRLS Responds: Carlo Cremonini In a survey of 114 bad for people who don’t Register Forum Staff CRLS students, 68% said like shots...if it’s less effec- that they had not yet gotten tive then it doesn’t make What are you dressing Flu season is ap- their flu shots. Ms. Jones sense to get [the mist].” proaching fast, and federal recommends students get This year there will up as this Halloween? and local health officials flu shots “definitely before be two new versions of the are urging Americans to December,” telling students flu vaccines. The first pro- Aedan Fitzgerald get flu shots as soon as pos- that they can get their flu tects against four strains of Class of 2020 sible. This year there will shots at pharmacies like the virus instead of a previ- be as many as 168 million CVS and Rite Aid or their ous three strains, while the “I sat down one flu shots available and over doctor’s office. If they are second contains a new sub- day and it came to 93 million vaccines have a member of the Cambridge stance, “adjuvant,” which already been dispensed, ac- Health Alliance, they can is said to increase the vac- me. I’m gonna be a cording to the Centers For even get one at the Teen cine’s effectiveness. banana.” Disease Control. While Health Center at CRLS. Senior Jake Steinberg there are plenty of flu shots, The flu vaccine works says he gets a flu shot ev- health officials are worried by causing flu antibod- ery year, adding, “I got my Pia Costello about the recent decrease in ies to build in the body for flu shot when I went in for Class of 2018 vaccination rates. Last year about two weeks after vac- my yearly physical. It only 45% of Americans got a flu cination. These antibod- took five minutes and did “This Halloween virus vaccine, which was a ies protect against influ- not even hurt that much.” I’m going as the 1.5% drop from the previ- enza viruses that research Freshman Catarina Magal- ous year. has suggested will be most haes says she also got her scariest thing of all: A registered nurse for common for the given sea- flu shot at her doctor’s of- Student Loans.” Cambridge hospital, Sha- son. Despite being preferred fice. “It took me 30 seconds ron Jones says that students by many children, the nasal to get my flu shot, [and] it mist vaccine has not been didn’t even hurt.” should get the flu shot as Zahyyeh Abu-Rubieh recommended this year by Health officials recom- soon as possible but did Class of 2017 state that “last year [the flu] the CDC due to recent re- mend that everyone gets a peaked late and people who search that points to it be- flu shot as soon as they can. “Anything involv- got the shot still got sick.” ing less effective. However, After all, the more people ing a mask so I can Research has also ques- scientists are still trying to that get vaccinated against tioned whether getting a confirm if and why the nasal the flu, the harder it is for it trick or treat yearly flu shot can actually spray may be less effective. to spread through the com- without people decrease the time for which Junior Maggie Thompson munity. For more informa- realizing my age.” the vaccine is effective. says she intends to get the tion about where you can However, the CDC still ad- flu shot within the month. a flu shot, visit vaccine. vises that Americans get a She elaborates, “I usually healthmap.org. Local + Global = Glocal EF Challenge Returns to CRLS citing and rewarding.” By Students participate in groups Sophie Harington of up to six students. You can regis- Register Forum Staff ter as either a single or with a friend The Glocal Challenge is com- and you will be paired with two ing back to CRLS in November for to four more CRLS students. Last the fifth year in a row. In 2012, the year sophomore Grace Austin par- challenge was designed by Educa- ticipated and was paired with kids tion First and the City of Cambridge she didn’t know. “Glocal was awe- to push students to think about lo- some. You meet new friends and cal environmental problems and really important people in the com- how to create solutions to them so munity,” said Austin. that they can implement them on a The kick off for the challenge global scale. is Tuesday, November 15th during EF Glocal Challenge posters are on pin boards all around CRLS. This year the challenge is fo- 4th period. There will be ten total Photo Credit: Sophie Harrington cused around food waste with the meetups during school and the com- receive 25 hours of community ser- including senior Bouchra Beng- theme being: How can food waste petition finale will be held at EF in vice. homari who said, “The summer in- be reduced or re-purposed to ben- Boston on Thursday, January 19th. Last year challenge winners ternship let us have the flexibility to efit the Cambridge community sig- The top two teams will be ventured to Iceland to participate take our Glocal Project the way we nificantly by 2018? Hannah Rose awarded a free trip to the Global in the Global Leadership Summit. wanted it to go and at the same time Mann, project manager at Educa- Leadership Summit in Italy from Junior Nitant Rimal was a member [gave us] the support and resources tion First, states that the goal of the June 30th to July 10th, 2017. of one of the winning teams and to be productive and successful!” initiative is The top commented that the trip was a very Junior Grace McCartney was “to help stu- “Glocal was awesome. You meet five groups enjoyable and enlightening experi- a part of a Glocal team in the 2014- dents devel- new friends and really important of the chal- ence. “I got to see many cool things 2015 school year, and although op 21st cen- lenge will that I usually could not see here in her group did not win, she advises tury skills, people in the community.” receive seed the U.S...[and] meet a lot of people students to join the challenge: “I improve money from that shared the same interests as me. would say go for it because getting their global dexterity, and benefit the City of Cambridge and be of- I learned a lot about geothermal en- experience in developing and pre- from real-world STEAM (science, fered paid internships to implement ergy and how [Iceland] utilizes it.” senting ideas is never bad.” technology, engineering, art, and their projects during the summer of Sixteen winners took advan- Sign up for the 2016-2017 math) training in a way that is ex- 2017. In addition, all participants tage of the summer internship, challenge on the CRLS website! Page 4 AAROUNDROUND SSCHOOLCHOOL October 2016 The Register Forum Guide to Study Habits at CRLS lems works better! By Sun-Jung Yum Find a Studying “Home!” Register Forum In addition to finding out what Contributor method of learning is best for you, Starting off the year on the wrong it is also important to try out dif- foot, especially as freshman, may ferent environments to see which lead you straight into a pile of one (or more!) helps you concen- grades you aren’t proud of. Espe- trate. Some people like to work in cially with midterms approaching, silence; in this case, the Cambridge it’s very important for students to Public Library located a few steps adopt productive study habits. With- away is probably best for you! In out these skills, you may not only contrast, some people may need to The Pearl K. Wise Library offers students a quiet place to study. study much longer than needed, but study with background noise; if this Photo Credit: Diego Lasarte also get worse results. is your style, you might want to try short learning intervals, such as a not to make you feel confused. It’s studying in a coffee shop or cafe, few days, compared to longer inter- important to ask for help before it’s What Kind of Learner Are You? like Starbucks or Darwins, which vals, like a few weeks. Therefore, too late. When preparing for any sort of test are both also conveniently less than studying all night won’t help you or quiz, the first step you should take a minute away from school. much the next day, and in fact, will In conclusion, preparing for mid- is to identify what type of learner only make you more exhausted. term exams may be stressful, but you are. “Try to figure out what your Know What to Study and When! This means no cramming! following these studying techniques strengths and weaknesses in study- In recent studies, researchers have will boost your efficiency greatly. ing are. If you are a visual learner, found that a method called “dis- Your Teachers Want You to Suc- It’s important to know that not ev- study using diagrams. If you are tributed practice” is beneficial for ceed, Not Fail! eryone is the same type of learner, a listening learner, ask someone almost all students. This includes Having the support of others is ben- and finding your own style will help to quiz you,” said science teacher spacing out multiple study ses- eficial, and teachers are an incred- you both now, and five years down Ms. Zhaurova. Every person re- sions, rather than studying all at ible resource when preparing for the line! Just try to avoid the com- tains information in different ways, once. “You may still need one long tests. “If I don’t understand some- mon habits that will only worsen and you may find that one method session before a big exam, but if thing I will ask questions and stay your condition: staying up all night works better for you than another. you’ve been studying all along, it after school until I feel comfortable studying, letting nerves get the best Some may find that reading infor- should be relaxed and low stress,” with the topic. I don’t wait until I do of you, and drinking too much cof- mation is the best way for them to said math teacher Mr. Nicholson. badly on a quiz or test to ask ques- fee. And of course, remember that understand material, whereas others One theory about this practice says tions,” said senior Natalia Lanzoni. breakfast is the most important may find that doing practice prob- that the brain pays less attention in Your teachers are there to help you, meal of the day! Teacher Spotlight: Lily Read Beloved U.S. 1 Teacher Talks about the Importance of History and Seeing Hope in Student Experiences Our poverty rate was close to about 92% or 93%. to create a safe and welcoming environment for Almost every one of our students received free every student. Also pressing students and not be- or reduced lunch, we had metal detectors at our ing afraid to make people uncomfortable once doors, gang violence was incredibly prevalent, that community is in place to push students out- and it was definitely a very different experi- side of their comfort zones and make them more ence. My students were incredibly creative and critical thinkers about the world around them. thoughtful individuals who generally did not So I think the most unique thing we have in my have access to basic needs being met outside of room is the fact that it is a “we” and not a “me.” the school building, so a lot of the work that we I don’t feel like it’s “my” classroom, I feel like did was really making sure we honored their ex- it’s our classroom for myself and whoever else perience every time they came into the school. is a part of that community during that semester.

RF: Why do you teach history? RF: What is something you have learned from LR: I teach history because I think that we get your students? the kind of experience of being the ones to do a LR: I learn something from every single student, I Photo Credit: Lily Read lot of creative thinking and critical thinking with think, that crosses over the threshold of the Little students. Therefore, I have to press myself every Green Classroom That Is. I would say the thing By single day to be a better teacher and I think that’s I learn most from students is hope. Every single Marney O’Connor kind of a gift that keeps on giving. Getting to student that walks in is a new opportunity, a new Register Forum Contributor teach history means that I am constantly relearn- chance, and [has a] way of thinking of the world ing things myself, and that keeps me an active around them. I get to experience that with every Register Forum: What subject do you teach learner and I think that kid that comes in here and how long have you been teaching it here? to be a good teacher “Every single student that walks in and see—hopefully— Lily Read: I have been a teacher at CRLS for the you also have to keep a glimpse of the world last five years—this is going into my fifth year learning yourself. is a new opportunity, a new chance, through their eyes, and now—and I have been teaching mainly U.S. 1. and [has a] way of thinking of the a lot of the time that’s RF: Is there anything world around them.” a really cool way for RF: How have your experiences at Rindge about the structure me to experience the and other schools differed? of your class that you world. It allows LR: I came to CRLS from a small high school in would call unique and that you take pride in? them and myself to build on that and to create the South Bronx called The Community School LR: It’s hard to speak to that because I haven’t a relationship. So with every new relationship, for Social Justice, and at that school we had 350 been in every class in this building, but I would there’s a new sense of hope and a new sense of students. We were a school within a school, and certainly say that I emphasize building a com- something different happening. we had one white student in the entire building. munity in every single one of my classes. I like October 2016 AAROUNDROUND SSCHOOLCHOOL Page 5 CRLS Remembers Arts Custodian Brian Munro bringing similar care to his never let anybody know.” By relationships with students Drama and film teacher Grace Ramsdell and staff at Rindge. Monica Murray shared that Register Forum “Brian had an answer early each morning when Managing Editor for everything, [and] he’d be she arrived at school, Mr. Enter the custodial of- serious sometimes, but most Munro would already be fice on the first floor of the of the time he’d joke about working and would pause to Rindge Building and you it and then he’d do whatever say a cheerful good morn- might notice a small, rect- he was asked,” said Meucci, ing and check in with her. angular portrait of a smiling who has worked at CRLS “He loved being down man taped to the computer for 31 years. here with the energy of the on the desk. “He was somebody students even though it’s Many students and that made the day go by a like the messiest part of the staff may not recognize his lot faster. He had jokes for school because of all the ac- face, but custodian Brian days,” said Cataldo. “Jokes tivities,” Murray said. Ac- Munro was a member of the for everybody,” added cording to Theater Techni- CRLS community for many Meucci. cal Director Joanne Farwell, years until he passed away VPA Coordinator Su- the Arts basement is in use from cancer on September san Holm remembers Mr. from 7:15 AM until 10 PM 26th. with “kids dancing, Head Custodian “He was somebody that made singing, [and] paint- Robbie Cataldo says the day go by a lot faster. ing in the hallways.” Mr. Munro worked Farwell added, at CRLS several de- He had jokes for days.” “I’m sure he...stum- cades ago before bled across some cra- working elsewhere. Around Munro as always having a zy props for the shows. No Mr. Munro passed away on September 26th. eight years ago he came smile on his face and being matter what, he took great Photo Credit: Yearbook Club back and began working “generous, kind, [and] al- care of us.” ro Funeral Home. Munro was brave and kept day shifts in the Arts Build- ways looking after us.” Principal Smith made Murray recalled how a strong face as “he fought ing basement. Cataldo, who’s worked an announcement during the staff in the Arts base- [his cancer] to the end.” Mr. Munro is remem- at CRLS for eighteen years, CM soon after Mr. Munro’s ment felt when they heard Cataldo concluded, bered by Cataldo and co- reflected that he “never passing notifying students the news, saying, “We’re “He’ll never be replaced. worker John Meucci as good [saw] Brian have a bad and staff, and a funeral ser- all very heartbroken to lose You can have somebody company and as a go-getter day,” adding that “he may vice was held on September him. He was a part of our new come here, but you’ll who looked after his family, have had a bad day, but he 29th at the Donovan-Aufie- family,” and stating that Mr. never have another Brian.” A BLAST FROM THE PAST The Register Forum, November 1984 Mondale’s choice made Ferraro the first woman By to ever be on a major party’s ballot. Clinton is Cecilia Barron Register Forum Contributor the first female presidential nominee of a major party. Ferraro, while historic, spent much of the This opinion column published in a 1984- campaign on the defense. She received scrutiny 1985 edition of the Register Forum urges Rind- for being a pro-choice Catholic and her ethics ge students to vote for the Democratic nominee, as a U.S. Representative were questioned. The Walter Mondale. Though the circumstances were most detrimental of Ferraro’s controversies were different in 1984, the election has parallels to the her husband’s tax returns, which he refused to current race. release. In the primaries, Ronald Reagan was the Almost identically, Donald Trump’s tax re- incumbent president and uncontested winner of turns have been one of the most talked about is- the Republican nomination. Mondale, former sues during his campaign, as he has repeatedly U.S. Vice President under Jimmy Carter, how- refused to release them. Those that have been ever, fought an uphill battle against Gary Hart, released (though not by Trump himself) have a senator from Colorado. While Mondale was shown that the candidate has used various loop- predicted to clinch the nomination from the be- holes to avoid paying a federal income tax for ginning, the voters confidence wavered as Gary up to 18 years. Ferraro’s husband controversies Hart began to catch up in the Iowa caucuses and also relate to Hillary Clinton’s husband’s own ended up winning the New Hampshire primary. scandals. Trump has repeatedly brought up Bill In an effort to slow Hart’s winning streak, Mon- Clinton’s affairs throughout the election, even dale’s campaign took a realistic approach and inviting Clinton’s accusers to the second presi- dimmed Hart’s “new ideas” and optimistic out- dential debate. Both Ferraro and Clinton tried to look. The strategy worked and Mondale won the push their husband’s issues to the side and focus Democratic nomination. on their own positions. In this year’s Democratic primaries, Hillary In the general, Mondale’s realistic ap- Clinton’s “establishment” reputation didn’t earn proach failed him. Reagan was too popular and her many compliments from Bernie Sanders or too charming to beat. Reagan easily won, taking his supporters, who favored new ideas and new 525 electoral votes while Mondale only took 13, politicians. However, like Mondale, Clinton won the second lowest number in presidential elec- using a realistic, though often less exciting, ap- tion history. proach. While the presidency is still up for grabs, At the ‘84 Democratic convention, Mon- the polarity of this election has most likely drawn dale announced his vice presidential choice, you to one candidate or another, and at this point This article was printed in a November, 1984 edition of the Register Forum. Geraldine Ferraro, a New York Representative. you’re probably wishing for a landslide. Page 6 AAROUNDROUND SSCHOOLCHOOL October 2016 125 Years of Student Journalism By same house, it became clear that Grace Ramsdell they were well prepared to lead the Register Forum Managing Editor continuation of a single paper. In the early days, linotype The Register Forum has been machines were used in the Techni- providing a snapshot of student cal School’s print classes to create opinions and interests for 125 years. the paper. Later on, Compugraphic Founded in 1891 as the C.M.T.S typesetting equipment was used, Register, over the decades thou- but by the 90s students used layout sands of people have contributed software on Macintosh computers in all shapes and forms to keep our and sent the paper to be printed at student-run newspaper going. outside commercial printers. These Originally named after the days, the paper is printed at the Cambridge Manual Training Harvard Crimson after being cre- School, the C.M.T.S Register put ated using software on school com- out its first edition on February 1st, puters. 1892, after the formation of the From 1976 to 1999, Stephen group earlier in 1891. The paper Surette served as club advisor, be- went on to become the Rindge Reg- ginning the year before the merger ister when the school was renamed of the two schools. “We didn’t have the Rindge Technical School. Lat- many resources except the stu- er on, Cambridge High and Latin dents,” Surette comments, stating School founded the Latin Review, that his favorite part of advising the called the Latin Forum in the 1960s. paper was working with them: “To The Review had the motto see a kid come in and say, ‘Here’s Top to bottom of page: Students in a printing class at C.M.T.S; RF Club 2015-16; stu- “Vita Sine Literis Mors Est,” mean- my article,’ and seeing them see it dents working at a linotype machine. ing “life without literature is death,” in print always was a big thrill for Photo Credit: Register Forum, “Cambridge in the 20th Century” printing poetry, short stories, and them and for me.” well as making the RF more stan- Many former editors cite the essays as well as the news, while Next came Paul Burke as ad- dardized by creating templates for Register Forum as a defining ex- the Register boasted “If it happened visor, and around this time, the RF the pages. “The little things matter, perience of their years at CRLS, at Rindge, you’ll see it in the Regis- gained its motto, “Listening to ev- too,” says Xiong. and for some it has impacted career ter,” encouraging news from around ery voice, printing what you need to His successor, Sun-Ui Yum choices later on in life. Former EIC school. Over the years, both papers hear.” Since 2008, both the news- ‘14, adds, “I will forever treasure Bushra Makiya ‘99, now a teacher, recorded fascinating testaments of paper and journalism classes have the experience of having seen an says, “Knowing the importance of both school related goings-on and been run by Steven Matteo. organization not only legitimize students being involved in all dif- broader world events, including ac- Over the years, the Register itself, but grow organically past ferent types of school activities is counts of WWI and WWII. Forum has had landmark moments, whatever I could’ve dreamed.” He something that directly informs my For decades, the Latin paper such as in 1979 when Maria Sequei- continues, “The RF is fun, but it’s work every day.” The Register Fo- and Rindge paper each charged five ra became the first female editor- also so powerful.” rum not only serves as such an ac- cents per edition and 75 cents for tivity itself, but has also always put a subscription. Later on, the head- As much as the paper has changed [in the past 125 an emphasis on covering the activi- master decided to make the paper years], it will forever remain a record of the life and ties of CRLS teams, clubs, classes, free so that any student who wanted and productions. to read it could. times experienced by students in Cambridge. Former EIC Edward “Ned” Following the 1977 merger of Colby ‘98 says that after working Rindge Tech and Latin High, the in-chief. In the past five years, the Many former editors have spe- on the Register Forum—some of paper became the Register Forum, RF has continued to evolve based cific memories that stand out from his friends called him “Neditor” at a name suggested by co-advisor on a number of editors making the their time on the Register Forum, the time—he went on to work as an John Rutter. Assistant Headmas- changes that have transformed the from former EIC Beth Auterio ‘87 editor for the Harvard Crimson and ter Henry Lukas of the new CRLS paper into what we know today. who recalls interviewing Jesse currently writes for the NYC publi- school initially suggested eight Former editor-in-chief Kevin Jackson during his visit at CRLS to cation Newsday. school newspapers, one for each Xiong ‘13 remembers introduc- former editor Julia Leonardos ‘13, Old editions of the Register, of the eight houses within the new ing now familiar features such as who muses, “My fondest memory Review, and RF can be found in the school, but when the entire former Teacher Spotlight and Athlete of the would have to be those distribu- Cambridge Room archives at the staff of the Register ended up in the Month in his time at the paper, as tion mornings where I would come public library. Amazingly enough, into school early with Hoon Hong you can see for yourself the first ‘13 who would bump Juicy J on his ever edition of the C.M.T.S Regis- neck phones and dress up as a pen- ter—with a front page science-fic- guin while I pawned the Register tion story about landing on Mars— Forum off onto unsuspecting, con- while this month in the Register fused freshman.” Forum you can read a news article Likewise, each of the RF’s about recent plans for colonizing dedicated editors have their own Mars. take-aways from working on the As much as the newspaper has newspaper. “No one person can changed along with the world over create the paper on their own,” re- a period spanning three centuries, flects former EIC Tomek Maciak it will forever remain a record of ‘16, “which provides club members the life and times experienced by with an impetus to work together students in Cambridge. Leonardos in order to create the best final concludes, “The RF is special for so product.” Former editor Paloma many of the reasons Rindge itself O’Connor ‘16 agrees, saying, “Of- is special—the people make it that ten, in high school, people—includ- way.” ing myself—bemoan group projects If you’re somehow reading (and not without reason), but the RF this article 125 years from now, showed me the importance of group wish the Register Forum a happy work.” 250th anniversary from all of us! October 2016 AAROUNDROUND SSCHOOLCHOOL Page 7 New Opportunities at Club Day after school to create per- ing liability and also regard- By formances that they showed ing the club approval pro- Sam Costa at the end of the year. This cess. Register Forum year, however, the club be- Many people have Contributor came official and the level complained in recent years In the wake of an- of commitment inreased about the difficulty of start- other successful Club Day considerably. With coaches ing a new club. Despite the at CRLS, there is a new from Longy who are grad- setbacks, there seems to be wave of clubs in our school. uate students and faculty great interest for Climbing These new clubs range from there, tthe club is starting Club. The group got more the Climbing Club, in which the new year strong. Look than 75 new members dur- participants get together out for chamber music con- ing this year’s Club Day! with other members of the certs around the city! Difficulties with the Even RF Staff participate in Club Day! club and go rock climbing The Climbing Club club approval process stem Photo Credit: CRLS Student Government at one of the numerous in- has had a rougher time start- mostly from one issue. to introduce new clubs. tions of Club Med, where door rock climbing gyms in ing up. The leaders, senior Clubs at Rindge are granted Although it is not tech- the main goal was often and around Cambridge, to Walker Gillett and junior a part of the school’s budget nically a new club, Club fundraising rather than ex- the Chamber Music Club, Alex Astesano, have been every year, which they use Med is reaching its mem- perience and volunteer- which connects students in- trying to bring a climbing to pay club advisors and bers in an new way this year. ing. The club is working to terested in music to coaches club to Rindge since last some of which is allocated With new leaders Fahedur build partnerships with the from the Longy School of year. to the clubs themselves. Fahed and junior Nusrat Cambridge Health Alliance Music, and Club Med, a re- Regarding the inten- However, the budget Lamisa Jahan, the club is Hospital, only a block or vamped club whose purpose tion of starting the club, Gil- only accounts for a certain moving more towards the two away from Rindge, to is to connect students with lett said, “Alex and I have number of clubs, which scientific and practical me- give students volunteering opportunities in medicine. been climbing competitive- has been reached. Student dicinal fields. Fahedur says opportunities in healthcare. The Chamber Music ly for six years now and we Government is attempting that the goal of their club Fahedur says that he “wants Collaboration, advised by think it’s an amazin, but rel- to right this by streamlining is to “get as many people club members to gain in- orchestra teacher Ms. Um- atively unknown sport that the system, as well as de- interested in the healthcare sight from volunteering in bro, has been an unofficial others would really enjoy.” termining which clubs are field as possible.” a hospital and listen to the club for the last year, with However, there have actually still active, which This is a sharp turn- experiences of individuals students meeting before and been some obstacles regard- will help to allow students around from previous itera- working in medicine.” MDC Leaps into New Year School Committe Update classes taught by esteemed dance By teachers and choreographers. MDC By and registered students to vote be- Emily Henry gives company members the oppor- Ursula Murray-Bozeman fore the October 19th deadline. Register Forum Staff tunity to work with many guest cho- Register Forum Contributor • Committee Member Patty Nolan brought the Committee’s at- In its sixteenth year at CRLS, reographers such as Sarah Craver, • During Public Comment, tention to a recent report on the Ac- Modern Dance Company will fea- choreographer of CRLS’ 2015 mu- seven parents and members of the celerated Math Program. Only 15% ture 85 talented dancers and student sical, Footloose. Craver is returning Parent Advisory Group on Special of 8th graders completed Algebra choreographers under the leader- to choreograph for the DanceWorks Education expressed their support 1 last year, the same percentage as ship of senior co-captains Rori show this fall. Craver says, “I came of Dexter’s motion. They empha- six years ago. Committee Member Miller and Luciana Lyons. back to choreograph at CRLS be- sized the need for more high school Kathleen Kelly advocated to give Both captains are ecstatic cause I love the positive energy, support for students on IEPs, claim- more financial support to the mid- about the coming year. As fresh- open-mindedness, and creativity of ing that while special educators dle school math programs. men, Lyons and Miller looked up CRLS students and faculty.” The tend to be sensitive to the needs of • The Committee discussed to their captains, Alonzo and Maya. VPA department is lucky and ex- students with learning disabilities, making all freshman sports teams Both girls hope to inspire the cur- cited to have her back as a guest. general educators often don’t offer no-cut, citing overcrowding in the rent MDC company in a similar The DanceWorks show is enough support and don’t differen- high school as an issue that pre- way. Co-captain Lyons proclaimed, largely made up of student cho- tiate their teaching for students with vents all students from taking part “MDC changed my life freshmen reographed pieces. This semes- different learning styles. in sports. Currently at least one year and I’ve been whole-heartedly ter includes seven student chore- One parent also testified to the sport per season doesn’t cut, but dedicated to it ever since.” ographers. Junior Taylor Walsh difficulties of school infrastructure some sports are in higher demand Miller added: “I would hope says,“Seeing my vision come to for students with special needs, cit- than others. that students in MDC feel like they life through my dancers has really ing noisy hallways and stairwells as However, creating bigger are a part of a caring, loyal, and been an amazing experience.” Ju- the causes of overstimulation that freshman teams or more teams per encouraging environment...that’s nior Marney O’Connor added, “I can impede learning. Those who sport would lead to other challeng- something Luciana and I really try continue to learn more about my testified about the special education es, such as too much bench time at and promote!” The captains ex- own dancing as I choreograph. It program connected social/emotion- games, not enough coaching sup- plained that the Arts basement has a makes you more aware of what al health with academic success and port, and difficulty coordinating more comfortable vibe to them than works and what needs to change.” encouraged the Committee to put practices and field space across the the rest of school, much like a sec- Finally, senior Natalia Lanzoni re- systems in place to protect students city. ond home. They are excited to help flected, “Choreographing has given with special needs socially. Sullivan expressed doubts to make the Arts basement a more me a lot of respect for choreogra- • Student Representatives to about the benefits of no-cut sports, welcoming place for everyone at phers because it’s not easy!” These the School Committee Mari Gashaw saying that while being cut from a Rindge to enjoy. student choreographers are what’s and Paul Sullivan reported on Stu- team may be disappointing, hav- MDC brings students from all going to make this fall show stand dent Government’s activities during ing enough playing time and be- grade levels together. Miller com- out—it contains ten student choreo- the last month. They told the Com- ing competitive might be worth it. mented, “I’ve made incredible con- graphed pieces. mittee that Student Government He asked the Committee to collect nections with people from every If you like dancing or want a created an Opportunity Gap Task- more student feedback on this issue. grade above and below me, and strong community of friends, MDC Force of five members, Gashaw and Gashaw suggested that the Commit- they’ve inspired me to work hard could be for you. Think about audi- Sullivan included. tee look into youth center resources and stay positive.” MDC provides tioning this January for the spring Student Government also met to increase sports participation. The opportunities to students, such as show. Otherwise, come check out with the Sexual Assault and Harass- Committee adopted a movement to offering free tickets to events in- the amazing DanceWorks produc- ment Committee to plan implemen- explore making freshman teams no- cluding Alvin Ailey shows, trips to tion on December 16th and 17th in tation of schoolwide interventions, cut, but did not commit. Boston Conservatory, and spots in the Fitzgerald Theater. Page 8 AARTSRTS && EENTERTAINMENTNTERTAINMENT October 2016 Snowden’s Story Retold Oliver Stone’s Take on the Patriot/Traitor all of us, whether we were suspi- cious or not. One of the problems with the movie is that because it’s a pretty well-known story, you By don’t feel the suspense as you know Aviv Yaacobi Snowden makes it out of this. The Register Forum Contributor most tense parts of the movie are when Snowden sees all the things Have you ever felt like the the NSA (National Security Asso- government is watching your every ciation) can do. move? That they see that at 10 PM However, one of the worst you looked up pugs for no reason? parts of the movie is Joseph Gor- Well, take off the tinfoil hat because don-Levitt. He plays Snowden bor- that is true and we know it because ingly, using a dull voice and not There is definite Oscar buzz surrounding Oliver Stone’s new movie Snowden. of Edward Snowden. making the character that likable. Photo Credit: Variety On September 16, 2016, the Whether that’s how Snowden is in pens so many times in the movie it cast are mostly impressive; making movie Snowden was released, di- real life or if that’s how the books just gets redundant. you want to see more. rected by Oliver Stone. The film depicted him I don’t know, but it If you disagree with what Overall, my advice to you is stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt as should have been changed. Also, al- Snowden did, this movie is not for just to wait to rent Snowden or until Snowden and Shailene Woodley as most anytime Joseph Gordon-Levitt you as the movie is clearly biased. it comes out on Hulu or Netflix. It’s Lindsay Mills, as well as Nonetheless, the best part not worth running to a theater that Zachary Quinto, Scott East- There are so many shots in the movie of the movie is the cinema- will be showing it. wood, Nicholas Cage, and tography. That’s what kept However, if you are very in- Edward Snowden himself. that will just take your breath away. me focused. There are so terested in the topic, I do suggest The story is based on many shots in the movie watching the movie at some point the book The Snowden Files and Shailene Woodley are on screen that will just take your and/or reading the book. Personally, by Luke Harding. The movie is a they yell, and it seems like any sec- breath away. For example, when I kept feeling bored, but the thing thriller and fills in a lot of infor- ond it’s going to turn into a verbal it shows all the information going that brought me back was the cin- mation about Snowden’s personal abuse case. This seems intentional into this dark circular object and ematography and learning all the life and how he stole information to show how paranoid or stressed then showing that it is an eye is cre- shocking stuff the NSA could do.. from the NSA which revealed that Edward Snowden was that he could ative and genius and must be given Regardless, I give this movie three the NSA could and was spying on be being watched, however, it hap- attention to. Also, the supporting out of four falcons. Rindge Student Artists Shine in the Shadows By win, then it’s a great honor, but it’s Olivia Mariscal still not the goal.” Register Forum Staff Mrs. Haverty explained how in art you have to work the hardest for Many believe the Arts Depart- your personal best, and if you hap- ment is not represented enough at pen to get a Gold Key then that’s a CRLS. While students are winning huge honor, but in art you must fo- very prestigious awards, many in cus on creating and being creative. our community remain oblivious Junior Jeynaba Jamanka— to the remarkable work they cre- currently taking Ceramics—feels ate. The Scholastic Art and Writing that the overall Arts Department Awards is the longest running, most is strong since it “caters to a lot of esteemed competition for teen art- different levels, experiences, and ists in the United States. knowledge of the arts.” Not only do students work She urges student to take elec- very hard to make great work, but tives because she believes it is re- they also receive recognition from ally important for everyone to work the Scholastic Awards. However, in a “different medium to use a dif- many students say the Art Depart- ferent part of the brain.” Mrs. Haverty’s AP Art class acts as a pipeline for Scholastic Art Awards. Photo Credit: Diego Lasarte ment deserves recognition equal to Art is a nice way to forget the athletics, for they both share the about all your worries and just cre- it’s taken: “You’d go from differ- in the month or so that school has profound honor of receiving awards ate, from a painting to making a ent angles, you’d try and go upside been in session.” He concludes that and going to national compe- down, sideways, on the it is “a good community, where titions. Freedom and creativity can sometimes floor, giving a creative everyone who is there wants to be- Mrs. Haverty—Studio perspective through your come a better artist.” 2, AP Art, Mixed Media, and only be found in these classes, but pictures while trying to Martin had an overall positive Fashion teacher—passion- many are unaware of its merit. also create a story.” experience in the department and ately evoked her opinion on This sort of creativ- would definitely “recommend it to the department by saying how ity is what inspires stu- anyone who wants to pursue a ca- important it is that you grow as an dress. This freedom and creativity dents and makes them learn things reer in art or who wants to draw for artist. can sometimes only be found in about themselves that they never fun because it is that… it’s a lot of She believes that the Scholas- these classes, but many are unaware would in another classroom. It’s im- fun.” tic Awards are not everything, “It’s of its merit and importance. portant to acknowledge these class- Be sure to recognize the up- looking at something beyond tech- Junior Kamrul Ruhit spoke es and realize all they have to offer. coming participants and winners of nical ability, it’s looking at creative about his photography experience, Senior Calder Martin—cur- Scholastic Awards this December, processing combined with technical passionately describing how it isn’t rently taking Portraits—feels that and take an art elective next semes- skills and if you submit a piece and just a picture, but more about how he has “definitely learned a lot only ter! October 2016 AARTSRTS && EENTERTAINMENTNTERTAINMENT Page 9 Folk Revival Legend Joan Baez Honored in Cambridge Celebrating Her Club 47 Origins, Mayor Simmons Declares October 8th Joan Baez Day folk singer Bob Gibson. She would By go on to sign with Vanguard Re- Rosa Munson-Batt cords and embark on an extremely Register Forum Contributor successful 55 year career. While Ms. Baez’s music ca- Mayor Denise Simmons for- reer was iconic, earning her a Life- mally declared October 8 to be Joan time Achievement Award at the Baez Day within the city of Cam- 2007 Grammys, the political activ- bridge, preceding her performance ism inherent to her music and per- at the famed Wang Theater in Bos- sonal life was just as prolific. She ton. Ms. Baez, a renowned folk has been attached to several issues singer, has strong ties to Cambridge. such as environmental justice, the She first moved here in 1958 after anti-Vietnam War movement, pov- her father accepted a position at erty, and most notably civil rights. MIT when she was a teenager. She When Ms. Baez first started tour- then attended Boston University for ing she refused to perform at segre- a month and half before dropping gated venues, thus in the south she out to pursue music. was only able to perform at black Ms. Baez’s first foray into the colleges. One of her most well music industry was her performanc- known songs, a cover of “We Shall es at Club 47, now called Club Pas- Overcome,” was performed at the sim, in the heart of Harvard Square. legendary March on Washington in At the time Cambridge was a hub of 1963, causing the song to become At age 75, Joan Baez performed at the Wang Theater on Ocotber 8th progressive political activism (and a hallmark of civil right anthems. Photo Credit: Boston Theater still very much is), which would Other songs of hers such as “Billy representative of the folk revival as Mayor Simmons shares her significantly inform her music. She Rose” touch on prevalent corrup- a whole. pride and excitement over Joan continued to do perfor- Her concert in Bos- Baez Day saying, “Cambridge has mances weekly at Club 47 ton, also on October 8th, always been proud of its reputation as well as at various clubs Ms. Baez’s first foray into the music encompassed everything for nurturing progressive thinkers, around Boston, interact- industry was her performances at Club one would expect from artists, musicians, and those who go ing with other rising folk 47...in the heart of Harvard Square. Ms. Baez. She performed on to make a positive impact on the singers such as Bob Dylan some of her classics such as world. Joan Baez launched her ca- (with whom she would go “Diamonds and Rust,” cov- reer here, she has often looked back on to have a two year relationship). tion in the penitentiary system, and ered other very famous songs such warmly at her time here, and that is Ms. Baez had her big break at the “I Pity the Poor Immigrant” pro- as “Imagine” and “The Boxer,” why I’m proud to formally declare Newport Folk Festival in Rhode Is- motes rights for immigrants. Her and made constant jibes at Donald October 8, 2016 to be Joan Baez land while performing with notable poignant political commentary is Trump, particularly his small hands. Day in the City of Cambridge!”

The Register Forum Artist of the Month Jake Stout tions, “He’s a really talented nature By photographer who knows exactly Maroua Ouadani how to take a photo that people will Register Forum Staff actually want to look at.” Along with Jake’s photogra- “Click, click” the shutter of phy being pleasing to the eye, it also Jake’s camera goes as he captures has a different purpose. He takes his a breathtaking photo. Photographer photos hoping to share with peo- Jake Stout is a junior here at CRLS ple some thing they might not get and is currently enrolled in HN a chance to see in their everyday Photo 3 with Ms. Milligan. walk to work or at school. It’s one Jake got into photography a of the reasons he really enjoys pho- couple years back when he started tographer and it is his favorite thing walking around the Alewife Brook about photography. Parkway Reservation and in New While doing what he enjoys, Hampshire and found things that in- Jake has earned a Silver Key in the spired him to Scholastics take photos. “He...knows how to take a Art and Writ- “I live ing Awards on a lake in photo that people will actually for his pho- New Hamp- want to look at.” tograph of a shire during Galapagos the summer sea lion on and I would see a wide variety of shore. animals like dragonflies, warblers, Jake one day hopes to take his hummingbirds, different frogs, and work as photographer even further even some porcupines. So my par- and work as a wildlife photogra- ents bought me a small camera and I pher to show people the importance started photographing what I saw.” and beauty of the natural world and Some of Jake’s award-winning photography is pictured above. Senior Natalie Ricardo men- Photo Credit: Jake Stout why it should be protected. Page 10 MMETROETRO October 2016 A Review of Harvard Station Why It’s One of the Best Stops on the MBTA commute greatly, either for entrance, Harvard Station good or for bad. is pure Cambridge. Most Any CRLS student students don’t use the main By who takes the train to school entrance, though, opting for Miles Taylor will have passed through the smaller one next to Har- Register Forum Harvard many times. Once vard Yard. The smaller fare Contributor a train lets out in the morn- area here is much less im- ing, a huge clump of high pressive than the huge con- People don’t often school students push out course at the main entrance, observe their surround- from the train of commuters but it gets its job done. A ings when they commute to Boston and trudge up the small concession stand has through Harvard Station. stairs to street level. Some even been set up beyond Early in the morning, you’re focus on friends, some on the fare gates, where snacks just trying to get to school as their phones, but now let’s and Harvard merchandise quickly as possible to avoid focus on the station itself: Is can be bought. being late; in As for Both buses and Red Line trains pass through Harvard Station. Photo Credit: Daniel Walsh the afternoon, Harvard is undoubtedly one of the most the platform, you’re rushing it is more of- major flaw here that does (and the speed restriction it to get home so iconic stations on the MBTA Red Line. ten than not a cause people to look around: puts on trains) is awful. you can finish pleasant place the sharp curve just south of Regardless, I still think that Algebra assignment be- it any good? to wait. The ceilings are the station. Anyone who has Harvard is one of the best fore going to bed. From an aesthetic incredibly high, giving the used Harvard will never for- stations on the MBTA. It’s After all, what’s the standpoint, Harvard is station a lot of space to get the sound each and ev- spacious, it handles crowds point of looking around? undoubtedly one of the breathe. Harvard may be a ery train makes as it slowly well (which it needs to, be- You’re in an underground most iconic stations on the bit of a toss-up in the clean- forces its way around that ing the third-busiest station station, right? Who cares? MBTA Red Line. From liness department, but it curve. It can be annoying, it on the system), and it’s the Well, the quality of a sta- those distinctive red and never gets as bad as stations can be ear-grating, or may- closest station to CRLS! tion, both visually and func- yellow walls to the huge like Downtown Crossing. be you’ve just gotten used That instantly makes it tionally, can affect your main mezzanine to the “pit” There is, however, a to it. Either way, that curve great, right? HUDS Strike Rocks Harvard Movement (SLAM) has shown By avid support for the HUDS strike Adrienne Ashe through organizing student walk- Register Forum Editor outs, sit-ins, and even encouraging students who still used the dining In the past couple weeks, halls (run by temporary workers) most CRLS students have noticed to share it with supporters of the protesters marching throughout strike. Harvard Square chanting phrases CRLS senior Mari Gashaw such as, “No healthcare, no peace.” emphasizes, “[Dining service work- Since October 5th, Harvard Univer- ers] are a striking part of our Cam- sity Dining Service (HUDS) work- bridge community,” adding, “we ers have been on strike, demanding have a responsibility to support the better healthcare and an increase in strike.” Among the Harvard student salary. population, there is heavy support, With representation from although some students feel the UNITE HERE Local 26, a union for rhetoric is too harsh and exclusion- There was a big turnout at a HUDS rally held on October 14th at the Science Center. Photo Credit: Diego Lasarte Boston area hospitality industries, ary of those who disagree. Alex HUDS has been negotiating with Zhang, Harvard student, notes that Workers have made it clear get better benefits, he adds, “they Harvard Administration since May. while “overwhelmingly, students that they can not afford increase should find a higher paying job.” Fearing negotiations would outlast are in support of the strike,” there is healthcare costs, even if wages are Depite oppposition outside and the workers’ contracts (set to expire also “a significant push by students increased. On a march through Har- within Harvard, on October 24th in June), the deadline was pushed to take a step back and look at both vard Yard on October 15th, Kim- dining service workers and other back to September 17th. With no sides.” wanna Devonish, a dining services supporters (including 500 Harvard progress made, negotiations per- In order to give their side of worker, said, “We’re out here for students) marched into 124 Mt. Au- sisted until October when the strike the story, Vice President of Hu- our healthcare… a lot of people out burn Street, the site of negotiations, began. man Resources at Harvard, Marilyn here have kids that they need to take to stage a sit-in. Workers demanded a mini- Hausammann, sent out an email to care of.” This followed a description Although numbers dwindled mum salary of $35,000, while the the students on October 11th, al- of his son, who suffers from asthma as the hours went on, there were current hovers around $31,000, and most a week into the strike. as a result of premature birth. a few supporters left to cheer at a 22% increase in wages over the In it, she described the of- This sentiment was echoed by 1:00 AM on Tuesday when it was next five years. The hourly wage fers Harvard has made to HUDS Maria Amaral, another dining ser- announced negotiations had been is, on average, $21.89. Workers workers since the beginning of the vices worker. As a widowed mother settled. also point out the difficulty in go- strike, including raising the wage to of two approaching the retirement On October 26, HUDS work- ing weeks or months without work, $24.06 an hour. They also proposed age, she stressed the importance of ers voted on whether to ratify the since most Harvard dining halls are to contribute “$25 million over four Harvard maintaining the level of offered contract, which prevents not open during school breaks. In years for dining services workers to healthcare received without raising healthcare copayment increases response, Local 26 has proposed a join Unite Here Health, the health costs. over the next five years and gauran- $450 weekly stipend for workers insurance plan offered by Local 26 CRLS senior Ethan Herman- tees a minimum salary of $35,000 who make themselves available for to its members.” Local 26 rejected son disagrees saying, “They are for full-time workers; it passed 583- work even if they do not work any this plan, citing that depite Harvard food workers; they are not supposed 1. The following day, workers were shifts during these times. contributions, health care costs to be making huge amounts of mon- welcomed back to work by facutly The Student Labor Action would still rise for workers ey.” In order to get payed more and and students. October 2016 MMETROETRO Page 11 Airbnb Tests Cambridge’s Regulations Investigating Potential Costs of a “Sharing” Economy eas and increase the cost of ber that 14% of the 1,000+ By housing, pushing lower-in- listings in Cambridge are Ursula Murray-Bozeman come residents out of neigh- from “commercial opera- Register Forum borhoods. In Barcelona, for tors,” or people who do not Contributor example, short-term rental live in the properties they This fall Airbnb has properties including but not rent. released a series of adver- limited to Airbnb units, now Cambridge has the tisements highlighting their require a special permit af- highest density of Airbnb community involvement in ter an increase in short-term units in the Boston area, and Greater Boston. These ads rental properties, due to is already facing a difficult highlight what many recog- widespread anti-tourist sen- housing market and increas- nize as the benefits of Airb- timent. ing gentrification. In June, nb: it can help residents out The Essex Street the Cambridge City Coun- with a little added income, Neighbors Association in cil began an investigation and provide tourists with a Cambridge spoke to WGBH into the economic effects more authentic experience. News about a triple decker of Airbnb. Councillor Craig They may be targeted at that was rented out full time Kelley has spearheaded this prospective hosts, but it has to tourists. Nancy Ryan, effort. The Council is work- a political side ing to find a Anti-Airbnb ads have sprung up around the globe. Photo Credit: Al Jazeera that could be in- Cambridge has the highest density of solution that tended to sway will prevent is technically illegal to run nies, such as Uber, and has public opinion Airbnb units in the Boston area. increased a business from a home in been sued by the Cambridge in the contro- housing pric- residential zones A or B, Taxi Commission. Council- versy over Airbnb’s effects who was interviewed, de- es but retain the benefits of which make up most of the lor Kelley said at a Septem- on the housing market. scribed the toll that had Airbnb—such as those that city. Airbnb hosts that wish ber hearing on the issue, “If In many popular tour- on the community and ex- discussed in Airbnb adver- to provide their guests with we can learn how to work ist destinations, Airbnb pressed safety concerns. tisements. food technically have to ob- through this territory well, has been restricted or even Ryan described the triple Current regulations are tain a license. Cambridge we’ll be able to take what- banned because it can com- decker as a “de facto hotel.” not designed for a “sharing” has also struggled to regu- ever the disruptive economy mercialize residential ar- Airbnb reported in Septem- economy. For example, it late ride-sharing compa- throws at us in the future.” Armando Paolo: Spinning Pizza into Opportunity Decades later, Paolo became a real By fixture in the Huron Avenue neigh- Juliana Vandermark borhood serving everyone from Register Forum Contributor janitors to professors at his pizzeria. Armando Paolo—formerly Just a step into Armando’s of Benevento, Italy—passed away Pizza and Subs would give anyone from cancer peacefully at the age the impression of Paolo’s commu- of 81 on September 16, 2016 at his nity spirit and values. Adorning home while surrounded by family. the pizzeria’s walls are numerous In 1971, Armando founded and plaques, each with a photo of a little opened Armando’s Pizzas and Subs league team of eager Cambridge at 163 Huron Avenue and used his athletes who Paolo sponsored smil- shop to spin pizza dough into love ing proudly. and consideration towards the com- Freshman Carlos Paronis re- munity. Any Cantabrigian fortunate membered his little league team to have met Paolo will describe him being sponsored by Armando’s, as just as magnificent as his pizza. saying, “[They] were very nice to “I remember that ever since I all of us...The people there were un- was little, Armando would give all derstanding that we were a bunch of the kids free cookies and brown- loud boys, they never told us to be ies. He was a real asset to the com- quiet, they let us enjoy ourselves. ” munity,” remembers freshman Armando Paolo’s grandson, Sylvia Chal- Mike Bo- fin-Wake- navita, is ley. Paolo’s “Grandpa always made it special now dedi- daughter, for everybody...He was just a cated to Ar- Linda Gullot- really genuine guy.” mando’s and ti of Everett, working hard told the Bos- for what his ton Globe, “The Cambridge com- grandfather started forty-five years munity loved him. If he could feed ago. Mike Bonavita told the Regis- the world, I think he would. He had ter Forum that Paolo was “the best a heart the size of Texas, my dad. grandfather a kid could ask for,” If somebody didn’t have money to adding, “Grandpa always made it pay, he’d say, ‘Come back tomor- special for everybody...He was just Top to bottom: Armando’s Pizza is on Huron Ave.; Armando Paolo making pizza. row, no worries.’” a really genuine guy...genuine in the Photo Credit: Boston Eater Paolo had a difficult upbring- purest sense of the word.” making complete strangers just feel nity. Bonavita concluded, “Remem- ing during World War II in Italy, When discussing what made comfortable with him. ” ber my grandfather as a giving man, and his family experienced hunger the Cambridge community so In 2010, the Cambridge City a caring man, somebody that abso- and poverty. Once sent to America, loyal to his grandfather, Bonavita Council dedicated the corner of Hu- lutely do anything that they could Paolo was left in charge of his sib- exclaimed, “Grandpa’s warmth ron Avenue and Concord Avenue to make you feel comfortable....[he] lings and worked hard and diligent- one-hundred percent. Just his will- as Armando Paolo Square to honor put his complete and total effort ly to pursue the “American Dream.” ingness to give and...his way of Paulo’s commitment to the commu- into trying to help you.” Page 12 MMETROETRO October 2016 Get To Know The Referendum Questions RF contributors Cecilia Barron and Robie Scola take an in-depth look at the four questions on the ballot this November

This November, voters around the nation will have to make major choices that will impact their future. No, it’s not choosing their presidential candidate. Well beyond the choice for a leader of our nation, voters will have to decide on the major policies that could possibly govern their states. The idea behind voter questions is that they allow the people to propose laws. In Massachusetts, all you need to do to propose an initiative with the attorney general’s office is ten voter signatures. The initiative then goes through many rounds of legal checks before it can be approved for the ballot in the next election. This year, Massachusetts has four yes/no questions that concern everything from chickens to charter schools. While a new casino in Revere may not necessarily impact a Cambridge voter, the legalization of recreational marijuana would. Voter questions are the most direct way for citizens of Massachusetts to influence their own state’s policy. Whether you’re enthused about one candidate or unaffected by both, vote on questions one through four—our state depends on it.

Question 1: Slot Licences Question 3: Increasing Cage Size on Farms Ballot Question 1 would allow an additional casino in Revere. The bill Ballot Question 3 proposes a new law that would prohibit farms from rais- permits one more slots-only casino, but the bill makes it very clear it is ing calves, pigs, or egg-laying chickens in cages or pens that would restrict targeting the Suffolk Downs racetrack in Revere. If the bill was approved, the animal from basic movements such as lying down, standing up, fully the Massachusetts Gaming Commission would still have to vote to allow extending its limbs, or turning around freely. This law would also make it the casino and decide all the details. illegal for Massachusetts companies to sell whole eggs or uncooked meat that came from farms that did not follow these guidelines. Fiscal Gains and Losses: Supporters argue that the additional casino will add over $80 million dollars in revenue to the state, provide thousands of Pros: Although Diemand Farm is the only farm in Massachusetts that uses new jobs, guarantee $5 million to the host town, and support horse racing caging methods opposing this law, “Yes voters” argue that by passing the in Massachusetts. Opposers contradict this statement, arguing that Suffolk law it will also protect consumers from cheap and harmful animal prod- Downs would receive no direct benefit from the casino. ucts. Diemand Farm also cages approximately 3,000 chickens, so voting yes to Question 3 would ensure a better life for them. Three Strikes: The question of a new casino in Suffolk Downs has been brought up three times before, and each time it has been rejected. Oppos- Cons: Many “No voters” don’t see the point in this law if only one farm ers argue that the third time should be the last, and that the Massachusetts in MA practices the methods prohibited. They say it’s not worth passing voters are clear; they don’t want another casino. because it would increase the government’s power over private businesses. Along with the law not being relevant, it will also cost farms and consum- Taking Advantage: Another opposing argument is the harm that casinos ers more money. Increasing the cage sizes causes increase in sale prices cause. “No voters” on Question 1 believe that all, regardless of party, can taking away the affordable option at the grocery store. see the effects that casinos have on a state’s population. Opposers say that casinos take advantage of the poor and gambling addicts. Opposers also believe that the question is taking advantage of the ballot question process. Question 4: Legalization of Marijuana “No voters” say that the bill was only created to benefit the wallet of one Ballot Question 4 gives voters the option to legalize marijuana with simi- developer and his company. They say allowing it to pass would be to per- lar regulations to alcohol. The question has been one of great debate since mit individuals to use ballot questions simply for their own gain. Colorado allowed for recreational marijuana use in 2012. Five states have already legalized recreational marijuana use, and at least five other states Supporters: Horse Racing Jobs and Education Committee, Yes to 1 will face the same question this November. In both 2008 and 2012, Mas- sachusetts has approved measures by wide margins that seem to suggest a Opposers: Governor Charlie Baker, Somerville Mayor Joe Curtatone closer move to legalization. In 2008, voters chose to replace criminal pen- alties with civil penalties for adults possessing an ounce or less. In 2012, Question 2: Charter Schools voters legalized marijuana for medical use. The current polls show that Ballot Question 2 gives voters the choice to allow up to twelve new char- 49% of Massachusetts voters support legalization, while 43% oppose it. ter schools each year or expand enrollment at already existing charter schools. Charter schools are independent elementary and secondary Marijuana and More: A common argument for those who wish to keep schools that receive government funding. Unlike public schools, which the drug at it’s current status believes marijuana opens the floodgates for must follow teaching guidelines from the state and federal government, more harmful substances. The Massachusetts Governor, Attorney Gener- charter schools can set their own curriculum, much like a private school. al, and the mayor of Boston issued a joint statement opposing the question Current polls show that 41% of voters support Question 2, while 48% are in March: “The science...shows that regular marijuana users—especially opposed. those who start at a young age—are more likely to try more dangerous drugs.” On Question 4, “Yes voters” believe the opposite. Supporters ar- Taking from Others: “No voters” say that charter schools are taking gue that the solution to the opiate crisis in Massachusetts is the legaliza- funding from the public schools, citing that the already existing charter tion of marijuana. schools divert $450 million from the public school system each year. “Yes voters” argue that public education doesn’t lose funding because charter The Profitability:Supporters of legalization will be the first to argue that schools do not take money directly from public schools but instead the marijuana will create new jobs and more revenue for the state. In 2015, money follows the student between schools. The state is still spending the two full years after Colorado legalized marijuana, the state received $135 same amount on education but more funding would be going to the charter million in tax revenue. Washington has sold over one billion dollars of schools. marijuana since the drug was first legalized in 2014. Opposers aren’t as hopeful in the drug’s profitability. Some argue that the increased health- Achievement Gap: “Yes voters” also argue that the money spent to edu- care and education that would have to be provided if marijuana was legal- cate a child will be better spent in charter schools, pointing to data that ized would cancel out any substantial profits. says these schools close the Achievement Gap between students from wealthy and poorer neighborhoods. Opposers argue that “Yes voters” are Criminal Justice and Marijuana: Opposers and supporters of Question ignoring an essential part of the Achievement Gap when they say charter 4 can all agree on one thing: the criminal justice system needs to be fixed. schools do a better job with poorer students. Few English language learn- While opposers don’t see legalization as the solution to the 100,000 people ers and special needs students attend charter schools, which makes charter in federal prison for drug offenses, supporters see it as a step in the right school results look better than public schools. For every charter school direction. As Carol Rose, the executive director of ACLU Massachusetts, created, money and resources are taken from the public school system that said in June, “Legalization is the smartest and surest way to end targeted supports all types of students. enforcement of marijuana laws in communities of color, regulate who has access to marijuana, and eliminate the costs of enforcement while generat- Supporters: Governor Charlie Baker, Mass. Taxpayer Association ing revenue for the Commonwealth.”

Opposers: Senator Elizabeth Warren, Massachusetts Teacher Association, Check out CRLS student opinion pieces on Questions 2 and 4 on page 17. Save Our Public Schools, Black Lives Matter Cambridge October 2016 SSPORTSPORTS Page 13 BlackOut Read More on Page 23

Photo Credits: Maroua Ouadani Page 14 NNATION/ATION/WWORLDORLD October 2016 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION TIMELINE 2016 Whether you have been following the election religiously or you have only tuned in a couple of By times, the magnitude of what has happened during this historic election can seem overwhelming. Isabelle Agee-Jacobson As Election Day is approaching, it is becoming more and more vital that we know what is going on Register Forum Contributor in our country. To help you, here is a list of important election events from 2016. FEBRUARY JULY 1st: Primaries begin. 5th: The FBI director says he will not press ton that show ties between State Department em- 1st- 20th: Four out of the twelve Republican charges against Clinton for her use of a private ployees and the Clinton foundation. candidates—Mike Huckabee, Chris Christie, email server, but calls her actions “careless.” SEPTEMBER Carly Fiorina, and Jeb Bush—withdraw their 12th: Bernie Sanders endorses Hillary Clinton. candidacies for the nomination as well as one 15th: Donald Trump announces Mike Pence to 11th: Clinton calls some Trump supporters a Democratic candidate Martin O’Malley. be his VP running mate. “basket of deplorables.” Afterwards, Clinton is 18th-21st: At the Republican National Conven- seen in a cell phone video being lifted into a car MARCH by the Secret Service while leaving a 9/11 me- 1st: During Super Tuesday, 14 states vote for the tion held in Ohio, Trump and Pence are formally nominated for president and vice president by morial. Later that day, her doctor releases a state- nomination. Trump wins majority of Republican ment that she has pneumonia. primaries/caucuses. Clinton and Sanders each the Republican Party. 22nd: Hillary Clinton announces Tim Kaine as 15th: Clinton returns to the campaign trail after win Democratic primaries. taking three days to recover from pneumonia. 4th: Ben Carson formally withdraws candidacy her vice presidential running mate 23rd: Wikileaks, a transparency organization, 26th: After much hype, the first presidential for Republican Presidential Nomination after general election debate was held at Hofstra Uni- Super Tuesday shows “no path forward.” leaks 20,000 emails from the Democratic Na- tional Committee revealing a bias against Bernie versity. 15th: Marco Rubio formally withdraws candi- 27th: Alicia Machado, a former Miss Universe dacy for nomination. Sanders from Democratic Party leadership. This leads to the resignation of DNC chair Debbie contestant, comes forward to say that Trump MAY Wasserman Schultz. mocked her for gaining weight after participat- ing in one of his pageants. 3rd-4th: Ted Cruz and John Kasich formally 25th-28th: At the Democratic National Conven- withdraw their candidacy for nomination. tion held in Pennsylvania, Hillary Clinton and OCTOBER 17th: Gary Johnson announces he has chosen Tim Kaine accept their party’s nomination for 4th: The vice presidential general election de- former Massachusetts Governor William Weld president and vice president. Michelle Obama, bate is held at Longwood University. The me- as his vice presidential running mate. Elizabeth Warren, the Khans, as well as many dia consensus is that Mike Pence narrowly wins 26th: Donald Trump passes 1237 pledged del- others speak. over Tim Kaine. egates, the minimum amount of delegates re- 27th: Trump calls on Russia to hack into Hill- 7th: The Washington Post publishes a video of quired to secure Republican Presidential Nomi- ary Clinton’s emails at a press conference, later Trump in 2005 bragging about groping women nation. claiming he was being “sarcastic.” and saying he can get away with anything be- 26th-30th: At the Libertarian National conven- 30th: Trump critiques Khizr and Ghazala Khan, cause of his celebrity. tion held in Orlando Florida, Gary Johnson is a Muslim Gold Star family whose son died in 9th: The second presidential debate is held in St. chosen as the party’s presidential nominee and Iraq, claiming that Mrs. Khan “wasn’t allowed to Louis in a town hall style where voters get to ask William Weld is chosen as the party’s vice presi- speak” at Democratic National Convention. questions of the candidates. Clinton and Trump dential nominee. clash over personal matters and the debate is said AUGUST 27th: Trump accuses Hispanic American judge to be the “ugliest debate” in history. The media Gonzalo Curiel, born in Indiana, of having a 1st: Green Party presumptive nominee Jill Stein consensus is that Clinton narrowly wins over conflict of interest in ruling against Trump Uni- announces human rights activist Ajamu Baraka Trump. versity because of his “Mexican heritage.” as her vice presidential running mate. 19th: The third and final presidential debate is 4th-7th: At the Green National Convention held JUNE held in Las Vegas, Nevada. Media consensus is in Houston, Texas, Jill Stein is chosen as the par- that Clinton wins over Trump again. 6th: Hillary Clinton passes 2383 delegates, the ty’s presidential nominee and Ajamu Baraka is NOVEMBER minimum amount of delegates required to secure chosen as the party’s vice presidential nominee. the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination. 10th: Additional emails are released from Clin- 8th: Election Day! A Stalemate in Spain Spanish Govt. Remains in State of Limbo significant ground, upsetting the old By system and contributing to the lack Carmen Enrique of a majority party. Register Forum Contributor Frustration over constant cor- For almost a year now, Spain ruption scandals coupled with the has been led by a caretaker gov- devastation caused by the 2008 fi- ernment. On December 20th 2015, nancial crisis—namely, the 25% Spaniards headed to the polls for unemployment rate—culminated in Podemos and the Spanish Left Wing have seen gains in recent elections. Photo Credit: BBC the general election, only to later the rise of Podemos and Ciudada- find that no clear majority had been nos, a left-wing party and a center- elections, no party reached the nec- There has been talk of a third elected. In Spain, the people elect right party, respectively. Interest- essary amount of seats; similarly, election on Christmas Day if a gov- congress members to each of the ingly enough, the financial crisis they remained intransigent in their ernment is not established by the 350 seats; then, within the congress, has not caused far-right sentiments refusal to form a coalition. October 31st deadline. This may be the party with 176 seats or more to increase in Spain, as it has in While public services have just talk, however, since the leader comes into power. many other European countries. not shut down since most of them of the PSOE resigned on October The 2015 election was unique Faced with a slim victory by are provided by local authorities, first, and his party now seems more in that it marked a change from the PP but no clear majority, the Spanish citizens are still haunted by willing to abstain from voting and Spain’s de facto two-party system. congress entered into negotiations. uncertainty. For example, the Selec- allow the PP to rule. In a manner similar to that of the Even though 24 out of 28 mem- tividad—the Spanish university en- Whatever the result may be, United States, the left-leaning So- ber states of the European Union trance exam arranged by the federal Spaniards’ attitudes will remain un- cialist Party (PSOE) and the conser- are led by coalition governments, government—could change based changed. The parties’ unwillingness vative Popular Party (PP) had taken Spanish politics is too polarized for on which party is in power. Even as to reach an agreement has only add- turns leading the country in the 38 the same to happen. Thus, on June students are now preparing to take ed to the doubt that the people have years since the end of Francisco 26th 2016, Spaniards were called it in June, they do not know which felt toward politicians since the un- Franco’s fascist regime. In 2015, to the polls once again. And, in a format it will be in, or what subjects earthing of hundreds of corruption however, two new parties gained frustrating repeat of the previous they will be tested on. scandals in the last ten years. October 2016 NNATIONATION Page 15 Standing Rock Protests Intensify Amid Support from DC, Obama Stays Silent down. Energy Transfer Gashaw, who observed, By Partners responded stiffly by “We need to honor the fact Shuvom Sadhuka setting free dogs and mace that this land belongs fore- Register Forum on the protesters, prompt- most to indigenous com- Contributor ing national attention and munities. When indigenous Earlier last month, the debate over the pipeline folks are standing up...then Standing Rock Sioux tribe and more broadly our treat- it is our duty as inhabitants of North Dakota stood firm- ment of Native American is- of this land to listen and ly in protest of a newly pro- sues. Many drew parallels act.” posed pipeline. The Dakota between Energy Transfer Others, however, dis- Access Pipeline, a project Partners’s brutal response agree, citing that the pipe- put forth by oil and gas and the Birmingham cam- line will bring much-needed corporation Energy Trans- paign, an iconic and sym- jobs to the region. “The fer Partners, would shorten bolic moment in the Civil Standing Rock tribe have the transportation route for Rights Movement in which leveled legitimate claims the newfound shale oil and peaceful protesters were about the sites of cultural Presidential candidate Jill Stein was arrested at the pipeline protests. natural gas in the Bakken hosed down and attacked by significance in the path of Photo Credit: Democracy Now Formation of North Dakota. police dogs. the pipeline...but [those given to the story: “Neither cannot allow our drinking The pipeline cuts The protesters were aren’t] independent reasons of the presidential candi- water to be poisoned so that straight through sacred trib- temporarily rewarded for to cease construction...the dates have said anything a handful of fossil fuel com- al grounds and also raises their work after President pipeline will be capable of on the matter and what me- panies can make even more questions about possible en- Obama ordered the con- providing cheaper energy dia coverage there is often profits.” vironmental damage. Op- struction of the pipeline be and many job opportunities focuses on...the economic For the protesters, ponents have raised to those opportunities.” President the movement has become concerns about the The pipeline cuts straight through sacred who may Obama has also refused to something bigger than the pipeline polluting tribal grounds and raises questions need it,” comment on the protests. pipeline; it represents an local drinking wa- said soph- A few recognizable age-old fight for indigenous ter and streams as about possible enviormental damage. omore Jeff faces, however, have joined recognition and resistance well. Liu. the fight against the pipe- to domination. It comes as In response, hundreds halted in early September. But the protesters’ line; most notable among no surprise, therefore, that of protesters from tribes all The message has some message seems to have res- them is former presidential the protests have sparked around the region gathered at CRLS voicing their dis- onated with most, including candidate and Vermont Sen- several national conversa- at the construction sites for satisfaction, including se- junior Smarika Suwal, who ator Bernie Sanders, who tions on indigenous, envi- the pipeline and demanded nior and School Commit- was taken aback by the tone spoke to a crowd of protest- ronmental, and economic the construction be shut tee Representative Mari and lack of media attention ers in mid-September: “We issues. Important Points from the 2016 Presidential Debates By made in the past, that he had op- Atticus Olivet posed the Iraq war from the begin- Register Forum Contributor ning. As she spoke Trum interjected “Wrong” over six times. Presidential debates have al- Winner: Clinton ways been one of the most impor- tant events in an election year for Debate #2 the final two candidates involved in The second debate was preceded by the race to the White House. It is a one of the most detrimental events time for the candidates to go head of the Trump campaign: the release to head on important issues facing of an “Access Hollywood” con- the country and talk about how they versation between Billy Bush and will be the better of the two to fix Donald Trump. This conversation those problems. In the first debate was captured by microphones on on September 26, 2016, over 80 a bus in 2005. It found Trump tell- million people tuned in to CNN to ing about how he had sexually as- watch Donald Trump and Sec. Hill- saulted women, using vulgar words ary Clinton duel. This is the most as he recounted the stories. This, in During the second debate, Trump threatened to jail Clinton if she becomes president. viewers of any presidential debate tandem with a few other scandals, Photo Credit: C-SPAN in history. kept Trump from preparing for the debate revealed a relaxed Sec. Clin- results of the election on November debate as much as he could have, ton, who answered most questions 8th; Trump saying he would take a Debate #1 which showed when the candidates with ease, while it showed a Donald “wait-and-see approach.” After he In the first debate it seemed clear took the stage. It started by the Trump who paced around the room, said this, Clinton regarded this as from the start that Sec. Clinton was candidates coming out and refus- interrupting and avoiding questions “horrifying.” Trump used a compo- more composed and far less anx- ing to shake hands. The debate was he did not want to talk about. sure that he had not had at either of ious than in a town Winner: Clinton the preceding debates, but it slowly Trump. Her hall style, disintegrated as it became clear that bright red Over 80 million people tuned in meaning Debate #3 Sec. Clinton was far better prepared pantsuit to CNN [for the first debate] that unde- The third and final debate took place and rehearsed. By the time that half and cocky cided vot- with less than three weeks before of the debate had passed, Trump re- smile gave ers were voters will choose their candidate. ceded to his interjections and false her a powerful stature on stage chosen to ask questions. When his Ranging from abortion to econom- allocations. against Trump, who seemed to be Access Hollywood scandal came ics to the battle against ISIS, Trump Winner: Clinton fidgety, anxious and snorty, for lack up, Trump dismissed the video as and Clinton disputed on matters of of a better term. Clinton pressed “Locker room talk” and went on to policy—foreign and domestic. They Verdict: Trump’s repeated claim, contra- describe how Bill Clinton was also differed on nearly every subject in- Secretary Clinton seemed to hold dicted by public statements he has a perpetrator of sexual assault. The cluding whether they will accept the control in all three debates. Page 16 SSCIENCECIENCE October 2016 The Next Step for Humankind SpaceX Details Mars Missions, Students Unaware in wake of SpaceX’s de- as wasted potential. Junior By cade-plus development of Isaiah Robinson stated that Christo Hays sustainable and reusable he hadn’t heard about the Register Forum Staff technologies for getting hu- SpaceX Mars plan, and On September 27th, mans to Mars and beyond. doubted whether many of private spaceflight company However, SpaceX is his classmates knew either. SpaceX detailed its plan to not without competition. He also believes the youth send humans to Mars with The Mars One organization have to be “updated by the the intention of eventual has plans for colonizing media” and the government. colonization. Mars by the year 2026. The other students in- Delivered by SpaceX Also planning Mars terviewed agreed that few founder and CEO Elon missions is NASA, the know about SpaceX, and Musk at the 67th annual American spaceflight agen- most confessed to knowing International Astronauti- cy behind putting the first only a headlines’ worth of Simulations of SpaceX vessels approaching Mars have been released. cal Congress in Guadala- men on the moon in 1969. information. Junior Mar- Photo Credit: SpaceX jara, Mexico, the hour-long President Obama has said ney O’Connor was among our lifetime.” government and the media presentation outlined the that NASA plans to put hu- these students, stating that When interviewed, to build awareness around spaceflight technology de- mans on Mars in the 2030s. schools have a responsibil- senior Zeke Taylor opined these missions, should the veloped by SpaceX, as well One distinguishing ity to publicize these topics. that the SpaceX missions general public prove inter- as timeframes for Mars mis- factor between this modern She also conceded that are highly important, de- ested. And if Taylor and his sions. space race and the moon most people are “looking spite limited attention. peers are any indication, the The first manned mis- race is public attention. for the wrong things,” like “This is the future of the hu- Mars missions are definitely sion to Mars could “BuzzFeed arti- man species,” he said, stat- a topic of interest. potentially be The first manned mission to Mars cles on…the latest ing that the human species In his closing remarks launched in 2024. could be launched in 2024. Netflix original,” is “at a very critical point in to the Register Forum, Tay- The choice of Mars instead of more in- the...advancement of our... lor stated, “Humans have... for a colony was informed Perhaps because there is sightful pieces. ability to explore the solar ventured into the unknown by the abundance frozen no fear of an enemy gain- Senior Anna Griffin system.” for the sake of satisfying water, materials for mak- ing new, deadly technology, also felt that the Mars mis- The first manned curiosity and in search of ing rocket propellant, and these missions are given sions should be better pub- SpaceX mission to Mars knowledge for as long as Earth-like physical charac- less attention. One result is licized, considering their is due for departure eight we’ve walked the Earth. teristics. a decrease in youth aware- relevance, because “[the years from now. There is This is the latest continua- The presentation came ness, which could be seen missions] would happen in still plenty of time for the tion…this is our turn.” The Rosetta Spacecraft’s 12-Year Expedition to Comet 67P regarding the history and evolu- The high speed gas flows from to observe a wider spread of plan- By tion of our planets. The researchers the region that create expansion ets, comets, asteroids, and more. Myles Paton of this comet have discovered that into the vacuum of space have also Although this comet may be consid- Register Forum Staff the comet itself harbors organic been considered a potential reason ered the basis of some new discov- On March 2, 2004, the Euro- compounds—carbon based mole- for the comet’s surface features. ery, one particular comet will not pean Agency’s Rosetta spacecraft cules considered to be the chemical Junior Representative Leonar- provide all the information needed. was sent into space to find Comet building blocks of life. This discov- do Escobar feels as though “robot- The Rosetta Spacecraft was 67P. The comet is nearly 500 mil- ery is the first time organic mole- ics has come a long way in terms of never designed to survive a land- lion miles away travelling with cules have ever been found within a showing the surface of other plan- ing. The landing site however was such speed that the only way for it comet’s nucleus. ets, or in this case comets, with such considered to be at the head of the to be reached by the spacecraft is by Despite not having a robust clarity.” Escobar continues, saying, comet based on its shape. The re- using the gravitational pull of Earth atmosphere or high gravity, this “This advantage of clarity can al- gion chosen was called Ma’at and it and Mars. The purpose of this mis- comet somehow still has familiar low us to generate data, prove theo- was specifically chosen based on its sion was based on a detailed study structures such as sand dunes. The ries, and see parts of other worlds location lodged between two lobes. of the comet and sending data and northern hemisphere of the comet’s unknown to our eyes.” These lobes were considered active images of the comet and its surfac- nucleus consists of dunes and rip- The astronomy teacher at pits where it has been thought the es back to Earth. comet’s jets of gas and dust emerge. The mission took roughly By choosing this specific loca- twelve years but in 2014 the Roset- tion, the hope of the mission was to ta Spacecraft finally came in con- have the spacecraft attempt to peer tact with the comet. inside one of the pits. Scientists be- After waiting two short years, lieved that within the goose bump the spacecraft came back to the like pits the comet’s internal build- comet to observe possible evolu- ing blocks could be found. tion. The Rosetta Spacecraft came Escobar said, “Getting this to find new discoveries within the close to such an unfamiliar section comet that could potentially lead of the comet allows us to get closer back to the Earth. to whatever scientific discoveries Senior and a current astron- may be in it.” omy student Josh Lamkin is cer- After reaching a twelve-year tainly behind this advanced tech- mission mark, ESA officials decid- nology, saying, “It offers insight to ed to take the spacecraft on a col- Pictured above: a photo of Comet 67P. what we know very little about. It Photo Credit: Image taken with the navigation camera (NavCam), 28 January 2016. lision course throughout the comet. could potentially allow us to further The purpose of this collision course research with new understandings.” ples showing similarities to Earth, CRLS feels as though the impor- was to provide last minute, up close Comets are thought to be left Mars, and Venus. A theory has been tance of this robot technology is data before the mission was de- overs from a previous solar system, created stating that the comet’s out- extremely vital. Mr. Shavit empha- clared complete. Keep an eye out so learning and observing these gassing in the active region on the sized the fact that in order to un- for any follow up information re- comets gives scientists the ability comet could cause the strange sur- derstand the solar system in more garding this particular mission or to attempt to put the pieces together face characteristics. depth, the human population needs future missions. October 2016 OOPINIONPINION Page 17 No on 2: More Charter Schools Would Hurt Public Schools By more charter schools is that it lowers the enroll- setts should focus on our public school systems Louisa Monahan ment in regular public schools. Also, increasing instead of giving money away to new schools Register Forum Contributor funding for charter schools will give a large sum when the existing ones are not as good as they of money to schools that only educate 4% of stu- could be. On November 8th, voters will be decid- dents in Massachusetts. The argument for more charter schools ing about whether or not to raise the maximum “The number of charter schools in Mas- is that it will allow more freedom for families amount of charter schools in Massachusetts. sachusetts would nearly triple in just 10 years, choosing where they they want their kids to go Currently, there is a limit, and our state is at that costing the local public school districts more to school. Also, because they are not part of the limit in some places. The question about raising than $1 billion a year,” says Juan Cofield, Chair larger public school district, charter schools have the cap on charter schools is very im- more room to experiment. Charter schools portant because it affects the funding may have more flexibility, but that does not and enrollment in our public school mean that public schools cannot have any system. flexibility at all. There are many ways to Charter schools are schools that implement innovation into public schools get funding from the district and state that can be made possible with the money but are not run by the local school com- that may end up going to charter schools. mittee. For example, the Cambridge Even if a person votes no on Ques- School Committee sets policies such tion 2, they do not necessarily think charter as the dress code, and they approve schools should be eliminated, they just are the curriculum, while charter schools against increasing their number and taking can make their own rules and design that much more money away from our pub- their own schedule. Even though they lic schools. are given a large range of freedom, the Charter schools are not necessarily students still have to pass the MCAS. bad, but having more of them may halt our According to the State Attorney public school system progress if too much General, Maura Healey, “This pro- money is spent. The money that may go to Grassroots opposition to Question 2 has been powered by teachers’ unions. posed law would allow the state Board Photo Credit: WBUR charter schools could go into creating more of Elementary and Secondary Educa- choices for public school students. If we fix tion to approve up to 12 new charter schools Campaign to Save Our Public Schools. “If some all of our public schools, there will be no need or enrollment expansions for existing charter public schools are falling short, we should fix for more charter schools because children and schools each year.” This law would begin to take them, not take money away and give it to pri- parents will be happy with the public school effect on January 1, 2017. The issue with adding vately-run charters,” he continues. Massachu- choices available to them. Yes on 4: Two Takes on Marijuanna Legalization garding criminal justice reform and By By covering costs of regulation, educa- mass incarceration. Young black Shuvom Sadhuka Carlo Cremonini tion, and public health. Marijuana is and minority males, many of whom Register Forum Contributor Register Forum Staff not going anywhere, but by creating often don’t have the resources to ef- a regulated and taxed legal system Marijuana legalization has fectively fight an uphill court battle, This November Massachusetts we can reap the benefits of a nearly recently become a hot button is- are often the target of drug convic- voters will decide whether they will harmless drug. Marijuana arrests sue around the nation, with four tions. join Colorado and Washington in can also have detrimental effects on states legalizing recreational use It is unlikely, however, that legalizing recreational marijuana young people and especially young in the past four years and another marijuana legalization will effec- or become a state that allows fear people of color. With even a petty 21 states legalizing medicinal use. tively combat mass incarceration— tactics to get the better of their com- arrest for marijuana possession, of- The Commonwealth legalized me- after all, racial targeting in criminal mon sense. ten qualified candidates will not be dicinal marijuana in a 2012 refer- justice has spilled over into nearly In fact, according to the DEA hired. endum, and now the state is vot- all criminal law—but it would cer- fact sheet on marijuana, “No death Opponents of the ballot ques- ing again, this time on recreational tainly signal a step in the right di- from overdose of marijuana has tion have used scare tactics in both marijuana. rection. been reported.” It is true that mari- opposition literature and television As it stands, marijuana offens- Detractors certainly have a juana has the capability to have commercials, saying that legalizing es are subject to case to make; mind altering effects and this has marijuana will open the floodgates incarceration in marijuana is led to sometimes fatal car crashes. for dangerously potent marijuana Massachusetts, harmful to the However, under Question 4, driving edibles that will attract kids and that including up to lungs and can under the influence of marijuana pot shops will flood cities across the six months for a impair cognitive would be treated the same way as state. However, both of these claims first offense and functions. How- driving under the influence of alco- are false. two years for ever, the pro- hol. First, under Question 4, mari- subsequent of- posed legislation Additionally, in Colorado juana edibles and all other items fenses. would require where marijuana was legalized, sold at licensed establishments The laws marijuana to be Photo Credit: NYTimes the Colorado State Patrol reported would be subject to strict testing are distressing, regulated similar that marijuana-related DUI arrests and packaging regulation by the but far more concerning is the racial to alcohol, with photo identification decreased from 2014 to 2015 even state similar to the Alcoholic Bever- disparity for sentencing. A 2013 and age restrictions. during a year of increased traffic. age Control Commission. Second, ACLU report found that blacks in Data from Colorado shows Not only is marijuana safer than al- localities would be permitted to de- Massachusetts were 3.9 times more that marijuana consumption has re- cohol and other Schedule 1 drugs, cide the number of marijuana stores likely to be criminally charged mained largely constant in the four taxing and regulating marijuana that they grant permits to. Finally, for possession of marijuana than years since legalization. Reinvest- would fund law enforcement, pub- smoking in public would continue whites despite roughly equal rates ment from prisons to rehabilitation lic education, and drug treatment. to be illegal so in reality the law will of usage. Massachusetts prison data and prevention programs could help In Colorado the state gener- really not be noticeable to most. further shows that nearly 15% of lower the rate even further. ated an additional $135 million in Legalization in Colorado and inmates are incarcerated for nonvi- Ultimately, regulating human revenue, $35 million of which went Washington are success stories, and olent drug offense, of whom almost recreational behavior, especially directly to public schools, funding now we have the chance as a state half are serving time for marijuana, when nonviolent, does not add up. technology programs, vital building to make the smart choice to relieve mostly on mandatory minimum It’s an easy yes on 4: the laws are maintenance and hiring new teach- pressure on those struggling with sentences. The local trends align too complicated and too unequally ers. In fact Denver was left with a opioid addiction, our justice system, with broader national trends re- enforced for us to keep. surplus of $26 million even after and taxpayers. Page 18 OOPINIONPINION October 2016 Why the Future of the Red Sox Is Bright The Paleo Diet? By By Will Telingator Thomas MacArthur Register Forum Contributor Register Forum Contributor

There is certainly cause for optimism in No diet is perfect, but that does not mean that Boston as the Red Sox look towards the start all diets are created equal. One way to judge a of a new season in April. The Red Sox already diet is comparing the number of beneficial and made a name for themselves this season as they detrimental effects. The Paleolithic or Paleo diet rode an improbable 93-69 record to the AL East is kind of a mixed bag. Basically the rule be- championship. hind the Paleo diet is to only eat foods that our One of the largest factors behind their hunter-gatherer ancestors would have access to. worst-to-first resurgence was electric outfielder Mookie Betts, who is in contention for the AL Win. Dance. Repeat. Pros: Photo Credit: NESN MVP award. Betts had the breakout year that • The Paleo diet eliminates refined sugars finished among the Red Sox leaders in home Red Sox fans had been expecting, finishing the and saturated fat, which, as far as we know, runs and RBIs. Middle infielders Dustin Pedroia season among the league leaders in batting av- Stone Age humans did not eat in abundance. and Xander Bogaerts also had great years, as erage, home runs, and RBIs. He also managed This helps reduce the risks of heart disease they have both already established themselves as to play stellar defense in right field for the en- and obesity related illness. some of the best players in the league. tire season. With the retirement of David Ortiz, • The diet only allows lean and healthy meats, Although the Red Sox pitching struggled in Betts has now become the face of the Red Sox which, in addition to being healthier, in- the playoffs, Rick Porcello and David Price had franchise. volves treating livestock in a more ethical great seasons in 2016. Rick Porcello was one of However, he is only one of several young way, e.g. less crowded conditions and pos- the best pitchers in baseball this year, and he is and energetic players that played a crucial role sibly allowing them to see the sky on occa- signed with the Red Sox through the 2019 sea- in the Red Sox’s success this season. His fellow sion. son. David Price was the biggest acquisition of outfielders, Jackie Bradley Jr. and Andrew Ben- • The Paleo diet encourages eating more fruits the off-season for the Red Sox, and although he intendi (who made his debut in August) should and vegetables, as long as our ancestors largely underperformed in the beginning of the also give hope to Red Sox fans eager for another could get at them. season, Price took off after the All-Star break. World Series title. • The only sweetener allowed is honey, which He still has six years left on his contract, and Jackie Bradley Jr. has always played stellar could be a good thing, maybe. defense in center field, but this year he finally both him and Porcello look to play a very impor- tant role for the Sox in the years to come. learned how to swing the bat as well. He boast- Cons: One up-and-coming player that all Red ed the longest hitting streak in the majors this • In theory, the diet eliminates domestic whole Sox fans should look out for is third basemen season, and although his performance trailed grains, which can be an important part of a Yoan Moncada, off at the end of balanced diet. Even though the 2016 season ended in who was named the season, there • It’s impossible to replicate, because the wild Baseball Ameri- is no reason to [heartbreak], Sox fans should not lose hope. plant and animal species our Stone Age ca’s 2016 Minor believe that he ancestors had have either evolved into their League Player of the Year. While he struggled in won’t regain his offensive abilities. modern form (no matter how similar that his brief stint with the team at the end of the sea- Furthermore, although Andrew Benintendi could be) or been driven into extinction. son, his talent and potential are undeniable. If he did not make his debut until late in the season, • Is the Paleolithic lifestyle one you really lives up to the expectations, he will soon become he provided a spark for the Red Sox that helped want to emulate, anyway? Think about that one of the best players in baseball. them reach the playoffs. He has been one of the for a minute. Even though the 2016 season ended in top Red Sox prospects for a couple of years, and • Our bodies are no longer suited for a hunter- heart-breaking fashion, Red Sox fans should not Benintendi will certainly play a critical role in gatherer diet. Much like the plants and lose hope. Although they are losing one of their the future of the franchise. animals, our bodies have also evolved after legends, the Red Sox have a bevy of players who One of the most notable contributors to thousands of years of agriculture and domes- are more than ready to step up to the plate. This the Red Sox this year was first basemen Hanley ticated crops. Ramírez, who should be in contention for the young team will be very dangerous for many years to come, and another AL East Champion- Comeback Player of the Year Award. After fail- Conclusion: There are most likely better diets ship and World Series title are certainly not out ing to live up to his massive contract last year, that share the same pros and fewer cons. Ramírez had an incredible offensive year, and of the picture. I Want You to Register Early! By sues that affect our society today. Nusrat Lamisa Jahan The more people that vote, the more Register Forum Contributor representative our democracy is! Back in 2014, Governor De- Do you feel like you’re missing val Patrick signed a law designed out because you can’t vote in this to make voting more accessible and year’s presidential election? If you easy for people to register and vote. are 16 or 17, you are in luck since He stated, “Whenever we have a you can pre-register for next time! law that expands access to the bal- Now you might ask why voting is lot and makes it easier for people important, which is a completely to register and to vote, it makes our valid question, so let me help you democracy better.” The law granted out! Because our government runs 16 and 17 year-olds the opportunity on elected officials and focuses on to pre-register so when they turn Less than 60% of Americans voted in the 2012 election. a bunch of issues from healthcare 18, they don’t have to worry about Photo Credit: The AFL-CIO to education systems, people like registering: their spots at the bal- postmark and mail it to our local the voter registration form regard you and I need to get our voices out lots will be ready to be checked off. election office, which is 51 Inman your political party (but if you are there about how we want our gov- Now, let’s get you pre-registered! Street, Cambridge MA, 02139. You unsure, you can leave that blank), ernment to function. You can pre-register online for can even go to our local election of- your social security (make sure you Once you’re registered, there’s which you must have a driver’s li- fice and then fill out the form there have that handy), and your current so much you can vote for other than cense or a state ID to confirm your so you don’t have to even worry address. It doesn’t take a long time a president, like your stance on age. You can also print out a voter about a stamp. They’ll stick it in the to fill out but it’ll save you trouble abortion, gun control, term limits, registration form and fill it out ac- mail for you! once you’re 18. This is your world, welfare drug testing, and other is- cordingly. Then just stick on a Some questions that appear on shape it or someone else will! October 2016 OOPINIONPINION Page 19 My Right to Free Tampons sleeves. I am a victim of this Additionally, there By skewed logic. is a tax on tampons. Food Sophie Harrington A normal menstrual and medical supplies, gen- Register Forum Staff cycle lasts from 3-7 days eral necessities of life, are From the time you get and happens each month. exempt from this tax, but excused from class, walk It can start from the age tampons and pads are not down the hallway to the of thirteen and last until generally considered to be bathroom, and wait in line, about fifty. In her lifetime, in this category. five minutes has already a female is bound to have Only ten out of fifty passed. If you’re in need of around 456 periods, accord- states do not have a “tam- a pad, you first have to get a ing to the Huffington Post. pon tax,” a tax on feminine pass from your teacher to go It costs roughly seven hygiene products, and only to your Learning Communi- to nine dollars to buy a box half of these do not have a ty, then get a pass to go to of tampons, and buying a sales tax, a tax on all sales. the nurse, and finally go to box of pads has a similar Women should not have to the bathroom in the nurse’s price range. In my fam- buy tampons, nevermind office where there are free ily there are three females. fork up additional change Only ten out of fifty states do not have a “tampon tax.” pads and tampons. At this A box of pads and one of for such a basic necessity. Photo Credit: CNN Money point what could have been tampons will only last three The tax, and the general do to make that burden on tampons, a simple item, a five minute journey to and cycles, one cycle for each prices, only affect wom- easier on me is to provide seems to be a much larger from the bathroom has tak- of us, if they even last that en, who are already at the some decent pads in pub- challenge than it needs to en up at least twenty min- long. wrong end of the gender lic restrooms and facilities. be. utes of your class time. That means that if a wage gap. Many women Government funded build- The Cambridge Pub- The walk of shame woman buys a box of tam- who are suffering from ings and private companies lic School system’s fiscal girls take every day to the should include space in their year budget for 2017 is bathroom as they go to The walk of shame girls take every day to budgets to purchase femi- $172,793,980. According change their pads or tam- the bathroom as they go to change their nine hygiene products for to the official financial bud- pons is incredulous, and the their workers or students. get report, 2% of the bud- taboo surrounding periods pads or tampons is incredulous. A tampon is like toi- get, $3,455,879.60, is to be amazes me. Why should I let paper—a general neces- used for other supplies. The be ashamed of what natu- pons and pads each month, poverty find that menstrual sity. Some may contest this demand for free tampons in rally happens to me? Peo- it can amount to $18. $18 products are too expensive statement, arguing that not our schools is one that needs ple silence talk about girls multiplied by 456 periods and when they cannot af- everyone uses tampons, to be met immediately. If having their period, and amounts to around $8,200 ford them resort to using old thus proving the item is not the tampons can be hidden girls are afraid to walk out spent in a lifetime. This rags to prevent stains. a necessity. However, all fe- in the nurse’s bathroom, of class holding a tampon. amount doesn’t even in- It is not my choice males need tampons or pads they can be made accessible Some wait until no one else clude the costs of birth con- that I have a period. It is or some sort of protection for all female students and is watching them to hide trol or other pain relieving not my fault. The least the to protect against stains and teachers in our bathrooms, sanitary products up their medicines. school and the world could leaks. Getting our hands free of charge. Who Is Gary Johnson? views while embodying a fiscally By conservative stance which is in Charlotte Rosenblum line with Republican views. Prior Register Forum Contributor to joining the Libertarian Party in For some, the choice between 2011, Johnson was a member of the Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton Republican party. for President of the United States Johnson endorses a non-inter- feels like an impossible call to ventionist stance on foreign poli- make. This can be said especially cy, which is good because foreign for young millennials who had policy is something he appears to their hearts and votes set on Bernie know nothing about. In an inter- Sanders and for whom this is their view with MSNBC, when asked first election. For this reason, some what he would do regarding the voters are turning to a third party Syrian city of Aleppo, the epicenter libertarian candidate Gary Johnson. for the current refugee crisis, John- According to realclearpolitics. son responded, “What is Aleppo?” According to RealClearPolitics, Johnson and Weld are currently polling at 6.6%. com, Johnson currently polls at stunning his interviewer, who then Photo Credit: CNN 6.6% and is dropping. Looking at had to explain it to him. to or why. enact political change. this data mathematically, Johnson’s In a separate MSNBC town The Democratic and Repub- America deserves to have a chances of capturing the presidency hall Johnson was asked to name one lican parties have attained cred- third option, but that option must be are near impossible. So why are foreign leader he admired. He hesi- ibility through running competitive serious, competitive, and viable. people voting for a candidate they tated and could not answer at first, and serious campaigns not only for Aside from the fact that a vote know can’t win? Many are calling until further coaxed by the town president, but also for state govern- for Johnson is a mathematically the vote for a third party a “protest hall host Chris Matthews. Eventu- ments, Congress, and the Senate. wasted vote, it is an intellectually vote,” in protest ally he said, “I’m “Third parties” such as the Liber- wasted one as well. Any adult who of the policies America deserves to have having an Aleppo tarian and Green parties currently has less foreign policy knowledge and practices a third option, but that moment [on] the hold zero seats in Congress and than a high-school senior is unfit to of Clinton and former president in the Senate because they rarely run the United States. Until John- Trump as well option must be serious. of Mexico.” Mat- run candidates for these positions. son and his party make the effort as the perceived thews questioned Third parties historically have only to run serious campaigns for politi- flaws in the American political sys- his answer, encouraging him to pick run candidates for president in or- cal offices other than president, it is tem. somewhere else, but Johnson could der to make a statement, neglecting unlikely they will be able to gain a Johnson takes a socially lib- not, nor could he specify which to run candidates consistently for fraction of the credibility or influ- eral stance in line with Democratic Mexican president he was referring positions where they could actually ence of the two major parties. Page 20 OOPINIONPINION October 2016 America’s Stark Green Divide There is Clear Partisan Division on Climate Change both parties have extremely been a countless number By different trust in scientists. of reports, studies, and re- Yusef Chisholm 68% of liberal Democrats search groups that have Register Forum Staff said that climate scientists proven, with the basis of In 2016, the Pew Re- had a good understanding science supporting them, search Center released a of whether climate change that climate change exists survey of 1,534 Americans was really happening, but and is affecting our world (who represented both sides only 18% of Republicans every single day. of the political spectrum) had that same view. For some reason, still on their thoughts about cli- As you can see the many people will choose mate change. Only 36% of trend continues down that not to believe all of these people said they cared about path for about every ques- facts, saying the scientist is climate change a great deal, tion in the survey, whether not trustworthy or the whole and 72% of that group were it had to do with helping thing is just a lie. Democrats while only 24% the cause of the climate or It’s hard to close the were Republicans. trusting climate scientists or gap between both views This type of trend is even who was to blame. It when someone who rep- made clear throughout the seems the two parties have resents the entire Republi- whole survey such as when two very different perspec- can party says that climate it came to the question of tives on our world that will change is a hoax that was As its effects increase, climate change becomes harder to deny. whether humans are the take a while to close. “created by and for the Chi- Photo Credit: EcoClimate Soulutions cause for climate change or The Republicans main nese in order to make U.S. the leader of their party says about the issue said that hu- not. argument for why climate manufacturing non-compet- just because their nominee mans were the cause of cli- 79% of lib- itive.” represents them. mate change while 93% of eral Democrats It seems the two parties have very Donald Education is a big part the people who knew much said humans Trump does on people’s perspective on more about climate change were the cause different perspectives on our world. not help the climate change. In the Pew shared the same view. while 85% of case and con- report, there was a nine Our leaders have to conservative Republicans change is not real is that tinues to influence people question test to evaluate a take bigger steps on closing said that humans were not they think there is no real to continue their oblivious person’s knowledge on cli- the gap and actually start the problem. evidence that supports this thinking on climate change. mate change. fixing the problem, other- When it comes to the claim. Many people from both par- Results show 49% of wise the gap will remain science of climate change, However, there have ties will believe whatever people who knew a lot less wide for years to come. Drugs and the Pitfalls of an Increasingly Open Web By as U4) and Fentanyl. Also among Christo Hays those dozens were two thirteen year Register Forum Staff olds. The drugs were most likely purchased online. In 2015, Pew Research report- What those two teen deaths ed that 73% of teens have access to represent is the dangerous new smartphones. Meanwhile millions frontier of drug use: online access. of younger kids are being brought This is a relatively new and alarm- up on ‘smart’ technology—tablets, ing phenomena. Tech-savvy kids smartphones, smart watches, the are allowed unprecedented access works. to all sorts of products, ones they This tech-raised generation may not fully understand and are knows or will soon know better hard for parents to keep an eye on. than anyone how to tap into the vast Compounding the problem are knowledge of the internet, partake online forums which discuss the in digital commerce, and connect effects, prices, and other aspects with one another. of these chemicals, as well as—in They will also know this at a some cases—redirecting users to younger, more vulnerable age than places where they can purchase the any generation prior. Simultane- drugs. ously, vendors and producers of Reddit, the most popular um- dangerous and illegal materials are brella forum on the web, is home to tapping into this new, global con- a subsection (or ‘Subreddit) dedi- According to a 2015 study, 73% of teens have access to smartphones. sumer base. cated to recreational use of such Photo Credits: Pew Research Center Among these profiteers are drugs. ducers of the chemicals alter the phone in his hands, he has access manufacturers of research chemi- Some of the other popular makeup to evade laws, if the drugs to research chemicals. The solution cals. Research chemicals are drugs ‘Subreddits’ are video game forums even end up on the law’s radar at doesn’t necessarily lie in restricting technically produced for research for games targeting children, for ex- all—due to their label as research internet access for youth—which purposes but are often used chemicals, many potent would be a wasted potential to recreationally for their de- opioids aren’t addressed. many—or banning the simple dis- sirable side effects. Syn- As soon as a kid has a smartphone in Possibly the big- cussion of drugs on forums, but in thetic opioids and other his hands, he has access to gest issue with research understanding the power that hand- psychoactive drugs are the research chemicals. chemicals is simple lack of ing a device to a child entails. most popular. They can awareness. Too few adults, When a kid has access to the also be quite dangerous. and even kids looking out internet, he has access to another Singer Prince was among the ample, Minecraft. for their friends, are aware of how world, one that is simultaneously dozens of victims of overdose from As the DEA and the various quickly the problem of online drug wonderful and terrible. And as ev- a popular mixture of the chemi- tiers of government scramble to pin markets could escalate. eryone should know, it’s not always cals U-47700 (colloquially known down these dangerous drugs, pro- As soon as a kid has a smart- easy telling the difference. October 2016 OOPINION-PINION-EEDITORIALDITORIAL Page 21 Why It’s Time A Different Take on Trump’s Taxes There’s Value in Looking Beyond the Liberal Media berg explains that if Trump had continued to pay to Re-Bell By his taxes, he would have only lost around $300 Ben Radovitzky million instead, and been able to keep the extra By Register Forum Staff $600 million. So why would Trump perform a Grace Ramsdell “strategic” play to protect his fortune if he is left Register Forum Managing Editor Recently, the New York Times received, from an anonymous source, Donald Trump’s with no fortune to protect? Each school day is marked by the ringing 1995 tax returns. On these, there was evidence Now, personally, I think Donald Trump is of the bell. We hear its unmistakable sound for that Mr. Trump was not only lying about being not only a terrible candidate to be the president the first time every morning at 8:05, again 80 a billionaire, but that he had lost $916 million in of our country, but also a despicable person with minutes later, 84 minutes later, and so on. The that year alone. no moral compass. That beings said, the infor- bell system makes sense. When we hear the bell, Obviously, liberal news sources and social mation that was leaked shows only what many we automatically know we are supposed to be media jumped all over the story. The IRS serves already speculated: that he isn’t the rich busi- heading somewhere—or that a tardy is in our im- the purpose of collecting taxes from the people nessman he claims to be. minent future if we aren’t in class when it rings. who live in the U.S. However, the IRS has a Living in the Northeast of the U.S. and in Formerly, there was only one time during system in which if the expenses of a person are Cambridge, it is really easy for all of us to take the day that these assumptions might not ap- greater than the mon- the news that we see, ply—if a student had Lunch B, they would have ey they took in, the being the more liberal to ignore the bells signifying the end of Lunch A. person is allowed to side, e.g. CNN, MS- However, with the addition of a third lunch this offset these losses for NBC, or the NYT, and year, the bell system has become more compli- as many as 15 years, assume it is an abso- cated. therefore avoiding lute truth. I had to go Now, we hear the bell ring four times in the taxes for as long as 15 out of my way to look span between 11:42 (the end of Lunch A) and years, with a specific up what Bloomberg 11:56 (the beginning of the new Lunch B), and clause that allows you and FOX News had to four more times in the span between 12:24 (the to extend that for an- say about the scandal end of Lunch B) and 12:36 (the beginning of other three. before I was able to Lunch C). The scandal with form my own opinion As we continue to adapt to the new lunch Trump was that it about the problem. schedule at Rindge, there are slight changes that was discovered that The point is, we can be made in order for the new Lunch B to run because of his $916 shouldn’t just trust as smoothly as possible, including changing the million dollar loss, he the first thing we hear sound of the bells that signal the beginning and avoided paying taxes because we recognize for 18 whole years. Trump’s taxes are one reason he has made headlines recently. or trust the source. I end of each lunch. Photo Credit: Getty Images If there was a different sound for each Because of this, peo- often criticize Trump lunch, students and teachers could more easily ple accused him of fraud and other fancy terms supporters for being ignorant, but this has made tune out the bells that do not apply to them and for what is essentially robbery. me realize that I may be being something of a therefore spend less time checking the clock to Nicholas Confessore and Binyamin Apple- hypocrite. see if the ringing they hear means it’s time for baum from the New York Times said, “The ma- I’m not going to suddenly become a dedi- them to transition. neuver would have protected him for up to 18 cated Republican now, but I am definitely going If the new Lunch B is any indication, CRLS years’ worth of income taxes, easing his path to to think twice before I mindlessly agree with is up for the challenge of adjusting. While we’re his new career: leveraging his name and knack what CNN says. In the words of Thomas Jeffer- at it, implementing additional sounds for the for publicity while minimizing the risks to his son, “An educated citizenry is a vital requisite lunch bells could be an opportunity to improve fortune.” for our survival as a free people.” And that starts the flow of our school day. However, Megan McArdle from Bloom- with us. Sexual Assault Is Not Just “Locker Room Talk” his comments in the town-hall style love lives, opinions, cute boys or only athlete with these views. When By debate, instead of apologizing genu- girls, successes, family, struggles, Lebron James, power forward of Nusrat Lamisa Jahan inely, Trump’s excuse was, “I don’t money, school/work, and relatable the Cleveland Cavaliers, explained Register Forum Contributor think you understood what it was— stories that bring your team closer. what locker room talk meant to him, Sexual assault is not a joke. It’s It’s locker room talk, and it’s one of Engaging in sexual assault is not he emphasized, “What that guy was not “just the way things are.” It’s those things...And we should get on relatable—so no, bragging about saying, I don’t know what that is. not “boys just being boys.” And it’s to much more important things and unwanted sexual actions is not a That’s trash talk.” definitely not “locker room talk.” much bigger things. It’s just words locker room story. Sorry Trump, So in reality, even locker room During the second presiden- folks, it’s just words.” After eleven your excuse is lame and just inac- banter at a professional level does tial debate, America was watching years, that was his justification. curate for why you continue to de- not comprise of the insulting, offen- with hopes of receiving answers Apparently, to Trump, there grade women; that’s not what goes sive sexual comments that someone from Trump after releases of tapes are more pressing issues and this on in locker rooms. who’s running in our presidential from his 2005 conversation with tape is “a distraction from the is- In fact, former NFL player election thinks is normally accept- Billy Bush, at the time the host of sues we are facing today.” Well to Chris Kluwe asserts in his response able. “Access Hollywood.” In the video, If we have a president who Trump reveals his failed attempt to Don’t allow “boys will be boys,” it’s “just the way approves of rape culture and toler- seduce a married woman. things are,” and especially “it’s locker room talk” to ates men engaging in unconsented Continuing with his profane sexual exchanges, then do we really comments after noticing Arianne be an excuse for sexual assault. have a leader we look up to? Don’t Zucker, the actress waiting to escort allow “boys will be boys,” it’s “just them to the soap-opera set, Trump me, Trump is an immense issue so to Trump: “I was in an NFL locker the way things are,” and especially brags, “You know I’m attracted to let’s face that and talk about it. room for eight years, the very defi- “it’s locker room talk” to be an ex- beautiful—I just start kissing them. I’m a woman, a daughter, an nition of the macho, alpha male en- cuse for sexual assault. Don’t allow It’s like a magnet... And when athlete, and a human being and I vironment you’re so feebly trying this country to be in hands of some you’re a star, they let you do it. You can tell you right now that there are to evoke to protect yourself, and gruesome, creepy pervert. And most can do anything. Grab them by the so many things wrong with Trump’s not once did anyone approach your importantly—don’t let my words p*ssy. You can do anything.” statement. Locker rooms are for breathtaking depths of arrogant alone determine your vote, because After being confronted about talking about frustrations, dreams, imbecility.” Chris Kluwe isn’t the hey, I’m just locker room talkin.’ Page 22 HHUMORUMOR October 2016 This Month Dear Mr. Trump: on the Campaign Trail By Charlotte Rosenblum

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This didn’t After the opposing come as a surprise to many, team scored their first three as Lincoln Sudbury has touchdowns, leaving the historically been one of the Falcons 21-0 in the second harder opponents for Rind- quarter, some of the specta- ge, but nevertheless ten- tors began to show their dis- sions at the game were high, appointment. Many insults Falcons keep their spritis high in spite of the loss. both on and off the field. flew towards the refs, some Photo Credit: Maroua Ouadani In the first quarter, of which accused them of at Rindge, told the RF that Saulnier provided a similar And in a final state- when the Warriors had only taking a bribe to sway the although Cambridge proba- response. “Last game was ment that echoed back what scored one touchdown, match against Cambridge. bly wouldn’t win this game, the best game this program it seemed like everyone was Anita Bennett, mother of a An agitated Taquan he had hope for the next has had in four years, so I feeling, “I have total confi- player #13, junior Gerald Mason, junior at CRLS, told one. wouldn’t say this game was dence in this team to bring Bennett, told the Regis- the Register Forum during One of the captains a fluke. Our biggest oppo- it back for the rest of the ter Forum, “The boys are halftime, “everybody has of the football team, An- nent is in the mirror,” he season.” showing good effort to- got to start trusting each drew Domond, remarked noted. It would seem that night.” And, after briefly other more, that’s the only the problem was “a lack of Nonetheless, he con- this confidence was not criticizing the referees, said way we’re gonna come execution…but sometimes tinued on to explain that he unfounded, as the Falcons she would always keep faith back… [but] I have faith in things just don’t work out couldn’t have his job if he came back and beat West- in the team, as should ev- them.” the way you plan them.” didn’t have faith in his play- ford Academy, making their eryone else. Although not very He did, however, cred- ers. “Tonight was an issue of way into the playoffs. On However, it does not many people were happy it his team for losing with being emotional… [about] October 28th the team had seem that everyone shares with the outcome of the dignity, and said that he had having a big opponent come a rematch with LS. Go to her conviction. According game, it was clear that the “100% faith in his team” to to town and wanting to do Dilboy Field on 11/23 to to the staff at the entrance, fans hadn’t lost hope. Alex- win the next game. well. These kids really just see the Falcons play against Ray and Steve, there were ander Sadock, a sophomore Head coach Ryan want to do well.” Somerville. How Unsafe Is the NFL? age down from 80.1% to 41.4%. By This is a significant difference al- Robert Shapiro though it has not eliminated inju- Register Forum Contributor ries and it does not affect punt re- turns. Football is a popular American The punt returns can be even game that blends athletic power, fi- worse as returners often have poor nesse, and brutality into an excit- blocking because most of the return ing 60 minutes. However, in recent team is right on the line of scrim- years the National Football League mage to pressure the punter as well has come under scrutiny due to the as make sure the offense isn’t run- plethora of concussions that are ning a trick play. Even though the suffered and concerns over chronic fair catch does stop the play, if the traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE. returner does not check the field and To combat the growing stigma that tries to return the ball or a defender the sport is dangerous, the NFL is is a little overzealous, the effects making an effort to make the game can be devastating. The National Football League has recently come under scrutiny. Photo Credit:The Boston Globe safer. Before the start of the 2016 Special teams are often one of season, team owners voted to ex- distance to kick hang time which when there were two special teams the most dangerous parts of football. tend the touchback from the 20 to gives defenders more time to get turnover due to a short kicked ball Defenders travel across the field to the 25 yard line to further discour- down field and gives returners less being returned. tackle a return man, who build up age kick returns and reduce inju- time to scan the field and react to Junior Aziz Rifai, an avid Pa- tremendous momentum which has ries. Unfortunately, the extra five the defense. triots fan, feels there is has been resulted in countless injuries. Be- yards have changed the strategy of Junior NFL fan Luke Mathe- a visible change, saying, “Some fore the 2011- some teams son said, “I feel like it’s the NFL teams have tried to limit the amount 2012 season “I feel like the NFL is trying to make the trying to make players safer but of touchbacks they kick.” the kickoff line game more teams are finding a way to get Kickoffs and punts are danger- was moved up to make it safer but teams are danger- around it for their own gain.” The ous, there’s no doubt, but the NFL from the 30 to finding a way around it.” ous. rule change has had ironic results as eliminating them would have dras- the 35 yard line NFL junior Zach Shetterly pointed out, tic effects on the game. There were to encourage teams are “I think it was funny the rule was 21 returns for touchdowns this past the ball being kicked deeper into currently kicking the ball out of or made to have less contact of kick- season with one of them happening the endzone to discourage returns deep in the endzone less, often opt- offs and lessen them but rather it in the playoffs. as well as to limit the momentum ing to kick a shorter distance so the did the opposite.” Finding a middle ground that players on the kickoff team can return specialist is forced to return The effects of the rule were which can keep players safe and build up. and then trying to tackle him before most clearly seen perhaps in a week won’t hurt the fundamentals of the It has been successful, signifi- he reaches the 25. The new rule has three matchup between the Houston game is amongst the top problems cantly shrinking the return percent- made teams switch focus from kick Texans and New England Patriots facing the NFL today. Page 24 SSPORTSPORTS October 2016 HOCR Brings Sport and Celebration to the Charles By Youth Fours. They were originally Yusef Chisholm ranked 75th out of the 85 teams Register Forum Staff competing, but ended up placing much higher than they expected. On October 22nd and 23rd, Jake Steinberg, one of the rowers on over 11,000 athletes from across the the team, expressed, “We were pret- globe came to Boston to compete in ty excited about the results and none a two day rowing competition along of us saw it coming.” However, the the Charles River. Rowers young boys 1v team came in at a disap- and old clashed with each other pointing 66th spot. Their placing in the biggest rowing event in the would’ve improved a lot more if the world, the Head of the Charles. For- team did not receive a crushing one tunately, our very own Cambridge minute penalty that set them back Rindge and Latin crew team gets to from placing where they would’ve join the contest every year. liked to. Even though they did not Over 11,00 athletes compete in the HOCR, making it the largest regatta in the world. The first day of racing was not get the results they hoped for, they Photo Credit: Grace Ramsdell an ideal time for the rowers or view- were still proud of the race they per- up you can hear the cheers for row well too. Pritz’s performance ers—it poured viciously throughout formed. other boats, but once you are on had a great impact on the rowers— the contest, but the competitors still The girls team came in at a the course everything gets blocked Max Ingersoll, another rower on the came out with energy and rowed to satisfying 22nd place. Even though out.” boys team, said his coach’s execu- the finish line. Luckily the CRLS the atmosphere was a bit chaotic at The coach of the CRLS crew tion “motivated us to go all out!” crew teams competed on Sunday, times, the girls remained focused team, Theo Pritz, raced in one of Overall the crew team was which happened to be a much sun- and determined throughout their the men’s singles and placed very pretty satisfied with the results of nier and comfortable day for the race. well at 19th. Showing his strength this year’s regatta and hope for the event. The boys 2v team came in an Senior Catie Eiref explained and determination to race the best success of the future crew team at unforeseen 19th place in the Men’s that “on the water while you warm he could, he inspired his rowers to next year’s Head of the Charles. Papi’s Finest Moments: An Emotional Farewell to David Ortiz By the curse of the Bambino. In game four, after and nobody is going to dictate our freedom.” Harry Greenblat the Red Sox tied the game in the bottom of the Papi has meant so much to Red Sox fans for so Register Forum Contributor ninth, Papi sealed the victory with another walk long, and his inspirational words here exemplify off home run with the game tied at four in the what Papi means to all of New England, not just A man with eleven walk off home runs. A twelfth inning. With momentum from this win, baseball fans. man with three rings, one to end the curse in the Red Sox won the next three games and the 2003, another in 2007, and yet another to help series, the first team to come back from down 2013 ALCS grand slam: Boston recover from the tragedy of the marathon 3-0 in MLB history. They then swept the Cardi- In yet another awe inspiring moment, David Or- bombings. A mentor to rookies who are now all nals to take the World Series. tiz breathes life back into struggling Red Sox stars, and a strong leader in the clubhouse. This with a grand slam in game two of the ALCS is David Ortiz, Big Papi, a man who has done it Home run number 51: against the Tigers. Down 1-0 in the series and all for the Red Sox and for his city. After 20 sea- In 2006, David Ortiz hit his 51st home run in 5-1 in game two, David Ortiz jacked a game ty- sons in the MLB, he is still raking, with a .315 the season, the most by any Red Sox player ever. ing slam to left field with two outs in the eighth batting average, 127 RBI, and 37 home runs in He finished the season with an astounding 54 inning, sending Fenway into what announcers his final season. Unfortunately, the Sox suffered home runs. The legitimacy of this feat was chal- called “a state of delirium.” The Sox went on a very disappointing early exit from the playoffs lenged in 2009 when a drug test from 2003 was to win the game on a walkoff hit, and then won at the hands of the Cleveland Indi- the world series against the Cardinals. ans, denying Papi’s run for one more This one is a must watch. championship. Despite this let down, we recognize David Ortiz’s incredible Home run number 500: career by recalling some of his finest Before the 2015 season, Ortiz was 34 moments in Boston home runs shy of the 500 mark, and at age 39 it seemed doubtful that he 1st home run with the Red Sox: would reach his mark during the sea- Right off the bat (pun intended), Papi son, or maybe even ever. However, he showed that he would be a major fac- slugged his way to the landmark num- tor in the team’s success. His first ber easily, and at Tampa Bay on Sep- home run for Boston came in his first tember 12 he hit two homers, the sec- season with us, which was 2003. He ond of which gave him 500. Only 27 came in in the 14th inning with the players have ever reached this mark, game tied 4-4 against the Angels and known as the 500 club. His final tally promptly hit a two run go ahead bomb after this year amounts to 541. which would give the Sox the win, David Ortiz is one of 27 players to hit over 500 home runs. foreshadowing countless clutch mo- Photo Credit: NESN Final season: ments to follow. released in which he tested positive for Perfor- Throughout the season, as Ortiz hit so well, he mance Enhancing Drugs (PEDs), but recently received gifts from nearly every ballpark he 2004 ALDS series winner: MLB commissioner Rob Manfred has said that played at, including cowboy boots from the Tex- In the beginning of the Red Sox first champion- these tests may have been unreliable. Ortiz has as Rangers, a winter coat from the Toronto Blue ship winning postseason campaign since 1918, always maintained his innocence, denying ever Jays, and a painting from the New York Yankees. David Ortiz hit a walk off home run in the tenth using PEDs. When he returned home to Fenway for the final inning to give Boston a sweep of the Angels and games of his career, the celebrations were non- a Division Championship. Speech after Boston Marathon bombing: stop. Papi’s face was cut into the outfield grass, After the Boston Marathon bombing and its af- he was given more gifts, and was greeted by 2004 ALCS Game 4 walk off: termath rocked Boston and surrounding commu- important figures such as members of his three In one of the most legendary series of all time, nities in 2013, David Ortiz delivered a moving championship teams, Governor Charlie Baker, the Red Sox came back from a 3-0 series defi- and motivational speech before a game days af- and even Danilo Medina, president of the Do- cit to beat the Yankees on their way to ending ter the tragedy, saying: “This is our f---ing city, minican Republic, where Ortiz was born.