sophie golden, associate editor

She started about a year ago and didn’t finish until the first day of school. Build-ing the new block schedule—tiny tile by

tiny tile on the wall in her office—was an all-consuming process, assistant principal Angela Berry said. “Everything stopped for me,” Berry said. “I really only thought about this for months.”

No deep breathing. No cravings. But Berry calls the school’s first block schedule her baby, one she’s proud of and one that challenged her. “I always say, doing the schedule, I know will increase my brain power. I’m not worried about Alzheimer’s at all. My brain is challenged at every turn.” She began, she said, by trying to accommo-date special education students and two-credit classes like Advanced Placement Biology. Then she moved to “her singletons,” classes that oc-cur only once. Seniors’ schedules were priori-tized, she said, since this is seniors’ last chance to take courses they need. Some challenges emerged midway through

the process. For some seniors, she had to accom-modate early release time, parallel enrollment and extracurricular participation, she said. And after setting the lunch schedule, she had to iden-tify classes that could not be interrupted by lunch, such as gym, lab-based sciences and chorus. “Something happens to your vocal cords when you drink and eat.

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Junior Marin Langlieb is torn. “The 90-minute class doesn’t bother me, and having two days to do homework is nice, but keeping track of homework and not seeing

teachers daily has been a challenge,” she said. She epitomizes the school’s mixed reaction to the schedule change, which appears to be favored by most. A spot survey of students in all lunch peri-ods last month showed roughly 60 percent of students like block schedul-ing. About 40 percent didn’t. Supporters like it for practical reasons. “You have plenty of time for labs and in-class experiments,” junior Mer-edith Riley said. While not an avid block supporter, Riley acknowledged the advantages

of 85-minute classes. “You can actually finish instead of being interrupted.” Others cited more time for homework given two nights to complete it. For science or activity-based classes, the extended classes offer a chance to go in-depth with lessons. Supporters celebrate the ability to take more courses that they’re interested in. “It gives time to go over tests, get one main thing completely done, and then introduce one new thing at the end of class to start off with next time,” social studies teacher Kathleen Skelton said. Supporters celebrate the ability to take more courses that they’re inter-ested in.

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Schedule design took time, tweaks

Big changes hit full force

Angela Berryphoto by kira stiers

CHAnges in PLACe: Clockwise from top left: The master schedule covers a wall of assistant principal Angela Berry’s office. Students jam the breezeway during C lunch in early October. Lanyards await distribution to students Sept. 3. English teacher Kathy Roeder operates a new photocopier in the library workroom Oct. 9.

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The National Honor Soci-ety’s No Kid Hungry drive in homerooms—set to end Oct. 31—has raised nearly $192, organizer and junior Whitney Vong said. Stu-dents in the homeroom of social studies teacher Phil Bressler have raised most of the money so far, she said, contributing $107.

DRIVE NEARS END

Hannah Potis, who graduated in May, was killed in a car crash on McCormick Road in Cockeysville Oct. 6. Potis’ boyfriend, Charles Matthews, was driving the car. The pair crashed head-on into a dump truck and were pronounced dead at the scene. “It’s never the news you want, and I don’t want to believe it,” alumnus Malik Peacock tweeted. “ RIP to a beautiful soul and the world’s funniest coworker.”

ALUM MOURNED

Yearbook is using a new app that enables students to upload photos for use in this year’s copy of Heritage. The app, REPLAY IT, is available for free via the App Store or Google Play, sponsor Chantel Burkhardt said. The group is especially interested in pictures taken outside of school. Shots of concerts, vacations, camps, summer jobs and professional sports games are especially helpful. For more information, email dulaneyyearbook@bcps.org.

The robotics team will host VEX Battle by the Bay, a statewide competition, Nov. 8. It runs from 7 a.m. until 5 p.m. in the classic cafeteria.

PHOTOS NEEDED

VEX BOUT COMING

Sequel, the literary arts mag-azine, has received a Co-lumbia Scholastic Press As-sociation gold medal for last year’s publication, themed No Exit. The magazine staff is accepting submissions for this year’s edition, which is un-themed, through Jan 23. For information, contact sponsor Meekah Hopkins at mhopkins@bcps.org.

SEQUEL WINS

Seniors Mandy Bilger, Adolfo Carvalho, Wendy Mo and Helen Sun are National Merit Semifinalists, based on their PSAT scores. Finalists will be announced May 6, according to the program’s website.

SCHOLARS EXCEL

Tickets for the fall play, “The Good Times Are Killing Me” by Lynda Barry, go on sale Nov. 12. They will cost $8 and will be sold during all lunch shifts outside the clas-sic cafeteria. The play will run Nov. 20 through Nov. 22. The play is insightful at capturing the innocence of teens during a time of great change, theater teacher Su-san Lev said.

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But, the longer class periods pose con-cerns too. “I could hardly pay attention last year,” junior Jiayang Shi said. “They can’t ex-pect teenagers to focus for 85 minutes at a time.” Teachers have struggled too. They have had to completely rework their lesson plans to suit the new schedule. They have also arranged their classrooms into clus-ters of desks to accommodate small group discussions, which students generally ap-prove of. Junior Jessica Bishai is candid. “It doesn’t seem like some teachers know how to fill the longer periods,” she said. “If they can’t handle it, then students can’t make the most of it either.” The intermittent meeting schedule chal-lenges students and teachers, chemistry teacher Karl Geckle said. “It’s troublesome to me because my classes come in on a Tuesday and the last time I saw them was on a Friday,” he said. “I can only hope that they’ve gone over what I taught them and that it’s still fresh in their minds.” Other teachers expressed concern over lunch interrupting third-period

classes and over adding a class, which they find burdensome and unnecessary.

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sumin woo, associate editor

Among other reforms this school year is a county-wide safety initiative

that has issued BCPSOne iden-tification cards to all students. The cards feature students’ yearbook pictures, graduating class and unique barcodes that will later “facilitate schoolhouse entrance [and] attendance log-ging,” among other things, ac-cording to bcps.org. “All of us [students, faculty and staff] will wear the ID cards at all times while at school,” principal Lyn Whitlock said. But many students have not taken kindly to the change. “I’m not a dog,” sophomore Olivia Sherlock said. “I don’t need a dog tag.” Major concerns include the effectiveness of “swiping in” to take attendance. Initially planned to be in-stalled by the end of the first quarter, the four double-sided scanners cannot be set up until problems with other schools’ scanners are resolved, accord-ing to a knowledgeable source in the office.

Should students forget their cards, they must rent tempo-rary replacements for a dollar. If a card is misplaced, a new one costs $5. “I’ve already forgotten my card once,” junior Jules Allbrit-

ton-King said. The office told Allbritton-King not to worry about a replace-ment for that day, which de-feats the point of the cards in the first place, he said. Some students have begun to protest the new cards. “They’re putting stickers over their pictures and including the picture of Dr. Dance from the handbook in the ID slot,” junior Arshad Fakhar said. But there are rules against modifying the cards. “Once the scanners are in place, the ID pictures must match what appears on the screen, or students cannot enter the build-ing,” Whitlock said. “They can-not be defaced or permanently altered in any way.” The OneCards, despite popu-lar opinion, are here to stay. “[BCPS] is committed to the IDs,” Whitlock said. “It’s defi-nitely not going to go away.”

Associate editors Sophie Golden and Kristin Meek, and staff writers Ariel Williams and Hannah Bauer contributed to this report.

ID cards disliked:

SENIoR aNNa StEuERMaN displays the rear of her identifaction card in Sep-tember. Dozens of students have placed the student handbook photo of superintendent Dallas Dance in the ID card’s protective case.

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It’s technical, so you have to honor that,” Berry said. Berry also had to account for classes that re-quire more than one classroom, such as jour-nalism and yearbook, to prevent overlapping room usage. Then there was the discussion over whether to hold homeroom every day, some-thing that was ruled out to limit traffic in the building. “Teachers were very vocal in that they want their instructional time,” Berry said. “That’s re-flected in our bell schedule. That’s reflected in how there’s no turn-around time for cafeteria workers in the cafeteria.” But students were priority one, she said. Scheduling AP courses so that they didn’t overlap and so that students could take the ones they selected also had to be considered, Berry said. Similarly, she said she had to make sure that taking band or orchestra didn’t preclude a student from getting into a desired AP course. Berry arrived here last year familiar with this whole process, having worked for seven years at Lansdowne High School, where she directed schedule changes and executed a seven-class schedule. She foresees discussion of potential improve-ments for next year, but she predicts few chang-es. Feedback from students has been positive. “They just keep telling me that it goes by fast, which is the exact opposite of what I thought I was going to hear.”

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sarah feustle & maya lapinksi, deputy editors

This school year, a new technology system was im-plemented to ease teachers’ lives. Instead the new printers and copiers have left teachers frustrated.

“Many times, they will just not print,” an anonymous teacher said of the new “follow-me” printers, which are supposed to let teachers print emailed documents from any machine. “You have to go back, resend everything out and go find a different printer.” Sometimes the printers shut down entirely. “Rebooting it is the only thing that we’ve found that works,” social studies teacher Kathleen Skelton said. Skelton sometimes sings a few verses of “God Bless America” while holding the unplugged Ethernet and electrical cords before plugging them back in. She says that afterwards, the printer works. And the lack of training on the machines is alarming. When English teacher Kathy Roeder tried to use the machine in the library workroom, it was unresponsive. But social studies teacher Brian Velten says he likes the new copier machines. “They punch holes for you. You can scan old docu-ments you might not have saved and email them to yourself from the copier,” he said. Velten says he learned to use them by trial and error. An anonymous teacher says the new printers are cum-bersome. “If a student wants something and I have to print something on the spot, it now takes some time.”

Deputy editor Sumin Woo contributed to this report.

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LIKE BLocK?

Students were questioned Sept. 16 in both cafeterias during all lunch shifts.

enforcement evolves

School adjusts

BLOCK REACTIONS AT A GLANCESupporters say:+ Lessons actually finished+ More homework time+ Lunch relieves boredom.

Critics say:- Difficult to pay attention- Procrastination more likely- Fewer class minutes yearly- Lunch break disrupts focus- Not enough material to fill some classes- Difficult to catch up when absent- More homework to compensate

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For junior Maddie Cohee, the Sept. 21 People’s Cli-mate March in New York

was eye-opening. “Marching made me real-ize that we can’t keep thinking it’ll be ok if just a few of us try to make a difference. That’s not enough. It’s not going to get fixed until everyone’s on board. And I really didn’t realized that until I went to New York and saw all these people who felt the same and then came back to school and people just rolled their eyes and asked ‘what are you even doing, what difference does marching make?’” Accompanied by her mother and sister, senior Christin Cohee, Maddie Cohee arrived in the city around 10 a.m. and joined the throng of people gathered along 86th Street and Central Park West, all waiting for the march to begin. “The march was so clogged on the streets that by the time the people in the back started walk-ing those who were in the front were already done at the after party,” Maddie Cohee said. Marchers wore costumes and held posters that reflected partic-ular issues within climate change

they felt most strongly about. The issues ranged from the meat industry’s harmful effect on the environment to fracking, a pro-cess in which oil or gasoline is extracted from rock using a hy-

draulically pressurized liquid. For Maddie Cohee, the most memorable part of the march came at 12:58 p.m., when ev-eryone observed a moment of silence to honor those who have been affected by the climate cri-sis. “I stood next to my friend, who lives in the Bronx, with our hands raised in the air and she whispered, ‘I’ve lived in the city my entire life, and it’s never been this silent,’” she said. When the silence ended at 1:00 p.m., the entire crowd erupted with shouts, whistles and music. “The marching band started, and everyone was screaming and jumping and you could just hear a grumbling starting from the front of the march and making its way back…it was incredible. Everyone was just cheering for all the hope for change,” Maddie Cohee said. Now that the march is over, Maddie Cohee plans to stay in-volved with issues like climate change by starting a Young Dem-ocrats club, which plans to have its first meeting by next week. “I want it to be fun and edu-cational but also meaningful,” Maddie Cohee said.

Above: Junior Maddie Cohee joins thousands at the Sept. 21 People’s Climate March.

Below: Marchers observe a moment of silence.

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Website debuts, few seeruthvik gali, technician

A junior hates it. A senior loves it. And 25 out of 27 people surveyed don’t even know about it. The “it” in question is SharpSchool, a website that serves as the

school’s homepage. It’s much like the initial page students reached when they logged into Edline to look at their grades last year. An Oct. 16 check found a welcome blurb, side calendar and a link to BCPSOne. At the top were revolving photos that included December’s dance concert, the football team, new assistant principal Robert Murray and the cheerleaders promoting the Race for Our Kids in September. But unlike Edline, this page is separate from the site students, parents and teachers visit for grades. Some students, such as junior Yiyi Kuang, said they don’t have a reason to visit the website since grades are posted on BCPSOne. Junior Jonah Langlieb takes issue with the SharpSchool content itself. “For a school website, you’d think the people in the school could use it. The teachers and the students don’t have access to changing the informa-tion, which makes updating the information really hard, not to mention that a lot of the subsections are left blank,” Langlieb said. “The first step is that people should know about it but I don’t see how people don’t. The links are everywhere: Griffin, Sequel and even on the BCPSOne home page. Keeping the school website and grades is a good idea given that you can go to a website without having the other shoved down your throat,” senior Emma Bartels-Jones said regarding the website. Junior Arshad Fakhar cites the appearance of the SharpSchool site as a major drawback. “It looks really ugly. If you want someone to go on a website, you make it look good. It’s not a hard concept.”

SHARPSCHOOL, launched along with BCPSOne this semester, serves as the school’s home page. The web address is https://dulaneyhs.bcps.org.

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Testing won’t work

Should we scrap royal tradition?eunbin choi, staff writer

“And the freshman homecoming court title goes to Titan, Mrs. Roller’s Belgian Ter-vuren!”

No, the booming voice at the pep rally didn’t an-nounce such a ridiculous winner for homecoming king or queen. Titan’s a dog, so he doesn’t qualify. But what are the qualifications for homecoming court? Physical attractiveness? Exemplary benevolence? Popularity? I’ve watched the nominating and pageantry of two homecoming pep rallies, and now humbly suggest we scrap homecoming court. Beyond the lack of clarity, consider each class’s large population – 408 freshmen, 476 sophomores, 471 ju-niors and 454 seniors, according to figures from the guidance department. When your homeroom nomi-nating occurred, did you flash through the hundreds of people in your class or just consider the attractive

people you know? Junior Jiayang Shi puts it bluntly. “We’re not a hive mind, we’re colonies.” It would be simply impractical to say that any one stu-dent has a relationship with every person in their class. With the diversity here, selecting only two nominees per grade level doesn’t seem fair. Participation and fraud are also concerns. Only 916 out some 1,800 votes were cast for homecoming court, according to the Student Government Organization. And, this year’s computerized voting system didn’t prevent students from voting multiple times. Someone could have cast votes for themselves or their friend re-peatedly, and we’d never know. Further, the school’s student government’s labors for homecoming court could most certainly be put forth elsewhere. Some will cite tradition to keep the court. May I re-mind you that patriarchy was also once a tradition?

EDITORIAL:

staff editorial: fixes requiredChange is beyond our control.

But adjustments are possi-ble. We recommend several

in hopes of improving the school’s climate and efficacy during this transitional year. BCPS One Cards They need to be either enforced or just eliminated completely. They are currently not serving any pur-pose to the school since there is no technology yet to scan them in. Block Schedule Students find it easy to fall behind with classes and harder to stay or-ganized. Teachers still seem over-whelmed and not quite sure how to handle the schedule or the 90 min-ute classes so far. The inconsistency is confusing and disordered and

more accommodations need to be made to help students and teach-ers. BCPSONE/EnGrade It’s too disorganized and hard for students and teachers to navigate. There are a lot of technological is-sues and logging in is a constant problem for students and teachers. There should be a guide to how to navigate the website and there should be a file locker included for students to save work, not just final assignments. There also need to be options to directly email teach-ers instead of messaging them over BCPSONE since it never seems to workSplit Lunch Lunches break up third period and

interrupt classes. There is too much congestion between the change of lunches and students should be let out earlier to allow more time to get to classes. New Copy Machines We are not a paperless school yet and can’t switch to paperless in one summer. There needs to be a grad-ual decrease in the use of paper and we need to continue to let teachers print paper until a better system to go paperless is formed. There are not enough laptops and network space to accommodate all students in every class having digi-tal copies of handouts. If teachers are not given proper alternatives, then they can’t be expected to deal with the switch this suddenly.

andres arbelaez, associate editor

In high school sports, there aren’t millions of dol-lars on the line. We worry about beating Towson, or winning a title, be it county, regional or state. The

nature of sports is to compete. To compete fairly. Ath-letes should only be tested for performance enhancing drugs to maintain the spirit of competition. Using the example of the recent suspension of Ori-oles’ first baseman Chris Davis, PEDs like amphetamines should be tested and their use should be punished. Additionally, the sus-pension of Michael Phelps from competitive swimming follow-ing his Sept. 30 DUI shed light on the role model actions we have come to expect from professional athletes. But any type of drug use in the major leagues is different from recreational drug use in high school athletics. Other than the use of PEDs, there is no reason to test student athletes for drugs. Although a poor decision, it is the decision of the individual athlete to use the drug. Opponents of this leniency might say that I am advocating, or at least justifying, the use of recreational drugs. But that is far from true. The distinction between recreational and PEDs lies ex-clusively in the discussion of drug testing in order to maintain fairness in high school sports. It is the responsibility of the student athlete to decide if this type of drug use affects his or her athletic perfor-mance, and gauge whether they should use it. Because

drugs such as marijuana and alcohol have harmful ef-fects to the body, student athletes who choose to do these drugs may see their performance affected. And the coaches will notice if that happens. Recreational drug use can harm performance, but that fact shouldn’t prompt drug tests for every athlete. And so what if student-athletes do drugs (other than PEDs)? I know many athletes who smoke weed and

drink on the weekend, and when on the field, they’re as fit as Olym-pians. Drug tests should be imple-mented if and only if the drug use gives the student athlete an unfair advantage. A New York Times article re-ported that it cost the New Jer-sey State Interscholastic Athletic Association $100,000 to drug test 500 students in 2010. According to Athletic Director Richard Reed, there are a total of 1,400 players on sports teams throughout the year. Drug testing all of them would be costly and reap few benefits. Student athletes are put on a pedestal. But they’re still students. It’s never the responsibility of the

administrative body to drug test students. If we start drug testing student athletes, we might as well start drug testing the whole student population. WR1, after all!of the administrative body to drug test students. If we start drug testing student- athletes, we might as well start drug testing the whole student population. WR1, after all!

justin fitzgerald, associate edi-tor

It wasn’t broken and didn’t need fixing. Edline, the on-line grading program used

for five years, trounces the newly adopted BCPSOne. During homecoming week-end, I did a routine check of my grades on BCPSOne but could not log in after multiple tries. This situation continued for two days. We students aren’t alone in suffering with BCPSOne, which will cost the county $750,000 this year. An Oct. 20 email to staff from S.T.A.T. teacher Kim Culbert-son tried to fix a disturbing problem—sudden vanishing of recorded grades. Spotty Wi-Fi is the apparent culprit, and teachers should combat it with Ethernet cables, the BCP-SOne Project Team said. This is no small problem.

At the end of this quarter, for the first time, teachers will not manually enter quarter grades into the STARS program. In-stead, STARS will pull quar-ter grades from BCPSOne. This seems risky. The Project Team should have worked out BCPSOne’s problems before launching it. Also worth noting, BCPSOne lacks a basic component, a place like Edline’s file lock-ers, where students may park work online. I miss that con-venience. I also miss Edline’s subscription service, which emailed automatic grade up-dates, eliminating the need for tedious website visits ev-ery day. Only 39 percent of students have used BCPSOne, the school system reports. With shortfalls like these, it’s no wonder.

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Grades website needs tweaking

chloe messier, associate editor

Problems for math, a graphic organizer, an essay for English and notes for economics. The typical homework load for upperclassmen includes all this, and maybe

more. But how in the world is a student whose mind is clut-tered with worries about college applications and varsity sports games supposed to remember it all? This year, the school has withheld agendas from upperclass-men due to a survey conducted last year that found only 57 percent of upperclassmen used their agendas. Instead they gave students hallway passes and allowed them to trade in their pass for an agenda. Spares had to be ordered and distri-bution continues. Right now, there isn’t much that can be done besides speed-ing delivery. That would be a great idea, but just a little too late. For next year, the school should buy agendas for everyone. It’s not a huge expense and the students who do use them rely on their compact efficiency.

Rethink agendas

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stephanie rountree, columnist

Hi. I’m Steph, and I’m a recovering addict. What I craved couldn’t be bought in a shady alley. It wasn’t mistaken for powdered

sugar, unruly vegetation or communion wafers. I was hooked on technology. When I came to CITYterm, I was introduced to 29 kids from across the nation who, as I was, were suffering from technology dependency. Rather than getting to know our roommates for the next four months, we scoured Instagram, Snapchat and Facebook for their information and maintain contact with our fellow addicts back home. Such behavior didn’t faze faculty members, as they knew what was in our future—Tech Pause. A more recent CITYterm tradition, Tech Pause unites students with their fellow classmates through collective withdrawal. For the first full week of class, we were forced to hand over all paraphernalia that would inhibit bonding. Smartphones, laptops, tablets and cameras were begrudgingly handed over to the authorities in shifts. “Say goodbye to your electronics,” our program coordinator Lisa Doi said. “You won’t see them until Monday.” I’m not going to lie—it was difficult in the beginning. How could I express my delight with dinner in the city without Instagramming my meal? Would I ever know the time? Could I live with myself after visiting the top of the Empire State Building, and NOT taking a selfie?

Withdrawal was rough. We wandered aimlessly for a while but soon were able to bond over our mutual tech loss. Though we were making connections with each other, some were concerned about maintaining communication with people back home. After a few days, the lack of technology was freeing. I realized it was better to focus on ‘the now’ in my life—what was right in front of me—than addictive technology. This was something I had discussed with CITYterm’s founder David Dunbar one day during a Citytrip to Queens. As we walked where Gatsby’s car hit Myrtle in 1922 and where the U.S. Open was taking place, we discussed the benefits of being free from technology. “Being away from such a distraction forces you to search for what is out there, for what you truly desire from the world rather than for what can be feasibly found online,“ he said. I discovered there was so much more to my human experience than what could be Googled, tweeted or even photographed. CITYterm F’14 united with each other and created a tight community as well as memories with more meaning because they weren’t captured by technology. We didn’t have to care about looking cool or what hashtag to use—we just lived in the moment. It started as an average Saturday night in Washington Square Park. With New York University as a backdrop, thirty high school students started a flash mob to the beat of African drums as they were instructed on West African dance. Slowly, as the teenagers attracted more attention, onlookers began to join in, uniting complete strangers in a celebration of life under the stars. In the age of selfies and social media addiction, it seems hard to believe that this mystical moment wouldn’t have been possible with enslaving substances like smartphones and cameras.

Stephanie Rountree returns to Maryland in December.

“Could I live with myself after visiting the top of the Empire

State Building, and NOT taking a selfie?”

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Athletes deserve facts

Accepting ID cards for safetyolivia golden, associate editor

In the past four years, there have been 68 school shootings in the United States. As the nation works to create

a sense of security in educational facili-ties, our county’s schools are forced to deal with the consequences. As you have probably experienced, BCPSOne Cards are officially required to be vis-ible on every student and teacher at all times. I have no problem with the implemen-tation of having a card. I will gladly scan myself into the building daily to prove myself as a valid student of this school. What I don’t support are the hallway interrogations and the evil eyes I saw teachers giving students when they didn’t immediately see a nametag visible. At least in September. Despite the fact that enforcement is now spotty at best, I fear what could

happen once the scanners are connected and enforcement amps up. Only time will tell if these cards become forgotten bits of plastic or valuable essentials for school attendance.

I still don’t like being forced to wear something. Not all outfits match with light blue. And I don’t like the itchy texture of the lanyard. And I, like many others, have a hard time remembering

to wear my badge every time I step into the hall. According to administration, mon-etary fines will be issued to anyone who forgets to wear or loses a nametag. Al-though I haven’t seen this happen yet, I don’t doubt that it will. Which leads me to wonder: can we really be forced to pay as a consequence of forgetfulness? It’s been fun to laugh at photos of the school superintendent in the back of the ID card case. But the reason for these cards is serious. Their goal is to ensure safety amidst the violent tragedies that have occurred nationwide. If this system is able to save a single life, there’s no doubt that its presence is worthwhile. Overall, BCPSOne Cards are fine with me if the enforcement of them is not such an in-timidating and irritating ordeal.

bill houghton, staff writer

Football is not healthy. Out of context it could be defined as strong

guys with helmets running into other strong guys and hoping not to get concus-sions. Doesn’t seem like a safe idea by any sense of the word, does it? In football, one team tries to score while maneuver-ing around another team of human-sized hulks tries to stop them, regardless of the consequences. Hard hits are in no way dis-couraged. Tackles occur. Helmets hit helmets. Concussions result. The issue here isn’t wheth-er football is dangerous, be-cause it is. No matter what rules are changed, football will always be dangerous. For it not to be would mean eliminating the entire spirit of the game: reckless vio-lence in a controlled environ-ment. It’s a fact that football in-volves head trauma, and no safety precautions are going to completely fix it. These players are adults. Adults can make their own decisions. If they want to get rocked in their domes day in and day out for a paycheck ten times the size of my parents’, then that’s their prerogative. But adults employed in an or-ganization like the NFL de-serve the knowledge in order to make this decision.

A New York Times article reported that Alzheimer’s disease and dementia pose a risk to one third of players post-retirement. But accord-ing to an article in Forbes magazine, this information is only open to the public due to a concussion lawsuit pre-sented to the NFL.

Facts about concussion-caused illnesses and brain degeneration should be made completely transpar-ent and the risks should be clearly explained to all play-ers. Some may argue that play-ing this sport in itself is an acknowledgement of the pos-

sible medical problems that can occur. Common sense might tell us that a sport pri-marily based on explosive physical contact makes it ob-vious to all players involved that head trauma is likely. But in many cases, athletes aren’t shown the big picture. According to an article by

Travis Waldron from think-progress.org, executives have avoided sharing safety infor-mation that could be key for NFL safety standards, but bad for business. The NFL is a business. Concentrating on a more humane game doesn’t do much for profits or popular-

ity, and although the health risks may seem obvious, the lack of available information until recently is appalling. Business should never come before safety. In high schools in Balti-more County, students of all sports are required to watch an informed consent video about the possibility of con-cussions and the protocol to be followed after an injury. Something like this should be instated in the NFL, but to a greater extent. The NFL needs to explain to play-ers that injuries are a part of the game. If you like football, then support football. What shouldn’t be supported is the lack of information and lack of research that has gone into the specific risks of playing. There needs to be full dis-closure instead of sugar-coating the information to keep everyone happy. Players’ lives are actually at stake. This isn’t something that should be swept under the rug for the profits’ sake. Capitalizing on ignorance that could lead to death is not acceptable. Admit it; everyone who supports football cares more about the entertainment than the players. If they cared for the players’ well-being, there would be no sport at all.

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junior Varsity football

bennett heitt, staff writer

Hardworking. Dedicat-ed. Skilled. These are

the words former teammates and juniors Alex Wood and Patrick Driscoll use to de-scribe sophomore Casey Drechsler. Drechsler, who plays wide receiver, tight end and linebacker—all cru-cial positions—has become an instrumental member of

the junior varsity football team. “The improvements he has made have been astound-ing,” Wood said. Drechsler agrees, and said that he is more confident and less timid than he has been in previous seasons of playing football. A leader on the team, Drechsler said his proudest mo-ment was being nominated captain. “I have to step up and show them what to do,” Drechsler said. He added he enjoys helping teammates who are new to football. However, he attributes much of his success to his teammates and his uncanny ability to catch almost any pass thrown his way. His main weakness, he said, is his speed. To improve upon this, Drechsler plans to run indoor track this winter. He began playing football in the fifth grade, and cred-its a coach from Cockeysville Recreation Council with teaching him about playing tight end. “One of the things he said was that at tight end, your job isn’t really to catch the ball and run for a touch-down. It’s to catch the ball and hold on to it, even if you get hit afterward.” On the junior varsity team, a tight end must essen-tially combine this skill with those of a wide receiver. “You’ve got to be able to block and be strong enough to be able to block the lineman, and still be able to go out and catch passes,” Drechsler said, adding that speed and agility are crucial. Along with the athleticism of the game, Drechsler said he enjoys the brotherhood. “There’s just something about putting on the pads and going out to play with your teammates.”

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“It’s the life.” That’s how senior

James Bonner describes golf. Last season he carried the varsity boy’s golf team to the Baltimore County cham-pionships and this year he holds the fourth spot in the team’s Padonia Cup stand-

ings. Winning has become more than a goal for Bon-ner; it’s a habit. “Bonner has been a solid low scorer for our team,” teammate and junior Chase Wassel said. But it hasn’t always been this easy. “When I first started playing I could barely hit the ball. It proves you just have to stay with it,” Bonner said. He didn’t play competitively until high school, and has never taken a lesson. Competitive golfers often take years of lessons only to make minor improvements, but Bonner attributes his success to his grandfather, who taught him to be a hard worker. “He wants to help out guys and get them organized, and help them out when we don’t have practice,” var-sity golf head coach Ryan Wolfsheimer said. Bonner has also thrived in the new system for rank-ings, which was implemented this year to foster com-petition among the team. Players accrue points in prac-tice, practice rounds and matches; these point scores later determine their rankings within the team and their playing time. “I like the point system. It brings a competitive nature to practice, and makes you want to beat the next guy,” Bonner said. “You can look at who’s in front of you and use them as a goal to beat.” And this system has clearly worked - the team won the Baltimore County championship on Oct 16.

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Work ethic propels

Tight end impresses

kira stiers, sports liaison

Raising money for turf is taking a while. Parent organizers have raised 5 percent of the pro-jected cost for phase one of the stadium revamp proj-

ect, a co-chairman of the fundraising group involved said. Despite an early prediction that turf could be installed as early as the beginning of this school year, it’s impossible to know the exact date, James Pezzulla, co-chairman of the Dulaney High School Foundation, Inc. said. “It will all depend on the progress of our fundraising,” he said. “We cannot move forward with application to the school board or putting shovels in the ground and laying down turf until we have the money in hand.” The group still must obtain school board approval of the project, now estimated to cost $13 million, Pezzulla said. Last spring, athletic director Richard Reed said he hoped to

obtain that approval by June. The three phases involved with the construction of the new athletic facility are still in place, but somewhat altered. Phase one now includes the installation of a new track along with turf. Phase two and three are still in place as well, the former including the construction of a stadium complex with game day locker rooms, weight rooms, press boxes and a college-like quad. The latter including the finishing touches, painting and moving equipment. Parent fundraisers continue to contact local businesses and alumni for donations. The Student Athlete Leadership Board helped compile the database for the effort. Despite the uncertainty, Pezzulla remains hopeful. “While we have a long way to go, we are still in the ear-ly stages of the process and there has been a tremendous amount of excitement about the foundation,” he said.

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Lions battle their way to post-season play Juniorsleadteamstocountysweep

Left: Junior Eric Walz wins the Varsity Boys Baltimore County Cross Country Championship in a home meet Oct. 18. Right: Junior Kristin Meek wins the Varsity Girls Baltimore County Cross Country Championship at the same meet. The schools JV runners sophomore Drew Persinger and freshman Dorrie Gaeng also won their county titles.photos by debbi persinger

Overtime goal pushes Lions past rivalhenry harsel, managing editor

Despite relinquishing a 1-0 lead early in the second half, the boys’ varsity soccer team

stormed back with goals from senior captains Andres Arbelaez and Cameron Carter to defeat the Perry Hall Gators 3-2 in overtime Oct. 10. After being fouled just outside the box five minutes into overtime, Carter shot a free kick that deflected off of the bottom left post into the goal, giving the Lions the win and improving their record to 10-1 overall and 9-0 in the county. “My initial reaction was a mix of relief and excite-ment,” Carter said. “Finally beating Perry Hall after all these years was just a gi-ant weight off of all of our shoulders.” Carter attributes the win to strong senior leadership and experience that the team lacked in years past. “Our young guys were able to see the example the seniors were setting and step up into bigger roles on the

field,” Carter said. A goal from junior Alberto Alas as-sisted by junior Jack Franz opened the scoring for the team, allowing them to take the lead heading into halftime.

For the last four seasons, the Ga-tors have defeated the Lions in both regular season and postseason play, causing some unpleasant memories for the team.

“When they scored those two goals in a row to take the lead in the second half, I saw a lot of our heads start to drop. We had seen this story before,” senior captain Jake Carder said. Fortunately for the Lions, history did not repeat itself. “All year we had this date marked on our calendars and for us to come through the way we did was some-thing I will never forget,” senior Tommy Keaveny said. The Lions look to carry their momentum all the way to the county championship, a feat unaccomplished by boys’ soccer since 2001. “We aren’t just out here having fun anymore. We want to be remembered and create our own legacy, and I think this team can do that,” senior Brian Kochesfahani said.

senior midfielder brian Kochesfahani rushes to take a throw-in during the first half of the Oct. 10 Perry Hall game as Perry Hall junior midfielder Kyle Gosnell regains his position. The Lions won 3-2 and marked their ninth consecutive victory. The boys were unde-feated as they headed into their last regular season game against Towson Oct. 21.

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christine condon, deputy editor and henry harsel, managing editor

An unprecedented team and individual sweep by the boys and girls varsity and junior varsity cross country

teams in the Baltimore County Cross Country Champion-ship were led by first place finishes by juniors Eric Walz with a time of 15:49 and Kristin Meek with a time of 19:08 Oct. 18. Ranked third in the southeast region of the entire coun-try, the boy’s varsity team expected to win and win big, he said. “We had lots of confidence going into the race and we ran

like it,” Walz said regarding the boy’s victory of 50 points. For the girl’s team, the road was not quite as easy. Meek and cross country head coach Chad Boyle had a plan in place to defeat her two most formidable opponents. “No matter how much prep you do, crazy things can hap-pen in races,” Meek said. Having to rely on a tie breaker, the girls ended up defeat-ing Towson High School by only one runner’s time. After years of near misses, Meek was overjoyed for her team to win the county title. “We aren’t stopping here. My eyes are already set on a Dulaney sweep at regionals,” Meek said.

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Driven by her ceaseless motivation, freshman

Dorrie Gaeng has proven to be an influential member of the women’s junior varsity cross country team. Gaeng decided to try out for cross country after en-couragement from sister and alumna Michelle Gaeng. A summer of training plus her work at practice have turned her into a force to be reck-oned with. Gaeng easily outran the women’s JV field at the 32nd annual Richard Barnhart Invitational, winning her first 5K by 37 seconds with a time of 21:27. At Hereford’s Bull Run Invitational, notorious for be-ing one of the hardest cross country races in the coun-try, Gaeng earned another victory in the women’s JV race despite a challenge from a Severna Park runner who illegally cut the last 200 meters. “I saw it happen and was shocked, but the only way to teach her a lesson was to beat her,” Gaeng said. “Dorrie’s greatest strength is her work ethic,” cross country coach Chad Boyle said. “She covets personal improvement and applies the success ingredient of purposeful practice to her running.” That inner drive has rubbed off on teammates. “It makes me want to do better when I see how hard she’s working,” freshman teammate Grace Grogan said. She added that Gaeng’s strengths are optimism and handling race day pressure. “She knows what she has to do and gets it done.” But Gaeng continues to push toward perfection. She’s challenged by capricious weather and aims to refine her running form and paces, which she said will im-prove with time and mileage. Gaeng may be new to the cross country team, but she is already attached to running for life. “Running is an indescribable experience. Pushing yourself every day and pushing your teammates, ac-complishing goals, there’s nothing like it,” she said.

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Varsity soccer

chloe messier, associate editor

Adaptability. This is what women’s varsity soccer

coach Kristi Korrow cites as starting sophomore Morgan McCamie’s greatest attribute. McCamie’s passion for the sport has only increased since she started playing at age 5. “She can play any position on the field with success with the exception of goalie,” Kor-row said. “If we need a forward, she’ll play that. If we need a sweeper, she’ll play that. She adjusts so quickly and that’s pretty rare.” In the team’s game against Hereford Sept. 17, McCa-mie played sweeper, outside midfield and striker. Standing just over 5 feet tall, McCamie is smaller than most of her teammates and opponents. But her speed, which improved during winter and spring track, and long throw-ins combine to enable her to create oppor-tunities on all sides of the field. To call Morgan a helpful addition to the team would be an understatement. During the team’s Sept. 10 match against Kenwood, McCamie scored the first goal with a header off of a corner kick, leading the squad to a 9-1 victory. In addition to her powerhouse presence on the field, she brings unique personality to the team. “She’s a little bit goofy,” Korrow said. “She’s one of those players that does a good job of staying nice and loose without going too far.” “It’s awesome because she’s always joking,” senior and varsity captain Emma Patron said. “When I’m get-ting too frustrated in practice or in a game, she’s always there to relieve the tension.” McCamie plans to play soccer in college, and is aim-ing for a Division 1 school, but would be grateful to any school that wants her. No matter where she decides to play, McCamie will no doubt take the field with unstoppable hustle and a spunky attitude to match.

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Novice makes mark

Varsity kicker Alex Wood, a junior, kicks the ball off as junior Quentin Bras-well runs to take down the opposing player returning the kick during their game against Loch Raven High School Oct. 11. The Lions won 48-0 behind six touchdowns from senior quarterback Gary Bernardez. photo by kalie paranzino

Surprised that your childhood idol was accused of domestic abuse? The sad fact is that athletes, people who are frequently idolized, have an unfortunately scandalous history of crimes involving violence. Too often deemed “untouchable” by the law, they get away with these crimes. But for certain members of the NFL, not all of these crimes are as easily over-looked. We’ve all seen the headlines. The Ra-vens’ Ray Rice and his wife fought in an elevator, leading to charges of do-mestic abuse for Rice. The Minnesota Vikings’ Adrian Peterson was con-

victed of negligent injury to his own child. Both Peterson and the Carolina Pan-thers’ Greg Hardy, who was charged with sexually assaulting a woman in July, were placed on an Exempt List by their respective teams but took vol-untary leaves of absence. Neither of the teams had forced their players to

make this decision, and neither Hardy nor Peterson was required to nullify their playing time. The number of domestic abuse cases recently, especially cases involving members of the NFL, is appalling. Even more appalling is the lack of suitable punishment for the players. Many blame the NFL for not crack-ing down on these types of cases. Rice originally only faced a two- game sus-

pension when the case first occurred, a mere slap on the wrist compared to the average punishment for any of us. But the revival of the Ray Rice case upon the release of the video caused such a massive uproar from the NFL’s audience that they couldn’t possibly ignore the issue. The NFL might not be able to con-trol the lives of their players, but it also shouldn’t allow them to be above the law, no matter how many rushing yards they have this season. While it’s reassuring that the league has launched investigations and re-forms that should heighten punish-ments for various crimes (namely those involving violence and sub-stance abuse), it’s just a small step. People who get paid as much as they do should know the difference be-tween the game and real life. While these sports organizations hold responsibility for these situa-tions, the players hold the ultimate re-sponsibility. No matter race or sport, they’re public figures. They have a duty to maintain their reputation.

NFL, players must clean up their act

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fielder’schoice

Lions battle their way to post-season play

christine condon, deputy editor

Wins keep coming for last years state champion var-sity volleyball team. The team has relied on scrimmages against some

tough opponents outside their division to prepare for tourna-ment play, junior and hitter Olivia Finckel said. It appears to be working. The undefeated team had lost only one set all season as of press time. Wise use of practices is key heading into tournament season. “I think during practice we just have to really hit it hard at each other and play our hardest so when we get to games we have something that we are prepared for,” she said. Few would detect that the team has lost key seniors from last season.

“We’re a pretty put together team,” Finckel said. “We have a lot of depth. We have girls who know what they’re doing and have played a lot of years of volleyball.” In a game against Catonsville Sept. 30, when two of the team’s players were unable to play due to injury and illness, Finckel, 6 feet, 2 inches, stepped up and made game-saving hits, including one that struck an opponent in the face. “Everyone told me that I broke her nose. I don’t know, but it was a pretty hard, strong hit,” Finckel said. “That was how it was going the whole game,” she said.As for self-improvements, Finckel channels the words of her former coach when she fixates on a lousy play. “Flush that,” he said. “Flush the old play, and move on to the next one.”

Forceful play propels volleyball Far left: Junior Olivia Finck-el prepares to serve during the Lions’ Think Pink game against Chesapeake Oct. 14. The Lions won 3-0 to continue their undefeated season as of Oct. 21.

Left: Junior Becca Rawlin-son hits while senior Vik-toriya Gostodinova and junior Olivia Finckel cover. Senior Briana Briggs, junior Mallory Svoboda and se-nior Sydney Cohee watch from the rear at the Oct. 14 Think Pink game.

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Victories ignite team

Serving up winsVarsity badminton captain and junior Will Paranzino prepares to return Towson senior Ben Miller’s serve in his singles match Oct. 16. Paranzino won his game with a score of 15-3, while the Lions defeated the Generals 7-4. The Lions’ were undefeated as of Oct. 21

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an among us:Working emotions into her artjackie andrews, staff writer

It’s Joanna Waring’s Digital Arts class. Senior Angela Nam has an idea, and when pen meets paper

her idea materializes—a fried egg machine, which later comes to life in Adobe Illustrator. Nam says that while art has always been her talent, it hasn’t always been her passion. “It was the only thing that people considered that I’m good at, so I used to just show them to get attention,” she said. “Now I want to express my own feelings, rather than pleasing the audience with my drawing.” Nam has previously worked with other mediums but favors painting. She began by imitating other artists’ work and eventually developed her

own style. Today, drip and splatter techniques are commonplace in her illustrations. Experimentation is part of what makes Nam’s work interesting, ac-cording to her former fine arts teacher Joanna Waring. “She uses a lot of mixed media tech-niques inside to make some really cool illustrations,” Waring said. Nam’s favorite piece, a collage depicting a girl with a flower coming out of her mouth, achieves an ethe-real appearance that has become her signature. For Nam, inspiration is everywhere. She is fascinated with dreams; they inspire many of her surrealist works. Soundtracks and nature also routinely feed her imagination.

Art is not without challenges, Nam said, admitting that she has been sty-mied in the past. She’s asked herself questions like “Why can’t I draw better?” when she couldn’t convey what she wanted to. Despite such challenges, she cites her struggles as motivation for improve-ment. Nam currently works with a private art tutor to get suggestions and de-velop her college art portfolio. For now, Nam’s art serves as a repository for her emotions. Everyday experiences make their way into much of her work, she said. “It’s not literal, but it’s hidden; you have to figure it out to figure out what I’m trying to express.”

Left: A self-portrait made with acrylic on canvas Nam painted last year in Joanna Waring’s Fine Arts class. Center: Senior Angela Nam sketches a draft of her next project in her Digital Arts class Oct. 16. Right: The first item in Nam’s sketchbook entitled “Breath” is a mixed media piece that incorporates colored pencils and magazine clippings.

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Critic goes public

“Taking an almost four-hour test is mentally exhausting”

christine condon, deputy editor and alex tuerk, staff writer

Quiet in voice. Deafening in print. That’s how SAT haters describe junior Marin Langlieb. Inspired by her father, Langlieb turned her

complaints about the college admissions test into a logical argument and sent it to the Baltimore Sun, which published it as a letter to the editor in August. “I couldn’t believe it,” she said, describing her emo-tion when she learned her letter would be published. “I didn’t tell anyone about it, That’s the weirdest thing. I just wrote it.” Her letter began with mild sarcasm. “To the people at the College Board: “Thank you for redesigning the SAT, effective spring 2016. No, seri-ously. Even though I will be the last class to take the regular SAT, I appreciate your kindness in not mak-ing future generations memorize words like ‘execra-ble’ and ‘lassitude.’

Langlieb followed up by arguing that the SAT doesn’t really test students on content; it tests stu-dents on test-taking strategies like process of elimina-tion or lucky guessing. “That’s problem No. 1,” Langlieb wrote, adding that problem number 2 is the SAT’s $52-price tag. She also cited the test’s physical toll. “Taking an almost four- hour test is mentally ex-hausting, and having only two five-minute breaks makes it even worse,” she wrote. On the eve of the PSAT Oct. 15, Langlieb identified her least favorite portion of the practice test and the full SAT. “The long passages in the critical reading section, es-pecially those near the end of the test about scienc-y things,” she said. Among her favorite strategies? Previewing critical reading questions and predicting the right answers.

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REVIEWs:

A classic flick still frightens sophie golden, associate editor

With Halloween creeping up on us again, fear and horror are the major themes of the season. What better way to partake in the festivities than

watching a classic scary movie? Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining” is a film adaptation of a novel written by the master of horror, Stephen King. Released in 1980, the movie tells the story of a writer named Jack Torrance (played by Jack Nicholson) who agrees to take a job as an off-season caretaker for a hotel isolated high in the Rocky Mountains. Accompanied by his wife Wendy (Shelley Duvall) and son Danny (Danny Lloyd), themes of isolation and psychological illness emerge as the story unfolds. Cue dramatic music. I’m not big on scary movies. Today’s horror films cluster together in a dump of gruesome gore, flat characters and

overstimulation. They tend to focus on a collage of disturb-ing scenarios aimed to shock. Good scary movies contain a carefully constructed plot involving universal themes, ar-

tistic cinematography and a sense of reality, creating a film that is intriguing. “The Shining” is such a film. In the movie’s most famous (and terrifying) scene, Jack Torrance rampages through the hotel in pursuit of his wife. In a maniacal craze, Torrance chops a hole in the bathroom door, yelling, “Here’s Johnny!” The combination of eerie music and more-than-convincing acting by Jack Nicholson provides for a truly scary production. The setting and cinematography of the film complement the story. Panoramic views of the Rocky Mountains, up-close views of Jack’s demonic grins and shots that trail characters down the hotel’s corridors enhance the eeriness of the movie. Also, contrary to today’s horror films, “The Shining” doesn’t frighten viewers with the usual pop-out ghosts and startling noises. Instead, Kubrick unsettles the audi-ence with bizarre images such as a creepy set of twins and an elevator filled with blood. “The Shining” is not completely out-of-this-world impos-sible, and you can’t always be sure where insanity ends and the supernatural takes over. This blurring of the lines is key to the fear the movie provokes.

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oVERall RatIng:

matilde cascella, staff writer

This past Thursday, my friend and I ventured to a new restaurant, Squisito Pizza and Pasta. Upon our entrance, we were kindly greeted, told to pick up a

menu and to sit where ever we pleased. The restaurant had the cliché checkered table cloths, with opera music playing in the background. Although the ambiance was stereotypical, it was clean and well put together. The menu had the usual “Italian” food selection, for fairly reasonable prices ranging from about $15 to $19 for a huge pizza, or about $9 to $12 dollars for an entrée. The selection was broad and overwhelming; we could choose from sea-food, pizza, pasta, chicken, veal, soup and salads. After deep contemplation, we chose to go the classic route: calamari and a cheese pizza. Once we ordered, we were assigned a number and told that the food would be right out; to my surprise, it was. The calamari was tender, but unfortunately they were sprinkled with a spice that resembled Old Bay. This prompted the question: in what alternate universe is Old Bay an “Italian” seasoning? In addition, their “famous”

marinara sauce served with the fried squid was so spicy that it practically burnt my taste buds. Following the revival of my taste buds by drinking an abnormal amount of soda, the pizza arrived. It was so large that it cast a shadow over our plates and seemed impos-sible to finish. The crust was thin and crisp, which is a great attribute to any pie, but the cheese was unnaturally salty, and quickly hardened. The wait staff was extremely hospitable and kind even as we left. Overall the food wasn’t the best, and after having my taste buds burned with sauce, the overly salty pizza didn’t help. At the end of the day, I would have much preferred a delivery pizza from Pizza Hut. Although the service was lovely and the atmosphere was casual and comfortable, it most definitely didn’t make up for the fatal flaws in the cuisine.

Squisito Pizza & Pasta10540 York Road, CockeysvilleHours of Operation Sunday-Thursday 11 a.m.-10 p.m.Friday-Saturday 11 a.m.-11 p.m.

New pizza joint disappoints

Left: The red-and-white-checkered table cloths are on display inside the recently opened pizza chain.

Top, right: A cheese pizza with New York crust costs $12.99. Pizzas with a variety of toppings range from $13.99 to $17.99.

Bottom, right: The crispy calamari is one of nine appetizers avail-able. They range in price from $2.99 to $8.99.

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Reading?

I always read the New York Times, particularly—believe it or not—the science section, the food section and the art section. [I] Love to read the New York Times. I just finished reading “The Goldfinch” by Donna Tart. I really enjoyed it. It was really hard to put down, which is sort of unfortunate for a 700-page book.

Watching?

My kids and my husband and I watch “Bones” now. We sort of binge watch all of these different se-ries and we are almost finished with “Parks and Rec.” We’re really early on in the series in “Bones,” so don’t tell me anything, but it’s awesome. It’s got all these different Latin derivatives with the parts of the body because it’s a crime detective show so all of the bones and stuff are in Latin so that’s really neat. And we watch “Dr. Who.” We watch TV together. It’s how we bond. “Warehouse 13” is pretty good, too.

Listening?

I listen to hymns. I love old hymns. Old Baptist hymns, some classical, but I most-ly listen to what my daughter tells me to listen to. I really like edgy lyrics which, if you really listen to old hymns, the lyrics are pretty edgy.

Following?

I don’t know how to do Twitter yet, and I probably shouldn’t learn, but I do Facebook too much, probably. I wish I didn’t do Face-book actually, but sometimes, especially for this generation, it’s the only way you can find things out. We found out that one of my friend’s dad died, and I wouldn’t have known if I didn’t get on Facebook. I also follow a

teaching blog about telling stories while teach-ing and I check it every day. It’s about

teaching foreign language through sto-rytelling.

Eating?

For lunch I had a tomato tart, which I made with tomatoes from my garden.

One of my hobbies is growing tomatoes, which is kind of a cosmic curse that I have because they ripen when school starts, so I have tons of tomatoes to sauce, and I have tons of things to do for school all of a sudden. It’s not fair at all but I adore tomatoes,

and I will not stop growing them even though I have to throw away about half of them. It’s awful, and I hate throwing them away. I usually make my hus-band throw them away for me because it hurts my heart to throw my sweet tomatoes away. I also always have various forms of coffee. Chocolate covered coffee beans, coffee candy from Italy, coffee in general. I have a friend who makes frappuccinos for me. Lots and lots and lots and lots of coffee. I try to balance it out with

water.

Changing?

Right now I’m having my first go-around with a child going to college. My daugh-

ter is applying to colleges this year, she’s a senior, so that’s been interesting and I’ve

really enjoyed going to visit colleges with her. I’m threatening to let her father fin-

ish raising our son and get an apart-ment nearby so that I can just hang out with her. So that’s what’s new at

home. Nothing else, really. All the changes at school are OK. It’s slow and everyone seems to be un-derstanding.

post DAWN MITCHELL is a Latin teacher of 30 years. Mitchell is the sponsor of Junior Classical League and the Certamen team. She recently sat down with staff writer Hannah Bauer and answered a few questions.

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WHAT HAppENED WHEN senior Mark Benzinger and freshman George Dur-mowicz met and were asked to discuss the new block schedule? Ben-zinger noted problems with teachers who don’t plan enough to fill a class period (“When they say, ‘You can start your homework,’ I’m like, ‘No,’ and I pull out a book.”) Then the chat shifted to new ID cards (“pointless,” according to Durmowicz, because they’re not used). For more photos and highlights, including talk of Ray Rice, mandatory test reviews and Net-flix, see our website:http://dulaneygriffin.org

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Juxtaposition,a conversation between differing individuals

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Black belt, priest and more join staff

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Match the staff to the fact1. Thea Thomas2. Elyse Fiorito3. Daron Reid4. Kaysi Ward5. Tom Maranville6. Richard Patchak7. Rachel Goisovich8. Eric Benjamin

9. Robert Murray10. Yu Lee11. Rob Bushman12. Britta Schaffmeyer13. Angela Sofinowski14. Christina Senita15. George Mathew16. Sasha Guevara

a. Broke his left femur while running. b. Has a black belt in three types of karate.c. Used to make videogames.d. Is an official for the Democratic Party.e. Has run four marathons.f. Can Irish step dance.g. Ordained Orthodox priest.h. Attended Super Bowl XLIII.

i. Taught herself how to cook.j. Played the mellophone. k. Trained as an art and statistics teacher.l. Is originally from San Francisco.m. Plays on an ultimate frisbee team.n. Can recite the presidents in order on command.o. Is a boxer.p. Played football at Western Connecticut University.

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Pep Rallyignites spirit

spirit gallery: top left: Varsity cheerleaders perform their spirit cheer during the first half of the Oct. 11 homecoming game. The varsity football team earned their fourth consecutive win, defeating Loch Raven 48-0.

top right: Senior Steven Zhang carries junior Yiyi Kuang as the badminton team runs out to “Twilight Zone” by the band 2 Unlimited at the Oct. 10 pep rally.

bottom left: Senior dance team captain and staff writer Taylor Wenzl dances to “Flawless” by Beyonce, the opening song of the dance team’s half time show. “Preparing was more of a challenge this year because we only had five rehersals,” Wenzl said, adding that with 16 members the team is the biggest in years.

bottom right: Junior Rachel Clark takes a selfie with sophomore Sami Sunday, junior Edwina Agandi and sophomores Julia Clark and Jessica Meek before the Oct. 10 pep rally. The girls won October’s Griffin Spirit Selfie Week Contest. The next selfie week, Nov. 10-14, will be food themed. Instagram, tweet and facebook your best “foodfies” (food selfies) with #grifself. For more spirit selfies including those from marching band, boy’s junior varsity soccer and senior Laura Hillard and principal Lyn Whitlock check out http://dulaneygriffin.org.

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HistOry teaCHer John Wagner jams out at Senior Breakfast Oct. 15 in the classic cafeteria. Among the songs played were The Beatles’ “Twist and Shout,” Van Morrison’s “Brown Eyed Girl” and Pink Floyd’s “Another Brick in the Wall.”

Wagner, who has played at the breakfast for 13 years, said that this year was his favorite.

As seniors danced and dined, underclassmen took the PSAT. For a gallery of photos from the senior breakfast, featuring princi-pal Lyn Whitlock’s senior class selfie, see our websitehttp://dulaneygriffin.org.

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hannah bauer, staff writer and sumin woo, deputy editor

Not quite a trip to Mer-riweather Post Pavilion, “Rock Art,” the Lion’s Roar

Marching Band homecoming field show, featured alternative hits to pump the crowd. The popular mu-sic made sense this year, band direc-tor Barry Chesky said. “We wanted to get more excite-ment. We wanted to contribute to the increasing excitement at football games.” As is tradition, the band filed onto the field from the side opposite the stands, assembling into traditional grid formation. But upon the com-mands and whistle from the drum majors, the troupe launched an in-novative performance. It began with a medley of tunes from Daft Punk, famous for “Get Lucky” in the summer of 2013 and continued with Bastille’s “Pom-

peii.” Trombones blared that song’s rhythmic refrain as woodwinds car-ried the melody. Fall Out Boy’s 2013 release “My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light ‘em Up)” ended the show, which observers called much different than the ge-neric contemporary music the band usually plays. The energy of the tunes infected band members, color guard section leader and junior Meredith Riley said. She called this year’s tunes awesome and an improvement over nondescript music from years past. “No one has fun with it if you don’t know what it is that you’re playing,” Riley said. Assistant drum major and junior Lisa McCullough agreed. “I think conducting to pop music adds a new element of connection to the music,” she said. The feedback from crowds has been very positive, Chesky said.

Senior Emma Bartels-Jones is among the show’s fans. She recalled actually dancing to the half-time show. “Daft Punk was the beginning of it,” she said. “ I just remember com-pletely jamming out to that.” For this chorus member and music fan, the whole idea for the half-time show was genius. “Daft Punk is really cool. Band music is really cool. Putting them to-gether was super awesome to me.”

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Left to right: freshman Carl Bauer, sophomore Brett Sproul and senior co-head section leader Harrison Bartlett perform the finale of their half-time show medley “My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light ‘em Up)” by Fall Out Boy.

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