Harrison High School Harrison NY 10528 www.harrisoncsd.org March 2017 Volume XXI Issue 2 Debate Team Rolls To Eleven Tournament Wins Sara Bove Staff Writer The Harrison High School De- 16 debaters nationwide, and Piliero round robin's pods after preliminary In the Byram Hills champion- four) of both the Valley Round Robin bate Team has quietly been rolling won it with a 13-1 ballot and was rounds, and placed second after ship, junior Carl Spana reached in Iowa and the Glenbrooks Tourna- along, rolling to one of the most undefeated in the Greenhill National losing a close final round on a 2-1 quarterfinals and elimination rounds ment in Chicago. Lapkin was invited successful years they’ve ever had. Championship in a field of 102 Lin- decision. He also did extremely well alongside junior Brian Siegel at to the Valley Sophomore Throw- As they win more and more tour- coln-Douglas debaters. Raffi also at the Greenhill National Champi- Yale’s National Championship. Carl down in West Des Moines, Iowa, as naments, the team grows stronger placed fourth overall at the Valley onship, where Zinman received his Spana also has reached elimination one of the top sophomores in the with each passing week. Since early Round Robin and third at the Valley first bid to the Tournament of Cham- rounds at Byram Hills, Yale, Apple country and placed in the top four. September, the debaters have won Tournament in Iowa, where he was pions. He has gone on to receive Valley, Princeton, and Newark. The Harrison freshman debat- two national championships, a na- the top seed. He also was the top TOC bids at Princeton and Newark. Brian Siegel has reached elim- ers are also advancing quickly as tional round robin invitational, three speaker at the Bronx High School of O'Reilly placed in the top 16 at ination rounds at Yale, Bronx, Princ- they learn the dynamics of debate. regional tournaments, as well as four Science's New York City Invitational Yale's National Championship and eton, and Newark. At the Regis First-Timers' Tourna- novice championships. All told, the and at the MinneApple Invitational also reached elimination rounds at Sophomores Caroline Wong ment, the novices took seven of the team has won an incredible 11 tour- in Minnesota, as well as Newark’s Scarsdale. and Matt Wilson reached JV elimi- top ten places. Ava Zinman placed naments this season first, and Matthew Repecki, to date. Students Eva Rogers, Diana Djang- have placed in the aracheva, Ethan Voskoff, top four in five oth- Victoria Lendino, and Lo- er tournaments and gan Wasserman all placed team members have in the top ten. The novices held the top speak- have gone on to win three er at two national subsequent tournaments: championships. Scarsdale, Stuyvesant, and Senior Raffi Newark. Ava Zinman won Piliero is a strong Scarsdale and Stuyvesant, force in the national and Matthew Repecki and debate communi- Ethan Voskoff closed out ty. He started his Newark. The older members debate career as of the team expressed their a freshman on the excitement in seeing the rapid team and has since development of these begin- advanced himself to ner debaters. become well known The team owes its for his debating thanks to their dedicated skills on a national coach, Mr. Chetan Hertzig, scale. He current- who shares the same passion ly is ranked the #1 for debate as his students Lincoln-Douglas and works ardently to prepare debater by the Na- the debaters to perform to the tional Speech and best of their abilities. Debate Association, “The team continues to and has the largest attract a large and diverse ar- number of bids to ray of talent from the Harrison the Tournament of student body, and I look for- Champions – eight ward to seeing new members thus far – of any Lin- join in the coming years as coln-Douglas debat- The great debate. This year’s debate club continues to impress, winning tournament after tournament. Pictured here at a recent tournament, are: our team keeps growing,” Mr. (left to right) Justin Wilson, Matt Zinman, Carl Spana, Raffi Piliero, Caroline Wong, Lauren Cole, and Mr. Chetan Hertzig. lorful life, photographing ers in the country. and experiencing critical moments in history. The HHS debate team leads the nation in Lincoln-Douglas debate Tournament of Champion bids. Hertzig said. He is excited to Piliero has Courtesy of Mr. Chetan Hertzig see the current team’s rapid been the top seed progress. and top speaker in many events Tournament. Junior and sophomore debat- nation rounds. Caroline was in JV The Harrison students and since early this school year, winning The team is also fortunate to ers have also had a tremendous elimination rounds at Yale and Apple community congratulate the debate the Byram Hills championship after have seniors Matt Zinman and Sam- start to the season. Valley. team for their tremendous success being top seed and top speaker, the mi O’Reilly, who also are advancing Junior Lauren Cole is now Matt Wilson cleared through to so far and wishes them well for the Greenhill Round Robin, Greenhill very well in the high school debate TOC-qualified. She won the Ridge JV elimination rounds at Yale, while remainder of their season and the National Championship, the Prince- world. In the Byram Hills Round Tournament, reached quarterfinals Justin Wilson reached JV elimina- upcoming Tournament of Champi- ton Debate tournament, Scarsdale, Robin, an invitation-only event, Zin- at Newark, and has been in elimi- tion rounds at the Glenbrooks Tour- ons. and Newark. The Greenhill Round man was runner-up, and was the nation rounds at Scarsdale, Apple nament in Chicago, and sophomore Robin was an invitational for the top top-placing debater in both of the Valley, and Princeton. Eli Lapkin was in JV seminfinals (top In News... In Arts... Inside... Model The Crucible Congress DECA wins at Regionals...Page 2 is both Reduce Study Stress.........Page 5 garners timely and gavels. 90-Second Interviews......Page 12 antiquated. Varsity Girls’ Hoops.........Page 14 Page 2 Page 10 March 2017 2 Husky Herald Gavels Galore For MoCo On Princeton Trip Jack Roshco Co-Managing Editor The Harrison Model Congress Senate Judiciary Committee, sopho- Science and Technology Committee. multiple members of the club’s board co-President Jess Hart, winning an team returned home on November more Matthew Griff won an Honor- In addition to the newcomers, brought home hardware as well. For Honorable Mention in the House Ed- 20 with nine awards from the Prince- able Mention in the Senate Banking, senior Leslie An won an Honorable the second consecutive trip, senior ucation and Workforce Committee. ton Model Congress in Washington, Housing and Urban Affairs Commit- Mention for her work in the Full Sen- co-President Spencer Korek won Junior Secretary Samara Lipman D.C. The trip was definitely one to tee, and junior Ethan Evans won ate sessions. a Gavel in the House Government won her second consecutive Gavel remember for everyone, with a lot an Honorable Mention in the House Not to be outdone however, Reform Committee, along with fellow in the Senate Environment and Pub- of newcomers who made strong im- lic Works Committee. pressions on both the Harrison del- The final Gavel from the dele- egation and their committee chairs. gation was also a consecutive one, Club Secretary Samara Lip- with Matthew Schwartz bringing man, in the official press release home another one in the Senate Ap- put out by the delegation, described propriations Committee. Schwartz, the group as “A combination of big who has taken the club by storm personalities and differing opinions since his arrival in 2015, received a made up our team this conference,” broken Gavel, but a MoCo source and, in spite of these differences, “ul- confirmed to the Husky Herald that timately become a close knit group he will be receiving a new one in the of students who supported and en- mail after reaching out to the Exec- couraged their teammates the entire utive Directors of Princeton Model weekend.” Congress to request one. The newcomers definitely had In addition to the award wins, to step up, with board members the club exemplified that every mem- and experienced debaters Christian ber is an extremely strong debater, Steins and Lauren LaManna unable with 22 out of 23 bills presented in to attend the conference. committee sessions being passed, “A little political diversity should including two Constitutional Amend- always be encouraged,” said junior ments, proposed by Spencer Korek Mark Rossi, “made us a better group and Jack Roshco. this trip.” The trip was definitely not all Rossi, on his first trip, received work, however, as the group used an Honorable Mention for his work the eight hours of free time on Sat- in the Senate Homeland Security urday November 19 to take advan- and Governmental Affairs commit- tage of the sights of Washington, tee, which he described as a perfect including Georgetown University, match. Going for the Gavels. Harrison’s Model Congress Club went down to D.C. and returned with nine awards. PIctured here (Left to the Smithsonian Air and Space Mu- right) are (Bottom Row), Leslie An, Rachel Schmaier, Samara Lipman, Jess Hart, Julia Appelbaum, Sara Bove, Amelia Fisher, Rossi wasn’t the only new (Middle Row) Matt Griff, Brian Aslanian, Thomas Zink, Joey Tiburzi, Chris DiRusso, (Top Row) Ethan Evans, Spencer Korek, Alex seum, the National Mall, the World delegate who found a niche in his Kaplan, Ben Stein, Matthew Schwartz, Keon Azar, Ari Heilbrunn, Jonah Gellert, Mark Rossi, Jake Coloccia, and Jack Roshco.