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The longest-running newspaper in historic The Reserve Record Hudson, Ohio VOL. CI....No. 4 WESTERN RESERVE ACADEMY, HUDSON, OHIO. NOVEMBER 2014 Wonderful Weekend of Wonka Spizzwinks Stun Students Beards, ’Burns, and Buzzcuts Reaction to Recent Dismissals Students celebrate spirit, sweets and Yale’s a cappella group wows audience Faculty refine facial follicles; students Fleischmann and Bohan make case for a sweethearts during Homecoming week. with wit, humor and harmonies. display different dazzling ’dos. stronger, more inclusive community. PAGE 3| COMMUNITY PAGE 4 | ARTS PAGE 6-7 | CENTERFOLD PAGE 9 | OPINION Lake Ridge Hosts Forum the media’s portrayal of Arabs By CHARLES feeds into negative stereotypes. PRENDERGAST ’15 She also talked about the use of Every year since 2002, Lake the term “terrorist” and how it Ridge Academy in North Rid- is almost exclusively applied to geville, Ohio has held a diver- Middle Easterners and Arabs. sity forum featuring a different After the presentation, the stu- speaker and topic each year. dents split into smaller groups On Nov. 7, 22 Western Reserve for discussion, where they fur- Academy students traveled with ther considered media portrayal the club Celebrating Heritage, of people from the Arab Middle Ethnicity, Religion, Identity, East and how to end the stereo- Socio-Economic Status and Hu- types associated with it. CHER- manity of All Abilities (CHER- ISH club president Sophia Cau- ISH), to join hundreds of stu- sey ‘15 discussed with peers how dents from area schools at this “Hollywood makes it easier for JENNY XU all-day event, continuing a trend us to stomach what’s going on, Students and faculty from WRA and Caterham visited the United States Capitol Building. in which more WRA students like the Iraqi War.” Students also attend each year. participated in an Ebola simu- WRA, Caterham Students Visit D.C. According to history teacher lation which explored the chal- House basement. On the expe- chance to visit any Smithsonian Dr. Lisabeth Robinson, the lenges of travel at a time when By ZANNA LECIEJEWSKI ’17 rience of hosting Louise Gard- museum they pleased. They then faculty advisor for CHERISH, such a dangerous disease has re- The last two weeks of Octo- ner, Blanca Lopez ’16 remarked, visited Georgetown for some “The first year was smaller, but surfaced. ber flew by in a flurry of activity “Every night, all the British girls “good ole’ fashioned American it seems like each year students The forum concluded with a as the Western Reserve Acad- would gather in my room and BBQ at [D.C. restaurant] Old are more and more interested in informative question and answer emy community welcomed 12 we would hang out and talk.” Glory,” according to Baasiri. pursuing issues of diversity and session which covered a wide Caterham students onto cam- On Wednesday, Oct. 26, the Reflecting on the experience, learning something about a dif- range of subjects associated both pus. Last summer, 13 WRA Caterham students, accompa- Baasiri noted, “All in all, every- ferent culture, a different per- with Alhassan’s life as someone students traveled to Surrey, Eng- nied by history teacher Ahmad one has been having a lot of fun spective, a different question.” living in the US with a Syrian land and stayed for two weeks. Baasiri, traveled to Washington and we’ve all been learning a This year, Maytha Alhassan, heritage and larger topics, such Connor Semple ’15, one of the D.C. to see numerous historic lot about U.S. history. What a who has contributed to a num- as the prejudice she discussed in students who went to England, sites. The trip proved to be a better place to do it but in the ber of news sources, including the opening presentation. Re- believed that “the most interest- bonding experience for the kids. nation’s capital?” Hearin sum- NPR and The Huffington Post, flecting on a successful day, Dr. ing part of the trip was interact- Baasiri commented on the marized her experiences with about Middle Eastern conflicts, Robinson noted, “I hope that ing in a brand new environment trip: “On the first day we vis- the Caterham exchange: “I can spoke at the forum, introducing students continue to be engaged with our host families.” Victoria ited the National Archives Mu- hands down say that it has col- the day’s topic: global citizenship and interested in these topics. I Hearin ’15, who also partook in seum, which houses historical lectively (DC my junior year, and the challenges associated think we just have so much to the exchange program, said that documents like the Declaration Caterham this past summer and with it. Alhassan, who is of Syr- study and so much to learn, and they got to experience day to day of Independence, the Constitu- DC this year) been one of my ian heritage, focused on Ameri- it’s great to see the enthusiasm of life in England: “Going to their tion and the Bill of Rights.” He favorite and most rewarding Re- can’s cultural perceptions of the students getting into these top- classes and experiencing their recalled, “As I was walking the serve experiences.” Middle East, especially the Arab ics and wanting to learn. I hope daily life while also getting the halls of the exhibit, I was wish- This summer, current juniors Middle East, talking about how that just continues to grow.” chance to tour” proved to be a ing that my US history class will have the opportunity to rewarding experience for her. could be there to experience it.” travel to Surrey, England. Lopez This past month, students had On the second day, the stu- is quite keen to visit her new the opportunity to welcome dents visited the Library of Con- friends at the Caterham school. their British counterparts. Five gress and the Capital, gaining a “I’ve never been to England,” girls stayed in Ellsworth Hall glimpse of both the Senate and Lopez exclaimed with great en- and seven boys stayed in North House chambers. They traveled thusiasm, “and, now, I can’t wait Hall, Bicknell and the Wood to the National Mall and had a to apply!” Model UN Attends Brown Conference a Chilean government official quickly developed an affinity By ANNA MCMURCHY ’15 who sought to sniff out the mole for this fast-paced debate set- KIMMY MORRISON On the weekend of Nov. 8-9, within their group, someone ting. “I would definitely like to Students about to enter Brown Model UN conference hall to debate. dozens of high school students who was continually feeding come back and do this again,” he furtively passed notes around confidential information to the remarked, “I am having such a should host the next world cup. began the following morning. a table that thrummed with opposition forces. great time.” Holland represent- His committee members would All groups hurried to pass last- excitement as they plotted, de- The conference began on Fri- ed the nation of Ukraine in the have none of that idea, however, minute resolutions or scrape to- signed and debated solutions day night when the students Special Political and Decoloni- because no one had ever heard gether enough troops to invade to a variety of the world’s major trudged bravely through the not- zation Committee. of Burundi before and could their nation’s corrupt capital. issues, both past and present. so-mean streets of Providence, On Saturday, the students’ barely decide if it actually exists. Kopyeva’s group ended their These students, over 800 in all, Rhode Island to join their com- endurance was rigorously tested Saturday night, about half of conflict with the Chilean op- 14 of whom came from Western mittees in a quest for peace (or as they battled through three the group strolled down to ob- position movement peacefully Reserve Academy, came to par- world domination). Model UN committee sessions, each lasting serve the Waterfire Festival on by holding (supposedly) fair, ticipate in the 2014 Brown Uni- Faculty Advisor Sarah Horgan about three hours. the river. This luminous cel- democratic elections for a new versity Simulation of the United and Admissions Officer Thomas During this time, Vlad Molnar ebration consists of a long line leader. Nations. Adams-Wall accompanied these ’15, who took part in the FIFA of floating bonfires placed on In the end, despite tough argu- Irina Kopyeva ’15 declared this young diplomats. committee (Fédération Interna- top of the river’s surface and set ments, sleepless nights and very event “the best conference I have Leo Holland ’16, a new re- tionale de Football Association), aflame. long walks, a great time was had ever been to.” She represented cruit to the world of Model UN, tried to argue that Burundi The final committee meeting by all who attended. 2 RESERVE RECORD NEWS NOVEMBER 2014 Corrections Outside the Fair Halls The Reserve Record Established in 1925 October Issue United Nations Climate Change Panel Releases Grim Report Editor-in-Chief Max Forsyth The Reserve Record is the student- On page 3, the headline was meant to Editor-in-Chief Trevor Levin run, monthly newspaper of Western be “Seven WRA Activists Walk Beside The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Reserve Academy and the voice of 400,000 Protesters at Climate March.” The released the fourth and final part of its Fifth Assessment Report on Nov. Associate Editor Kevin Yang and for the student body. It aims to article should have indicated that Leo 2. The report warned that the world faces “severe, pervasive and irre- Managing Editor Hannah McKenzie educate its staff, writers and photog- Holland ’17 also walked in the march.