The RegisterRegister ForumForum “The Oldest Student Newspaper in the U.S.” Vol. 125, No. 5 Cambridge Rindge and Latin School January 2013 Danceworks 2013 “All the variety is exciting... It exposes people to a different side of CRLS...” On January 10th and 11th, the CRLS Visual and Performing Arts Department held its annual winter dance production, Danceworks, featuring choreography from students, faculty, and guest artists. Full story on page 7; full color photos on pages 8 and 9. Photo Credit: Larry Aaronson The Purpose of Education Getting Vocal with the Glocal Challenge By Students Identify Environmental Issues, Compete for Trip to Costa Rica Kahlil Oppenheimer By dents with the opportunity bly on February 1st, during Register Forum Correspondent Kevin Xiong to explore Costa Rica and which local businesses and Why are we in school? Is it simply the legal man- Register Forum Editor many of its environmental government and education- date? Is it to prepare us for the work force? Or could it sustainability initiatives, al leaders will select the two be, dare I say, to develop us as intellectuals and passionate At CRLS, global + including a mangrove tree winning teams. individuals? local = glocal. reforestation project. Stay tuned for The “I suppose [the purpose of education is] to put us Over 70 CRLS stu- Out of the sixteen Register Forum’s February towards finding jobs that actually help boost the economy, dents are participating in the teams, four finalists will edition, which will feature … for example, teaching math and sciences so people can month-long Glocal Chal- present their research dur- more updates on the Glocal work on some of the really high-tech stuff that’s behind the lenge, in which students ing a school-wide assem- Challenge. development of new medicines,” states senior Ruby John- must identify a local issue, son. research global success sto- Johnson believes, as many do, that the purpose of ries, design a solution, im- education is to prepare the next generation of workers—or, plement it, then present it to better yet, innovators—to keep the economy bustling. the school. Catalina Nguyen, another senior, disagrees. “It EF Education First is motivation for people to learn and self-discover,” she and Google are sponsoring states. “I personally don’t like America’s system because the event, offering the two it’s too career-oriented.” winning teams free trips to To the Johnson camp, education is a means of Costa Rica through Educa- keeping the economy, and by proxy, the nation, afloat. The tion First’s Global Student Nguyen camp, however, believes that education isn’t sup- Leaders Summit during posed to be career-oriented, but instead is about an intrinsic April vacation. The 10-day summit will provide stu- Continued on page 4 Photo Credit: EF Education First INSIDE THIS EDITION S Chromebooks for Cambridge p Girls Basketball The Myth of the SAT Page 2 o Page 16 Page 10 Rap Music’s Influence on Youth r Boys Volleyball Django Unchained Controversy t Page 4 s Page 16 Page 13 Page 2 AROUND SCHOOL January 2013 Chromebooks for Cambridge in charge of choosing and By supplying Cambridge with Maria Alejandra Trumble all the technology used by Register Forum staff and students, including Correspondent Chromebooks. Chromebooks cost Along with the in- only $500, half the price of troduction of four brand most Mac laptops. Addi- new upper schools this tionally Chromebooks have year, CPSD has imple- an automatic updating sys- mented innovative technol- tem and an initial start up ogy in Cambridge’s sixth, time of eleven seconds, sav- seventh and eighth grade ing instruction time. classrooms. Chromebooks “There’s been noth- are small laptops operat- ing but positive feedback,” ing solely on Google ap- Roughton is pleased to say. plications and operating With the introduc- systems. One cart full of 25 tion of Chromebooks, the Chromebooks laptops has implementation of Google Photo Credit: wired.com been supplied for every two Docs, now known as Google the class, mostly first time Chromebooks has also been graduate knowing how to classrooms in the new upper Drive, has also been neces- Chromebook and Google a highlight, “making the use Microsoft Word due to schools. sary. Drive users, has enjoyed school a little greener” not- its prominence in the pro- “Chromebooks have “For the past three working with the Chrome ed senior Erin McLaughlin. fessional world, but still the basically taken the place of years I have done all my Cart. Overall the Creative implementation of Chrome- our pencils,” says Emma work on Google Drive,” Still, nearly 30% Writing class has used the books and especially Google Harris, an eighth grader says Roughton. CRLS Eng- gave negative reviews, “I Chromebooks for word pro- Drive are being praised. at the Putnam Ave Upper lish teacher, Ariel Maloney never get work done be- cessing in class, research Though the Chrome Cart is School. claims she personally has cause the Internet is very and most of all for peer feed- moving on to another class- “When been using spotty, and Google Drive is back and room, we opened “Chromebooks have Google dependent on Internet,” se- work- “...it’s hard to find Ms. Ma- the upper basically taken the place Drive for nior Victoria Hornstein ex- shops. a way for everyone loney schools five years. plains. Through claims we had an of our pencils.” Ms. Maloney these ac- to stay focused.” she will opportu- Thanks to agrees, adding “the comput- tivities, a suggest nity to outfit them with all Technology Specialist Eliz- er can also be a distraction, majority of the class agrees the use of Google Drive to new tech,” explained Gina abeth Carman’s suggestions it’s hard to find a way for that the autosaving capabil- next semester’s Creative Roughton, CPSD Assistant that Chromebooks could be everyone to stay focused.” ity and the mobility of the Writing class. Director of Educational helpful in English classes, Savannah McCarter, Chromebooks have been “I get the chance to Technology, “we put out cutting down on computer a senior, reflects, “at first it helpful, but larger group share my recent work with a survey to match the cor- lab time, Ms. Maloney’s was hard to get used to the work, internet dependency, whoever I want,” declares rect technology to teacher’s Creative Writing class has program but I’ve been get- spell check and some tech- senior Xavier Marquez. needs, for the most part we been using the back up ting better and think the ad- nical difficulties still have to Isa Ruggiero, anoth- heard: online research, pre- Chrome Cart this semester. justment period was worth be worked out. er senior, says “I’ve even sentation creation and word According to a Reg- it.” The reduction of paper Roughton agrees found myself using Google processing.” Roughton is ister Forum survey 70% of waste made possible by the that high schoolers should Drive outside of class now.” sure that people know their rights when they Human Trafficking Exposed come into this country.” How do people get informed of their By rights? And even if they knew them how could Thalia Carroll-Cachimuel they exercise these rights? Register Forum Staff Senior Ashraful Rahman expressed his anger towards the question “Should the United The Human trafficking is best described as States be doing more to help?” He responded, “the illegal trade in human beings for the purpos- “Of course, how the heck are we the land of the Winter Ball es of commercial sexual exploitation or forced free if this blasphemy is going on within our labor: a modern-day form of slavery.” country?” Friday, February 1st, 2013 Given this definition an estimated 20,000 What can we do to help? The ECPAT women and children are human trafficked within USA is a website that informs people on the de- Sheraton Commander the United States per year, needless to say there tails of current human trafficking cases both in Harvard Square are many undocumented victims within the Unit- and out of the United States. The ECPAT works ed States. The details on human trafficking dif- together to eliminate the commercial sexual ex- fer for every victim. Some victims are paid ex- ploitation of children around the world. tremely low wages for long hours of the day, and The ECPAT states that, “This is not a Pricing: are even unable to leave to go to the bathroom. problem that only affects poor countries, it’s Other victims are used as forced sex slaves, of- happening right here in the United States.” January 23rd to February 1st ten under the age of 18. $25 According to a CRLS survey 50 out of 78 February 1st (at the door) students already knew what human trafficking $30 was before I distributed my survey. 100% of the students that continued on to finish the survey claimed that the United States should be doing more to stop the acts of human trafficking within the United States. Should the United States be doing more to stop this? If so, what? “Yes,” answered senior Sarah Eustache. “They should create more programs and make 50 in 78 CRLS students know what human trafficking is. January 2013 AAROUNDROUND SSCHOOLCHOOL Page 3 The Draft: Is It Everyone’s Responsibility to Serve His or Her Country in the Military? Investigating Student Opinion Regarding the Selective Service System rum took to the halls in this draft but I think it has made by stating, “If I got called, sionate freshman, Klara In- By month’s investigative seg- the people in this country I would serve my country.” gersoll, voiced her opinion Niko Emack-Bazelais ment: Is it everyone’s re- lackadaisical when it comes Having turned 18 that “the fact that women Register Forum Editor sponsibility to serve his or to war.