WRITING AND RHETORIC//VIRTUAL TOUCHDOWN//THE NEW ADDICTION//TOM AT 25//COLLABORATIONS//EAT THIS, NOT THAT//HISTORY DEPARTMENT SHOWDOWN//ONE MAN’S TRASH//CASUAL VACANCY//RUST WITH THE BAND//LIFE OF KATIE//DAY IN THE LIFE//HIS LOS ANGELES

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THE WINDWARD BRIDGE is a publication run by students with fac-ulty advisors, LAURA CLARK and JAMES LUBIN. We cover school ACTIVITIES and EVENTS, student OPINIONS and entertainment RE-VIEWS. Printed by SUMI PRINTING on 80# matte paper.

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Editor’s Letter

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things to do on the internet

school lunches

kuhns gettin’ thriftyTRUE LIFE:Tom Gilder

facebook

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day in the life

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IDOLS 15what inspires you? 18

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I’m inspired by 1960’s makeup, Mos Def, bowties, Great Britain, and tulips. These may seem like disparate subjects, but in times of need, I try to draw inspiration from anywhere I can, and times of need have certainly been frequent this year. The transition out of Windward and into col-

This year has been an odd one for The Bridge as well. Six of our staff members are seniors, meaning that we’ll be leaving the magazine and Windward itself. Our advisor, Laura Clark, also moved on from Windward this past April after three school years of bettering our jour-nalism program and constantly inspiring our work on both the former newspaper and current magazine.

I hope that we move on having left some kind of mark on the Windward community. 4 hours a week, 40 weeks, and 3 years is a total of 480 hours. That’s a lot of time we’ve put in to The Bridge, and that it has put in to us. This magazine has been a forum for us to share what inspires us day-to-day within the Windward community; this issue is about the Windward community sharing its inspirations with us.

Seniors Jack Taylor, Skyler Johnson, Claire Benarroch, Gina Segall, Katie Donahoe, and Robbie Brussell

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ma Steiner ‘14

Gina Segall

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J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter series, has announced that she will be publishing a new novel. After all of the hype last summer with the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, Potter fans have been searching for a way to vent their undy-ing love for the “Boy Who Lived,” but don’t expect the boy wizard to appear in this new book. Rowling’s novel will be called The Casual Vacancy, and will chronicle the ostensibly harmonious town of Pagford and the events surrounding the death of parish council member Barry Fairweather. According to her website, the new book will be “blackly comic, thought-provoking and constantly surprising.” Rowling has switched publishing companies to Little, Brown for her new book instead of Scholastic, which published the Harry Potter series and typically targets younger readers. Harry Potter fanatics around the world, and spe-

have been excited for this new release, but the brief synopsis has left some fans confused. The plot sum-mary “didn’t excite” Jocelyn Hansson ‘13 as much as she thought because of the “lack of magic,” but she accepts that it is “kind of hard to tell” with just a short description. However, Samantha Wapner ‘13 is “more excited for the new book” than she was before the release of the synopsis because she is interested to see how the suspense in the Potter series “plays out in the real world.” However, Samantha Nagler ‘13, although ex-cited, believes that “people need to recognize that [the book] will be very different from the Harry Pot-ter series,” because some of the fandom “might be disappointed.” Another Potter fan, Miranda Taylor ‘12, hopes that it’s as “easy to fall in love with the charac-ters as it was with the Harry Potter characters.” Groups around the world debate important mo-ments, deck themselves out in Hogwarts School uniforms, and reread the books, but some fans were worried that after the last installment, the fandom

would disintegrate. However, even though Rowling’s new novel will not be a sequel to Harry Potter, Wapner thinks that “this fandom has a way of sticking together no mat-ter what.” The Harry Potter series was a massive success, un-

critics and analysts have wondered what made Harry Pot-ter as big as it was, but the series would not be the same without the talent of its author. Hansson thinks that the series was somehow “some-thing many generations could enjoy.” Also, Nagler be-lieves that the Potter series has a “sense of realism” to which people anywhere can relate. “J.K. Rowling has a way of writing that makes me never want to put the book down,” Nagler added.

The Casual Vacancy...of Wizardry?By Alison Feinswog ‘13Buzz Editor

(AP Photo/Ric Francis)

Photo by Alison Feinswog ‘13

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In this issue, The Bridge decided to interview Ryan Staude and Rob Latimer, but with a twist--they had to predict how the other would answer the question.

IF YOU COULD BE ONE FEMALE CHARACTER FROM FILM/TELEVI-SION, WHO WOULD THEY BE?L: Uma Thurman from Kill Bill.S: Jenny from Forrest Gump.

THE OTHER?L: Cleopatra.

S: Rita Hayworth.

THE OTHER?L: Karen Allen from Raiders of the Lost Ark.S: Princess Leia.

IF YOU COULD BE WITH ONE WOMAN FROM HISTORY WHO WOULD IT BE?

S: Alice Roosevelt.young Elizabeth.

WHAT WOULD STAUDE DO WITH-OUT J.CREW?

S: God, I don’t know. What would I do?

L: Buy the second hand ward-robe from Mad Men.

WHAT WOULD ROB DO WITHOUT MICROFIBER?

L: I don’t know, buy other clothing or walk around na-ked.S: Whats the point in going on

That’s a quote.

IF YOU COULD BE ONE INANIMATE OBJECT, WHAT WOULD YOU BE AND WHY?

Staude: One of Don Draper’s suits so I could be close to him.

Latimer: A sword, because it is a very personal way of kill-ing somebody.

IF THE OTHER COULD BE AN INAMINATE OBJECT, WHAT WOULD THEY BE AND WHY?

L: A fedora because then Don Draper could wear him.

S: A lightsaber because he likes Star Wars.

BEST QUALITY?L: My formidable beard.S: My keen fashion sense.THE OTHER’S?L: Ability to rant about things without sounding like a nega-tive curmudgeon.S: Incredibly intelligent.WORST QUALITY?

S: Everything else.L: Chronic lateness.

THE OTHER’S?

S: He doesn’t like Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

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Over two-thirds of the students at

Windward School, as well as many

members of the faculty and adminis-

tration, choose to eat lunch on cam-

pus. Of those, how many actually are

aware of what they are putting into

their bodies come lunchtime? For

many, convenience is often prioritized

over the nutritional value of the food

item: fat, calories, etc. Childhood obe-

sity is at an all-time high and has more

than tripled in the past thirty years, ac-

cording to the Center for Disease Con-

trol and Prevention, and is receiving

more press than ever, especially with

help from important figures in gov-

ernment, including First Lady Michelle

Obama. Over the past few weeks, I’ve

gone undercover as an amateur food

critic and nutritionist, purchasing

l u n c h

at all locations around campus: the

Pavilion, Grab and Go, and Grill. I’ve

not only taste-tested multiple meals,

but have also researched the most nu-

tritious choices. If you’re a savvy lunch

buyer like I am who wants both qual-

ity taste and nutritional benefits, then

this reference is your go-to guide.

After waiting for what seems like a

lifetime in arguably the busiest lunch

location on campus, one can often

overindulge to satisfy hunger. Many

times, students have such big appe-

tites right when afternoon hits that,

when they are dismissed from class,

they often buy their ever-comforting

fix of orange chicken and macaroni

and cheese or a burrito filled to the

brim, accompanied by a side of tor-

tilla chips. Though these may appear

to be delicious menu items, they are

somewhat lacking when it comes

to nutritional benefits. Here are

a few new alternatives to

spruce up that repeti-

tive lunchtime

routine.

*The calorie

count for all

food items

c o u r t e s y

of loseit.com,

also available

for download as an

iPhone and iPod application.*

Asian Food:Order This:

Asian lettuce wraps

with chicken and teriyaki

tofu (CALORIES- 430)

Not That: Orange chicken, fried rice,

and lo mein (CALORIES- 1,360)

Pasta:Order This: Penne pasta

with marinara sauce and mixed

vegetables (CALORIES- 353)

Not That: Pasta with alfredo sauce

and cheese and garlic bread

(CALORIES- 690)

Specials:Order This: Blackened tilapia w/ pine-

apple salsa (CALORIES- 187)

Not That: Jambalaya and white rice

(CALORIES- 492)

Salad Bar:Order This: Lettuce, black beans,

carrots, artichokes, cu-

cumber, tomatoes,

and chicken tossed

in balsamic dress-

ing (CALORIES- 364)

Not That: Lettuce, chicken, croutons,

parmesan cheese, ranch

(CALORIES- 594)

CARROTCAKEBY Lizzy Isgar ‘14

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Mexican Food: Order This: Chicken fajita w/ salsa,

pico de gallo, and side

salad (CALORIES-

360)

Not That: Fiesta

quesadilla w/ sour cream, rice,

beans, and chips (CALORIES- 1,329)

Burgers:Order This: Chick-

en slider with let-

tuce, tomato, gua-

camole and side

salad (CALORIES- 401)

Not That: Bacon burger w/ melted

cheddar, caramelized onions, and su-

per sauce with fries (CALORIES- 1,298)

Specials: Order This: Brazilian chicken with

black beans and plantains (CALORIES-

409)

Not That: Falafel pita with tzatziki and

feta cheese and french fries (CALO-

RIES- 879)

Drink This: Honest Tea

(CALORIES- 84)

Not That: Snapple (CALO-

RIES- 250)

Drink This: Vita Coco Coco-

nut Water (CALORIES- 45)

Not That: Coca-Cola (CALO-

RIES- 140)

(CALORIES 84)

Not That: Snapple (CALO-

RIES- 250)

Drink This: Vita Coco Coco-

nut Water (CALORIES- 45)

Not That: Coca-Cola (CALO-

RIES- 140)

I conducted a survey among vari-

ous Windward freshmen and sopho-

mores to find out what the most

popular lunch option at school is. The

point of polling students was not only

to find out what they considered to

be the best tasting food items around

school, but also to see if there was a

correlation between the poll results

and nutritional benefits. The unusual

pairing of orange chicken and maca-

roni and cheese came in as the fan

favorite, which I noted numerous

ninth grade boys purchasing in the

Pavilion on a daily basis. The caloric

intake, however, hits quadruple digits,

coming out to 1,010 calories for these

two items alone. Oddly enough, sushi

from the Grab and Go and salad from

the Pavilion received no votes at all,

which are the two healthiest food op-

tions available.

Evidently, students and teachers

alike are sometimes confused when it

comes to nutrition and healthy eating.

Luckily, a school like Windward offers

great-tasting and fulfilling options for

purchase every day. Use this article to

your advantage and master the lunch-

time rush. I hope to see you standing

in the Grab and Go line choosing the

side salad with your

next meal instead of

french fries or try-

ing some fresh

fruit for dessert

instead of an ice

cream sandwich

from the Grab

and Go.

If you found the format

of this lunchtime refer-

ence guide helpful, you

might enjoy reading the

Eat This, Not That! series of

books. For further infor-

mation, visit the official

website at eatthisnoth-

tatbook.com.

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By Katie Donahoe ‘12 and Gina Segall ‘12

To some, Tom Gilder might just be a

friendly face on campus, but this man

has seen it all, from the construction of

several new buildings to the evolution

of veteran math teacher Ray Friend’s

mustache. The Bridge sat down with

Tom one quiet afternoon, Proust Ques-

tionnaire in hand, and tackled a variety

of subjects, including Shirley Windward,

building bicycles and fending off those

pesky grizzly bears. Yes, Tom has seen

quite a bit indeed.

TB: What is your current state of mind?

TG: Busy. I always feel like I’m doing six

or seven things at once and feeling bad

that there’s another four or five that I’m

not attending to. And yet, that’s what

makes this job interesting. There’s never

been a point in this job where I’ve felt

bored. I always feel like there’s some-

thing else to learn or do or some big

challenge.

TB: What is your favorite hobby?

TG: I love hiking and I love bicycling and

exploring. Discovering new things. And

to me, that could be with exercise or

traveling, going to a new city, exploring

a new culture.

TB: What historical figure do you most

identify with?

TG: The person that’s most amazing is

Teddy Roosevelt. I mean, talk about a

person who you read the stories [about]

and you think “this must be myth,” but

you realize he really did charge up San

Juan Hill. The safaris and the things he

did there. He just did things that are

larger than life.

TB: Which living person do you most ad-

mire?

TG: Shirley Windward. You think about

your life and aging, and here’s some-

one that’s always young. As long as I’ve

known her, she has an energy about her

that is just infectious. She’s always dis-

covering something new...She doesn’t

slow down for an instant. That energy is

something you have to aspire to...She’s

courageous, too.

TB: What is your most treasured posses-

sion?

TG: I have a bicycle that I built from

scratch in college. I bought each part

separately. It took forever to build this

bicycle. I went on a bike ride...from Cana-

da back to Los Angeles. It was ambitious

and foolish.

TB: What is your greatest extravagance?

TG: There are times in which I look at a

situation and say, “Here’s an opportunity

to travel or do something else fun.” I’ll

say, “Well, when am I going to get a

chance to do this again?” I tend

to say, “I think it’s time for

one last hurrah.”

TB: What is your favorite journey?

TG: It’s always the one I’m about to take.

TB: What is your greatest fear?

TG: I thought I was pretty brave when

it came to wild animals... but [my fam-

ily and I went] to Katmai National Park

[in Alaska] where the grizzly bears are.

You’re supposed ...to act like the biggest

grizzly bear and that’s really more of an

encounter than I really want. [Especially]

when you discover that the person lead-

ing the way has no weapons.

TB: Which words or phrases do you most

overuse?

TG: Great, fabulous, wonderful. I tend to

get excited about things.

TB: What do you consider your greatest

achievement?

TG: Well, at Windward it’s just always

building a stronger community and a

stronger school program to meet the

needs of our students. It’s a collective

effort. It’s not me, it’s us. Personally, I’m

really proud of my kids... To watch how

they’re evolving now. They’ve explored

so many different things.

TB: What is it you most dislike?

TG: Sometimes I get impatient at end-

less meetings.

TB: If you could choose what to come

back as, what would it be?

TG: I would come back as my kids! I

would love to have a Windward educa-

tion.

TB: What is your motto?

TG: Take advantage of [the] opportuni-

ties before you. Be flexible. Make sure

you’re taking full advantage of the mo-

ment.

11SPRING 2012

By Abby Kuhns ‘15

Staff Writer

Shopping at stores like Forever

21, H&M, and Target is popular at

Windward--after all, they often have

cheap prices, nice clothing, and con-

venient locations. But also popular

with Windward students is thrifting

and vintage shopping.

Maybe inspired by Fashion icons

like blogger Tavi Gevinson, students

buy clothing at thrift stores because

of the even lower prices and the

chance at some special one-of-a-

kind finds. “It can be fun to go and

find something cool instead of the

cheaply made mass-produced stuff

at Forever 21,” said Samantha Sch-

riger ‘15.

The benefits of thrift stores are

endless--they create a more unique

wardrobe, and they help the environ-

ment by not wasting energy to make

new clothes. Goodwill, for example,

has many locations throughout the

greater Los Angeles area. All it takes

is a thirst for adventure and a few

bucks to dig through the racks and

find something worthwhile. Another

plus? Donating and buying clothes

to thrift stores like Goodwill and Sal-

vation Army helps support charita-

ble causes and the community as a

whole.

For those of us who enjoy spending

the day in the great outdoors, try out

a few flea markets. Most are larger

than the average thrift store and all

are filled with tons of vendors selling

everything from jewelry and clothing

to home furnishings.

Many Windward students attend

the Melrose flea market (technically

“The Melrose Trading Post”), which

is open every Sunday, for vintage-

inspired pieces like high-waisted Levi

shorts or chic sundresses.

Also popular is the larger Pasadena

Rose Bowl Flea Market. Held every

first Sunday, the opportunites to find

those perfectly worn-in loafers or

awesome vintage sunglasses is even

greater!

“I love the flea market,” said Tyler

Inn ‘15. “I go to the Rose Bowl. It’s so

convenient and has low prices.”

Yet another popular alternative to

chain stores is consignment shop-

ping, where designer clothing is re-

sold. While thrift stores are usually

pretty inexpensive and flea markets

may vary (depending on the quality

of vendors), consignment stores can

be pricey as they consist of designer

clothing. Compared to their usual

prices though, shopping smart at

consignment stores can lead to some

great deals! I’ve seen boots from Bar-

neys New York for under $100. How-

ever, often it’s better to stick to the

lowest prices at various thrift stores

and flea markets.

But still, there are some students

who dislike shopping at thrift stores

altogther, preferring mass consumer

stores. “I don’t really shop at thrift

stores,” said Alia Becker ‘15. “I find

everything I need at other stores.” To

each his or her own!

RecomendationsThrift StoresGoodwill 524 Santa Monica Blvd

Santa Monica, CA, 90401

Salvation Army1401 S. Sepulveda Blvd

Los Angeles, CA 90024

Flea MarketsPasadena Rose Bowl Flea Market 1001 Rose Bowl Drive

Pasadena, CA 91103

(Second Sunday)

Melrose Trading Post 7850 Melrose Avenue

Los Angeles, CA 90046

(Every Sunday)

Consignment ShopsBuffalo Exchange 131 N. La Brea Ave

Los Angeles, CA 90036

Crossroads Trading Co.8315 Santa Monica Blvd

West Hollywood, CA 90069

Decades8214 Melrose Ave

Los Angeles, CA 90046

Vintage is the New Black

12 WINDWARD BRIDGE

ing drugs instead of going on Facebook, you would be

the quintessential substance abuser. While Facebook

addiction may not be as dangerous as an addiction

to a controlled substance, to say that there are no un-

derlying similarities between the two would be false.

Junior Rachel Silton is just one Windward student

suffering from Facebook addiction. Silton checks her

Facebook multiple times a day both on-the-go using

her cell phone’s Facebook mobile app and at home

on her computer. Silton admits to feeling “vulnerable”

and “almost naked” when she forgets her phone at

home and becomes temporarily disconnected from

Facebook. Before midterms and finals, she and fel-

low junior Ruby Frankel change each other’s Face-

book passwords in order to prevent procrastination

during exam week. Silton believes that by forcing

them to disconnect from Facebook, this system cre-

ates a less distracting and more efficient study envi-

ronment. Only after the last exam has been collect-

ed will they reveal the other’s temporary password.

Unfortunately, not all Windward students have the

will power seen in Silton and Frankel. One upper school

student, who prefers to remain nameless, has even

admitted to using Facebook during class. Especially in

lecture classes where student participation is minimal,

this Facebook addict occasionally uses his cell phone

Today we live in a world of mobile uploads, sta-

tus updates, and wall-posts. However, if you were to

mention any three of these terms ten years ago, you

would be looked at with blank stares and confusion.

Last year, Google’s DoubleClick data reported that

Facebook had reached its trillionth page view, mak-

ing it the world’s single-most visited online website.

Currently there are more than 880 million people

around the globe with Facebook accounts. Face-

book’s ubiquity makes it simple for users to stay con-

nected with that aunt from Maine or even that friend

studying abroad in Italy. People have become so de-

pendent on Facebook as a means of social interac-

tion that some psychologists like Dr. Michael Fenichel

argue that many Facebook users are suffering from

something called “Facebook Addiction Disorder.”

Although you may think that Dr. Fenichel is be-

ing facetious and that an addiction to a website can’t

possibly exist, take a moment to reflect. Do you visit

your Facebook account once or even multiple times

a day? Does procrastinating on Facebook prevent

you from starting your homework or studying? If you

answered ‘yes’ to both questions, you may be suffer-

ing from Facebook Addiction Disorder. You may still

be doubtful, but think about it this way: if these two

questions were asked about drinking alcohol or us-

By Lauren Yu ‘13

Health Editor

Photos courtesy of Microsoft Clip Art

12 WINDWARD BRIDGE

13SPRING 2012

under his desk to check for new notifications and

scroll through his Newsfeed. This student disconnects

from class, choosing to connect to Facebook instead.

However, Facebook can have a far worse conse-

quence than just draining students’ valuable time.

In some cases, Facebook may actually be causing

addicts to start feeling depressed. According to re-

searchers at the University of Massachusetts at Bos-

ton, addiction and depression often go hand in hand.

Facebook is a case in point. Poke wars and games like

Farmville make Facebook appear like a center for fun

social interaction, but often it is quite the opposite.

According to UCLA adolescent psychologist Dr.

Jaana Juvonen, Facebook “amplifies upward so-

cial comparisons,” causing “teenagers to feel worse

about themselves.” How does Facebook do this?

Many are familiar with the term ‘Facebook stalking,’

used to describe how Facebook users look through

their friend’s profiles. Facebook stalking is most of-

ten something joked about, but in more extreme

cases, Facebook addicts can fall into a daily habit

of stalking their friends’ walls and photos. These

addicts constantly read their friends’ status up-

dates about celebrity sightings and concerts and

see photos of them at parties or the beach. Unfor-

tunately, this makes them begin to believe that ev-

eryone else is living in a kind of utopia. These users

never see any pictures of their Facebook friends

studying, crying, or yelling, so they start to envy

the seemingly perfect virtual life of their friends.

Just like any other type of addict, a Facebook ad-

dict can easily lose touch with reality. Facebook us-

ers will sometimes lack the “balanced evaluation and

nuanced view” that Dr. Juvonen says always occurs

through face-to-face interaction. He or she may forget

that a Facebook profile only shows certain aspects of

a person’s life. When scrolling through a friend’s entire

life on Facebook’s new Timeline platform, you will not

find his or her trying times or events of sorrow; such

occasions are far too personal and private to share

with hundreds of other people. In order to regain

perspective, these addicts must remember that their

Facebook friends do not have perfect lives either,

no matter how much their profiles say otherwise.

Although Facebook will usually be nothing more

than a fun and harmless way to connect with

friends, be wary of becoming addicted. If you think

you are spending a little too much time on Face-

book, take precautions: swap passwords like Ra-

chel and Ruby during finals week, designate times

to which you will allow yourself to go onto Face-

book, or even disable your account altogether.

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14 WINDWARD BRIDGE

By Jack Taylor ‘12

Co-Creative Director

Calling the Internet a big place is an understatement.

It’s home to an unlimited amount of content spanning

almost every conceivable subject. Why is it then that

people can get bored surfing the Web? Or why is it that

people spend copious amounts of time on the ‘Net but

feel that it was a complete waste of time?

There are a select amount of high-quality sites on the

Internet that provide a place to constructively spend time

surfing the Web. These sites are informative, interesting,

fun, well-constructed and provide a valuable and unique

online experience. These are sites that utilize the Internet

the right way.

The TED organization (http://www.ted.com) streams

high-quality videos that focus on a wide array of topics,

all on the subject of technology, education or design

(TED!). Not only is the content extremely interesting and

informative, but it is also compelling to learn about how

people are working to make the world a better place.

An endless amount of time can be spent browsing TED’s

impressive video library.

Vimeo (http://vimeo.com), which streams high-defi-

nition user-uploaded videos, is YouTube’s better-quality,

more upscale sibling. Vimeo’s clean and simple interface

allows for easy navigation, which increases the user’s

desire to spend time on the site. On Vimeo’s homepage

there is a section called “Videos We Like.” This is where the

Vimeo staff posts the best of the site for people to view.

Users can either browse on their own, or they can check

out recommended videos.

Designspiration (http://designspiration.net) is an art

aggregation that is meant to inspire artists, regardless

of their specialties.The site is updated daily and contains

both fine art and commercial art by amateurs and profes-

sionals. It has a beautiful layout and an innovative navi-

gation system, which makes browsing interesting and

accessible.

Explore (http://explore.org) is a site that encourages

the interaction of people from all over the world through

the use of web cams. Explore has web cams in different

corners of the globe, and users are given an opportunity

to understand what life and nature are like thousands

of miles away. The site brings social awareness to issues

abroad and inspires people to become involved global

citizens.

Monocle Magazine’s website (http://www.monocle.

com) posts short video stories about design, culture,

politics and economics. It also has a free radio station that

plays music and news. It is also a great alternative to actu-

ally subscribing to the magazine because it is absolutely

free and updated daily.

Whether you’re an artist, film buff, humanitarian, sci-

entist or a designer, the Internet is a useful resource that

is more than just a mindless time-suck. These sites are

important and can make an impact on how you view the

world. They give you a compelling, inexhaustible hub of

multimedia that exemplifies the richness of the Web.

HIDDEN GEMS OF THE INTERNET

Photo Courtesy of TEDxSomervilleA guest speaker at a TEDx event. Videos of speeches like this are available at Ted.com

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Vivienne is just this unstoppable force of crazy and loud creativity. She’s been around forever but is never predictable or stuck in the past. She’s modern but not trendy. You immediately recognize her work when you see it, and you always want more. And she met with the Queen of England without any panties on - I respect that.

Marilyn is inspirational because she followed her heart and her dream despite anyone’s doubts. She was not afraid to own all of her contradictions, and found strength in her vulnerability. And she took her work seriously without taking herself too seriously. I absolutely love that.

17SPRING 2012

Trevor Bayne inspires me because he lives and breathes racing. It was what he dreamed about as a kid, and when he grew up he accomplished his dream and won the Daytona 500. So admirable.

I think I love Molly Soda so much because she’s so fearless. Her appearance, her Tumblr, and her Twitter are really out there, and a lot of people criticize her for that. But to me, she’s this badass chick who eats Taco Bell 24/7, loves Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, and who isn’t afraid to share with the world just how totally hilarious and ridiculous her life is.

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WINDWARD SCHOOL?

“Shirley Windward.”

“My creative writing teacher Brendan Constantine inspires me a lot.”Ryan Manoogian ‘12

“Tyrone Powell.”

“Athletics.”

Windward students

“I come to work every day excited to see

what (they’re) going to bring to the

table next.”

“They have so much energy.”

“The indomitable spirit of the Windward

student to overcome adversity.”

“The creativity around the campus.”

WHAT INSPIRES

“Tennis.”

Jake Weston ‘13

Jasper Pakshong ‘12

“My sister, she’s cool.”

“Having such a tight-knit community between

students and faculty.”

“My dad.”

“Jack White.”

“Girls.”

“Bruce Springsteen.”

“Taylor Momsen.”

Tate Smith ‘15

“The sun. Every day it does its job

and heats the planet.”

“College.”“Everything I’ve ever read.”

“Problem solving.”

“When someone has a

real passion.”

“Penguins.”

“Not [having] shame and to be proud of what you’re

doing.”

“The ocean.”

“Sting. He’s got a real way of

class about him. He’s classy and

classic.”

“Walt Disney.”

“Country music.”

“Korea.”

“’The King’s Speech.’

It was pretty inspirational.”

Eric DeAngelis ‘13

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Jack Benarroch ‘14

Ethan Block ‘17

Grant Klein ‘13

Science teacher

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Science teacher

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Math teacher

Bill Josephs

Tae-Leon Butler ‘15

Said Performing Arts Department Chair Kiloh Fairchild,

who teaches film, a field pioneered by

Director of Upper School

Kevin Newman

Jenna Keehn ‘12Claudia Hellstrom ‘14

Upper School Dean of Students Pattie Nix

English Department Chair

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Matthew Greenebaum ‘15

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The Ronettes

The Ronettes were a girl group

from the 60’s, consisting of Veronica

Bennett (Ronnie Spector), Estelle

Bennett, and Nedra Talley. The group

released their only album, “Present-

ing the Fabulous Ronnettes featuring

Veronica” in 1964. Although it was

their only album, it has songs like

“Be My Baby” that will always remain

true to the classic girl group sound

with background singing and catchy

(but not annoyingly so) choruses that

never seem to get old. “Walking In

the Rain” provides the same charac-

teristics and is a more sentimental

alternative to other tracks on the

album.

The Velvet Underground

The Velvet Underground has been

an influence on many bands, and it’s

not as though there aren’t good justi-

fications for this. Their most popular is

their debut, “The Velvet Underground

and Nico,” featuring the band’s col-

laboration with the famed German

singer. Her strangely androgynous

voice and the cover art by Andy

Warhol are just two of the things that

set The Velvet Underground’s music

apart from so many other bands.

“Heroin” is a ballad as addictive as the

subject matter and “Pale Blue Eyes” is

timeless in its lyrics.

Nico from the Velvet Underground pictured with Andy Warhol.

While Mad Men might be bringing 60’s fashion back to the new millennium, music groups from the same era are influencing modern bands today, from indie to mainstreamBy Abigail Kuhns ‘15

Staff Writer

Influenced: With four albums

out, The Strokes don’t seem to

be an indie band anymore and

have won numerous awards for

their garage rock revival. Their

first album “Is This It” was given

rave reviews and was influenced

by The Velvet Underground in its

most obvious sense.

David Bowie released twenty

five studio albums and was

known for his alter-egos and

vibrant clothing style. His second

album, “Space Oddity” was one of

his most famous, with a reissue in

2009 and the release of one of his

best singles, the title of the album.

“Space Oddity” itself is unique,

something that can’t be heard

today, even when Bowie himself

has influenced so many artists.

It has a slow-burning quality but

that doesn’t mean it’s anything

bland or boring, and in fact, it’s

everything but. “Unwashed and

Somewhat Slightly Dazed” has

more obvious rock influences,

but still sticks to the originality of

Bowie’s act in general.

David Bowie

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Musical Influences

Influenced: The Dum Dum Girls are

flying high lately, with their second

album, “Only In Dreams,” released

in September, a similarly catchy but

refreshing follow-up to their debut

full-length album “I Will Be.”

Influenced: Although Lady

Gaga is considered overrated

by many, there’s no denying her

success as a nonconformist in the

music industry, with three albums

out and fame to go along with

them. It’s no wonder that she’s

taken cues from other musicians

before her, such as David Bowie.

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By Emma Steiner ‘14News Editor

“Our goal as writing tu-tors: to make the people we work with better writers by facilitating changes in the way in which they view and produce writing,” reads The Bedford Guide by X.J. Ken-nedy, Dorothy M. Kennedy and Marcia F. Muth. This ideology was introduced to peer tutors as the mindset they should adopt to help students with their writing when the Windward Stu-dio for Writing and Rhetoric opens in the fall of 2012. The Studio came about as the result of an organization at Windward called Writing and Rhetoric Across the Cur-riculum. “WRAC really start-ed as a conversation among [former Co-Director of the Center for Teaching & Learn-ing] David Boxer, [History Teacher and Director of the Windward Studio for Writing and Rhetoric] Daniel Gutier-

rez, and myself about the teaching of writing,” said Di-rector of the Upper School, Peggy Procter. The Studio is “the most concrete thing” that has come from the establish-ment of Writing and Rheto-ric Across the Curriculum (WRAC), according to Guti-errez. It will be a place for students to go and collabo-rate with the peer tutors on their writing assignments. “The purpose of the writing center is to help students be better writers; not necessari-ly to help every student have a perfect piece of written work,” said Gutierrez. The in-tention is that students who are struggling with a writing assignment will be able to use the center as a tool to learn about the writing pro-cess and how to improve their writing skills. “It will help people to be tutored by

[students], because peers will have a better under-standing than...an outside tutor,” said Emma Lipstone ‘15. At the beginning of the WRAC initiative, “the main goal [was] to research best practices in the teaching and learning of writing and rhetoric,” said Procter and to “discuss...how we can be better teachers,” added Gutierrez. Now that WRAC has grown, its members are turning their focus to spreading the teaching of writing through-out the curriculum. There are two main reasons why writing should be incorpo-rated in classes other than English and History, accord-ing to Gutierrez. First, “the more students write and the greater the variety of the writing assignments they have to do, the better writers

they become.” Secondly, “having kids write helps them to learn the content.” Many students have no-ticed increased writing in their classes due to WRAC’s

-ticed more lab reports in chemistry,” said Claudia Helstrom ‘14. Even art class-es have added important writing projects. “In the-ater we are writing our own scenes based on the life of

essays about our reaction to plays and musicals,” said Amy Nadal ‘14. In order to give students some extra help with their writing, the Studio for Writ-ing and Rhetoric is opening here at Windward. A very important aspect of this new studio will be student collaboration. Tom Gilder, Head of School, emphasized the importance of the peer

All Photos courtesy of Windward Communications

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tutors, saying that student collaboration is really what drives the success of the stu-dio. Students had a chance to apply to be peer tutors in the winter and began 8th period training for their new roles in February. “It’s a lot about learning how to improve other people’s writing, but not just writing...also how to give advice on other is-sues,” said Alec Kupelian ‘13. Gutierrez, who played a crucial role in the selection of the peer tutors, said that peer tutors need to “un-derstand that writing is a process,” and be “good lis-teners [who] know how to ask the right kind of ques-tions which help the student

clarify his or her thoughts.” The 8th period class be-gan with exercises to helpidentify the types of writ-ers that each of the tutors are. The class discovered that the majority of the tu-tors were “structural” writ-ers, which means that they

the organization of their es-say very important in their writing process. Discussions were held on how being a structural writer could helpor hinder them as tutors of other students who may

useful. By the end of the class, the future tutors con-cluded that the most impor-tant part of their role was to

process that yields the best results, not to edit their paper or reach a perfect product. In the coming training sessions, Stephen Johnson,Director of Communica-tions; Lauren Plant, English teacher; and Gutierrez will teach the students “how to give feedback, how [to] help someone improve theirown paper and not do it for them, best practices...for brainstorming, [and] what makes a good thesis,” said Procter. Recently, the class held a video conferencing session with Stanford tu-

tors from Stanford Univer-sity’s Program for Writing and Rhetoric (PWR), who presented advice such as “ask [the students] ques-tions about their own work and the way they support their writing...that way they develop their own ideas about their paper and can expand upon [those] ideas,” said Kupelian ‘13. Windward has partnered with and been inspired by Stanford since the begin-ning of WRAC. “One of the

WRAC task force began was to go visit Stanford,” said

Gutierrez. Procter said that visiting Stanford was the “eye opening experience” that made WRAC’s members “really jazzed” about creat-ing the Writing Studio. The Windward Studio for Writing and Rhetoric clearly emu-lates Stanford’s Program for Writing and Rhetoric in its intentions and execution. “[PWR was] instrumental in exposing us to the kind of writing that happens in universities,” said Gutierrez, and it “opened up our eyes to the power of peer tutoring.” “We want to be aggres-sive in our start but we

know that it’s not going to be perfect,” Procter said, acknowledging that thecreation of the studio is still in progress. Future peer tutors have explored op-tions with advisors in an ef-fort to create the best cen-ter possible before next fall. Gutierrez eventually hopes to expand efforts to include oral and visual communi-cation as well. “No matter what physical shape the Studio takes, “at the end of the day, it is all about helping students commu-nicate their ideas better.”

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Name: Tony de los ReyesAge: 51Occupation: Artist/art history teacherHometown: Los AngelesNumber of Years in LA: All of them (except for grad school in San Francisco)Favorite Part of LA: The beaches in DecemberWhy LA is unique: One of the four great contemporary art cen-ters of the world (the others are Berlin, London, andNew York); people who want to create rather than accept their lives; the farmer's markets; access to a wide range of land-scapes (Big Sur to Joshua Tree)Five Reasons You Love This City: Family history in East LA, sailing to Catalina, seeing snow on the San Gabriel mountains, the Schindler House in West Hollywood, the American Cinema-theque's programming

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Art history teacher and artist Tony de los Reyes points out his favorite restaurants, galleries, architecture,

and escapes that make Los Angeles his favorite city.

RESTAURANTS

Just about anything on Abbot Kinney.

PLACES TO SHOP

The tunnel under the 4th Street bridge down-town that leads out to the LA river--wide enough to drive your car through. Go down

ribbon of blue/green/brown water framed by a gritty concrete post-industrial landscape, accompanied by the soundtrack of passing freight trains. Smell the diesel in the air, enjoy

realize that the metropolis has a tender soul.

A PLACE THAT WINDWARD STUDENTS DON’ T KNOW BUT SHOULD

The PCH drive from Santa Monica to Ventura, the Huntington Gar-dens, downtown architecture (The Edison building, Bradbury build-ing, Union Station, Disney Hall, and the DWP building are among the best).

DRIVES, PARKS, AND ARCHITECTURE

Cherry and Martin, ACE, Blum and Poe, the NortonSimon's room with its Zurburan, LACMA's Japanese Pavilion.

GALLERIES

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NAHS:the national artshonors society

We asked members of NAHS to partner up and create a series of mixed-medium collaborations.

HERE ARE THE RESULTS

24WINDWARD BRIDGE

Leah Nord

man ‘12 (Photo

)

by Laura Pfeff

er ‘12 (Studio)

Tess McCarthy ‘12 (Graphic Design)

by Deborah Krieger ‘12 (Studio)

“What-ever man”

“Album Cover”

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“DRU”

by Jack Taylor ‘12 (Graphic Design)Skyler Johnson ‘12 (Photo)Jasper Pakshong ‘12 (Studio)

by Zoe Cooper ‘12 (Studio)

Sophie Berenson ‘12 (Photo)

“Middle of Somewhere”

26WINDWARD BRIDGE

Aaron Klevin ‘14

Sports Editor

ESPN estimates that 30 million

people actively play fantasy sports

and nearly $4 billion is produced

annually through the sponsorship of

the activity. The definition of a fan-

tasy sport is: a game where partici-

pants act as owners to build a team

that competes against other fantasy

owners based on statistics generated

by real individual players or teams.

“I play almost every fantasy sport

there is,” said Aaron Farkas ‘14.“ I re-

ally enjoy all of them and they are a

great way to keep up with everything

going on in sports.”

The world of fantasy sports began

only 50 years ago at Harvard Uni-

versity. William Gamson, a Harvard

sociologist at the time, created the

first fantasy baseball league in 1960.

It was called the “Baseball Seminar”

in which league members would pick

players based on their statistics. The

scoring for the league was based on

a player’s batting average, total RBI’s

(“Runs Batted In”), a pitcher’s ERA

(“Earned Run Average”) and wins.

However, as opposed to modern fan-

tasy baseball leagues, teams did not

earn points until the major league

baseball season was over. Points

would be earned based on a player’s

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27SPRING 2012

final standing in these specific cat-

egories.

When Gamson moved from Har-

vard to the University of Michigan,

he brought his fantasy baseball ideas

with him. At Michigan, many pro-

fessors were interested in this new

invention, including one named Bob

Sklar. Sklar later taught the game to

his student, Daniel Okrent.

Okrent is credited with inventing

the most common form of fantasy

baseball, Rotisserie, in 1980. The

name comes from the name of the

restaurant, “La Rotisserie Francaise,”

where Okrent and his friends drafted

their fantasy baseball teams. The

Rotisserie style of any fantasy sport

starts with a draft. Run like an auc-

tion, teams bid for the players that

they want to own within a set bud-

get, which is the same for each team.

The stats of every player are added

up throughout the season, and the

team with the most total points wins.

While fantasy baseball was being

created, in New York City the game

of fantasy football was also starting

up. In 1962 at the Milford Plaza Hotel,

Wilfred Winkenbach, a partner in the

Oakland Raiders franchise, along with

his friends and colleagues, devel-

oped the game that today is known

as fantasy football. Upon returning

to Oakland, Winkenbach created the

Greater Oakland Professional Pigskin

Prognosticators League (GOPPPL).

The GOPPPL was an eight-team

league consisting of administrative

affiliates in the AFL, sports journalists

and Raiders’ season ticket holders. In

the first-ever draft, 20 players were

picked by each team and the first

pick of the draft was George Blanda.

As opposed to modern fantasy foot-

ball league where players can win a

prize or trophy after the season has

ended, in the GOPPPL, teams were re-

warded money after every score. For

example, 50 cents was rewarded to a

team for a rushing score by a player

and $5 was earned for a defensive

touchdown.

By 1981, the fantasy world had

developed a strong following but

was never nationally advertised until

Okrent wrote an article about fantasy

baseball for the magazine Insider

Sports. The article, entitled “The Year

George Foster Wasn’t Worth $36,” pro-

vided background of the hobby and

rules. After the article was published,

guidebooks and other articles about

the game were written.

It was estimated by USA Today that

by 1988, 500,000 people were play-

ing fantasy sports.

In 1989, a game called Pigskin

Playoff was developed by Robert

Barbiere and Wendkos. This game

allowed readers of specific newspa-

pers to pick a team of NFL players

and earn points based on their stats.

Readers could also trade their players

on a weekly basis. By the end of the

year, nearly 100,000 people com-

peted in Pigskin Playoff. Newspapers

such as the LA Times and Chicago Sun-

Times endorsed the game.

The fantasy sports following had

been growing slowly, but surely.

This all changed in 1997 when the

Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)

created the first ever free and public

fantasy football website. CBS also

offered a fantasy baseball website

called Commissioner. Shortly after

the creation of these websites, almost

every other competing sports com-

pany integrated fantasy sports onto

their website.

To this day, there are fantasy

games for nearly every sport known

to Man. The games range from fan-

tasy basketball to fantasy cricket to

fantasy surfing. But, the most popular

fantasy sport in the 21st century is of

course fantasy football. Fantasy foot-

ball is the NFL’s main marketing tool.

There is even a hit TV series about a

fantasy football league, called “The

League” which is on FX.

The majority of the male students

at Windward play at least one fantasy

sport. Most people enjoy playing fan-

tasy football. There is even a league

online called the “Windward fantasy

football” league which a few 10th

grade students belong to.

“Fantasy football is my favorite

[fantasy sport] because it gets so

competitive and all of my close

friends play it,” said sophomore Jason

Lurie.

It will be amazing to see how the

world of fantasy sports continues to

grow.

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Emma Rust ‘13

Managing Editor

We’ve all heard them play at

Monday Morning Meeting, for parent

open houses, on Founder’s Day and

many more events. But how well do

we actually know Windward’s Ad-

vanced Jazz Ensemble? What makes

this small collective class of students

stand out from everyone else?

To start, the Advanced Jazz Ensem-

ble is composed of an small group of

talented musicians that are not only

experts in their craft but also share a

love of music. Despite the name, this

group is not limited to jazz but plays

tunes of all genres. What makes the

Advanced Jazz Ensemble stand out

against other music classes is their

high energy and their high perfor-

mance level. “The basic requirement

[for members of the Advanced Jazz

Ensemble] is to be strong as a player

and to be able to perform at a high

level,” said Bruce Eskovitz, music

teacher. Overall, it does not matter

whether the song is easy or hard, just

as long as it's performed at a near

professional level. These students,

aside from playing intense music, are

experienced and comfortable in front

of a crowd and thus are some of the

best music performers at Windward.

What makes these guys so advanced?

Within the class, the students work

on ear training, drilling of melodic

phrases, and other exercises that

improve technique, in addition to

learning music theory. Overall, what

makes the Advanced Jazz Ensemble

stand out is their ability to execute

any song with energy and passion.

“The simplest tunes in the hands of

the Advanced Jazz Ensemble really

comes alive,” added Eskovitz.

These next guys make up a large

instrumental orchestra whose large,

recognizably brassy sound can be

heard all the way across campus.

They are none other than the Wind-

ward Jazz Ensemble.

The Jazz Ensemble is full of skilled

musicians and prides itself on work-

ing as a coherent and skilled or-

chestra. The ensemble is structured

after 1940’s instrumentation, which

consists of 5 saxophones, 4 trum-

pets, 2-5 trombones, and piano, bass,

drums and guitar. This ensemble,

unlike Advanced Jazz has a loud

brassy sound that is much bigger and

louder. They capture the attention

of anyone listening and fill any room

with their bold jazzy style. This group

plays a variety of music, ranging

from jazz to rock and roll, to funk, to

pop like Michael Jackson and San-

tana. Overall this orchestra works on

developing the ensemble as a whole

to get one unified, strong, developed,

and complex sound from many musi-

cians. “The Jazz Ensemble works on

developing the ensemble as a whole,”

said Eskovitz. This group’s primary

goal is to merge all the instruments

to get that bold recognizable brassy

sound that the Jazz Ensemble is

known for.

Unlike the other Orchestras on

campus, the Chamber Ensemble is

quite different in that these students

don’t blast the campus, but rather,

play a very refined smooth classical

sound with broad appeal.

The Chamber Ensemble is a small

group of highly gifted instrumental-

ists comprised of string, piano, and

woodwind players that combine their

Advanced Jazz at Windward’s Fall Coffeehouse

Photo by Hayden Rosenthal ‘14

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Jazz Ensemble at 2011 Spring Concert, photos courtesy of Windward School

Advanced Jazz’s David Turk ‘13 and Adam Lefkowitz ‘14 at Windward’s Fall Coffeehouse

Advanced Jazz at Fallcoming 2011

Photo courtesy of Windward School

Chamber Ensemble at

2011 Spring Concert

skills to produce a highly refined

classical sound. Like in the other two

instrumental groups, “the students

have to be somewhat professional

at their instrument,” said Lisa Wein-

stein, Violin Teacher and Production

Assistant. The music this group plays

consists primarily of classical music

but they like to mix it up with some

pop on occasion. In order to reach

their full potential, the class practices

breathing and movement exercises in

addition to theory. In general, one of

the challenges about this class is the

lack of a percussion section. “Playing

in a band without a rhythm section,

everyone has to be a little part of the

rhythm section,” added Weinstein.

Because of the lack of percussion,

“playing together as a unit is crucial.”

This forces the Chamber Ensemble to

to move and react as a single orches-

tra rather than a divided sectional

orchestra and gives them a sense of

unity.

Overall, there are several strong

music programs at Windward that

pride themselves in being able to

play at a professional level, and

thoroughly enjoy themselves while

playing.

Mya Caruso and Bruce Eskovitz

30WINDWARD BRIDGE

Life of KatieYou might calL it lazy, I calL it Tuesday

By Katie Donahoe ‘12

Online Editor

Where to begin? Well folks, I’ve got

nothing. I mean it, nothing. Nada. My

life these days is rather quiet (some

might say mundane, but I think that’s

pretty judgemental).

Towards the end of December, I was

accepted to Barnard College and a great

deal of academic pressure was lifted.

I’ve been a dedicated and hard-working

student throughout high school, for my

own benefit and intellectual well-being

of course, but also to earn good grades

to get into a good school. When it’s 1 AM

and you still can’t label a diagram of the

human heart from memory, being ac-

cepted to college is a major motivator.

Soon after my acceptance, my work-

load was dramatically lessened. First

semester, I took Charlie Holmes’ famous

senior seminar on The Brothers Karamo-

zov. The book itself is nearly 800 pages,

so needless to say, while it was one of

the most rewarding classes I ever expect

to take, it was quite a bit of work. A lot

of work, actually. And when it was over,

I found myself with some school work,

yes, but considerably less.

Still, I knew mid-terms were coming

up and, being a rule-abiding kind of girl,

I worked hard and studied for the ex-

ams. It was what I knew. I felt comfort-

able knowing that I had things expected

of me, a checklist to complete.

And then, just as quickly as it had

started four years ago, it was over. Mid-

terms, done. My work, gone. My check-

list, checked. What was I to do?

There were very few tests for which

to study. Homework was practically

non-existent, and the little work I

did have, like writing this article,

seemed easily put off. “Is

anything out there?,” I

called out.

I then discovered this thing, some-

thing I’d always thought belonged only

to weekends and summers: the after-

noon. It turns out there’s this whole

space of time between getting

out of school and sitting d o w n

to dinner that I‘d some- h o w

overlooked for years. T h e

sun is shining, the birds are o u t

and I have about five hours t o

do whatever I please!

Is this how retirement feels?

Do old people also find this

a magical time of the day, one

usually covered by the sounds of

fax machines and Margie from ac-

counting? Do they feel this sense of

joy? This complete and utter satisfac-

tion with the world?

Now, I come home and lounge.

Lounge! I’d always seen it in movies:

some sultry silk-clad 30-something,

laying on the couch or outdoor chaise,

perhaps with a cigarette and a martini

close at hand. My lounging, though in

more of the sweatpants-and-a-pony-tail

vein, is equally as relaxing, if not

slightly less sexy.

I watch movies and

TV, read books, knit.

(I’ve made one and

a half scarves.) I

even nap now.

A nice cat nap

after a dip in

the pool? I

think so! If

I get out

especially

early, I go

to lunch

with friends,

I explore the

city. Is it odd

that I’ve lived

here my whole

life and there’s

still so much I haven’t seen? And forget

traffic! I’m heading home at half past

noon!

A year ago, I was beyond stressed

over SATs and AP tests and finals and im-

pending college applications. Between

school and dinner, I didn’t lounge, I

didn’t relax! I worked. I met with tutors.

I planned. I organized. Every moment

was utilized and accounted for. Now,

I can’t even imagine! What would I do

without my bi-weekly stroll?!

And then, it hit. Life of Katie. I’d been

so busy lounging, I hadn’t had time to do

anything of interest to the uninvolved

spectator. My fans depend on whimsical

stories of my free time. They long for

exciting Katie-centric adventures (or

misadventures as it were)! So, read-

ers, I apologize. I know this wasn’t

what you were expecting. But

quite frankly, right now, after

four years of hard work, I

wouldn’t trade my

afternoons for any-

thing.

31SPRING 2012

Two weekends. 149 bands. 113 F high, 52 F low. Coach-

year was no different. Windward seniors documented

crowd surfers, tears, Max Mendelsohn, Girls, Justice, and exhausting mornings.