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In this edition: Paris Attacks Wally Szczerbiak The Harbor View Graduation Gowns Volume 54 Edition 3 Cold Spring Harbor High School December 2015 La Vie Continue BY MATTI GELLMAN She recounted: “One thing that I heard... all of the time “I was on the metro these past few weeks is ‘la when the attacks occurred vie continue’ which means very close to where the life continues in English.” shootings took place. My Marc Gellman, a metro was evacuated and... relative of the writer, once the street was blocked off... said that pain is the body’s metro stops were quickly response to what happens shutting down.”-CSH to you and suffering is how alumna Hannah Fagin you deal with that pain. The Friday, November French will not suffer. They 13th, approx. 9:25 CET, the will not live in fear. Just two city of lights was brought days after the attacks the to its knees. Watching the French were roaming the hysteria unfold through streets, lighting the city that waves of social media and had gone dark with candles, news broadcasts, the world and the morning it was safe to stood with the people leave the apartment, Hannah of Paris, voicing their was riding the metro. support through prayers Therein lies the and hashtags. Most were Photo Credit: Hannah Fagin secret. What the terrorists not there, but 2013 CSH Grafitti art in Paris directly after the terrorist attacks on Friday, November 13th. will never understand and graduate Hannah Fagin was. why they will never win. We Hannah was that it was deemed safe and offering comfort. “It the fear that terrorism can “La vie continue” is a phrase oblivious to the attacks for Hannah and her friend was inspiring to see how instill in people. Most may that is easily said but hard until she arrived at her to leave the apartment. many people were on the not witness it first-hand, learned. November 13th friend’s apartment and That very morning, they street and at République but many are confronted was not a day of terror, but turned on the news. Lying took the metro once more, showing solidarity to the with it every day by the a day of resilience. Needless awake until 3am, she except this time to the victims,” Hannah stated. plethora of journalists to say, Paris will never be watched as France declared Place de la République 129 people were living in the depths of Iraq the same, and neither will a state of emergency for just a block away from the killed in the Paris attacks and Syria. That fear is very the world which surrounds the second time in their attacks. Here it was that with 352 left injured making real. Hannah explained it. But that is not the point history and the lights of Hannah said she felt most it the most deadly terrorist that invoking this fear and of “la vie continue.” In life the Eiffel Tower went dark. safe, sharing the grief of attack in French history. interrupting one’s daily everyone has battles to It was not until Sunday all those in mourning, Today most know too well life is the goal of terrorism. fight, but one can never go back, one can only continue. The Gowns: The Debate Seahawks Spread Their Many students find it dis- respectful to break this tra- Wings Updated at time of printing. dition. Other students feel BY KATIE HUDSON to their programs,” com- OFFICIAL STATEMENT: that there comes a sense of mented Mike Bongino, Dis- pride and community with November 12, 2015, trict Director of Athletics. MR. MATUK CONFIRMS having graduation gowns the day that ensured seven Five students will that match that of fam- Seahawks’s futures as not be playing lacrosse, one will TRADITIONAL BLUE AND ily members and/or other only athletes, but also as be playing soccer, and one WHITE THIS YEAR AND ONE alumni that have graduated students. Seven student- will be playing softball. Sa- from Cold Spring Harbor. athletes signed their Na- brina Ordierno will be at- COLOR (EITHER BLUE OR In addition to there being tional Letter of Intent tending Colgate University BLACK) NEXT YEAR. students who are on either (NLS), which is a binding to play softball and Lauren side of this debate, there document that announces Spinnato will be attending are also students who just a student-athlete’s commit- Binghamton University to BY SARAH KOPP or could signify a sense of don’t really have much of ment to play for the NCAA play soccer. Katie Hudson, unity amongst the student an opinion on the mat- at the collegiate level. Samantha DeBellis, Shan- As school president, body. As Ms. Waters stat- ter. For them, they won- It was an exciting non Logan, Caroline Ki- Tim Sherlock eloquently ed, it could bring a “strong der what’s really in a color. and honorable day for both ernan, and Ashley Lynch puts it, “change in general sense of solidarity” amongst Presently, Student the athletes and coaches. will all be playing lacrosse. is always controversial.” If Cold Spring Harbor gradu- Government has been work- Continuing to play a sport at Katie Hudson will be at- there’s one thing many stu- ates. Additionally, for those ing hard to try and discuss the Division 1 level is an as- tending Georgetown Uni- dents at Cold Spring Har- students who are question- the issue. They recently met tonishing accomplishment. versity, Samantha DeBellis bor have heard a lot about ing their gender identity, to “evaluate all sides of the “Cold Spring Harbor is very Duke University, Shannon recently, it’s probably the having a single robe color argument and represent a fortunate to have so many Logan Johns Hopkins Uni- topic of graduation gowns. could be extremely com- cross-section of opinions in fantastic student-athletes; versity, Caroline Kiernan It seems to be on everyone’s forting. For them, not all a more controlled environ- colleges and universities George Washington Uni- mind lately, and for a good people identify with the ment,” said Tim Sherlock. will benefit from these girls versity, and Ashley Lynch reason: it appears as though gender they were assigned The administration also and what they will bring University of Louisville. there’s no perfect answer. at birth, either male or fe- had seniors fill out a sur- For those read- male; some people prefer vey so they would be able to ers who are unfamiliar to be acknowledged as nei- see where everyone stands with this debate, it’s actu- ther, or a different gen- on the topic. Seniors also ally quite a simple concept. der than they were born discussed the graduation Some people in the school with. Having one gradua- gowns in their social studies have politely questioned tion robe color means that classes recently. Mr. Matuk why it is that graduating se- these students feel they said the most important niors wear different colored can be more comfortable thing is that this is carried robes; blue for boys, white on graduation day, with- out “in a respectful way, so for girls. This question has out having to worry about that everyone can feel com- grown into the bigger one of how the color of the robe fortable voicing their opin- why not change the gradu- they’re wearing correlates ion.” As Tim Sherlock said, ation robes to be one color, to a gender they may not it’s crucial to “make people regardless of gender? It just feel they are. Some feel that on both sides feel under- stood.” Until a decision is so happens that there are making this change would Photo Credit: Mr. Bongino agreed upon, it is important people who both want this therefore make the com- From left to right: Lauren Spinnato (Soccer, Binghamton change to happen, and those munity seem more “pro- to remember that every University), Sabrina Odierno (Softball, Colgate University), who do not want the gradu- gressive and accepting.” one’s voice matters in this Caroline Kiernan (Lacrosse, George Washington University), ation robes to be changed, It is a Cold Spring topic, and that all students Lauren Paolano (Lacrosse, Washington & Lee University), Ka- should feel like they are tie Hudson (Lacrosse, Georgetown), Ashley Lynch (Lacrosse, just like any proper debate. Harbor tradition to have Louisville University), Shannon Logan (Lacrosse, Johns Hop- Some feel that the boys wear blue robes and able to discuss the issue in kins University), and Sam DeBellis (Lacrosse, Duke University) robes being one single col- girls wear white robes. a comfortable environment. Volume 54 Edition 3 2 School News Photo Credit: Brittany McGowan Photo Credit: Photo Credit: Brittany McGowan Photo Credit: Learning About True Heroes BY COLLEEN CURRY eran’s Day in the Junior pened through their eyes.” for over twenty-five years. in society. This assembly is High Library. All junior The Veterans that He informed students of important because it puts a Veteran’s Day is a high Social Studies classes attended our school shared the duties that a chaplain live face to history, and it’s a time to honor America’s were invited to attend on information about serving has, including the fact that wonderful primary source.” heroes; those that have Monday, while 11th Grade in the military that the his- chaplains are similar to the She is glad that CSH offers protected this country even American history classes tory books don’t describe. press during times in war, this experience for the vet- though they may have been were invited on Tuesday. The honorable men pres- as they are not to be harmed erans, because of the oppor- risking their lives.