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The Proclamation Wilbur Cross High School “Let Truth Be the Prejudice.” Issue #2, D Ecemb Er 200 6 W The Proclamation Wilbur Cross High School “Let truth be the prejudice.” Issue #2, D ecemb er 200 6 W. Eugen e Smith “SOMETIMES IS NIIICE, -OPINION: SOMETIMES NOT SO MUCH” -LOCKDOWN -CURFEW -LETTERS TO THE EDITOR -AIDS IS DEAD... -WHITE MEN CAN’T JUMP. NEWS: -OUR BUSINESS LEADERS -ELECTION -IN MEMORY -JOURNALISM AT SCSU -SCIENCE NEWS -OUR LIVES/ NEW TEACHERS -APPELLATE COURT VISIT FEATURES: -A PORTRAIT OF RONNIE -A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A FRESHMAN -CORONATION! ARTS: -V FOR VENDETTA -MISSISSIPPI BURNING -BORAT -CONCERT REVIEW ADVICE COLUMN SPORTS: -FALL SPORTS WRAP -CURRENT SPORTS -FREE RUNNING Coronation. -TEAM SCHEDULES Lockdown. Curfew Controversy. EXTRAS Borat? THE PROCLAMATION 2 DECEMBER 2006 knocked into other people. A student in a wheelchair was pushed over. Some students have called it a riot. Some students say it it was “live.” OPINION To end the chaos, a lockdown was called. During the lockdown, the student body as a whole acted appropriately. Mr. Canelli called and sent letters to parents informing them and reassuring them. On that day, the We all remember the lockdown on administration took decisive action. However, that is not the end of the October 27, 2006. We recall the ear- story, splitting sound of the fire alarm, the crowds Monday December 11, 2006, the fire in East Rock Park and parking lot, and the alarm was pulled again. Unlike the lock- “Code Red” that was called after we came down in October, there is no rumor of a back into the building. gang dispute—this time, it is clear to all that We all wondered what caused this it was just a prank. On this day, the fire incident. Rumor has it that this event started alarm got pulled not once, but twice. And to because of gang disputes. Some students make it worse, students were cleared from thought that there was a big fight. Some the school a third time to reset the alarm think that there were knives or even guns at system. the scene. Others wonder why there was a Students, staff and administrators re- lockdown at all. port that the stampeding behavior happened According to Mr. Canelli, the in various parts of the school after the first event could be divided into two sections: alarm, after the second alarm, and after the fire alarm and the lockdown. A student students returned for the final time to the pulled the fire alarm as a prank, and then building. There were a number of scuffles the evacuation ensued. People had to stay in and fights, although short in duration and the park and parking lot for an unusually taking place within the crush of running long time because the fire alarm device was students. One fight was seen near the sec- broken and the firefighters needed extra ond floor “T”. time to fix it. Everyone knows that fire alarms get After the alarm was fixed, people pulled from time to time. Under Mr. Canel- started coming back in. At this time, po- li’s administration, those incidents have licemen arrived to arrest the “prankster”. dropped drastically, partly because cameras Some students around the gym saw the policemen and went wild. They were installed in the stairwells. Unfortunately, the alarm that got pulled started running around, stampeding through the hallways, and recklessly recently is in a blind spot for the security cameras. This should be fixed. As an act of discipline, the student who pulled the alarm was arrested and his accomplices were suspended. The far bigger problem was the chaos in the hallways, and the threat that it will happen again, and that the next time, someone could get hurt. __________________________________________ Mr. Canelli has correctly called the running in the hallways “non- sense.” This is literally true. It is more than that. It is dangerous nonsense. The Proclamation Some students and staff have been made to fear for their safety, for the very first time. The school is supposed to be a place to learn, and a place The Proclamation is Wilbur Cross High School’s newspaper. It is dedi- where all have a right to feel safe, students, staff, administrators, and in- cated to bringing you quality news, features, arts, sports, editorials, and fants in the day care. This was not just running around. This behavior was more. riotous even if no actual riots broke out. This was mob behavior even if no Advisor: James P. Brochin one was hurt. Business/Advertising/Circulation: Ines Nyandekwe What is wrong? It is a bunch of crazy freshmen? Pre-Christmas Co-Editors in Chief: Dena Wiggins, Jackie Wiley anxiety? “Although there are always twenty to fifty students who disobey Managing Editor: Paul Zeng the rules,” said Mr. Conaway, “The rest of the school, which is about Production Editors: Bernard Garret, Joshua Ortiz 1,400, is focused on learning.” There is something sick about students Features Editor: Dena Wiggins stampeding through the hallways they think it is fun. Is it the school’s News Editor: Bryan McGarthy fault? It may not be the school’s fault that such behavior took place, but it Sports Editor: Nick Neeley is the school’s responsibility to see to it that this behavior is not repeated. Photo Editor: Kristina Staklo Here are a few suggestions: Students leaders, come forward and talk about Arts Editor: Kristina Staklo it. Teachers, discuss it in freshman seminars and Senior Buddy activities. Honorary Field Correspondent: Borat Sagdiyev Administration, develop a clear, practical discipline code and enforce it Staff and Contributers: consistently and humanely. Include teachers in writing it. Write it for students, not lawyers. There should be an in-house suspension room, open Adriana Gonzalez, Daemien Collins, Dalia Santiago, Henry Muy, Janae Ward, Janet Yi, Jonathan Henderson, Joshua Henderson, Esther Bo- and supervised, every day. Mr. Wright, who for years has monitored the gorov, Molly Herold, Natale Beach, Vilma Mancia, Sam Uberti, Nina in-house suspension room, has been a tremendous resource for our school, Rodriguez, Tamia Gregory, and Ariel Neely. Thanks to Mr. McHale’s stu- and has become a mentor for many students. Begin sweeping all tardy dents for their typing assistance: Javier Segui, Daquanna Gamble, Tiffany students without passes from the hallways into available space, issuing Robinson, William Parks, Emily Maldonado, Wilfredo Reyes, Clara Segui, suspensions or Saturday detentions, and call the parents. Many students Josh Marquez, Andrea Butler, and Monique Lathrop. observe that threats are made along these lines, but rarely are the threats carried out. Students respect firm and consistent behavior from adults. The Wilbur Cross students are encouraged to participate. We have room for administration, and all of us, have the wisdom and intelligence to make it more writers! Please contact Mr. Brochin at A214. work. Now we must have the will. THE PROCLAMATION 3 DECEMBER 2006 Curfew, anyone? As one response to the escalating level of violence and shootings in New Haven, the Board of Aldermen is consider- ing enacting a curfew, requiring people who are 17 and younger to be indoors from 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. Police could issue warnings and fines of up to $95 for repeated violations. This pro- posal is well intentioned, but here are a few problems identified by the public and a number of Cross students who testified as the public hearings: Teens will ignore it. Teens need to work past 10:00. The curfew would violate the First Amendment’s right of free association. It will solve nothing, and a better answer would be to provide young people with safe places for recreation and socializing. What follows is a sampling of letters addressing the issue. We thank the Board of Aldermen for providing an opportunity for City residents to say I would definitely agree with the curfew. Most of the violence and crimi- what they think. Having the conversation in and of itself is an act of pro- nal acts are committed by teenage kids that are out of hand and causing test, a declaration that everyone has a right to feel safe in their homes and problems. Being on the streets late at night doesn’t help. They become on their streets, and an admission that the gang, gun and drug culture involved in robberies, drinking, and drug dealing. There has been too presents a clear and present danger to Wilbur Cross students. This danger, much juvenile gang activity and violence going on. The best solution and the fear that it causes, has lasted too long, and is more real than would be to make a good clean sweep of the New Haven neighborhoods Osama Bin Laden. and getting all these kids off the streets. Keeping the kids off the streets is worth some of the privileges that adults have. So far in the year 2006 alone there have been 66 shootings and 15 homicides. This is serious and LETTERS TO THE EDITOR it needs to be taken care of right away, before it gets any worse. Teens are unable to be teens; teenagers now are becoming gang members and they On November 30, 2006, at the Wilbur Cross High School auditorium, a are getting away with too much. So I think the Aldemen should put this hearing was held by the New Haven Board of Aldermen about the curfew. curfew into play so that all these crimes can come to an end. Many people are against the thought of not being able to stay out as much as they can because they believe it goes against their constitutional rights. Stevelle McKenzie Others, like me, think that a curfew would be a great idea because it will In my opinion the curfew makes no sense at all.
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