The Independent Voice of George W. Hewlett High School HEWLETT SPECTRUM Volume LXVI No 4 60 Everit Avenue Hewlett, New York Friday, March 31, 2017 Inside: A Community Joined Together by Bharvi Chavre explained that support - in addition to toler- disparities, particularly for people of color and On March 9 the Youth Leadership ance and acceptance - is the key factor to help the LGBTQ+ community. Club hosted the “World Café” or “Equity LGBTQ+ youth. During this discussion, there was a brief Evening” at Woodmere Middle School in One of the major topics of the night disagreement between community members order to highlight and discuss inequity within included race equity. Beatrice Bayley, the about the lack of people of color within higher- the community. Prior to the meeting, com- president of the local NAACP chapter, and level honors and AP classes, and whether it munity members were encouraged to fill out Gerri Bostick, the managing principal of GFB could be classified as racism. Nevertheless, an anonymous form answering the question: Enterprises, discussed their experiences with there was widespread agreement about the Courtesy of Rosemarie Scalfani “How do you see social, economic, and cul- racism, the presence of systemic racism and need for proper representation within the tural influences impacting our schools and the importance of diversity. school. community?” After the panelists spoke about equity, One of the most notable comments of Bringing Home Awards Led by Daniel Foster ’18 and Lina Dr. David Rifkind introduced questions that the night came from alumna Ramsha Ansari Elkoulily ’18, the night began with a video would help further the conversations. In ’11, who discussed how outrageous it was introducing the social and economic inequity. response, many great ideas were formulated that the same anti-Muslim remarks and ac- Page 6 Powerful speeches were given by a variety of to try to eliminate inequity within the Hewlet- tions that occurred when she was in middle guest speakers. Woodmere community. Some possible solu- school are still occurring today. She called One of the first speakers of the night tions about food equity included gathering upon the administrators to take a stand against was Syd Mandelbaum, the founder of the local canned food as a “ticket” at sporting events, such actions and have proper representation, non-profit organization Rock & Wrap It Up. stressing the value of food to young students especially of minority groups. Mandelbaum is no stranger to the Hewlett- at Franklin Early Childhood Center and the Many students were inspired by her Woodmere community, as he attended the a local elementary schools and planning events powerful remarks. Youth Leadership Forum earlier in the school where the community can come together to “It was very inspiring to hear Ramsha,” year to discuss the importance of food equity make food for those in need. Jason Rodolitz ’17 said. “She was definitely and how to decrease the discrepancy. Many high school students attended correct when she explained how it was im- “I felt we can accomplish much more this event, and were excited about its success. portant for students to know that there are with strength in numbers,” Mandelbaum said, “I thought it was a great experience administrators who have had similar experi- reflecting on the night. “Twenty-three chromo- to learn specifically how, we, the students of ences as them. It was also very nice to see somes are the binding force; we all have them Hewlett High School, can address our com- administrators talk to her after the event, and and as one, our planet and its people do best.” munal problems,” Rishi Wadgaonkar ’19 said. discuss more about racial/religious equity.” Art by Andrea Valero Scott Peterson, a social worker at “One of the popular ideas of the night included Overall, the night was widely enjoyed Pride for Youth (an organization that support a food map that would allow citizens in need and very successful. LBGTQ+ youth) spoke after Mandelbaum. to locate sources of food.” “The World Café was a great way for Peterson, too, attended a Youth Leader- Although food equity was recognized people from all walks of life to come together ship Forum earlier this year. Reiterating the as an important issue that needed to be solved, and start a dialogue about significant issues Snapchat More Than An App message he delivered during the forum, he the night focused on trying to resolve social that we face in our community,” Foster said. Page 10 The AHCA Goes for a Checkup by Gina Carillo bill’s main backer, Speaker of the House Paul healthcare plans until age 26. During the 2016 presidential election, Ryan, emphasized the importance of putting On March 13, the Congressional Budget President Trump ran on a campaign to dismantle decision-making power in the people’s hands. Office (CBO), a bipartisan group that provides the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as “Our plan is not about forcing people to independent analyses of budgetary and eco- Obamacare. Since President Trump has taken buy expensive, one-size-fits-all coverage,” Ryan nomic issues, released its report concerning the office, Republicans in Congress have set forth said. “It is about giving people more choices and AHCA. While its findings did agree that the a plan to dismantle Obamacare and replace it better access to a plan they want and can afford.” AHCA will ultimately lower premiums and Courtesy of Scott McInnes with a new act, known as the American Health Under this bill, the individual mandate to increase access to healthcare, it raised concerns Care Act (AHCA). obtain insurance would be removed as well as regarding how it would achieve that goal. “One thing we have to do: repeal and the tax penalties for those who go without. How- Specifically, the CBO stated that the replace the disaster known as Obamacare,” ever, a new provision that bill would achieve these lower premiums by Seniors Make a Seasonal Victory Trump said, advocating for a better replacement. imposes a 30 percent rewarding younger patients and penalizing older “It’s destroying our country. It’s destroying our surcharge if individu- patients to the point that they would simply leave Page 12 & 13 businesses.” als allow their policy the market. Since the remaining pool of people The ACA was signed into law by former to lapse would be put would then be younger and healthier, insurance President Barack Obama on March 23, 2010. in place. In addition, the premiums would be less expensive. It reported Since its inception, the ACA has generated heat- subsidies provided by that by the end of a decade, the average plan ed political debate; Republicans have attacked the govern- ment under would cost 10 percent less but there would be Obamacare, calling the it “not-so-affordable” Obamacare Art by Aimee Ding to help low- 24 million fewer people insured. By 2026, 52 and criticizing the lack of options to shop around income people pay deductibles million people would be uninsured. for coverage. and other out-of-pocket costs, would also be Many Democrats responded to the CBO’s The new bill, the ACHA, is an attempt to eliminated and replaced with credits based upon report, stating the bill would have damaging change the ways of Obamacare. age. These new provisions enraged many, as they consequences for American families. Many “The House bill to repeal Obamacare worried that they would tragically hurt those in Republicans also spoke out against the AHCA. will provide you and your fellow citizens with desperate need of healthcare. “The CBO estimate that millions of more choices - far more choices - at lower cost,” In addition, under the AHCA states would Americans could lose their health insurance Trump said at a White House meeting. receive $100 billion over nine years, which they coverage if the House bill were to become law Courtesy of Dawn DeMaio The Republicans have heavily criticized would use to help people pay for healthcare is cause for alarm,” Republican Senator Susan the decision-making aspect of the ACA, plead- and insurance. Surprisingly, President Trump Collins of Maine said. “It should prompt the ing for a bill that allows states flexibility in how has left three popular provisions of Obamacare House to slow down and reconsider certain In the Spotlight to deal with costly conditions that came with intact: forbidding denial of coverage to people provisions of the bill.” Obamacare. with pre-existing medical conditions, the ban Currently, the bill for the AHCA is just On March 6, House Republicans unveiled on lifetime coverage caps and the rule allow- a starting point and the final version may look Page 15 their long awaited plan to scrap Obamacare. The ing young people to remain on their parents’ very different after negotiations from both sides. 2 Opinions SPECTRUM Friday, March 31, 2017 Vaping and Vandalism Violate HHS Along with their slogan, cans were found overturned and be replenished through a laptop. take someone from outside the But are these new rules “Smoking Evolved,” Juuls have wet paper towels were found on The convenient technology district to speak to students in fulfilling their intended purpose? infiltrated George W. Hewlett the ceiling. All of these forms of makes harmful substances like order for a change to be made. Will limiting all the boys to just High School. A Juul is an elec- “traditional bathroom vandal- e-cigarettes simple for teenagers The administration has two bathrooms halt the vaping tronic cigarette, often flavored, ism” are both disrespectful and to obtain. A local store has also responded to this issue by enforc- problem? Or, have these new that uses nicotine salts found unacceptable. Whether or not been selling e-pens with mari- ing already existing bathroom rules led to the congregation this is a result of the smoking juana already inside to students. rules, in addition to creating new of boys into just two crowded that occurs, it is definitely an While - according to a New York ones. Teachers are advised to bathrooms, making the situation editorial issue that the administration law - a person 18 years of age only allow one student out of the worse? Perhaps the stricter view in tobacco to create a highly must combat. is legally allowed to purchase classroom at a time, and students of the administration on this is- addictive nicotine-vapor com- These e-cigarettes pose a tobacco products, a juul can be caught with these vapor devices sue has frightened students from bination. On numerous oc- serious safety risk for students ordered online without proper have faced consequences. Ad- continuing to use their Juul in the casions, students have been who participate. Some versions age identification. ditionally, the teachers sitting on bathroom, but it has not taught found illicitly smoking Juuls in of the “JUULpod” contain the “I’m worried that we’ve hall duty have been instructed our classmates the dangers of bathrooms around the building, same amount of nicotine as one seen an increase in students’ use to carefully watch the halls to abusing their Juuls. resulting in the closure of most whole pack of cigarettes. In ad- of synthetic marijuana or mari- make sure that all students have In addition, it is impera- boys’ bathrooms over the past dition, according to California juana because of the e-devices,” passes from their classes, as tive to think about the many week. Minors are permitted to Proposition 65, a Juul contains Fulton said. “We’ll double down well as to patrol who is going boys that do not partake in these smoke, though not purchase, chemicals known to the state our efforts to try to educate the in and out of the bathrooms. unsafe activities. Not only did e-cigarettes, but smoking on of California to cause cancer students.” And, as previously discussed, they have to deal with being school grounds is inappropri- and birth defects. Because of A part of the Health the administration closed all but unable to use the bathroom ate and a clear violation of the the highly addictive nature of curriculum taught to all High two boys’ bathrooms throughout because of the many boys in the student code of conduct. these e-cigarettes, coupled with School students is on smoking the building. The administra- bathroom smoking a Juul, but It may be hard to imagine their dangerous health risks, they and the detrimental ramifica- tion has recognized this as an now also may not be excused for high school students like should not be treated as toys, and tions it causes. The smoking unit inconvenience, yet believes that from class. As a result of the us, but some of our classmates they should not be seen in the goes into a lot of detail, describ- it will maintain safety and ensure new protocol, it seems unfair cannot get through the school halls of Hewlett High School. ing the impacts of smoking ciga- appropriate behavior. that these students are subject to day without smoking these ad- The addiction to nicotine sub- rettes and e-cigarettes and using “But really what the issue the ramifications. However, the dictive substances. The boys’ stances can serve as a gateway chewing tobacco. Even though it should be is not that they closed administration cannot monitor bathrooms within our school drug, leading students on a path may seem effective to teach this the bathroom, rather it should each bathroom forever. have turned into social loca- of poor and harmful future deci- in school, it has been proven that be that our students are making “We’ll take it one day at tions where students smoke and sions. In an effort to protect all the efforts of the health teachers poor choices in the bathroom,” a time, and I will continue with spend time (out of class) with students from future drug addic- are not currently effective. As Fulton said. my public address announce- their peers. Students have been tions and poor decision making, a result, the health curriculum Closing bathrooms is ments to educate and encourage found using social media such as schools should make an effort may have additional information a common practice by high responsible decision making,” Instagram and Snapchat to show to deter the use e-cigarettes and added to it to ensure that students schools on Long Island when Fulton said. themselves vaping with their similar paraphernalia. know what they are getting there are suspicions of unsafe While there is no defini- friends in the school bathrooms. “There’s a mindset that, themselves into when they pick and disorderly conduct going tive long-term solution to com- Aside from smoking in because it’s not a cigarette, it’s up an e-cigarette, cigarette, or on within them. Fulton has bat the issue of vaping, it is im-

THE INDEPENDENT VOICE OF GEORGE W. HEWLETT HIGH SCHOOL W. OF GEORGE VOICE THE INDEPENDENT the bathrooms, these facilities safer,” high school principal Dr. any device used to smoke. actually closed the bathrooms perative for there to be a degree have also been targeted by Theodore Fulton said. A possible solution to this twice before when bathroom of trust in high school students

HEWLETT SPECTRUM vandalism. School administra- The accessibility of these problem would be having the decision-making was an issue, when going into the bathrooms. tion and the custodial staff have e-cigarettes to high school stu- administration hold an assembly but it was relatively unknown Closing the bathrooms will found toilet paper all over the dents makes them all the more or invite guest speakers to the since he did not announce the hopefully help students to rec- floor, along with clogged toilets attractive. Juuls are powered by school to reinforce the dangers closure of bathrooms until they ognize that their poor decisions and sinks. Additionally, garbage a rechargeable battery that can of smoking to students. It may were reopened. will impact others. 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No unsigned letters will be printed; however, names will be withheld upon request. The editors reserve the right to edit letters for space and clarity. Letters to the editor and opinion columns do not reflect the opinions of the editors. Friday, March 31, 2017 SPECTRUM Opinions 3 Electronics in School: Saying What Needs to be Said by Daniel Kostovetsky pay full attention to the lesson, and ask a What changed? Yes, I hear your groans, but do not worry: Every junior or senior and their mother question if you have trouble understanding it, First came the ludicrous idea of this is relevant not only within the sphere has at some point complained about the in- your homework will magically become much judging applicants’ “character” based on of politics. When you hear a problem, what adequacies of school-issued tablet computers easier, and you will be able to score higher essays, activities and recommendations. is the first response that comes into your (I have not used mine on tests despite studying less. It is that easy! Selfish people can volunteer. Bad students head? If people are starving, feed them. If since sophomore year). Meanwhile, the school administration can convince kind teachers to write flowery people are poor, provide for them. If people Riddled with bugs, in- needs to recognize how absurdly detrimental recommendations. Even if the character as- are excluded, include them. It is a natural, convenient and inces- computers are to the learning environment sessment was indeed accurate, it still should instinctive response. santly in need of repair, and take appropriate measures. This starts play a minor role at best in the admissions But sometimes, our instincts are they are an excellent with enabling teachers to remotely monitor process. Academic ability should be first wrong, and our seemingly helpful policies example of a govern- student computer screens with DyKnow, then and foremost, like it is in all other countries have unintended consequences. Consider ment “handout” that terminating the practice of handing out free worldwide. the minimum wage: it ensures the working looked far better on computers (everyone has their own computer, However, we are all part of the poor make enough money to survive, right? paper than in practice. and Google Classroom can easily substitute problem. Our enslavement to US News Actually, it prices people out of the job But by now they have the Student Drive), and, if necessary, simply has motivated colleges to minimize their market. A worker’s compensation equals all been replaced with serviceable Thinkpads, banning the use of computers during class. acceptance rates, a key factor in rankings, the economic value of their labor. If you are so what is there to complain about? While they are at it, the administrators by maximizing their yields (percentages of highly unskilled and your labor is worth In fact, the district’s true mistake might as well also terminate the pointless cell accepted students who enroll). As a result, less than minimum wage, you lose your was not purchasing computers for every phone ban that is comparable in effectiveness colleges institute binding early decision job, as well as valuable on-the-job training student, but al- to a stop sign: nobody obeys it, there are no policies and, rather than accepting the and experience that would enable upward lowing classroom repercussions, and it does far more harm brightest applicants, select those which social mobility. Thus, the minimum wage kostovetsky’s computer use in than good. There is absolutely nothing wrong demonstrate the most interest and “fit.” helps some workers, but it leaves many the first place. with texting in the library, or even jumping So, how can we make college admis- unemployed, stuck on welfare and, all too krystal ball Consider the fol- out of class to take an important phone call sions more straightforward and academi- often, addicted to drugs. That does not lowing thought (though extended absences should always be cally meritocratic? How can we empower include the horrendous damage it does to experiment: teenagers are sat at desks, monitored). students to choose their colleges instead of local businesses, which are forced to scale handed computers and instructed to watch It is time for high school students to be vice versa? First, by ceasing our reliance back or close because they cannot afford to a “fascinating” lecture about 17th century treated as what they are: adults, though not on one-size-fits-all rankings and becoming pay their employees. poetry while obediently taking notes. How particularly responsible ones. more informed about what every college What about assistance for single many would actually take notes, and how has to offer; second, by prohibiting affirma- mothers with children? What could be many would instead browse Facebook or The College Conundrum tive action nationwide and requiring public wrong with that? Perhaps the fact that play Tetris? In AP classes, approximately Last month, I discussed misconcep- colleges to admit by academic merit only; it financially discourages marriage and two-thirds to three-quarters of students use tions about and inadequacies of the college and finally, by pressuring private colleges prevents children from growing up in stable some kind of computer, and about half of admissions process. But I am not sure if one by one to fall in line with public ones. families. How about affirmative action, those use it improperly (a sin, just to avoid (bear with me here) I reached the heart The college admissions process has which helps disadvantaged minorities get hypocrisy, I too am occasionally guilty of). of the issue. In the past, admissions were been a nightmare for me, and for many of into college? Actually, it places those mi- In regents classes, the situation is much, based almost exclusively on test scores you as well. But if we recognize and correct norities in programs too difficult for them, much worse. It is an epidemic: tablets are the and GPA. You would visit colleges in your our mistakes, we can change the lives of resulting in high dropout rates. Such social ultimate distraction. score range, select your one or two favorites future students and help keep the American programs have an unfortunate tendency to While this may not apply to everyone, (perhaps three to five if you were aiming university system the best in the world. backfire, and we do not discover their side if school seems too difficult for you, stop us- for the likes of Harvard), and apply with a effects until it is too late. So the next time ing your computer. In fact, leave it at home to near-guarantee of acceptance. Nowadays, Sometimes the Best Thing to do is... one is proposed, make sure it actually helps avoid the temptation, and take notes the old- you must send dozens of applications and Nothing those it is designed to help before declaring school way (literally): on paper. If you simply effectively leave your fate to a dice roll. Let us wrap up with some politics. your support. When Will It End? by Renee Nakkab soared in the 1970s and 1980s, reaching sor of Sociology at Harvard University, Since females are not being offered the As we say goodbye to yet another a high of 60 percent by 2000. However, has taught men and women at Harvard same athletic opportunities as males, International Women’s Day, I believe it in 2010, that number declined to 46.7 Summer School. She strongly believes these young ladies do not have the chance is important to acknowledge the great percent and is not expected to increase by that the biggest obstacle women face is to expand their horizons and become contributions many women have made 2018. The Great Recession of 2007-2010 “[t]he necessity in many prestigious jobs more skilled in the field of sports. This to various aspects made it hard for anyone to keep or find to put in very long work hours and then also plays a severe psychological toll on of modern culture a job. At the end of the recession, one leave the more mundane aspects of daily a female’s later success. When not offered and history. Nev- in five women were working part-time life—like cooking, grocery shopping, and the same opportunities as males in their ertheless, society because they could not find full-time picking up the kids—to other people. childhood, females tend to be put down still has a long work, while at the Generally, women by an impression of male supremacy. This way to go before start of the reces- put many more sense of supremacy also sticks with boys the glass ceiling is sion, less than 1 hours into these as they grow up and could even display completely shat- in 10 women were household activi- itself in the workplace. tered. Almost 100 searching for work ties than men. This concept becomes most pro- years have passed or unstable in their This greatly nounced in the average high school since the first ma- jobs. Even though disadvantages curriculum, which requires gym class to jor accomplishment in the women’s men lost more women in the include many different sports, including equality movement, however, gender jobs than women workplace. It is some that are traditionally only played equality is still a raging issue that has in the recession, unrealistic to ex- by boys, such as football or baseball. If not only infil- they experienced a pect gender equal- a girl was to decide to play non-tackle trated the work- steadier recovery. ity if workplaces de- football in co-ed gym, my observation nakkab knocks place, but has It is unfortunate mand that women be has been that the boys often exclude seeped into the to see such a dif- available all the time.” her from the action and rarely pass her it out education sys- ference in equality Women should not have to the ball. She may vigorously wave her tem. standards for men choose between having a family arms and scream the male quarteback’s The workplace is one of the key and women. Every or reaching maximum success in name with nothing but limited success. breeding grounds for gender inequality. person offers their the workplace. Furthermore, women do not have the The Australian government conducted a own unique per- Art by Abigail Chen Younger females also seem opportunity to play baseball. They are study in February 2017 which found that spective to a problem, thus the to be faced with inequality in other relegated to the game of softball, which the full-time average earning difference more diversity a workplace has, the more areas. According to the Sport, Health and involves underhand pitching of a bigger between males and females was $261.30 successful it will be at solving problems. Activity Research and Policy Center for ball, at slower speeds, and using a larger per week. That is a 16% percent differ- The biggest obstacle for working Women and Girls (SHARP), “…in 2009- bat. Is that equality? ence in annual income. How are women women is to balance their work lives 10 53 athletic opportunities were offered How much longer is this madness expected to feel welcomed and respected with their family lives. According to the for every 100 boys, compared with 41 going to rear its hideous head? It is im- in their place of work when they are not 2015 Caregiving in the United States opportunities for every 100 girls.” Even portant that the world is made aware of being compensated the same as their male census, the majority - 60 percent - of though society is moving in the right the wrongdoings against females. More counterparts? caregivers within a family are female. direction, we are still not even close to importantly, it is up to the female popula- The United States also seems to be Thus, a majority of females have to juggle the apotheosis of girl power. One must tion to stand up against the inequality they lacking in workplace equality. According providing economically for their fami- understand that females are strong, in- face and to voice their beliefs to ensure to the International Labour Organization, lies and maintaining their homes. Mary dependent and could do anything a male not only their equality, but equality for women’s participation in the workforce Brinton, the Reischauer Institute Profes- could - perhaps some things even better. generations to come! 4 Opinions SPECTRUM Friday, March 31, 2017 Defend a Woman’s Undeniable Rights by Chloe Van Steertegem like El Salvador and Nicaragua, where laws only are they threatening the rights of women, where they will likely end up in poverty and On President Trump’s first day in of- have essentially banned all forms of abortion. but they are acting in a counterintuitive way. dependent on social services. Later in life, fice, he signed a ban on federal funds that The United States is not a developing country. Along with abortions, Planned Parenthood they are significantly more likely to struggle were being used by international organiza- However, the closing of abortion clinics could provides testing, treatment and education for with unemployment, largely due to the social tions to perform abortions. Frequently on have effects perhaps not as severe, but still STDs, sex education in schools and prisons, skills they often fail to develop. If not given the campaign trail, Trump made statements reminiscent of the conditions in third-world cancer screening for a number of cancers that up to adoption or social services, these kids about his plans to change abortion law: in countries. The criminalization of abortion, may afflict both men and women and, most are likely to live in homes where they are one town hall meeting in Green Bay, Wis., which has been suggested time and time important, contraception. While abortions unwanted. About one-third of women who Trump was asked whether women should again by Donald Trump and members of the make up three percent of the services per- are denied abortions experience long-term re- be punished for having an abortion. He re- GOP, could have effects that mirror these formed at Planned Parenthood, contraception sentment towards the child they give birth to. sponded, “The answer is that there has to be real-world situations quite closely. makes up 34 percent. For those who fight for No child deserves to live in these conditions. some form of punishment.” With this state- Planned Parenthood, which facilitated Planned Parenthood to be closed, they may The irony is that many of the Republicans ment, along with the many others made by 323,999 of the want to think who are strongly pro-life also provide some leading GOP politicians, women have a right 926,200 abor- again. A huge of the strongest opposition to raising taxes to to be concerned. With the impending repeal tions performed portion of the improve the foster care system, which could of major laws that have protected the rights of in 2014, truly is services that help many “unwanted” kids. women to have abortions since Roe v. Wade under attack. In would be made The primary argument presented by in 1973, it is important to reemphasize why the states of West harder to ob- those who are “Pro-Life” is that abortion is these rights must be fought for by all of the Virginia, Missis- tain for women murder and that the rights of the fetus need American people. sippi, Missouri, if Planned Par- to be protected. However, these points are The Republican Party has a long his- North Dakota, enthood were both scientifically and morally flawed. It is tory of opposition to not just abortion rights, South Dakota and to close would absurd to attempt to defend the rights of a but women’s rights. Some of the most power- Kentucky, there be contracep- fetus, especially when that entails throwing ful members of the GOP today - Paul Ryan, is only a single tives, which the rights of the living breathing women who Mitch McConnell and Mike Pence - all have abortion clinic would only in- would have to carry and deliver the fetus to histories of lawmaking that are misogynis- left. Since 2011, crease the rate the side. Sixty-six percent of abortions are tic and, in some cases, work to undermine 162 clinics have of unwanted performed within the first eight weeks of the women’s rights. McConnell voted against the closed. Texas has Art by Andrea Valero pregnancy and pregnancy, when the embryo is barely 30 Violence Against Women Act, and all three lost more than half of the clinics it once had. lead to even more women needing abortions. millimeters wide. Though the embryo does of these men voted against the Lilly Ledbet- Even in California, which is a state that is If protecting the rights of women is not hold the potential for human life, it is not yet ter Fair Pay Act. This sexism is only further widely recognized as quite liberal, dozens reason enough to convince someone that the alive in and of itself. exemplified by the ways in which GOP party have been closed. However, these clinics are legality of abortion must be preserved, think- Abortion is often considered a taboo members worked to make the multiple sexual not being closed solely due to state laws. Eco- ing of the unwanted children who will be born subject and goes largely undiscussed in assault allegations against Trump seem triv- nomic hardships faced by Planned Parent- should be. In Sweden, children born after a school and in life. However, in order to ensure ial. Steve Bannon’s statement that if Trump hood and small independent clinics are also denied abortion attempt are twice as likely that this right is protected, it must be brought had groped women without their consent it largely responsible for the closings. Medicaid to be hospitalized in a psychiatric institution, to light and discussed, to increase awareness would not have been considered sexual as- only funds abortion in cases of rape, incest twice as likely to become delinquents and six of what it actually is and stop the circulation sault is a perfect example. It is not surprising or life-threatening situations. The presence of times more likely to receive governmental or of false stigma. It is important, now more when Donald Trump and the majority of the abortion clinics in all 50 states and the sup- public assistance in some form. Children born than ever, to educate ourselves and not follow GOP actively fight to prohibit women from port of Planned Parenthood are essential to after denied abortions are usually not brought blindly what is televised by powerful politi- receiving abortions. preserve the rights and well-being of women. into the world in a positive living situation. cians. As a people, we must see past that and In order to understand the effects of When members of the GOP vote Many are put up for adoption and thrust work to defend a woman’s undeniable right restricted abortion, one can look at countries against funding for Planned Parenthood, not into a sometimes brutal foster care system, to choose. Rethinking America’s Approach to Public Education by Mithuna Kumar ity and achievement are not accurately school classes. Homework is not given dents are taught respect, empathy and The United States’ education measured by a standard that uniformly in excessive amounts. Finland’s edu- selflessness. These characteristics are system is ranked 17th in reading, 27th judges all students. cation aims primarily to improve the believed to help students succeed in in mathematics and 20th in science. Its In the race to test students, we individual. their academic and professional careers. assessment-based structure suppresses have forgotten about education’s pur- Additionally, a large amount of Though it may seem bizarre, Japanese creativity and individuality. Our society pose. Today, public education is pro- time is spent on training teachers. Pasi students are even required to clean their places such emphasis on measuring stu- moted because it correlates with bet- Sahlberg, in “Finnish Lessons: What schools, resulting in a sense of com- dent progress that the process of learn- ter pay and acceptance into college. the World Can Learn From Educational munity and responsibility. ing itself is entirely disregarded. The Instead, it should be promoted as the Change in Finland,” writes, “Teach- In Germany, schools are not solution to this growing problem may key to advancement in society and ers in Finland teach 600 hours a year, ranked and graded like they are in be found in the educational institutions individual growth. The main purpose spending the rest of time in professional the U.S. This enables schools to focus of top-ranked nations such as Germany, of education should be inspiration and development. In the U.S., teachers are on improving education for students Japan and Finland. fulfillment of curiosity. By capturing in the classroom 1,100 hours a year, without the pressure of maintaining Students spend most of their time interest, schools should encourage stu- with little time for feedback.” Effective a reputation. Similarly, teachers and behind books, rotely memorizing in- dents to improve society. training programs will help teachers students are not evaluated routinely. formation. The constant stress and fear In order to achieve this, we must better understand the needs of students. Unlike most systems, German educa- of failure significantly reduces their depose our current system that creates Furthermore, standardized tests play tion does not segregate students based ability to comprehend the topics they conformity and limits students. Stu- little roles in Finland. There is only on intellect. Students are instructed at are taught. The ability to memorize is dents should be evaluated based on their one exam taken by students at the end the same level and are not assigned to then put to test on the day of the exam strengths and encouraged to pursue of high school. separate classrooms. Instead, students and students’ hard work is reduced to their interests. There is intellect in all Equality also lays the foundation have the option to expand their potential a number. of us; however, it is up to the education for Finnish schools. Students are not within the same classroom. Those with unique learning styles system to develop it. ranked based on ability and there is Common characteristics between and strengths do not always benefit The leading countries in educa- little competition. Especially among the aforementioned education systems from traditional methods schooling and tion employ curriculums that instill younger students, socialization and include value of teachers, discour- assessment. Therefore, academic abil- motivation in students by granting them spending time amidst nature are en- agement of competition and focus on the necessary free- couraged. Furthermore, Finnish stu- developing student abilities. It is no dom to grow. Accord- dents do not start school until the age surprise that these foreign schools are ing to “What the Best of seven and are not tested for the first No. 1. These top-ranked nations prove Education Systems six years of their education. Undeniably, that the best education system does not Are Doing Right” Finland’s education system is stress- adhere to the conventional teaching and by Amy S. Choi, a free. However, it is still rigorous and testing methodology. typical school day effective enough to equip students with Schools should engage students, in Finland is short. the skills needed to succeed. promote creativity and cultivate indi- Emphasis is put on According to “8 Things We Can vidual talents. Education should allow extracurricular ac- Learn from Successful Education students to focus on personal growth tivities to the extent Systems Over the World” by Jenny without being hindered by societal ex- that electives include Marchal, Japan’s education system pectations, thus preparing them to solve almost a third of high focuses on cultivating character. Stu- the challenges of our world. Friday, March 31, 2017 SPECTRUM Opinions 5 Working Towards the American Dream by Anna Tevzadze ly fortunate to find a job as a domestic María has no rights, no voice and no abil- are the backbone of the US economy, yet María rises in the morning with worker, a common line of work among ity to fight back. Even worse, the other 21 they are treated as if they are worthless, the sun, fearful she will be deported immigrant women. She began working million immigrant women face the same as if they have nothing to offer to anyone. back home to Mexico, fearful she will for a wealthy family in the suburbs of exact problem: they lack a voice to speak It is the year 2017, yet immigrant not live up to her promise of providing Long Island. She was not aware of her up, a voice to defend themselves. women are still treated as they were in her daughter a better future, fearful that rights as an employee; she simply wanted Is María taking away the job of the 18th century. Instead of brushing this everything she has worked so hard for to earn enough to provide food for her a native-born woman? No, the truth is problem off, the United States needs to up to this point will simply disappear. daughter. that native-born work to ensure immigrant women have a María is the voice of the 21 million One night, American wom- voice, and receive the same opportunities immigrant women, both legal and illegal, when María en with a college as native-born women. More organiza- who presently make up 13 percent of the was finish- degree will never tions need to be established that will nation’s female population. María, how- ing up her work under the fight for and protect the rights of women ever, is an illegal alien, making her more daily duties, same conditions, in need. The establishment of an organi- susceptible to workplace abuse than the her boss told or perform the zation is meaningless if no one is willing rest of her counterparts. María and her her to visit same tasks that to perform the tasks it is established for, counterparts fill jobs that are extremely h i s r o o m , María performs or there is no funding to sustain it. vital to the U.S. economy, yet they nei- claiming he on a daily ba- It is important to realize that just ther receive substantial compensation wanted to sis. People are because you are not the victim and just nor do they work under safe conditions. thank her always driven because you are not the one suffering To add on, immigrant women are more for all the by their self-in- does not mean anyone else is. No one vulnerable to sexual exploitation and ha rd work terest, working ever asks to be born into a nation suffer- abuse. This is a growing problem in the she put in. to better their ing from poverty and crime; that is not United States; a problem many simply María was conditions. Edu- something which can be controlled. But brush off, but a problem that needs to very ex- cated individu- we can resolve to work hard and find a be addressed. cited; she als work hard to better life elsewhere; and if a nation that What many seem to forget is that thought that obtain that very could provide the desired opportunities their own ancestors were immigrants; all her hard education in or- closes its doors, where could people go? that the nation they presently live in is work would der to be as suc- Immigrants come to the United populated by immigrants. That is what finally pay off and she would Art by Chestine Tomas cessful as they can be; they are States seeking a better life, but are not of- makes America different from every finally be able to send money back to not willing to settle down for a job that fered the conditions to do so. That needs other nation: its promise to help everyone her family. Little did she know that his pays less than minimum wage, or a job to be changed; not later, not in many live the “American Dream.” However, intentions were not very pure. As an il- that requires extensive manual labor. But years, but right now. Instead of worrying this promise is slowly being broken. legal immigrant, María was extremely María is, because she seeks a better life about building a $25 billion dollar wall, When María illegally crossed vulnerable to exploitation; she left that for her family and for herself. Why is maybe the new administration should the border in 2013, she arrived with no night with two scars, both physical and María the one who is mistreated? Why is work to fix the social issues prevalent in formal education, no knowledge of the emotional, that would never heal. Little María the one who lacks a voice? Why is the nation. Maybe it should focus on its English language, and no place to go to; did she know this would not be the last María the one who is suffering when she people, especially people who are crucial she arrived with only one goal and one time, that this would turn into a normal is neither harming nor hurting anyone? contributors to their economy. Fear that dream: a better life for herself and for her occurrence. If María would not accept the jobs that our efforts will backfire is an insufficient family. Immigrating with a lack of sup- Can María protest or fight back? others frown upon, who will? As a matter excuse for not helping; we need to allow port and experience, María was extreme- Can María quit and find a new job? No. of fact, María and her many counterparts everyone to live the “American Dream.” Sports: the Secret to Success by Margo Verschleiser adolescents to participate in physical Here at G.W. Hewlett High School, activities, since their bodies are not yet there are over twenty sports available fully developed. When we take time to throughout the year for students to partic- improve our body functions and strength- ipate in. But how many take advantage of en our body at a young age, we become these opportunities? It is understandable more likely to remain strong, healthy and that many students often submerge them- independent as we grow older. selves in other activities besides sports, There are also numerous mental including social media and academics. health benefits of exercise. For instance, While there are benefits that come from recent studies have found that exercise participating in a multitude of activities, triggers the release of certain proteins physical activity plays a vital role in all by muscles. These proteins help grow of our lives. Physical activity has proved and regenerate brain cells, thus slowing to be a major contributor to academic or reversing the aging of the brain. Exer- success and a healthy social life. cise also boosts blood flow to the brain, Some students do not bother to clears our minds and allows us to feel participate in physical activity. Many feel at ease. Chemicals called endorphins, that there are are not enough hours in the which fight stress and reduce feelings day to exercise, finish their homework, of pain and discomfort, are released into participate in clubs and community ser- the body. Finally, physical activity can vice and spend time with family. While result in increased self-esteem and self- eschewing sports may free a few more confidence, and a more positive outlook hours for school work, it has been dem- on life. Thus, exercise can be considered onstrated that physical activity promotes crucial towards the improvement of our academic success. A study conducted by mental health. the American College of Sports Medicine Exercise is extremely important tested the correlation between physical for people of all ages, but especially composition and academic achievement adolescents. As students, our minds are in middle schoolers. This study found constantly preoccupied and our convo- that students who performed the best luted thoughts sometimes obstruct our on fitness tests also performed better success. Our minds are both cleared and academically. Students that were less enhanced by physical activity. Thus, it fit received grades that were 13 to 20 can help students succeed academically. percent lower than their fit classmates. In addition, by exercising in our youth, Participating in physical activity we develop healthy bodily functions can influence many aspects of life, not that allow us to be fully functional for only academics. Exercise can prevent many years to come. Physical activity is weight gain by accelerating metabolism indispensable in life, so if you have the and ridding our bodies of excess fat. opportunity to participate in a sport or It can also improve our cardiovascular exercise, take it, for it can improve your health and strengthen our bones, muscles quality of life and contribute to future and joints. It is especially important for success. 6 News SPECTRUM Friday, March 31, 2017 appinginto laims mmigration rders byT Rachel Miller In additionC to these wiretapping by IRachel Miller place of birth,O or place of residence.” The In one of President Donald Trump’s claims, Russia allegedly hacked the Demo- On March 6, President Trump issued United Nations Human Rights Chief has latest tweeting frenzies, Trump accused cratic National Committee. Some accuse a new executive order regarding immigra- also expressed that the travel ban violates former President Barack Obama of wiretap- Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian tion, replacing his highly-contested execu- international human rights laws. ping Trump Tower, his Manhattan home, Federation, of interfering in the election tive order, which banned citizens from the Trump claimed that he was solely prior to Trump’s election for the office of with the goal of getting Trump elected. Muslim-majority countries of Iraq, trying to protect American citizens with the President of the United States. Trump While Trump’s administration has denied Syria, Libya, Somalia, the ban, as immigrants has made these allegations without present- these claims, Trump emphasized that if the Iran, Sudan and Ye- from the seven countries ing any considerable evidence to support congressional intelligence committees are men, from entering could be seen as a threat this claim. investigating Trump’s ties with Russia so the United States for to homeland security in mat- In his tweets, Trump compared this meticulously, they should be delegating that 90 days. The second ters pertaining to terrorism. to “Nixon/Watergate,” in reference to the energy to investigating the alleged wiretap- executive order, effec- Trump’s administration defends political scandal of the 1970’s in which the ping of Trump Towers. tive March 16, lifted the the executive order citing the Na- Democratic National Committee was bro- On March 14 in another press confer- ban of entry to the United tionality Act of 1952, which grants ken into at the Watergate office complex. ence, Spicer essentially explained that when States on Syrian refugees the president the right to suspend In following months, President Nixon and Trump said “wiretapping,” that is not what and Iraqi residents. The plan immigrants from entering the United his administration tried to cover-up his he really meant. also suspended the United States States, if he deems it necessary or ap- involvement. Also in these tweets, Trump “The President used the word wire- refugee program for 120 days, and propriate. called Obama a “bad (or sick) guy,” and de- taps in quotes to mean, broadly, surveillance stated that the United States will not Federal courts in Seattle, New York, scribed the wiretapping as “McCarthyism,” and other activitie,” Spicer said. be accepting more than 50,000 Art by Grace Browse Virginia and Boston have temporar- in reference to former U.S. Senator Joseph In Trump’s four tweets regarding refugees per year, significantly less than the ily blocked the first executive order. McCarthy’s accusations of communism wiretapping, he put the term wiretapping 110,000 refugees accepted annually under the Hawaii is the first state to sue the during the Second Red Scare. in quotations in only two of those tweets, Obama adminstration. president over the new travel ban, claiming With his allegation, Trump went to leaving curious citizens confused as to what “Please understand this order is part of that this will destroy its economy, limiting the courts and was “turned down by court.” he really means. our ongoing effort to eliminate vulnerability tourists from entering the state. Hawaii also Trump is now awaiting action from the con- On March 15, House Intelligence that radical Islamic terrorists can and will argued that the residents of the state who have gressional intelligence committees, accord- Committee Chairman Devin Nunes de- exploit for destructive ends,” Secretary of family in the countries still blocked in the ing to Sean Spicer, the White House Press nounced Trump’s claims. State Rex Tillerson said. revised travel ban are unable to receive visits Secretary and Communications Director. “We don’t have any evidence that that In addition to banning citizens from from their relatives. The hearing, which took “President Donald J. Trump is re- took place and, in fact, I don’t believe -- just seven Muslim-majority nations, the January place on March 15, resulted in a nationwide questing that as part of their investigation in the last week of time, the people we’ve order also outlawed any refugees from enter- order block against the ban by federal judge into Russian activity, the congressional talked to -- I don’t think there was an actual ing the United States for 20 days, and halts Derrick K. Watson. Judge Theodore Chuang intelligence committees exercise their tap of Trump Tower,” Nunes said. Syrian refugee entry indefinitely. Trump’s in Maryland also ruled against the ban, and oversight authority to determine whether Nunes, along with the ranking Demo- first executive order sparked nationwide other states are expected to challenge it as executive branch powers were abused in crat on the House Intelligence Committee protests, as many citizens believe that the well. 2016,” Spicer said on March 5. Adam Schiff, have requested evidence of immigration ban violates a 1965 immigration “This ruling makes us look weak, Spicer also stated that the allegations wiretapping by the March 20 hearing, or law, which states that “no person shall receive which by the way we no longer are, believe were shaped by other media reports, not they will potentially issue a subpoena for the any preference or priority or be discriminated me,” President Trump said in response. “We from information that Trump has received records. At the March 20 hearing, FBI direc- against in the issue of an immigrant visa are going to fight this terrible ruling. We are from inside of the government. tor James Comey will testify on the issue. because of the person’s race, sex, nationality, going to take our case as far as it needs to go.” JCCs Subjected to Threats ringing ome wards by Coralle Zangi ing cycle of anti-Semitism. In St. Louis alone, by BBharvi Chavre H newspaper didA not violate the First Amend- Joycie Porter, a resident of Syosset, New more than 100 headstones were destroyed In addition to creating this beautiful ment, the debate whether or not certain pieces York, and her husband were at their local Jew- in a Jewish cemetery in recent weeks. Law March issue of Spectrum, the editors of Spec- of a newspaper should be censored remains a ish Community Center when there was a bomb enforcement officials believe a majority of trum have been very busy attending newspaper controversial subject. Panel members repeat- threat, something that is surely atypical in the threatening calls to JCCs have originated events at Adelphi University and LIU Post. edly encouraged student reporters to contribute Syosset. Porter reported that a group of young overseas. So far, none of the threats have been They interacted with other student-run news- to their newspapers without fear of censor- children were rushed outside of the building for carried out. However, the lack of destruction papers across Long Island and earned some of ship, even though there was a possibility that a while along with adults until the building was has not made them any less chaotic or anxiety- the events’ highest honors. the final product may be censored. Once the declared safe. Porter is only one of hundreds of inducing. On March 22, Spectrum editors, along speakers had finished discussing their points, people who have been disturbed by the recent JCCs function as homes of joint activity with advisor Rosemarie Scalfani and Wood- the panel gave time for student questions. chaos targetting the Jewish community. for both Jews and non-Jews. They host art and mere Middle School Newspaper Club advi- Following the panel, the large group Scary, disturbing and disheartening: sports classes for children and adults to help sor Stacey Mauriello, attended Press Day at of students and teachers was divided into These are just a few words to describe foster connected communities. Adelphi University along with 13 other Long smaller groups of about thirty individuals for the recent chaos occurring in Jewish The details to the inves- Island high schools. The day was filled with break-out sessions. In these break-out sessions, communities across the nation, as tigation have been lacking. In many important discussions about scholastic students and teachers from different high a new wave of threats across a release, the FBI said they journalism and it ended with the Quill Awards school newspapers shared their experiences in the country have been made are working with the Justice Ceremony. Hewlett Spectrum earned honors their respective newspaper and any censorship towards a number of Jewish Department’s Civil Rights in five categories: Spectrum in general won they may have encountered. It was evident that Community Centers (JCCs). division and are “investigating second place for Best Newspaper, and the there was a drastic discrepancy in the students’ The numbers are staggerin; cur- Art by Gillian Moser possible civil rights violations in Editorial Board won third place for Best Edi- experiences, as the private schools tended to rently 100 incidents have occurred in connection with threats to Jewish torial. Individually, Samantha Stern ’17 won face harsher restrictions on what could and 81 locations over a span of 33 different states Community Centers across the country.” The second place for Most Outstanding Reporter, could not be published. - including a threat to the JCC neighboring Simon Wiesenthal Center, a leading Jewish Lindsay Cohn ’17 won second place for Best On Friday, March 24, four Spectrum our community in Oceanside. These threats human rights organization, urged Attorney Feature and Mychael Schnell ’17 won honor- editors attended the LIU Post Best of High prompted a call from State Senator Todd General Jeff Sessions to create a special task able mention for Best Sports Article/Column. School Journalism Awards with advisor Rick Kaminsky for increased security at local force to find who is responsible for all these The Press Day began with a panel dis- Royals. Last year, Spectrum won first place JCCs. In response, the Nassau County Police horrific threats. cussion with distinguished panel members. for Best High School Newspaper. This year, Department announced plans for heightened The White House administration has Members included the Press Day chair and Spectrum again took home the first place prize security around local religious institutions and been subject to recent criticism for its lack of professor Paul Thaler, associate professor for Best High School Newspaper. In addition, an ongoing investigation. response to the issue. While President Trump Mark Grabowski, adjunct professor Sal Fal- Stern was awarded third place for Best News The number has only continued to rise did denounce the recent acts of hatred, he did lica, former editor-in-chief of the Adelphi Story. and since Jan. 1, there have been 69 bomb not set forth a plan to stop and prevent them. University newspaper Stephen Levine, Jericho At LIU Post, the editors learned about threats towards JCCs. Such threats were “The anti-Semitic threats targeting our High School faculty advisor Suzanne Valenza the communication department at the college, made via phone and email and were reported Jewish community and community centers and East Islip High School editor-in-chief including The Pioneer - its school newspaper - in states including New York, Florida and are horrible and are painful and a very sad Emily Glennon. Panel members stressed the and the school radio station. Furthermore, they Massachusetts, prompting many emotional reminder of the work that still must be done to importance of high school journalism. One attended a session speaking of the importance responses. root our hate and prejudice and evil,” President main focus of the panel was the debate on the of public relations. There also have been acts of vandalism Trump said. censorship of school newspapers. Although the Spectrum is awaiting results from the at Jewish cemeteries and several incidents in Jewish leaders have called for a stronger U.S. Supreme Court decision of Hazelwood v. New York Press Association’s Better News- Miami where swastikas were scratched into response from the government in both action Kuhlmeier (1987-1988) ruled that a school ad- paper Contest, for which they entered in five cars in what authorities are calling a disturb- and word. ministrator’s censorship of a school-sponsored categories. Friday, March 31, 2017 SPECTRUM News 7 Supreme Court Refuses To Hear Grimm by Samantha Stern up to me and say that I’ve changed their the letter, the administration rescinded see transgender people like me as real On Monday, March 5, the United minds, I’ve helped them come to terms the Obama administration’s warning to people just living our lives,” Grimm States Supreme Court announced that with either their own transition or the schools across the nation that if they said. “We are not perverse. We are not it would not hear the case of Gavin transition of a loved one,” Grimm said. did not allow students to use the bath- broken. We are not sick. We are not Grimm, a transgender high school The executive director of Na- room that aligned with their gender freaks. We cannot change who we are.” student suing his school district to use tional Center for Transgender Equality, identity – not their gender assigned at This potentially landmark case the bathroom of his choice. Although Mara Keisling, continues birth – then they could will now go back to the Fourth Circuit the Supreme Court had earlier added to support Grimm and be in danger of losing court, who could send the case back to the case to its calendar for March 28, noted that there were federal funds. the trial court in Virginia. Both sides they have decided not to hear the ap- a handful of similar Grimm was born are eager to continue to fight for their peal after the Trump administration cases currently female but after his side of the issue. set forth a new policy on transgender making their freshman year of high “[The school board] looks for- issues. way up the court school, began to iden- ward to explaining why its common- “This is a detour, not the end of system. tify as a male. During sense restroom and locker room policy the road,” American Civil Liberties “It’s not a this time, he changed is legal under the Constitution and Union (ACLU) lawyer Joshua Block loss,” Kesiling his name to Gavin and federal law,” the Gloucester County said. Block represents Grimm. said, in reaction began hormone therapy. School Board said. The lower court had cited parts to the Supreme At first, the principal The ACLU is also committed to of the policy enforced by the Obama Court not hearing of his high school gave fighting for Grimm and other trans- administration in its decision. When Grimm’s case. “It’s him permission to use to gender students in the nation. the new administration announced really just a tem- the boys’ bath- “While we’re disappointed that their changes in the policy, the Su- porary setback.” room. Later, the the Supreme Court will not be hearing preme Court asked the lawyers of the G r i m m’s school board Gavin’s case this term, the overwhelm- case if they should still hear the case. case made its set forth a pol- ing level of support shown for Gavin While both sides strongly advocated way to the Su- icy stating that and trans students by people across the moving forward, the March 5 order by preme Court bathrooms were country throughout this process shows the Supreme Court took the case off its through an ap- Art by Andrea Valero “limited to cor- that the American people have already calendar with no comment. If heard by peal from the defendant, the school responding biological genders.” moved in the right direction and that the Supreme Court, the decision would board in Gloucester Country, Virginia In reaction to his school board’s the rights of trans people cannot be have had a vast impact on transgender – where Grimm attends high school. new policy, Grimm sued his school ignored,” the ACLU’s Block said. issues in the United States, a topic that The latest decision in the case came district. In his case, he cited protec- Grimm is also confident that his is vehemently discussed and played a from the Fourth Circuit Court of Ap- tion under the federal law Title IX that case is making a difference in this role in the 2016 presidential elections. peals. They ruled in favor of Grimm, bans sex discrimination. Forcing him world, even if it never makes its way to While Grimm said he was defi- citing a letter from the Education De- to comply with his school district’s the floor of the Supreme Court. nitely “disappointed” that his case partment. In the letter, the Education policy, he argued, would violate Title “I definitely think I’ve been see- would not be heard in the highest court Department declared that “a school IX. In pursuing his school district in ing a real-word, very positive impact in the United States, he is not giving generally must treat transgender court, he was not looking to garner at- with what I’m doing with just the up on his fight and knows that he has students consistent with their gender tention but now that he has, is using his conversation in general, and I can’t be already made a difference in the lives identity.” The letter, however, was re- attention to foster change in our nation. more overjoyed to hear that,” Grimm of so many people. scinded by the Trump administration “But now that I am visible, I want said. “I think just one changed heart is “I’ve had so many people come in February. In addition to rescinding to use my position to help the country totally worth it.” Trump Forges a New Relationship With Russia by Margo Verschleiser President Obama fell apart, the call between the Senate and top national security adviser to gation of Jeff Sessions, chairman of the House Donald J. Trump has been President of President Donald Trump and President Putin his campaign was Attorney General Jeff Ses- Intelligence Committee, Devin Nunes will the United States for a mere two months, yet was positive and speculated a good relationship sions. On March 8, it was reported that Sessions be running investigations in both houses of he is on his way to significantly impacting the between the U.S. and Russia moving forward. had not admitted during the campaign to his Congress in order to locate, investigate and policies of the U.S.. In a long-standing Ameri- “The positive call was a significant two meetings with Russian ambassador, Sergey prosecute anyone who took part in the criminal can tradition, after his inauguration President start to improving the relationship between Kislyak. While sworn under oath at his con- acts administered by Russia. Democrats have Trump called the leaders of our nation’s allies the United States and Russia that is in need of firmation hearings in January, Sessions stated been demanding the resignation of Sessions to discuss the future. President Trump, ac- repair,” the Trump administration said. “Both that he did not have any relations with Russia. since the information of his meetings with companied by a few of his cabinet members, President Trump and President Putin are hope- This was later proven to be a lie, as he met with Kislyak came to light. Although many Re- including Vice President Mike Pence, had a ful that after today’s call, the two sides can move Kislyak at the Republican National Convention publicans have joined in with Democrats and long conversation with President Vladimir quickly to tackle terrorism and other important in July and in his Senate office in September have called for Sessions to step down from his Putin of Russia, a leader who has been stirring issues of mutual concern.” during the perceived intervening of the elec- position, President Trump refuses to agree with up controversy in the United States. Although the call was intended to begin tion’s results. On March 9, Sessions stated that these statements. At the end of Former President Barack to fix the relationship between the two coun- the meetings with Kislyak did not have to do In the past few years, the United States Obama’s term, relations with Russia were tries, there were no mentions of the alleged with the campaign. This was later refuted by has had a tumultuous relationship with Russia. extremely fragile. Throughout Obama’s final hacking. While President Trump has begun to another Trump administration official, who The sanctions placed on Russia by the Obama term, the U.S.-Russia relationship deterio- establish positive ties with Russia, the United stated that Sessions had in fact communicated Administration and U.S. allies has led Russia rated due to Russian annexation of Crimea, the States’ European allies have urged him to not with Kislyak about the campaign. to be eager to form a new and more beneficial Ukraine crisis and the Syrian Civil War. remove the previous sanctions previously put There has been a call from many for the relationship with the U.S. With President In addition, there has been much specu- forth by the Obama administration. Although development of a nonpartisan council to inves- Trump in office, Russia is more likely to have lation that Russia influenced and hacked the European allies have emphasized the impor- tigate and decide whether or not someone has this relationship with the United States and will 2016 Presidential Election, favoring Trump tance of the military alliance North Atlantic been involved with criminal acts in relation to have the ability to return to its past prosper- as the new president - an allegation that leaves Treaty Organization (NATO) and the United Russia. Although many people within Congress ity. While some may favor positive relations many Americans scared and angered. Some Nations (UN), President Trump stated that they have established a desire for both a nonpartisan between the two powerful nations, many sources claim that the Russians were behind the were of little worth, but that America was still and bipartisan committee, President Trump Americans oppose an alliance with President hacking and releasing of DNC emails, allowing committed to the alliance. has stated that Sessions would not need to be Putin and fear his rule. Trump to win the election. Russia’s perceived Russia was deeply impacted by the sanc- investigated. As the only attempt to meddle with the election had caused tions that were placed on it by the United States individual who stated that many Democrats calling sanctions on Russia, and its allies. Russia’s economy plummeted in recusal was unnecessary, and by the end of Obama’s term, there were 2014 after a drop in oil prices and the sanctions. Trump was also not aware sanctions on four Russian intelligence officers With President Trump in office, Presi- of the relations between and three companies that were said to have dent Putin may have a greater chance of a Sessions and Russia. Presi- intervened with the election. partnership with the U.S., allowing Russia to be dent Trump stated that he The call between the U.S. and Russia prosperous once again. This could enable him had complete confidence resulted in the two leaders - President Trump to reestablish Russia’s dominance throughout in Sessions. and President Putin - vowing to repair the rela- central Europe and influence countries that Although President tions between their countries. Although the re- were once part of the Soviet Union. Trump has not taken any lationship between President Putin and Former President Trump’s first supporter within steps towards the investi- 8 News SPECTRUM Friday, March 31, 2017 DECA and Virtual Enterprise Students Advance by Aditi Dam advancing to the International Career taught by Ronald Remick, they found suc- All of the students contributed greatly Hewlett High School’s business Development Conference (ICDC) in Ana- cess in the Long Island finals on March and their efforts paid off in the end. department has been thriving for years, heim, California in late April. Barnes, 1 and have advanced forward. ROC “Advancing in the competition and this year is no exception. Recently, Berger, May, Poutre and Verschleiser will Security, the virtual company run by the was an amazing feeling for the entire Hewlett’s DECA club and Virtual En- all compete at ICDC. Virtual Enterprise class, was chosen as Virtual Enterprise class,” May said. “It terprise team have found much success The competition in Rochester was one of 4 teams to represent Long Island was amazing to see how the entire class at competitions and will be advancing to exciting for the students, as they com- in the National Business Plan champion- was able to achieve success based on the further rounds of competition, where they peted and were given the opportunity to ships on April 3 in New York City. In countless hour of effort we put in. It was will be pitted against top-notch business experience the many facets of New York Virtual Enterprise, every student in the an amazing feeling to advance, especially students from around the country. DECA and learn more about the business class is an employee of a virtual busi- since we had been practicing for many DECA advisors, business teacher world. ness that they cre- weeks.” Molly Henck and English teacher Caitlin “This was ate. The students Both Virtual Enterprise and DECA Rubin, are devoted to educating high my first time com- compete against reinforce the core values of business and schoolers who persevere and wish to peting at DECA,” other classes at train students to become leaders. For become future business leaders. Not only Shemtov said. “I other schools. a lot of students, being in the Virtual is DECA widely popular in Hewlett, but really enjoyed it “ROC Se- Enterprise class as well as in DECA has throughout high schools on Long Island. because it allowed curity is a secu- assisted them tremendously. Annually, Hewlett DECA members par- me to learn more rity firm that sells “Throughout my years at Hewlett ticipate in a DECA regional competition about businesses residential, on- High School, I have learned many at Freeport High School, where they and entrepreneur- line, commercial valuable lessons from the wide array partake in role-play competitions based ship. I want to and personal se- of business classes I have taken,” May on their respective categories, ranging continue going to curity,” May said. said. “I have learned numerous lessons, from accounting to hospitality services. the DECA compe- “At the beginning especially from Virtual Enterprise, about This year, Hewlett students were titions because not of the year we had what it takes to run a business and the very successful as more than twenty only do I want to Courtesy of Molly Henck the option to cre- many aspects that need to be considered. students qualified to advance to the State learn new things, but I want to have fun ate a new firm or continue last year’s firm. Specifically with the DECA competition, Competition, held in Rochester March at the same time as well.” We decided to expand last year’s firm and my knowledge from marketing helped 8-10. Munij Adnan ’19, Gabby Barnes Other members also highlighted the keep ROC Security.” my partner, Harrison Poutre, who is also ’18, Eliana Berger ’18, Lindsay Cohn ’17, great experience, emphasizing their in- The ROC Security team includes a member of Virtual Enterprise, and I in Sydney Feldman ’18, Lawrence Froymov- tentions to remain committed to the club. seniors May, CEO; Elliot Breslav, CFO; the role-play.” ich ’20, Adam Jablon ’17, Shirley Leshem “I learned how to present, form Harrison Poutre, CMO; Jonathan Samuni, Not only do both DECA and Vir- ’19, Shelby Love ’18, Louis Halpern ’18, a business plan, think outside the box, COO; Jake Zeidman, president of sales; tual Enterprise teach about businesses, Jack Hoffman ’20, Alex May ’17, Harri- as well as form more business terms,” Sulaiman Hameed, vice president of they also enlighten students with crucial son Poutre ’17, Ben Rapp ’18, Rom Raviv Leshem said. “I intend to be in DECA for sales; Shana Bernstein, vice president of lessons. ’18, Erin Schechter ’17, Mitchell Shentov all of high school because I think it is a human resources; Charlie Graber, vice “One piece of advice I would give to ’20, Ben Simens ’19, Samantha Stern ’17, great club that teaches many skills and is president of banking and finance; Lori the underclassman is to not give up even James Verschleiser ’18 and Jake Zeidman a great way to learn more about business Matza, vice president of marketing; Max if life does not go as expected, “ May ’17 all advanced to the State Competition while making friends and being active.” Kelstein, manager of technology; Em- said. “Last year, I did not even make it in Rochester. At the competition, Hewlett As for the Virtual Enterprise manuel Furman, manager of technology to states for DECA. However, this year I students dominated their fields, with five team, a business class available to seniors and Marc Dori, manager of technology. will be going to nationals.” ewlett ces athand cience ompetitions by BrandonH Weiss Abut often required M more than one concept Symposium S for regional semifinalists C took the Long Island region, only 5 were selected February 2017 has seen a multitude to solve. Team scores were calculated by place at the Academic Core Building of York to attend the national symposium at San Di- of success for academics in Hewlett. At the compounding the individual scores of the College on Feb. 5. Researchers competed for ego, Ca. Zumba was selected as part of the Nassau Mathematics Tournament (NMT) participants and how well the team per- slots in the regional finals. This competition five regional finalists to represent the Long and Junior Science and Humanities Sympo- formed on the final section. was structured so that a participant first Island region at the national symposium. At sium (JSHS), Hewlett High School students For the individual competitions, had to apply with their research paper, for this national symposium (to be held from championed the competition and took home Hewlett students dominated the competition. which they would be selected to attend this April 26-30), all competitors will now be victories. In the 9th grade level, David Vilensky ’20 symposium for regional semifinalists. At required to present their research in the form On Friday, Feb. 3, the Senior Math placed 18 of 78 in the individual competition this competition, participants from both of a poster presentation. Team students competed at the NMT at with a combined score of 12. In the the New York City Metro area and the Zumba’s project is about the effect SUNY Old Westbury. At this competi- 10th grade level, Brandon Weiss ’19 Long Island region attended. Polylactic acid (PLA) scaffolding has on tion, students had to answer mathematics placed 10th of 123 in the individual Participants were separated the differentiation of dental pulp stem cells problems spanning various topics including competition with a combined score by category, ranging from Behav- (DPSC). He found that 3D printed PLA scaf- geometry, number theory, trigonometry, of 16. In the senior division, Daniel ioral and Social Sciences to Biol- folding had a rougher topology than molded algebra, probability and calculus. They were Kostovetsky ’17 placed 5th of 149 in ogy, Chemistry, Engineering, clay-infused PLA. This in turn reduces the first introduced to the competition format at the individual competition Earth and Environmental cell-plating efficiencies on a 3D printed PLA an introduction ceremony, then released to with a combined score of Sciences, Mathematics scaffold. various classrooms to take the tests. 23 of a possible 25. and Computer Science Zumba chose this topic because it had The first type of test was a grade level The Hewlett math and Physics. Competi- essentially combined knowledge associated test. Each student received a sheet with 15 teams also saw success. tors had to present a with STEM cell research, a growing topic of questions. The level of difficulty correlated The junior varsity team 10 minute presenta- inquiry for many researchers in the present with the student’s grade. Participants were placed 9th overall out of tion followed by 6 day, and its applications when going hand- given 45 minutes to answer these problems 43 with a score of 111. minutes of question- in-hand with engineering. without the assistance of a calculator. This team consisted of ing from judges to Furthermore, the research that he had The next section, mathletics, consisted Dylan Paul ’19, Ran- evaluate their pre- conducted with his mentor, Dr. Adriana- of 10 grade independent questions to be dall Placino ’20, David sentations. Pinkas Sarafova at Stony Brook University, answered in 30 minutes. Calculators were Vilensky ’20, Brandon Courtesy of Hewlett-Woodmere Public Schools Nicholas Zum- last summer was research that continued to required to answer some of the questions Weiss ’19 and Siyuan Yue ’19. In the varsity ba ’18 participated in the engineering cat- build upon past experiments. Yet, his project which included topics from algebra, geom- division, the Hewlett team placed 12th out egory. Of the 20 to 40 participants in each investigated new ideas and definitely opened etry, trigonometry, number theory and prob- of 66 and consisted of Lenny Khazan ’17, category, only 3 were selected to place in some opportunities for future experiments ability. Individual scores were calculated Daniel Kostovetsky ’17, Matthew Pareles ’17, first, second, or third. Only the first place and research. by combining the grade level score and the Matthew Perkins ’17 and Nate Roblin ’17. winners of each category were considered Projects such as these can be difficult mathletics score. The team scored 127 out of a possible 185. regional finalists. to properly develop and may not even lead After a quick break, competitors sat In addition, Kostovetsky scored within Zumba won first place in the engineer- to any promising discoveries. However, Nick down again for the third and final portion, the top one percent of all participants across ing category, and was invited to participate believes that the research he conducted led the team test. Each team, consisting of five the country in the American Math Contest in the regional finals in order to compete to some new information that could really students, was given 60 minutes to answer 12 (AMC). He will now move forward to the for a national finalist position. On Feb. 25, prove to be applicable for regenerative medi- a set of 20 problems. Despite the varying American Invitational Mathematics Exami- 2017, regional finalists were called upon to cine in the future. grades of the participants, all teams received nation. Yue also scored within the top one present once more for 12 minutes at the same Again, congratulations to Nicholas the same set of questions. These problems percent for the 10th grade test. location as the last symposium. Zumba and the Hewlett math teams on their were similar to the mathletics questions The Junior Science & Humanities With only 10 regional finalists from successes. Friday, March 31, 2017 SPECTRUM Technology 9 Snapchat Is More Than an App Rapp’s Apps by Sulan Pathiranage and tech IPOs have been the darling of inves- as without a post history, friends could message One of the biggest companies to go tors for some time. Many investors missed the what they wanted. Taking such a thing away public is Snap Inc., the parent company of the chance to invest in previous companies and are would significantly harm its users, and with its beloved social media app, Snapchat. Its initial fearful of missing the next great thing. user base growing slower, Snap Inc. would have public offering (IPO) occured recently, with The founders of Snapchat were made difficulty surviving such a hit. the company being valued at an incredible $33 billionaires as a result of the IPO. Additionally, Snap Inc. undoubtedly has its flaws. It billion. unlike most companies, Snap Inc. will not be does not show the same growth potential as Art by Chestine Tomas Snap Inc. is only one of the latest large giving voting rights to shareholders. The two Facebook, mainly on account of the difficulty tech companies to announce an IPO. An initial heads, Evan Spiegel and Robert Murphy will to advertise. It has an active user base that is CamScanner public offering is the company opening itself still be making the decisions and have prom- attractive to advertisers, and along with the Free to the public by creating shares. By creating ised not to make a “creepy” app, referencing anticipation and hype surrounding its IPO, it has iOS & Android shares, the company is raising a lot of money intrusive ads and selling personal information. able to soar past its initial price. However, most from investors, which can provide more roads However, while it may please the users analysts predict that Snap Inc. is significantly by Ben Rapp for company growth. Many tech companies of the app, it will not satisfy the investors. Snap- overvalued, with estimates nearing $10 per Many people try to limit the amount of have had large IPOs before, mainly because of chat has not been a share, from its current $20. paper they carry. Paper gets lost. Paper gets anticipation and promise. profitable app since “[Snap Inc. is] significantly overvalued messy. Large amounts of paper can get heavy. When a company realizes that it wants its incep- tion, and given the likely scale of its long-term oppor- Whether it is to school, work or a personal to have an IPO, it contacts an investment bank it only be- gan mak- tunity and the risks associated with executing trip, it is usually preferred to have as light a to create shares and value the company. Once ing money two years against that opportunity,” said Brian Wieser, an bag as possible. A simple way to achieve this the investment banks files for the IPO, the very ago. In fact, on analyst at Pivotal Research Group. goal is a scanner. By scanning documents and large institutional investors are brought in to its pro- spectus, a Interestingly, Snap Inc. was not adver- converting them to PDF form, the documents invest in the company. The large investors are summary of the tised as a social media company, but a camera become accessible on smartphones, tablets and usually where the bulk of a company’s valuation company Art by Andrea Valero before its company. Snap Inc. released Spectacles as a laptops; devices that are already being carried. comes from. IPO, it has lost money every year since its cre- playful experiment to figure out where Snapchat However, it is not always possible to have a Once the institutional investors have ation, and may never turn a profit. is in a person’s life. The Spectacles are a pair scanner when a paper comes your way. For finalized their agreements, the stock is released Unfortunately, the few ways to monetize of sunglasses that have visible cameras, and example, when receiving a receipt at a store onto the stock market for the general public to a social media app is through advertising, which provide a quick and intimate way of sharing or taking notes at a meeting, one will not have invest. Generally, the frenzy to invest in the relies on user information. Monetizing an app moments of life with others. access to a scanner and therefore be required newest, most recognizable company happens that has such a connection with its users is akin Furthermore, while unproven rumors to carry the paper for the rest of the day. Luck- with the general public. In the Snap Inc. IPO, to walking a tightrope. On one side, advertis- are not usually accurate, word has spread about ily, most people are almost always carrying the first day of trading led to the stock trading 44 ers want as much information as possible, and Snap Inc. working on a camera drone with 360 a smartphone. With the CamScanner app for percent above its initial price. It was first priced will pay to receive that information. However, degree vision. It is unclear when or if such a iOS and Android, one can have a PDF scanner at $17, but after a surge of trading, it soared to such actions can be seen as a breach of trust to product will be announced, but it would be in- in your pocket at all times. $24.48. At that price, the public valued Snap Inc. the consumers, as their personal information is line with its announcement of being a camera To use the app, simply take a picture at $35 billion, three times as much as Twitter. being released. It is why the NSA revelations company. of the paper with the app. You are given the Snap Inc.’s IPO was released to a favor- had such an impact on the public’s view of the Snap Inc. has a rocky road ahead. Despite option to take a picture of a business card, able market condition. Not only was there an- government. a high IPO, it has not attracted the right attitude a document or a QR code. Another less ticipation surrounding its growth, but the Dow Snapchat was attractive because it was from investors. It has confused company ana- popular option is to import a photo from the Jones Index, a measure of the state of the stock private. Snapchat deletes messages after a set lysts with an announcement as a camera com- phone’s camera roll. Users utilize the app for market, had hit an all-time high. Additionally, it period of time, and promoted spontaneous con- pany, but with more products seemingly in store, many different types of documents such as had been some time since the last large tech IPO versations. It was seen as a younger Facebook, Snap Inc. may live up to its high expectations. bills, invoices, business cards, whiteboards, memos, letters, articles and certificates. Once the photograph is taken, white dots show up which allows the user to define the boundaries of the page. ndroid tarts the ear trong After the photos are taken, there are A S Y S many editing options. Users can change the by Lenny Khazan and Amen Atif powerful layers of security and encryption during your workout. These are both heav- Android Nougat is Google’s seventh to keep private data private. The phone will ily requested features since the OS first brightness, rotation, color and more. On top iteration of their popular Android operat- automatically download and install security launched several years ago, and will hope- of that, OCR (Optical Character Recognition) ing system. After releasing a beta in March updates in the background without any user fully make the device more appealing to is available on the entire page or a select area. 2016, Google officially launched the update interaction, ensuring that every phone run- those who hope to use Android Wear during This feature is extremely useful in order to last summer to positive reviews. The update ning Android Nougat has the latest security their workouts. search for text in a document. Unfortunately, has been adopted by 2.8% of Android users, patches. The new OS also comes with file- The new updates to Android Nougat this feature is only available in the premium a number which has been growing steadily based encryption, which encrypts files on and Android Wear bring many long-awaited subscription version for $4.99 monthly or over the last few months. the device individually. features to popular Android phones and $49.99 annually. Finally, there is an option to Nougat comes with several new Google’s newest version of their smartwatches. share the file as a PDF or an JPEG image. features to help it compete with new inno- smartwatch OS, Android Wear 2.0, was On Mar. 29, Samsung unveiled the The app has very limited cloud space vations in other mobile operating systems. also recently released with LG’s new Samsung Galaxy S8, the next iteration of available, but once the document is scanned, Nougat allows users to open multiple apps smartwatches. Android Wear 2.0 is Google’s its line of Android-based smartphones. The one can share it via email, save it to a com- at once and view them in a split-screen view biggest update to their wearable software new device comes in two models: a smaller puter or use a different cloud service such as with a feature known as “multi-window since it first launched in 2014. The update 5.8-inch display and a larger 6.2-inch “Plus” Google Drive, and delete it from the CamS- view”. The update also brings new emojis launched on the LG Watch Style and LG model. The phone comes with a unique canner app. With the paid premium version, and the ability to use two or more languages Watch Sport, and will soon be available on display that spans almost edge-to-edge, users can save directly to the cloud services at the same time. A new feature called Doze select existing Android Wear smartwatches making the physical footprint of the device Box, Google Drive, Evernote, Dropbox and on the Go will automatically switch the as well. small compared to other devices with simi- OneDrive. By registering for a CamScanner phone to a special low-power setting when The Android Wear 2.0 update in- lar screen sizes. account, users begin with a free 200MB of the phone is not in use, which will prolong cludes a number of significant improve- In light of the recent battery issues storage. Free additional cloud storage can be battery life when carrying the phone around ments over its predecessor, including with the Samsung Galaxy Note 7, the phone obtained by writing a review, referring friends in your pocket or purse. custom watch faces and both fitness and does not make the kinds of ambitious battery to the app or following the app’s social media Nougat also comes with new person- standalone apps. The standalone apps are advances that are typically found in new pages. The premium subscription provides an alized settings and smarter notifications. the biggest change for the Wear ecosystem, smartphones. Instead, the device comes additional 10GB with purchase. The new custom quick notifications allow allowing users to use apps without a phone with a 3,000 mAh battery, the same size as Users love the app as well. In the users to rearrange their setting tiles so nearby. This removes one of the biggest its predecessor. Google Play Store, the app has almost one they have easier access to the settings they restrictions on the existing platform and will The device also comes with the million reviews with an average of 4.5 stars change most. With redesigned notifica- make the devices more attractive for users anticipated improvements: a personal as- Approximately 650,000 of the reviews are tions, users can interact with notifications who might not always have their phone on sistant, Bixby; updates to the front-facing 5 stars. The app in the Apple App Store has without leaving the app they are currently them, but would still like the benefits of a camera hardware and software and updated about 15,000 reviews with an average of in -- this means you can respond to a text smartwatch. Android Wear 2.0 also comes fingerprint and facial recognition to unlock 4.5 stars as well. People say they cannot live directly from the notification, similar to with a standalone Play Store. With this, us- the phone. Of course, the device will come without it. iOS’ relatively new interactive notifica- ers can browse and download apps directly with the latest Android Nougat, which will Overall, the app is a great tool to have tions. Finally, these new changes give users from their smartwatch without taking out certainly help with the slow adoption rates. installed on your smartphone. While the more direct control over which apps can use their phone. This significantly reduces This is shaping up to be a strong premium version may not be worth the high cellular data and lets people customize the the hassle of trying out new apps on one’s year for Android, which has been in heavy cost, the free version has ample features and is text size and icons used when displaying smartwatch. competition with iOS and, to a lesser extent, sufficient for most light users. With CamScan- notifications. Android Wear 2.0 has also taken fit- Windows Phone for the smartphone market. ner, smartphone owners can lose less papers, Android Nougat also contains many ness to another level. The built-in “Fit” app While the war is not yet won, Google and carry less papers and have easy access to their security features designed to protect user now includes individual activity tracking Samsung have set the bar high for the future documents on all Internet-connected devices data. The operating system is built with and the home screen lets you play Spotify of the smartphone industry. by using one of many cloud services. 10 Technology SPECTRUM Friday, March 31, 2017 pple s ew ampus itbit pgrades byA Evan Panzer ’ N the park willC include a two-mile walking and by Ben RappF Uusers’ heart rates all day and reports it through On Feb. 22, 2017, an exciting announce- running path through the 80% green space, On March 6, Fitbit announced its newest the Fitbit app, the new device is set to have im- ment was made by Apple, the highly popular contains 9,000 trees. Some other aspects of fitness tracking device: the Fitbit Alta HR. The proved sleep technology and a better battery life. American technology company. It was an- the new headquarters include a research and new device has all the features of its predeces- The current model of the Fitbit Alta is marketed nounced that the new Apple Headquarters, pre- development facility, a three level cafe capable sor in addition to a heart rate monitor, a longer to have up to five days of battery life. However, viously addressed as Apple Campus 2, would of seating 3,000 people, a wellness/fitness battery life and improved sleep tracking features. there are many complaints of it not lasting for the go by the name Apple Park. This exciting news center, a visitors center that includes an Apple The new device will retail for $149.95, $20 advertised time period. The Fitbit Alta HR is said gives us much to look forward to from Apple Store and an auditorium capable of seating more than the current Fitbit Alta. The Alta HR to last up to seven days. Time will tell if this is a in the near future. In fact, the new headquar- 1,000 people, named the Steve Jobs Theater is currently available for preorder and will begin true claim. While the Fitbit Alta does track sleep, ters is currently in construction in Cupertino, after the co-founder of Apple. shipping in April. the new device will be one of three in the Fitbit California (the same city as the original One of the most impres- The Fitbit Alta HR, similar to the current lineup to receive Fitbit’s newest sleep technol- Apple Campus), and is projected to sive elements of Apple Park is that the version of the Alta, will track the basic fitness ogy: ‘Sleep Stages’. The Fitbit Blaze, Charge 2, be completed in April, with around site will be powered completely by tracker metrics of steps, distance, calories and Alta HR will receive Sleep Stages, a feature 12,000 employees expected to move renewable energy. This is made pos- burned, active minutes, hourly activity and that uses the heart rate monitors and motion in soon after. sible by the solar panels installed on stationary time. Both devices also give users the detectors of Fitbit devices to track the different Although the building of a the roof of the main building. Air option to enable reminders to move after periods sleep stages: light sleep, deep sleep and REM. new headquarters may not seem will flow freely in and out of the of inactivity. SmartTrackTM, a beloved feature The Fibit website explains the difference like a very big deal to some, it building, removing the need for on Fitbit devices that automatically recognizes between the three stages of sleep: “Light sleep most definitely is. There are any air conditioning systems certain activities such as using an elliptical or usually makes up half of your night and is good many interesting things about during nine months of the year. playing a sport and records them as exercise in for memory and learning. Deep sleep is impor- this new campus, which was de- Recycled water will also be used the Fitbit app, will remain on the new device tant for the immune system and for physical signed by Lord Norman Foster. The Art by Abigail Chen on campus. as well. recovery from workouts. REM typically occurs site is enormous, totalling 175 acres of land. “Steve was exhilarated, and inspired, Fitbit’s new device looks identical to the when you’re coming out of deep sleep and helps The main building is four stories, 2.8 million by the California landscape, by its light and its current model. They both have a tap display with mental restoration.” square feet and circular in shape, meant to expansiveness. It was his favorite setting for that allows users to switch between their fitness These three trackers will have the ability resemble a flying saucer that has just landed. thought. Apple Park captures his spirit uncan- stats, a clock and their smartphone notifications. to measure users’ time awake as well as time This idea was inspired by the idea of having ev- nily well,” Laurene Powell Jobs, Steve Jobs’ Additional bands are available for sale on the spent in each of the three stages of sleep. The eryone and everything under one roof, an idea wife, said. “He would have flourished, as the Fitbit website, on other websites and in stores Fitbit app will now have a section for sleep that Steve Jobs kept in mind when he designed people of Apple surely will, on this luminously that are compatible with both devices. The new insights where users will be able to learn about the cathedral-like building on the Pixar campus designed campus.” device will be available in four standard colors at their sleep and see how their data compares with in Emeryville. The design allows for an open Ultimately, Apple Park is an exciting the normal price point (black, blue, fuchsia and others of the same age and gender. Tips will also space in which ideas can be freely shared by new center for creativity and collaboration, coral) as well as two special edition colors for be provided to users on how to improve their everyone through many social interactions. making the future of Apple look even brighter. $179.95 (Gunmetal Black and Soft Pink plated quality of sleep and nightly routine. Another goal of this project was for the campus Equally exciting is the technology being used with 22k Rose Gold). All in all, the new Fitbit Alta device offers to look less like an office park and more like a to make Apple Park one of the largest campus’ While many features between the two a large variety of new features for a very small nature reserve. This is the reasoning behind the that runs completely on renewable energy. This devices are the same, the Fitbit Alta HR offers price increase. With heart rate tracking, better inclusion of an orchard, meadow and pond in new, nature-filled headquarters will surely be some significant improvements. Besides the sleep tracking, and an improved battery life, it the interior of the main building. Furthermore, a sight to see. continuous heart rate monitor which tracks is probably worth spending the extra $20. Amazon Crashes Samsung Galaxy S8 by Lenny Khazan clear, with Amazon being slow to update cus- by Brian Katz screen remains very similar to the previous At 12:40 P.M. on Feb. 28, large swaths tomers; according to their Twitter account, the Samsung’s new flagship smart- Samsung Galaxy phones, the manufactur- of the internet stopped functioning. Apps and outage prevented them from updating their own phone is on its way, and the new leaks ing process has changed to use a new mate- websites like GroupMe, Imgur and Slack all status page and notifying customers that they released by Slashleaks are very promising. rial that will increase the battery life of the faced significant problems as users could not were working on restoring the issue. Samsung has changed it up this year and smartphone. Also, Samsung has changed upload or view photos and files. The service came back online around instead of showing its phone at Mobile to a new format with its subpixel arrange- The root of the problem lay within 5 P.M. that day, and along with it came every World Congress in February, the company ment, which will increase the amount Amazon. Outside of its popular online shop- other service that depended on it. The extended is revealing it at its Samsung Unboxed of subpixels, revolutionizing the virtual ping service, Amazon also rents out its massive outage left many customers unhappy while us- event in New York City. As we are getting reality environment. Samsung has placed globally-distributed datacenters through a ser- ers complained about apps not working. Within closer to the launch date on March 29, we a new chip into the phone and it is specu- vice called Amazon Web Services. Individuals days, Amazon posted an extended post-mortem are starting to see what the phone will truly lated to be the first to sport the Snapdragon and companies can pay to rent out server time detailing what exactly what went wrong and look like. 835, one of the most powerful chips on by the hour, while benefiting from the stability what steps they would be taking to prevent these The Galaxy S8 looks very differ- the market. This chip will not bring much and scale that Amazon has invested millions outages moving forward. ent compared to the S7 that was released of an increase in speed but will help with into. These services power large portions of The post-mortem explained that the out- one year ago. From these leaks, it looks battery life, processing and charging time. the internet today, as it is often cheaper for age was caused by a single engineer that who like the S8 will include a USB-Type C While the phone has many new fea- even large companies to pay Amazon instead had mistakenly made a typo while attempting to port, which will be the first time that tures, it retains a portion of the properties of investing in their own infrastructure and provision servers for S3. Instead, the unnamed Samsung uses this port on the Galaxy of previous Samsung phones. With these maintenance costs. One of their more popular engineer had unintentionally removed virtually series. While this technology has been leaks, we are unsure of the improvements services is called Amazon S3, a popular file stor- every S3 server, preventing the service from shown in numerous other phones such as that Samsung has made to its camera. The age service used by countless popular apps and responding to customer requests. While the the LG G5, Samsung has finally caught up camera has remained the same as the S7, websites. With S3, developers can quickly inte- cause of the outage was determined almost im- and is starting to apply the technology to but speculation shows that Samsung might grate file uploading and downloading into their mediately, it took several hours to re-provision most of its smartphones. Also, Samsung have adjusted the processing of images to application, which is often useful for storing servers for S3 and perform the necessary checks has changed the design completely of the increase the efficiency of the camera. Also, attachments and other user-generated content. before bringing the system back online. Amazon phone completely. The Galaxy line-up has Samsung will not follow Apple with the Last month, S3 experienced an outage said that they had made changes to prevent typos lost its tradition of the tactile home button, iPhone 7 and will keep its headphone jack, that lasted for more than four hours. During this like this from causing massive outages, and are as the S8 will not have it. Instead, the but- as the company hopes that keeping it will time, services could not upload or download working to restructure their infrastructure to tons are now implanted within the Android improve sound quality. In addition, the files from Amazon’s servers, preventing popular improve reboot time in the event that a similar software. This will keep the function of phone will be just as water resistant as the apps from displaying attachments or images. problem takes place in the future. the buttons the same, but the S8 will lose S7 with an IP68 rating and will also support The cause of the outage was not immediately This is not the first time that programmer the physical home button we have always wireless charging as many of Samsung’s error has caused problems loved. However, the fingerprint scanner phones have used in the past. for a tech company. On has been moved to the back of the phone Overall, the phone includes many Jan. 31st of this year, an to compromise for this change and will more improvements than consistencies. engineer working for the be placed near the camera. We are cur- However, these changes will not come tech company GitLab mis- rently unsure if this will be a button, or without an increase in price, as the phone takenly deleted all of the just a scanner. Samsung is also bringing is speculated to jump to a price of over company’s databases. After back the iris scanner from the Note 7 into $800 for the lowest available amount of finding that various back- this phone, which will help if users of the memory. While we know a lot about the ups failed, the company phone are uncomfortable with the position phone already, we must wait until Sam- worked for more than a day of the fingerprint scanner. sung’s Unboxed event on the 29th to find to attempt to recover the The screen of the S8 is expected to the truth about many of these rumors and lost data, which they even- remain a Super AMOLED and will stretch see if the excitement about this phone re- tually succeeded in doing. all the way across the phone. While this ally lives up to its name. Friday, March 31, 2017 SPECTRUM Art 11

Art by Aimee Ding

Art by Shawn Geotina

Art by Kaylyn Forbes Art by Shawn Geotina Art by William Yang “Logan” “Get Out” “Moonlight”

Art by Emily Booskila

Art by Shainee Islam “Les Misérables” Art by Evan Panzer 12 After Hours SPECTRUM Friday, March 31, 2017 Seniors Make a Seasonal Victory

by Lindsay Cohn athletic wear. Students came into successful, as students came into Following the long-awaited school in their best workout leg- school each day in clothing rep- February break, George W. Hewlett gings, tank tops and running resenting the chosen day’s theme. High School students jumped back sneakers. On March 3, students from into school with one of their favorite The freshmen, sophomores all grades piled into the school weeks of the year, Spirit Week, from and juniors “blacked out” while gymnasium, cheering for their Feb. 27 to March 3. Students were the seniors decked out in their best grade at Sports Night. Sports Night able to show off their school spirit neon and crazy colors on Thursday. is a competition amongst the four during the days that led up to Sports The seniors walked around the grades where students of different Night. school in crazy high socks; neon abilities play against other grades Students wore their best red, pink, yellow, orange and green trying to earn points for their white and blue clothes for ’Merica leggings and tons of tutus. grade. The event is held in honor Monday, which has been a favorite Students were dressed for of Adam Barsel, a former student for students in the past few years. their respective themes on Friday. of Hewlett High School who Students came in with all different The theme for this year’s Sports passed away in 2000. Since then, types of accessories, flag pants, mini Night was seasons: the the school has created the Adam flags and even dresses symbolic of the fresh- men were spring, Barsel Scholarship Fund where the American flag. sopho- mores were fall, proceeds from this annual event Students were able to roll out juniors were winter and go, keeping Barsel’s spirit alive. of bed and come right into school the se- niors were sum- This year, Sports Night was for Pajama Day on Tuesday. Outfits mer. Hewlett High run a little differently than it has ranged from fuzzy pajama pants to School students came been run in the past. Typically, silly onesies and pajama sets. Some into school wearing the event begins at 7:00 p.m.; this students even walked around with accesso- ries and cloth- year, however, Sports Night began eye-masks on their head and pillows ing for their season, rang- at 4:00 p.m. in hopes of drawing in and blankets in hand. ing from umbrellas, a bigger crowd. Student Council felt it would sweaters and earwarm- Although there was some be fun to include Work- ers to bathing suits controversy about the time change out Wednesday, a day and sunglasses. prior to the event, the bleachers for students to show The themes play were still filled with excited stu- off their best workout a major role in Sports dents. Students came into the gym attire, because of all Night, as the grade wearing their grade’s shirt and the new fads s’shirts, banners and tons of accessories in their grade’s i n music se- lections for color. The freshmen wore blue, the dance competition the sophomores wore orange, the are de- signed to juniors wore red and the seniors coin- cide with the wore black. theme. The grade captains consist of This a girl and a boy from each grade, spirit week and they are responsible was the sec- for their grade’s ond one that par- ticipa- Hewlett High School had this year, with one that led up to the Homecoming football game. This week was Friday, March 31, 2017 SPECTRUM After Hours 13 Seniors Make a Seasonal Victory

tion in each event. Additionally, the put together a 5-minute long captains participate in the “Cap- dance to perform in front of tain’s Relay” to start off the night, everyone a few weeks before which is always an event that the the event takes place. The students look forward to watch- dance competition is one of ing. This year, the Captain’s Relay the highlights of the night, as consisted of biking across the gym, all students can sing along to doing push ups, shooting layups, the songs and watch their class- jump-roping and scootering to the mates perform a dance that they finish line. The freshman captains worked hard on. This year, the were Eileen Pincus and Brandon seniors took home the dance title Lake, the sophomore captains were for the third year in a row. Dayne Biessel and Max May, the “Sports Night [dance] in- junior captains were Mai Menache volves a lot of time and dedication, and Josh Dana and the senior cap- and we wanted to win this year tains were Kristen DeCicco and more than ever before,” Dance Wyatt McMahon. Captain Sophie Cohen ’17 said. There is a lot of hard work that “When they announced our name goes into a successful Sports Night. to say we came in first place, I was Each of the grade captains have to insanely happy and proud. All make lineups for all the activities, the hard work and time paid off which include hockey, basketball, and seeing it all come together volleyball, tug-of-war and an aca- when we performed made me demic bowl. immensely proud of everyone in- “Being a captain was some- volved!” thing I always wanted to do, and At the end of the night, the being chosen to do so senior year scores were announced and the was a great honor,” Kristen De- seniors were victorious again. The Cicco ’17 said. “I loved being able seniors won this Sports Night by to lead the seniors to victory and over 40 points, and it will be a keep the energy and intensity up night that they will remember as all night long. Although it was a they part ways this coming fall. little challenging to get everyone This event was a fun night for involved, Wyatt [McMahon] and all, and is definitely something I were able to get it done to make they will never forget. If the spirit sure everyone had a great night! and excitement remain as high for My favorite part about leading the future Sports Nights as they were seniors was watching everyone this year, there is no doubt that the participate and enjoy the night. tradition will remain alive for a It was also awesome winning very long time. for the second year in a row.” Dance captains, which included Sophie Cohen ’17, Hannah Prusack ’17, Liat Gayr ’17 and Ali Beyda ’17, additionally have to

Photo Contributions by Scott McInnes, Justin Cooper, Bharvi Chavre and Aimee Ding Layout Contributions by Maya Tipiere 14 Entertainment SPECTRUM Friday, March 31, 2017 heeran teals ur earts Cohen’s Corner by ElianaS Berger “ShapeS of You” and “Castle on theO Hill” are happier H you do. My friends one day I will Ed Sheeran’s new album “÷” dropped extremely different in meanings, style and feel it too. And until then I smile and hide the March 3, yet it is already one of 2017’s big- lyrics, yet quickly became fan favorites. truth. That I know I was happier with you.” gest hits. The highly awaited album sold The newly released songs have sur- The last song on the album, “Save My- 322,000 copies in the United States just in its prised almost everyone who listened to the self,” is undoubtedly the most serious track first week. Each of the 12 songs are unique album. There is something for nearly every on the album other than “Dive.” Both songs in almost every way, the lack of consistency listener and each song is its own unique gem. describe relationships that did not work out creates an exciting experience, as songs Each one has a diverse beat and meaning, and the feeling of being taken advantage of. range from sappy and romantic to fast paced Listeners praised all of the songs, Photo contributions by Julia Grossman and upbeat. especially since there was something for ev- The mix of songs is reminiscent of eryone. All of the songs are in the top 20 and Dear readers, today is going to be a Ed Sheeran’s eccentric personality. He is nine songs are in the top 10. It also has over good day. Not to mention, this year’s Tony excited about his life and where he is headed, 135 million streams in this country. Awards are sure to be interesting. “Dear but reminisces of past loves and places he Sheeran has also announced many Evan Hansen” is a profound new musical has been, making this album relatable to upcoming tour dates to showcase this album, on Broadway that has completely changed almost everyone. Sheeran’s typical songs are but tickets are extremely expensive. This the game. Riddled with moral and ethical acoustic, but he is now leading towards other occurs when bots and ticket sellers buy the complexities rivaled in my experience only styles of music. He has been very successful tickets in bulk just to resell them for higher by the previously incomparable Stephen with his past two albums; both “+” and “x” amounts, leaving fans enraged. One of the Sondheim, this new show will do more than are critically acclaimed and have songs that fans who was not able to buy tickets for just pull on your heart strings as you watch have been labelled top hits. “Thinking Out this reason took to Twitter to express her this gangly teenager with debilitating social Loud” was even given a Grammy for Song discontent. Art by Kaylyn Forbes anxiety navigate his way through a series of of the Year. “Three devices online and no tickets morally challenging obstacles. Because of this tremendous success, each more unique than the last. again! So annoyed when the people buying With compositions and lyrics written Sheeran felt burned out and wanted some Some songs on “÷” are tributes to Ed’s them will sell them on for silly money,” the by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (Oscar win- time to disconnect from the rest of the world. new life. “Barcelona” and “Bibia Be Ye Ye” upset fan said. ners for “La La Land”) and orchestrations Thus, he disappeared and spent most of 2015 can be considered tributes to his 2015 travels. Ticketmaster even tried to have a written by Alex Lacamoire (who also wrote travelling without a cellphone. This hiatus “Galway Girl” and “Nancy Mulligan” special pre-sale for “verified fans,” but that orchestrations for Broadway’s smash hit, has allowed other guitar players to rise to the describe his love for an Irish girl. Both songs proved ineffective as bots somehow got “Hamilton”), the music creates an extreme top, but now Sheeran is back and better than are unique because they clearly have Irish past that security and were able to purchase poignancy within the story. All of the eight ever. twists, a style that is new to Sheeran. in bulk again, selling tickets for 1,000 performers on stage during the whole show “I’m really glad Ed Sheeran took his In contrast, other songs on the album pounds. executed the music with grace and without hiatus. Although it was a hard wait, his music show Sheeran’s longing for the past. “New Ed will also play a gig at the Royal detectable flaw. The pit orchestra was in a would not have been as heartwarming and Man” has comedic lyrics that talk about an Albert Hall on March 28 to raise money for little box elevated on the stage above all of touching without the inspiration he found by ex’s new relationship that Sheeran is bitter the Teenage Cancer Trust. the action of the actors but still visible to traveling and meeting new people. I love the about. “Supermarket Flowers” is a moving Ultimately, this album is a wonder- every audience member. This is an element album and the different styles of the songs,” ballad about a lost grandparent, a beautiful ful but eccentric mix that gives listeners the of the show mirrored in few other current Jackie Mazzeo ’17, an Ed Sheeran fan, said. song that can move anyone to tears. “Hap- chance to get to know intimate pieces of Ed Broadway shows, the most prominent being Two songs were released before the pier” describes Sheeran seeing a past love Sheeran’s life. Whether you like ballads, hip “Sunset Boulevard” and “Natasha, Pierre & full-length of “÷,” and they have been No.1 happier with someone else. hop or pop, there is something in this album the Great Comet of 1812”. and 2 on the top charts for weeks. Both As seen in the lyrics, “Baby you look for nearly everyone. As for the cast specifically, all char- acters were played deftly and exquisitely though one cast member is particularly astonishing: Ben Platt. Platt plays Evan Hansen, the character that entire show re- volves about. Platt, though often recognized ayers ew ave of usic for his role in the “Pitch Perfect” series as M ’ N W M Benji Applebaum, is a major theatre nerd by Gabrielle Barnes Over,” and “Still Feel Like Your Man” are prominent inspirations from Randy Newman’s John Mayer, notorious womanizer and quite deceitful. At first glance, the funky guitar repertoire, such as “You’ve Got a Friend in at heart. He has been working on “Dear skilled guitarist, is back and better than ever. riffs can make the listener think that Mayer Me” and “Sail Away.” The song talks about Evan Hansen” for about three years and has After releasing his last album, Paradise Val- is completely over his breakup. However, the how, no matter what, his ex-girlfriend will honed in his character to the exact twitch. I ley, in 2013, fans have been patiently waiting lyrics clearly express the opposite. In “Moving always have an impact on him and his life. have never in my life seen a performance as for his next release. Mayer’s new album, The On” and “Getting Over,” Mayer discusses how When people indulge in the challenging act of detailed as Platt’s portrayal of Evan Hansen. Search for Everything, is expected to drop difficult it is for him to get over the love and opening their hearts and lives to someone else, Throughout the whole show, Platt never on April 14, 2017. However, since January, affection he received from his ex-girlfriend. At it makes it easy for that someone to influence slipped out of character. For the whole two- Mayer has debuted two EPs, titled Wave One the end of each verse, Mayer says, “But I still their thoughts and actions. Although letting and-a-half hours, Platt did more than just and Wave Two, which includes the first eight someone in increases one’s chance of getting play the part of Evan, he became Evan. His songs off his forthcoming album. his or her heart broken, Mayer truly believes mannerisms and idiosyncrasies were incred- With funky guitar chords to soft rock that it is all worth it in the end. Therefore, at the ibly detailed down to the way he held his solos, both EPs seem to steer away from end of the song, Mayer describes falling in love hands together or played with the right side Mayer’s usual jazz vibe. While some love this as a sweet and honest mistake to make Mayer of his shirt. It is plain to see that Platt knows new sound, others think of it as boring and show his tender side when half-whispering his character as well as he knows himself. cliche. Critics from the Daily Bruin felt that all the personal, self-reflecting lyrics. Bluesy and With the trembling of his leg and the tears eight songs have “slow tempos and lethargic effortless, “You’re Gonna Live Forever in Me” streaming down his face as he lies help- energy.” Given that Mayer has been in the is simply beautiful. music industry for almost a decade, some fans In Wave Two, songs such as “Roll it on lessly on the floor, audience members are expected him to experiment and take more Home” and “Helpless” have a country Ameri- constantly enraptured by the anguish Platt musical risks. In contrast, many of the tracks cana style to it. The latter has a repetitive and displayed without hesitation or restraint. In contain the same amount of beats per minute, catchy chorus in which Mayer sings, one second, one line, he gives you so much which, paired with Mayer’s soft voice, create “If I’m helpless tell me now, tell me now. hope for Evan yet in the next, crippling a stagnant and homogenous sound. And I’ll stop trying to figure it out.” These anxiety strikes and any shred of positivity For example, “Changing,” a track lyrics convey Mayer’s confusion on whether is lost. As for his performance musically, he from Wave One, is primarily a piano-driven or not he is wasting his time trying to save his has to hit notes that are astronomically high song that lacks chord complexity (the song Art by Grace Browse almost broken relationship. Meanwhile, “Roll for men to reach yet he does so with such includes a repetitive C-F-C and C-G-C chord can’t get you off my mind. And I do believe I it on Home” contains twangy guitar accents ease and elegance. The way he brings the sequence). In addition, Mayer continues to sing feel you all the time.” that create a heavy country vibe similar to that music to life gives audience members insight the lyrics within a limited range, abandoning To give the song an R&B twist, Mayer of his past two albums which were influenced into Evan’s brain, how it is thinking and any chance of passionately expressing his sings each word in these lines with a full stop. by his time in Montana. The song conveys the what it is thinking, that can only be attained feelings of growing up. In a Rolling Stone interview, Mayer explained lonely and desperate feelings one experiences through music that truly bears the soul of the As a result, Wave One still received why he used this lyrical tactic and said, when heartbroken and alone in a bar. In Roll it character. Ben Platt gave one of the greatest great success. In its first week, it sold more than “I had this idea to get your [the lis- on Home, Mayer gives truthful advice to his performances I have ever witnessed. 38,000 copies, which ultimately placed the tener’s] attention through repetition that almost friend (and himself) by encouraging him or EP in the number two spot in Billboard’s Top sounds like a CD skip. It was a really novel her to leave the bar and continue living his or “Dear Evan Hansen” is an earth 200. Perhaps the general public cared more sort of hook.” Clearly, Mayer has continu- her life. Obviously, that is easier said than done. shattering masterpiece that is shared with about the underlying theme than its musical ously tried to stop thinking about his ex, but So far, Mayer’s songs have explored the the world with piercing sincerity. If you get virtuosity. Without a doubt, the songs in Wave unfortunately, cannot seem to successfully various emotions one feels after experiencing a chance to see any Broadway show this One and Wave Two were written after Mayer accomplish the task. a breakup. Mayer plans to release The Search season, make it this one. Though if you do broke up with what seems to be an important On a similar note, “You’re Gonna of Everything in mini chunks until its release get a ticket, make sure to bring tissues. Trust lover. Songs such as “Moving On,” “Getting Live Forever in Me” is a piano ballad with date, April 14. me, I know. Friday, March 31, 2017 SPECTRUM Entertainment 15 Putting Hewlett High School “In the Spotlight” by Jackie Mazzeo actors worked very well together in dren in the crowd. that I wouldn’t have found anywhere On March 9 at 4 p.m., a very completing this whimsical perfor- Towards the end of this play, else. It’s surreal that it’s my last year special show was put on in the Little mance. Cinderfella drops his broom and the taking theater and the projects I have Theater with a very special audi- “I had a lot of fun on stage with fairy godmother scoops the broom been able to create have allowed me ence. This year’s theater my classmates,” Casali said. “The up. Together, the fairy to be a part of the close-knit theater students impressed many godmother and the community and I am very apprecia- parents and fascinated broom share a dance. tive of Mrs. DeMaio for opening an many children with their This unexpected and opportunity like this to me through- production of “In the playful swing made out my high school experience.” Spotlight,” directed for a happy ending. The second-to-last act was a re- by Dawn DeMaio. The The night contin- make of Peter Pan and the Lost Boys. students adapted five ued with an adaptation Students Craig Sippin ’17, Lamdan, well-known children’s of “Jacquelyn and the Hailey Parnes ’18, Nick Marino ’18 stories and recreated Beanstalk.” Students and Sophie Abitbol ’18 took ‘the Lost them with their own per- involved were Alex Boys’ in a literal sense. sonal touches and twists Romero ’18, Lamouse- The characters playing the lost of modern humor. nary, Nicole Na- boys included Marino, Sippin and “It was such an varro ’18 and Brianna Parnes, who were lost without Wendy, honor to perform during Azimov ’17. Romero played by Lamdan. in the spotlight,” Haseena played Jacquelyn, a Wendy goes out shopping, but Lamousnery ’17 said. “It foolish girl whose the lost boys immediately forget was such a great turnout mother, Lamousenary, where she went and proceed to freak of audience members and sent her out to buy a out. Using the internet, the boys look it was only our first year Courtesy of Dawn DeMaio cow. up Wendy and find a bunch of the reaching out to younger kids in our little theater is as much of a place for Jacquelyn went out and bought wrong Wendys. The funniest part of school district.” fun as it is for learning. I am really three magic beans instead. Once the this skit was when a Wendy’s worker, Unlike previous years, this grateful for the memories I have of beans were played by year’s audience consisted of many being involved in theater my senior planted, this Abitbol, added young children from our district. This year.” skit required to the confu- production aimed at engaging chil- To continue with the night, the an interac- sion of the lost dren while exposing them to the fun students performed a comedic spin- tive audience. boys. Overall, and lively environment of theater. off of Cinderella called “Cinderfella.” The charac- the students in “Our hope is to help cultivate The two step sisters were played ters asked the this produc- a life-long appreciation for Theater by Sapir Riskovich ’17 and Imogen children to clap tion were very Arts and Castro their hands so prepared and a fun first ’18. They the beanstalk their hard work memory of bossed would grow. was reflected attending a Cinder- After lots of by their great live perfor- fella, clapping and performance. mance,” De- played by giggling, the The Maio said. Andrew beanstalk grew last act was “In turn, it LaPi- and Jacquelyn a remake of gives my erre ’18, climbed all the “Monsters students the around all way up! At the Inc.,” which opportu- day. top, Jacquelyn included many nity to think Cin- met the Gi- aspects from about their derfella ant, played by the previous playwriting hoped for Azimov. The skits. This act differently a fairy giant was a included Katie so they may godmother loving creature who falls in love with Giron ’17, Sofia Barone ’18, Luis Na- use elements associated with chil- to come help him; his wish came Jacquelyn. While Jacquelyn’s mom varro ’17, Ben Zinnar ’17 and Kalpita dren’s theater in an original way.” true, but not in the way he expected. disapproved of their relationship, they Chakote ’17. Before the night began, the audi- Cinderfella’s fairy godmother, played were able to reach a heartwarming so- This act had a fun surprise: the ence was addressed by the ‘theater by Jamie Silfen lution. In the little girl who was running off on manners prince and princess.’ Abby ’17, was a end, a very adventures with Sully, played by Na- Lamdan ’17 and Chris Rivera ’17, cynical wish important varro, and Mike Wazowski, played by dressed as royalty, politely asked granter who message was Zinnar, was not Boo, but was Boo’s the audience to silence their phones. just wanted shared with daughter. Their friendliness, as well as the someone to the audience: In this production, Boo goes students standing by the door dressed grant her it does not searching for her daughter through in onesies, welcomed the children wishes for once matter who the worlds that exist behind each walking to their seats. and take her to you love. door. Behind each door, the stage The night began with the popu- the ball. This graceful becomes the scenes of the previ- lar story of “The Three Little Pigs.” The two ending left ous skits. Here, we see Cinderfella The students who performed were Ri- main charac- the audience and his broom, a Wendy that the lost vera, Paulina Khayumov ’18, Kristyn ters, Cinderfel- and the ac- boys called, the pigs and the wolf Casali ’17, Natalie Piperno ’18 and la and the fairy tors smiling. and even the giant from the top of the Jordyn Nizri ’18. godmother, “Being beanstalk. The combination of these Rivera played the ‘Big Bad managed to involved in unique parodies came full circle with Wolf’ who was not bad at all, just attend the ball. theater has the finale. misunderstood. Unlike the story we The ridiculous allowed me The students involved in this are familiar with, in this adaptation, jokes about to grow as a Little Theatre production have suc- the wolf has a big bad cold. He goes Cinderfella and person,” Azi- cessfully brought the community to- around the town looking for a tissue. his date to the mov said. “It gether with a night of giggles. Watch- Unfortunately, his strong sneezes de- ball, his broom has enhanced ing the production was a fun break stroy the homes of the pigs and scare named Ted, the way from our everyday routine. Come see them away. The children in the audi- had the kids I express the Little Theater’s spring play, “Mu- ence found this version of the story laughing loudly. LaPierre was very myself both verbally and physically. It tually Assured Destruction,” April very goofy and silly. These student comical and well-liked by the chil- has given me a confidence in myself 26-29. 16 Entertainment SPECTRUM Friday, March 31, 2017 The Award Goes To... Another Harvey Moment by Sarah Krevans and Rachel Miller for “25,” although she did not fully take the by Gabby Brailovsky Garfield and Ryan Gosling. Viola Davis On Feb. 12, the 59th annual Grammy award home. The talented musician broke this The Academy Awards is a show that won Actress in a Supporting Role and was Awards aired on television. The awards show award in half to share with her idol, Beyoncé, is looked forward to every single year. Ac- granted a standing ovation, even before the was broadcast on CBS and watched by 26 mil- since she believed Beyoncé deserved it over tors nervously await whether or not they start of her speech. lion viewers. This year’s show featured perfor- herself. Adele also won Song and Record of will get nominated and - more important “La La Land” was nominated for mances from Adele, Bruno Mars, Katy Perry, the Year for her hit song “Hello,” Best Pop - if they will win. This year, Jimmy Kim- fourteen awards and took home six. Emma Lady Gaga and Metallica, The Weeknd and Vocal Album and Best Pop Solo Performance. mel had the honor of hosting the awards Stone took home the award for Actress in a Daft Punk, Chance the Rapper, John Legend Chance the Rapper won Best New Art- and definitely did not disappoint. From Leading Role, and it was greatly deserved. and Cynthia Erivo, Sturgill Simpson, ist, Best Rap Album for “Coloring Book” raining bags of candy to all of his witty The most shocking part of the night had Ed Sheeran, A Tribe Called Quest and Best Rap Performance for “No Prob- jokes, Kimmel kept the audience smiling to have been the incorrect announcement and Anderson Paak, Carrie Un- lem,” which features Lil Wayne and 2 all night. Celebrities dressed to impress and which stated that “La La Land” won derwood and Keith Urban, Alicia Chainz. He performed his hit songs went all out for this annual event. for Best Picture, when it actually was Keys and Maren Morris, Little “How Great” and “All We Got.” One of the best-dressed actors hap- “Moonlight.” “La La Land” graciously Big Town, Demi Lovato, Andra Another notable event of pened to be the lovely Viola Davis, who exited the stage, yet it was a moment that Day, Tori Kelly, Kelsea Ballerini, the night was when David Bowie’s wore a red Armani gown. Metallic colors will always be remembered in Academy Lukas Graham, Gary Clark Jr., music won its first ever music- were also a huge trend this year at the Os- Awards history. William Bell, tributes to Prince related Grammy awards. Bowie cars. Stars like Emma Stone, Jessica Biel One of the most humorous parts of and George Michael and the has won Best Engineered Album, and Dakota Johnson wore dazzling dresses. the night had to have been when Jimmy most iconic performance of all: Non-Classical and Best Alternative Moreover, simple black and white gowns Kimmel brought an entire bus full of tour- Beyoncé. Art by Grace Browse Album for his album, “Blackstar,” also made their way onto the red carpet. ists to the awards show. The tourists were Many awaited Beyoncé’s per- and Best Rock Performance for the album’s There were many different types of styles, shocked and confused, yet all in the best formance since she had announced her title track. since no one wanted to look anything but way possible. Celebrities took pictures and pregnancy with twins on Feb. 1. Beyoncé Other highlights of the night included their absolute best on Hollywood’s “Big- greeted them with laughter and smiles. performed “Love Drought” and “Sandcas- Bruno Mars’ tribute to Prince in his perfor- gest Night of the Year.” Two tourists, Gary and his fiancé Vicky, tles,” both from her album “Lemonade.” Her mance of “Let’s Go Crazy.” Adele was also Justin Timberlake opened up the got to meet their idol Denzel Washington, performance received praise and compliments noted for stumbling over her performance in show with his original song “Can’t Stop the and had the chance to ask him to join their from people around the world; she included a the tribute to George Michael. She stopped his Feeling!,” which was featured in the movie wedding party. Jimmy Kimmel gave these gravity-defying chair stunt, where her chair song “Fastlove” after 30 seconds and started “Trolls.” He was also up for a nomination people a once-in-a-lifetime experience leaned backwards, but did not fall. Beyoncé over, although it was was clear she was upset for Best Original Song. Lin-Manuel Mi- and made the Oscars just that much more was the most nominated artist of the night, with her performance. Fans however, did not randa took the stage with Auli’i Cravalho, special. with nine nominations, but brought home only seem to mind, as she was still praised with a who was the voice and singer of “Moana,” The 2017 Academy Awards was a two Grammy awards. She won Best Music standing ovation. who was nominated for Best Original Song memorable and action-packed event. From Video for “Formation” and Best Urban Con- The Grammys surely did not disappoint “How Far I’ll Go.” However, the popular the shocks to the laughter and cries from temporary Album for “Lemonade,” having this year, with the large amount of viewers, movie “La La Land” ended up winning the joy, this event is one we will continue to now won 22 Grammys in her career. exceptional performances, big wins from award for the song “City of Stars.” look forward to each and every year. The Adele performed spectacularly as well, Adele, Chance the Rapper, David Bowie and Casey Affleck won the award for fashion, movies, songs and trends may and even took home five Grammys. One of Beyoncé and, of course, the unique fashion Actor in a Leading Role, facing huge stars change with time but the outstanding the awards she won was Album of the Year choices of the attending celebrities. such as Denzel Washington, Andrew awards show that is the Oscars will not. Paxton’s Legacy by Imogen Castro from the movie “Twister,” storm chasers across Beloved actor Bill Paxton passed away the U.S. united to form the initials “B.P.” with on Feb. 25, 2017 at the age of 61 from com- their GPS coordinates. Paxton was as loved plications following heart surgery. Paxton and respected by his colleagues in the industry underwent surgery to replace a heart valve as he was by his fans, not just for his acting and correct an aortic aneurysm on Feb. 14 and abilities but also for the kind of person he was. suffered a fatal stroke 11 days later. The dam- Amanda Seyfried, who played Paxton’s age to Paxton’s heart was likely caused by the daughter on “Big Love,” described the actor to rheumatic fever he contracted as a teenager. People magazine as an amazing and supportive Paxton was born in 1955 and father-figure. grew up in Fort Worth, TX. He Paxton’s longtime friend and moved to Los Angeles at age 18 “Titanic” director James Cameron and got his start in the film industry told Vanity Fair that he hoped people as a set dresser in the 1970s. His would “take a moment to remember first onscreen appearance was as this wonderful man, not just for all an uncredited extra in the film the hours of joy he brought to us “Crazy Mama” in 1975. He ap- with his vivid screen presence, but peared in small roles in a number Art by Aimee Ding for the great human that he was.” of films over the next two decades, The news of Paxton’s death came just including “The Terminator,” “Weird Science” hours before the 2017 Oscars, so there was not and “Aliens,” until his first leading role in 1992 time to add him to the show’s In Memoriam as Dale ‘Hurricane’ Dixon in the thriller “One segment before the broadcast aired, but Jen- False Move.” nifer Aniston paid tribute to him during the Paxton later went on to give memo- awards ceremony, calling him a “beloved actor rable performances in several films includ- and friend.” ing “Tombstone,” “True Lies,” “Apollo 13,” In a press statement announcing his “Twister,” “A Simple Plan” and the blockbuster passing, Paxton’s family described him as a hit “Titanic.” He had a rich career on the small “loving husband and father” and a “beloved screen as well, starring in HBO’s “Big Love,” and prolific actor and film-maker” and said for which he received multiple Golden Globe that his “passion for the arts was felt by all nominations, and The History Channel’s “The who knew him, and his warmth and tireless Hatfields & the McCoys,” for which he was energy were undeniable.” Paxton is survived nominated for an Emmy. In addition to acting by his wife Louise Newbury and two children. in over 90 films, TV shows, miniseries and His new CBS series, “Training Day,” video shorts, Paxton also directed “The Great- only aired four episodes before his untimely est Game Ever Played” and “Frailty,” in which death. CBS will air the final nine episodes, but he also starred. He also had a short-lived music likely will not renew the series without Paxton. career as a founding member of the new wave His final films include teen thriller/love story band, Martini Ranch, in the 1980s. “Mean Dreams,” opening in March, and “The In a tribute to one of his famous charac- Circle,” which co-stars Tom Hanks and opens ters, storm chaser Bill “The Extreme” Harding, in late April 2017. Friday, March 31, 2017 SPECTRUM After Hours 17 Who Run the World? by Janna Bickoff and we have Saturday meets sometimes,” Davies had to first qualify for the Unfortunately, Davies did not make Some students may associate run- Davies said. “It is worth it because the “State Qualifier meet,” which included it past the States in the pole vault event. ning with going on the treadmill at one team is great, and I enjoy the sport. Plus, meeting a certain number of standards for However, she is still grateful that she of the local gyms or running around their I have gotten used to the schedule since I her event. Davies met all of the require- could participate in such an event. Davies neighborhood; while other students, who have done it for four years now.” ments. The State Qualifier only has the also met other pole vaulters from across are unathletic, or hate the idea of running Davies’ enthusiasm, commitment top two competitors move onto States. New York and saw people she knew from may shudder at the memories of running and Davies other track teams that she sometimes gets the mile and the PACER Test back in gym talent had great to see during her regular track meets. class in elementary school and middle in run- success and Even her fellow track teammates school. ning came in sec- recognize Davies’ accomplishment of go- For Colette Davies ’17, however, have ond place ing to States. Despite not continuing her running became a significant part of clearly during the winning streak, they are very proud of her both her middle school and high school paid pole vault- and how far she has come in track. careers, evident by her genuine dedica- off this ing segment, “I was so excited for Colette when I tion to both the track and field and cross year, allowing her heard she was going to States,” Lori Mat- country teams. as she to move on za ’17, another member of the track team, Davies began her running career made it to the State said. “She is amazing at the pole vault and as a seventh grade student in Woodmere to the level for the really did deserve to go to States.” Middle School. Her seventh grade English State pole vault. Overall, being on the track team teacher, Mrs. Lisa O’Grady suggested that Cham- States, and going to States has taught Davies a Davis should join the track team to make pion- which took lot about teamwork, work ethic and how new friends and have a new experience. ships place all to really push for what she wants. She has Above all else, she saw potential in Davis. on day, was become very close with her teammates Because of O’Grady’s suggestion, March both excit- and even practices with the underclass- Davis found herself running all the way 4 for ing and in- man track athletes. As a result, she feels up into her senior year at George W. the timidating, very fortunate to be on the team. Hewlett High School. During track sea- pole according “It is nice helping them [the un- son, Davies participates in the long jump, vault to Davies. derclassman] because the team is pretty triple jump, 400 meter hurdle and pole seg- The opening close, and it is always nice having a team- vault. She sampled most of the events ment. height of the mate around to wait with before resourc- track has to offer before focusing on those Da- Courtesy of Colette Davis pole vault es,” Davies said. four, which enable her to score the most vies was the only senior from at States was 8 feet 3 inches, Davies may continue in either track points for her team. During cross country Hewlett High School to participate in which is pretty close to Davies’ personal or cross country next year when she at- season Davies runs 5K (3.1 miles) races. States. According to Davies, when she best of 8 feet 6 inches. Davies is used to tends college, but she is still unsure. She She spends the majority of the year run- learned that she would move on to States, the significantly lower heights at regular plans on majoring in education. No matter ning for track. she immediately ran over to her mother track meets. Poles are typically 6 feet at what Davies does, Hewlett High School “It’s a lot [track practice] because and coach and cried overwhelmed by her meets. Despite the new challange, Davies should praise her for her accomplish- we have practice everyday after school, emotions. still took on this challenge eagerly. ments in track and cross country. Namaste, Mrs. Pantelis! by Leila Xu of the Long Island Greenbelt trails, ‘Casa Serenidad,’ meaning the House every other week to discuss how they After an exhausting morning of totalling over 100 miles of track. Some of Serenity. can improve the community through lectures and exams, students breathe a of her other favorite pastimes include “This holds special meaning for protecting the planet and being envi- sigh of relief as they step into the yoga dancing, taking fitness classes and my brothers and I, as we have taken ronmentally friendly. The Environ- room, a place of peace and relaxation. workshops and cooking. what our parents have taught us, re- mental Club is closely linked with the Melissa Pantelis, a physical education Pantelis cherishes family, tradi- spect others, do what you love, work Youth Leadership Club and the Com- and wellness teacher at George W. tions and super hard, munity Garden, as they work together Hewlett High School, emphasizes her values. She always try to provide a better town for all. firm belief in self-care and doing what expresses to do the This year, members aimed to bet- you love. this through right thing ter educate local residents about where Like most teachers, Pantelis the upkeep and things their drinking water is coming from pushes her students to better them- of her 180 have a way and how they can protect their water- selves and pursue what they love. acre cattle of work- ways. They have worked together with However, not many teachers manage ranch in ing out.” the non-profit organization Operation to achieve this while simultaneously the central Pantelis Splash in advocating LI waters. Under helping their students cope with the mountains said. “Even the direction of Pantelis, students will pressures of their academic and recre- of Puerto though be participating in an upcoming Jones ational lives. Pantelis ensures that her Rico. The we have a Beach Seal Walk in late March. students get their fair share of physical farm has long jour- Whether it be through teaching activity for the week by teaching five been in ney ahead wellness and fitness classes or being an traditional physical education classes Pantelis’ of us, we active participant in the community by in addition to five yoga and fitness family for have united, advising extracurricular clubs, Pantelis classes. With activities such as Zumba, over three worked hard has undoubtedly made a significant weight training, hula hooping and decades and and really impression in Hewlett High School. jump roping, there is rarely a day of she plans to understand “I am proud and fortunate to be idleness in her classes. uphold its the meaning in Hewlett, I am continually impressed “[Pantelis] is the most amazing legacy along of true love and enamored with our beautiful teacher,” Donna Harush ’18 said. “She with her for a sib- student body,” said Pantelis. “I feel would change the ‘lesson of the day’ two broth- ling.” nothing but gratitude to do something depending on the mood and vibes of ers. She Courtesy of Melissa Pantelis Aside I wholeheartedly love, I get the chance the room. If she sees that everyone is has worked to restore and maintain from teaching physical education to provide our students with the beauty really stressed, she would do medita- the family farm by building new cor- and wellness classes, Pantelis is also of health and wellness, and overall ap- tive yoga with us instead of learning rals, head shoots and feeding stations. involved in several extracurricular preciation of our human body.” new poses.” Together, they have plans to offer activities in Hewlett High School. She Pantelis continues to serve as an Born and raised in Dix Hills, horseback riding, fishing on the lake has dedicated many hours to the Prom inspiration and role model for many New York, Pantelis enjoys staying with and farm tours in order to provide the Committee, Student Council, Envi- students with the active and optimistic her family, two dogs and three chick- authentic experience of a real working ronmental Club and Phys. Ed. Leaders spirit that she brings. There is much to ens. Pantelis enjoys spending most of cattle ranch to others. It is custom- Corps. learn from her and she will continue her free time with her family or being ary to name ranches in Puerto Rico. Pantelis supervises the Envi- to do great things and motivate the active outdoors. She has hiked most Recently, Pantelis’ home was named ronmental Club, where students meet students of Hewlett High School. 18 After Hours SPECTRUM Friday, March 31, 2017 Open Mic Night Has a Flashback Friday by Sofia Barone the additional $3 would be donated a Andrew Smith ’18, Imogen Castro ’18, ence also cheered for the raffle winner School days provide minimal charity the attendee would enter a raf- Grace McBrien ’17, Shivali Sinha ’19, Sofia Barone ’18. The students finally room for students to have a creative fle for a $15 Amazon gift card. Daniel Goldberg ’19, Jessica Roberts ended the night by gathering around the outlet. Weeks are usually filled with “Every year there’s a different ’19, Lina Elkoulily ’18, Luis Navarro single microphone and singing various essays and testing; however, George vibe.” Dr. Smyth, adviser of the Vin- ’17, Sarah Borouhov ’17, Jonathan Sa- songs together. After about 15 minutes W. Hewlett High School’s creative tage Club, said. “Everyone seems to muni ’17, Diana Feltman ’17, Shainee of singing and laughing, the attendees writing club, Vintage, offers a chance come to Islam ’17, began to slowly file out after the last for individuals to share their works of life, and Adam performance. art with other students in a judgement- that’s Roth ’19, “I really liked this Open Mic free environment through its annual a nice Nathan Night, and it’s the last one that I’ll Open Mic Night. thing. And Portnoy get to run and organize, and I’m re- On March 17, Vintage hosted it’s more ’17, Da- ally glad that it’s this one,” Elkoulily Open Mic Night, where students per- natural, vid Gold- said. “I really like helping other people formed songs and poetry in the high you’re hirsch understand that their voices are power- school’s cafeteria. This year, the club not being ’19, Jona- ful and they can write things to make event was “vintage” themed. Older graded on than Lern- a statement, especially since we’re so editions of the club’s literary maga- this. Self er ’19 and young and we’re able to do so many zines rediscovered months ago by expres- Aamna things witha our voices.” school librarian Rosemary Dirks were sion in an Aatif ’16. It could certainly be said that Vin- displayed on a front table for attendees artful way “Ev- tage’s Open Mic Night was a success. to read. Black streamers hung from the makes eryone Whether the performances were come- top of the door as if the guests went people is really dic or serious in nature, they were well back in time. happy.” support- received regardless. When the mood Vintage’s relatively new ad- Vin- ive,” Sa- called for it, those enjoying the musi- dition, the Museum of Vintage Art tage muni, who cal performances took out their phones (MOVA) made an appearance at Open members sang and and turned on their flashlights as if Mic Night, celebrating artwork created began to played they were at a concert. When jokes and by students of all skill levels. A memo- organize the gui- comedic poems were told, the cafete- rable portion of the mini museum was the event tar with ria was filled with laughter. This Open the Interactive Art Display created by by 4:15 Borouhov, Mic Night was not solely about sharing Abby Chen ’19 and Andrea Valero ’19. p.m., set- said. “It’s artwork, poetry and song rather it was “As President of Vintage I have ting up a good en- about the emotional impact of these always strived to create an atmosphere MOVA vironment performances. where art students and English stu- and deco- SPECTRUM/Imogen Castro to really Open Mic Night does not mark dents could freely express themselves rating the open up the end of Vintage’s work this year. together. The creation of literature and cafeteria. The planning was hectic, but and be true to yourself.” Now, the members of the club will be artwork is a means of expressing your- the club members knew it would be By the end of the night, it was ev- focused on creating content for the lit- self and your opinions,” Layla Elkou- worth it in the end. ident that everyone had enjoyed them- erary magazine that is published an- lily ’17, the president of Vintage, said. Performers included Elkoulily, selves, whether it was from the reci- nually in June. Open Mic Night was This year, Vintage charged either Gabrielle Guagenti ’19, Anthony Ni- tation of nostalgic songs or the well one of the invaluable contributions the $2 or $5 for admission to Open Mic yazov ’18, Zachary Gladstein ’18, written literature that had been dis- school’s creative writing club has pro- Night. If the $5 ticket was purchased, George Atsidaftis ’17, Rom Raviv ’18, played throughout the night. The audi- vided to the students of the school. “Acai” a Healthy Future by Janna Bickoff later, the acai bowl found a new home Smoothies consisting of a con- in the United States, particularly Ha- coction of colorful fruits and leafy- waii and California. Currently, the green vegetables are associated with a smoothie bowl has become the one of balanced diet. Typically, these drinks the latest crazes throughout the United are drank in regular cups or even a States, even throughout Long Island. mason jar for Instagram-worthy pic- Acai bowls can readily be pur- tures. Recently, some Americans have chased at local juice bars or smoothie taken smoothies to the next level by shops. George W. Hewlett High School eating the acai (pronounced ah-sah- students can walk across the street to EE) bowl: a thick smoothie bowl con- Red Mango to go and enjoy one of the sisting of nutritious acai berries, other store’s smoothie bowls. Hewlett Sta- fruits and a variety of flavorful top- tion, a favorite place to eat dessert for pings. many Hewlett residents, also sells acai A true “superfood,” acai bowls bowls. If in the mood for just a juice, are flexible in that one could just use Starbucks offers the Strawberry Acai acai berries or blend the berries with Refresher. other fruits. The smoothie bowls are “I really enjoy going to Red then topped off with an assortment Mango, especially after a long day of tasty and healthy foods, which can at school and having something both include berries, bananas, oats, peanut healthy and delicious,” Winnie Xu ’18 butter and granola. said. “It’s so convenient to have Red Because acai bowls consist of Mango right across the street from our various health foods, they are an school. I hope there will be more op- amazing source of antioxidants, fiber, tions in the future for my friends and heart-healthy fats and minerals while I to try.” remaining low in sugar. Not only do Acai bowls can readily be made acai bowls fill up the individual eating at home with the use of some creativi- them, they also can readily satisfy the ty and a blender. They have also found sweet-tooth cravings the individual a home on social media. There are al- may feel throughout the day. most 600,000 posts of the smoothie “Honestly, I love acai bowls be- bowl under #acaibowl on Instagram. cause they give me an excuse to exper- Acai bowls have positively im- iment with different flavors and try pacted the role of food in the United new things,” Layla Elkoulily ’17 said. States because of all of their health Acai bowls are not just a new benefits. Hopefully, these colorful American fad; they have been around creations will not just be a distant for centuries. According to tambora- memory found when scrolling through cai.com, the acai bowl originated in social media feeds, but instead con- the Amazonian region. Many years tinue to satisfy the world. 19 After Hours SPECTRUM Friday, March 31, 2017 Hewlett Clubs Show Some Love by Rachel Miller club will be using this method of sell- giving each buyer five tickets. Each Students, teachers and administra- On Feb. 14, people all over the ing roses for years to come. additional ticket was $1.00. tors all enthusiastically supported the world celebrated Valentine’s Day. The “The preordering days were This was the third consecutive cause by buying the cards for $1 each. festivities even extended into George unique to this year’s rose sale and year that the Student Council has had Ac- cording to Lina Elkou- W. Hewlett High School where the was extremely successful,” Shana an event for Valentine’s Day. Kids lily ’18, the treasurer Student Council, Students Against Bernstein ’17, President of SADD made their own cookies, cupcakes o f the World Destructive Decisions (SADD) and said. and even a lolipop tree. Language the World Language Club all held The money that SADD has They was also face Club, the creative events. raised is going towards the Save a paint and tempo- Valentine’s In order to honor the festive Life Tour, which simulates the effects rary tattoos. The Day event holiday, SADD sold roses to students of texting and drinking while driving. day was a suc- turned out and teachers the week before Valen- This event has been an annual experi- cess, evident successful. tine’s Day. The roses were either sold ence for seniors, as it provides a pre- when the kids Over- individually for $3.00 or sold in pairs sentation and interactive simulators did not want to all, the of two for $5.00. These flowers came that show participants an augmented leave. students in a selection of pink, reality, depicting the conse- The day and faculty red, yellow and quences of distracted also proved help- gave positive white. All had a driving. ful for raising the feedback on the customized “There was senior class’ funds. events planned tag made so much energy “This year’s Val- by SADD, Student by SADD in the SADD entine’s Day event was a Council and the World members. events,” great success,” Sammy Stern Art by Winnie Xu Language Club. It is Individu- Jordana ‘17 said. “Not only did we raise clear that members of the als could Sirlin ’20, a money for our class, but everyone high school really do enjoy either member of had such a great time interacting with and appreciate the Valen- place SADD, said. the kids enjoying the different sta- tine’s Day celebrations offered orders for “It felt great tions. Our final Valentine’s Day event by clubs. the roses to be able to was definitely our best yet.” “I think it is nice that we are the week help people The excitement for Valentine’s able to celebrate Valentine’s Day before Valen- celebrate Day continued with the fundraiser at Hewlett High School with our tine’s Day, which such a fes- hosted by the World Language Club. friends,” Tyler Layne ’20 said. “I was a new option tive holiday Members of the club chose to sell cannot wait to see what Hewlett clubs for buyers, or they could and also handmade cards in the main hallway bring in the following years that I am purchase a rose on the holi- raise money in order to raise money for a charity a student at this high school.” day itself. for SADD in China called Raffles for a Change, The Valentine’s Day events at Many teachers and secretaries at the same which provides aid to schools and Hewlett High School this year truly bought roses for their loved in order time.” students. helped students and faculty into the to support the event. All of the roses Student Council also hosted a This was the first year that the holiday spirit, while raising money that were bought were sold out, mark- Valentine’s Day event for FECC, Og- World Language Club held a Valen- for amazing causes. The spirit of ing the event as a huge success. Due den and Hewlett Elementary School tine’s Day event. The cards either Hewlett High School is clearly dem- to the success of preordering roses, students in the high school’s cafete- had different puns or were written in onstrated with the variety of events SADD members anticipate that the ria. Admission to the event was $5.00, Spanish, French, Mandarin or Italian. that took place throughout the week. Hewlett Hosts a “Model” Congress by Sam Bogdanov more random or entertainment-based, Maya Tipiere ’17, Agenda Chair (in been. Last, but certainly not least, For the 29th year in a row, as opposed to the Senate, where stu- charge of editing bills for the Hewlett some students performed skits, which G.W. Hewlett High School’s very dents debate current events. Plenary Model Congress event) Matt Ger- showed off their comedic sides. They own Model Congress Club has done sessions are run by the executive shon ’17, Associate General Chair earned many laughs from the audience it again, hosting a successful Model board of the hosting school. (club vice president) Seth Laskin ’18, and an overall enthusiastic response. Congress. It was a two day affair from There were over 350 students in Lower Delegate Chair (in charge of At the conclusion of the two-day March 10 and 11 filled to the brim attendance from tendifferent schools underclassmen Model Congress mem- event, awards were given out to the with fantastic moments and great at the Hewlett Model Congress. The bers) Maia Dubin ’18 and Agenda participants of committees based on discussions on both whimsical and schools present at this year’s Hewlett Chair Arham Ansari ’18. Social their performance in that particular serious topics. Model Congress included Herricks, studies teacher Joseph Zarodkiewicz debate. The recipients of the awards Model Congress members East Meadow, New Rochelle, Oceans- and art teacher Deirdre Chambers are were determined by the committee participate in committees in which ide, Lawrence, Long Beach and the advisors to the club and supervise the chairs, who in this case happened groups of students from various Tri-D Delegation (Wantagh, Seaford meetings. to be Hewlett’s very own students. schools come together in delegations and Bellmore). “Model Congress has become Committees were awarded 1st place in order to debate certain topics. “Model Congress is an amaz- more than just a school club,” Ansari or Best Speaker Award, 2nd place or Since Hewlett High School students ing club to be a part of,” Shree Patel said. “It’s become a place where you the Honorable Mention Award and 3rd hosted this particular congress, they ’18, member of Model Congress, are accepted and loved by all. All of place or the Commendation Award. instead created the topics and medi- said. “I don’t know what I would do the friends that we make at each con- Participants in the event could also ated the discussions. without the friends that I’ve made! gress are the people we hang out with receive a shoutouts. Hewlett students There is a plenary session in It’s been an amazing experience and I during the weekends and talk to 24/7. found it exciting to distribute the which all members of each school, ex- can’t wait for the years to come. I’ve Every single week when we have rewards to deserving students. cept the members who attend the host met some of my closest friends here. foreign congress, I count down the “We put in so much work from school, can debate. Plenary sessions Model Congress is really one of the minutes until I’m back into another the start of school up until this past are divided into the House, where best clubs in Hewlett.” school with all the 300 members of weekend and all our hard work really student tend to debate topics that are The Hewlett Model Congress the club that have become my close paid off at our home congress,” Yenna began with an family.” said. “We all had an amazing time and introduction from In addition to debates, Hewlett I couldn’t be happier with the feed- the executive board Model Congress also had a talent back we got about how much every- members including show, which was one of the memo- one enjoyed it!” General Chair (club rable highlights of the weekend. Overall, the Hewlett’s Model president) Bianca Students from each participating Congress was truly a remarkable Yenna ’17, Upper school took part in the talent show, success. Not only did everyone enjoy Delegate Chair (in exhibiting their unique skills. Stu- their time at the talent show, the charge of upper- dents showed off their vocals, singing debates and plenary sessions, but it classmen Model different songs, ranging from origi- was also something that the Hewlett Congress members) nal pieces and some of today’s most Model Congress members, from the Shayna Khaymovich popular songs. There was also a light senior veterans to the rookie fresh- ’17, Finance Chair show which made the Hewlett audito- men, can take pride in being able to (club treasurer) rium look more lively than it has ever say they hosted. Friday, March 31, 2017 SPECTRUM Ad 20

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Morning & Evening appointments Sincerely, Stuart Marks, DDS Friday, March 31, 2017 SPECTRUM Sports 21 Girls’ Lax Is Better Than Ever Boys Ace the Competition by Andrew Schornstein to lead the team to success. Halpern, who led by Mychael Schnell and Samantha Stern game. As the weather starts to change and the Bulldogs in points last season with a total The Boys’ Varsity Tennis team The sophomore sensation made the end of the year slowly but surely ap- of 56 points (56 goals, 10 assists) is expected is back in action this season. After up of Dylan Paul and Jared Lake are proaches, spring sport teams start practicing. to be an integral player on the offensive end coming off a 10-4 record in their 2016 expected to be key components dur- This year, there is an unexpected team on at attack. Alongside DeCicco and Halpern are campaign, the boys are ready to work ing matches. Paul and Lake play first the rise: the Hewlett Girls’ Varsity Lacrosse seniors Beyda, Sammy Stern, Erin Schechter, hard in an effort to improve on their and second singles, respectively. In team. In past seasons, this squad had not Lindsay Cohn, Mychael Schnell, Nina Squic- weaknesses and ultimately bring home addition, Isaac Bakis ’17, Marc Dori achieved the success they had ciarini and Nikki Roberts. The the conference title. Led by coach Abby ’17 and Paul Ledon ’18 are strong hoped for. However, with a seniors are expected to be role Samlin and a strong senior class, the players on the team. These three boys strong senior class, talented models for the underclassmen team is destined for success. are expected to be very competitive in underclassmen and dedicated on and off the field. “I think we have a nice blend matches, bringing home many victories coaches, the girls are making a Representing the un- to the mix of young and old players,” for the Bulldogs. name for themselves. Led by derclassmen are Margo Ver- Samlin said. “Because of that I think we The boys have a tough schedule Head Coach Robyn Pastuch schleiser ’18 and Katie Korin are going to do very well this season.” ahead of them, facing strong teams like and Assistant Coach Jenna ’20. Verschleiser played a The boys’ main focus of this sea- Plainedge, Bellmore JFK, Lynbrook, McColgan with assistance large role on the team last son is to develop the skills necessary to Valley Stream Central and Massapequa. from,captains Kristen DeCic- season, scoring three goals advance to a higher level of competi- However, if they play smart, focus on co ’17, Kylie Halpern ’17 and and racking up four assists. tion. In order to reach their goal, they their strengths and remain determined, Ali Beyda ’17, the girls hold a Korin, who is new to the team began their season stressing the motto: they have the ability to come out on top 2-1 record in Conference III. this season, is expected to play “All in, or all out.” Together as a team, against these teams. “I am very excited for Courtesy of Scott McInness a large role on the field. they promised to remain “all in” for “The boys are off to a great start this season,” Pastuch said. Kristen DeCicco Other than their strong the entirety of the season and to go the this season and the team looks very “With a strong veteran crew ’17 carries the ball during a roster, the Bulldogs’ possibly extra mile to improve. From tournament promising,” Harrison Poutre ’17 said. returning I think we have a ton game against Hicksville. strongest asset is their team training to Saturday practices, the boys “We have a great mix of upper and un- of potential. We just need to chemistry. This season, the are committed to clinching the confer- derclassmen on our team that I believe stick to our game plan and play our game and I girls on the team are very close on and off the ence title. will lead us to conference champions.” think we have a real chance at a winning year.” field. Strong team chemistry is arguably the “We have been improving con- Be sure to catch the Boys’ Varsity After graduating three starters last year, most important asset a team can hold. stantly, starting with off season work- Tennis team this season as they are the Bulldogs were nervous about filling the “What I feel really separates us from outs and straight into the season hoping expected to bring much pride home to gaps of Olivia Epstein ’16, Casey Levy ’16 the other teams is the chemistry we all have,” to compete for a conference champion- Hewlett High School. With their de- and Sydney Corda ’16. However, many girls Beyda said. ship,” Jake Zeidman ’17 said. termined roster, dedicated leadership, have stepped up to fill the gaps and help the The Girls’ Varsity Lacrosse team has the Another key component that will and strong team chemistry, the boys are team reach their full potential. At center, De- potential to achieve great feats this season. If help the boys achieve success is their destined for success. Cicco leads the team on both the offensive and they continue to work together, practice hard team chemistry. The seniors serve “Tennis has been hard at work defensive end. The LeMoyne College lacrosse and stay determined, they are destined for suc- as role models on and off the court. getting prepared for this season,” Alec commit tallied 40 points in the 2016 campaign, cess. Be sure to catch the Bulldogs as they make Open to helping the underclassmen, Fischtal ’17 said. “We hope to have a scoring 23 goals and 17 assists. In addition to their way through the conference, ultimately the seniors’ main focus is helping great year, and our guys are really ex- DeCicco, Halpern is back this season, ready seizing the championship title. the younger players improve on their cited to compete.” Hitting It Out of the Park Boys Run to Success by Cristina Ciampone each day to practice,” Scro said. “It will by Kylie Halpern season and ensure in the years to The Hewlett Varsity Softball team be difficult to replace this group of girls It’s that time of the year again, the come.” is beginning to prepare for a return to after the season ends, but given how mo- Hewlett Boys’ Spring Track and Field The track and field team com- the field this spring season. This year, tivated they are for a successful season, team is up and running. Although this petes in track events, for runners, but the squad is made up of a skilled group they are poised to go out on top.” season is considered “spring” track, it it also does field events, for throw- of seniors and a handful of talented, In addition to the seniors are definitely does not feel that way with ers, hurdlers, pole vaulters and high versatile underclassmen. Led by Head juniors Mai Menache, Lauren Dori, the recent winter-like weather. Despite jumpers. Coach Vinny Lospinuso and Assistant Harper Manus and Ariel Sherry. A top the inclement weather, the boys have The team is filled with a variety Coach Anthony Scro, the team is des- priority for the seniors and juniors is not been distracted from working hard. of athletes ranging from freshmen to se- tined for success. team chemistry. If the girls can cooperate Out in the bitter cold with tons of layers niors. There is a lot of togetherness and “We feel very confident going into on the field and work together, they are on, the boys’ track team is preparing “brotherhood” on this team. They all this season,” Scro said. “Our girls have destined for success. With their strong for what they are hoping to be another show great determination and continue a great work ethic and positive outlook skills at every position on the diamond, successful season. No matter how cold to put in one hundred percent effort in and attitude on the season. They know a smart coaching staff and talented se- it is outside on the track, the team is all of their practices to prepare for their their potential, and if they work as hard niors, the girls will bring much success always ready for practice. While other long season ahead. as possible and stay focused, we should and pride to the halls of G.W. Hewlett teams are staying inside to catch a break “I have faith in our veterans teach- be a team contending for the conference High School. from the bitter cold, the boys throw on ing the new members new strategies title at the end of the season and hope- Last season the girls began their another layer of clothing and run harder and techniques that will aid them in the fully much more.” campaign with a 10-9 win against Valley than ever before. future as well,” Atsidaftis said. In the 2015-2016 campaign, the Stream South. During their time on the The boys’ track team has a suc- The boys are poised for success girls ended with a 10-4 record. This field the girls broke from a 9-9 tie with cessful history in the halls of G.W. this season and should be able to cre- season the girls are battling against an a single by Manus in the seventh inning Hewlett High School. The banners in ate a winning record with all the hard equally challenging schedule, including to bring Valerie Greene ’21 home for the the gym reveal the team’s long list of work they put in every day. They hope rivals such as Friends Academy, Cold lead over Valley Stream South. This was accolades. As a team, the boys have a to bring home meet victories and indi- Spring Harbor, Valley Stream North, a strong start for the girls that propelled very close bond which is one of the as- vidual records to add to the variety of West Hempstead, Carle Place, Manhas- them into the rest of their season. pects that could contribute to the team’s accolades from previous years. With set, Oyster Bay, Roslyn, Glen Cove and In a game against Roslyn High success this season. With a highly ex- a strong coaching staff and dedicated North Shore. School on April 28, 2016 Emma Blumen- perienced coaching staff led by Head players, the team is on their way to On and off the diamond the team stein, as an eighth grader, hit a homerun Coach Eamon McHugh and Assistant achieving these goals. Good luck to the is led by seniors Dana Feldman, Julia and tallied five RBIs to give Hewlett an Coach Rob Capobianco, the boys are boys as they “run” their way to the top. Bromley, Jessica Silberger, Hannah Pru- initial lead against the Roslyn Bulldogs. ready to tackle this sack and Lindsey Rosen. Feldman plays The girls ultimately defeated the Bull- spring track season. centerfield, Bromley holds her own at dogs 17-5. “A lot of new first base, Silberger stands tall at third Last year the girls ended their sea- faces came out this base, Prusack plays outfield and Rosen son with two consecutive wins against year, but many fa- plays first and second base. These girls West Hempstead. In this season they miliar ones as well,” are the epitome of strong upperclass- hope to continue this winning streak, in George Atsidaftis ’17 men. From being skilled softball players addition to improving their record. said. “Over the sea- and constructive leaders to being good The girls have confidence that the son we have been friends to their teammates on and off the scores of this season will be just as great practicing hard and field, these girls are the perfect frontmen or even better than they were last sea- learning to work with for the softball team. son. The girls feel that if they continue and improve one an- “The seniors are a great group of working hard in practice, they will have other so we can both girls who bring positivity and energy a very successful and favorable season. achieve success this 22 Sports SPECTRUM Friday, March 31, 2017 The Boys’ Lacrosse Team Is Back in Action by Mychael Schnell skilled players and an overall positive on both the offensive and defensive end. classmen Max May ’19, Ethan Cohn ’19 It is just that time of year again. outlook. The Hewlett Varsity Boys’ La- Zach Bromfeld is expected to be a large and Sam Rovner ’19 will be large con- The weather is changing, down jackets crosse team checks out in all of these cat- asset on the defensive end, protecting the tributors to the team this season, helping are making their way into storage, and egories. In terms of coaches, Corben and goal at all times. Finally, Sam Bodner is the Bulldogs make their way to success. the energy in the halls of G.W. Hewlett Pescitelli, who were teammates on the stepping up this season as goalie along- The final component to making the High School are at an all-time high. Not Adelphi University men’s lacrosse team, side Max May ‘19, leading the defense Hewlett Boys’ Varsity Lacrosse Team because of anticipation for summer, but are the best in the business. At Adelphi, from the cage. With this experienced and the best it can be? A positive outlook and because of the spring sports season. Corben, a midfielder, was named an determined group of seniors, the squad strong team chemistry. The boys check This season, the Boys’ Varsity Lacrosse All-American, All- has strong leadership out in this category. With such a diverse Team is expected to achieve great feats, Conference, and led on the field to lead combination of skilled players, the team bringing much pride and success to the the country in face- them to success. knows how to work together and encour- Hewlett community. off win percentages. The boys’ la- age each other on and off the field. The boys are coming off of an Pescitelli, also a mid- crosse team has a “Most of us on the team this year 8-7 overall record and a 5-3 confer- fielder, was named skilled and experi- have been playing together since third ence record from their 2016 campaign. All-Conference. Cor- enced roster like nev- or fourth grade through the town’s PAL Advancing to the first round of the ben and Pescitelli’s er before. With a slew program so our chemistry is incredibly playoffs, the boys fell just short of the extensive experience of talented players, strong,” Levitz said. three seed Carey in a heartbreaking 7-8 with lacrosse will the boys are strong The boys kicked off their season on loss. At halftime, the Bulldogs trailed help the boys play on on every end of the March 22 on home turf in a non-league the Seahawks 4-2. After a long, hard- an advanced level. field. Alex Vardaro matchup against Oceanside High School. played second half Hewlett was unable The team has a ’18 led the Bulldogs The Bulldogs set the tone of the game to outscore Carey, and were ultimately handful of talented last season with a to- right from the beginning, scoring eight eliminated from the Conference B-1 seniors that are taking tal of 33 goals and 33 goals to the Sailors’ three in just the first playoffs. However, the boys are back on leadership roles, assists. Vardaro, who half. Hewlett shutout Oceanside in the and ready to correct their mistakes from assisting the under- is headed to Princeton third quarter and outscored them in the last season, improve on their skills and classmen whenever Courtesy of Brian McMahon to play on the Tigers’ fourth to close with game with a victory, ultimately surpass their 2016 playoff needed in addition to Wyatt McMahon ’17 rips a lacrosse team, is a 12-3. Grossman led the offense with four run. Under the direction of Head Coach maintaining a posi- shot during a game against Bellmore skilled and versatile goals and one assist. Vardaro was right Jesse Corben and Assistant Coach Dale tive morale on and JFK. midfielder who is able behind him with three goals and one Pescitelli, the boys hope to attain suc- off the field. Ethan to assist the team on assist. Rovner scored three goals, and cess this season. Grossman scored a total of 28 goals last all ends of the field. Last season Vardaro Levitz and Arad each had one. “I think we have a lot of potential season in addition to 16 assists, being was named All-County. In addition, Be sure to catch the Boys’ Varsity this year,” Jake Levitz ’17 said. “We are a true asset on the Bulldogs’ offensive Gavin Adler ‘18, a ruthless and highly Lacrosse team in action this season. returning almost all of our team from end. In addition to Grossman, Levitz skilled defender is headed to Marquette With a talented coaching staff, dedicated last year so we have a good amount of is an integral part of the team. With 15 is expected to play a large role on the senior leadership, skilled players and a experience, which can hopefully give goals and 8 assists in their 2016 cam- Bulldogs in the midfield, coming off positive outlook, the boys are destined us a leg up on some of the other teams paign, Levitz is expected to continue of a four goal and one assist 2016 cam- for success. Calling all Bulldog fans: be in our conference as we look to make a working hard for the Bulldogs. Wyatt paign. Alex Arad ’18 and Justin Fliegel ready to cheer on your lacrosse team, as deep playoff run this year.” McMahon is another key senior of the ’18 are also returning to the squad after they journey through the regular season, Like any sport, to be successful in boys’ lacrosse team. Racking up a total a successful 2016 season. They scored a fight through the playoffs and ultimately boys’ lacrosse a team must have talented of 12 goals and 7 assists last season, combined 24 goals to lead the teams on bring home a County Championship to coaches, dedicated senior leadership, McMahon is expected to be a large help the offensive end. Furthermore, under- Hewlett High School. Girls’ Track Jumps Over the Hurdles by Jonny Miller Track and Field team team took the title Another important asset to the team mores achieving such a record is relatively The Hewlett Girls’ Spring Track and as Conference Champions, the same title is junior hurdler Patsy Iannico. Iannico unheard of. Riegel also received all-county Field team, led by Coach Stephen Hon- cannot be guaranteed by the Hewlett Girls’ had a very successful winter season, set- honors in the past winter season. After a erkamp, is looking to carry the momentum Spring Track and Field team. Compared ting multiple personal records and even a seventh place finish at the New York state from the winter track season and continue to winter track, spring track is a far more county record. In the winter season, Ian- competition, Riegel earned an invitation on the road to victory. In the recent winter competitive sport. As the number of girls nico broke school records in the 600-yard to the New Balance Nationals. Riegel is track season, the girls’ team won the con- vying to score in meets increases in the and 600-meter dashes. In the 600-meter definitely a promising young member of ference championship, which was a very spring season, the competition among dash Iannico hopes to improve her time this very competitive track team with loads impressive feat. This season, with many student athletes from the same school also of 1:44.10, which was enough to race at of potential in upcoming years. key returners from last year’s team and increases. Also, many different events the Conference Championship in the past Additionally, many freshmen are last season’s team, the girls will be a force are added during the spring season. For winter season to a close finish against a expected to make significant contributions to be reckoned with in their conference. In instance, the 400m hurdles and 100m Wantagh runner with a 0.2 second victory. the upcoming season. Kayley Ragazzini addition, many team members have a shot hurdles, two extremely competitive events, Even though this time will be tough to ’20 performed very well in the shot put at various state records that have stood are new options for the girls. The final beat, Iannico has the potential to run for a in this past winter season, and has the untouched for some time. and arguably largest difference between state record. Iannico is also in the running potential to place first in the entire shot “It’s exciting to have a lot of talent winter and spring track is that the running for her third County Championship in the put event. Sprinter Katie Stupak ’20 is back, seeing what kind of shape they are surfaces change. Oftentimes, in the winter spring season for the 400-meter hurdle expected to make significant contributions when they come into the season, and see season, events take place on a hardwood competition. Iannico was a second away to the team this season. Freshmen Emma who can venture into a third event and floor. However, in the spring track season, from the school record in the 400-meter Jacobs, Hannah Jacob and Lili Ospina pick up something new for the team,” events almost exclusively take place on hurdle. A conference champion since her are also very versatile runners who have Honerkamp said. “Even though have a outdoor tracks, which not only permit run- freshman year, Iannico will be a key com- the ability to compete in multiple events lot of talent back we did graduate a lot of ners to run faster, but it also make running ponent of this year’s team and an opponent successfully. strong seniors so we have a lot of holes to easier on their legs. to be respected. With hopes of setting many differ- fill and a lot of events to cover.” This year’s team is very experienced “Patsy just doesn’t want to lose,” ent personal records, school records and While the Hewlett Girls’ Winter with many veteran runners who help un- Honerkamp said. “She is very competitive potentially even a few state records, the derclassmen become and a great example for the younger run- girls’ track team has been working hard acclimated to the com- ners. She won the county championship every day with the main goal of improving petition of track at the freshmen and sophomore year, and is in overall as a team. With high expectations varsity level. Seniors the running this year. I have only had 2 of Coach Honerkamp and Assistant Coach Jordanna Yochai and girls win the county title all their years, Anthony Serevetti, the team appears to be Collette Davies and ju- and Patsy is definitely strong enough to a strong contender to bring home Hewlett’s nior Dayna Townsend, achieve this feat.” first state championship in many years. who all ran in the win- In addition to strong upperclassmen, Considering the experience of its many ter season, are essential the team is filled with young, talented veteran runners and the potential of its leaders on the team runners. Sophomore Sophie Riegel set a young underclassmen runners, the Hewlett and are runners who personal record in the race walk event in Girls’ Track and Field team has the ability many of the younger this past winter. She competed at the State to win a Conference Championship this members of the team Championships and placed seventh which year and hopefully continue that trend in look up to. was quite the accomplishment; sopho- many years to come. Friday, March 31, 2017 SPECTRUM Sports 23 Boys’ Basketball Says Bye Baseball’s At It Again by Mychael Schnell On Feb. 23, the No. 7 seed Bulldogs by David Silverman aspect of the game. Whether it is hitting, Finishing the regular season with a traveled to Roosevelt High School to face After a long wait, baseball season is pitching or fielding, they can clearly do it 15-4 record, the Hewlett Boys’ Varsity Bas- the No. 2 Rough Riders in the Elite Eight. officially in full swing. Practice has begun, all. The team looks very well rounded, and ketball team achieved its goal of qualifying The Bulldogs had a strong first half, bringing and the team is looking to start their journey it seems fit to make a run in the playoffs. for the playoffs. The playoffs were intense, the score to 29-27. With less than a minute towards a conference championship. Last An admirable aspect of the Bulldogs marked by overtime and neck-in-neck left in the game, the Bulldogs were at a three year, the Bulldogs had an incredible end to is their depth. The team has multiple play- competition. point deficit. With 45 seconds left, Preziosi their season. After being seeded 16th in the ers to put at each position and every single “Once the playoffs begin, all games got hold of the ball and sunk a three-pointer 2016 playoffs, the team was able to pull off one of them can greatly impact the team’s should be competitive,” coach Bill Dubin to tie the game. The crowd erupted with upsets against eighth seed performance. One of the said. “Historically, our team performs very cheers as the Bulldogs came so close to the Lynbrook and No. 9 seed team’s biggest strengths well in close and overtime games. We ex- final four. With 3.2 seconds remaining the Island Trees, shocking all is their pitching. With ace pect to win those types of games.” Rough Riders fouled, and Mannino made his in the conference. Unfor- pitcher, JJ Lantigua ’17 When the bell rang on Friday, Feb. 17, way to the free-throw line. Mannino sunk a tunately, the Bulldog’s at the mound, the boys the energy throughout the halls of Hewlett foul shot, bringing the score to 64-63, and playoff run ended in a loss feel confident in the field. High School was at an all-time high. Not iced the victory for the Bulldogs. Preziosi to first seed Carey in the After a strong season last because February vacation had just begun, led the team to victory with a triple-double, County Finals last spring. year, Lantigua is hoping but because the Bulldogs were gearing up scoring 20 points, 10 boards and 10 assists. “We made a lot of for similar success. to kick-off their playoff run against Locust Hill and Bromfeld both had double-doubles, noise as a low seed last “We’ve got one Valley High School. The Hewlett com- and Mannino grabbed 15 rebounds. The next year, and established our- thing on our minds for this munity truly exemplified the meaning of stop was be the Final Four. selves as a baseball school season and that is to bring “home-court advantage,” packing the gym On March 1 the squad traveled to again,” Jesse Metz ’17 Art by Tyler Layne a championship to Hewlett to capacity, ready to cheer on the Bulldogs. Hofstra University to take on South Side said. baseball,” Lantigua said. When the whistle blew the Bulldogs ran High School. After a hard fought four This year, the team is looking for the This year, the seniors hope to make right through the gate, setting the intense quarters, the Bulldogs fell just short to the same success that it was able to produce memories and play some great games in tone for the game. By the fourth quarter, Cyclones in a 58-46 defeat. last year. With so many players from last their last baseball season at Hewlett. They the Bulldogs trailed the Falcons by three Although the Bulldogs fell short of the season’s squad returning this season, the hope to bring home the championship be- points. With just seconds remaining, junior grand prize, their performance throughout team feels very confident about their ability cause this is their last opportunity to do so. Luca Preziosi took control by sinking a the playoffs was incredible, and it brought to perform well this year. Also, with many The seniors have also taken on the respon- three-pointer to tie the game at 55. The much pride to the Hewlett community. seniors leading the team, the Bulldogs have sibilities of leading the team and helping Bulldogs entered overtime determined to Congratulations to the entire Hewlett Boys’ more confidence in their ability to attain the younger players adapt to baseball at outplay the Falcons and advance to the next Varsity Basketball team on the amazing reach their goals. the varsity level. round. They did just that. Scoring 11 points feats they achieved throughout the regular “The time has never been better for The Bulldogs kick their season off to Locust Valley’s 6, the Bulldogs took the and post-season. Good luck to the seniors as us to win the conference and to do some with a home game against Long Beach on victory, 56-51. they leave Hewlett basketball and begin the serious damage in May,” Matt Kim ’18 March 25. They expected this to be the fir “I felt we had as good a chance as any next chapter of their lives. And to the rest said. “With the pitching staff and senior Entering overtime, the st of many victories. team to win the County Title,” Dubin said. of the Hewlett High School community, get leadership we have this year, there’s no “Hewlett baseball has never won a “We didn’t play as a team and still managed ready for next season, where the Bulldogs ceiling for this team.” championship, until now, and we are only to win the game.” are sure to impress all. The Bulldogs seem to dominate every getting started,” Beau Rochler ’17 said. Dribbling Into the Madness of March by Logan Abolafia to claim the title of the Big 12 Cham- overall and 16-2 in the Big 12 Confer- with 13 seasons under his belt with March is finally here: the month pions. After receiving an automatic bid ence. Led by Head Coach Jay Wright, UNC, leads the coaching staff for the where people of all ages look forward into the NCAA Tournament as the No. the Wildcats then received an automatic Tar Heels. In the 2015-16 season, the to placing their predictions on who will 1 seed, the Jayhawks beat Austin Peay, bid to the NCAA National Tournament team finished the season with a 33-7 come out victorious in the NCAA March Maryland and Connecticut to advance where they took on Lafayette, but then overall record and a 14-4 ACC record Madness tournament. This March is to the Elite Eight. In the third round of got upset by NC State. to win the ACC National Championship, bound to be month filled with excite- the tournament, they fell short After coming off a dev- where they defeated the University of ment, anxiety, eagerness and competition to Villanova, who ulti- astating loss in the Sweet Virginia. This win granted the squad a for college basketball players and fans. mately went on to Sixteen last year to guaranteed spot in the NCAA National With 68 teams fighting vigorously to win the NCAA Oregon, Duke, Tournament as the No. 1 seed. The Tar earn their title as the College Basketball Tournament. led by Mike Heels took out Florida Gulf Coast in the National Champion, the games are bound If there’s Krzyze- first round, Providence in the second, to be close, and upsets will definitely one thing wski, is Indiana in the third and Notre Dame in occur. that the look- the fourth to advance to the Final Four, Some solid teams heading into the Jay- ing where they faced Syracuse, coached by tournament are Kansas, Gonzagain Vil- for Jim Boeheim. The Tar Heels easily won a lanova, University of North Carolina at re- trip to the NCAA National Championship Chapel Hill, Duke, University of Florida game to face Villanova. Despite UNC’s and Kentucky are all talented teams who Marcus Paige’s acrobatic shot to tie the are expected to have much success this game at 74, Villanova’s Kris Jenkins hit month. a buzzer-beating three-pointer to win the Kansas is one of the most domi- game for the Villanova Wildcats. Despite nant teams heading into the tournament. this tough loss last year for UNC, Ranked at the No. 1 seed in the the crew is back and ready as ever to Midwest Conference, the team reclaim what they almost had. is expected to advance far into the As always in the March Mad- tournament. The Jayhawks’ coach ness tournament, rank does not is Bill Self, a highly experienced matter. A common situation in the individual who has been on the Kansas hawks venge in NCAA tournament is the underdog rising coaching staff since their 2003-04 sea- have proven this year’s above and taking the victory over the son. Since the beginning of Self led the throughout the NCAA Tourna- higher ranked favorite team. Rankings team to an Elite Eight position in his first years under Self’s ment. Facing No. going into the tournament do not mean year appearing in the NCAA Tournament. coaching, it is clear that 15 seed Troy in the first everything - all teams go in with the same While having many accomplishments, they are a team to be re- Art by Kaylyn Forbes round this year, the Blue mindset and are eager and hungry for the Self does have his failures. In the 2004- spected and will not go down Devils are expected to win. title of the NCAA National Champion. 05 season, the Jayhawks started out as easily. In the 2015-16 season, the Blue Devils Overall, the winner of this tourna- the No. 1 seed. By the end of the season, Another possible contender in defeated UNC Wilmington in the first ment will be defined by those who want it they went on to lose six of their last nine this year’s bracket is Villanova, win- round, Yale in the second, but fell just the most and those who have trained the games, ultimately falling to Bucknell in ners of the 2015-16 March Madness short to Oregon in the Sweet Sixteen in hardest. Teams and players are looking the first round of the NCAA Divisional Tournament after beating University of a hard loss for Krzyzewski and the rest to prove themselves. The competition Playoffs. Last season, Kansas finished North Carolina at Chapel Hill with an of the squad. will be fiercer than ever and those en- their campaign with a 33-5 overall re- astonishing buzzer-beater three-pointer Last, but certainly not least, there tering the tournament must be prepared cord and 15-3 Big 12 record, defeating by Kris Jenkins. In the 2014-15 season, is the University of North Carolina for anything and everything that will be Kansas State, Baylor and West Virginia the Wildcats finished the season 33-3 at Chapel Hill (UNC). Roy Williams, thrown at them. The Independent Voice of George W. Hewlett High School HEWLETT SPECTRUM Volume LXVI No 4 60 Everit Avenue Hewlett, New York Friday, March 31, 2017 DeCicco Seeks the Title

Courtesy of Scott McIness Kristen DeCicco ’17 carries the ball down the field in an intense game against Hicksville High School.

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