INSIDE THE ISSUE Monthly Current Events, Feature: Mr. Quinton, Page 4 (Horror)Scopes, Page 11 Page 2 October 27th, 2017| Volume LIV TABLE of Dr. Story CONTENTS The Story Story Campus News By Tevah Gevelberger, Staff Writer Monthly Current Events .. 2 Have you ever stopped to wonder what In 1986 she returned to the USSR to the a coup to reinstate the military’s power over the Dr. Story did before she taught us globalization University of Leningrad as part of a rare exchange party and country. A politician got on a tank and Shilpa Sajja ‘19 Summit . 2 and Germinal? Maybe some of you know that program in college. Before she left, she went to a rode it through the streets of Moscow up to the she spent time in the Soviet Union and wonder shoe store and was told she could hike across The Russian equivalent of the white house. So, natu- Liz Gannes Q&A . .. 3 whether she was, in fact, a spy. I also wondered Arctic in the boots she bought. When she arrived, rally, Dr. Story immediately found a train ticket to this, and so I signed up to write this feature. Little it was super super cold, and not just because we see this historical event. But first, she used a phone Features did I know, I was about to find myself in a world were in the middle of the cold war at the time. It booth to call that same boyfriend, now husband, of stories: rich with detail, love, learning, and was about 40 degrees below zero! Despite the because she thought he’d be worried after hear- adventure. It is my honor to share some of them pitch she was given at the shoe store, on her ing about the coup. He had no idea about it, but Admin . 4 with you. second day in Leningrad her shoes cracked. So he was curious about why there was so much Let me take you back to a different Palo Alto, she pulled out the duct tape and put the boots noise in the background. Dr. Story responded: “is Mr. Quinton . 4 with a different Dr. Story. This Palo Alto has fries back together. From then on she was “known as it artillery fire if it’s tanks?” After that call, Dr. Story and cokes that you could buy for $1, and a ten the girl with the duct taped boots.” sat happily on a street corner, watching a military Jashee Yang . 4 pm curfew. High school Dr. Story is “a free spirit”, A true renaissance woman, Dr. Story has coup, history unfolding right in front of her. has a partially shaved head and has tried out for a many passions besides history. She won the sci- After receiving her master’s on the Soviet Union’s secret police (the cheka) Dr. Story Sports Romeo and Juliet play. This was no ordinary play; ence award in high school (I know, my reaction it was part of President George H. W. Bush’s one was surprise too!) and then went to college as a began working on her PhD. She got a fellowship thousand points of light program that created a math major (how does this even add up!?) She in Moscow where she studied in an archive with Batter Up! . 5 cultural exchange between the US and USSR dur- explains,“I’m not one of those who said I knew a “reading room which used to be a ballroom with ing the cold war. Dr. Story was given the unique what I wanted and I was on a straight path.” Fur- gorgeous windows looking out at Neva river”. Upcoming Matches. 5 role of Benvolia (a female Benvolio) and the op- thermore, in Dr. Story’s senior year of college, she However, that archive lacked the documents she portunity to spend six weeks in the USSR. To pre- created her own role teaching a United Nations needed, so she rode a train to a county archive. To Kneel or to Not? . 5 pare, she had to take both diplomatic and Russian class at Community College with a team that The first day she came in with a gold sealed let- lessons. On the trip she visited a powerful WWII went to nationals. Dr. Story remains proud of this ter saying she needed to do research, but the archivists did not let her see any papers. Every day Fall Sports Updates . 5 memorial in Minsk where the Nazis burned down first teaching experience to this day. Additionally, a thriving village. At the site, there are chimneys she worked at an internship for Hewlett Packard she came to the archive and asked if she could for each house burned down and a plaque with (nowadays HP) where she met her husband at research, and received the same rejection. Over Arts the names of the family members who had lived 19 years old. While she did not discover her love time, she noticed that there were cats who lived there. As Dr. Story told me about this memorial, for science, she did discover the love of her life. in the archive and that the archivist would bring Taylor Swift. 6 she grew emotional, and tears came to her eyes. My personal favorite story takes place leftovers from her own dinner for the cat. This was Dr. Story’s first experience in the USSR as a point of when Dr. Story was working on her master’s in a hard time in Russia when there was not enough Happy Fall! . 6 light lit a lifelong interest in the USSR that greatly Russia at a time of transition and political instabil- food for many people, much less cats. So Dr. Story shaped her future. ity. While she was there, the military attempted bought some cans of cat food and gave them to the archivist for her cats. The next day when Dr. Cardi B . 7 Story showed up at the archive, there were papers at her desk for her research. Harry Styles . 7 These are just some of the many di- verse and fascinating moments in Dr. Story’s life. Columns She now lives with her husband and three sons and has taught at Castilleja for 15 years. I greatly admire the tenacity, curiosity, generosity and October (Horror)Scopes . 8 creativity that Dr. Story has shown throughout her life. She has blazed her own path and is unafraid Neurosurgery. 8 to do things that are different and unexpected. Someday I too, wish to pave my own way through NE Patriots . 9 the world wearing duct taped boots, watching history happen. Halloween Decorations . .9 Op-Ed Trader Joes. 10 Go H20! . 10 Courtesy of Wikipedia Courtesy of Castilleja School 1 News October 27, 2017 Monthly Current Events Briefing: Vegas, Sanctuary Bill, Tax Reform, Malala Yousafzai Nicole Pavlik SANCTUARY BILL TAX REFORM MALALA YOUSAFZAI Staff Writer On Oct. 5, California Governor Jerry Brown On Sept. 27, President Trump revealed his On Oct. 9, Malala Yousafzai, a proponent signed a “sanctuary state” bill, a defiant blow to tax reform plan, one of his many campaign of girls’ education, attended her first class at VEGAS President Trump’s immigration agenda and the promises. Oxford University. On Sun., Oct. 1 at the Mandalay Bay hotel United States’ federal laws. This new law would According to the “New York Times”, this in Vegas, 68-year-old Stephen Paddock shot at a prevent local law enforcement from holding, plan “aims to simplify and cut taxes for the Five years ago, Malala advocated for support crowd attending a country music concert, killing questioning, and transferring the 2.3 million middle class.” Trump’s tax plan removes the of girls’ education in Pakistan. The Taliban, a 58 and wounding 500, and then shot himself. illegal immigrants residing in California at the estate tax, a tax on a person’s property at the terrorist group, shot her out of disagreement Currently, investigators still do not know behest of federal immigration authorities. time of death before that land is distributed to with her beliefs. Yousafzai moved to England Paddock’s motive or if he received any help, but In a recent interview with National Public his or her heirs. and continued to fight for equal access to educa- they discovered that he brought 23 guns and Radio, State Senate President Kevin de León, Moreover, Trump’s tax reform bill would tion for girls. ammunition to his hotel room over the course the author of this bill, said that he “found a nice lower the corporate tax rate from 35% to 25%, of several days. Investigators believe that he compromise that protects communities while at which supporters say would make American She spoke before the United Nations and intended to escape and survive. the same time upholds public safety.” companies more competitive compared to other Queen Elizabeth and wrote an autobiography, After the deadliest massacre in modern US “The bill risks the safety of good law enforce- businesses around the world. I Am Malala. In 2014, Yousafzai became the history, several lawmakers demanded for tighter ment officers and the safety of the neighbor- However, some lawmakers believe that this youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. gun control while other parties, including the hoods that need their protection the most,” tax plan would only benefit the rich. National Rifle Association and members of the United States Attorney General Jeff Sessions “It violates Trump’s tax pledge that the rich Republican Party, called for a review of bump said. “There are lives and livelihoods at stake.” would not gain at all under his plan…,” Senator stocks, a device originally approved during The Immigration and Customs Enforcement Ron Wyden stated.