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In addition, juniors Darby Bosco, Ryan Ho, Connor Martin and Kamira Patel and senior Jeffrey Caves received individual awards in write-off contests. —Zoe Bowlus First Pacemaker since 2002 Crossing through the high-school quad, you might recognize a familiar face back on campus. Junior Alexa Griggs has returned. After eighth grade, Griggs left to attend Christian Brothers High School. But Griggs returned on Nov. 1. “I came back because I really like the environment, and the education is wonderful,” Griggs said. “I think the environment at CB isn’t as friendly and the kids aren’t as welcoming as the Country Day kids. It’s hard to be yourself at CB.” Griggs’s father, Chris, who also graduated from eighth grade here in 1983, encouraged Alexa to return. When her father was a student, he was taught by teachers Sue Nellis, Daniel Neukom and Patricia Fels, all of whom taught in the middle school then. —Micaela Bennett-Smith Prodigal Student By Connor Martin Page Editor

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The 2011-12 Octagon won a Pacemaker, the “Pu-litzer Prize of high-school journalism,” at the JEA/NSPA Fall National High School Journalism Conven-tion in San Antonio, Texas, Nov. 15-18.

The paper has been a finalist for the award five times but won it only once before—2001-02.

The Octagon also placed fourth in Best of Show in the 9-12 page category at the convention.

In addition, juniors Darby Bosco, Ryan Ho, Connor Martin and Kamira Patel and senior Jeffrey Caves received individual awards in write-off contests.

—Zoe Bowlus

First Pacemaker

since 2002

Crossing through the high-school quad, you might recognize a familiar face back on campus. Junior Alexa Griggs has returned.

After eighth grade, Griggs left to attend Christian Brothers High School.

But Griggs returned on Nov. 1.

“I came back because I really like the environment, and the educa t ion i s wonderful,” Griggs said.

“I think the environment at CB isn’t as friendly and the kids aren’t as welcoming as the Country Day kids. It’s hard to be yourself at CB.”

Griggs’s father, Chris, who also graduated from eighth grade here in 1983, encouraged Alexa to return.

When her father was a student, he was taught by teachers Sue Nellis, Daniel Neukom and Patricia Fels, all of whom taught in the middle school then.

—Micaela Bennett-Smith

Prodigal Student

By Connor MartinPage Editor

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Former science teacher Joe Doherty sits with his wife, former

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ley at a friend’s wedding. (Photo courtesy of Johnson)From students to hogs: Danny Dineen

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Catching up

“You can leave Country Day, but it’s always a part of you.”

—Joe Doherty

“We try to eat head to tail like the Native Americans and the buf-falo.”

—Danny Dineen

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By Emma Williams

Page Editor

PE department cancels popular Cross-Fit elective due to !nances

Mary-Clare Bosco Donald Hutchinson

Senior Mary-Clare Bosco had 27

points in the Nov. 27 game against

Freedom Christian as well as 15

rebounds and four assists. She is

currently the leading scorer on the

girls’ basketball team.

Senior Donald Hutchinson made

the game-winning 3-pointer at the

buzzer during the varsity boys’

basketball game against Freedom

Christian on Nov. 27. Hutchinson

scored 21 points in the game.

Boys clinch last-minute victory; girls win by 44

¸([�ÄYZ[�0�[OV\NO[�[OL`�^LYL�a little afraid, but once they

started to compete, the rest

took care of itself.”

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Sophomore Aishwarya Nadgauda and senior Annie

Bell start at the jump roping station, while senior

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Freshman Saachi Sikaria (right) battles for the ball in the girls’ varsity 60-16 win

over Freedom Christian, Nov. 7. (Photo by Will Wright)

By Maddy Judd and Eric Hilton

Reporters

Senior Donald Huchinson shoots the

game winning 3-pointer with six seconds

to go, making the score 45-44. (Photo by Will Wright)

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5 SportsThe Octagon December 4, 2012

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But the site’s boundless con-tent also led to it becoming blocked on the school’s net-work two weeks ago.

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By Garrett Kaighn

Students protest websites blocked by school administration

“The Rubik’s Cube site is blocked, and I don’t understand why because it involves math. Its blocking category is “Games”—and should games be blocked?

—Hunter Edelen, freshman

“Sporcle because it’s an educational site. If I’m done with my homework, I want to be able to entertain myself with a fun quiz.”

—Emily Berke, freshman

One of the school’s goals is to provide an academic environment. Facebook doesn’t meet this standard, the school says, as it is both non-educational and a potential distraction for students.

SparkNotes can be a helpful home-work and reading aid. However, some students use it to pass reading quizzes without even reading the book.

CAMPUS PERSPECTIVE

“Unless it’s porn, don’t block it.”

–Savannah Symister, junior ]]What sites do you think the school shouldn’t block?

112students think YouTube should not be blocked

0books have been removed from the high-school library since 1994

In early September, Stephen King’s “Different Seasons” was removed from Rocklin High School’s library shelves ^OLU� H� 9VJRSPU� <UPÄLK� JVTTP[[LL�approved a parent’s wish to nix the book due to its “graphic rape scene,” according to the Sacramento Bee.

The process of review began at the beginning of the school year; however, in October, Kevin Brown, Rocklin <UPÄLK� Z\WLYPU[LUKLU[�� V]LY[\YULK� [OL�committee’s decision because he said the call should have been made by a committee of districtwide representatives. The newly formed committee chose to keep the book on library shelves.

Brown offered the complaining party the ability to appeal, and, if they do, they may take their argument to the school board.

Although similar scenarios are occur-ring in other high schools in the Sacra-mento area (like Del Campo and Rio), censorship isn’t happening at Country Day, librarian Joanne Melinson said.

And, to make that fact even more im-pressive, consider this: the majority of books read from sixth grade on in the curriculum are on banned-book lists.

Here are a few of them from the classes of English teachers Brooke Wells, Lauren LaMay, Jane Bauman, Patricia Fels and Ron Bell:

�� The Giver—Wells, 6th�� Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s

Stone—Wells, 6th�� The House on Mango Street—

LaMay, 7th�� Of Mice and Men—LaMay, 8th�� To Kill a Mockingbird—LaMay, 8th�� Lord of the Flies—Bauman, 9th�� Animal Farm—Bauman, 9th�� The Catcher in the Rye—Wells,

10th�� The Prince of Tides—Wells, 10th�� Things Fall Apart—Wells, 10th�� The Sun Also Rises—Fels, 11th�� Slaughterhouse-Five—Fels, 11th�� Catch-22—Bell, 12th�� Heart of Darkness—Bell, 12th

—Madeleine Wright

For a complete story, see www.scdsoctagon.com

BANNED BOOKS?

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***statistics from digitaltrends.com

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If you’re a regular Red-dit user, you know how to use the social news website: you can visit any section simply by adding its name to the URL.

There’s reddit.com/r/aww for puppies, kittens and any-thing cute. Or when you’re in the mood for more raunchy content, simply replace “aww” ^P[O�¸NVUL^PSK�¹�JVUÄYT�`V\»YL�over 18 years of age and behold pages of female Reddit users L_OPIP[PUN�[OLPY�ÄN\YLZ�

For those not familiar with the process, Reddit is a social news website where users post and comment on content encom-passing any and every subject.

Users post links (to images, videos, articles—literally any-thing) or written “self posts” in one of over 67,000 distinct sec-tions (“subreddits”).

Links are displayed based on age and popularity, so the new-est submissions with the most “upvotes” appear at the top of the page.

In addition, content is “com-pletely new every two hours,” sophomore Alex Bushberg said.

About 10 percent of high-school students say they visit the site daily, and 6 percent more visit at least a few times a month.

But the site’s boundless con-tent also led to it becoming blocked on the school’s net-work two weeks ago.

“There’s so many things on there that are less than desir-able,” Tom Wroten, director of technology, said.

Bushberg suggested only the NSFW (Not Safe For Work) sub-reddits such as “gonewild” be blocked.)\[� [OPZ� ^V\SK� IL� [VV� KPMÄ-

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By Garrett Kaighn

Students protest websites blocked by school administration

“The Rubik’s Cube site is blocked, and I don’t understand why because it involves math. Its blocking category is “Games”—and should games be blocked?

—Hunter Edelen, freshman

“Sporcle because it’s an educational site. If I’m done with my homework, I want to be able to entertain myself with a fun quiz.”

—Emily Berke, freshman

One of the school’s goals is to provide an academic environment. Facebook doesn’t meet this standard, the school says, as it is both non-educational and a potential distraction for students.

SparkNotes can be a helpful home-work and reading aid. However, some students use it to pass reading quizzes without even reading the book.

CAMPUS PERSPECTIVE

“Unless it’s porn, don’t block it.”

–Savannah Symister, junior ]]What sites do you think the school shouldn’t block?

112students think YouTube should not be blocked

0books have been removed from the high-school library since 1994

In early September, Stephen King’s “Different Seasons” was removed from Rocklin High School’s library shelves ^OLU� H� 9VJRSPU� <UPÄLK� JVTTP[[LL�approved a parent’s wish to nix the book due to its “graphic rape scene,” according to the Sacramento Bee.

The process of review began at the beginning of the school year; however, in October, Kevin Brown, Rocklin <UPÄLK� Z\WLYPU[LUKLU[�� V]LY[\YULK� [OL�committee’s decision because he said the call should have been made by a committee of districtwide representatives. The newly formed committee chose to keep the book on library shelves.

Brown offered the complaining party the ability to appeal, and, if they do, they may take their argument to the school board.

Although similar scenarios are occur-ring in other high schools in the Sacra-mento area (like Del Campo and Rio), censorship isn’t happening at Country Day, librarian Joanne Melinson said.

And, to make that fact even more im-pressive, consider this: the majority of books read from sixth grade on in the curriculum are on banned-book lists.

Here are a few of them from the classes of English teachers Brooke Wells, Lauren LaMay, Jane Bauman, Patricia Fels and Ron Bell:

�� The Giver—Wells, 6th�� Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s

Stone—Wells, 6th�� The House on Mango Street—

LaMay, 7th�� Of Mice and Men—LaMay, 8th�� To Kill a Mockingbird—LaMay, 8th�� Lord of the Flies—Bauman, 9th�� Animal Farm—Bauman, 9th�� The Catcher in the Rye—Wells,

10th�� The Prince of Tides—Wells, 10th�� Things Fall Apart—Wells, 10th�� The Sun Also Rises—Fels, 11th�� Slaughterhouse-Five—Fels, 11th�� Catch-22—Bell, 12th�� Heart of Darkness—Bell, 12th

—Madeleine Wright

For a complete story, see www.scdsoctagon.com

BANNED BOOKS?

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39students independently wrote SparkNotes should be unblocked

***statistics from digitaltrends.com

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Onions to. . . the in-

stallment of railings

in the high-school quad.

We understand they’re

necessary for legal is-

sues, but now Ms. Bar-

tarseh can’t even open

her windows fully.

Orchids to. . . every-

one who contrib-

uted to the Dyer Kelly

food drive, especially

the seniors who now

hold the Golden Can.

But watch out! The ju-

niors aren’t far behind.

The Octagon is published eight times a year by high-school journalism students of Sacramento Country Day School, 2636 Latham Drive, Sacramento, Calif. 95864. Phone: (916) 481-8811, ext. 347. Email: [email protected], Web address: http://www.scdsoctagon.com.

The OctagonEditors-In-Chief

Jeffrey CavesYanni Dahmani

Madeleine WrightCopy Editor

Garrett KaighnBusiness Manager

Jeffrey CavesNews Editor

Yanni DahmaniEditorial Editor

Ryan HoCommunity Editor

Darby BoscoSports Editors

Micaela Bennett-SmithMorgan Bennett-SmithSkovran Cunningham

Centerpoint Editor

Madeleine WrightOpinion Editor

Emma WilliamsFeature Editors

Connor Martin

Kamira PatelOnline Editor

David MyersPhoto Editors

Kelsi ThomasWill WrightReporters

Annie BellZoe Bowlus

Emma BrownElise DeCarliEric Hilton

Madison JuddGrant Miner

Aishwarya NadgaudaMax ShukuyaManson Tung

Anthony ValdezForeign Correspondent

Margaret WhitneyCartoonist

Shewetha PrasadAdviser

Patricia Fels

My Angle

ByAishwaryaNadgauda

Papers fluttering in the wind, drenched copies

of “The Odyssey,” leftover lunches strewn

across the ground.

Despite having more than 160 lockers,

SCDS students are unable to keep the quad in a decent

state, particularly the freshman quad.

Country Day has invested $25,000 in providing a

safe, dry place for us to keep school supplies. Just this

year the school added brand-new lockers and awnings

to keep the lockers dry.

Yet many high schoolers are incapable of turning

their dials three times.

A whole 30 seconds would be wasted in opening their

lockers.

Putting in that much time and effort into keeping our

high school looking good? Unfathomable.

Instead, they toss their belongings in their backpacks

and on the quad tables.

The backpacks are then clumped together at the base

of the lockers.

A little bit of initiative on the students’ side would go

a long way. We might actually be able to see the floor in

front of the lockers.

But apparently the easier option is to leave textbooks,

homework, laptops and calculators cluttering our own

work area.

As a result, students’ supplies go “missing.” And then

they wonder how on earth their things disappear when

they left them right in front of the lockers?

Because of this carelessness, there is often a frantic

search before class to borrow other people’s supplies.

If a student needs a chemistry book and finds one ly-

ing in front of the lockers, it is so simple to “borrow” it.

Thus, when that person whose chemistry book was

borrowed needs a chemistry book, they pick up another

one that happens to be lying there.

And so it becomes a vicious circle.

And let’s not forget how the changing weather affects

our quad.

November brought with it winter rains and wind that

soaked homework, notes, handouts, books, lunches and

laptops—brand new MacBook Airs that cost the school

$1400 each.

A pause in the rain reveals a dismal sight.

The ink from our chemistry notes has bled, leaving a

soggy paper dyed black.

Copies of “Catcher in the Rye” are coverless, their

pages glued together.

Lunch bags are in bits and pieces, and soggy sand-

wich bags filled with who-knows-what lie beside them.

And thank God for the TI-89s’ hard outer cases or

they too would be ruined.

If we weren’t quite so lazy and scatterbrained about

our supplies and lockers, we might be able to keep our

quad in decent shape.

But that’s a long shot.

Use the lockers; they’re there for a reason

Orchids to. . . the

c h a n g e i n t h e

Auction’s raffle ticket

system. Now students

can participate in the

Auction—and even win

grand prizes, such as

gift cards!

Onions to. . . lack of

participation in the

Annual Fund Drive. Just

look at the graph below

the sign board: three

out of four grades in

high school are under

50 percent.

We realize that SparkNotes was blocked for years before the school switched to a new blocking software.

We realize that the school has blocked it again, and we realize why.

But we realize one more thing. They are wrong.They were wrong to block it before, and they are

wrong to block it now.SparkNotes is a legitimate educational tool that is

helpful to students and does far more good than harm.The same could be said for the unblocked Wikipe-

dia, and, in fact, the two are no different. They are both sites that are fundamentally intended

for education, and even though they can be used to H]VPK� YLHKPUN�H�IVVR�VY�H]VPK�ÄUKPUN� YLHS� ZV\YJLZ���they are still useful.

Yes, a student could escape doing their class read-ing by using SparkNotes, just as they could avoid in-depth research by using only Wikipedia.

But if they want an alternative to reading, they could just as easily use BookRags or GradeSaver or any of the hundreds and thousands of other sites dedicated to the same thing.

Yes, a student could cheat on a quiz, especially one given on a laptop like those in sophomore English, using SparkNotes.

But they could do the same thing with their notes or someone else’s.

If they could cheat just as easily using any site dedi-cated to book notes—why is SparkNotes alone being singled out?

This cannot be a bandwidth issue, as is the case with YouTube. SparkNotes takes up no more band-width than any other text-based site.

But most importantly, SparkNotes is an educational tool.

It provides a massive resource for concise and eas-ily understandable material that can be incredibly helpful to struggling students.

Its summaries and analyses are valuable tools that OLSW�Z[\KLU[Z�YLHK�HUK�JVTWYLOLUK�KPMÄJ\S[�TH[LYPHS�when used as intended—to complement, supplement and enhance reading, not replace it.

It could be abused and it has been, but that is not reason enough to deny students access to an educa-tional resource.

Isn’t educational material the one thing the school intends to provide with Wi-Fi?

Isn’t that the reason they give for blocking thou-sands of other sites? They wish to provide only edu-cational content through the school Wi-Fi, and they have every right to do so.

But the administration also needs to be consistent in this policy—that means they shouldn’t deny stu-dents access to a useful educational resource simply because they fear it could be abused.

Onions

Orchids

8 Editorial The Octagon December 4, 2012

&

EDITORIAL: school should keep promise to leave educational websites unblocked

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By JeffreyCaves

There is nothing quite like a pan of dark, richly browned root vegetables.

They absorb every lingering flavor of the juices from what-ever else you may be roasting and perfectly complement a chicken, leg of lamb, or any-thing else large and meaty.

Root vegetables are peas-ant food in the most glorious sense—rich, rustic, simple and intensely flavored.

Now granted, a few million starving medieval peasants might disagree, and I might agree with them after a few years of nothing but potatoes with only the occasional turnip and a sprinkling of misery to liven things up.

But, thanks to industrial scale agriculture, we get to en-joy them as the French (our culinary lords and saviors) in-tended—with meat, butter and herbs.

I have admittedly written on this topic before, two years ago for the online edition. And in no way do I wish to diminish the gratitude I have to all three of the people who likely read it.

But I feel that the noble root is worthy of still more coverage.

It is winter after all, when root vegetables are at their best.

The root is emblematic of winter—the rich savoriness, the caramelized sweetness of a per-fectly roasted carrot, potato or parsnip.

Most think of potatoes if they think of the poor root at all. But as much as I love the tu-ber, there is infinitely more that the root family offers.

A pan of carrots and pars-nips, fennel and celery root, gently roasting, caramelizing with nothing but salt, pepper and olive oil is nothing short of sublime.

Experiment with the root vegetable, I beg you.

Walk through the aisles of a market and find something root-like, and I’ll bet that with enough heat and a roasting hunk of meat, it will taste unex-pectedly good.

Roasted Carrots and Parsnips with Sage

8 carrots, cut into 1 in. pieces4 parsnips, peeled and cut

into ½ in. cubes1 celery root, peeled and cut

into 1 in. cubes12 large sage leaves, finely

minced2 tbsp. olive oilsalt and pepper

Preheat the oven to 450 de-grees. Toss the sage, parsnips, carrots and celery root with the oil and sage. Salt and pepper the mixture heavily.

Roast the vegetables in a heavy ceramic or glass roasting pan—or in the pan with any sort of hearty roasted meat—for 45 min. or until the vegeta-bles are soft and browned.

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After a difficult science lab, you work with a non-lab partner on your report. The two of you work on questions together and compare answers.

Five minutes before a class, you realize you haven't done the last question on your math homework because you didn't understand it. You do, however, after your friend ex-plains it. You don't have time to actually do the problem on your own, so you copy the key numbers for the problem.

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Your friend asks you to email her your history notes (even though both of you were in class) because she knows your notes are more specific. You send them to her.

Collaboration or Cheating?

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Goodfellas owner, George Baratta, said he cooks everything himself and purchases the majority of the ingredients at the local farmers market, he said.

Baratta employs about four others that help with delivery and packaging.

“What sets us apart from LunchMaster is our outstanding customer service and how our food is homemade,” he said.

Almost all of Baratta’s lunches are made from scratch and almost all of the food is organic, he said.

Baratta also explained that everything is cooked the day it is served and is never reheated.

Talamantes agrees that the food is an improvement.“The popcorn chicken was good. The food doesn’t

WDVWH�DV�IDNH�ĪDQ\PRUHī�´�VDLG�7DODPDQWHV�In an Octagon poll four students preferred

Goodfellas, while three preferred the older program.Despite preferring Goodfella’s lunches, only 10 high

schoolers order from the new provider. +RZHYHU��(VPDLO�LV�GLVVDWLV¿HG��³/XQFK0DVWHU�KDG�

more of a variety of entrée choices and more options,” Esmail said.

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For birthdays, Goodfellas has the option for cupcakes

or birthday boxes that include “three fun items” and a cupcake.

Snacks, provided by the Parents’ Association in the past, have been discontinued and will not be provided by the new program.

10 Remainder The Octagon December 4, 2012

Sandy: alumnae face power outages, gas linesSiragusa agrees there was no reason to

cancel school.“The storm that we had in July was worse

than Hurricane Sandy because we actually lost power,” Siragusa said.

+H�DGGHG�WKDW�KH�VWLOO�KDG�WR�JR�WR�FURVVĥcountry practice despite the cancellation of school.

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Currently attending Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y, Jackman was expecting something memorable but got exactly the opposite.

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The greatest inconveniences for many alumni were the loss of power and the wait in line for gas.

In Manhattan, Victoĥria Loustalot, ’03, lost power around 6 p.m. the night that Sandy hit land.

“People on our block ZHUH�VHOOLQJ�FRɱHH�IURP�WKHLU�KRPH�SRWV�IRU�IJ���D� FXSħOLNH� DGXOW� OHPĥonade stands,” Loustĥalot, who lives in the West Village, said.

“In any other neighĥborhood, they probably ZRXOG� KDYH� EHHQ� VKDULQJ� WKHLU� KRW� FRɱHH��free of charge. But not in the West Village.”

Sydney Wasserman, ’03, who currently lives in Greenwich Village, also experienced a power outage that lasted for a week.

She stayed with her cat and a powerful ÀDVKOLJKW�LQ�KHU�DSDUWPHQW�WKH�ZKROH�WLPH��going to the gym uptown to shower.

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station. Josh Borg, ’90, waited over an hour

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Borg lost power for seven days because of extremely high winds.

Given no power and below freezing temperatures, Borg decided to drive an hour away to stay at a hotel for a couple of days until a generator could be secured to run heat in his house.

$W�1HZ�<RUN�8QLYHUVLW\�Ī1<8ī�WKH�SRZHU�also went out, and classes were cancelled for a week.

The only place students at NYU could charge phones and get hot food was at the Kimmel Center on campus.

“It’s a madhouse in here. It feels like literĥally every student at NYU is trying to snag the last wall plug in the building,” Camille *HW]��µ����VDLG�WKH�GD\�DIWHU�WKH�VWRUP��KLW�

Getz said that she had to wait in line for about 30 minutes to get food, and when she got to the front of the line, it looked like a

homeless shelter. “They were just

pushing students through a line and giving them all the VDPH� WKLQJ� ĪSDVWDī�´�Getz said. “It’s pretty much our one meal a day that they’ll give us; we’re expected to eat the food that we stocked up on during the day.”

After about three or four days without power, many students evacuated to escape the cold temperatures and to get water.

Getz was one of them, going up to Barnard College for a night and then staying in the house of the CEO of JCrew with her cousin.

,Q�WKH�HQG��*HW]�GLGQ¶W�VXɱHU��WKRXJK�At the CEO’s house she had housekeeping

service and private chefs.

(Continued from page 1)

New lunch: decline in ordering prompted shift to local company(Continued from page 1)

“The popcorn chicken was good. The food doesn’t taste as fake (anymore)”

–Patrick Talamantes, junior

Manhattan, New York�īDERYHĬResidents check out the aftermath of the

storm in the East Village moments before the power substation blew and the neighborhood

lost electricity. At right, a fallen roof top in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, lies on the sidewalk in front of the building of Sydney

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courtesy of Wasserman)

West Harlem,

New York

Although damage was minimal in this part of Manhattan, the NYFD worked to clean up debris left from the storm, including a building’s facade brought down by winds. (Photo used with permission of Creative Commons)

“People on our block were selling coffee from their home pots for $10 a cup—like adult lemonade stands.”

–Victoria Loustalot, ‘03

We thankLisa Wible Wright The Myers FamilyLee Tait

The Williams Family The Martin Family The Kong Family

Sutcliffe LLP

The Nadgauda Family

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Dineen: self-su!ciency is goal for ex-teacher

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“My parents still give (Legos) to me even though I tell them every year not to.”

—Eric Hilton, junior

“(The rabbits) started out as lovely gifts, but then they just got to be too much.”—Jane Gillette, teacher

Illustration by Kamira Patel

Page 12: SCDS Octagon December 2012 edition

Senior Tommy Peng weaves through a crowd of people in the vast market in Guangzhou, China, in search of his desired merchandise.

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with glue or staples.According to Peng, gluing the leather in place was

a very easy step to make mistakes, and when mistakes were made, the shoes were sometimes placed into the oven to melt the glue or the refrigerator to cool the shoes or hold their shapes.

Next, Peng placed the outer soles on top of the inĥner soles.

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But Peng sees the process as a necessary experiĥence.

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Peng debuted the six pairs of high heels to Jane Brady, the assistant director of undergraduate admisĥsion at California College of the Arts, Oct. 23, and received praise.

“I was immediately impressed with the sculptural elements and craftsmanship,” Brady said in an email.

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“It is uncommon to see functional sculpture in a freshman portfolio.”

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And in the future, Peng plans on working with faĥmous fashion houses before building his own.

By

Ryan Ho

12Feature The Octagon December 4, 2012

Tommy Peng—he’s a ‘sole’ man

“I got this idea from a famous designer—Alexander McQueen. He really likes to do his designs with death, such as skulls and skeletons. I was inspired by him and tried to do something from him in order to glorify him. The skull I was modeling after had its tongue out; that’s why the inside of the shoe is red. This one was actually really hard to make because it required a special type of vegetable-tanned leather. I used that leather to cut up the pattern of the skull. I needed to heat it up and play with it like clay. It cools down really quickly, so I had to heat it up again and wait for it to cool.”

“Skull”

“I got this idea from the Yin Yang pat-tern. High-heeled shoes are a Western idea, and I was trying to combine it with the Asian culture. Each one of the pairs is different because Yin Yang in Chinese means ‘balance’ and I was trying to balance the color scheme. It was hard to hold the leather on the shoe last because the leather was very soft. But compared to the other ones, this one was easier.”

“Yin Yang”

“I got this idea from an iPhone case. For iPhone cases, we can switch them all the time de-pending on our moods. With this pair of shoes, you can change the straps. I’ve made blue and orange ones, and if this pair was for sale, we could just sell the straps themselves. The hard part of making this pair was how I was going to put the straps on the shoes because I didn’t have room there. I needed to put the buttons on the shoes, so I added extra leather, which was unusual. I designed it for a special someone.”

“The Changeable”

“I got this idea from bandages and mummies. There was a worker at my father’s factory who broke his arms and couldn’t work for a few days. This was based on a pair of normal leather shoes. I had to cut the strips of leather and bind them myself. I used hot glue, so I had ���������������������������������strips before I put them on. I chose gray on the outside and turquoise on the inside because they form an interesting contrast.”

“Bandages”

“I really like this one. I was inspired by the pop culture in general. The side of the shoes is a headphone design. I used strong metal colors such as gold and silver to rep-resent pop culture. The wigs represent the black singers’ �G��:�$���G����G�����G��������G��GI��G���������H�GI���������in China, so I bought a straight-hair wig. I used a curling iron, hair wax and hair spray to make the hair frizzy. It took me a while—I’m not a hair designer.”

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