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Students and staff donate during red cross blood drive … PHOTOS BY YEARBOOK STAFF Published biweekly by and for the Upper School students of Riverfield Country Day School in Tulsa, OK MARCHAPRIL 3, 6, 2015 2020 THE COMMONS NEW student ARTworks ON DISPLAY All of these new artworks are on display now in the LAC Building. The four elements — earth, air, fire and water — were the subjects of these works by Middle School and Upper School students in Mr. de Verges’ Art classes. PHOTOS BY CATIE DOERR and PATRICIA DICKEY Super Tuesday results are in BSA declares bankruptcy By Shashwat Singh obtain the nomination after a This bodes well for By Jake O’Shaughnessy able to go camping with scouts. STAFF WRITER hard-fought early season in Biden’s future, as he has ap- STAFF WRITER Mrs. Knight has children in which he finished out of the top parently consolidated a diverse Scouts, and she said, “I was On March 3, 14 states vot- 5 in Iowa and New Hampshire base of energized voters that Boy Scouts of America pleasantly surprised that the ed in primaries for their and didn’t win a state until his could carry him to the Demo- (BSA) filed for Chapter 11 training was rigorous and had choice for the Democratic and dominant performance in South cratic nomination. bankruptcy on Feb. 17. scouts’ safety at the forefront. Republican candidates for Carolina. Two aspects particularly They have filed bankruptcy I’m happy about the training president. Despite numerous verbal prove this idea. First, accord- in order to be able to help all the that I took and proud of the The vote totals for the slips, Biden proved his “fire- ing to NPR, turnout increased victims of sexual abuse that scouting organization for taking Democratic primaries have yet wall” in South Carolina to be exponentially in many states, happened while in scouting by steps to ensure scouts are safe.” to show who won the most intact, causing a startling chain including Virginia, which forcing a class action lawsuit. The most important thing to delegates, but according to of events resulting in victories went for Biden and had 68% This is only possible under know about the bankruptcy is Politico, Joe Biden is now in in 10 of the 14 Super Tuesday more turnout. Chapter 11 bankruptcy. that day-to-day activities in the the best position to become states for the former vice presi- Second, the likelihood of a In the public letter they re- Boy Scouts will not change at the party’s nominee. dent. contested convention means leased, the BSA made sure the all. The Indian Nations Council However, it is very likely Especially surprising was superdelegates are likely to public knew two things: scout- sent out a letter to all adults to that a contested convention Biden’s ability to win in states favor the establishment, mean- ing is safer now than ever be- make sure they know that “our will occur, due to the proba- where he had almost no ground ing a likely Biden victory in fore, and scouting continues. Council is legally separate, dis- bility that no candidate will presence. According to CNN, he the second round of delegate Over the past few years, tinct, and financially independ- reach 1,991 delegates, accord- even won Massachusetts, the voting. In most scenarios, this safety for scouting youth has ent from the national organiza- ing to NBCNews. home state of Elizabeth Warren, seems to be the ideal situation increased immensely. Even as tion.” Biden was not expected to without ever campaigning there. for Joe Biden. an adult in a scouting unit, you This is important, as most have to go through long Youth activities are done on the coun- Protection Training just to be cil and unit level. THE COMMONS is published biweekly dur- VOLUME XIV ISSUE 10 ing the school year by the Upper School Newspaper elective class SPRING 2020 STAFF at Riverfield Country Day School, 2433 W. 61st Street, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74132. The staff reserves the right to edit any article or EDITOR-IN-CHIEF ................. Brenden Paul FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 2020 letter submitted for publication. Send all NEWS EDITOR ........................ Andrew Jordan submissions to the Editor-in-Chief at SPORTS EDITORS .................. Jack Bluhm, Jon Morley DESIGN EDITORS .................. Jake O’Shaughnessy [email protected]. All opinions expressed are those of the individual writ- OPINIONS EDITOR ................ Shashwat Singh ..................................... .............. Quinten Nokes ers and do not reflect positions of the staff, A&E EDITOR ........................... Catie Doerr PHOTOGRAPHY EDITORS .. Anna Claire Boyd adviser, or school administration. REVIEWS EDITOR ................. Mason Malloy ..................................... .............. Chloe Tunnell FEATURES EDITOR ............... Will Dozier COLUMNISTS .......... .. ............ Ava Fritts, Jack Jones Online: riverfield.org/community/studentnewspapers.cfm THE COMMONS Friday, March 6, 2020 Our next issue will be the highly anticipated annual “un-commons” issue. Look for it on april fools day! SPORTS 2 It’s here! March madness has begun By Brenden Paul large” bids, meaning their over- get the automatic bid. STAFF WRITER all record was strong enough to In the American conference, make a case for them. Tulsa is currently sitting at 20-9 College basketball’s confer- The Big 12 tournament takes and is currently sitting at first ence seasons are winding down place over four days in Kansas place in the conference. Tulsa now, and teams are getting City, from March 11-14. Right would need to win their final ready for the conference tourna- now, Baylor and Kansas have three games and have a good ments. split their head-to-head match- showing at the American Athlet- The winners of these tourna- ups and will be tough contend- ic Championship tournament in ments will get automatic bids to ers for the No. 1 seed. Fort Worth on March 12-15. the NCAA March Madness Oklahoma will need to make The selection show which Paige and Dylan work on their tennis skills constantly. Tournament. a deep run into the tournament will reveal the 68 teams that PHOTOS BY BRENDEN PAUL As of now in the Big 12 in order to solidify their case for make the field this year will be tournament, ESPN’s bracket advancement. held on Sunday, March 15 (the predictors say Baylor, Kansas, Due to their lackluster sea- first Sunday of Spring Break.) Paige Williams and Oklahoma, Texas Tech and son to this point, Oklahoma Be sure to tune in on CBS to West Virginia are set to make State will need to win the con- see if your local team makes the Dylan Patterson lead the NCAA tournament as “at ference tournament in order to cut. Congratulations to both Var- sity basketball teams on a very Most NBA playoff predictions successful season. The Varsity Boys and Varsity Girls both Valuable By Jon Morley with high expectations. Hope- gets, Houston Rockets, Los went to Districts and advanced SPORTS EDITOR fully they will carry their suc- Angeles Clippers, Memphis to Regionals. Players cess into the playoffs. Grizzlies and Utah Jazz in the With basketball season start- By Jack Bluhm The NBA season is almost The next team will probably playoffs for the Western Con- ing to wind down, tennis season over. be the L.A. Lakers. They have ference. is starting back up and is now There are some teams that had a really good season too, In the Eastern Conference, in full swing. The team has al- her skills outside of school as look like they definitely will and they will probably be the the teams I expect to make the ready been making some trips well. She works with her trainer make the playoffs this year, so favorites to win it all this year. playoffs will be the Boston to play matches in the preseason and works hard every day. here are my predictions. It looks like the OKC Thun- Celtics, Brooklyn Nets, Indi- window. This first round of Dylan Patterson — Dylan The first team I think will der also will be making the ana Pacers, Miami Heat, Mil- matches is important for team has been in the Tennis program make the playoffs is the Mil- playoffs! This year they will waukee Bucks, Orlando Mag- training before the full season for years now, and every year it waukee Bucks. They have had likely finish in 6th or 7th, so we ic, Philadelphia 76ers, and starts up. seems like Dylan has gotten a really good season so far and will have to wait and see. But Toronto Raptors. Congratulations to these two much better. He plays a key role are in first place over the To- I’m putting them in my playoff So those are all the teams juniors who have been putting in both his singles and doubles ronto Raptors. predictions. that I think will make the NBA in massive amounts of work matches he plays with his part- I expect the Bucks to end As far as the rest of the playoffs this year. Now we just before the tennis season and are ner. Dylan is a vital piece in the the season first in their divi- teams go, I think it will be the have to wait and see who will ready for this year’s campaign. system this year, and he may sion and go into the playoffs Dallas Mavericks, Denver Nug- take home the title. Paige Williams — Paige look to push for a state run this has played tennis since middle campaign. Like Paige, he works school and has come a long way on his game outside of school to from her beginning. She has hone his skills, sharpening them been a part of the State Tennis every day and putting in plenty team here at Riverfield.