School Newspaper SSUE OLUME DISPATCH I II, V 46 HUNTINGTON HIGH SCHOOL OAKWOOD AND MCKAY ROADS HUNTINGTON, NY 11743 INSIDE THIS PAGE 2 PAGE 8 PAGE 15 January 2017 ISSUE: HELLO 2017 Index WANT TO SEND 2 Current Events 3 Sports | Advice SOMETHING IN? 4-5 Las Páginas in Español SUBMIT ANONYMOUS ADVICE QUESTIONS TO ROOM 252 6-7 School News 7-9 Op-Ed TWITTER REMIND 10-14 Year in Review 15 Opinion @HHSDISPATCH TEXT @HDISP TO 81010 16-18 Takes on the Election 18 Op-Ed 19 Puzzles FACEBOOK GROUP EMAIL 20 Entertainment @HHSDISPATCH [email protected] The Dispatch 2 January 6 Dispatch ACTRESS, AUTHOR, ICON CARRIE FISHER EDITOR-IN-CHIEF MAX ROBINS DIES AT AGE 60 in 1991, Sister Act in such as Ellen and The SENIOR EDITORS BY KATY DARA 1992, Lethal Weapon 3 Graham Norton Show. MICHELLE D’ALESSANDRO in 1992 and The Wed- Her death was sudden SARAH JAMES ding Singer in 1998. and unexpected. COPY EDITORS On Tuesday, Decem- Although Entertain- Carrie Fisher’s SABRINA FLORO ber 27th, 2016, Carrie ment Weekly called daughter, Catharine JACOB FULLER Fisher passed away. Carrie Fisher “one of “Billie” Lourd said, Star Wars STEVE YEH The actress the most sought af- “She was loved by SPANISH EDITOR suffered a heart attack ter doctors in town” the world and she ARIANA StrIEB on a flight from Lon- in 1992, she was not will be missed pro- SECRETARY don to Los Angeles credited by name as a foundly. Our entire NICOLE ARENTH on December 23rd. writer for any of the family thanks you for CONTRIBUTING STAFF First com- films in which she your thoughts and ing onto the scene TAZZ AKBER, EMANUEL ANASTOS, JONAH had a hand. In some prayers.” Fisher’s ANASTOS, ALYSSA BAILEY, ALYSSA BEFUMO, when she was cast as ways, this is Carrie movie-star mother, CHRISTIAN BELLISSIMO, WILL BONILLA, Princess Leia in the Fisher’s unsung lega- Debbie Reynolds, ISABELLA CAHILL, KATY DARA, HALLEY Star Wars franchise DEONARINE, URSULA DEROSA, JAHI DOUGLAS, cy. She also authored died the next day after in 1977, Fisher was several books, such as suffering a stroke. It LUKE FARRELL, WILSON GARAY, JULIA GILES, only nineteen years ATHARINE IORDANO NJALI APUR HLOE Postcards From the Edge is presumed that the K G , A K , C old when she quickly LIEPA, ANA LUNA-MANCIA, ILSI MARTINEZ, and Wishful Drinking. news of her daugh- became a screen icon. MILDRED MARTINEZ, LAUREN MCGLONE, She adapted the for- ter’s death triggered DAISHA MELENDEZ, MARILYN MENJIVAR, ALEX She also starred in mer into a screenplay, the attack. Reynolds, MULLER, MIA NITEKMAN, INGRID OLIVA, The Blues films such as and the latter became age 84, was known EMMA PANDOLPHI, NOLAN PICCOLA, NAOMI Brothers Shampoo , , and a one-woman play. for iconic films such PONCE, BEN RIBANDO, MASSIE RINERE, ROCÍO When Harry Met Sally, RIVAS, COLEttE WAGNER Most recently, Fisher as Singin’ In the Rain. and also made an ap- published her auto- Their family has in- Star pearance in the biography The Prin- formed the public of Wars franchise’s 2015 cess Diarist, where she plans to have a joint Force ADVISORS installment, The opened up about her funeral for the two Awakens. MS. AIMEE ANTORINO AND MR. EDWARD FLOREA experiences as an ac- stars. Fisher was more tress, the most con- In a recent in- The Dispatch is Huntington High School’s official stu- than just an actress. troversial being her terview, Fisher was dent publication. Written for over 1200 students at- She was a successful tending HHS, The Dispatch is distributed to all stu- affair with her Star asked how she’d like dents, staff and school community members at the writer of both novels school free of charge. Wars co-star, Harri- to be remembered. and films, a feminist, son Ford. Fisher also Her response: “That The Editorial Board is the newspaper’s decision-mak- and mental health- openly spoke about I was a crazy, blurred, ing body, organizing and directing its operation. The awareness activist. She Dispatch staff has adopted the following editorial pol- her diagnosis of bi- charismatic, weird, icy to express the rights, responsibilities and philoso- had a hand in writing phy of the newspaper for the 2016-2017 school year. polar disorder and aging, kind person.” some of Hollywood’s her addiction to pre- Yes, she certainly was, The Dispatch of Huntington High School is a public fo- most iconic films. scription drugs. Up and she will be sorely rum, with its student editorial board making all deci- “Script doctoring” is sions concerning its content. Unsigned editorials ex- until a week before missed. press the views of the majority of the editorial board. a skill that often goes her death, she had uncredited and unac- Letters to the editor are welcomed and will be pub- been making public • • • lished as space allows. Letters are preferred signed, knowledged in Holly- appearances and ap- but may be published by request. The Editorial Board wood. Writers will get reserves the right to edit letters for grammar and clar- pearing on talk shows ity, and all letters are subject to laws governing obscen- hired to clean up an ity, libel, privacy, and disruption of the school process, existing screenplay; as are all contents of the paper. Questions, comments, and letters to the editor should be sent electronically to just like doctors, they [email protected] or submitted to The Dispatch diagnose problems mailbox located in the main office. and suggest solutions. Opinions in letters are not necessarily those of the staff, In the case of script nor should any opinion expressed in a public forum be construed as the opinion of the administration, unless doctoring, that means so attributed. anything from adding The Dispatch’s goal is to provide readers with inter- one-liners to rework- esting content in a wide variety of areas. Such areas ing entire scenes. Car- include the news coverage of school and community events, as well as features on relevent topics. In addi- rie Fisher began her tion, The Dispatch will provide opinionated editorials career as a script doc- on controversial topics, as well as provide previews and reviews for upcoming school and professional tor in the 1990s. Fish- sports seasons and other forms of entertainment. er was responsible for polishing Hook Carrie Fisher was only 60 when she passed away. The Dispatch JANUARY 6 3 CHICAGO CUBS ARE WORLD BY SERIES CHAMPIONS CHRISTIAN BELLISSIMO Having ended their 108-year the gaps all night. The Cubs five was thus very important. Series champions in this epic championship drought, the took game two 5-1. The Cubs needed to win or finish. Chicago Cubs are the 2016 Game three was on Fri- their season would be over, The world couldn’t MLB champions. The last day, October 28th, at Wrigley and the drought would go on. believe it: Chicago had been time they won the World Se- Field in Chicago. The Indians Luckily, the Cubs won 3-2 waiting for this moment for ries was in 1908, when the 1-0 won it by an RBI single, with help from Jon Lester’s 108 years. Even elders in Cubs swept the Detroit Ti- delivered by none other than great pitching, and Aroldis their nineties were lit up with gers four games to one. Coco Crisp. Chapman’s save, keeping the smiles. The series was hav- Beating the Cleveland Game four took place Cubs in the series. ing an impact on everyone: “I Indians was not easy to do; the next night. Once again, Game six was on Tues- know so many people who are like the Cubs, the Indians the Indians got their way: day, November 1st, in Cleve- thinking of their grandfathers were in a long championship Kluber’s excellent pitching, land. The Cubs won 9-3 with and fathers now in Chicago, dry spell. Their chance had fi- and home runs by Carlos homeruns by Anthony Rizzo, and that’s what it’s all about. nally arrived. Santana and Jason Kipnis led Kris Bryant and Addison It’s bigger than these 25 guys, Game one was on to a 7-2 victory. Russell, setting up the final it’s bigger than this organiza- Tuesday, October 25th, at At this point, Cubs fans game: game seven. tion. It’s about this city and 8:08 PM. Played at Progres- This nail the fans who have stuck by sive Field in Cleveland, it was biting fin- this team forever,” said Jed led by Corey Kluber, the In- ish was on Hoyer, the Cubs’ president. dians’ pitching and defense Wednesday, At the Cubs victory parade, was unstoppable and shut out November five million people showed the Cubs’ hitting lineup. With 2nd in Cleve- up to get a glimpse at this his- Kluber’s nine strikeouts, the land. The toric group of men. Indians 6-0 took game one. game went “I mean, people were Game two took place into extra in- hanging out of trees and on Wednesday, October 26th, nings and was buildings,” explained Ben at 7:08 PM in Cleveland. In held up due to Zobrist while he was on the game two, the Cubs’ line up a rain delay. talk show Conan. All in all, went off--players like Antho- were getting nervous--the In- Then, Ben Zobrist hit a game the Cubs made history this ny Rizzo, Ben Zobrist, and dians needed only one more winning RBI double, nam- year and have brought smiles Kyle Schwarber were finding win to be champions! Game ing the Chicago Cubs World to faces around the nation.