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J-Pop Storms into Christmas at the The Show of Many Junior San Francisco O’School Talents Achievment page 7 page 3 page 3 page 2 Volume 9 Don’t Get Targeted Issue 2 By Tiffany APRIL 1, 2014 On November 17, 2013, Target re- amount of money available to withdraw to tail stores faced an unfortunate event. They $100 and in addition, limited the amount of were informed that their credit card data spending on a card to $300 per day. had been hacked and that customer infor- Identity Theft unfortunately has mation had been compromised. This raised slowly become more and more common in new concerns about the growing problem the United States. Surprisingly, here are the of identify theft in the United States. There were a large number of peo- ple affected in this event. Approximately 40 million people had their credit card and personal information compromised and in addition to that, over 1,800 Target stores in the United States were affected. The hackers’ method was sneaky. Instead of going into the store to do it, they hacked into Targets payment system and compromised thousands of customers’ credit cards and gift cards, from outside the store. As a result, some banks responded almost immediately by limiting the amount Identity Theft Photo byYDC Staff of money available to withdraw from a card. For example, Chase bank limited the Continued on page 6 The Girl Who Spoke Up By Bre Malala Yousfzai, a 14 year old Pak- blog about her life under Taliban control. istani girl was shot in the head and the neck This is when the Taliban noticed her activ- by the Taliban because she stood up for ism. Malala stands for women’s right to women and children’s educational rights. education in Pakistan. She stood up against “Everyone should understand that we didn’t the Taliban because they are against wom- want to shoot her for promoting female ed- en getting an education. To this day Malala ucation and thousands of girls are still go- stands up against the Taliban. ing to schools as we are not against female After she was shot by the Taliban she education,” said Shahidullah Shahid a Tali- was rushed to a military hospital in Pesha- ban member to NBC News. Shahidullah war where she was deemed to be in criti- Shahid continued on to say to NBC News cal condition. After she had a portion of “The reason we decided to kill her was her her skull removed she was transferred to anti-Islam and anti-Mujadeen campaign on receive further care at Birmingham Chil- media.” dren’s Hospital in Birmingham, England. Malala Yousafzai was born in Mingora, After being shot, she has been nomi- Pakistan which is located in the Swat Val- nated for many awards and prizes and has ley. She was born on July 12, 1997. Malala won many awards and prizes. Malala is the now lives in the UK. girl who spoke up. Malala was 11 when she started to 2 O’School Achievement at its Finest By Jake Started in 1919 by Horace A. Moses, Theodore Vail class. and Winthrop M. Crane, Junior Acheivment is, “a na- To make money, Infectious Tees tries to print a tionwide program for the grades K-12 that teaches stu- large number of t-shirts to a number of different cus- dents business, money, and economy skills; so students tomers. They also print and sell their own designs to the learn at an early age,” said Cheri, a former art teacher O’School. For events such as Homecoming or dances, here at the Orthogenic School. It is esentially a non- or they sell there designs at sales. They also, sell their profit organization that helps students K-12 learn and designs to companies and businesses, such as a restau- master business skills. Cherie also said that any school rant in downtown Chicago, called Bad Happy. can start a Junior Achievement chapter. We here at the To showcase their designs, Infectious Tees has Orthogenic school have a Junior Achievement chapter sales throughout the year. On December 11, they had that is called Infectious “Gipht Shap” which is Tees. where Infectious Tees Infectious Tees sold t-shirts from dif- is a printing company. ferent years, multi-print They print things from t-shirts, and holiday t-shirts and hats to cards cards. They also had and aprons. Infectious a promotion that the Tees is currently taught base-class that bought by Emily and Hague the most items would and it takes place in the get a shout-out at com- art room. Infectious munity meeting, candy, Tees was started by and a personalized mas- Michelle Z and Hague. cot for their base class. This year’s members The winner was the are Jake, Rose, Tony Professors. Everything and Trisha. Infectious Tees Pamphlet about the event from Infectious Tees Photo By YDC Staff the name to pricing was was not the first Junior figured out as a team by Achievement company at the O’School. There were the Infectious Tees members. others such as a chapter that made handmade greeting Infectious Tees pays rent for the space they use in cards and a chapter that made handmade chessboards. the art room and the equipment. The rent they pay also Also, Junior Achievement was not always a goes toward purchasing a large item that will improve class. It used to be an after school group that was held the business each year. For example, one year it was an two times a week. During this period, Michelle Z and exposure table and another purchase was a four color Hague noticed that two days a week was not enough printer. time for a growing business, so they changed it to a Volume 8 Issue 4 3 Christmas at the O-school By Brian When Christmas comes around at the time for dinner, everyone goes to the big O’school, we celebrate with a talent show, gym where twelve tables are set up and a visit from Santa, and a large Christmas go to the table indicated by their card. dinner. Santa comes after the talent show The food is set up buffet style along to give each student a book or books. He the wall closest to the door. After every- calls groups by dorm and day school. The one is seated, a toast is called. After the books are usually toast, tables are called picked out based up one by one for the O’School on interests that buffet. There is a sep- student has. Then arate main course pro- the residential stu- vided for vegetarians. dents head back to After everyone has their dorms. finished their main When the resi- meal and dessert, ev- dential students eryone starts sing- arrive back at the ing the twelve days dorms they find a of Christmas starting Christmas Dinner small gift bag with Photo by YDC Staff with table 1 singing some candy a pen- day one, table two cil and, most im- sings day two and so portant of all, a card with a number rang- on. After the song, everyone is dismissed ing from 1-12 that determines which table by dorm. On their way out, they can take they will sit at, in their areas. When it is a candy cane from the candy cane tree. The O’School Showed It’s Talent By Jake The O’School talent show is a place where students can display their talents. The students of the O’school can choose to display them alone, as a group, as a dorm, as a baseclass, or even as a job. The talent show took place in December 20th of 2013, after school in the big gym. The talent show had various acts, from rapping, singing, and dancing, to comedy and gymnastics. The talent show could not have happened without the help of the O’school staff. Michelle Z, who contributed to set- ting up the event said “Joseph, Ellie, and I were coordi- nating, but really all of the staff contribute... I could go on and on with how folks pitch in to make this happen. It really is a day that makes me proud to work with the wonderful people at the O’School.” Orchestrating the Xenophiles Photo By YDC Staff Not only were the staff involved in the set-up of the show, but they were also involved in some of the acts. Continued on page 6 4 Chicago Chicago Architecture at a Glance By Fran The Auditorium The- ater was built in 1889. It was designed by architects Adler and Sullivan, and has a “Ro- manesque” structure on the outer layer. Originating from Medieval Europe, the Ro- manesque style is character- ized by its large towers, many arches, intricate arcading, and Gothic elements. Finally built at 270 feet, it became the tall- est building in the country for a short amount of time. The famous Oriental The- Chicago Skyline ater, constructed by George L. Photo by YDC Staff and Cornelius W. Rapp, was In the 19th and early 20th centuries, through built in 1924. It’s look was North America and Western Europe, modernization inspired by East Asian art and architecture. The build- sparked an explosion of innovative inventions and ing possessed things like glazed Buddahs and grand ideas around the world. Chicago was no exception. In mosaics of Indian royalty. According to “Chicago Ar- 1871 a fire destroyed most of Chicago causing a influx chitecture,” The Oriental Theater was built on the the of architectural intelligence and creativity.