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Mickey Baron “A BEACON OF Dispatchtruth.” ISSUE 2, VOLUME 44 HUNTINGTON HIGH SCHOOL OAKWOOD AND MCKAY ROADS HUNTINGTON, NY 11743 The DispaTch says farewell To: - Mickey Baron - Index 2 LA PÁGINA IN ESPA�OL 3 EDITORIALS 4,5 SCHOOL NEWS 6,7 CONTROVERSIAL TOPIC The Well-loved ReTiRed english TeacheR is com- 8,9 POINT / COUN- TERPOINT memoRaTed in The WoRds of Those Who KneW him 10,11 TECHNOLOGY BesT- his fRiends and sTudenTs. Page 5 12,13 REVIEWS 14 EDITOR’S DESK “MICKEY BARON WAS A KIND AND GENEROUS MENTOR TO MANY OF US. HE SHOWED A 15 ART SECTION GENUINE CARING AND AFFINITY FOR BOTH STUDENTS AND LITERATURE ALIKE.” 16,17 PUZZLES - Mr. Pagano, English Dept. & Varsity Boys Soccer Coach 18,19 TOP 5 LISTS 20,21 ENTERTAINMENT 24,25 FASHION PUZZLES, YEEZY’S, HOTELIER, 26 FROM LAST SMART WATCHES, LGBT ISSSUE In ThIs Issue: 27,28 SPORTS { } AND MORE! -Reviewing ‘Jimbo’- If you didn’t know who Jimmie Nelson was before this year, you probably know who the Huntington High senior is now. Why? Jimmie turned into “Jimbo” this summer, as he first began recording rap in his free time. Since he dropped his first single this past October, his {ALBUMS FEATURED INSIDE} music has had 12,000 views on www.soundcloud.com, he has released 29 songs (including a music video on YouTube), and he has led the way for many other Huntingtonians with talent to begin releasing their own music. There are many people who have heard of Jimmie being a rapper, See Page 13 but do not know much about his BY EMANUEL ANASTOS music and are interesting in find- ing out more. Let’s get started... The Dispatch The Dispatch 2 MARCH15 MARCH15 3 Se acerca el final del año, y con ella Reinstating the lost Art Of los exámenes finales. Courtship POR LENNI JOYA SHARE HUGS, NOT HERPES, PEOPLE The modern 24-hour love story is which we live is becoming blind to old- reckless. We love, we lose, we move on to COMO SE SABE, EN EL ESTADO DE NUEVA YORK LAS EXIGENCIAS EN LAS ESCUELAS SON MUY ALTAS. ES UNOS a common tragedy. They meet, they swap fashioned caring and sentimentality. Per- love again. Most occasions, love doesn’t DE LOS ESTADOS DE TODO LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS QUE PRESIONA AL MÁXIMO A TODOS LOS ESTUDIANTES. LOS saliva, they part ways. And the cycle tends haps it is because everything in our lives is even properly describe what we think we NERVIOS QUE EL CUERPO ESTUDIANTIL ATRAVIESA EN ESTOS ÚLTIMOS DÍAS DE ESCUELAS SON MUY NOTABLES. to repeat for each half of this so-called now disposable, that everything is meant have. Lust, maybe? Infatuation? A long- PROFESORES QUE PIDEN MÁS DESEMPEÑO DE TODOS LOS ESTUDIANTES, EL ESTADO NEOYORQUINO QUE TORTURA ‘relationship’. This isn’t uncommon, the for the fleeting moment of relativity and ing to believe we have a meaningful and apparent lack of dedication and class in enjoyment, that we begin to lose value in permanent tie to the other person, in order A SUS ALUMNOS CON EXÁMENES FUERA DEL ALCANCE Y ENTENDIMIENTO DE LOS ESTUDIANTES. - - modern couples. True, relationships be- things that last, and eventually, we simply to validate our actions. We get lost in the Se les recomienda a todos notas, y representar a los latinos con les este dando una pelea ahora; debi- tween people should be kept private and care *less*. Back in the ‘old days’, people moment, and end up with a Romeo and it’s technically all ‘their personal business’, valued their things because it took time Juliet love affair. Keep in mind, as dubbed los estudiantes de prepararse me- buena cara en la sociedad queda en do a la barrera del idioma inglés, en but when you can start calling hooking up and patience to get them, and therefore as it is as ‘romantic’ and ‘sweet’, that they jor para pasar sus materias, y tam- manos de ustedes. Los nuevos estu- el futuro les dará recompensas que at a party ‘romantic’, I think society can be held a higher level of meaning. Nowadays, Romeo was able to forget about a girl he bién que logren un buen puntaje en diantes y también los que ya tienen nunca en su vida se las imaginaban. officially dubbed problematic. Our genera- we are incredibly attached to one particu- was obsessed with in a matter of hours los exámenes estatales. Ya no hay un tiempo de vivir en este país. To- La educación pareciera algo tion has lost their touch of class and is lar and popular item- our phones. Though after meeting Juliet, and that they got tiempo para juegos, esta es la hora de dos nosotros constituimos una buena sin importancia, pero desde este more interested in touching each other. we state that we ‘love’ these small boxes married within four days of meeting. Mar- la verdad, en la cual todos los estu- porción de la populación hispana en momento que ustedes se encuentran Way, way, back, there used to this thing of metal and plastic, we are still careless ried. Four. Days. Then they both ended up called chivalry and courtship, concepts so with them. In this case, we learn that it is, dead because their rushed love made them diantes determinan el futuro de su Nueva York, y el resto de los Estados sentados en un banca de la escuela lost on our generation that most people in general, okay if they break. They are blind to common sense. In our case, we fall verano o mucho más grabe, el futuro Unidos. les digo que deben de ponerle mucho wouldn’t recognize it if it came up to them fixable. They are upgradeable. They are in love, consummate these intense feelings, de sus clases para el próximo año. más esmero y ganas al estudio el cual and kissed them on the face. replaceable. and both end up needing a prescription Este es un llamado les ayudará en una manera Our world is constantly revolv- This mentality is shown in the way to certain antibiotics. Bottom line? Calm muy personal para los muy significante en el fu- ing around fast-paced action, a constant we can ‘love’, where our emotions and down a notch and slow down a little and stream of information and updates, peo- connections are fleeting and frequently be more thoughtful about what you do. We estudiantes que consti- turo. ples’ most trivial thoughts being voiced ‘dropped’. So maybe it’s time to look back are all, though almost no one will agree, tuyen una parte muy fun- “NO PODEMOS VER UN HERMOSO AR- Tienen que recordar que in a never-ending stream of mindless to the days when it took time to ‘court’ a still kids. Should we be babied? No. On damental de nuestra es- ustedes son el presente blabber. We do not need to know that girl, where advances were shown through the other hand, should we be having ba- cuela, ustedes estudiantes COÍRIS, HASTA QUE PASEMOS UNA y el futuro modelos para your 28th frappuccino of the month is sentimental actions, not being able to cop bies? Definitely No. So try to think things de ESL. Como un consejo muchas generaciones que ‘sooo good lol’. No. If you think about the a feel and label it as a base. No, this doesn’t through and be smart about what we do, de amigo se les advierte TERRIBLE TORMENTA” vienen detrás de ustedes, amount of time you spend on your phone mean we have to wait a year to begin hold- because people tend to forget that every- every day, which you don’t even need to ing hand because, insert gasp, god forbid thing holds repercussions, even if not as que su camino puede ser y si quieren un mejor think about, as there are apps that will we make skin contact. It just means that ‘extreme’ as becoming pregnant. The fact mucho más difícil que el mañana para sus hijos y calculate it for you, we spend an obscene maybe we should take a moment to appre- that it is now perfectly fine to call a casual de otros, pero ustedes nietos tienen ustedes que amount of our time looking at things ciate sentimentality and thoughtfulness. hookup with someone in the stairwell of a tienen que demostrar que sí se pu- Este es uno de los últimos plantar desde ahora la planta la cual through a screen. Now I know this sounds Not thot-fulness. Girls will look at certain public space ‘sweet and cute’, then it might ede, y que van a lograr todo lo que se llamados a todos los estudiantes que cosechará frutos gratificantes para a bit off topic, but here is where it all pulls instagram or other accounts on other apps be time to consider that the current view proponen. Posiblemente tienen que reconsideren que el estudio es un fac- toda nuestra gente. together. We, as a human race, are moving and swoon over a post about a guy simply of sweet has been heavily distorted. Put faster, in all parts of our lives. Want food? showing up with a flower at random for more care into your efforts, and less time trabajar mucha más fuerte que otros tor muy fundamental de este país, el Muchachos y muchachas, ust- Order online or with an app and it’ll be his girlfriend. Why can’t simple, romantic, into getting with as many people as pos- pero como una de sus compañeras cual los Estados Unidos nos ofrece, edes son el futuro cambio de este ready and waiting as soon as you pull over genuine acts be more common, not a rarity sible.
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