The Official Student Newspaper of Good Hope ABSOLUTELY FREE! Country Day School The PANTHER POST GRAB, READ & PASS ALONG! Volume 1 Issue 1 “Our School. Our Paper.” December 21, 2017 #VISTRONG is to have a safe place where queers & 2017 HURRICANE SEA- NEW STUDENT CLUBS allies can come and talk about problems, SON ONE FOR THE AGES! OFFER MORE learn about handling life as a queer per- SCHOOL AND ISLAND TAKE A son, hang out, and be with each other’s in MAJOR HIT, BUT DEMONSTRATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR a space that is free of judgement and full RESOLVE TO BUILD BACK BETTER of love and support. It is also a way to SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT educate LGBTQ persons and allies about ______________________________ By Imani Evans and Ally Starr the ins and outs of the community and HURRICANES, PAGE 6 ________________________________ PRISM was created as an inclusive space CLUBS, PAGE 4 for LGBTQ students and allies. The goal New Student Clubs Profiled Hurricane Maria Slams STX Student Sailors Compete in China! Read why the time is right.............page 4 Read inspiring recovery efforts......page 4 Big opportunity on world stage....page 13 2 3 The Panther Post FOR THE RECORD The Index! - Staff - A Collection of Quotes From Around Campus, the Territory, the Country and the World Founding Editor..................Jade Bryan WHAT’S INSIDE _______________ Founding Editor..............Nyama Gibbs Founding Editor...........Carolyn Grimm Faculty Advisor.................Mr. Fletcher 4 “Roof is gone.” “Roads will get worse before they Number of 8-oz. cups of coffee that is ______________________________________ Roosevelt Skerrit, Prime Minister of Domi- safe to drink a day, according to a scientif- nica, posting in real time on Facebook before get better.” ic review of more than 400 coffee-related - Contributers to The Cause - being rescued as Hurricane Maria hit the Ca- FOR THE RECORD ENTERTAINMENT ~ Governor Kenneth Mapp, during his Mon- studies conducted from 2001 to 2015 ribbean island with Category 5 strength day December 4 hurricane recovery press Hanan Hamed Quotes From Around................page 3 Fall Theater Production...........page 10 briefing Julian Bishop Animal Crossing Review.........page 11 11 Number of Twitter users that KFC fol- Jenna Canegata Poignant Teen Reads of 2017..page 12 THE INDEX lows to represent the 11 herbs and spices Crystal Fahie Crazy Stats...................................page 3 Student’s Favorite Books.........page 13 “The four most solid buildings on “Insofar as the CDL loan, you’re in its chicken, including six men named Mathieu Dale Herb and the five former Spice Girls Imani Evans SCHOOL NEWS HEALTH & WELLBEING the island have been destroyed.” damned if you do or damned if Ally Starr New Student Clubs.....................page 4 From a bathroom reader.........page 14 ~ Gerard Collomb, French Interior Minister, Ajani Rock initially assessing the Caribbean island of St. 100 Horoscopes...............................page 14 you don’t. It’s a form of Years that theoretical physicist Stephen Naurani Persaud New Tri-M Club Members.......page 4 Martin after Hurricane Irma made its first Hawking predicted humans have left to landfall; a Category 5 storm with 185-m.p.h. And everyone who participated in our find another planet to live on, before glob- POETRY CORNER winds, Irma was one of the strongest Atlantic colonialism.” survey! COMMUNITY NEWS ~ Senator Janelle Sarauw, on the floor of the al warming renders Earth uninhabitable Hurricane Maria Recovery........page 6 The Interrupted Explorer........page 15 Ocean hurricane ever recorded legislature, referring to the territory’s lack of Net Neutrality Debate and How It Three Mini Sagas......................page 15 options for relief funds. On December 1, sen- ators of the territorial government approved $2,000 Affects You..................................page 7 Amount of cash that 6-year-old Jas- a $300 million FEMA Community Disaster CARTOONS & GAMES “You try to stay strong in public, per Dopman found in a bank bag on the Loan (CDL), even as they decried its terms. EDITORIAL & OPINION Word Search and More!..........page 16 ground near his Massachusetts school; he Improving Student-Teacher Relation- but once inside you break.” received an Outstanding Citizen Award Dominga Tejera, janitor in Philipsburg, St. ships.............................................page 8 SPORTS on April 27 for turning the bag over to the Martin, after surviving Hurricane Maria “It takes a lot more strength to be police, who determined that the money Sailors Off To China!...............page 18 Texting and Walking Debate....page 8 had been lost by a restaurant employee What Friendship Really Is.........page 9 GHCDS Sailing Team..........back page honest with yourself than it does How to join our team 25,000 If you are a Good Hope Country Day School “The things that make us differ- to lie.” Number of avocados used to make the student interested in contributing to The Pan- THE PANTHER POST ~Former NFL player Ryan O’Callaghan, who world’s largest-ever serving of guacamo- ther Post on either its news reporting or edi- - STATEMENT OF PURPOSE - ent, those are our superpowers.” recenty came out publicly as gay le, which weighed in at 3 tons; avocado torial teams, please email any of the Founding growers in Mexico made the enormous Editors or Faculty Advisor. Or just stop by the Mission: The Panther Post is the student-run exclusively) political writings, pop culture com- ~ Lena Waithe, screenwriter, accepting dip on September 4 to highlight the PUB room and inquire face to face! newspaper of Good Hope Country Day School. mentary, and writings from those traditionally the Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing underrepresented within the media. for a Comedy Series for Master of None’s “If you think every woman who’s benefits of NAFTA as President Trump Letter to the Editor Policy We hope to serve two main functions on this “Thanksgiving” episode, which she wrote considers pulling the U.S. out of the campus. As a community forum, we aim to both The Panther Post aims to publish online as well with the Netflix show’s creator Aziz Ansari; a size 14 is just sitting at home trade pact To have a letter printed in The Panther Post, announce news about the GHCDS community, as 2-4 substantial print issues a semester. she is the first African-American woman to please follow the guidelines listed below: and present thoughtful analysis of issues per- win the award and hating herself, then you are $277,503 Limit your letter to 800 words. Letters must taining to this campus and the world at large. We As one of the few outlets for students to ex- hope to be a comprehensive source of informa- plore their interests in journalism while at Good The amount of money donated to an- be emailed to [email protected]. ti-arms and human-rights activists by Please include your full name and grade level. tion as well as a site for dialogue and discussion. 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We hold reg- steeped in racist propaganda, “Once this Pandora’s box is Letters should not include any personal in- 3,543,467 its connections with staff, faculty, students, and ular staff meetings that are open to all members Number of Twitter users who retweeted formation pertaining to other people unless it student groups are strong. Thus, we hope to use of the GHCDS community. is relevant to the topic at hand, which will be caricatures and harmful stereo- opened, it will be hard to close.” an April 5 message from Nevada teen decided at the discretion of The Panther Post’s The Panther Post to present the voices of a di- ~ Elon Musk, Tesla CEO, and 115 other lead- Carter Wilkinson asking Wendy’s for a managing editors verse cross section of Good Hope Country Day The views expressed in The Panther Post do not types.” ing experts on artificial intelligence, calling year of free chicken nuggets as a joke; on School as we aim to be as open and inclusive as necessarily reflect those of the paper, its staff, Liz Phipps Soeiro, librarian, explaining why on the U.N. to ban the use of AI in weapons May 9, it became Twitter’s most retweet- All letters will be edited for style and grammar. possible. This is, we believe, an integral princi- or Good Hope Country Day School. All content she didn’t accept the 10 Dr. Seuss books that manufacturing ed tweet ever, and Wendy’s granted Thank you in advance for following these pal of journalism that must be upheld both at this is copyright 2017, The Panther Post. All rights First Lady Melania Trump donated to a Cam- Wilkinson’s wish. guidelines. school and beyond. We aim to include (albeit not reserved. bridge, Massachusetts elementary school 4 5 SCHOOL NEWS SCHOOL NEWS BEFORE AFTER CLUBS FROM PAGE 1 Photos showing damage to the GHCDS campus, taken immediately after Hurricane Photos showing the GHCDS campus as it keep people updated on the happenings looks today, demonstating many hundreds of Maria passed through. on the island and off. Meetings take place hours of cleanup efforts.