Volume 64 Senior Issue

Journalthe

By and for the students of Guilderland Central High School

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The day has finally come for us to bid farewell to those familiar hall-ways. For some of us, the goodbye is just until September. For others, my-self included, it’s essentially perma-nent - this morning, I finished my high school academic experience by pulling apart a pig’s internal organs and identifying all of the different parts. A strange parting, but a part-ing nonetheless.

I don’t think that I’ve quite pro-cessed that I’m graduating. I just fi-nalized my class schedule for my first semester of college, but even still, I feel strangely complacent. There’s no grandiose sense of change, no wave of emotion washing over me.

I think that’s the key though. High school, and life in general, isn’t about clean-cut beginnings and fin-

ishes. High school is an experience, and experiences are really nothing more than the sum of many mo-ments.

Of course, there are moments that seem more important than others. Firsts, lasts, big wins and big losses, kindnesses and cruelties. When you think about it though, every mo-ment is the same length - the ten seconds it took you to hit that win-ning home run, execute that perfect turn sequence in your dance recital, or nail your solo at that concert oc-cupied the same amount of time in your life as the ten seconds you spent lying on the couch eating chips and watching TV this afternoon.

That doesn’t mean your special moments are any less special, though. Moments themselves may be mem-orable, but it is only when we recog-

nize their entirety - everything that has built up to them, every connec-tion they have - that our individual moments become monumental.

So, class of 2014, classes of 2015, 2016 and 2017, we are all now mov-ing on to different, hopefully bigger and better, things. I urge you to take some time to think about the mo-ments that have made up your high school experience. All of them. You see, life is simultaneously instan-taneous and continuous. It’s where and what you are at this very second, but also everything that’s led up to right now. Each and every moment has played its vital role, big or small, in shaping who you are today, and ultimately who you’ll go on to be.

Hopefully, looking through this issue of the Journal, the last one that I’ll ever contribute to, you’ll find a moment that you can relate to. The last four years seem to have flown by, and I couldn’t have asked for a bet-ter place to spend it than at Guil-derland. Over the next 18 pag-es we tried to capture not only the

blurred memories of the last couple years, but also the individual frozen instants, the personal moments that will stick around long after gradu-ation is over. Whether you found Ms. Mackey’s last cultural fair heart-breaking, or felt more alive at a foot-ball game than anywhere else, it’s time for a new slate. Three years ago my sister sat almost exactly where I am now, writing a reflection for her

Senior Issue. Among other things, she told her graduating class to fol-low Kurt Vonnegut’s advice and take time whenever things are going well to say, “If this isn’t nice I don’t know what is.”

If this isn’t nice I don’t know what isIsaac Malsky

Co-Editor in Chief

In what seemed like a blink of an eye, four years have passed. Whether they were a good or bad four years is up to you to decide. This last Journal issue probably represents one of the most dedicated projects I’ve actual-ly put my back into, all from a naïve

promise to a friend that I would help him complete it. I thought it would be easy. Boy was I wrong.

As we take our next steps into adulthood, I want you to take a mo-ment in your past and reflect on it. Each moment, no matter how small, has been an integral part of defin-

ing who you are today. Remember your moments here at GHS and step boldly into the future that awaits you. Good luck.

Max ChaoLayout Editor

Best of luck,Luxi Peng

Co-Editor-in-Chief

Letters From Some EditorsDear Class of 2014,

To the Class of 2014,

To my fellow GHS students,

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I was never a fan of high school football games. The Red Sea always seemed over-whelming, overbearing, and, overall, just too much. As for the actual game of foot-ball itself, I found it stressful. Every time someone was tackled, even from the other team, I would gasp and turn away. So why was I freezing on CBA’s guest bleachers, in the Red Sea, watching a football game? My friends had dragged me there telling me that these games were essential parts of my high school life that I’d remember forever.

As I sat squished between people I didn’t even know, with my legs numb from all the standing, I could not see how this was essential. Half-time had just ended and my brief reprieve from stand-ing had ended. As I stood back up on the bleachers, my already low school spirit turned non-existent. I began to mental-ly countdown the time left before I could go home just as something caught my

eye. Small plastic cups filled with what appeared to be baby powder were mak-ing their way around the crowd. As the teams had begun to start taking to the field again, all the cups had been passed out. I was utterly confused as to why baby powder was being handed out to a row-dy school-cheering section. Suddenly, all of the Red Sea’s attention was drawn to the front of the section where we were all being instructed on how to say a special cheer.

The cheer was quite simple -- it took the phrase, “I believe that we will win,” and broke it down word by word until the entire phrase had been built up. I guess everyone felt this cheer was needed be-cause of what the scoreboard was saying. The cheer started with someone saying “I” echoed by the entire Red Sea. After the “I” had been echoed, I began to sense a pal-pable change in the air. It was as if hope itself had been brought to life by a sim-ple start of a cheer. The cheer continued.

“I believe”- “I believe.” “I believe that”- “I believe that.” Every word built onto the phrase just added more energy to the growing excitement of the crowd. But it was still as if an unspoken consensus had been reached by all the students that cha-os would not break loose until the cheer had been completed. “I believe that we”- “I believe that we.” By this point even I could not stop a smile from growing on my face. I was bouncing on the balls of my feet in anticipation of whatever the end of the cheer would bring. “I believe that we will”- “I believe that we will.” This was it. “I BELIEVE THAT WE WILL WIN” - “I BELIEVE THAT WE WILL WIN.”

The crowd went crazy as the baby pow-der was thrown in the air, creating a haze over the entire field. As I was swept up in all the happiness I couldn’t help but feel it, school spirit. I had never felt more con-nected to my school and my peers in my life as we jumped around covered in baby powder dust.

BRYCE GOYER

The Great Dust Bowl

Photo by Lucas Balzer

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The tiredness. This is my moment. The long nights that don’t really have to happen, but they do anyway. I do not remember when it set in on me, definitely not before I was in fourth grade. There was on-ly weariness that came from playing outside all day. There was sleeping in the car but not the true fatigue that is every-one’s best friend.

So maybe I’m cheating a little- I am not writing about a single moment- I am writ-ing about many moments that are so alike to each other that they may as well have been the same moment.

I’m in the car or sitting at my desk, thinking about all the tasks and assignments that I have to do, and it wor-ries me. I used to have this

image of myself in freshman year, where I was a machine, something like a paper shred-der. My job was to eat this enormous stack of papers that was sitting at my desk, one by one by one. I didn’t know how to handle this endless stream of work on top of all the oth-er things that were expected of me. My life was a check-list: homework, cross country, church, violin, be nice, don’t be weird. I thought that fulfilling these duties was so important. I thought the world would melt away if I didn’t follow through.

When you are tired, you don’t really care about any-thing. You become heavier in your gravity but paler in your presence. You become angry and resigned and rather an-noyed that you will have to

get up tomorrow and do this whole thing again. You feel yourself slipping and that your very wholeness is being erased. You know that you will get through the long day ahead, but you wish that you didn’t have to. You detach yourself from the world and you hun-ker down inside yourself in a shell that feels like a cage, yet it is a shell of your own mak-ing.

My liberation from this cy-clic fatigue began when I real-ized that the only thing I had to worry about was my own machinations. I learned to tell myself to stop wallowing around and to stop being such a whiny idiot. I learned to un-derstand that things are what I make them to be. I figured out that I was not the cen-ter of the world and that self

pity was this incredibly selfish and blinded thing. Everybody else has problems too, most of them much worse than my own. Really, what is a stack of papers next to the stars and the earth and life itself ? I just needed to look up and look around. To stop hiding be-neath my self and to poke my head out into the fresh air.

Understanding my wrongs did not make them go away. I still get anxious and mopey pretty often. Learning is not easy; it takes time and gruel-ing hours of practice. Lessons can be hard to remember until they slam back into your face again. But here I am, inching along. I know I can make it through.

ALICIA CHEN

Sleepless NightsPhoto by Pranav Nayak

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I came into high school with a smirk plastered on my face, blissfully ignorant and ecstatic to be standing in the doorway of a place I had had dreams and nightmares about for the past 14 years of my life. I eased through my balancing act of extracurric-ular activities, sports, honors classes and community ser-vice like a professional.

Sophomore year was was nothing like freshmen year. This time, I sincerely dreaded the first day of school. And if I thought school was un-pleasant at the beginning of the year, the hard work once classes got underway com-pletely drained me.

I joined Outdoor Track again this year, which I usually do to get exercise and because having a varsity sport looks good on college resumes. My

main event is high jump, an event in which one flings her body over a rigid, metal bar

and prays mid-flight that she doesn’t land on it or knock it down. During a track meet in April I jumped 4’6. My per-

sonal record was 4’6 at the time, so I had matched that and blew most of the jumps I

had done throughout the year out of the water. Neither are applause-worthy jumps, es-pecially since a seventh grad-

er tried high jump for the first time in her life three weeks before and cleared 4’10 at her first meet, but I had im-proved. Sweaty and tired, I smiled and ran straight to my father’s car after the meet to tell him the news about my jump. Expecting a high-five of some sorts, I lifted my hand up. My hand was soon matched with a tepid hand. “I don’t think you’re very good at this,” he said, “This isn’t something you should be very excited about.” Immedi-ately, I crumpled into a ball and started bawling. I wasn’t crying because I did poorly or because my father was dis-appointed in me. I was crying because I realized at that mo-ment, by the end of the sea-

son, I would have spent 130 + hours on a sport I hated.

KATIE LAMAR

Quit while you’re ahead

Out of all my years in high school living with my par-ents, one constantly repeated phrase stands out to me the most.

“Your room is a mess.” Sometimes the talk would

be brief, and limited to on-ly those words. Most of the time it would include yelling and screaming for anywhere between 20 minutes and an hour. My parents tried every-thing. Taking my phone away, taking my keys, not letting me hang out with anyone, but the very next day it would hap-pen again. My room would be a mess.

My room is a mess in a cat-astrophic kind of way. Clothes are all over the floor, papers and plastic bags are all over the tables. The clutter makes it almost impossible to see. In this way, I am a very dif-ficult child to raise. I’m stub-born, selfish, and rebellious in all sorts of ways. I don’t lis-ten to anyone but myself. For the last 17 years of my life my parents have tried to get me to change. Yet, here I am. Sev-enteen years old, going off to college in a few short months, and this very morning I woke up and got yelled at for my room being a mess.

My parents were never

completely unreasonable, they just required certain things from me. Some requests, like doing well in school, were larger than other menial jobs like cleaning my room. I am a big thinker, and I can easi-ly differentiate between those experiences that matter and those that do not. Cleaning my room isn’t one of those things that I consider an im-portant experience. If I were a parent I would rather come home to a messy room than a report card full of C minuses. Obviously, my parents do not share this sentiment.

Over the years, I have come to love the “bad” traits I pos-

sess. One day they’ll get me somewhere in life, whether it be inside a prison or inside an office as a CEO (joking about the prison). Well behaved women, and people in general, never make history. My par-ents were good, and although they aren’t completely satisfied with the way I turned out, I am who I am, and I’ve come to terms with it. I will walk out of a high school a much better person than I was when I first walked in, with my room still looking like a mess.

JULIA CHONG

Chaos Theory

Photo by Pranav Nayak

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Revisiting Childhood ClassicsI had shut myself off from the aisles

lined with children’s toys for over sev-en years, but as the sliding doors opened to let me through once again, a strong nostalgia took hold of me. I took in the smell of new toys, the vibrant colors all around, and the sounds of little children racing ahead of their parents to explore a plethora of wonders. A child once more, I raced in to explore as well.

To the surprise and confusion of many parents, I regally rolled through the aisles on a scooter reliving all those wonderful memories of my childhood, my halcyon days. I admired all the intri-cate models like the Death Star and the Millennium Falcon in the Lego section. I sat and enjoyed the plastic wonders of the Power Rangers action figures I had loved as a child. Then, finally, I revisited my childhood obsession.

Yu-gi-oh cards had been all the rage when I was growing up. A major

attraction of the game was the uncertain-ty of finding the cards I wanted from the various card packs. Three cards that are still coveted by any true fan are the three Egyptian God cards, the three strongest, and some of the rarest cards in the game. Until the age of ten I searched for these three “jackpot” cards. By the time realized I had grown too old for cards and toys, I had collected two gods; the third eluded me. On another whim, I decided to buy one pack of cards just for old times’ sake.

Walking out of the store, I looked back at my spontaneous adventure with just as much joy as I would have as a child. In a way, it was like returning to some of my closest friends whom I hadn’t seen in years. They had always been at the back of my mind; I could never forget the toys that helped make my grand adventures much grander. But time had allowed my old friends to drift away. Revisiting them today made me, quite simply, hap-py. Along with my happiness, I came to a unique revelation.

In the past few years I have reluctantly been convincing myself that as I became more of an adult, I had to become less of a child. This is certainly true. I cannot pout and whine or always get my way. Also as a senior, I am finding myself more and more often in the position of being the leader, of being a teacher and model for younger students. I take this all in stride, but not without that nagging feeling of giving up the simple wonders of being a child. My experience today has forever saved me from such depressing thoughts. I realized that growing up doesn’t take away what really matters from my child-hood: the ability to marvel at, appreci-ate, and truly value the simple, the small things in life, the things that can make the child in me smile. And on that day nothing could have made me smile any more than opening that one pack of cards to find myself holding that cunningly elusive, that seldom found, final Egyp-tian god.

KARTHIK RAMESH

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There exists a quite memorable scene in the 2004 comedy “Mean Girls,” in which the main antagonist, Regina George, realizes that the protagonist, Cady Her-on, has been tricking her into gaining weight by giving her 5000-calorie Swedish energy bars and disguising them as diet bars. Regina then does the only thing she can do at this point: screams and screams and screams for two whole minutes. No words, just pure, fe-verish shrieking. And no matter how much you hate Regina George at this point, and no matter how much you know she deserved to be tricked like that, you can’t help but feel a little bit bad for her when she is so visibly cracking.

I personally feel espe-cially sympathetic to Re-gina’s plight, seeing as I myself reacted in much the same way after a hav-ing a cruel prank played on me while on a group trip in Spain.

I had had enough of this girl. She was rude, loud, trashy, and just plain mean. She was mean, however, in a fun-ny way, her charisma and quick wit distracting me until I realized hours lat-er just how vitriolic her cleverly disguised insults had been. So one night, when she accused me of losing our room key, af-ter explicitly assuring me that morning that she would be able to take care of it better than I

EMILY HONEN

Crisis in Europe


could, I was shaking in anger.After a miserable twenty minutes

spent asking for a new key in broken Spanish, and attempting to fit the key into our stubborn door, I finally threw the door open and started wonder-ing where my roommates, including

that girl, had gone. Then, suddenly, my taut nerves were broken as the three of them jumped out from behind closed doors, laughing cruelly and malicious-ly in my tired, terrified and now furi-ous face.

Never mind that we had been

warned to keep especially quiet in this hotel, as it had thin walls; never mind that I liked, for the most part, my oth-er roommates. The idiots had finally managed to conquer my already-short

temper, and I would not stand for it. With my fists clenched at my sides and my red, tear-streaked face screwed up in rage, I had a brief flash of Regi-na George’s similar expression before

I let out the great-est scream I possibly could.

Immediately, that girl, that I hated with every fiber of my being, got right up in my face. “You need to calm down!” She yelled. “You have been causing trouble this whole trip and you just need to chill out!”

Oh no, girlfriend.I very calmly in-

formed the girl that I would presently be terminating her earthly existence in quite a violent man-ner. Then I took a deep breath and lunged at her.

The aftermath is a blur. I remember rushing out of the room sobbing, my British guide com-forting me, calling my furious parents, my makeup stereo-typically streaking down my face in the form of black tears. I wanted her sent home. I wanted her gone. I wanted her dead.

I will remem-ber that moment my whole life--past graduation and in-to adulthood. Nev-er had I ever or have I since felt such raw anger or been so enormously uncon-tained, so uncaring of any consequences, so careless and bit-ter...

And never had I felt so bloody alive.

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I’ve always been a very qui-et kid. Instead of screaming outside during recess with my classmates, I sat in the grass drawing little pictures. In mid-dle school and in high school I rarely raised my hand, not because I don’t have the right answer but because I have a crippling fear of talking. In my French class I have to rehearse everything I’m going to say right down to the last word. I’m petrified.

Of course nothing changed when I went into high school, the same lack of confidence I had before didn’t magically disap-pear as I had hoped. I still mumbled when I spoke, and I still had a hard time meeting new people. I lacked any spirit. I was just a shy, boring, dull kid. Outside of school with my existing friends I was fun and energized, but that all vanished as soon as some-one put the spotlight on me. I would shrivel up like a grape in hot sun.

I had overheard that Mrs. Mackey was a scary lady; she was mean and gave too much homework. None of this turned out to be true, but, at the time, I had been extremely wor-ried about how I would approach her.

I spent most of the year be-ing my usual quiet self. I didn’t volunteer my voice to answer questions or contribute to dis-cussions even if I did have the right answer or something to say. It’s always been my great-est vice. I know it’s wrong and I know teachers hate it. And there have been many times

when I’ve kicked myself for not raising my hand to pro-vide an answer that no one else seemed to be able to give. But, in the end, I always felt that it was better to be safe than say something embarrassingly

stupid. Classes where teach-ers randomly call on students terrify me to my core. On the rare occasion that I did speak in a class, people would always complain that I wasn’t speak-ing loudly enough.

About halfway through the year when we were working on our term papers, Mrs. Mackey

called me up to her desk. The whole class was working si-lently on classwork and I tried to be as quiet as possible as to not disturb them. Mrs. Mack-ey had been revising our term papers while we worked and I

assumed she was just going to give me mine and let me scur-ry back to my seat. But, when I went to take my paper out of her hand she stopped me and randomly said, “Hayley you’re a smart girl, you just need to have more confidence in your-self.” I was so flattered yet em-barrassed and confused all at

the same time. I awkwardly mumbled something and nod-ded and fled back to my seat.

Out of all the memo-ries of this school, that is one that sticks out the most. Mrs. Mackey was one of the best

teachers I’ve ever had in high school. I respected her and saw her as some-one I could only hope to one day be like, and here she was telling me that I had potential, something I didn’t expect anyone to ever see in me. Teachers had always known that I was a smart kid, and I had always known that deep down too, but this was the first time anyone had been so blunt to call me out on my cowardice. It was a wakeup call that I needed. Mrs. Mackey be-lieved in me and for that I will be forever thank-ful, because she showed me that I should believe in myself.

I’m still a very qui-et person, but since then I’ve begun making some small changes. I have more confidence in my school work and I feel that it is within my pow-er to achieve great things. I’ve made more friends and I’ve tried to be more vibrant. I no longer have problems with how au-dible my voice is, and, al-

though I still find it difficult to speak up, it’s easier than it was before. Sometimes I even raise my hand to answer questions. Thankfully I’m not as shy as I once was, and I believe I have maybe a little more of that confidence Mrs. Mackey was talking about.

HAYLEY CHANG

Just a Bit Shy of Success

Photo by Pranav Nayak

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The sky was turning the soft pink col-or of sunset and the last remaining light filtered through the trees and reflect-ed off the pond. I thought this was what it would look like if a famous artist had painted a masterpiece just for me. Though it was getting late, and I knew that I would soon have to make the long walk back the house, I was persistent, milking every last moment that I could at the pond. All around me was the sound of birds chirp-ing and that deep baritone sound of the bullfrog. I was a kid on a mission; I want-ed—I needed—to catch one last frog. I walked around the perimeter of the pond, all the time searching. Then I spotted one. Even in the fading light I could make out the unmistakable skin of a leopard frog. I moved into a crouch and slowly made my way towards it. Once I got to the frog I slowly extended my arms, careful to not let the shadows of my hands move over the frog and scare it away. I made my pounce.

I slowly moved my cupped hands close to my face and opened them just a little and out popped a little frog head. My excite-ment only lasted a few seconds though be-cause I could immediately tell that some-thing was off. There was an odd, warm feeling in my hands, something I had nev-er felt before. I bent down, released the frog and then looked quickly to my hands and found a small puddle of pee. The frog had used my hands as its own personal Port-a-Jake.

This isn’t a recent memory. I can’t quite remember at what age it occurred but I know it was when I was in either the fourth or fifth grade. At the time, I didn’t make much of the situation, it was just another frog that I had caught and it happened to pee on me. However, as I look back, I real-ize this was the moment it dawned on me just how amazing nature is. That moment was perfect. It was picturesque sunset, the calming sounds of the pond animals as they prepared for the nighttime, and I

was able to be a part it. Though many peo-ple would think of a frog peeing on them as just plain gross, I view it as a kind of baptism. At that moment I experienced a feeling of complete calm, I felt perfectly at home and grounded in my faith in nature.

To me, nature and the outdoors has provided a place where I can let the weight of the world go. No matter what is stress-ing me, or what’s on my mind. Throughout my years at Guilderland High School I’ve used the outdoors and nature as an outlet to forget about the projects and the grades and just enjoy my last few teenage years and it will continue to be that for me for a very long time.

To this day nature is where I find se-renity. Whether it’s while taking a run through a park or casting a line and fish-ing for an hour, when I am in nature that is where everything clicks and life seems a little simpler.

JAKE HILL

Peace and Quiet in Unlikely Places


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New Slate415 students are graduating. Here’s where they’re going

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21%14 are entering the work force

15% are Undecided on a major

24

27are majoring in Biology

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415 students are graduating. Here’s where they’re going

21% are entering SUNY schools

24 are magoring in Engi-neering

77 are going toHVCC

36% are staying in Albany

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High school is stereotypi-cally documented by the huge, monumental events it pres-ents to a student. Howev-er, in many cases, the events that leave the longest lasting impression are not very large ones. For me, that event oc-curred when I was just a mea-sly freshman. Meeting one helpful senior whom I did not even know changed my out-look on high school in under five minutes.

The winter months are long and brutal. On top of the cold weather, the shortened day-light makes for a depressing atmosphere in school. Life be-

comes quite cyclic and down-right boring. One cold Janu-ary morning I was riding in to school with my sister, who was a senior at the time. I had an Earth Science project due that day, so I was carrying a rath-er unwieldy model in addition to my colossal backpack. As I trudged from the front park-ing lot to the sidewalk the thick snow sucked my shoes to the pavement. The side-walk was removed of snow but felt slick to the sole. Sudden-ly, I felt my footing give way and could feel myself sliding along the ice. In an instant, I was lying on my backpack on the cold, hard ground. I didn’t

care about my safety, but rath-er if anyone had seen me fall, which, the entire parking lot had. I quickly realized that my project had not survived the unfortunate slip and was in-deed destroyed beyond repair. I tried to salvage what was left of my project before realizing my sister had already gone in-side. I felt a patient tap on my right shoulder and turned to find an unfamiliar face. “Need a hand?” she asked, good vibes emanated from her voice. I nodded, and she helped me to my feet. I muttered a quick thank you as I struggled to maintain any shred of dignity I still had. She picked up my

shattered project and hand-ed it to me. Without saying a word, she smiled and walked on. In that moment, I realized that high school is not as inde-pendent as I had once thought it to be. Everyone must work together and only when that happens will the true potential of a single person be reached. I saw the girl a few more times that year but never said thank you to her. Thank you mystery senior, you changed my life.

BEN PHALAN

Broken Pieces

Photo by Dylan Vititow

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Schubert’s Ave Maria echoed around the too-large room, and although I was the one playing it, somehow I couldn’t hear the notes. I was dressed in funeral black for the first time in my life. My eyes were closed and I was playing straight to her – she was right there in the church, lying in her coffin with her fingers in-tertwined over her chest, and she was so close but so, so far away. A tremendous sadness hit me at the realization that she’d never really heard me play: a friend, a neighbor for all my life, and she’d never tru-ly heard me play.

I was fourteen, and I knew that people died all the time—in wars, of old age, of cancer—but I couldn’t begin to fathom what that actually entailed. No one had ever died in my life before. But in the weeks following her funeral, I began to learn: death meant no more handwritten birthday cards, and no more Muppets on TV. No more curling up in her plush rocking chair with a cup of hot chocolate. No more I-love-you’s through the phone.

Ila’s obituary hangs on our refrigerator, held in place by some souvenir magnets and sandwiched between Christ-mas cards and shopping lists.

Sometimes I read it as I wait for my pizza to microwave, and find myself shocked at how impersonal it is. No, I think sometimes; she wasn’t just a woman who “passed away peacefully at the age of 83.” She was an extraordinary Uno card player. She played golf every weekend it didn’t rain. She had a ceramic cookie jar shaped like Donald Duck. Her death did not define her; her life did, and it hurt to see her remembered so coldly.

But there was the caveat: it was up to us to remember her. “They say you die twice,” Banksy once said; “One time when you stop breathing and

a second time, later on, when someone says your name for the last time.” The trees that died the winter of her death revived in the spring, but it took me until summer to re-alize that she never had to die that second death at all.

I’m seventeen now, and not much has changed. I still can’t prevent death from happen-ing—in wars, of old age, or of cancer. But one thing has changed: I can remember my friend.

So long as I remember her, she’ll always be alive.

MICHELLE KANG

A Note on the Refrigerator


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It’s not every day I wake up and put on a suit to catch a bus to play at Carnegie Hall. But then again, this was not an or-dinary day. The Empire State Youth Orchestra was hav-ing a concert at the famous hall in New York City, and we had been practicing, prac-ticing, practicing for weeks. Every Tuesday night we’d re-hearse for three hours in a school gym, and it all would boil down to this one perfor-mance to wrap up the season. All of us piled on to a parade of buses, with only our excite-ment for the performance to keep us occupied.

After a much anticipated arrival, we pulled up next to our destination and the bus began letting us onto the busy, smelly sidewalks of New York. Quickly the chaperones herd-ed us into the building and up a never-ending stairway. We finally made it to the top

flight, huffing and puffing, but we were pushed into a crowd-ed room of the orchestra where we were to unpack our instru-ments. After we all settled in, it was time to make our way to the stage where we’d have the opportunity to warm up on the world-famous stage.

When we traveled back down the many flights of stairs, we found out, much to our horror, that we couldn’t bring water bottles on the stage. We didn’t know how we’d play over an hour of music without water, but those are the rules at Carnegie, so we couldn’t change them. We all found our seats, and in our short dress re-hearsal we ran the entire con-cert. If it hadn’t been real in our minds before, it finally dawned on us that we really would be performing on this stage. But the dress rehearsal went smoothly, and we were hurried off the stage where we would eat lunch and

do all the final preparations for the concert.

After lunch our orchestra director, Helen, gave us a lit-tle bit of advice for the per-formance; we were then left to head back down stairs. Finally all proceeded to pile onto the stage in front of a now-large audience, probably mostly of parents. Once the tuning notes were heard, five levels of seats grew quiet, and be-sides the note you could hear your heartbeat. After a blur, Helen came out from behind stage doors and was met with a round of applause from the enthusiastic audience, and, af-ter a quick bow, we began to play. I can honestly say that was one of the most reward-ing concerts I’ve ev-er played, and I felt so

inspired afterward. I was so proud, I almost cried. I nailed everything I needed to, and I didn’t let the orchestra down, which I think is why I was so proud. But I left that hall and got back on the bus home with a huge smile on my face of joy and of relief. This hall is world famous, and it was without question a lifetime opportu-nity to play there. And when people ask how I got to Carn-egie Hall, I can truthfully tell them it was by bus.

JOEY SIPZNER

How to get to Carnegie Hall

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Class of 2014 Post-Grad Destinations

I walked up the stairs with sweat dripping down my face. My grandma and my brother came in behind. We slowly made our way to the elevators, glad to enter a more enclosed ar-ea of the building.

Up we went. One floor, two floors, three. I stepped out onto a clean, tiled floor. The hall-ways were quiet and empty; the Shanghai nursing home was a newer development and was not yet fully populated. My aunt, my dad’s sister, walked ahead and guided us to my oth-er grandmother’s room. Behind us, my mom’s mother instructed my brother to practice say-ing “Hello grandmother!” and “How are you?” and “I missed you!” and “Do you remember me?” My brother repeated the phrases in bro-ken Mandarin.

We reached my grandmother’s room af-ter a few twists and turns down the hall. The door was open. A lady who looked quite el-derly herself appeared at the doorway, beam-ing, beads of sweat on her lip. “Come in! Come

in!” She said, wiping her hands with a wet rag. We entered the room and my aunt began con-versing with the caretaker, asking her about my grandmother’s diet, sleeping habits, and mem-ory. The room was air conditioned, but was still only slightly cooler than outside. It smelled better than I had anticipated.

My grandmother was sitting up in the bed closest to the door with a genuine but con-fused smile on her face. “Vivian, come talk to your grandmother!” My mom’s mother urged. I realized she and my brother were already at my grandmother’s bedside. I walked over and plas-tered on a smile as my grandmother took my hand in her fragile, bony ones. She was slightly plump, had rosy cheeks and looked healthier than last I’d seen her, three years earlier. But last I’d seen her, Alzheimer’s had not yet taken her memory. My smile became more genuine as I realized she was physically healthy.

My aunt came over and began the process of reintroducing me to my grandmother, my grandmother who had applied five times for

a visa to come visit me and my brother in the U.S. but had been rejected each time. Now it was too late.

“Mom, this is Jia Jia,” my aunt said to her mother, hoping my Chinese nickname would trigger a memory. “Do you remember Jia Jia? Dai Yun’s daughter?” But we all knew that wouldn’t help.

“Jia Jia. Jia Jia.” My aunt repeated my name over and over, and my grandmother smiled and nodded and repeated after my aunt. Then my aunt asked, “Who is Jia Jia?” Silence. My grandmother smiled and looked at my aunt, then at me, then back at my aunt. She looked like a guilty schoolchild who did not know the answer to a question. Finally, she said quietly, “I don’t know.”

After we left, I almost convinced myself that a flash of recognition had come across my grandmother’s face when she looked at me. But I knew I was being dramatic. In any case, if there had been recognition, it would have been fleeting. Like memories. Like life.

VIVIAN DAI

Do you remember me?


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Skyler Hallenbeck Skyler Hallenbeck HVCC Automotive Technical

John Hanlon John Hanlon Albany College of Pharmacy Health Human Sciences Pre-Med

Fairooz Haque Fairooz Haque HVCC Mechanical Engineering

Emily Harding Emily Harding Siena College Business

Morgan Hardt Morgan Hardt James Madison University Business/Finance

Alaynah Harlow Alaynah Harlow HVCC Undecided

Fiona Hayden Fiona Hayden SUNY Cortland Inclusive Special Ed.

Owen Heaney Owen Heaney HVCC Electrician

Kiera Heath Kiera Heath Towson University Athletic Training

Kelsey Heidenstrom Kelsey Heidenstrom Roger Williams University Undecided

James Herrmann James Herrmann RIT Physics

Duncan Hess Duncan Hess Undecided Undecided

Kaitlyn Hess Kaitlyn Hess Stonehill College Biology/Chemistry

Jacob Hill Jacob Hill SUNY Geneseo Biology

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Joseph Wier, IV Joseph Wier, IV SCCC Science

Alanna Wilson Alanna Wilson St. Rose College Business

Kimberly Wilson Kimberly Wilson SUNY Cobleskill Horticulture

Kristen Woods Kristen Woods HVCC Undecided

Asia Woodside Asia Woodside RIT Computer Science

Michelle Xiong Michelle Xiong Cornell University Policy Analysis and Managment

Andrew Xu Andrew Xu Northeastern University Computer Science

Angela Yang Angela Yang HVCC Individual Studies

Christopher Zanotta Christopher Zanotta RPI Industrial/Management Engineering

Fangxin Zhu Fangxin Zhu Siena College Accounting

Joseph Zuchowski Joseph Zuchowski HVCC Undecided

Travis Terhune Travis Terhune Trade School Diesel Mechanics

Aimee Terry Aimee Terry University of Vermont Neuroscience

Taylor Tewksbury Taylor Tewksbury University of Delaware Marine Science

Sophie Theis Sophie Theis SUNY Oswego Public Relations

YinMeng Tian YinMeng Tian Babson College Business

Nicole Topaltzas Nicole Topaltzas Maria College Nursing

Amy Toscano Amy Toscano Worcester Polytechnic Institute Chemical Engineering

Michael Trichilo Michael Trichilo Northeastern University Computer Science

Alexa Van Buren Alexa Van Buren Adelphi University Nursing

Austin Van Buren Austin Van Buren HVCC Mechanical Engineering

Megan Van Epps Megan Van Epps HVCC Early Childhood Development

Courtney Van Oort Courtney Van Oort SUNY Oneonta Fashion Merchandising

Jordaan Van Oort Jordaan Van Oort University of Delaware Business Management and Hosptality

Nicole Van Oort Nicole Van Oort George Mason University Elementary Education

Kate Van Patten Kate Van Patten Union College Environmental Engineering

Devin Vanbrunt Devin Vanbrunt HVCC Film

Jordan Vanina Jordan Vanina Western New England University Criminal Justice

Alyssa Varsanyi Alyssa Varsanyi St. Rose College Graphic Design

Myron James Vititow Myron James Vititow Work Music

Justin Vogel Justin Vogel HVCC Undecided

Jennifer Wade Jennifer Wade SCCC Psychology

Lindsay Wall Lindsay Wall George Washington University Business

Catherine Walser Catherine Walser SUNY Geneseo Psychology

Anne Walsh Anne Walsh Northeastern University Chemistry

Mathilde Warren Mathilde Warren McGill University Political Science

Jack Watson Jack Watson Northeastern University Nursing

Brandon Watt Brandon Watt SCCC Business

Kedrick Weeden Kedrick Weeden SUNY Albany Criminal Justice

Nicole Weijola Nicole Weijola St. John Fisher College Public Relations

Carli Weinberg Carli Weinberg Rose Hulman Institute of Technology Electrical Engineering

Haibin Wen Haibin Wen SUNY Albany Computer Science

Colton White Colton White HVCC Paramedic/Health Science

Taquandrea White Taquandrea White Work

Dylan Whitfield Dylan Whitfield HVCC Undecided





































































Brandon Porter Brandon Porter SUNY Binghamton Biology

Hemanth Potluri Hemanth Potluri SUNY Albany Nanoscale Engineering

Matthew Potolski Matthew Potolski Syracuse University Sports Management

Markis Poulen Markis Poulen University of Hawaii Zoology

Leonard Price Leonard Price Hermiker County Comm. College Undecided

Elexus Prince Elexus Prince Jonhson and Wales University Fashion Merchandising

Brittney Pulliam Brittney Pulliam University of Tampa Allied Health, Pre-Med

Kyndra Race Kyndra Race SCCC Culinary Arts

Isabella Rahal Isabella Rahal The University of Arizona Registered Nursing

Karthik Ramesh Karthik Ramesh University of Rochester Biology

Camerina Ramirez Camerina Ramirez Central NM Comm. College Undecided

Katie Randorf Katie Randorf SUNY Oneonta Biology

Bryan Rapp Bryan Rapp HVCC Computer Systems Information

Brandon Rathwell Brandon Rathwell SUNY Geneseo Biology, Chemistry

Victor Rau-Sirois Victor Rau-Sirois RIT Physics

Abigail Raymond Abigail Raymond Cazenovia College Equine Business Management

Craig Raymond Craig Raymond HVCC Undecided

Evan Reid Evan Reid SUNY Geneseo Business

Friedrich Reimer Friedrich Reimer Syracuse University TransMedia (emphasis on Filmmaking)

Darina Relyea Darina Relyea SUNY FIT Communication Design

Eileen Renzi Eileen Renzi SUNY Oswego Marketing, Wellness Management

Talia Reutter Talia Reutter Skidmore College Biology

Daniel Rhoades Daniel Rhoades HVCC Media Broadcasting

Zachary Riell Zachary Riell HVCC Auto Body Repair

Jenna Robinson Jenna Robinson Marist College Biology

Bryanna Rosenthal Bryanna Rosenthal HVCC Business Administration

Connor Rubin Connor Rubin Western New England University Business

Sarah Ruggles Sarah Ruggles SUNY Cobleskill Applied Psychology

Eric Sahagian Eric Sahagian SCCC Criminal Justice

Joseph Salerno Joseph Salerno HVCC Sports and Fitness Science

Michelle Saucedo Michelle Saucedo Siena College Biology, Spanish

Reza Sayeed Reza Sayeed Boston University Economics

Christopher Schlegel Christopher Schlegel Fulton Montgomery CC Undecided

Taryn Schmidt Taryn Schmidt SUNY Delhi Registered Nursing





































































Arbri Lule Arbri Lule SUNY Binghamton Pre-Health

Victoria MacIntosh Victoria MacIntosh HVCC Architecture Technology

Shannon Mackesey Shannon Mackesey SUNY Albany Criminal Justice

Jody Madsen Jody Madsen University of Tampa Business/Marketing

Sterling Mahoney Sterling Mahoney SUNY Purchase Visual/Graphic Arts

Zachary Malitz Zachary Malitz Marist College Undecided

Isaac Malsky Isaac Malsky Univ. Chicago Physics

Faiz Mandozai Faiz Mandozai HVCC Undecided

Abigail Marco Abigail Marco Sacred Heart College Undecided

Jack Marcucci Jack Marcucci SUNY Oswego Undecided

Hailey Marini Hailey Marini University of Scranton Forensic Chemistry

Gabriella Marino Gabriella Marino SUNY Oneonta Biology

Ryan Marino Ryan Marino HVCC Criminal Justice

Blayne Marion Blayne Marion St. Bonaventure University Elementary and Special Education

Matthew Martin Matthew Martin Comm. College of the Air Force

Shelbie Masa Shelbie Masa HVCC Undecided

Lily Mazur Lily Mazur RIT Mechanical Engineering

Veronika Mazur Veronika Mazur University of Scranton Occupational Therapy

Angelina McBride Angelina McBride SCCC Vocal Performance

Jordan McBride Jordan McBride Siena College Undecided

Michaela McCormack Michaela McCormack SUNY Plattsburgh Business

Shauna McDonald Shauna McDonald SUNY Oneonta Professional Accounting

Patrick McMillen Patrick McMillen Clarkson University Aerospace Engineering

Arshia Mehra Arshia Mehra St. Bonaventure University Journalism and Mass Communications

Alexandra Melfe Alexandra Melfe SUNY Cobleskill Animal Sciences

William Merkley William Merkley SUNY Brockport Criminal Justice

Giana Messore Giana Messore Quinnipiac University Health Sciences

Zachary Miller Zachary Miller HVCC Computer Science

Alexander Minas Alexander Minas SUNY Buffalo Mechanical Engineering

Ramon Monlea Ramon Monlea Work Conducter on railroad

Maeve Montesi Maeve Montesi University of Delaware Undecided

Sean Mooney Sean Mooney HVCC Liberal Arts and Sciences

Cory Moore Cory Moore HVCC Undecided

Ahmer Mughal Ahmer Mughal HVCC Engineering Science



































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