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Editors-in-ChiefClaire Bryan

Katie Kreitzer

Design ChiefStanley Gambucci

Managing EditorKasey Hutcheson

Layout Editors Dutra Brown

Opinions EditorsRaphie Cantor

Arielle Swedback

Features EditorsSamantha MelvilleMichela Rodriguez

Arts & Culture EditorsClaire KimJake Siegler

Sports EditorsJack BenoitColin Grey

Etcetera EditorsJay Gardenswartz

Patrick Riley

Staff WritersPatrick Barba

Charlotte Dick-GodfreyMax Feye

Olivia FidlerEvan FitznerMatt Gluck

Brianna GoldbergSoren Hansen

Mark KleinCian Lavin

Caroline MerkinMolly Morrison

Sam PryorNatalie Schmidt

Nishon TylerSean WatersAudrey Yang

AdvisersAndrew HolbrookMichelle Adelman

Over the course of the past summer, The Scribe added 13 new outstanding writers and students to our staff. Excited to get a start on what would surely be one of The Scribe’s best years yet, all 34 staff members met for two days during the last week of August to learn the ropes of our new design and bring this outstanding first annual, First Friday Issue to you, the lovely students of Francis Parker School. So we welcome you all, every student now reading this simple page in your hand, to not toss it aside but to instead log on to our brand new Face-book fan page and check out over ten new stories that are sure to turn your first week of school around. This is the start of The Scribe’s new online life; we’re no longer only in print, but are also gracing your computer screens at home. We’re already on our way, but we need your help to get started, so like us at www.facebook.com/fpthescribe and check out our new issue at 12! We can’t wait to share another incredible year with you all!

MS. ANTOINETTE ALLEN- get to know Parke r ’ s newest math teacher !

YOUR PLACE IN THE RACE- f ind out i f you’ re a Democrat o r Repub-l ican

AND EVERYONE WAS MOVING TO THE BEAT - learn about the a r t o f spoken word

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WHAT I S H IP? a re you a t rue h ips te r?

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FIRST FRIDAY EDITION

editor-in-chief editor-in-chief design chiefClaire Bryan Katie Kreitzer Stanley Gambucci

ms. allenCOMPILED BY JAY GARDENSWARTZ, MARK KLEIN, AND SAM MELVILLE

Introducing the new Upper School Algebra 2 and Pre-Calculus teach-er, Ms. Antoinette Allen. From the frigid winters of northeast Pennsyl-vania, Ms. Allen has spent the last month getting settled by exploring the city, sampling the San Diego restaurant scene and adjusting to So-Cal life. Before teaching at a board-ing school on the East Coast, Allen spent a year and a half in the Peace Corps in Paraguay working farmers in a small town. Now, she has joined the Parker community and is ready to make a difference here on campus!

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ms. allen ms. allenQQ U E S T I O N : What mot ivated you to jo in the

Peace Corps, and what did you do there?

ANSWER: During my senior year at Columbia un-dergrad, I was on track to go work at an investment

bank, but I decided that I wanted to travel and to work public service in lieu of working corporate. After getting

my medical clearance and everything, I went to Paraguay as a small business volunteer, helping farmers working in a

cooperative in a rural town. The bus to my town only came twice a week, if that, and to get the bus you’d have to wait all

day because schedules were pretty lenient down there. We rode with the chickens and all the animals, and the bus had ev-

erything strapped on the roof!

Q : What was your interact ion l ike wi th the lo-cals in Paraguay?A: Well, working with farmers, initially the men weren’t very warm

to the fact that a woman was helping with the finances, but I loved working with the women in their gardens and much of them money that

the women earned would go to children’s supplies and food like that. And eventually, the men warmed up to me and I was able to help them with their

inventory and marketing in their small businesses. But mainly I was helping out with health and sanitation. The town didn’t have running water, or electricity,

and I don’t think the town even realized how tough it was-they were just used to having parasites in the water and being sick all the time.

Q : Are you looking forward to any inter im t r ips? Which place exci tes you?A: Right now, I’m thinking about South Africa. I’m really excited to be involved with community service there!

Q : What are your favor i te parts about San Diego?A: I like to eat, so I’ve been sampling all the restaurants. My mom is Korean and Japanese so I’ve been scouting for some good Asian food! I really like Mission Bay (I used to surf a while ago when I lived in Hawaii though I’m thinking it might be a bit safer to take up paddle-boarding), and I’ve gone to the beach a bit, but I’m planning a camping trip to Joshua Tree and I think that’ll be a lot of fun!

Q : What do you miss about Pennsylvania?A: I miss the mountains and the trees, and being able to hike easily. And my parents are there, but you know how parents are. (Laughs!)

Q : Why did you decide to teach math?A: It seemed natural and it sort of fell on my lap. After Peace Corps, I went back to New York and worked with a nonprofit that helped youth who had been through traumatic experiences. I felt like I wasn’t really making a difference, so I started looking into teaching to become closer to my students.

Q ; Do you have a favor i te type of music?A: There are so many! I really got into bluegrass this summer, but I also like other kinds of music as well. Over the summer I went to see Taylor Swift and the Gypsy Kings.

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1 Every student at the school pays an equal amount of tuition. At the end of the year, the school has an extra $10,000 that they collected in tuition that they didn’t need. Would you rather (a) they give the mon-ey back to the students equally or would you rather (b) they use the money to improve the school?

There are two options for how to fund the school. In option A, the school would charge more money than is necessary to sustain the most basic curriculum and programs. The extra money would fund addi-tional programs and projects in areas such as the arts, sports, beauti-fying the campus, school lunches, etc. Students whose families do not have the means to pay this extra tuition would be eligible for financial aid. This would allow them to pay the bare minimum to cover class-es and other basic expenses, yet still benefit from the extra programs their fellow students paid for. In option B, all students, regardless of their wealth, would pay the same low tuition which would guarantee them access to basic classes and programs. On an individual basis, stu-dents with the means to do so would be able to purchase extra classes or amenities using their own money and for their own benefit.

Statistically, most in-class cheating involves the sharing of answers using cell phones. Faculty members have presented two new ap-proaches to minimize this issue. Should (a) the school impose strict punishments (such as suspension or expulsion) on people caught cheating, or (b) the teachers preemptively confiscate all cell phones on test days?

The Scribe realizes that many students have little time to watch the news or read the newspaper before school, so we took it upon ourselves to make this easy-to-understand quiz to help even the most politically out-of-the-loop students make sense of the chaos that is modern USpolitics. Read the following hypothetical scenarios, decide which option you think is best, then use the answers on the next page to figure out which party you belong to. It’s time for you to discover, once and for all...are you a Democrat or a Republican?

BY MATT GLUCK, NATALIE SCHMIDT, & ARIELLE SWEDBACK

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republican?TAKE OUR FOUR-QUESTION TESTTO DETERMINE YOUR POLITICAL PARTY


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If you answered that you wanted to use the extra money to improve the school, you agree with the Democrats! Democrats believe that a tax sur-plus is best spent on projects that would benefit everyone. If America were to have a budget sur-plus, Democrats would want to use the money to improve and renovate public schools and roads throughout the country.

If you think that option B is the best option, you agree with the Republicans! Republicans be-lieve that the extra money rich people have earned throughout their lives is their money to spend how they please. There are basic government expenses that all citizens should contribute equally to pay for, but other than that, the government does not have the right to take extra money from someone just because they are rich. Republicans would want rich people to be able to put their money into the free market naturally, and not into the hands of the government.

If you answered that the school should equally redistribute the money back to the students, you agree with the Republicans! Republicans believe that a tax surplus is best used to give tax breaks and refunds back to the people who paid them. If America were to have a tax surplus, Republicans would want to give the money back to the taxpay-ers and let them spend it as they see fit.

If you think that option A was the better option, you agree with the Democrats! Democrats be-lieve that some people, particularly the more wealthy citizens, should pay a higher percentage of taxes in order to support extra social and govern-mental programs meant to benefit the entire popu-lation. For example, Democrats would like people making more than a million dollars a year to pay an extra few percent in taxes to finance improvement on the public school system, social security, roads, and to balance the federal budget.

If you answered that teachers should impose strict punishments on people caught cheating, you agree with the Republicans! Republicans believe that the best way to prevent crime is to try to discourage would-be criminals by making an example out of convicted criminals. They believe that regulating a person’s ability to buy guns is an infringement on that person’s rights, and that making an example out of convicted criminals is the only fair way to discourage crime.

If you answered that teachers should take all cell phones away on test days to prevent cheating, you agree with the Democrats! Democrats believe that the best way to prevent crime is to make it more difficult to commit them. Statistically, most violent crimes are committed using a gun, so the Democrats want to better regulate who is able to purchase guns.

CHECK OUT MORE ON THE PRESIDENTIAL IN OUR UPCOMING ELECTION ISSUE!


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TThe lights are dimmed as the band plays an eerie elevator-esque tune from the side of the stage. Noth-ing is visible but the edgy outlines of faces in the audience. Slowly, the shape of the man of the hour, Buddy Wake-field, comes into view, his balding head glowing in the dark room. The band stops, the whispers cease: all eyes on the poet.

It was truly a funky scene: doz-ens of us stood huddled in front of the stage at Elevated Theatre last summer, all there to hear the stories of Wake-field, a renowned spoken word artist on his national tour. Young trendy stu-dents and elderly couples all walked away from the theatre with the same awe. Although it is a magical art, spo-ken word has yet to take off. It has been survived largely in underground clubs, theatres and art centers, and its audi-ence is small, yet devoted.

Although its origin dates back as early as Homer’s reciting of The Odyssey, the renewed contemporary movement blew up with the creation of a non-conformist community of creative writers, self-nicknamed The Beats. Made up of literary idols such as Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg, The Beats proposed an alternative to the rather vulgar ‘90s and early 2000s mainstream rap genre, bringing their own insight, experience and doubt to topics ranging from third-world pov-erty to war. It’s music without the mu-

sic, the words of the poets telling the stories, and the rhythm of their words providing the percussion.

One of the most plausible ex-planations for spoken word’s lack of popularity lies in its similarity to rap. Although both practices contain a beat-centered, flowy feel, spoken word is known, according to Mark Miagza, a professor at Michigan State University, as “a wise man’s hip-hop. It’s more than just notes and sounds, it’s emotion, it’s the stories of lives.”

Watching Wakefield recite one of his poems, “The Information Man,” a story about a man who learns about the value of his life through a conver-sation he has with an “info guy,” I re-member the raw emotion spilling from the smoky brown, aged stage.

“I am standing like shoe polish on an overstocked shelf hoping that one day someone will pick me to make things better,” chanted Wakefield. Sadly, our society is turning into one with more appreciation for the likes of Snoop Dogg and Taio Cruz than Bud-dy Wakefield and other spoken word slam poets. But if you’re ever up for the challenge, I urge you to visit one of the San Diego locations where poetry slams and spoken word performances take place and receive a newfound per-spective on a nearly- lost art.

1. BUDDY WAKEFIELD, The Information Man

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIr4pL9P0SA

2. RUDY FRANCISCO , Love Poem

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MR1_2lFXJI4

3.MILES HODGES, Maskless

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70wiwgwGzZk

and everyone was moving to the beatSLAM POET BUDDY WAKEFIELD:

MORE THAN A FEELING?

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A MAN OF HIS WORD

BY JAKE SIEGLER


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Outside Lands, a San Fran-cisco music festival, is the epitome of hipster fandom. Here locals and international travelers roam around Golden Gate Park in search of “the perfect blend of culture, art, and mu-sic,” says sophomore Jordan Cantor. “For anyone who enjoys music, art, and being with people who have the same interests as you, Outside Lands is the ideal venue and getaway,” says Cantor.

At the 2012 festival, the four separate stages featured over 89 dif-ferent bands and artists, including Stevie Wonder, Skrillex, and Pas-sion Pit. Some say it may be the new Coachella, so make sure to check it out before it become too “main-stream.”

BY CLAIRE KIM, SEAN WATERS & BRIANNA GOLDBERG

Music lovers gathered at SDSU’s well-known outdoor stadium to bask in the sounds of Fun. The opening act, Chiddy Bang, performed two of their most famous songs, “Mind your Manners” and “Ray Charles,” while Fun. performed a variety of songs, including the fan favorites “We Are Young” and “Some Nights.” The audience of 4,600 sang together, danced together, and called it quite the “fun” evening. Senior Grace Nick-lin thought the band sounded even better live than on their recordings. “It was just a good time because everyone in the crowd was going crazy,” she says. “You could tell they were in shock at how many people were there and they were stoked, which made everyone in the crowd stoked.”

The concert ended with a bang, as confetti floated away into the darkness. Junior Annie Sager also enjoyed the music under the stars: “I liked the fact that it was outside, which added to their low-key, hip genre of music.”

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2012 CALI CONCERT SEASON

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With the longest sea-son in high school sports, the football team has been working overtime to create opportunity out of a wide variety of potential. “We’ve worked incredibly hard in the off season,” says varsity head coach John Morrison. With key players such as Gabe Harrington, Hank Childs, Jesse Brookins, Tanner Aiono, and Bryce Fitzner, this team is not only talented but bond-ed. “We have great team chemistry,” says Morrison, “and that’s not something you can teach.” This group of boys is ready for what is expected to be a long and successful season. “We should be very compet-itive,” Morrison says of his expectations for this season. “We can’t wait to be back under the lights.”

FOOTBALLARTICLE BY MOLLY MORRISON

After winning its first two matches of the season, the Parker girls’ tennis team is looking to post a very strong record this year. So far, the Lancers have defeated both San-ta Fe Christian and The Jewish Academy, and are hungry for more. Led by senior captains Kyra Ghosh and Olivia Wei, as well as top singles player Matti Thomas, both the coaches and the players have high expectations for the season. “I am so psyched for the season!” says junior Nancy Mendez. “I love the team, and I believe that we have a great chance of making it to the finals.”

GIRLS’ TENNISARTICLE BY MATT GLUCK

Summer may be over, but the Parker surf team is just getting started with their season. After the graduation of six key figures from the Class of 2012, coach Cecil Santini, also a physical education teacher at Parker’s lower school, says that a major goal of the upcoming season is to “recruit more people, have fun, and enjoy surfing!” Surf team might not get as much attention as some other fall sports do, but they have several competitions coming up and they would love to see some Parker crowds. The first two com-petitions of the season are on October 21st at Mission Beach and November 4th at Ocean Beach.

SURFINGARTICLE BY ARIELLE SWEDBACK

Sailing’s year-round season kicks off this Octo-ber at the Sea Otter Regatta in Monterey, California, and senior captain Kevin Eve is excited to start the team off right. Bryan Rigby is entering his second sea-son as head coach, and the team is poised to make a run for a nationals berth in May. “This season we have myself, and [sophomore] Jack Ryan, who transferred in from Cathedral [this year],” set to skipper for the year, says Eve. This past year, the sailing team graduated all but two of its starters, but the remaining team members are as hope-ful as their captain. Mr. Trotter will take sail as their adviser to ensure smooth sailing for the team.

SAILINGARTICLE BY PATRICK BARBA


The 2012 varsity vol-leyball team is headed for a season full of high expec-tations. Returning hungry from losses in both the CIF final and the State semifinal games last season—with their fourth head coach in four years —the girls are determined to win a title this year. Lead by senior captains Alexis Salmons, Erika Conners, and Sarah Schnell, head coach John Landicho expects nothing short of greatness. “Every day, when we’re in the gym, I tell the girls one thing: play Parker volleyball,” Landicho says. Landicho is nowhere near new to Francis Parker; in fact, he was an assistant coach to the state cham-pionship–winning teams of 1998, 1999, and 2005. Landicho says, “This pro-gram has a reputation of be-ing great, and I plan to hold these girls to the tradition of being well rounded ladies and volleyball players.”

GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALLARTICLE BY MOLLY MORRISON

Looking to build on the momentum of their strongest season to date, the cross country team has been putting in the miles this summer in an attempt to push both the boys and the girls to new heights. “Based off last year’s results, we have very high expectations for both teams this year,” says varsity head coach Matt Schellenberg. With 57 runners signed up for this season, including all but one of last year’s state meet qualifiers, this year’s roster is not only fast, but deep. “We expect our girls to win both league and CIF this season, and we’re looking to send both teams to state,” says Schellenberg. After just missing out on a CIF title last season, the coaches hope that this year’s strong mix of returning veterans and new talent is enough to meet these expectations.

CROSS COUNTRYARTICLE BY MATT GLUCK

The 2012 fall cheer team has faced significant change this season. The previous assistant coach, Brooke Wilson, has be-come the head coach and is currently in search for an assistant coach to coach the junior varsity team. Wilson is excited to have two teams this year and says: “Return-ing from summer break, it’s like we haven’t skipped a beat. With the two teams we don’t have to start from scratch.” The cheerleaders have been hard at work since the end of July. “Sum-mer practices, along with a four-day sleepaway camp at University of California, San Diego, really bonded us all,” says junior and co-captain Annie Sager. “I can’t wait to see all that we accomplish this year, both in skill and team dynamics.”

CHEERARTICLE BY CLAIRE BRYAN

Finishing with a 7-1 record in league last season, the girls’ golf team has set the bar high this season. “I underestimated my team last year, and I’m not making that mistake again,” says coach Stacey Zoyiopoulous. “I have tal-ented athletes who are ded-icated and willing to work hard.” The team is made up of thirteen girls from all grade levels. Standout players include captains senior Arianna Gastelum and junior McKenna Al-lard. The team finished last season as Coastal Confer-ence champions and hopes for a repeat performance. “I expect my team to be better [than last season],” says Gastelum. “Everyone has gotten better by about ten strokes, and we’re more united than ever.”

GIRLS’ GOLFARTICLE BY MICHAELARODRIGUEZ


SEASON PREVIEW

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Americans Gabby Douglas and Missy Franklin thrived under the London lights and inspired teen-agers everywhere to try to follow in their footsteps. However, the road to Olympic fame is not an easy one to follow. Strict schedules, separation from loved ones, and forfeiture of privacy are only a few of the struggles confronted by these mighty competi-tors. However, Olympians are not the only ones who must battle adversity on the road to athletic success; many aspiring athletes in the Parker com-munity face similar challenges on a daily basis.

Throughout this summer’s Games, many teens from Parker, as

well as across the nation, found inspi-ration in Gabby Douglas, America’s “Flying Squirrel.” Bursting onto the scene after her stunning gold medal win, almost overnight this four-foot-eleven, sixteen-year-old girl became one of the world’s most beloved ath-letes. However, her road to gymnastic success was not an easy one. During her quest for Olympic gold, Douglas and her family were forced to make many difficult sacrifices. Not only did she dedicate ten years of her life to the sport she loves so much, she also left behind family, friends, and a lifetime of childhood memories to pursue her athletic dreams. At age fourteen, Douglas met Olympic trainer Liang

Chow at a gymnastics camp in her hometown of Virginia Beach decid-ed she wanted to move to his gym in West Des Moines, Iowa for more ad-vanced training. Because moving her entire family to Iowa was unrealistic, Gabby was forced to make the diffi-cult decision to leave them behind and move in with an Iowa host family to train for London at Chow’s gym.

Parker sophomore Michaela Dews ‘14, an exceptional athlete in her own right, can relate to Douglas’ situation. Although she is not a gym-nast, she has been a dedicated volley-ball player since the age of ten, con-tributing countless hours to practices and games. Year after year, potential

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the price of goldThis past summer, the globe was once again captivated by the festivities of the summer Olympic Games. Throughout the two weeks of events, thousands of athletes competed for the gold, their nation’s glory, and a spot in olympic history. London contained many incredible highlights and life-changing moments, resulting in one of the most watched Olympic Games of all time. However, what stood out most was the skill, determination, and competitive nature of the London Olympics’ youngest athletes.

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afternoon hangouts and weekends of shopping have been sacrificed to make way for what are often thankless and exhausting hours spent pursuing the dream. However, despite her unde-niable dedication to her sport, Dews admits that not even volleyball could convince her to leave her family and friends behind. “I just wouldn’t know what to do.” says Dews, “It would be super tough especially because I’m re-ally close with my family.”

Remarkably, Douglas’ story is not too far from the norm for many Olympic athletes. While she was nev-er forced to live apart from her family, star swimmer and Olympic darling Missy Franklin also faced many ob-stacles on her own road to Olympic glory.

It’s one month before the Lon-don Olympics and, like any other morning, Franklin is in the middle of a rigorous training session. Un-like every other morning, however, this session is interrupted by con-stant sneezing and coughing. This minor inconvenience wouldn’t be a problem for the average person--they would simply take antibiotics or just not work out that day--but neither of these options are possible for Missy. Her strict, busy schedule requires dai-ly training and the National Anti-dop-ing Organization (NADO) does not permit her to take certain medicines. Although the idea of a simple cough posing such a large problem proba-bly seems ludicrous to most people, for Franklin, such difficult situations have become commonplace.

Since climbing the nation-al swimming ranks at the age of 14, Missy Franklin has been forced to deal with many inconveniences and intrusions on her personal life. Now age 17, Missy’s daily activities must all be recorded in her calendar which is connected to and monitored by the NADO. Every day of every year, Franklin’s hour-by-hour schedule is submitted to the calendar. Agents then have the ability to test Missy at any time, whether she is at home, at practice, or at school with her friends.

This overwhelmingly strict daily schedule can cause a lot of pressure, especially on a teenage girl attempt-ing to juggle a world-class swimming career with a normal high school life. Adding to that pressure is the fact that if Franklin’s schedule does not match her actual location, agents can declare it a failed test. Three of these failures, and Missy will be suspended from swimming for a year and a half.

Another aspect of Franklin’s life that is greatly compromised by her swimming ambitions is her pri-vacy. She constantly has someone watching her and keeping track of her every move. This means that at home, at the mall, and even in places

usually thought to warrant the most privacy, Missy is never alone. In or-der to ensure that she doesn’t ruin the integrity of her urine sample, agents must accompany her to the restroom. Although this intrusion is extremely uncomfortable for Franklin, it has be-come just another part of the Olympi-an’s life. This aspect of her life may be unimaginable to the average person, for it should be so: Missy Franklin is in no way your average person. That’s not to say, however, that Parker stu-dents can’t relate to the struggles of chasing a dream.

While sophomore Camille Considine ‘15 may not be under the same international scrutiny as teen sensation Missy Franklin, she certain-ly understands the commitment that comes with being a dedicated swim-mer. As a member of the Parker swim team, Considine’s best races are, like Missy’s, the 100m and 200m back-

stroke; but the similarities do not end there. Camille also undergoes a strict training schedule, dedicating hours upon hours every week to her sport. “Including traveling and everything... I would say 18-20 [hours a week].” says Considine, “And that’s without a competition weekend.” However, even a truly dedicated swimmer like Considine is astounded by the work ethic of the Olympian: “I have no idea how I would deal with that kind of pressure. I guess it kind of builds up, you’re not really thrown into that world very abruptly.”

Certainly, these are not average people and athletes that are putting themselves through the daily rigors and challenges of an Olympic career. Gabby Douglas and Missy Franklin are remarkable individuals, capable of shouldering burdens that would crush most people. But it is the dream that gives these athletes their strength. Driven by the singular goal of achiev-ing Olympic immortality, Douglas and Franklin conquer seemingly in-surmountable obstacles, both physi-cal and emotional, on a daily basis.

This passionate drive is not only limited to the highest level athletes. Many Parker students, such as Mi-chaela Dews and Camille Considine, as well as countless other student-ath-letes in the Parker community, make great sacrifices just like Olympians. While most students are out watching movies and hitting the beach, a select few are watching game film and hit-ting the weight room. The daily drama and pressure of being a high school student is infinitesimal in comparison with the obstacles that these adoles-cent athletes face. Many students are ignorant of the endeavors that others such as Dews and Considine are fac-ing, they are unsung heroes contrib-uting countless hours to pursue what they love. As Gabby Douglas and Missy Franklin can certainly attest to, greatness requires sacrifices, both big and small; and that is the true price of gold.

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We’ve all heard the word “hipster” before but do we really know what it means? Follow this flow chart to see where you stand in the hip way of life.

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One of your favorite artists to listen to while studying is Bon Iver.

You can’t leave the house with-out your...

You’d much rather be on....

Facebook

21 Jump Street

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Yes

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English breakfast tea

Coffee

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For a snack, you have...

Your favorite new movie is... Cheetos

Organic granola

Magic Mike

Moonrise Kingdom

You would rath-er listen to...

Nicki Minaj

Jack White

Metal studs or pink diamonds?

Mixed greens salad or a Sandwich?

Favorite Olympic athlete?

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Too mainstream

Tom Daley

Alex Morgan

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N O T H I P

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Pink diamonds

Metal Studs

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You are proba-bly into pop and/or rap music and have no clue who Jack White is. It’s okay! Em-brace your main-stream-ness.

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You’re not so hipster that you scare people, but you have a hint of cool and quirky in you. You also probably own one or two Fun. songs. Keep on rockin’ on.

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You go! You prob-ably are in on some of the new-est music and fashion trends and are dying to go to Coachella again this year.

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You’re too cool for school. Literally. School is way too mainstream for your hip little self.

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TRUE MEANING OF BEING A “HIPSTER”


liv’s playlistBY OLIVIA FIDLER

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In need of some back to school, pick-me-up grooves? Check out this list of the hottest Indie hits, hand picked by Liv herself.

S O M E O N E G R E A TLCD Sound System

K I T E SGeographer

B R O T H E R STanlines

F R E E D O M A T 2 1Jack White

HEART IT RACESDr.Dog

KELLYWhen the Saints Go Machine

N O W W E C A N S E EThe Thermals

T H I S H E A D I H O L DElectric Guest

S P U NGrouplove

M A R A T H O N R U N N E RYellow Ostrich

R A D A R D E T E C T O RDarwin

T H R I F T S H O PMacklemore & Ryan Lewis

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