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June 2014 CLASS of 2014! The RegisterRegister ForumForum Established 1891 Vol. 126, No. 10 Cambridge Rindge and Latin School June 2014 CLASS OF 2014! Continued on page 2 On Thursday June 5th, 2014 CRLS seniors celebrated graduation in the War Memorial Gym. Students and families enjoyed a lively graduation with speeches from the Honorable Mayor, Mr. David Maher & from student leadership including the Student Body President Sole Nazaire & Class of 2014 President Amy Tung. Graduation was simply magical. Photo Credit: Larry Aaronson CRLS Grad Matt Damon Donates $10k Respecting Maya Angelou to Support Kimbrough Scholars Cause By her mother’s boyfriend at the age of By was dedicated to issues revolving Charlotte Rosenblum eight. Four days after she told her Liam Greenwell around social justice. Register Forum Correspondent brother what the man had done, Register Forum Editor This past semester, the five he was murdered. “I thought, my students worked closely with the On May 28th 2014 Maya voice killed him; I killed that man, In April, five CRLS stu- Northeastern University’s Civil Angelou passed away at her home because I told his name. And then I dents -- Charles Boateng, Danielle Rights and Restorative Justice Proj- in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. thought I would never speak again,” Heims-Waldron, Katherine Year- ect, which tracks down unsolved A beloved poet, author, dancer, pro- Maya Angelou claims in her biog- wood, Nana Serebour, and Maedot racially charged homicides com- ducer, playwright, civil rights activ- raphy, I Know Why the Caged Bird Kassa -- culminated their semester- mitted between 1930 and 1965 and ist, director, actress, and singer, An- Sings. She stayed silent for the next long Kim- works to gelou lived to be age 86. Her nurse five years of her life. It was during brough This trip was wholly made possible track down and family report she was growing this time that she discovered her Scholars answers frail and had cancelled numerous love for books and literature. program by Matt Damon, whose...donation surround- appearances leading up to her death; When she was fourteen, a with a trip allowed the trip to happen. ing the Maya Angelou is and always will teacher and family friend named to Missis- case. be one of the strongest and most in- Ms. Bertha Flowers helped her to sippi, which was funded by a gener- The CRLS students re- spirational figures of contemporary speak again, showing her the power ous donation by alumnus Matt Da- searched primary sources, collabo- society. of the spoken word and unknowing- mon. rated with the CRRJ project, and Born on August 4th 1928 ly unleashing a voice that the world The Kimbrough Scholars contributed to the growing database in St. Louis Missouri, Angelou suf- desperately needed. Shortly after program was created in honor of of important findings relating to the fered a tough childhood. Her par- she resumed speaking, she reflected Les Kimbrough, a long-time CRLS ents had a “calamitous marriage” as educator, activist, and mentor, who Continued on page 2 she recalls, and she was abused by Continued on page 6 INSIDE THIS EDITION O S A p p Elliot Rodger & Summer Video Games Sailing Results o - E E Page 4 Sisters on the Runway r World Cup 2014 d Page 6 Personal Freedom t Page 7 Page 5 s June 2014 AAROUNDROUND SSCHOOLCHOOL Page 2 Graduation Day: “Dare to Dream” By Smith continued, won awards; further words Liam Greenwell “Proof of community can be of wisdom were also im- Hugh Dougherty seen in your actions...Wher- parted onto the graduating Register Forum Editor ever you go, remember that class by those honored. you will always be a falcon. Continuing the CRLS will always be your event, Valedictorian Anisha From the begin- home.” Nakagawa rallied her peers ning of the ceremony, Mr. Smith also re- to “use our passion and wis- when “Pomp and Circum- vealed that over three-quar- dom to shape the world.” stance” rang through the ters of the graduating class Anisha also hum- Field House, graduation, on had been accepted by a four bly noted that many oth- Thursday, June 5, was sim- year college or university, ers deserved recognition ply a magical night. and praised the success of for their accomplishments Hundreds of family the students. throughout high school, for members, friends, gradu- Salutatorian Jer- a variety of reasons: some ates, and faculty packed emy Sternbach reiterated artistic, some athletic, some into the redesigned Field this sentiment by showing academic, and some altruis- House -- speakers were set his confidence in his peers tic. up to broadcast the speeches graduating that night. “I Additionally, many A joint project between the Arts Department and the carpentry classes and music throughout the trust that everyone will do reflected on the struggles was presented to the brother and sister of Charlene Holmes. sprawling space, and a large great things and succeed in and trials that had brought Photo Credit: Larry Aaronson stage was set up at the far the future,” he stated exu- them to the stage that night the class of 2014, was pre- ished. It seems that even end of the area. berantly. -- Principal Smith solemnly sented to Holmes’ brother through so many challeng- Throughout the Halfway through the commented, “We have in- and sister. ing events, the class of 2014 night, a theme of togeth- ceremony, faculty distinc- deed weathered storms [to- Senior class presi- has been drawn closer, not erness proliferated the tion awards were given to gether].” dent Sole Nazaire emo- pushed apart. speeches and notes by ad- four teachers, voted on by The tragic loss of tionally told the audience, To end the event, ministrators, faculty, and the class of 2014, whom the CRLS student and 2014 “[Charlene] was the epito- Sole Nazaire encouraged the graduating students seniors wanted to recognize member Charlene Holmes me of kindness. This gradu- her classmates to rethink -- many, especially Princi- for their especially hard was also reflected on, and a ation is in honor of [her].” their class motto “Dare to pal Smith, noted the “great work. Ms. VanBlaricum, painting, created by the art “I feel very proud... Dream.” She challenged, community” the class of Mr. Flaherty, Ms. Hughes, department in tandem with to have been your princi- “It’s time to stop dreaming. 2014 had created together. and Jon Baring-Gould all the carpentry classes and pal,” Mr. Smith had fin- It’s time to start doing!” From left: Graduates in the spirit of the event; joy was in the air all night; miles of smiles in the crowd. Photo Credits: Larry Aaronson The Register Forum Is now accepting advertisements! Email [email protected] for prices and information. KIMBROUGH SCHOLARS the trip to happen. truth about what happened. What people faced Continued from page 1 However, the trip was anything but a is unfathomable and to downplay their plight is vacation: continuing the remarkable work ethic morally wrong.” cold cases. displayed previously by all five young adults, the Cambridge’s City Council, to recognize The students were deeply engaged and students continued researching their cases and the remarkable work of the students, issued a committed, working two afternoons per week interviewed multiple Civil Rights leaders while resolution officially congratulating all five mem- at Northeastern in addition to the normal class in Mississippi. bers. The students “worked collaboratively as time, as well as digging through the NAACP’s they developed research, critical thinking, and records, which are stored at Harvard’s Lamont However, the trip was anything but a va- analytical skills,” the declaration read. Library. cation...the students continued research- It continued, “these bright youth deserve To continue their research and increase ing their cases...while in Mississippi. to be commended for their remarkable research even more their understanding of the time pe- and laudable dedication to the pursuit of jus- riods and places they were researching, the five tice.” Kimbrough Scholars capped their experience On why the trip and overall experience The Kimbrough Scholar program will with an eye-opening trip to Mississippi. was so important, Katherine Yearwood, one of be available once again next year, and we hope This trip was wholly made possible by the Kimbrough Scholars, stated, “It is disrespect- Matt Damon will continue his unspeakably gen- Matt Damon, whose $10,000 donation allowed ful to the victims of these crimes not to [find] the erous support of this very worthy cause. June 2014 WWORLDORLD Page 3 For Professors in Academia, Violence in Art Poses Newer Challenges be treated like the adults they are By rather than little kids. Sophia Nikolayev Register Forum Correspondent On the other hand, some professors accept the fact that ma- A newly discussed topic terial is never solely academic and in academia today is that concern- that all students are subjected to it ing “trigger warnings.” Just this with a wide range of varied expe- year, students at the University of riences, hence the need for trigger Michigan, Bryn Mawr College, warnings. Oberlin College, Rutgers Univer- After consulting with soph- sity, Scripps College and Wellesley omore Caroline Molnar, her opin- have all requested “more thoughtful ion appears to lean against trigger treatment of potentially troubling warnings: “If all college students readings, films, lectures and works are put in academia that supports such warnings, an even bigger issue Saving Private Ryan might be affected by trigger warnings. of art.” Photo Credit:Thunderbird37 would be brought up, which is the Students find that some of ger warnings in academia will just works, not only will the writing the things they view in class feel infantilization of said students.” According to Molnar and diminish great literature.
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