LIVINGSTON HIGH SCHOOL, NEW JERSEY
VOL. 62, ISSUE 7
MAY 2020 In This Issue… PAGE 3 Letter from a Fellow Senior
By KENDRA BOYD Lance Contributor
Dear Class of 2020:
Senior year is a time to make lasting memories with PAGE 4 your friends and the entire class. It is a time to celebrate what the seniors have worked toward the past four years of high school and the last 13 years of learning in the Livingston School District. However, this was robbed from the class of 2020 at the beginning of March due to the Covid-19 outbreak. Our lives changed in an instant from seeing our friends every day in the halls, to only interacting during the hour-long Zoom PAGE 7 calls every other day. While we are initially inconvenienced by the potential of this pandemic in participating in important Lancer traditions - senior have many unanswered a memorable senior year. If prom, the game of Assassin, questions. anyone can get through this, our final sports season, dressing It is important that during it’s us. We have dealt with up on May 1st for decision day, this trying time that we first do prior threats towards our and even Graduation - the what is best for our wider school and ransomware bigger impact is the escalating community and our loved ones. attacks, but we came out of medical emergency It is important that we those situations stronger and compounded by individuals’ stay home and follow the more united. We need to
fear of the unknown. restrictions put in place and demonstrate our resilience and The fear of not knowing help our neighbors and show leadership by banding how long this crisis will last. grandparents. Our teachers, together as classmates and The fear of how it will affect entire staff, Mr. Stern, all the continue to support each other PAGE 9 our friends, families, and Board of education and encourage our younger communities. We get a glimpse administrators and numerous peers to do the same in this of reality on the daily news unseen volunteers are on our time of need. feeds and from listening to the side. Because this is the best President, State and local They understand our year of our lives, we will make representatives addressing sadness and are doing what it up eventually. Let's make issues every night, but we still they can to make sure we have history, Class of 2020!
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SCHOOL NEWS/EDITORIAL A Worthwhile Quarantine!
By MICHELLE LI enriching activities. Harvard and MIT, offers free Ballet are releasing home if productivity looks different Lance Contributor To start, here’s a friendly online courses from over 120 exercise programs, so if you this season. reminder to study for the AP top-ranked universities and have a nagging desire to If we can find new passions Dear Lancers, with this exams that are coming up in a industry-leading companies. become a ballerina, there’s no and direct ourselves to a new extended period of quarantine month. While studying for APs With courses ranging from better time than now to do so. purpose, we will be able to stay it seems as though we are losing is not the most appealing task, Chemistry to Education & These activities may not be as our best selves during this our connection with reality. our AP scores are one of the few Teacher Training, it’s a source impressive as our usual crisis. Outside of our schoolwork, aspects that we can still control of boundless information at the extracurriculars, but it’s okay our purpose was rooted in as a part of our individual tips of our fingers. extracurricular interests and profiles, so it’s important to not Finally, this is a great time summer aspirations, but it become complacent towards to focus on our physical health, seems that everything that the shortened 45-minute a topic that has recently been made us unique is being taken updated AP exams. brought to the foreground. away from us. If you are like me and need With school starting later It certainly is a trying some added activities to feel and fewer responsibilities to time, and it is only natural for productive, taking online attend to, we can sleep longer some of us to fall into a state of classes is a great way to stay and dedicate time to exercising aimlessness and dejection. occupied while becoming at home. To stay positive, the most brighter and more productive In addition to the videos important thing for us to do is at the same time. commonly found on Youtube, to shift our purpose by Edx, an online learning many institutions such as immersing ourselves in platform founded by Lifetime and New York PC: CollegeBoard
Tips for a Stress-Free and
Positive Quarantine!
By JESSICA WOODLEE These goals could be anything schedule. I know with the extra and family. I know that these Store owners, delivery men and Lance Contributor you like! Learn to cook! Finally time it can be tempting to pull times can make you feel women and essential personnel organize your desk! Read a an all-nighter or sleep the day helpless and small with no way across the country. And I am Hello Lancer Community! book you haven’t had the time away, but by sticking to the to help. But you can help. By sure one day when our children to read yet! If you get up in the same sleep schedule you’ve staying home every single day ask us about this we will be I know that we have all been morning with a goal, you’re been following this past school you are saving the lives of able to look back and say, “it feeling the strain of social much more likely to feel year, you’ll feel much more thousands of doctors, nurses, wasn’t easy, but we got distancing. So, I decided to fulfilled when you get back into grounded and ready to tackle grocery store employees, through it.” take this opportunity to share bed at night. each day. my insights on staying positive High school leads to a lot of stress for millions of in this trying time. Maintain Normalcy Be Kind to Yourself Throughout this challenging Our bodies need vitamin D to teenagers, but is it all worth it in the end? (WSJ) Be Productive time, I know it feels like we’re function properly. Good news! Trust me when I say I know all grasping at the seams of You don’t have to go to any how tempting it is to just lie in what life was like before. grocery store to find it because bed and binge Netflix for the Although we can’t perform the everyone gets it for free from rest of eternity. But eventually musical or likely go to prom, the sun! Go outside! Just that begins to feel just as there are simple tasks we can because we are isolating boring as doing nothing at all. do to keep ourselves in the loop. ourselves from others does not The solution? Goals! Get dressed each day when you mean we have to stay inside. wake up! This five-minute task Walk around the perimeter of I know it seems somewhat silly indicates to your brain that you your home! Stand on your to plan when there's still much are going to do something with balcony! Take your dog for a unknown but setting specific the day. Make your bed! You’ll walk! goals and working towards be much less likely to crawl into them will allow you to bed with the chance of ruining Stay Connected productively use your time and your hard work! And finally, Make sure to designate time feel more fulfilled. try to regulate your sleep every day to contact friends PC: Bing
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HARD NEWS/SOFT NEWS Asian Americans face Racism from COVID-19
By STEPHANIE LI and the death rate for the virus Lance Contributor triggers unwarranted and authorities in Wuhan on descent. is around 2%. Moreover, an vicious harassment. December 31, countless acts of As with most cases of estimated 290,000 to 650,000 As COVID -19 continues to Ask Sam Phan, a student racism and xenophobia have racism, this pandemic of people die from the flu each spread, so does anti-Asian at the University of been reported, documented, prejudice has its roots in year, according to the World sentiment, manifesting itself in Manchester. He writes that to and circulated on social media. paranoia and Health Organization. Rather plummeting sales at Chinese be Chinese during the epidemic On March 4, Jiye Seong- misunderstanding. than allowing fear to breed restaurants and near-deserted is to be “part of a threatening Yu, a Korean interpreter who While the coronavirus has hatred and racism, people Chinatown districts. and diseased mass.” lives in the Netherlands, was infected more than 100,000 should focus on staying New Shanghai Deluxe, a However, Chinese citizens biking the 10 minutes home people and killed over 3,000, informed and compassionate restaurant in New York’s aren’t the only people suffering from dance class when two men around 57,600 have recovered. towards each other. driving past on a scooter yelled Chinatown, normally serves from corona’s collateral around 100 tables a day. This damage. out “Chinese” and tried to number has dropped to an On February 24th, 2020, punch her.
average of 20; 30 on a good Singaporean student Jonathan On March 5, a Vietnamese day. Mok walked down Oxford art curator, An Nguyen, was Some social media Street in central London and dropped by an exhibitor at influencers have advocated found himself brutally beaten U.K. art fair in fear of her “#supportchinatown” to their by a group of men who told “carrying the virus,” an followers as a desperate him that “we don’t want your example of non-aggressive attempt to mitigate the coronavirus in our country.” discrimination that is equally significant financial losses Unfortunately, Mok’s story as painful as physical abuse. undertaken by previously is by no means an isolated Mok, Seong-Yu, and thriving Chinese businesses. incident. Nguyen’s stories make it clear Around the world, Chinese Since the outbreak of the that such racially aggravated people no longer feel safe on coronavirus, first officially attacks are not only targeting public transit or in schools, as reported to the World Health mainland Chinese but all people of east and southeast Asian even a single cough or Organization by Chinese New Shanghai Deluxe PC: Bowery Boogie
Coronavirus affects the U.S. Economy
By BEN WEISS “Markets were weighed on by a private or through work - who recession occurs when there's a Lance Contributor downward spiral in oil prices, will see their savings…the significant decline in economic specifically a contract set to value of their savings pot is activity as consumers and “Because In the past couple of days, expire on Tuesday which closed influenced by the performance businesses spend less money. investors have seen the markets in negative territory for the of these investments.” Pippa Stevens, a market people are fall as COVID-19 has left first time ever.” After the drastic fall in the reporter and expert, unable to millions of them searching for Many people claim that the stock market, many families highlighted some of the notions ways to make money as the stock market fluctuates on have now brought their of the major banks: “On invest their stock market reaches its investors' emotions. spending to a halt. Tuesday, Morgan Stanley said greatest fall since 1987. Still, COVID -19 seems to Families are now doing a global recession in 2020 is money into the Because people are unable be one of the major factors that home-cooking, which now its base case, while ‘bond stock market to invest their money into the is causing the recent fall in the ultimately lowers the revenue king’ Jeffrey Gundlach of stock market or local stock market. for businesses. DoubleLine Capital has said or local businesses, the United States During the quarantine, the In a CNBC article, they there’s a 90% chance the economy is now in jeopardy. stock market shut down twice discuss the stock markets, and United States will enter a businesses, the Since February 19th, the for 15 minutes to save investors the financial industry by recession by year-end.” United States S&P 500, a market index made money. The value of the comparing the economy during If all the big banks are up of 500 companies, has gone company's stocks was dropping the recession of 2008 and the finding major issues in the economy is down by over 1,000 points. The every second. economy during COVID-19. economy as the Coronavirus Dow Jones went down nearly BBC News published an In reality, there actually sees no end as of now, then the now in 6,000 points. article highlighting the are many significant United States as a whole has jeopardy.” On April 27th, the main detrimental effects of the virus similarities between the much larger and much more issue had to do with the oil on our economy. They claim recession and the economy problematic issues than – Ben Weiss industry. According to Market that “there are millions of during the coronavirus. COVID-19 to face and resolve analyst, Maggie Fitzgerald, people with a pension - either According to Acorns.com, “A in the future.
Bernie Sanders Drops Out of the Race By MATT LEVISS and the path toward victory is He was able to win his campaign against Hillary Lance Contributor says Politico. virtually impossible.” home state of Vermont, as well Clinton, his democratic socialist However, his main
Sanders later attributed his as New Hampshire, California, ideas began to take root in the demographic of young Vermont Senator and the decision on the recent Utah, Nevada, North Dakota minds of young voters. Americans and millennials, once favored Democratic Coronavirus pandemic saying, and Colorado. However, after Sanders’ main backing happen to be one of the lowest Candidate, Bernie Sanders, “I cannot in good conscience being dominated on Super came from Millennials. Across voter turnouts of all age ended his campaign on continue to mount a campaign Tuesday by Joe Biden, his the country, Sanders groups, leading to his eventual Wednesday, April 18th, that cannot win, and which campaign was all but over. commanded this demographic. defeat for Presidency of the clearing the way for Joe Biden would interfere with the Biden won an impressive 10 out According to a CNN exit poll in United States. to become the nominee. important work required of all of 14 states, a huge shift in Michigan, Sanders won the 18- Although Sanders will not Sanders was able to pick up of us in this difficult hour.” momentum that few saw 44 age group 57% to 35% over be the democratic nominee, his huge wins in California and Sanders termination of his coming. Biden. new ideas for the party will Nevada; however, it wasn’t campaign is a “sharp blow to About a month and half The 78-year-old Senator take over as this demographic enough for him to stay in the progressives” says CNN writer after his super Tuesday defeat, was able to captivate young age. race. Gregory Krieg. Sanders removed himself from Americans with his ideas of free With Senator Bernie In a live stream speech Senator Sanders’ ideology, the nomination. health care and the relief of Sanders off the ballet, the soon after he ended his which some consider as far left Sanders had been in a college debts. Democrats will put up Joe campaign, Sanders stated, “we views, has captivated young similar situation 4 years earlier. He also fought to “raise Biden in order to remove are now some 300 delegates voters, making him the front Although he was never the taxes on the wealthy” in order President Trump from the behind Vice President Biden, runner for many months. front runner in the 2016 to “create new social programs” White House in November.
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HARD NEWS/SOFT NEWS(Cont’d) Virus Takeover By JORDYN ZUCKER that attacks the respiratory As of now, the number Students and citizens threat of this virus and the Lance Contributor system. The common signs of reported cases worldwide across the country must potential it has to mutate of infection include fever, is 4.71 million, with 315 continue to be aware of the and kill millions. As many know, the cough, shortness of breath, thousand deaths. Coronavirus (COVID-2019) and breathing difficulties. In Global efforts are has begun to run rampant extremely severe cases, the focused on containing the across the globe. virus could cause spread and the impact of As of now, the United pneumonia, kidney failure this virus. The CDC is States has kept the virus and death. currently working on their isolated from the American The virus was first response plans, including public. detected in Wuhan City, measures to prepare millions Many anticipate this China, and has now been to respond to the extreme trend to come to a shocking found in over 35 countries transmission of the virus. end, despite the fact that internationally. There have been many scientists and Early on, many of the guidelines previously researchers believe the virus patients in the COVID-19 developed in anticipation of remains for quite some time. outbreak in Wuhan, China, an influenza pandemic that The virus belongs to a had some link to seafood and is now being adapted for a family of viruses known as a live animal market, COVID-19 pandemic. coronaviruses. They infect suggesting an animal-to- The CDC mostly pigs and small person transmission. recommends that to prevent mammals, but the virus can Later, a shocking contracting the virus, mutate and quickly jump number of patients report regular hand washing and from animals to humans, that they did not have the avoiding close contact with and from one human to same exposure to the animal anyone showing symptoms another. market, indicating a human- of respiratory illnesses is Coronavirus PC: CNN The virus is a pathogen to-human spread. extremely important.
Tests Become Optional for 2021 Applicants
By CAMRYN LING factors to the application; Coast,” but a number of other embark on a 3-year long test- In Oregon, the University Lance Contributor however, considering the selective schools have become optional policy for applicants of Oregon and Oregon State “unprecedented test-optional according to the beginning this fall. University also announced that Since the novel circumstances,” colleges and New York Times. Among other colleges and they would “no longer require Coronavirus breakout, schools universities are becoming test- Among the colleges going universities, Williams and the SAT or the ACT, across the nation have had to optional to alleviate the test-optional is Case Western Amherst, have also announced permanently.” close down, disrupting the pressure placed on applicants. Reserve University in their transition to test- Since the release of that College Board’s scheduled Not only did the Cleveland. CWRU was “one of optional. statement, all public exams. quarantine measures prompt the earliest schools to use the Matt McGann, the dean of universities in Oregon have With physical testing sites the cancellation of SAT and coronavirus as a catalyst for admissions and financial aid at gone test-optional. closed, the College Board has ACT test administrations, but change” (NPR). Amherst, stressed that the been forced to cancel the June also led to the “suspension of On March 31st, the students’ well-being should be 6th SAT test. on-campus visitation University of California prioritized during the As a result, a “growing programs.” released a statement that they application process. number of colleges and These disruptions make the were “suspending the If future test dates are not universities are waiving application process difficult standardized test requirement available in “students’ local standardized test compared to preceding classes. for first-year applicants in the areas or if students are worried requirements,” the New York Most high-profile fall 2021 admission cycle.” about how to test in a socially Times writes. universities such as In the hallmark college city distant manner, [admissions As the 2019-2020 school “Dartmouth College, Yale, and of Boston, colleges such as does] not want them to feel year comes to an end, and Brown University still require Tufts, Northeastern, and pressure to put themselves in applications for colleges begin, [standardized tests], as do Boston University, have situations that are not in their standardized testing had Stanford and [other] highly adopted a test-optional policy. best interest,” said Matt previously been one of the vital selective colleges on the West Tufts went even further to McGann. PC: Bing
COVID-19 Brings Changes to Testing
By LINDSAY different. standardized tests like the SAT means they will not be “This is a one-year BLINDERMAN Due to the spread of and ACT. requiring ACT/SAT scores as adoption of the policy,” said Lance Contributor COVID-19 in early March, Students spend months part of the college application Kelly Walter, associate vice- schools everywhere were forced studying and preparing for process. president for enrollment and Nicknamed “hell year” for to shut down. Some freshmen these tests, as they are crucial According to Livingston dean of admissions. “We are its rigorous workload, junior and sophomores were ecstatic to the college application High School junior Rachel responding to the shifting year is widely considered by as if they had nothing to miss, process. Eisenstein, she hopes that, landscape, with juniors in high many students the hardest year and seniors were disappointed So far, exams scheduled to “maybe now I have the chance school not able to access in high school. to miss the end of their high take place in April, May, and to get into my dream school.” testing.” It is the year where school journey. June have been canceled. This She is not alone in rejoicing The Coronavirus outbreak everyone is scrambling to get Juniors, on the other hand, has left students panicking over in the newfound freedom of has brought many hardships the best possible score on the are now forced to stay inside whether or not they will get the having tests be optional. The toward all grade eleven ACT/SAT, take the hardest due to the new protocols, with test score in time to submit to class of 2021 is overjoyed by students across America. classes, and get involved with an extensive amount of work colleges. this new opportunity. Fortunately, colleges are the most extracurricular and stress. There is one upside to all Boston University was one becoming more flexible to the activities. One of the biggest parts of this, many colleges are of the first schools to make this situation and as a result, test- This year was a little being a junior is taking becoming test optional. This change. optional is becoming popular.
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HARD NEWS/SOFT NEWS(Cont’d) New York Hospitals are Running out of Supplies
With thousands of patients causing them to be on second supplies for COVID-19, it is By DEJA ROBINSON 200,000 people have died from COVID-19 worldwide*. in the ICU, hospitals are line, third line, fourth line more likely for the virus to Lance Contributor The United States starting to run low on medications. spread since people may not In April 2020, New York currently has the highest cases mandatory drugs such as Without the proper know they have the virus, as hospitals have started to run of COVID-19, with New York antibiotics, antivirals, and medical supplies needed to help symptoms are not always low on medical equipment such having the most cases in a sedatives. sick patients, it’s become more visible. as drugs, testing devices, and state. In the article, “Essential difficult for doctors to monitor This can lead to another masks, making it difficult to New York has over 282,000 Drug Supplies for Virus progress in the ICU. drastic peak of COVID-19, help patients survive COVID- cases, with 16,600 deaths, and Patients Are Running Low” by “‘We’ve run out of the causing more deaths and 19. over 18,000 recovered. Knvul Sheikh, she explains ability to monitor these people heartbreak to thousands of COVID -19, or the In the ICU, where critical how doctors in New York view the way we conventionally families. Coronavirus, originated and patients have been sent, the unexpected medical monitor them. So we’re just spread throughout Wuhan, patients use ventilators that equipment shortages. Doctors sort of flying blind a little bit,” China, and became a pandemic push oxygen through the lungs are claiming that they’re the doctor also stated. *- these numbers are relevant to when this article was written. The within a few months. Over and help them breathe better. running out of certain drugs Without the proper testing numbers have changed.
EDITORIALS How Will the World Change Post-Coronavirus? By REED BECKER Furthermore, people will ease back to normalcy slowly Actions like these will be health care workers and would
Lance Contributor be scared to be in a public by limiting the number of taken to be extra cautious and result in another shortage of setting, surrounded by others. people allowed into public to prevent the virus from hospital beds and ventilators. While the Coronavirus is In the article, How Will the places such as restaurants, ramping back up while there's This would force us to shut still in full swing, a lot of talk Coronavirus End? by Ed Yong movie theaters and bowling still no medication or vaccine to down again, making the process has surfaced about what the of The Atlantic, Steven Taylor, alleys. treat it. of getting back to normal even world will look like once the author of the University of California Governor Gavin While this will have a longer. pandemic subsides. As of now, British Columbia, who wrote Newsome explained in a news negative effect economically, it As New York Governor it seems highly unlikely that The Psychology of Pandemics, conference, “You may be is vital that we do not try to Andrew Cuomo said, “This is people will be willing to get gave a perspective on the fears having dinner with a waiter rush back to normalcy. If we no time to act stupidly and back to their normal routines that citizens of Wuhan have wearing gloves, maybe a face do, it is highly likely that the open because of political even once the restrictions are about leaving their houses. mask, dinner where the menu is number of Coronavirus cases pressure.” lifted. “My colleagues in Wuhan disposable, where...half the would rise rapidly, and we The best option for Many will still be hesitant note that some people there tables in that restaurant no would start to see even more everybody is to social distance to leave their homes and go now refuse to leave their homes longer appear, where your deaths than before. and to stay at home, only going Furthermore, if we were to out when it is absolutely into public settings because of and have developed temperature is checked before the overarching fear of a agoraphobia,” says Taylor. you walk into the open up too quickly, it would necessary. These precautions “second wave.” establishment.” put a further strain on health are very important to follow. America will likely
The Rise of the Test-Optional
By OLIVIA LEVISS The increase in stress levels With the immense stress Lance Contributor of students all around the world put on all students during the has forced colleges to reexamine uncertain times of the The Coronavirus has put their enrollment requirements Coronavirus pandemic, high the lives of billions of people in order to fit the needs of school juniors are no longer in around the world on hold, students applying. the right state of mind to take forcing everyone to completely William C. Hiss, former an exam that could determine isolate in their homes, away dean of admissions at Bates their future. from any social interaction College, published a four-year Stuck in their homes under once so ever for an unknown study of test-optional colleges mountains of stress and amount of time. and universities. anxiety, students are unable to For high school juniors, “I found that there was no perform academically during this time should be spent difference between non- this pandemic. taking standardized tests, submitters and submitters in For this reason, a large visiting universities, and graduation rates or cumulative percentage of schools have
figuring out their plans for the GPA,” Hiss recalled of his made this semester “pass/fail,” future; however, because of the research. meaning no specific grades will Coronavirus, this has been put William N. Black of be given. to a halt. Temple University also How can juniors be Colleges and universities elaborated on the subject expected to perform on the across the country have come saying that, “There is a SAT or ACT when it is not even to recognize that it is nearly socioeconomic bias in expected that they can perform impossible for juniors to standardized testing, and test- well in school? Boston College PC: Wikipedia continue their college search optional may be eliminating Students whose parents do and participate in the activities that.” not have the money to pay for which make their college Colleges undergoing test- tutoring for standardized ability to pay for my scores?” resumes more appealing. optional has been a discussion testing suffer in the college economy during the pandemic. With everything going on “46 percent of top-tier for many years now, and most process, and the number of “We’re struggling here, and in the world regarding the liberal arts colleges, and a good institutions have simply been students who will struggle to colleges know we are,” said coronavirus and its number of large research waiting for the right time to try pay for this tutoring will Farid Elhadidy, a junior from consequences, it may be best to universities, no longer require out this new style of continue to climb as millions of upstate New York. “Why can’t make the test-optional change the tests,” said Cecilia Capuzzi admissions. workers are being laid off across they just appreciate my to accommodate students. Simon of the New York Times. This is the right time. the country due to a failing abilities, and not my parents’
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EDITORIALS(Cont’d) The Influence of How Does Social Media Helicopter Parents Affect Mental Health?
By SOFIA JOACHIM platforms as well. that social media lowers one’s Lance Contributor In addition, a review study self-esteem. Mager explains from Nottingham Trent how when she looks at other Instagram, Twitter, University studied earlier people’s posts, she finds she Facebook, Snapchat, and the research on the psychological unintentionally compares infamous TikTok. characteristics, personality, and herself to them.
Some may say social media social media use. Jake Goldstein, another platforms have positively The authors conclude that Livingston High School senior, impacted the planet. Though, “it may be plausible to speak adds to this statement by there are many downfalls to the specifically of ‘Facebook expressing that “everyone on introduction and improvement Addiction Disorder’…because social media wants to one-up of social media in society. The addiction criteria, such as each other, to be better than biggest, and the most neglect of personal life, mental everyone else.” important negative impact preoccupation, escapism, mood Despite these evils, social social media has on society, is modifying experiences, media also has some positive how it affects mental health. tolerance and concealing the effects on society. The A study conducted by the addictive behavior, appear to platforms can be used by University of Copenhagen be present in some people who companies for free Helicopter Parents PC: Psychologytoday.com found that many people suffer use [social networks] advertisement, as well as by from “Facebook envy, '' with excessively.” nonprofit organizations that those who have abstained from Consequently, social media want to reach out to a wider By AARTI CONTRACTOR had never used with them when the use of popular site reporting platforms promote unhealthy range of individuals to aid their Lance Contributor they were younger. they felt more satisfied with lifestyles by thrusting cause. Some people claim that their lives. “Facebook envy” is unrealistic social and body It creates awareness and Helicopter parenting is the helicopter parenting is a very defined as a painful feeling you norms on users. helps people discover various parental method that involves restricting method. Some get when you come across your From influencers endorsing innovations that help them parents hovering over children. describe it as the style used by friends on Facebook and realize weight-loss teas to promoting enhance their own lives. Social This style of parenting recently the children of the Baby their lives are much more plastic surgeries for enhanced media allows technology users became popularized in the Boomer parents (Howe). interesting, joyful and lips, the promotions give to connect with like-minded 1980s and on. There is a misconception worthwhile than yours. This teenagers and adults unrealistic individuals. Though, with all of During the 70’s, many that helicopter parents are can be found in not only goals and expectations. this in mind, it is up to the middle-class women began to stricter than the average Facebook users, but for all Jamie Mager, a Livingston users to create a less toxic space enter the workforce; they parent. users of popular social media High School senior, believes on the internet. revolutionized the way that Let’s be clear: Helicopter stay-at-home moms were parenting focuses on the PC: Bing viewed. child and his/her actions in However, many mothers order to get involved if and chose to remain at home and when a problem presents itself; validated their choice with the this is done to ensure success idea that they need to educate for the child’s future. their children. They wanted to Although some maintain prove that their presence at the that the helicopter method of home was benefiting the lives of parenting provides children their children (Stieg). with a stronger foundation for As a result, many mothers success in the future, dissenters raised their children with sets argue that it restricts children’s of rules that their own parents ability to develop vital skills.
Will There Be Second Semester Seniors?
By SELENA ZHU & SAM have left with their friends. Now, seniors are Senior year is the most While it is important to be DANCHAK Not only are students crestfallen and disheartened enjoyable High School year due isolated during this pandemic, Lance Contributors unable to return to their at the possibility of their last to the many events that occur COVID-19 is a cause of classes, but spring sports have prom before graduation during that time, yet the last discouragement because they As the school year comes to also been put on halt. Many being canceled. semester of high school might feel that they will miss out on a close, seniors are eager to senior athletes, finally making A monumental moment not take place for this year’s many important milestones know if they will be able to captain on their varsity team, of a student’s high school senior class. during their last year. fulfill their destiny as second were looking forward to leading experience is graduation. semester seniors: hanging out their teammates to victory in Most seniors had expected to PC: Bing with friends, taking trips, and their final year. Despite coming have the chance to celebrate going to senior prom. With the into the season with the their major accomplishment overwhelming virus flooding expectations of taking charge with their friends and family; the world, seniors are unsure if and motivating their fellow however, given the current they will even be able to live athletes, many seniors feel situation with Covid-19, it is out those expectations. discouraged because they to be anticipated that they After four hardworking assume that their season is now will end up having a virtual years in high school, all seniors over. graduation. deserve a chance to relax and Furthermore, the highlight As a result, high school enjoy their last few moments of many students’ high school seniors will not be able to before going out in the real experience is senior prom. It is undergo the absolute delight world. Instead, they are the event most do not want to and triumph of the day, currently trapped inside their miss out on because the idea of surrounded by the people homes, isolated from each dressing up and dancing the they love while celebrating other, and unable to make the night away with friends is the achievement they worked most of the little time they extremely appealing. four years for.
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EDITORIALS(Cont’d) Biden Endorsed by Sanders: 2020 Election
By AEDYN GREY The Democratic Party had and ignite both positive and Election. Biden and Sanders said “they
Lance Contributor to look at the situation from a negative reactions. But will supporting Biden would form ‘task forces’ on
There is a very clear divide get other Democratic voters on issues including the economy, different perspective, and by amongst Democratic voters in Biden’s side? education, immigration, health On April 8th, Senator doing so, has decided that Bernie Sanders dropped out of Biden stands the best chance the United States. Biden has “There is still work to do to care, criminal justice, and the running for the upcoming against Trump. support from a more diverse, win over progressive leaders climate change.” presidential election in In the New York Times older pool of voters who and young people,” says Evan This alliance can November. Just five days later, article, “Sanders Endorses supported Obama from 2008 to Weber, political director for the potentially help Biden gain the despite his former rivalry with Biden for President,” Sydney 2016. However, Biden does not Sunrise Movement. support he needs from those Joe Biden, Sanders decided to Ember and Katie Glueck write yet have support from the Furthermore, Ember and who are reluctant to vote for endorse him. that Sanders said to Biden, younger voters who were on Glueck say, “Behind the scenes, him. The race for the “We need you in the White Sanders’ side. Biden advisors and allies are It is evident that in order Democratic nominee seems to House, and I will do all that I Along with Sanders, other already reaching out to former for the Democratic party to no longer be about “whose can to see that that happens.” former candidates are now members of the Sanders reclaim the White House, policies are best” or “who’s At this point, Biden is endorsing Biden in hopes of campaign…and hope to Democratic voters of all going to make more of a essentially the Democratic having a strong Democratic eventually bring some on different views and opinions change,” and has shifted to nominee for the election this nominee who is popular enough board.” must come together and unite “who’s the strongest nominee year. on both sides to win against Ember and Glueck also in order to reach a common mention and relay on how that could beat Trump?” However, this will spark Trump in the 2020 presidential goal.
The Vessel of Consumerism
The Vessel PC: Bing
By HAYLEY LOCKE assignments back in class, but Lance Contributor now that I can’t, I often forget to check at home.” The compulsive need to Alexis is not the only check genesis found its way student affected by this policy into the minds of many change. Max Walkow, started a students at Livingston High petition. Max received 254 School. Whether you’re signatures in support of open expecting a teacher to put in a Genesis. glitzy collection of 5th Avenue validation. grade soon, or you just got one Students believed that a By ADITYA DESAI designer stores, is a fitting If the public views the back and want to see how it large amount of stress came Lance Contributor upside-down beehive copper-colored eruption as an affects your average, checking with the ban of Genesis in the corporate enclave of acceptable and even beneficial Genesis is a regular part of a throughout the day. They Already compared to a Hudson Yards. investment, what are we to student’s day. At least it was. claim that taking the two giant shawarma and While its aesthetic think about the state of true When students returned minutes to check Genesis is wastebasket, the Vessel is New catastrophe may have been artistic expression? from winter break, Genesis was better than being preoccupied York’s latest disaster that accepted in almost a humorous Preceding the Vessel, modified. From that point for the rest of the school day spells the end of real art. and amusing manner, the headlines regarding forward, the Genesis portal was with the uncertainty of one’s Nestled in the upscale Vessel takes up $150 million of multimillion-dollar art sales to be closed throughout the grades. Hudson Yards neighborhood capital under the guise of established the craft as a hobby school day, preventing students One solution that has been (read: real estate conspiracy), investing in public space. of the ultra-elite and a from checking their grades discussed among students is the the structure has become a Crucially, the project moneyed silver of sorts for during classes. possibility of opening the portal cornerstone of the Gen Z selfie intersects with a time of society. This change was made by during lunch. Lunch is the time impulse, yet it represents the financial instability for many of Certainly, Heatherwick’s the administration for the for students to sit back and depths of architectural NY’s most reputed museums structure is a shrine to this ‘good of the students.’ They take a break from the school cynicism. and art initiatives whose sensibility. whole-heartedly believed that day, but that is difficult when Consider this: it all began budgets are modest and A monument of corporate Genesis was a stressor and the thought of their constantly when Thomas Heatherwick, the humble, at best—the Public greed at the center of a district distractor for both students and changing grades plagues their Vessel’s premier architect, Art Fund, for instance, spends where the wealthy jostle for teachers, especially when minds. decided to turn to a staircase only $5.4 million to place a vast space in the skyline, the Vessel students are clicking away This solution would for inspiration—a source of array of artwork across the crushes the idea of heartfelt art. during a lesson. prevent students from being creativity that makes a tear city. It does, however, introduce This logic makes sense distracted in class, but it would seem oceanic. 2,500 steps, 154 The Met has even been its counterpart: the from the point of view of the also give them the opportunity flights, and 80 landings later, compelled to navigate a budget commercialization of administration; for students the to see any changes made to he established a form without deficit through firing its faculty creativity. question remains: did the their grades during the school ideology; a gleaming structure and allotting buyouts. All of that established, the administration consider the day. smothered in bronzed steel that Yet, Heatherwick received Vessel, hollow to its core, grand situation from the student This suggestion seems like puts a commodifiable image a sum of funding that dwarfs and pompous, was at least body’s perspective? a plausible one as it aligns with above social good and the spending in the art sector for given a perfect name: it is a Alexis Scherago, a junior at the administration’s intentions public appreciation of culture. the entire city, just to build this vessel for merchandising, LHS claims, “it’s very hard to while also reducing the amount The Vessel, bordered by one architectural folly—a empty showmanship, and the keep track of where I stand in of stress. condos that have a minimum backdrop that enables a mere superficiality that real art many of my classes now. I used asking price of $2 million and selfie to result in instant opposes. to check my grades when I got
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FREELANCE
“Trapped” by Daniel Silverman Leanne Ho I feel trapped. Trapped in a house- A house surrounded by problems- Problems that could kill you.
However, trapped isn't a bad thing: Being trapped is trying to protect you.
The troubles and plague are rising And being trapped prevents it.
Responsibilities go down: Less work, less problems. Less problems, less stress. Trapped with little stress.
"Stay home," they said. "Don't meet up with your friends," they said. "Wash your hands," they said. They spoke, and I listened.
Staying safe has always been a priority- A priority to save the human race- The human race feels so advanced, Yet the human race feels trapped.
“A New Beginning” by
Kalliope Kantanas Nicole Zhu He couldn’t interpret the simplest of words,
jumped off the shabby boat to arrive in the beautiful
country.
Longing for the days when he was surrounded by
family.
A place he formerly called home, no longer exists.
Memories would fade by time,
develop into cool colors and foggy faces.
His fractured English would soon get better.
His life translated for the better,
although he did not know at the time.
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EDITORIALS(Cont’d) No Student Left Behind…or so We Thought By KATRINA LEIGH with devices are falling behind. Chromebooks and internet The massive economic aid the government is looking to Lance Contributor Online learning has access for all students, a process package passed by Congress in make budget cuts to regulate increased the use of technology that will likely take weeks. response to the coronavirus the economy and keep it alive As schools face the as it is used for a matter of Many believe the time and pandemic initially included $2 during this time. challenge of transitioning convenience and efficiency. money that should be invested billion for all schools, a number The Philadelphia Inquirer online, the inequalities Today, technology has in the education systems of quickly criticized for not being further adds, “This crisis could embedded in the American proved to be a basic need, as a low-income areas is long enough. provide an opportunity for education system are becoming lack of it means that students overdue. The Inquirer Editorial With the economy down changing the landscape of exposed. could be failing to receive a Board writes, “More and businesses closing, the educational equity.” About a month ago, standard level of education. maddening still is how long Livingston High School The Philadelphia Inquirer we’ve already known the extent PC: Bing seamlessly moved to online reports that “only about half of of the digital divide.” learning, utilizing the Philadelphia district students The same students that computers given to each have access to technology,” lack access to technology will student at the beginning of the translating to “roughly 100,000 suffer from a loss of consistent year. students who are not up to meals and the community that Many students have not speed, and unable to partake in a school provides. been as fortunate; schools that distance learning options.” The school system offers a do not possess the necessary Districts like Philadelphia vital scaffolding for many funds to supply their students are looking to purchase vulnerable lives.
Does Exercise Have How Exercise Helps
an Effect on
Mental Health Education?
Students should get involved in sports! PC: Bing By JASON KING playing sports can help them Lance Contributor improve their reaction times, decision making skills, hand- Today, schools everywhere eye coordination, social and
Exercising is a great way to improve mental health! PC: Bing are always trying to find new communication skills, and ways to improve their academic concentration abilities. By SASHA CULVER The last thing anybody you feel better and happier with performance. This gives student athletes Lance Contributor probably wants to do is yourself, proposes a Mayo staff Considering a report from an advantage when it comes to exercise. However, studies show member. the Institute of Medicine academic performance. I'm sure we’ve all been that exercising on a daily basis A time limit for finding that “exercise can Although some schools there-feeling really groggy, has many benefits. suggested exercise is 30 significantly improve children’s believe increasing class time having a bad day, just totally First, exercise releases minutes a day, but those 30 cognitive abilities and academic will improve performance, a out of it. But for more than 3 endorphins, “natural cannabis- minutes don’t have to be performance, as well as their New York Times article citing million people, this is every day like brain chemicals vigorous exercise. health,” schools may want to the same report says, “the panel reported that active for them. (endogenous cannabinoids) and Not everybody likes lifting consider opening up more Every day of waking up, other natural brain chemicals weights or doing sit-up after opportunities for their students children tended to have stronger performance, only to want to go back to that can enhance your sense of sit-up where you discover just to get involved with sports and sleep-not because they want to well-being,” explains how long a minute is. To avoid other physical activities. especially in reading and that, try to find what you love- According to mathematics. It believes that sleep a little longer- but MayoClinic. Exercise also helps because they don't want to face to take your mind off worries whether it’s walking your dog, activekids.com, “Physical the benefits of exercise during the world for another day. and alleviates stress. riding your bike, or even just activity stimulates new neurons the school day outweigh the
However, only 50% of those Exercise also reduces the playing outside. (brain cells), new connections benefits from increasing class people who get diagnosed, get risk of health problems, such as If you know you have among neurons, new blood time.” treated for it. diabetes, arthritis, and high trouble pushing yourself on vessels in the brain, and better To keep students active, Conventional treatments blood pressure. your own, ask a friend or flow of neurotransmitters sign them up for an after-school include antidepressants and When most people think family member to exercise with among brain cells. These sport like lacrosse or a class like therapy. But did you know ‘exercise,’ they think sports, you. Or if you get self- improvements in structure ballet. another free, major treatment such as basketball, soccer, or conscious, exercise at home. throughout the brain lead to Activities like this help for depression and other mental running laps around a Try to enjoy exercising and better function, such as students get a boost of health illnesses is exercise? track. “Physical activity such don't think of it as something memory, attention and endorphins and stimulate their Some unhealthy ways of as gardening, washing your car, you have to do, rather reasoning.” brains while also creating a fun, new community for them. coping with depression and walking around the block, or something that'll lighten your Exercising produces anxiety are drinking, doing engaging in other less intense mood. endorphins that stimulate brain Another way to improve drugs, and dwelling on how you activities. Any physical Exercising has many cells, even more so in time being physically active is feel- but exercise is a healthy activity that gets you off the benefits guaranteed to boost developing children. to extend gym periods in public and beneficial way to cope with couch and moving can help your mood and your health in Because of the demands and private schools to ensure this. improve your mood,” and make the process. that sports place on children, students exercise.
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FEATURES Ecosia: Sustainability at the Tip of Your Fingers By BENJAMIN MA easy step individuals can take Ecosia, like most other search the world how it has fostered climate crisis. Lance Contributor engines, generates its money to reduce the harmful effects of an environmental According to Time, in
climate change. By simply from advertisements. But transformation in over 23 2015, more than 15 billion trees Climate change is heating browsing the internet, internet that’s about where the communities all over the world. were cut down, with the global up the world, and it seems as users with the Ecosia search similarities end. Ecosia is Among their numerous tree count having fallen 46% though an ordinary person, engine are joining the fight extremely transparent about its accomplishments, Ecosia and since the beginning of human lacking the credentials of a against deforestation - an finances, even going as far as its partners have planted over 2 civilization. scientist, researcher, or opportunity that sounds too publishing monthly reports and million trees in Brazil, 6 million Moreover, National environmentalist, has no way good to pass up. receipts of their donations. trees in Madagascar, and Geographic reports that in the to make a significant impact. Granted, with most According to their reports, prepared to restore over 8,000 past 50 years, 17% of the Nor do they have much money internet users accustomed to Ecosia donates 80% of its hectares of desertified land in Amazon rainforest has been cut to donate to sustainability popular search engines like surplus earnings to planting Tanzania. Given these down and replaced with charities. Yes, unfortunately, Google, it is only natural for trees, which amounts to a total numbers, Ecosia’s agriculture. we can’t all be like Mr. Beast questions surrounding this of over 1.5 billion dollars since environmental impact is Clearly, each one of us has (Youtube Star) and create our novel “Ecosia” to arise. Is it a its founding. This impressive undeniable. the capabilities to change the own #TeamTrees. scam? How does it work? And figure translates directly to the Ecosia makes the crucial environment in which we live Luckily, with just a few finally, exactly how does it communities Ecosia impacts. connection between climate in, so there’s no reason not to taps on the keyboard at exactly safeguard the environment? Documenting their journey change and the ordinary restore it. zero charge, installing the Founded by Christian through a series of Youtube person, which is necessary to Installing Ecosia is a great Ecosia Chrome extension is one Kroll in December of 2009, videos, Ecosia has shared with mitigate the progressing way to start.
COVID -19 Brings in Big Numbers The Benefit of 1:1 for Online Gaming Computers in the Classroom By JOSH GREENBERG
Lance Contributor PC: Bing
With the recent COVID-19 outbreak and the suspension of all sporting events, the gaming industry has taken advantage. During a time in which hundreds of millions are forced into physical isolation, the ability to co-experience content from a safe distance becomes particularly important. And even though we’re
now stuck at home with little to do, TV viewing was already PC: Bing at unsustainable peaks prior to COVID-19. By MCKENNA PRIAL & According to Verizon, the worksheets in school or at home Coronavirus has led to a 12% ALEXA PRAGUE anymore, allowing me to be increase in digital video traffic doesn’t take away the need to The Grammy-nominated Lance Contributors more successful in the and a 20% increase in web connect to others. Gaming has rapper's concert within the classroom.” traffic, while Nielsen (a a built-in infrastructure to online video game set a record While most students at Not only what Grace Peri company that collects data for support large-scale online for the number of audience LHS don’t have much explained is beneficial to the entertainment) reports total socialization. members in attendance. experience in learning without students, but also having access TV time (digital and linear) is One-quarter of gamers play As the implications of a personal computer, resources to technology has proven to up 20%. Video gaming, video games to socialize with COVID-19 continue to spread, and technology in the past were increase student engagement. meanwhile, is up an astounding others. As live events shutter consumers will continue to be not always this accessible. Many teachers use 75%, per Verizon. around the country, people encouraged to keep their Students are so accustomed educational websites such as "With more stay-at-home have turned to gaming to distance from others and stay to always having access to Quizzizz, Khan Academy, mandates being issued around connect with others in as close indoors. computers that many tend to Vocab.com, and Quizlet in the the world and the to a live experience as they can Gaming satisfies the social brush over just how much of a classroom as resources to entertainment industry finding possibly get. pacification that many privilege it is. According to reinforce learning and to new ways to migrate their This motivation has also consumers seek from their nj.gov, the average number of introduce new concepts. offerings to live streaming helped the game viewing entertainment in stressful students to computers in New Additionally, the use of platforms, we expect to see platforms, with Twitch, situations, being an escape Jersey is five to four. Recently, computers has also made life these numbers rise," said YouTube, and Steam all-seeing from school or other the Livingston Board of physically easier for students, StreamElements CEO Doron upticks in viewership over the responsibilities Education has switched to as they now have fewer binders Nir in an email statement. last week. New gamers are While people will do their having one student per to carry in the hallway which is In its early years as a participating in the best to pick up their routines as computer. always helpful. solitary pursuit, gaming has conversation as a way of other options open up, the Allowing students to Technology is becoming a become a virtual hangout for socializing. share of gamers will likely obtain their own computers has huge part of society, so it is players. Multi-Platinum recording continue to increase as new had a great impact on the useful that high schoolers have Kelley says the community artist Travis Scott is doing his audiences find the games that education of the Livingston the opportunity to learn how it she's found in gaming has been part to keep people entertained make them happy and students. works, explore its benefits, and paramount in getting her and positive. Partnering up interested. Grace Peri, a junior at practice the responsibility of through her self-quarantining, with the widely popular game COVID-19 may not last LHS, said, “I love always taking care of something of especially as the timeline gets Fortnite, more than 12 million forever, but people will having a computer with me value. longer. people logged on Thursday, remember how video games because it is easier for me to get 1:1 integration will Social distancing keeps April 23rd, 2020 for Travis made them feel happy at a my work done and keep ultimately help make going people in their homes for longer Scott's virtual concert along particularly sad time in their everything organized. I don’t into the workforce in the future forget my homework less intimidating. extended periods of time but with the debut of a new song. lives for years to come.
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FEATURES(Cont’d) How to Survive Being Home
By SASHA LUKONEN students hope for. But let me time has gone by, my opinion on You need to keep yourself motivated during a strange time like this. Lance Contributor tell you: remote learning is not remote learning is continuing to occupied. I am cleaning my as easy as we envisioned it. It’s evolve. room-- again-- and that’s just For me, I have been trying
Being home all-day at first awful. It’s boring, and it’s My initial thought was that the beginning. to work out every day after seems like so much fun. Online definitely an adjustment-- a it would be a good way to stay on Then, I am beginning to school. Creating a goal should classes feel like such a breeze major one. top of work, as the school days work on a “paint by numbers,” help you maintain a routine. compared to in-class learning: Six weeks ago, my school would be shorter, so there would binging on many tv shows, So think of a goal and go you don’t have to wake up so sent out an email announcing be more time to better scrolling through all social achieve it! early; you get to stay in your we will be spending the next understand concepts. media, eating a lot of food, and Another tip is if prior to PJ’s all day; and your workload two weeks with remote I also believed that it would reading a book. quarantine, you were a part of feels ten times lighter. It’s like learning, and the school would not impact my social life as much There is nothing you can a sports team, try to find new a breath of fresh air that all be adjusting as necessary. As as it has, Facetime and social really do to prepare yourself ways to keep active. Many media being enough for my for this long tortuous period of sports teams at Livingston time, but there are some things High School are having virtual PC: Bing friends and me to keep in contact. you can do to while away the exercise sessions to stay fit and busy even during the break! Wrong! time. As the weeks are passing, I If you don’t have one I am finding it helpful to come to notice I am becoming already, make sure you get do online home workouts. It’s
more and more bored. I keep yourself a subscription to as not the same, but it helps! thinking to myself, how can I fix many television platforms as These are some tips that this and how can I make myself possible, since you will have have helped me manage my less bored? lots of time on your hands. boredom. Find what works for I’m telling you, being home If you don’t have a goal-- you to help cure your boredom. all day changes you; I am doing make one. The best thing to do at home is things I could never imagine This goal may seem stupid to do something at home! Try myself doing. at first, but even a little thing to be productive and remember to have fun! Staying entertained is key. can help someone stay
Spreading Good News! One
Episode at a Time!
By MALLORY DIAMOND of everyday people and brings their essential workers. greeted by friends, family, and as well as the other 11 million Lance Contributor special celebrity guests on the In order to find the neighbors parading down the viewers. show to chat and entertain inspiring stories he shares in his street, and tears of joy filled her In one of the most recent As negativity fills the air, viewers. videos, Krasinski tweets to his eyes. episodes, Krasinski organized a self-isolated people all over the Starting on March 29, fans, asking them to send him Episode one now has over virtual prom for the class of world are searching for every Krasinski uploaded his first stories “that made [them] feel 16 million views, which could 2020. He played music and had ounce of positivity they can video to his new YouTube good this week or the things demonstrate that the world special musical performances find. Although seemingly rare channel. that just made [them] smile." loves the good news. by the Jonas Brothers, Billie these days, positivity is Introducing the first As the first episode In another episode, Eilish, and Chance the everywhere, according to The episode, Krasinski says, “For progressed, Krasinski welcomed Krasinski heard that a 9-year- Rapper. Office actor John Krasinski. decades now, I’ve been his co-star Steve Carell to old girl named Aubry wasn’t After posting a new In the early weeks of the wondering, why hasn’t there celebrate The Office’s ten year able to see Hamilton on episode every week, Krasinski quarantine, Krasinski been a news channel for only anniversary and to reminisce Broadway due to the has made a total of five developed a YouTube Channel good news?” about their memories on set. quarantine. episodes, each bringing so known as “Some Good News” Now here he is with just To lift spirits, Krasinski much positivity to families To leave off on an uplifting where he only shares the good that. note, Krasinksi ended the video brought the show to her living around the world. news amid all the negativity. He began episode one with with a story about a fifteen- room as he invited the actors Krasinski has filled Shedding light on the a special thanks to medical year-old girl that finished her onto Zoom to sing her a song. everyone’s self-isolation with a situation at hand, Krasinski workers and shared stories of last chemotherapy treatment. Aubry spent the sing-along little more entertainment,
shares the heartwarming stories everyday people giving back to On her way home, the girl was with a smile from ear to ear, smiles, and laughs.
Revamped Style By LAUREN BELCUORE, around. Sure, we could just thrilled to hear about our idea NICKI DEPALMA, BECCA mission due to social distancing donate them as is… but, why and gave us some insight on regulations. CULLEN, & JAMIE not do something a little extra? what impact our donated shoes However, once school PORIGOW Thus, Revamped Style was are going to have. starts back up and most Lance Contributors created. Soules4Souls mission is to certainly in the fall of 2021, we
Revamped Style takes old provide relief to people in need are eager to start a new club at The coronavirus pandemic shoes and repurposes them to and turn unwanted shoes into Livingston High School, where has put the lives of people on be donated. Each sneaker is opportunities in impoverished we can get more students and hold. However, rather than A pair of upcycled shoes cleaned and touched up with a countries and areas. staff involved in our mission waste the extra time we are PC: Revamped Style colorful, creative design. All These donations will help and set up a donation box in being given, we four decided to other shoes are cleaned up and people sustain their lives and various areas of the school. refurbished contribution. take this opportunity to make a donated as is. businesses, which includes In the future we are If you are interested in difference in the lives of others. We have partnered up with buying food, clothing, and hopeful that we can broaden becoming involved in the future While enduring one of Soules4Souls, a successful paying for an education. These our platform to our community or have shoes that you would those dragging, painful days charity that donates old shoes shoes offer a long-term solution as well. like to donate, please email us that we have become familiar through a micro-enterprise and long-lasting impact for So, if you find yourself at with, and in the process of option. struggling countries. cleaning out your closet and a [email protected] cleaning out our closets, each of We spoke with the Unfortunately, as of pile of shoes begins to mount, m, or direct message our us noticed that we all have a Northern NJ representative, right now, it is difficult to get consider holding onto them instagram account bunch of old shoes just laying Lizzy Swiderski, who was more people involved in our until you can donate them for a @revamped.style.
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FEATURES(Cont’d)
All the Bright Coronavirus and the Entertainment Industry Places By STEPHANIE people search for ways to stay So many jobs in this SICURELLO entertained. industry are drastically being By GABBY PETRULLO Lance Contributor On the other hand, the affected, as “the ripple effects plotline. negatives might be outweighing do have implications for the Lance Contributor I also believe that the Laying on the couch, those positives. people around the world who author did an outstanding job bored out of your mind due to The entertainment make a living producing and After the first few pages, with character development, as this book immediately quarantine. What’s the first industry had to put everything distributing movies, music, and I began to feel connections to thing you do? I can probably on hold now- no more creating more,” stated by Vox. fascinated me. both of the characters in the With remote learning in guess: you turn on Netflix and or releasing movies, tv shows, Movies and tv shows that book. pick a new show to watch. music, etc. planned to begin or continue place, it is the perfect time to I think that creating a delve into a book. I was The entertainment “Consequences of the their filming during the spring plotline that the audience can industry in some aspects is pandemic on these industries of 2020 have now been put to a shocked when I couldn’t put it connect to is a vital aspect of down and wound up reading completely flourishing, but in could range from lowered halt. This will likely lead to creating a successful book, and others, this virus has been attendance at film festivals and these films being pushed back over 200 pages in one night! Jennifer Niven did so The book I read was All completely detrimental to it. disruptions in film distribution extremely far into the future. successfully. The entertainment to delayed or canceled movie Companies are now losing The Bright Places by Jennifer All The Bright Places is a Niven. The story follows two industry has a spike in new releases and concert dates to their revenue, hurting their Netflix Original, starring Elle viewers during this pandemic,; curtailed on-location film business altogether. teenagers, Finch and Violet, Fanning as Violet Markey and and their journey through life it is in direct relation of the shoots,” as stated by Vox, in Festivals and concerts are Justice Smith as Theodore extreme boredom many are the article “How the being put on hold as well. together. Struggling with Finch. suicidal thoughts, they manage experiencing during this Coronavirus Outbreak is Coachella, the most popular I do believe that I would quarantine. Roiling the Film and music festival in America, has to bring each other off the have enjoyed this movie more ledge, both physically and One of the many ways Entertainment Industries.” even been postponed all the had I not read the book first. people are trying to keep busy This industry, an industry way till mid-October. metaphorically, and change After being blown away by the each other significantly. is by watching tv shows and so huge it is implemented into There are even more music book, my expectations were set movies and listening to music. the lives of basically every festivals, like Panorama and I especially love how high. realistic the plotline is. Without New shows, like Tiger person, now must stop all their Governor’s ball for example, I was disappointed when King, especially, chose quite work. the cancelation of which will directly stating the obvious, it some of my favorite book is clear that the book follows the ideal time to launch their Despite the fact that the cause these companies to have scenes were not incorporated show, right in the midst of the hit that this industry is taking extreme financial repercussions, the developing love of two into the film, but I understand people suffering with mental Coronavirus. is quite detrimental, it will especially if the events must be that in the transition from book This allowed for the shows never outweigh the detriments canceled altogether. disorders and the author clearly to movie, some scenes just depicts the issues of both to get an immense amount of to the health of many due to don’t make the cut. characters through their talk and a huge audience as the virus. Nevertheless, I found the actions and thoughts. movie enjoyable and a nice film This is a topic on the rise as to watch for those bored and awareness for mental health is stuck in Quarantine. something that many people Despite some aspects of the believe requires more book being lost in the movie, I attention. feel that overall, in my eyes, Even more, there are the film and book were both a countless symbols that the work of art and I recommend author mentions throughout avid readers to read and movie the book that provide even goers to watch the movie. more significance to the
Joe Exotic and one of his tigers PC: Netflix A Slasher with Substance
By EMILY SZE In a world of identical and inevitable collapse of provoking, and I felt it was a Lance Contributor “modern” movies, almost Bateman’s psyche. This large part of the movie’s nothing makes me feel more chaos builds to a bizarre essence. If toxic masculinity was a engaged at first than an easily concluding scene, which American Psycho also movie, it would be American identifiable ‘80’s or ‘90’s leaves everyone, including manages to comment on Psycho. In observance is the setting. Especially if it is Bateman, questioning what patriarchal society. ‘90’s life of American reminiscent of other imminent to perceive as reality. No The society’s perfect businessman Patrick Batemen, classics like Terminator or Pulp movie better encapsulates a ignorance towards Bateman’s played by a young Christian Fiction. mentally unstable character insanity and the way the Bale. However, American than one where absolutely director plays into his otherwise Although Bateman has Psycho’s greater significance nothing is certain. basic Wall Street personality every outward attribute about sets it apart. Not to go unnoticed was communicate ideas worth him that makes one believe he’s The film’s clear intent Christian Bale’s uncanny considering about the just another run-of-the-mill contributes to its greater acting and ability to patriarchal nature of work in Wall Street dork, there’s a spin: significance. It seems that shapeshift into character. the financial sector. Bateman is a serial killer by every little action and word Being in near perfect The fact that a character night. uttered from Bateman’s mouth shape and maintaining a like Bateman can almost In an incredibly original is used to advance the movie’s stoic demeanor throughout seamlessly fit into the said Christian Bale as Patrick Batemen take on Wall Street life, Mary themes. the film, Bale perfectly society doesn’t speak volumes PC: Maxwell Scott Harron merges the personas of Everything, from the portrays the “American in defense of it either. a serial killer and businessman brilliantly subtle swaps of Psycho.” His ability to American Psycho is an intriguing plot with coherent into one. financial jargon with murder switch from complete intricately crafted classic that themes, making it a thrilling The first thing to love words, to Bateman’s sudden normalism to insanity in a makes one consider toxic and worthwhile watch for both about this movie is the urge to feed an ATM machine a timely manner was both masculinity in the workplace, those who enjoy horror and do refreshing classic atmosphere. dead cat, advances the enigma chilling and thought- as well as advancing an not.