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Courtesy of Sarah Sun Model FSA invites Congress Justice excels at Toko Serita to discuss human Columbia trafficking Conference

Claire Goldberg Hanna Hornfeld and Sean Lee Staff Writer Staff Writers

The team At yesterday’s Feminist Student showcased debate skills and political Association (FSA) meeting, Acting New knowledge at the Columbia Model BRAVE NEW WORLD NBC Weathercaster Dave Price hosts benefit auction. York State Supreme Court Justice Toko Serita Congress Conference last weekend, discussed reimagining the prosecution of earning honorable mentions for women arrested for sex work “Within my role members Owen Heidings (10), as a judge I have been incredibly lucky to be Malcolm Furman (10), and Co- HM Parents Association benefit able to really develop and fashion innovative President Adam Frommer (12). responses to many of the problems in the At the conference, all participants raises over one million dollars criminal justice system,” she said. chose to debate in either the Senate Serita presides over the internationally or the House. Within those divisions, Lauren Ho and Jade the general appeal, in which private performance and dinner, acclaimed Queens Human Trafficking members participated in individual Ciriello the HMPA asked attendees for and $17,500 for the barbeque at Intervention Court (QHTIC), where committees in which they proposed donations, and a live auction. Kelly’s house. lawyers and judges help arrested sex workers and debated bills on various political Staff Writers During the general appeal, which The HMPA benefit — mostly women, and often Asian and issues. raised $376,950, the school committee worried engagement undocumented — instead of treating them All students who attended were The Horace Mann Parents encouraged families to donate would decrease in a virtual as criminals. experienced debaters, which helped Association (HMPA) benefit, money towards the Annual environment, benefit Co-Chair During the meeting, FSA leaders asked the team excel in the conference, “A Brave New World,” raised Fund. In the auction, families bid Anne Hyun P’29 ’32 said. “We’re questions they had prepared for Serita after Frommer said. over $1 million, breaking on prizes. all burned out by so many watching Blowin’ Up, a documentary that The team also held weekly meetings records in terms of funds raised, Prizes included a Tiffany’s Zooms, [and nobody] wants dives into her work at QHTIC. Afterwards, prior to the conference to practice they opened the meeting to questions from different debate techniques, Frommer other attendees. said. In particular, the team practiced “We were pleasantly surprised by the outpouring of support, Serita spoke about the lack of change she how to weigh arguments and approach enabling us to surpass all previous benefits in total funds raised” has seen in political discussions surrounding reading other people’s bills. “We also sex trafficking over the course of her career. practiced the theatrical element of a -Benefit Co-chair Anne Hyun P’29 ’32 “The debates around trafficking and sex speech and the importance of acting work in the 80s and 90s have not changed at your way through it to prevent your underwriters secured, and event private salon tour and petals key to be in front of another Zoom all,” she said. “As a feminist, I wonder, ‘where chair and other delegates in the attendees. Approximately 1,600 pendant, a trip to Puerto Rico, a meeting on the camera.” are we that we can’t move this conversation committee from tuning out.” people attended the benefit over private performance by violinist This year, the ticket prices were forward?’ That causes me some amount of Heidings, who wrote a bill that Zoom last Friday and donated Gil Shaham P ‘21 ‘24 with a lowered to $200 to encourage concern and disappointment.” argued for subsidizing nuclear energy, through the general appeal and dinner by Chef James Eu, and participation from families Tomoko Hida (11) particularly won an honorable mention in the live auction for scholarships and a barbeque at Head of School across the school community. appreciated Serita’s discussion of Tuesday’s Energy and Natural Resources Senate financial aid. Dr. Tom Kelly’s house. All of Benefit Co-Chair Sonal Pande Atlanta spa shooting. “We were all able to committee. “I did a chemistry project The auction benefit was the auction items were quickly P’25 ’28 said. “Unlike previous understand how the hypersexualization of on nuclear energy earlier this year broadcasted live from NBC bid on, and the final prices years, we knew that we could not Asian women is racism as well, and how this about the pros and cons of nuclear Studios and hosted by NBC were $7,500 for the luxury trip count on rallying for support on is really harmful news to our community as Weathercaster Dave Price. The to Puerto Rico, $10,000 for the women and as Asian Americans,” she said. see Model Congress on pg. 3 see PA benefit on pg. 3 auction consisted of two parts: The shooting was “astoundingly tragic” for both women and the Asian-American community, Serita said. “One of the things it speaks to is how often the experiences Raymond Bernard shares his memories of the of Asians in American society have been rendered invisible. You don’t often hear about the discrimination or the microaggressions Algerian Revolution with French Seminar class that Asian women face.” Liliana Greyf The movie provided context for the event, ended.” Member of East Wind West Wind (EWWW) Hida invited Serita to speak to Staff Writer but Bernard’s experiences centered around a Although the movie and book were important different part of the narrative of this history, in understanding the facts of the Algerian war, FSA after meeting her at a gala in 2019. Hida Zhu said. A lot of the movie focused on the Pascale Zissu (12) was excited to hear a firsthand had always wanted to combine her work Raymond Bernard Zoomed into French perspective of the Algerian soldiers fighting for experience of the history. “We can learn about with FSA and EWWW by inviting women of teacher Caroline Dolan’s French Seminar class liberation, so the class was able to understand the emotions behind this [history], because I color to speak to students and was excited to to speak about his experience growing up this perspective before the meeting. “What we think sometimes that gets lost.” learn about Serita and her work. “This event during the Algerian Revolution, a war which didn’t get to see as much was the perspective of The visit added a more complex layer to the is really important to me because I’m both ultimately led to the nation’s independence from the Pied-Noirs who were often depicted in the understanding that students already had of this focused on the woman who is fighting for France. Bernard is a “Pied-Noir,” a term which movie as those with power,” Zhu said. historical event, Dolan wrote. “This speaker visit those vulnerable women and I’m concerned refers to a person of European origin who was hopefully allows students to add yet another with the vulnerable women struggling with born in Algeria during the period of French “That war has left a stain dimension to a complex historical moment and matters of sexual violence as well,” she said. colonization. the invaluable experience of exchanging with FSA Co-President Tess Abraham (12) During yesterday’s C-period discussion, the of racism in the country and someone who lived through the event.” hopes that students came away from the students took turns asking Bernard about his Zissu asked Bernard about his strongest meeting with a greater understanding childhood, his political beliefs, and his life in tension that still exists, even memories from the war. Bernard cannot of how Serita’s court supports women France today. The event took place entirely in remember the military aspects of the war involved with sex work. “There are a lot French. after everything has ended.” itself, but he remembers the police officers and of misconceptions about sex work as it is In an attempt to create a more welcoming -Rachel Zhu (12) protests that took place in the town where he considered a taboo subject,” she said. “Her space, Bernard asked that students refer to was growing up, he said. words were so impactful because she spoke him by his first name and address him using Although the event was held entirely in about people who go to the intervention tutoiement, the informal French tense, Dolan In addition to watching the movie, the class French, its purpose was not necessarily to aid court with honesty and compassion, without wrote in an email. “He says it makes things more also read a book titled “Kiffe Kiffe Demain,” students with the learning of the language, Zhu any judgement.” comfortable from the jump and he doesn’t care which is about a family of Algerian immigrants said. “We have been learning the language for so The meeting inspired Mekhala Mantravadi for the hierarchy imposed by vouvoiement.” living in France. “[The book] doesn’t really long — most of us have gone through the AP (11). “Open and important conversations Bernard’s visit was timely — the class has been focus specifically on the Algerian War, but you in French Sem — so this will be a really good like these create empathy and a sense of studying Algerian history for some time, Rachel can feel the racial tension that happens between chance to learn more about the culture.” urgency to learn more and become involved,” Zhu (12) said. To prepare for his visit, students survivors of the Algerian War — especially After the success of Thursday’s event, Bernard she said. “I was very inspired by Serita’s watched “La Bataille D’Alger,” or “The Battle French soldiers who were fighting in Algeria — agreed to join the class for another discussion on passion for a marginalized, misunderstood, of the Algiers,” a movie based on the Algerian and people of color in France,” Zhu said. “That Friday, Dolan wrote. and underrepresented population that rebels fighting against France in Algeria’s war for war has left a stain of racism in the country and ultimately deserves equal dignity, resources, independence. tension that still exists, even after everything has and respect.” 2 THE RECORD OPINIONS MARCH 19TH, 2021 Help your community: Why you should join a food pantry people waiting in food lines that needed food. neighborhood. diapers, and encouraged their went on for blocks just to be turned It felt very satisfying seeing While volunteering at the Fran friends to donate as well. Getting the down as a result of the lack of food the food I helped collect fill the Boylan pantry, I had noticed that food from my neighbors to the local shattered my heart. After I saw these empty shelves that would provide on food distribution days there were pantry took less than a week. upsetting stories, I researched how I for families in need. I also met a multiple requests for baby diapers. Horace Mann students are could support my community, and I lot of other nice people who were During our Thanksgiving drive, extremely fortunate in many ways, found the Fran Boylan Pantry, which also volunteering. It was spiritually when we gave out turkeys, many in part because we have access to needed volunteers. I worked at the rewarding and I learned how small families asked to trade them for food whenever we need it. We are pantry throughout the summer and organizations function. Along with diapers. in a position where we can give back into this year. My role at the pantry this sense of gratitude, I gained It was a fairly simple process. to the community that provides is to fill bags with food, unload communication skills, improved I started by printing out flyers so much for us. There are about deliveries, and distribute food 500 pantries within the City’s five to the families in need. The time Courtesy of Hannah Moss boroughs. There are new initiatives Hannah Moss commitment was flexible so I could such as Pop Up Refrigerators and fit it with my schedule. community fridges that provide free Food pantries serve as an essential Before my volunteer work, my food for families in need to take with resource for many families in and only experience with groceries was no questions asked. Moreover, food around City, and they shopping at the supermarket. While pantries are a great way to avoid provide numerous opportunities I am mindful of money, I know wasting unused food. According for volunteers. Throughout the that food and meals will always be to Feeding America, every year, pandemic, the United States not available to me. The thought of going donations to food pantries save only saw a rise in COVID-19 cases, hungry had never occured to me. On approximately 2.68 million tons of but also a dramatic increase in food food distribution days, I saw what safe, edible surplus food from being insecurity. When New York entered bags filled with food meant to people thrown out. its “New York on Pause” to stop who were not as lucky. In June, I was Organizing community food the virus’s spread, many businesses distributing bags, and one Spanish- drives is a simple yet extremely were forced to close. Many people speaking family needed certain effective way to make an impact who lost their jobs had difficulty foods for their children. The other on your community. I plan on feeding their families due to recent volunteers were unable to translate expanding these food drives to other unemployment. According to and get the family what they needed, neighborhoods around me to further Feeding America, 80% of food HELPING OUT Hannah Moss (10) packs food at pantry. so when I was able to step in and connect with the people in my town pantries are serving more people help; the immense gratitude that the and encourage others to participate now than they did a year ago, and family displayed truly warmed my my time management, learned how requesting spare food and diaper in donating. Many pantries often there has been about a 50% increase heart and felt extremely rewarding. to best pack and distribute bags, donations. I distributed the flyers have flexible schedules and many in demand for food pantry items in The way their faces lit up left me and expanded my understanding of and set a date for pickup, enlisting needs, so you can choose when and America. with a sense of gratitude that I was how food pantries work. It taught my parents to help collect the how you want to volunteer. A small In and around my hometown, able to help feed them. But the long me not only how to recognize which material. My neighbors responded amount of effort can lead to a big various food pantries needed line of cars opened my eyes to how foods are higher in demand, but with overwhelming support as they change. supplies. Seeing the newscasts of many people in my community still inspired me to organize a drive in my cleaned out their pantries, bought Springtime Crossword By Features Editor Henry Owens Across forward to tomorrow gods 1. What flowers do in 59. Uncle ___, American 25. Supporter of a spring personification marginalized group 6. Masculine “mama” 60. Mysterious 26. Not low 10. Burn, as in food 62. Evening coffee 31. Train system, as known 14. Exit (usually) as in some cities 15. Object 66. ___ of passage 32. Boxer Muhammad 16. Stringed instrument 67. Opposite of some 34. Photograph, informally 17. How many students 68. Largest ethnic group in 35. Anne of Green ___ feel middle east 36. Night before 18. Written materials 69. Honey makers 38. Set on fire 20. 80’s slang for “cool” 70. Dollar bills, informally 39. “Bought” counterpart 22. Treat from last Friday 71. Month beginning 40. Glowing sign 23. Jewish bread spring 41. Senior after June 16th, 27. Snake-like water for short creature Down 42. ACTs alternative 28. “Founded” shorthand 1. Popular sandwich 46. Can modify adjective 29. Depend on 2. Polynesian flower or verb 30. Silent performer necklace 47. Popular winter hat 32. Pages 6 & 7 of this 3. Row boat necessity 48. Stir up issue 4. Excessively 49. Positive component of 33. Web address 5. Gold, silver, or bronze 7 Down 34. Repeated part of book 6. Interrogative prompting 50. Image capturer 35. Hair styling product yes or no 52. Money machine 37. Why we lost an hour of 7. Smallest elemental 53. The ___ Man (Billy sleep last weekend particle Joel) 43. Solid water 8. Official order 55. ___ Vice President 44. Towel alternative 9. Entertain 57. Grows old 45. Time period 10. Bass or treble in sheet 58. Cat lives 46. Small amount, “Just music 61. Annual tech ___” 11. Animal killer convention 49. Survey 12. Certify, corroborate 63. Mode of transportation 50. Winter layer 13. Starts over 64. Alphabet beginning 51. Man cave 19. Symbol denoting 65. What do you call a fish 52. Car commercial 6.022×10^23 particles with no eyes? phrase, “0% ___” 21. Break 54. Assertive requests 23. “Gunk” alternative 56. What we’re all looking 24. Queen of the Greek

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Staff Artists Eliza Becker, Felix Brenner, Vivian Coraci, Riva Vig HORACE MANN NEWS & ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT MARCH 19TH, 2021 3 from Parent association benefit page 1 from Model Congress page 1 inflation. “It was a really great point and prepare both sides of the cases and give the benefit is in person,” Pande said. “Our strategy argument because I already knew a lot on after the debate I’m willing to concede that a a ten-minute speech at the beginning of was to focus on maximizing underwriting support in the subject,” he said. Heiding’s bill passed trade shock is possible,” he said. “I definitely the session, Turteltaub said. “It was really the run up to the event, giving us a strong head start with the narrow margin of six to four, he need to do more research on that.” interesting to hear the case in a modern towards our million dollar goal.” said. Frommer debated in the Energy and context, where today we are also going Nevertheless, the committee was nervous that While Heidings argued for the usage of Commerce Committee, in which he passed through another social reckoning,” she said. donations would be low as a result of low participation, nuclear energy when proposing his own a bill on Cap and Trade, which is a climate Turteltaub’s favorite part of the conference but they gained confidence throughout the night. “We bill, he had argued against nuclear energy plan that works to limit carbon emissions. “I was when the chair opened up the floor for were pleasantly surprised by the outpouring of support on another bill earlier on at the conference, took Global Environmental History (GEH), more free discussion, she said. “When you enabling us to surpass all previous benefits in total he said. “I really liked getting to play devil’s which really helped me a lot in terms of how get past the legalities of the case, we found funds raised,” Hyun said. advocate, because one minute I gave a con to frame arguments,” he said. “I think one that the case was really about why Sullivan Before this year’s benefit began, Kelly hosted a pre- speech vehemently against [nuclear energy], of the factors that helped me do well was brought the case to court: was it because he show mixology lesson with a mixologist. The benefit and the next minute I was pushing for it,” my ability to zoom out a little more and felt like those trivial errors were defaming also consisted of a pre-auction video that featured the he said. “It’s really good practice having to speak more philosophically about people’s him, or was he actually just a raging racist?” course of the school year so far, a message from the think about the other side to your opinions.” responsibility to nature, which is also Although the online-format prevented benefit Co-Chairs, a speech from Kelly, and the live Furman also won an honorable mention something I’ve learned from GEH.” travel, which Heidings finds tedious, it auction. While the benefit in past years has lasted four in his delegate, he said. Furman wrote and Instead of debating in a normal also created unanticipated difficulties to five hours, this year, the program was condensed to passed a bill on restricting airspace above committee, Alexa Turteltaub (10) debated during the tournament, he said. “When I fit within an hour and a half, Hyun said. private property. In particular, he focused on the Supreme Court, where she and her was giving my speech my WiFi cut up, so The video featured seniors answering Lower Division on protecting property from drones. partner acted as attorneys, she said. During I had to reconnect and get my bearings students’ questions, the Poetry Out Loud club reading In addition to focusing on questions the event, the court debated Sullivan v. New right,” he said. However, the online format “Ars Poetica” by Archibald Macleish, ensembles such of regulating drone usage, the debate York Times, a 1964 Supreme Court case in let him look online for facts to support his as Sinfonietta and chorus performing “Sinfonietta surrounding his bill centered around means which a segregationist police commissioner argument, which he cannot normally do No. 1 for Strings” by Coleridge-Taylor and Oiwi E of enforcing such regulation. sued for publishing a during a conference, he said. respectively, and teachers discussing their struggles and After proposing a bill that eliminated fund-raising advertisement for Dr. Martin Ultimately, the conference went smoothly, triumphs throughout the year. all tariffs and quotas, member Will Luther King Jr. The advertisement allegedly Frommer said. “With such experienced Additionally, to help make the benefit feel as “normal” Bramwell (10) realized that he should have contained false information, so the officer debaters, this conference felt less stressful as possible, the HMPA sent gala boxes to everyone who introduced a more moderate bill to the sued the newspaper for libel. and more fun,” he said. “We did a good job purchased a ticket. The gala boxes contained various Finance committee, he said. “I’ve always All members of the committee had to debating and refining our skills.” ingredients for the mixology lesson, snacks, and the been a believer in free trade and the ability school’s merchandise, Hyun said. of countries to cooperate with each other,” “The parent community is very grateful for all that Bramwell. “I realized, however, that it might Crossword Answers the school has done this year to enable the students to have been too radical. I think the idea of have a sense of normalcy, so the benefit was particularly completely reducing all regulation is slightly important this year because it was a way for us as scary for people.” parents to show our thanks to the school,” Pande said. To prepare for the debate, Bramwell Allison Lutnick P’14 ’16 ’19 ’24, one of the many created a Google Sheet with all of his parents who attended the benefit, was impressed by the arguments and potential counter- event. “The Benefit Committee and everyone involved arguments. He then researched rebuttals at [the school] did a wonderful job of adapting the for the counter-arguments. “I found it really event to the current circumstances,” she said. “It’s tricky useful because I was able to navigate straight to gather together such a large group online, but it was to my rebuttals when someone brought up a clear the HM community showed up like they always counter-argument,” he said. DECORUM! d o.” During the debate, however, Bramwell Although the event was virtual and parents could heard of a counter-argument about the not celebrate together in person, Jennifer Ocean P ’24 potential of a “free trade shock,” where ’30 enjoyed the program and the video production that the complete deregulation of the gave her a glimpse into everything the faculty and staff market results in job have done this year to ensure her children had the best loss and Rachel Zhu/Art Director in-school experience possible. “I enjoyed that there were opportunities for everyone to participate in the event, whether through the silent auction, through underwriting, through sponsoring a teacher, through volunteering on a benefit committee, through the live auction.” A CHORUS LINE: SINGERS RECORD THEIR PARTS

Purvi Jonnalagadda Actors performed their individual The individual recordings were Courtesy of AJ Walker Staff Writer recordings in the school’s recording set up like a small, socially distant studio, where they had the soundproof room, Epstein said. The Dance teacher and the show’s opportunity to sing without their video camera, boom microphone, director Denise DiRenzo and Theatre, masks on, Eden Plepler (12) said. plain black background, and Dance & Film Studies Department Plepler, who plays Maggie Winslow, performers were in the main room Chair Alison Kolinski have always had to record four songs and one while Epstein recorded audio and wanted to produce A Chorus Line scene of dialogue last Saturday, all of played music cues into the student’s together before leaving the school — which took two hours, she said. earbuds from the control room, he and this year, in the last production One benefit of pre-recording said. Meanwhile, the videographer before they both retire, they’re Plepler’s part was that she could was in an isolated booth controlling developing a pre-recorded version. perform multiple takes of her songs, the camera as DiRenzo fed lines and Because of COVID-19 restrictions, so she was able to feel confident with directions into the actor’s earbuds, performances will be pre-recorded, the final take, she said. “The studio Epstein said. stage manager Sarah Sun (12) said. Mikayla Benson (12) was worried The recordings are organized into Jackson Feigin/Photo Editor it would be challenging to get into two categories — individual and full character since there was no real thrill cast — which videographer Mike of an audience, she said. However, Flanagan will compile into one having five people there to help with performance, Sun said. Videos of the the recording made the performance full cast are taken in Gross Theatre, feel realistic. while everyone is masked, resembling The most enjoyable part of the traditional show with in-person individual recordings was seeing acting, Sun said. actors have the opportunity to finally After recording the audio, Music sing in person, Sun said. Teacher Douglas Epstein will send the Given COVID-19 protocols, final takes to Flanagan, who will sync students cannot sing together during the voices and music with the video rehearsals; instead, they either hum before Epstein compresses and re- along to the music or do not sing at balances the audio one final time, he TAKE 1 Sophia Liu (9) mics up. all, Oscar Shah (9) said. To practice singing together, the cast met over IN THE STUDIO Janet Christian (12) records her song “Nothing.” “The process has been fascinating though, Zoom. Cast members have had difficulties Epstein said. Moreover, while under has been involved in, she said. “The because I am forced to view the show through a in managing the recordings, Sun said. other circumstances cues would be process has been fascinating though, completely different lens, literally and figuratively.” “Individual recordings are difficult communicated through a head nod, because I am forced to view the show because the sheer number of them this year, they needed to be conveyed through a completely different lens, -Denise DiRenzo means each person never gets the through headphones, he said. literally and figuratively,” she said. time they truly deserve and we’re Still, Plepler thinks that the crew “I’m personally thrilled to see this said. “This is how movies are made,” added a new layer of excitement and always rushing to finish as much as made the best of the circumstances come out because we’ve put in a lot he said. “One shot at a time. Magic professionalism that made the whole we can during a session,” she said. and that Zoom rehearsals were as of work trying to design a completely happens in post-production. It’s process exciting,” she said. Because COVID-19 precautions engaging and productive as possible, new format of theater, and hopefully going to be a really interesting process At the same time, it is difficult for were the main priority, earbuds she said. it will feel a lot more refreshing than as the team works its way through all actors to engage in dialogue with a used in the recording studio needed The whole process was unlike that traditional Zoom productions,” Sun the performances.” recording of someone else, Sun said. to be disinfected after each use, of any other production that DiRenzo said. 4 THE RECORD FEATURES MARCH 19TH, 2021 Institutional Hooks Exploring the college process

Hanna Hornfeld and Katya Roughly 40 percent of private institutions Tolunsky across the country consider legacy in their Did you apply Staff Writers admissions processes, according to a 2019 article published in “The Atlantic”. At the most selective institutions in the United States, to a school around 10 to 15 percent of students have a where Institutional hooks — including legacy, parent who also attended, according to the donations, and having parents who work as same article. you have faculty or serve on the board of a collegiate The percentage of legacy students at top Yes institution — have long played a role in the schools has decreased over the last few decades, a hook? college process. Speculations about the weight but admissions rates at those institutions of these connections and debates over their have dropped faster, Daniel Golden, author 46% ethics often dominate conversations at the of “The Price of Admission: How America’s No school about college admissions. Ruling Class Buys its Way into Elite Colleges— Executive Director of College Counseling and Who Gets Left Outside the Gates,” told Based on 68 Canh Oxelson said these conversations among the “New Yorker”. “If you take a typical Ivy responses from 54% students are mostly unproductive. Because League school, maybe 20 or 30 years ago, they students have limited information on the seniors in an might admit two-thirds of legacy applicants. anonymous poll. nuance and context of ways institutional hooks Now they might admit one-third of legacy play out in the college admissions process, they applicants. But, at the same time, their overall often cannot have reasonable and thoughtful acceptance rate has probably gone down from conversations about college connections, he between 20 and 25 percent to between 5 and said. “It plays out in a much more layered and 10 percent. So, proportionally, being a legacy is relies on that endowment will nuanced way than students think.” even more of an advantage,” Golden said. certainly benefit other people in the Of 62 seniors who responded to an Dartmouth views legacy as one of many long run,” he said. “It’s just hard to criticize anonymous survey for The Record, 27, or factors in an application, Dean of Admissions schools for wanting to take advantage of that.” accelerated our work of recruiting and nearly half, applied early decision or early and Financial Aid Lee Coffin said in an article However, Abigail Morse (12), who applied matriculating students from all walks of life action to a school at which they had legacy. published in the college’s student newspaper, to a school where she has legacy and where who demonstrate the academic rigor and Often, when students know only that a peer “The Dartmouth.” Coffin also said the school her family has donated, said donations should talent we expect of all Hopkins students,” has a connection, they assume that connection has maintained the same policy on legacy not matter to admissions offices. “I understand Johns Hopkins Vice Provost of Admissions it’s a nice thing to do, but it does seem a lot and Financial Aid David Phillips said in like buying your way into college,” she said. “The Dartmouth.” Giving an advantage to “Alumni will still be donating if they do it out students with legacy connections hindered “I have told kids applying to Caltech, ‘I know you’re of gratitude, pride in the school, and a desire to Johns Hopkins from admitting more qualified make their home-base a better place. Colleges applicants of a lower socioeconomic class, he legacy there, but they don’t care,’ but they still do shouldn’t worry about losing donations. They said. should instead focus on having a student body Giving preference to students with hooks it because they think it gives them an advantage. which is highly devoted to the school itself.” has impacted Harvard’s racial diversity, By not giving legacy preferences, MIT is according to a 2019 study published by the It’s heartbreaking as a college counselor because I able to focus on admitting as strong a student National Bureau of Economic Research titled understand the logic behind that. We are conditioned body as possible, Assistant Director at MIT “Legacy and athlete preferences at Harvard.” Admissions Christ Peterson wrote in a 2012 That year, 43 percent of white students at to believe that connections help a lot and provide blog post on the MIT admissions website. Harvard, but only 16 percent of students of Some college admissions officers, including color, had hooks including legacy, parents as some level of predictability.” Peterson, do not support legacy admissions. faculty and staff, parents as major donors, or -Canh Oxelson According to a 2018 survey conducted by athletic recruitment. The study concluded that “ Inside Higher Ed, only 32 percent of private if the school stopped taking those hooks into admissions directors supported taking an consideration, its admission of white students applicant’s legacy status into consideration, would decrease. admission over the past ten years. According although 42 percent of private institutions do Jacob Schorsch (12) finds it problematic played a major role in that student’s acceptance, to the same article, legacy applicants in 2011 so. that hooks play a role in college admissions, he Oxelson said. However, most candidates would received “at least one additional review in this Peterson would not work for an institution if said. “If I was an admissions officer and knew have been admitted, deferred, or denied process” and had over two times the overall it gave preferences to legacy students, he wrote. regardless of whether they had a connection. admissions rate. “I am not interested in simply reproducing a “The bottom line is, the university isn’t going An op-ed written by “The New York Times” multigenerational lineage of educated to say yes to a student, regardless of the editorial board calling for the end of legacy elite,” he wrote. “And if anyone in our preferences suggested that the government office ever advocated for a mediocre mandate colleges to publicly share statistics applicant on the basis of their ‘excellent on their students’ legacy status, test scores, pedigree’ they would be kicked out of and class. Although Harvard was forced to the committee room.” become more transparent when it was sued Some schools, including MIT, for allegedly discriminating against Asian have never considered legacy status applicants, many schools do not currently in admissions. Others, such as Texas disclose this data. A&M University, Johns Hopkins, The importance of donations to an and the University of Georgia admissions decision depends on the college have transitioned away from and the amount of money given, Oxelson said. giving legacy preferences over the While some colleges rely on alumni to bolster past 20 years. More institutions their endowment or their financial aid budget, and lawmakers moved to reform others do not. Although many families donate admissions policies after the to universities, it usually is not enough money college admissions scandal in to impact the admissions office’s decision, he 2019. said. In 2009, 12.5 For example, giving to a school such percent of the freshman as Harvard, which has a $41.9 billion class at Johns Hopkins endowment, is not nearly as influential as were legacy students, giving the same amount of money to a smaller compared to nine university, he said. “Your $250,000 would go percent who qualified Courtesy of Henry Owens further at my alma mater, the University of San for Pell Grants, which Francisco, which has an endowment of $900 are need-based federal COMMON APP Many colleges include similar million, than at Harvard.” grants for low-income questions about family connections. In a perfect world, colleges would not students. Now, six years take connections into account, but Oxelson after Johns Hopkins development, legacy, or athletic tag, unless understands why hooks are factors, he said. started phasing out they feel the student is prepared academically,” “Colleges and universities often act like private legacy admissions, he said. businesses,” he said. “In general, colleges are 3.5 percent of the Legacy can still have an impact on a trying to educate students and create new incoming class has student’s acceptance, although the level of knowledge. But those goals are expensive, so a legacy connection impact varies depending on the institution. like any business they need to maximize and and 19.1 percent Some schools, such as Dartmouth, have given diversify their revenue streams.” qualifies for Pell legacy preferences since the 1920s; others, such Eli Scher (12), who applied to a school Grants. as Caltech and MIT, have never allowed legacy where he has legacy, understands why “Ending the to affect their admissions decisions, according donations would play a role in admissions. practice of legacy to a CNBC article published in 2019. “Securing more funds for a school that really admissions has HORACE MANN FEATURES MARCH 19TH, 2021 5 How legacy, donations, and family affect college admissions Lauren Kim/Art Director that I was robbing a kid with potential — but connections. “Your parents’ success or tenure maybe not the resources or connections — at a school has very little to do with who you of a spot for someone who would financially are or what your personality is,” Melián said. benefit the school, I would not be able to sleep A legacy connection does not give colleges at night.” any information about an applicant, as In a July 2018 interview with NPR, Harvard students do not have control over where their president Lawrence Bacow said that a large parents went to school, Aaron Shuchman (12) number of legacy applicants stand out as strong said. “I’m surprised that colleges still consider candidates in general. “Their applications tend it, because ultimately it’s not an indicator of to be well put-together,” he said. “They have anything about the student,” he said. “The deep knowledge of the institution. So it’s a self- parents aren’t applying to college.” selected pool, which, as a group, by almost any For Morse, legacy creates a feeling of metric, looks very, very good relative to the unified pride and shared memories between broader applicant pool.” parents and their children, so it should be Even if admissions committees did not factored into a student’s application, she said. consider institutional hooks, legacy applicants “If the parent thinks the child will love the would still have an advantage, Ana Maria school, then the child applying as a legacy will Student opinions on hooks: probably be choosing that school because they Based on 68 responses from seniors in an anonymous poll. know they will be a good fit. Legacies, if they “If I was an admissions decide to apply to their parents’ college, are officer and knew that I more likely to have a great time there.” Jolie Nelsen (12), who does not have a was robbing a kid with connection to the school she applied to for early decision, said institutional hooks should potential — but maybe not play any role in college admissions. “I don’t think it’s wrong at all to want to go to a school not the resources or that your family went to as part of traditions, but I also don’t think that’s necessarily grounds connections — of a spot for acceptance,” she said. Although Schorsch recognizes that for someone who would many students at the school benefit from financially benefit the institutional hooks, he thinks the main issue “ is not students capitalizing on the system, school, I would not be but rather the system itself that promotes the economic aspects of colleges, he said. able to sleep at night.” Some schools consider legacy preferences as a way to boost alumni donations. A 2018 -Jacob Schorsch report from the Harvard Committee to Study Race-Neutral Alternatives stated that Melián (12) said. “It inevitably has an impact eliminating legacy considerations would lower on college acceptance because having well- alumni’s willingness to donate to the school. educated parents affects what kind of high However, a separate study by Tara O’Neill school education you can get, what your and Chad Coffman published in a book titled financial situation is, what kind of academic “Affirmative Action for the Rich” found that and extracurricular opportunities you have legacy preferences and alumni donations are had,” she said. not as closely connected after statistically Because legacy students already have adjusting for wealth. According to this study, privileges, Melián does not believe colleges colleges admit more of their wealthier legacy should place a stronger emphasis on students whose families tend to donate more because they have the money to do so — not because of legacy preferences. Beyond encouraging alumni to donate, Scher believes that legacy admissions help families maintain relationships with schools. “If an alumnus has a good relationship with the school and feels very positively about it, then maybe in the future they’ll go on to be very involved with the community,” he said. Ultimately, students seem to exaggerate the importance of institutional hooks in the college admissions process, Oxelson said. Although a significant connection could be a factor taken into consideration, they rarely play as big a role as students generally believe they do, he may wonder if legacy applicants were selected people saying, ‘You only got in somewhere said. As such, he is sometimes frustrated when over them, and people who are accepted may because your parent went there,’” he said. “It’s he hears students talk about whether hooks worry that they were not chosen based on their still a big accomplishment, and you should try played a role in their peers’ admission. own merit,” she said. to be happy for them instead of bitter about Oxelson has often found that students will Students often tend to use hooks to justify whatever the reason you think it is.” choose not to apply to schools that would why students got into colleges in order to make Oxelson hopes to reduce misconceptions be better suited for them because they themselves feel better about their own results around hooks by having open conversations have connections at other schools. “I in the process, Senior Associate Director of about the subject in smaller groups with have told kids applying to Caltech, College Counseling Chris Farmer said. “No students rather than lecturing in a Zoom call ‘I know you’re legacy there, but matter how resilient you are, if your plan A with 180 students during College Counseling they don’t care,’ but they still do doesn’t work out perfectly, it stings,” Farmer workshops. “You’re probably never going to it because they think it gives said. “It is normal human behavior to try to understand it perfectly, and that’s partially them an advantage,” he said. find a reason for that sting, but the person who because you’re not in the room when these “It’s heartbreaking as a is a legacy should not feel guilty about that.” decisions are being made by colleges,” he said. college counselor because When students are told they were No matter what, the college process is not I understand the logic admitted to certain schools because of their fair to everybody, Oxelson said. “You’re not all behind that. We are connections, they are experiencing a form in the same kind of high school, you’re not all conditioned to believe of verbal harassment, Oxelson said. “It is using the same curriculum, you don’t all have that connections help totally invalidating whatever hard work access to the same kinds of opportunities,” he a lot and provide the student did, which may or may not be said. some level of known to that student’s peers,” he said. “That “The next time that an admissions officer predictability.” is heartbreaking because some [students] are talks about the process being ‘fair’ will be the Melián said doing phenomenal stuff. To have all of that first time. Applications get a fair evaluation, the rhetoric reduced because it’s known that a student has but college counselors and admissions officers surrounding some kind of connection to a college is unfair don’t describe the process of applying to institutional hooks and offensive.” college as ‘fair.’” at the school is Shuchman has heard other people harmful to both speculating about how legacy may have students who influenced students’ college acceptances. do and do not Although his friends do not speculate in this Look out for part two of our college have connections. way, Shuchman did not tell them that he had series, which explores affirmative Rachel Zhu/Art Director “Those who are a legacy connection at the college he will action, after spring break. rejected from schools attend. “It would be damaging to me if I saw 6 HORACE MANN ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT MARCH 19TH, 2021 Music ensembles to perform in virtual spring concert Emily Salzhauer and Alex Lautin (11) said. “The take of Au Privave that we one, Freidus said. The final version was one find the filming process too difficult, but she Staff Writers recorded as a group was one of the best we’ve of the later takes, when the ensemble was took her time to ensure that the recording she ever played.” completely warmed-up, she said. submitted was the best one, she said. In a 300-person video performance of While the majority of the band was able H Period Steel drums rehearsed their song Both Glee Club and Orchestra recorded their “Beautiful City,” choir performers’ virtual to occupy the same room for the recording, for three months and recorded it in class, individual parts with backing tracks. Members boxes stack themselves to form a virtual city Abigail Morse (12) had to play her saxophone Allison Markman (10) said. Remote learners of the Glee Club recorded on computers or skyline — and clouds of orchestra members in a separate room because she was unmasked, played their parts on iPads, which made it iPads while listening to Khosrowpour and float by on screen above. As the song hits its and her recording was subsequently added easier to perform because the group could music teacher Carmen Keels sing their voice climax, the performers are washed with colors, electronically, Rosenblatt said. hear each other as they played. Their song has parts with headphones, Ho said. Meanwhile, and the city skyline fades into a rainbow. the Orchestra recorded to the counting of All of the MD and UD choirs and orchestras Courtesy of the UD Assembly Khosrowpour, a piano track, and an electronic performed “Beautiful City,” written by Stephen instrument part, Finster said. Schwartz from the musical Godspell. Head It was difficult to record the Orchestra pieces of School Dr. Tom Kelly will release the alone, Yang said. “It was more challenging performance, as well as videos from Jazz Band, because, if you make errors when you’re in a and Steel Drums, to the community. group, other people will be there to more or less The orchestras and choruses do not mask them, but you can’t have that when you’re perform together every concert, which makes recording alone,” he said. The syncopation — performances like this more special, Lowell or lining up with the beat and the recorded Finster (12), who plays bass in Orchestra, said. track — was difficult because the members of The original lyrics to “Beautiful City” were the Orchestra had to listen carefully and be rewritten after the 1992 Los Angeles Riots, cognizant of the intonation, he said. Steve Yang (10), who plays cello, said. Members of Sinfonietta had to record their Orchestra conductor Nathan Hetherington performance of “Sinfonietta No.1 for Strings” spent a class period reviewing the lyrics with by Coleridge-Taylor virtually, Alex Oh (12) the ensemble, Finster said. During the class, said. The piece was different from the normal Hetherington emphasized certain parts of style that the ensemble plays because of the the music that corresponded with important rhythms and the way the parts came together, lyrics, he said. Oh said. BUILDING A BEAUTIFUL CITY HM Orchestras perform the intro to Beautiful City. N-12 Music Director Timothy Ho chose Similarly, it was hard for Ho to conduct his this piece because of its hopeful message, The three steel drums classes each played an upbeat message and strong melody, which choir virtually, so the students made notes in Music Department and Glee Club teacher separate songs: D period played “Cherry Oh made it fun to play on the drums, she said. their sheet music of what he would have said Dr. Amir Khosrowpour said. “It is uplifting, Baby” by Eric Donaldson, F period played Unlike the steel drums classes and Jazz Band, had they been performing live, he said. it is beautiful, and hopefully it helps us for a “Africa” by Toto, and H period played “Havana” the Glee Club and Orchestras were unable to Music has been an escape for many in the moment remember all the beauty around us.” by Camila Cabello. record their performances in-person due to school’s community, including Khosrowpour, “This song is especially relevant and hopeful The D period Steel Drums class had been COVID-19 restrictions, Laine Goldmacher (9), he said. “Music gives us a chance to reflect on as we begin to recover from COVID,” Zach rehearsing their song for over a month, Sabrina a member of Glee Club, said. “It was slightly what is going on in our lives or what has gone Goodman (10) said. “The main message of the Freidus (12) said. “It’s pretty upbeat and has a more difficult to perform alone,” she said. “It is on in the past,” Khosrowpour said. “I hope that song is about rebuilding after destruction, so lot of melodies that were fun to listen to,” she easier to blend your voice and work with others the HM community experiences something it’s very meaningful now as we try to rebuild said. “There are cool parts where all of the to create a more cohesive performance.” similar, whether it be exhilaration from a Steel NYC.” instruments come together to play the same Still, Goldmacher said it was easier to focus Band video, or pastoral beauty from the choral The Jazz Band played two pieces: “Au rhythm with different notes.” on her part in a recording because other people video.” Privave” by Charlie Parker and “Footprints” Khosrowpour filmed multiple takes of the were not singing the rest of the parts, which by Wayne Shorter, drummer Alex Rosenblatt class performing so they could pick the best could have confused her. Goldmacher did not Lauren Kim/Art Director “Complaints the Musical”: Courtesy of Henry Owens HM students lament first-world struggles Emma Colacino October and sent out multiple grade- performance, and was paired with Staff Writer wide emails gathering complaints, he actors Athena Spencer (10) and Bailey said. “Whenever we were publicizing Hecht (10). “We just kind of went Combining complaints of another event, we included the link to through, one-on-one, their lyrics, homework, stress, love lives, and the the complaint survey at the end of the the vision for what we thought the pandemic with classic music theater email, slowly gathering complaints,” scenes would look like, what each line songs, the Horace Mann Theater he said. “And then by December, we would look like, how they could film Company (HMTC) presented had over 100 of them.” it at home alone.” Filming the scene COUNTRY ROADS Complaints the Musical yesterday. After receiving all the complaints, was a quick process that consisted of Jacob Shaw (11) performs in the show. The musical consists of 55 different Owens began incorporating them Pustilnik calling the actors discussing into popular musical theater songs what scenes they were able to create Complaints the Musical, specifically fun.” complaints turned into monologues, on iterations of the Shakespeare Work-related complaints included song performances, and a final group such as Tomorrow from Annie and from home, she said. Supercalafragalistic from Mary In Complaints the Musical, one Video Project. “This was a nice quid that “Classroom is way worse than choral performance of a rendition of pro quo, [Owens] directing me Haiku,” “All of my clubs meet at the Broadway hit “Seasons of Love.” Poppins, while performer Jacob Shaw director and one actor collaborate on (11) wrote an original song using the one scene, as opposed to a traditional instead of the opposite.” the same time,” “I hate firstclass,” Co-President of the HMTC Henry Like Pustilnik, Abigail Morse (12) “This paper is due tomorrow and I Owens (12) has been a fan of the complaints Owens sent him. After show where a director gives Owens and Shaw finished creating the instructions to an entire group, Hecht also directed a scene. “We were kind have been awake for 30 hours,” and complaints choir performances ever of pressed for time and so we filmed “Teachers tell you to take time for since he first saw them in elementary song parodies, the HMTC sent out a said. “The actor and director work sign up form to get other members as a team to come up with what they it during two break periods, and there your mental health and then assign school, and he always thought it was a lot of improvisation where we three hours of reading.” would be interesting to be a part of involved, Owens said. want to do for the scene, so there was When working on the production, a lot more control of how I wanted did it in one take,” she said. “It was just Other complaints included that one, he said. “[The show] combines really hilarious to watch people walk “My crush friend zoned me,” “All my love of complaints choirs, doing HMTC members could act, direct, my scene to be performed.” or edit different sections of the Administrative Assistant to the by as I gave them some instructions.” my friends live five hours away,” and small theater events, and making Willa Davis’s (10) favorite part of “Middle schoolers are too loud in the parody music videos,” he said. performance, Dalia Pustilnik Grade Deans Ennis Smith had worked (11) said. Pustilnik directed the with Owens several times before the musical production was watching morning on my school bus.” Owens began planning the event in other performers on the roof during Davis enjoyed the new format of the Fiddler on the Roof section that the Complaints Choir as a musical Courtesy of Henry Owens took place on top of the Lutnick Hall because it gave individuals an roof, she said. opportunity to showcase their talents Whereas past Complaints Choir and have their own parts rather than performances grouped all the just the group song, she said. complaints together, the complaints Being a part of the production was musical separated the complaints into some of the most fun Smith has had different sections such as complaints all year, he said. “Between juggling my about homework, stress, and love life, duties as both film studies instructor Pustilnik said. “The majority of them and administrative assistant this probably had to do with school,” she year, working on Complaints was a said. “Some of them are about the welcome break.” struggles of working online, and some The wide variety of musical of them are just about workload.” performances made Complaints the Pustilnik’s favorite complaint was Musical especially interesting, Owens about liking someone who doesn’t said. “You have so many different have the same feelings, she said. “That styles of music, you have so many obviously has nothing to do with different stories being told in each school, but they were definitely all different song, and you have different relatable,” she said. “Like in the spirit directors and different actors, each of the original complaints choir, it’s bringing their own sort of style and just supposed to be a fun way to make their own flair to the show,” he said. PHANTOM OF GROSS THEATRE Smith belts an aria to vaccines, masks, and silent lunches. grievances that everyone experiences THE RECORD MIDDLE DIVISION MARCH 19TH, 2021 7 From beginners to winners: MD Debate Team takes second place

Yin Fei and Jayden Siegel event, the debaters engaged in one month of intense preparation, “I personally had a lot of trouble finding arguments for the pro Staff and Contributing Writers during which they carefully conducted research, generated crossfire side, just because there seem to be a lot of negative impacts,” she said. questions, and formed rebuttals to potential counter arguments. To resolve this issue, Mehrotra said she spoke to other debaters The Middle Division (MD) Debate team won second place in the The team members prepare mostly independently, Carson Eisner who each found one or two contentions. “In the end, we were able to Cities Tournament out of 40 teams this past weekend. After debating (8) said. Outside of the 45 minute to hour-long sessions led by Upper find ways to incorporate each others’ research.” the pros and cons of U.S. sanctions against China, each member of Division (UD) students, the students conducted the bulk of the Another unexpected difficulty with this topic specifically was its the team placed in either the novice or intermediate division at the writing and research at home. racial underscore, given the current climate with anti-Asian hate competition. Eisner and his partner, Gillian Ho (8), spoke on the phone every crimes and violence, Eckels said. In the novice division, seven students won gold awards, three Saturday leading up to the tournament to work on a case that would “A large number of our middle school debaters are Asian, and students won silver, and two students won bronze. In the intermediate ensure victory, he said. with the announcement of the topic for city and state, there was a lot division, two debaters won gold and four won silver. “This was probably the most prepared Gillian and I have actually of potential there for things to go a little awry,” he said. Emily Wang (8) said she been,” Eisner said. “We had written out a complete summary, However, as far as Eckels is aware, no conflicts ensued, he said. and her partner received numerous crossfire questions, and a ton of blocks.” “We did make sure to tell [the debaters] to let their judges know gold because of the Blocks are premade sources and arguments that debaters use to and us, as their coaches, know if something said seemed more like amount of speaker respond to the rebuttal of the opposing team. Eisner and Ho ended a stereotype, especially if it was targeted at them or attacking their points they gained. the tournament with a winning record. identity.” Most of the debaters In school, the students’ preparation involved collaborating with Granmayeh was ecstatic at hearing the results of the tournament, also had winning other members of the team by reviewing their arguments and she said. records, which engaging in practice rounds, during which they debated against each “I know how much time they put in, how much energy and how meant that they other, faculty adviser John Eckels said. much research they do so I was not surprised with their results,” won two out of “We worked on practicing our speeches by saying them out loud Granmayeh said. “I was super proud, especially because this is a three rounds, and giving each other comments,” Nikki Pande (8) said. “We also difficult tournament where they are competing against other really Wang said. shared our documents so if one of us had really good pieces of qualified students.” Prior to evidence then we could take a look.” Throughout the tournament, Wang reflected on her improvement t h e In addition to individual and group work, students received and the improvement of her fellow novice teammates who only instruction from Upper Division (UD) debate students who held started debating this year. working sessions every Wednesday. During these meetings, the high “I think I speak on behalf of most of the newcomers when we say, schoolers advised the MD students on building their cases, both in before we couldn’t we could barely do a speech properly, but now we terms of content and structure, Eckels said. can we can we can improvise pretty well and we can we can appear The UD debaters spent their Wednesday meetings teaching the confident to the audience,” Wang said. MD debaters how to improvise and analyze situations as they One highlight for Eckels was realizing that the students were appear in rounds, said Co-Director of MD Debate Leyli focusing on why they received the results they did, he said. Granmayeh (12). “We’ve been working with the middle school debaters all year “We mostly try to emphasize and teach them how to trying to focus on not just seeing the placement, but also the think on their feet and come up with arguments and feel feedback,” Eckels said. comfortable with speaking without necessarily having a Currently, the middle schoolers are looking forward to the State source that says exactly what they’re saying,” Granmayeh said. Championships next month and are working hard to prepare for the With pre-written responses and rebuttals, the debaters two-day conference. did not have to improvise against some of the more unique “The next tournament is going to be an even bigger deal,” Eisner arguments that opponents had, Pande said. said. “This time, as a school, we got second place, but hopefully in the However, students experienced their fair share of challenges next tournament we can win first place.”

Rachel Zhu/Art Director while preparing, Naina Mehrotra (8) said. Art gallery showcases MD talent

Vidhatrie Keetha across three square canvases. students who were remote what the gallery is meant to be seen,” Lombardo said. “If you Staff Wrter Of the two pieces he contributed to generally looks like,” Lombardo said. feel comfortable putting it on the wall and the gallery, Lipsey was most proud of the Remote students were able to contribute to letting people see it, that’s the best way to let Upon entering the Fisher Hall gallery, marbleized canvases, he said. “I think it is sort the gallery, Logan said. Because the process the work shine.” a viewer observes vibrant paintings and of nice to have that piece of work in there,” he of adding a matte finish to the images takes drawings of city and desert skylines at dusk said. “It is not like I’m proud, but it is a nice time, some of the work will have to be lining the left wall. As a viewer gazes around, feeling,” he said. displayed around the studios after the gallery film reels showcasing silhouettes of pens, Isabella Bartoletti’s (6) class focused on has ended, Logan said. glasses, leaves, and hands catch their eye. In making sculptures of their spirit animals. The While transitioning to online school meant the center of piece Bartoletti contributed to the show was that many ceramics students couldn’t glaze John Mauro/Design Editor the room sit a sculpture of a dog whose head could open or paint their work, the unglazed sculptures unglazed in order to store small items inside, she said. ended up adding a sense of uniformity to the ceramic “This sculpture was inspired by my mini gallery, Lombardo said. “They are all just raw sculptures goldendoodle, who recently caught a disease fireclay, which I think is actually a really nice of animal that gave her difficulties to walk,” she said. look,” she said. “It’s a result of how we change heads on “Though she isn’t my spirit animal, I wanted things for the pandemic.” levelled to have a piece of artwork that reminded me Lipsey said that online school in general white of her.” made it difficult to make artwork. “The vibe Tea Lazri (6), who also had to make a of the classroom [was] just never there during sculpture of her spirit animal, made a online [school], so it is a totally different storage container created in the shape experience,” he said. of a silver fox’s head, she said. “I was Overall, the transition to online instruction inspired by for a part of the year made this year’s art s t a n d s the fluffiness gallery especially meaningful, Logan said. throughout the room. of the fox, and “We’ve told all of our students that we’re all The sculpture also the color going through a historic time, and even if display outside of its eyes, we just matte a photograph of what you sent, of Pforzheimer which I had that’s great,” he said. “We all know we’re going Hall consists a hard time through the pandemic, but life has to go on, of painted leaf representing and we have to show that we’re going to move collages hung on while painting ahead creatively and positively.” the walls. Students in Bartoletti said that she was thrilled to art teacher Ron Logan’s have her art displayed in the art show first trimester Visual Arts classes created the because of how hard she worked on collages by collecting leaves, drying, gluing, the sculpture. “Even though and painting them, Logan said. it wasn’t finished, I hope “[Leaves] are very physical, they’re very people still enjoyed simple, they’re tiny, they’re not imposing, but looking at the almost they’re kind of pretty to look at and have a it,” she said. finished product,” she nice kind of rhythm to them,” Logan said. Studio manager said. Although the collages were originally Lombardo said that she The gallery displayed around the studio, Logan thought arranged the pieces in the gallery and that is also important for relocating a few of them to Pforzheimer she was involved in planning out the gallery. showing students would encourage people to visit the gallery in Teachers pulled out their students’ work t h a t artwork is Fisher Hall, he said. from the first and second trimesters to be valuable and should be Timothy Lipsey (6) contributed marbleized displayed, she said. treated w i t h canvases and a sketch of a yacht sailing A website created last March for the respect, through the horizon to the show. To make the purpose of continuing to showcase students’ Lombardo Jackson Feigin/Photo Director marbleized canvases, he mixed three different artwork during the pandemic also features s a i d . LIFE IMITATES ART colors of paint together and let the paint drip photos of the art show. “We wanted to show “Visual art It’s ruff . Record Sports

LMARCH 19TH,ions 2021 ’ Den 8 “Developing excellence, inspiring success”: Who do you think will win the Women’s Coach Chadwick leads rugby team NCAA tournament? Jiya Chatterjee “He has a lot of love for the game, which carries over Staff Writer to us as players and gives motivation and a positive attitude going into every practice,” Josephine Mignone In February of 2020, Coach Ryszard Chadwick (9) said. Other (22.2%) looked forward to starting a new job with the school’s Along with holding many other rugby-related relatively new rugby team, he said. However, within one positions, Chadwick is the Junior National Team and month, the school had switched to remote learning. Female Pathway Coach for the official U.S. governing Nonetheless, according to Director of Athletics, Health body for rugby, USA Rugby, where one of his roles and Physical Education Robert Annunziata, the new is helping develop female athletes who hope to have Michigan (4.9%) UConn (45.7%) coach began to make an immediate impact on the future careers in rugby. Thus, Chadwick was especially school’s rugby program. excited to work with an all girls rugby team. “This game “Since his arrival, Coach Chadwick has created an is as much for women as it is for men,” he said. “It gives environment that connects with the student athlete UCLA (7.4%) women a platform to be strong and [teaches them] on a level that supports their growth in learning and how to lead without judgment from outside influences. enjoying the sport of rugby,” Annunziata said. I have coached a number of women’s teams and it’s Chadwick has been an active rugby player since the age of six. “The thing I love most about rugby is how it’s amazing what they are achieving.” South Carolina (7.4%) an all inclusive, equal opportunity sport,” he said. “For Despite the challenges that COVID-19 poses for this Stanford (12.3%) me, it’s also the most effective sport to teach life skills year’s season, Chadwick still has several clear objectives and values.” in mind. He hopes to encourage more students to try When describing his coaching style, Chadwick rugby, as the sport not only has physical benefits, but provided the following phrase: “developing excellence, is also an extremely enjoyable extracurricular once Who do you think will win the Men’s NCAA inspiring success.” He believes the best rugby teams athletes master the rules of the game. Chadwick also basketball tournament? show comradery, confidence, and effort, and he hopes wants the team to focus more on conditioning as well these ideals translate into values that his players will as the details of the sport. He compared rugby to a carry with them into their day-to-day lives. “The form of art and believes it requires the same level of most important part of coaching to me is building a fastidiousness as any creation of art. relationship of trust and feeling safe and comfortable “I have high hopes for the portion of the season we with the players,” Chadwick said. will be spending online,” Bondor said. “It’s difficult Chadwick has been coaching for many years. He to imagine playing rugby in a virtual sphere, but, Other (32.6%) Michigan (9.3%) began his coaching career at the age of 14 and has somehow, Coach Chadwick found a way [last year]. I worked across the world, coaching rugby players as well have an intricate understanding of the game — I could as supervising and assisting other coaches. Baylor (18.6%) talk to you for an hour about the principles of play, both “Coach Chadwick is the quintessential factor of the from offensive and defensive perspectives, because of team’s cheerful and energetic dynamic,” Jhanae Ottey how he taught us.” Gonzaga (29.1%) (11) said. “I am looking forward to learning how this Despite knowing Chadwick for only a short amount sport works with him.” Before coming to the school, Chadwick ran a NIKE of time, the players have felt the positive effects of their rugby camp in Oregon. He learned about the school new coach‘s teaching and have seen vast improvements from rugby team captain, Catherine Mignone (11), who in their game. Illinois (10.5%) attended the training camp, said. “At the end of practice last week, we talked about Clementine Bondor (10) was impressed by the depth setting high expectations for ourselves and then of Chadwick’s knowledge when he began coaching breaking through the ceiling,” Bondor said. “Even in the team. “He has a great eye for identifying specific only two weeks, the ceiling has been broken.” Based on a poll of 86 UD students. problems or hesitations and helping us overcome them.” Federman (12), Mehere (12), and Resnicks (12) win the Diamond Dollars Case Competition

Oliver Lewis said. Jackson Feigin/Photo Director Staff Writer The team encountered obstacles while perfecting their new method of analysis. “We wanted to give This past weekend, a four pitchers more credit for pitching membered team from the school well against better opponents, and was announced as a winner penalize them more for pitching of the Diamond Dollars Case badly against worse opponents,” Competition, designated for Federman said. “While this was college level analytics majors. Jake a great idea in theory, none of us Federman (12), Aidan Resnick knew how to actually implement it, (12), Maxwell Resnick (12), and and how to calculate the adjustment Eshan Mehere (10) presented their needed.” analysis of a operations The team researched ways decision to a panel of front office statisticians use adjustments to executives from 10 Major League allow comparisons between data Baseball teams. points that fall under different The Diamond Dollars Case categories and then created their Competition, hosted by the Society own method of adjustment to fit for American Baseball Research, is their project. the first national competition of its Federman’s interest in sports kind. On Wednesday, March 3rd, analytics was sparked the summer each team received the prompt and after his sophomore year when he STATS SQUAD Maxwell Resnick, Jake Federman, Eshan Mehre, and Aidan Resnick celebrate their first grand slam. was given a week to form a response and the Resnick twins attended they signed up the day before the baseball analytics competition in was seamless.” Because all members and presentation. On Friday, March Wharton Moneyball Academy, a 12th, each team presented in front deadline. On Friday, February 26th, the world,” Maxwell said. were passionate about the topic, it sports-analytics program, he said. Aidan and Maxwell did a radio “Max called me and asked me was easy for them to work together of the panel of judges. Federman and the Resnick twins The goal of this year’s competition interview with MLB Network’s if I wanted to join them, and then efficiently and effectively, he said. have since co-founded the school’s Sirius XM station to discuss the after I said yes, we recruited Eshan “To be selected as one of the was to create a more modern and Sports Analytics Club. refined version of the statistic Game book that they co-authored, “The to work with us as well,” Federman winners was beyond amazing and Aidan is passionate about sports Stats Game.” said. far exceeded my expectations,” Score, which is used to evaluate a and quantitative analytics, he said. pitcher’s performance in a single Afterwards, the host, Vince The win was a team effort, as Federman said. “I will never forget “When I was introduced to the Gennaro, requested that they everyone contributed to all parts the time I heard ‘Congratulations game, Maxwell said. intersection between the two fields, “Game Score is severely flawed, submit an entry into a competition of the project, Mehere said. “This to University of Chicago Booth, I knew that I wanted to pursue it.” he runs. “At first, I assumed the was the first time that our specific Syracuse University, Cornell as the way it works is it adds and The team did not have much subtracts a seemingly arbitrary competition would be rather casual, combinations of teammates worked University, and Horace Mann.’” time to prepare for the Diamond but after doing more research, I together on something like this,” he number of points for different plate Dollar Case Competition because appearance outcomes,” Federman realized that he runs the biggest said. “However, the team dynamic