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201 S. Gammon Rd, Madison, WI 53717 jmmswordandshield.com “Sword & Shield” @jmmnews [email protected] MAY 2019 VOLUME LII James Madison Memorial High School Student Newspaper 5 MUST-READ THE LONG-AWAITED HUMAN RIGHTS SOCIAL JUSTICE FINAL INSTALLMENT WEEK RECAP BOOKS OF THE ASHFORDS P. 6 P. 21 P. 19 is MentalMAY Health Awareness Month 5 CELEBRITIES WHO THE INCREASING HOW YOU SHOULD HAVE STRUGGLED LINK BETWEEN SPEND YOUR WITH MENTAL HEALTH HEART DISEASE AND SUMMER BREAK DISORDERS MENTAL HEALTH P. 7 P. 17 P. 13 MAY 2019 HELLO SPARTANS, Your favorite editors-in-chief, Beatrice and Garrett, here with the the final (regular) issue of the year! We’ll save all the sappy stuff for the senior issue coming out next month, so you don’t need to grab your box of tissues quite yet. We hope you all had a great prom and good BEATRICE luck on the rest of your AP tests! We have a fan- NAUJALYTE tastic final issue for you. Our personal favorite part of the issue is the April comics. That’s right, there’s two of them this month! Also make sure to checkout our Endgame review (no spoilers!), get your questions answered by the lovely senior Megan Li, and pick out a social justice book to read over the summer. Make sure to stop and smell the May flowers! GARRETT KENNEDY STUDENT LIFE NEWS ARTS & ENTER. SPORTS OPINIONS 4 // Ask A 8 // San Diego 14 // The Perfect Date 23 // March 26 // Pros and Cons UnityPoint Health Shooting Review Madness Recap of AP Testing Professional 9 // Civil War 14 // The Act 23 // Badger 27 // The #MeToo Eating healthy during school. Endangers Libya Review Runner Defines Movement Has 9 // What’s the 15 // Artist of the Team Neglected LGBTQ+ Alicia Monson. 4 // Ask A Senior Deal with Brexit? Month People Clubs, electives, college Sam Baeseman. essays & more! 10 // Christchurch 24 // City Outdoor 28 // Should the 16 // Shazam and Track & Field 5 // Spartan Shooting Attorney General Endgame Reviews Championship Scoreboard 10 // New Trade Have the Power to FBLA, Forensics, HOSA. War? 16 // Billie Eilish Recap Withhold Special 5 // The Sum-Up 11 // Election 16 // Captain Reports? on SPIRIT Day Results Marvel Review 6 // Human Rights 12 // First Image of 17 // Spring Show Week Recap a Black Hole Preview 7 // How to Spend 12 //History of 17 // Santa Clarita Your Summer LGBTQ+ Rights Diet Review Break 13// Head-Heart 17 // Celebrities 7 // May Quiz Connections and Mental Health What May you do in The increasing link 18 // Horoscopes May? between heart disease and mental health. 19 // The Ashfords 19, 22 // Comic 21 // Social Justice Books 2 What’s happening EDITORS May Co-Editors-in-Chief THIS MONTH at JMM? Garrett Kennedy & Beatričė Naujalytė 2019 Student Life Editors Amisha Talati & Deney Li - SPRING PLAY - Opinions Editor 1 Maggie Di Sanza She Kills Monsters 2 Sports Editors - Kari Larsen & 3 Battle of the Bands @ 7:00 May 1, 1, 1 Rahima Osman 4 Prom - :30 in the Theatre News Editor 5 Leah Vredenbregt 6 Early Release Monday Arts & Entertainment Editors 7 Jassi Chahal & Claire Reid 8 Concert Band I and Symphonic Band Concert @7:30pm Layout Editor 9 Lily Lowndes Webmaster 10 Davis Hardy 11 Copy Editor 12 Early Release Monday Shruti Sathish 13 National Honors Society Induction Ceremony @ 7:00 ADVISOR 1 Competitive Colleges Night @ 7:00 Teri Parris Ford 15 Concert Band II and Wind Ensemble Concert @ 7:00 1 Latino Parent Meeting @ 6:00 CONTRIBUTORS Nic Braico 1 Memorial Brat Fest @ Lunch Maggie Di Sanza 1 Joylyn Gong 19 Early Release Monday Davis Hardy 20 Senior Honors Convocation @ 7:00 Jessica Jiang Garrett Kennedy 21 Kari Larsen 22 All Orchestras Concert @ 7:30 Megan Li 23 Senior Picnic Beatrice Naujalyte 2 Film Fest @ 7:00 Sagarika Pal Dena Person, RDN, CD 25 Amira Pierotti 2 Claire Reid 2 Memorial Day - NO SCHOOL - ART SALE - Natalie Rodenkirch Leah Vredenbregt 2 May 29, 30, 31 Amina Waheed 29 Pops Concert @ 7:00 Timothy Zhang 30 31 MAY 2019 STUDENT LIFE ASK A UNITYPOINT HEALTH ASK A SENIOR PROFESSIONAL By Megan Li Written by Dena Person, RDN, CD of UnityPoint Health - Meriter How do you balance a lot of extracurriculars with grades? “How can I eat healthy when I’m busy with school?” It’s really about knowing your It feels so much easier to stop at a local restaurant or fast food own limits and figuring out how to establishment to pick something up for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. maximize your time. I plan ahead Many places are promoting “healthy options”, but when you look closely how I’ll use my free time after school at the food label, these items can be still so high in saturated fats and so- and on weekends, and I set goals for dium. We haven’t even started looking at the amount of money one can when I want to finish specific tasks. save by making foods at home. With a little planning and preparation, For example, finish Psych reading you can prepare healthy and balanced meals during a hectic time. on Wednesday and review math on Plan Ahead. The biggest factor in saving money and making healthy Thursday. foods is to come up with a plan. Look at your schedule and see where What is one elective that you you will have time to prep or make meals and snacks. If your next 2 recommend everyone take? weeks are going to be crazy with exams, papers and work schedules, find AP Government with Mr. Ol- a couple of hours to prepare some foods that are easy to heat up multiple son—you learn so much about how times or that freeze well. Chili, cooked turkey or chili, casseroles, meat government works and also gain an sauce are some examples. Other ideas include: understanding of what’s going on in • Get a large package of chicken breasts and put them in smaller pack- the real world. ages • Cut vegetables for recipes and snacks so they are easy to grab and go. What are the topics that you • Clean fruits and package them up for easy access. guys wrote about for your college essay? • Cook up whole grains and use them throughout the week for soups, The Common App essay prompt salads, casseroles to add fiber. is very broad so you can write about Plan for leftovers. Cook 3 meals for the week make extra for leftovers pretty much anything. I wrote about for the days when you are too busy to cook. You can reheat them and put a lesson I learned in high school them in a thermos that you can take with you in your lunchbox. that was inspired by David Foster Pull from your freezer. Make extra of meals and freeze them for a later Wallace’s speech, “This Is Water.” date. A busy week of work and exams is the perfect time to use a frozen For some of the secondary essays, I meal. wrote about baking, nicknames in my When you are prepping your food for the week, family, and my intense love of spread- Get snacks together. sheets. put some fruits and vegetables in individual containers so you can take snacks with you. Granola bars, yogurt, nuts, fruits and vegetables are all Tips to manage stress and anxiety good choices of convenience foods. during AP tests and finals? 1. Get at least 7 hours of sleep every Use Myplate as a guide for preparing healthy meals. Choose lean night proteins (poultry, fish/seafood), whole grains, fruits and vegetables and 2. Spend some time with friends and lean dairy - 3 times/day. family so you don’t lose sight of the important things in life Get at least 8 hours of sleep. Sleep is so important for both physical and mental health. If you are looking to do well on an exam, study, sleep, 3. Set aside time to prepare but re- have a nutritious breakfast, and go knock it out of the park! member that a number doesn’t define 4 www.jmmswordandshield.com MAY 2019 Lily Lowndes: 3rd place, Job Interview SPARTAN SCOREBOARD Michelle Shou: 3rd place, Accounting II By Maggie Di Sanza Other competitors: State Forensics: Garrett Kennedy: 5th place, Economics Anika Sanyal: 1st place, Extemporaneous Speaking Meghana Kalluri & Venika Vulpal: 8th place, Broad- Anna Bauer: 1st place, Impromptu Speaking cast Journalism Charlotte Ravenscroft & Jacob Larget: 1st place, Sophie Blumenstein, Nathan Hayes, & Ann Kerr: Play Acting Publication Design Libby Pleva: 1st place, Special Occasion Speaking Amanda Yao: Securities and Investments Lily Lowndes: 2nd place, Special Occasion Speaking Ananya Krishna: Health Care Administration Nivedita Remji: 1st place, Informative Speaking State HOSA: Samik Partha: 1st place, Oratory Anna Graniero: 1st place, Biomedical Laboratory Danni Yang: 2nd place, Storytelling Science Emmelyn Cullen: 2nd place, Informative Speaking Ananya Krishna: 1st place, Pathophysiology Rebecca Cutforth: 2nd place, Extemporaneous Speaking Knowledge Test Anika Sanyal: 3rd place, Student Congress Nivedita Remji: 1st place, Prepared Speaking Sameer Golkonda: 3rd place, Extemporaneous Speaking Todd Dombo: 2nd place, Sports Medicine Shruti Sathish: 3rd place, Moments in History Celia Herman: 2nd place, Nursing Assisting Julia Votava: 4th place, Demonstration Speaking Anusha Sahai: 2nd place, Researched Persuasive Writ- Leah Metzger: 4th place, Prose ing and Speaking Leah Vredenbregt: 5th place, Impromptu Speaking Shruti Sathish: 2nd place, Nutrition Knowledge Test Sanil Partha: 5th place, Informative Speaking Venika Vulpal, Danni Yang: 2nd place, Existing Medi- Maggie Di Sanza: 6th place, Oratory cal Innovation Congrats to the JMM Forensics team for their 12th state win Maddie Beglinger, Morgan Esser, Allison Spielman: in a row! 3rd place, Public Service Announcement State FBLA: Meghana Kalluri, Jaskiran Sandhu, Ruchi Shah, Riva Shrestha, Amisha Talati: 3rd place, Public Health Headed to Nationals: Megan Li: 1st place, Organizational Leadership Grace Korger: 4th place, Transcultural Health Care Beatrice Naujalyte: 1st place, Graphic Design THE SUM-UP ON SPIRIT DAY By Garrett Kennedy SPIRIT Day 2019 was fantastic! We sent Spartan volun- teers to seven different elementary schools, Jefferson Middle School, and about fifteen volunteers stayed here at Memorial to help out.