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www.thewestwordonline.com Volume 45, Number 6 / April/May 2018 The WestwordStudent voice of the Westhill community “The test of good journalism is the measure of its public service.” Northstar Playmakers dazzle the stage in Footloose Page 29 PRINCIPAL RINALDI LAUNCHES NEW 6 STRATEGIC PLAN OP-ED LOOKING INTO THE IMPACT OF 11 SEATING IN CLASS WESTHILL WINTER PERCUSSION BRINGS 30 THE NOISE 2 TheWestword April/May 2018 2017-2018 Staff Note from the Editors Editor-in-Chief Sports Editors Noah Klein Tamar Bellete, Joseph DiSalvo Dear Readers, Rico y cómo los ciudadanos se cut from a sports team. Print Executive Editor Copy Manager As the weather heats up, our reaccionaron. Special Report We would also like to con- Addison Magrath Sahithi Kollipara staff continues to push to provide sheds light on the recent testi- gratulate all of our staff as The Online Executive Editor Copy Editors the best product possible to our mony by Mark Zuckerburg, and Westword has been named “Most Josh Eimbinder Brooke Glatzhofer, readers. We hope you enjoy our the issue of privacy online. Outstanding Newspaper” by the Managing Editors Ryan Hart, Kaela Shaulson, April/May Issue and look forward Our Supplement provides American Scholastic Press Asso- Daniel Greco, Sheetal Sudhir, to producing our Senior Issue. a “blast from the past” looking ciation. The Westword is one of Rachel Plotzky, Jessica Wallen Our Editorial this month back at trends from the early two schools to receive this honor Nicholas Zarrilli Graphic Designers looks at downward trend of teen 2000s on. In Feature, take a look out of the 205 that applied. The Ombudsman Ryka ChandraRaj, Zachary Kitay social skills, read more to find at which teachers are hanging award is a testament to the work Max Zussman Pollsters out how and why these prob- out outside of their classrooms. and dedication our staff provides Media Manager Zainab Jafri, Alexandra Lazo, lems will create issues. Limelight contains a movie day in and day out. Meghan Prabhu David Mezias, Bella Vaccaro In News, read about Haitian review of the recent box office We encourage any and all Business Manager Reporters Flag Day, as well as Principal boomer, A Quiet Place. Scat- readers with comments, ques- Paola Socci Ries Allyn, Audrey Molina, Rinaldi’s new strategic plan. terbrain covers our Slay of the tions, or concerns to contact us Social Media Managers Hannah Nekritz, Ashley Shapiro, Viewpoint gives insight to Month: Jonathan Joseph, as well by either dropping a letter into Christina Burgess, Valerie Neyra Shaira Sunbeam students’ conflicting opinions on as the “page of fun.” Noah Klein’s mailbox in room Distribution Mangers Illustrators the U.S.’ decision to bomb Syria. In Express, view our inter- 224 or emailing us at westword- Hudson Price, Daniel Brennan Neeka Baclayon, Moving on to Las Noticias, view with Tia Blumenau, as well [email protected]. Head Illustrator Zachary Kitay, hablamos sobre la catástrofe as other student work. In Sports, Alexis Marchetti Kathryn Kopec, natural que ocurrió en Puerto find out what it feels like to be Sincerely, Creative Director Tamar Frydman, Editorial Policy Emma Cali Paulina Seremetis The Westword will be guided in the News Editors Videographers publication of material by a concern for Chloe Giulini, Lexi Boccuzzi Skylar Rubin, :KDW·V inside truth, human decency, and human ben- Viewpoint Editors Stephaine Tancs H¿W ,W LV SXEOLVKHG GXULQJ WKH VFKRRO Jude Ponthieu, Photographers year by the late night staff, along with Alexandra Watkinson Alexa Smeriglio, Editorial Examining the problems with FXUUHQWWHHQVDQGKRZWRÀ[WKHP the Journalism and Communications Las Noticias Editor Nikhil Tungaturthy, 3 classes. Letters to the Editor, advertis- Guilmar Valle Nicole Vantman, Gabe Schmidt ing requests, comments, criticism, or Special Editor Co-Advisers News Detailing the recent fundraising carried out by the AgriScience program. suggestions are always welcome. The Katherine Williams Mr. von Wahlde, 5 views expressed in Viewpoint and the Feature Editors Mr. Wooley Viewpoint Debating the requirement of Op-Ed page do not necessarily repre- Molly Cannon, Marta Zach Las Noticas Advisors sent the opinions of The Westword. Supplement Editors Mr. Sandoval 11 Google Classroom. Bailee Esposito, Katie Gaia, Ms. Mendez The Editorial Board consists of Micayla Roth Columnists Las Noticias Una ventana al caos eco- nomica en Venezuela. Noah Klein, Addison Magrath, Josh Ei- Scatterbrain Editors Jennifer Carias, 12 mbinder, Max Zussman, Daniel Greco, Veda Bhalla, Kevin Costello, Special Report The Zuckerburg Trial Rachel Plotzky, Nicholas Zarrilli, Lexi Jason Zarrilli Jackie Fahey, Boccuzzi, Bailee Esposito, Alexandra Limelight Editors Matthew Greenbaum, 15 and the idea of privacy. Watkinson, Molly Cannon, Jude Pon- Lucca Metzger, Jude Ponthieu, thineu, Tamar Bellete, Katherine Wil- Joaquin Monteclaro Valerie Neyra, Supplement Reminiscing on past trends from the 2000s. liams, Guilmar Valle, Mr. von Wahlde, Express Editors Jack Williamson, 17 and Mr. Wooley. The Editorial can be Sophia Colfer, Max Zussman, found on page 3. Michael Dubon Kelly Fox Feature A look at Allergy Season at The Hill Announcements 28 Senior wills are due May 15 and can The Westword Limelight This Month in Hip-Hop be found in your school e-mail. Corrections Westhill High School 29 The Westword incorrectly phrased the 125 Roxbury Road Scatterbrain De-bunking myths in the poll displayed with the Editorial as “have classroom April break extended or school extend- Stamford, CT 06902 31 ed,” while the question posed was “April (203) 977-4894 Express Artist of the month: Tia break shortened,” in the March issue. 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EDITORIAL 3 More followers create less friends When it comes to issues with the late “With the advancement of technol- Having strong interviews, being able vulnerability or unfair judgement and set up Millennial to Generation Z demographic, ogy, more and more students are becoming to work with others, and understanding dif- in a manner that is anxiety-ripe. few are more concerning than the heavy somewhat resistant to face to face interac- ferent personalities of people is a major key “Social media de¿nitely encourages a reliance on technology and social media, tion and feel most comfortable behind a towards success. This is harder, though not place of judgement. I feel like sometimes which can seriously hurt human interaction. screen. , feel this de¿nitely has an impact impossible, online. we don’t even mean to but we do,” Ava How many Friends? How many fol- on the way we all communicate and how Nevertheless, Generation Z may strug- Mastrone (‘20) said. lowers? How many likes? How many we exist,” Mrs. Mitchell, Guidance Coun- gle more and more with those aforemen- Judging people and making assump- tweets, posts, hashtags, and pictures are we selor said. tioned skills. tions about them based off a social media creating our second selves with on a day to If real-life social skills are not used of- Similarly, social anxiety has also be- persona, whether consciously or subcon- day basis? Critics have long said that we sciously, makes for a unique source of are developing second lives, but have we Bottom Line: While technology and social media have made anxiety that all other generations have not reached the tipping point where the pseudo- grappled with. self is taking over the real one? Genertion Z more connected, serious social issues such as anx- We, as Generation Z, are unique in this Today, “talking” and interacting with manner, and can not always ¿nd adults with others can be done all online. Message iety, awkwardness, and isolation have suffered. similar experiences. boards, blogs and other internet commu- From a very young age, we have been nities have connected millions of people ten enough, a person becomes socially awk- come a serious problem for this generation. constantly bombarded with information, without ever meeting one another. Prob- ward and incapable of handling themselves According to socialphobia.org, Social anxi- and we have grown up in an age where we lems are solved. Jobs won and lost. Papers in confrontations. This isolation and awk- ety is de¿ned as “the fear of social situa- have access to an immense amount of infor- researched, typed, and handed in, never to wardness can become a serious problem for tions that involve interaction with other mation at the touch of a ¿ngertip, and yet - actually be on actual paper. of this generation. people, more speci¿cally situations where we often lack our own personal experience However, as more and more people For example, intellects that struggle people feel they may be judged in a harsh and the knowledge to sift through and prior- continue to connect to the world via the in- with face to face interaction can be out- or unfair way.” itize and socialize in such an environment. ternet, they can start to struggle with real shone by others who have better “people” If we take that anxiety and mix it with This has created issues in our genera- life interactions. skills. social media, we are left open to feelings of tion. A lack of emotional maturity, common sense, as well as the ability to perform day to day human interactions are just some of the ways in which Generation Z is losing skills needed to thrive socially. Everything in our lives, comes and goes so instantaneously and as a result we have challenged the ability to create emo- tional attachments.