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The RegisterRegister ForumForum Established 1891 Vol. 126, No. 2 Cambridge Rindge and Latin School October 2013 The Common Core Gains Momentum New PARCC Test May Replace MCAS in Not So Distant Future contest, is an initiative By taken by a coalition of US Phoebe West states to have a clear set of Register Forum Staff educational standards for “The Common Core Kindergarten to 12th grade is a great idea, finally Amer- in English Language Arts ica will have widespread and Mathematics. 45 states, requirements,” exclaimed Washington D.C., the De- senior Cora Katz. This partment of Defense Edu- year marks the beginning of cation and four US territo- Massachusetts fully imple- ries have also voluntarily menting the Common Core adopted the Common Core. State Standards. According to The Common Core, the their website, “The adopted by Massachusetts standards are designed in 2010, as a response to Continued on page 6 Obama’s Race to the Top History teacher Ms. Otty begins a lesson in her World History II class. Photo Credit: Larry Aaronson. Why a Four-Day Weekend? Students Treated to A.R.T. By in 2010 and it was ap- Eid is a Mus- Rabia Khalid proved in 2011. lim holiday that comes Register Forum Staff Cambridge twice a year. Each Play All The Way with LBJ Public Schools have year, two Eids fall on Malcolm in the Middle and Break- Muslim stu- had the day off for different dates due to By ing Bad. dents at CRLS cel- the past two years. the lunar calendar that Andres Bullon-Puckett Cranston is one of the many ebrated Eid-ul-Adha Sophomore Ehasanu- Islam follows. Register Forum Staff draws of All the Way, the highly on Tuesday Eid-ul- On October 11th, CRLS stu- anticipated play now showing at October 15, “I wake up early in the morning Fitr means dents visited the American Repri- the American Repertory Theater in 2013. If you “festival of and go to prayer with my family, tory Theater in Harvard Square to Harvard Square. All the Way boasts, are curious, breaking of watch All the Way, the hit new play among many other things, a Pulit- Eid-ul-Adha and it feels so good ...” the fast”,” as about Lyndon B. Johnson’s first zer-winning playwright in Robert means “festi- it comes after presidential term. Schenkkan, and influential actors val of sacrifice” in Ar- zzaman Satu states, “I Ramadan, the month A throng of serious looking such as Michael McKean of This abic. The Cambridge felt really happy that of fasting. The Eid-ul- men and women sit down in what is Spinal Tap and Christopher Liam school committee we had Eid off, espe- Adha is celebrated on appears to be a courtroom, or some Moore of Friends. decided to honor the cially since it’s such a Continued on Page 4 type of official space. The play features ac- Muslim holiday back diverse environment.” The lights shut off, “Cranston is one of tors who play many and the audience be- different roles. In comes silent. A large, the many draws of fact, the only actors powerful man sits All the Way...” not to play two parts down in a large chair are Bryan Cranston, situated in the center who plays Lyndon of the stage. The spotlight pierces B. Johnson, and Brandon J. Dirden, through the darkness to reveal Lyn- who plays Martin Luther King, Jr. don B. Johnson. He begins to tell a CRLS theatre classes had childhood story in a slow southern the opportunity to watch the criti- drawl. cally acclaimed show on Thursday, The actual man speaking, October 10th. The next day, actors Members of the CRLS Muslim Student Association gathered together for the annual Eid of course, isn’t Lyndon B. Johnson. from All the Way and the play- celebration. Eid is about sacrifice and service, and the student members celebrated by sharing homemade food and planning for upcoming community service projects. It’s Bryan Cranston, star of the criti- Continued on page 4 Photo Credit: Muhammad Lakeyh cally acclaimed television shows INSIDE THIS EDITION S The Freshman-Senior Divide Girls Volleyball Spoken Word Poetry p Page 2 o Page 11 Page 2 Catch Up with the Upper Schools r Homecoming Gun Control: Revisited t Page 6 s Page 12 Page 5 Page 2 AAROUNDROUND SSCHOOLCHOOL October 2013 Freshmen vs. Seniors: Rindge Newcomers Experience Social Divide make me feel like they hate pens in the societal dynam- Julie Campbell, a ju- can move up at their turn.” By me and think I am annoy- ics of high school, but they nior, says, “As a freshman, The seniors are finishing Sophia Nikolayev ing.” are all going be seniors there were people I looked up their high school career, Register Forum Seniors such as before they know it. It hap- up to more than people I and therefore want to take Correspondent Emilia Logan and Alexan- pens so fast.” was intimidated by. Natu- advantage of having a high- er status in the school. As the school year der Jobin-Leeds believe that Clare McDermott, a rally, I am more confident Feeling nervous begins, hundreds of fresh- freshmen should respect all Rindge sophomore, admits: currently than I was fresh- around seniors has been men enter the realm of high grades superior to theirs. “Being scared of the seniors man year. Becoming more clearly proven to be a com- school with perturbation “Seniors,” Zander is something that is hard to personable with my class mon sentiment through- and dismay. For the most specifies, “being at the top control when you enter a has changed where I stand out the freshmen class. It part, they are scared of their of the high school hierar- school being the youngest.” socially.” Some freshmen seems that according to all vulnerability towards those chy, should be treated chose to be indiffer- “I was scared of upperclassmen grades, authority is attained suspected of being the scari- with the most honor ent to grade levels, through grade superiority. It est members of their learn- and deference. Their as a freshman as well...but they and others chose not is evident that all freshmen ing environment: seniors. fear is obtained from are all going to be seniors to. have to endure being at the These new students com- their admiration and Contrastingly, junior before they know it.” bottom of the social pyra- monly perceive upperclass- reverence towards us, Emily Hays shares, mid and earn their way to men as intimidating and because upperclass- “As a freshman I was the top as years pass. menacing. men are usually glorified in Clare claims that the lon- somewhat intimidated by The more one pro- According to fresh- one’s high school career.” ger she has been at Rindge, them. As I have raised up gresses in the high school man Jordan Jones, “Most Caia Lee, anoth- the more she has adjusted through the grades, I feel social structure, the more upperclassmen seem scary, er senior, feels empathy and feels more comfortable as though the freshman are they feel comfortable be- judgemental, and exclu- for those threatened by around the seniors, yet she losing a healthy sense of ing in an environment filled sive.” Josie Underwood, her grade because she has still feels slightly intimidat- fear and acting too supe- with students of all age and another friendly face in walked in their shoes. She ed at their presence because rior. It is good for freshman grade. Sooner or later, ev- the freshman community, confesses, “I was scared of of their vast experience with to feel like freshman and eryone will have their mo- states, “When I pass them upperclassmen as a fresh- high school and their levels let the upperclassmen have ment to shine. in the hallways, their glares man as well. It is what hap- of maturity. their moment so that they Rise of the Word: Poetry Performance Grows in Popularity at Rindge By fers a great way to meet and create a Klara Ingersoll community of writers, as well as an Register Forum Correspondent outlet for people who might not feel comfortable speaking out in other Spoken word poetry is a situations.” powerful art form in the CRLS Expanding the realm of community, allowing individuals to spoken word poets at CRLS would spread awareness about issues they benefit the community, allowing care about. It empowers the poet, more of our voices to be heard. giving them a space to bring their CRLS senior Solomon Abrams had words to life. no knowledge of the poetry club Even Henry David Thoreau, here at CRLS but expressed great sitting in the woods by himself in interest in poetry, fondly recount- the 1850s, felt that words had pow- ing his favorite writers: “Stevens, er way beyond the page, writing, “A Whitman, Silverstein…” written word is the choicest of rel- Though he said he would ics...It may be translated into every not be joining the club here at language, and not only be read but CRLS, his appreciation for the art actually breathed from all human was evident. Indeed, students from lips...not be represented on canvas all walks of life are are also inter- or in marble only, but be carved out ested in the club. CRLS junior Sam of the breath of life itself.” Fulweiler says, “It sounds like an ill The spoken word movement time, I’d possibly be interested in was born in the South Side of Chi- joining the movement.” cago in the 1980s, growing out of Last year the team attended the Harlem Renaissance and Afri- the Mass Day of Poetry in Salem, can American and West-Indian tra- and participated in the statewide dition of dub poetry, sharing these spoken word poetry competition same roots with hip-hop.

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