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Open Heart Surgery Observation Inspires AP Biology Students

New Snack Bar: A Place to Meet and Eat By Hailey Cayne

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Students crowd the pool lounge to grab a bite at Holton’s newest culinary addition: the Snack Bar. The Snack Bar is open from 3:15 to 4:15, Monday through Friday.

Its comfortable location al-lows students to socialize and grab a snack before hitting a ten-nis ball or running laps around the track.

Although the vending ma-chines are still available, students now have the option to charge their snacks to their school ac-counts.

Nina Gilman, the Snack Bar advisor, said the Snack Bar was installed to “create community and to provide a place where you can grab a quick snack before moving on to the next stage of your day.”

The spot offers a variety of appetizing food choices ranging from hot pretzels to Greek yo-gurt with one of several different flavors of trail mix.

The Snack Bar also carries varieties of Odwalla smoothies, Joe Tea, Gatorade, and bottled water. As Gilman explained,

“We provide healthy, energy-rich snacks and beverages.”

Students, such as Amy De-Franco ‘14, can not only utilize the Snack Bar but also work there. DeFranco enjoys “get[ting] to hang out after school and talk[ing] to my friends while mak-ing money at the same time.” She believes the Snack Bar benefits students because they can come by and grab a variety of snacks before sports without having to remember to bring money.

Li Shen Ooi ’15, another employee of the Snack Bar, com-mented, “The time is very man-ageable! You can suggest ideas

for new snacks and meet people you haven’t really talked to be-fore.” Adia Robinson ’14 works twice a week and said, “I wanted to work at the Snack Bar because I thought it would be a great way to obtain work experience while interacting with people who at-tend our school.”

Senior Anisa LaRochelle stated that she visits the Snack Bar every day.

She said, “The Snack Bar is so convenient in that by the time I'm ready for tennis practice I’m ravenous. This year, I’m able quickly grab something to eat and still arrive on time!”

By lindSay Cayne

Halloween is not Halloween at Holton without the annual Lower School Halloween Pa-rade. The parade gives younger students a chance to have some added fun during the school day. The parade will take place on Wednesday, October 31. The fes-tivities will run from 2:30 to 3:15.

Students and teachers in Lower School dress up in cre-ative costumes and parade their outfits in the front circle.

Past costumes include a canopy bed, two pandas in a cage, a basket of laundry, a Su-doku board, Desperate Housewives

in robes and curlers, and Disney characters.

One special grade partici-pates in this annual parade: the seniors. They lead the parade ev-ery year and join the fun by dress-ing up and marching with the younger students. Sometimes the class holds a contest for the most creative costumes. This year, se-niors plan to have face-painting and a game of pin the nose on the Jackolantern.

“I’m really excited for the pa-rade, and I think it’s going to be

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History teacher Ruth Hummel checks out the Snack Bar after school one day.

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The Student Newspaper of the Holton-Arms School Wednesday, October 31, 2012

“It was amazing to real-ize that a life was being saved in front of me,” Eryn Terry ’14 said about the AP Biology field trip to observe an open heart surgery.

On September 25th, 23 stu-dents traveled to Inova Fairfax Hospital to watch an open heart surgery, a visit that is a staple of the AP Biology course for the past eight years.

AP Biology teacher Cheryl Hansen initiated the trip because “it is a fantastic opportunity to see a complex surgery and it serves as inspiration for some of our stu-dents who consider medicine for a future.” As Hansen pointed out, every year cardiovascular surgery is a highly male-dominated field and one she “encourages stu-dents with drive to consider.”

The visit began with Nurse Darla Ferris leading an orienta-tion. She described the basic role and structure of the heart and

then went into details about the surgery. She explained the pa-tient’s situation and listed the cri-teria that surgeons look at when beginning a surgery. This year, the operation was on a middle-aged, overweight, di-abetic woman. She was receiving surgery to correct a condition she was born with, a bicuspid aortic valve that had fused two of her aortic leaflets together.

Nurse Ferris also described how the surgery worked and showed students the valves and

tools the doctors would use for the surgery. She explained the roles of each of the various per-sonnel in the operating room, and then she led the students into the observation dome.

Junior Tess Iannarone re-called, “The orientation before the surgery made me a little squeamish, but when I went to the observation dome, I was okay.”

The observation dome pro-vided a 360-degree view of the surgery room directly below. In

addition, several video screens around the room offered a closer view of the surgery. Senior Claire Baker also took pleasure in the dome’s arrangement because “we could see the whole room and setup of the operation but also had a close-up view with the camera.”

Throughout the surgery, Nurse Ferris explained each pro-cedure.

Iannarone appreciated this guidance, saying, “I especially liked how [she stated] what was going on in the surgery and the jobs of different people perform-ing the operation.”

Students watched as the doc-tors cut open the chest cavity with a mechanical, heated knife to re-veal the patient’s beating heart.

For Terry, the most interest-ing part was “seeing the actual heart beating” and “to see the bare organ functioning right be-fore [her] eyes.”

The physicians then sewed a mechanical valve into the heart. This portion was senior Max Balagtas-Badoy’s favorite part because “the nurse had explained everything very well and was ex-tremely receptive to our ques-tions about the process.”

Senior Morgan McNair said, “I remained captivated the whole time. It's still hard for me to imagine that the woman we watched was an actual person who is now awake and on her way to recovery.”

Toward the end of the field trip, Nurse Ferris described the effect nutrition has on our heart. As Adrianna Sensenbrenner ’13 said, the trip was “a cautionary reminder to maintain your health by exercising and eating a well-balanced diet.”

McNair added, “My favorite part of the operation was stop-ping of the heart. The idea com-pletely blows my mind!”

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“Inception.”

Halloween Surprise! By Delancey Wu

The Red Nails of a Holton Girl“We are going to the nail sa-

lon,” my mom told me the sum-mer before seventh grade. “Why?” I inquired.

“Because all private school girls need to have their toenails done.”

Tears started to stream down my face. This was my mom’s way of telling me that I had been ac-cepted to Holton-Arms.

After that, everything felt like a dream.

I went straight to the racks of different nail polishes and grabbed the prettiest red I could find, big apple red.

When the lady finished paint-ing, I looked down at my red toe-nails and laughed. I was a Holton girl.

I could not wait to get home and tell my sister Allie, who was already a sophomore at Holton

and had been there for two years. Now as I realize that I only

have about eight more months as a Holton student, I look back on that magical day and remember how that was the start of my new life.

Every year before school starts, my mom, my two sisters, and I go and get a pedicure to-gether. This September, per usu-al, I got big apple red.

As the woman doing my nails finished, I almost started to cry. This school that made me confi-dent to be myself will not be the one that I will attend next year. I will not walk across the bridge into convocation with my Holton plaid skirt and my 85 sisters.

I complain sometimes about how hard Holton is or how much I hate it, but in reality I could nev-er dislike Holton.

How could you feel negative-ly about something that changed your life for the better? That chal-lenges you to be the best “you” in the classroom and anywhere else you may go? That introduced you to some of the most amazing girls, teachers, and staff ?

To be honest, I am scared. I’m scared about college. I will be leaving behind everything I know and love for something com-pletely new.

I will be taking classes with boys again, and I am worried and afraid that I will turn back into that scared elementary school girl who was told, as she walked through the halls in 6th grade, that you can’t be smart AND pretty.

But Holton is what changed me. It’s the place that taught me to have confidence in who I de-

fine as “myself.” I do not know what my

life would be like if I didn’t go to Holton, and it scares me to think about who I could have been.

I know from the bottom of my heart that I would be a completely different person, probably one of those stupid girls who do whatever it takes to get a boy, including making myself look stupid.

I would never have been able to play high schools sports, and I would never have given up lacrosse to row.

In the end, there is no way for me to repay Holton for what it did for me. The only thing I can say is thank you. Thank you to everyone who has made these past years at Holton the best six years of my life.

Technical Director Mark Robinson:

“Jane thought she had come up with the ul- timate Halloween costume until she saw the

results of little Joanie’s Biology homework…”

I was sitting near the front of a bus tightly squeezed against the cold window looking outside. All I saw were trees surrounded by darkness.

Suddenly, shouts erupted throughout the bus. I saw the sign, Haunted Forest, dimly lit by an orange-red glow that seemed to emanate from the depths of the “forest (inside).”

As we walked inside, it was chaos. Lit by torchers, everything had an eerie, dim, red glow to it. A huge lump filled my throat.

The forest was pitch black, and there was only one way in, and I assumed one way out, but it was too dark to see.

Only ten minutes into the

forest, I had had enough. Ev-ery turn was a new horror that brought tears to my eyes and made me shake.

At one point, I gripped Lind-say’s hand and turned to her pleading, “I can’t do this any-more! I need to get out.”

But there was no way to sprint out. They wanted me to die a slow death so that the last im-age any Landon boy would have of me was that of a girl break-ing down in tears at the Haunted Forest.

I inhaled deeply. But halfway into this under-

ground maze, with my eyes still shut I ran straight into what felt like a cement wall.

“Ow!” I cried out as my right eye began to throb.

But my shriek was drowned by those of everyone else.

I quickly opened my eyes to find the group of us surrounded by fire and clowns holding chain-saws.

The heat coming from my eye and from the fire embraced me as I sprinted to the exit screaming. When I got out, I was alone with a stabbing pain under my eye.

“Hi, um, excuse me? Is there something wrong with my face?” I said as I grabbed the first ran-dom person I saw.

“Uh..there’s a lump. I think you’re also bleeding, but it’s too

dark. What happened?” “I don’t really know,” I re-

sponded, my voice shaking. “Hi hon, are you here with

Holton?” I looked to my left and saw

a middle-aged man with white hair walking towards me.

“Yeah, I think there’s something wrong with my eye. It hurts.”

“I’ll take you to the first aid station. My son goes to Land-on.”

Sweet.“Oh, that looks bad. You’re

probably going to have a black eye,” the dad told me as we walked towards the abandoned wagon, which turned out to be

the first aid station. They even had to make practi-

cal things scary. As I walked in silence next

to this stranger, I saw all my new classmates walk by cackling with huge grins, proud that they had gone through the forest unscathed.

I turned to the dad and men-tally pleaded with him with my one good eye to not tell a soul because how pathetic would it be when people found out I got a black eye at the Haunted Forest because I ran into something.

Chainsaws, Fire, a Black Eye, Oh My!

By Maggie BoSCH

By SaM Coronel

3NEWSOctober 31, 2012

so much fun to be with the Low-er Schoolers. I love having the chance to show them what they have to look forward to when they get to Upper School,” said Izzy Jenkins ’13.

Having the seniors lead the parade fosters a bond between the youngest and oldest students.

Many seniors fondly remem-ber when they marched in the pa-rade as lower school students.

Senior Katie Kirk said, “I remember thinking the seniors were unbelievably cool when I was in Lower School, so I can’t wait to bond with this year’s low-er school students too.”

Dressed as Ariel from The Little Mermaid or Alice from Al-ice in Wonderland, the seniors work to blend in with the young-er students.

Seniors tend to contribute a lot of effort toward their outfits because most want their cos-tumes to live up to those the pre-ceding senior class displayed.

“I’m excited for the parade! Although I honestly have no idea what costume I’m going to wear,” noted Aine Connolly ’13.

Kirk added, “I’m still trying to find the perfect costume.”

On the other hand, some stu-dents already have costume ideas in mind and just need to find the time to make these ideas a reality.

Senior Amanda Meltsner said, “My costume plan is a se-cret, and hopefully I will have time to put it together before the parade!”

Becca Bloom ’13 said, “I'd like to make my costume some-

As the 2012 school year picks up speed, many clubs prepare for ways to collaborate with other students and to connect with the community at large.

Several club leaders are aim-ing to make the student body more involved in their activities.

The Robotics Club, for ex-ample, wants to raise greater awareness of the purpose of the club. The members plan to host a “workshop for people to come and check it out,” explained co-president Alex Bohannon ’13.

The workshop will give peo-ple the opportunities to “play with some legos, build a demo bot, [and] experience a little bit of pro-gramming,” she continued.

Other clubs, however, aim to connect their members with the greater community by raising awareness of national events.

More specifically, students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD) is planning to celebrate National Red Ribbon Week, a drug prevention effort introduced by the National Red Ribbon Cam-paign.

The club will use the week to “educate the community about destructive decisions,” according to president Morgan McNair ’13.

In the past, McNair said the club has made daily announce-ments during morning assembly to highlight particular destructive decisions.

Additionally, several clubs prepare for the upcoming presi-dential election.

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The Young Republicans have planned many activities to discuss the current election news, said president Claire Bak-er ’13.

The Young Republicans will also be working in conjunction with the Young Democrats to device an election preview as-sembly. Ultimately, Baker ex-plained, the aim of these ac-tivities is to “educate everyone about [both] party platforms and discuss how the media influ-ences voters.”

Other club presidents are implementing new ways to ex-pand their club’s role outside the classroom.

Julia Peiperl said that the Art club plans to conduct “mu-seum visits, student-taught classes, and community service projects this year.” The first ac-

tivity among the student-taught classes will be knitting.

Known for their popular dumpling sales, Horton’s Kids also plans to assist the larger community.

Club leader Bernadine Bruggen ’13 explained that the money raised from dumpling sales goes to “buy non-perish-ables from Costco” in order to “make grocery bags for 50 dif-ferent families at a daycare in Anacostia.”

Although the dumplings are delicious, Bruggen said it’s more important that people partici-pate because “[the money] goes towards families having food.”

In the spirit of Hallow-een, Culinary Club will hold a “spooky-themed bake sale,” said President Sarah Lossing ’13.

The club will donate the

profits from the bake sale to UNICEF, she continued.

Recently, the Community Service Club held its annual Fall Day in the Country event.

The event was filled with many activities that included “nail painting, face painting, pumpkin painting, and candy necklaces tables,” described Co- President Perry Eisemann ’14.

Eisemann cited the impor-tance of the event, stating that it wouldn’t run without the “sup-port from both Landon and Holton.”

Because of the number of volunteers for the event, the group is able to “make a good impact on the community,” Eisemann said.

Co-president of the Com-munity Service Club Sachi Khemka said, “The event was really meant to get a greater community involved in helping others. We also wanted to raise awareness of the intent of our club.”

The It’s Academic Team will also be drawing support from the school community as the members prepare for their first match on November 17th at the NBC Studios downtown.

It’s Ac member Katie Kirk ’13 said the match, which is taped with a live studio audi-ence, will be “lots of fun.” She looks forward to “competing in the first match of the year through collaborating with new classmates who will have new thoughts to contribute.”

Chatterbox What do you think of the renovations to the Dining Hall?

By CHeyenne Coote Clubs Aim to Educate and Engage the Student Body

“I like the convenience of having four different lunch lines. I think [the cafete-ria] will fit well with the rest of the reno-vations underway.” -Zoe Swinson ’13

“I really like it! It’s pretty and modern.” -Cecily Spindel ’14

“The acoustics in the new lunch room are nice.” -Justine Hayward ’14

“The lines seem to take as long as they did last year (maybe a little bit faster), most likely be-cause people don’t pay attention to the fact that there are three lines. ” -Beverly Sihsobhon ’14

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World Bank worker Arianne Wessel spoke at HAMUN on October 13th.

Miss Representation Sparks Student Debate

By Maddie KripS

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Media Presents “Damsel in Distress” in Varying Ways

Miss Representation highlighted a key element in our daily society: images of women that affect how women see themselves.

The documentary showed ac-tresses such as Megan Fox with their midriffs visible in recent films.

The video aimed to display Megan Fox’s role as a “damsel in distress” in movies such as Trans-formers.

The depiction of Fox, how-ever, broadened into many more prevalent issues and images.

The documentary addressed fairy tales, for example, which re-veal the concept of the “damsel in distress” in varying ways and teach young women from an early age that their role is overpowered by the influence of the handsome male prince.

The movie’s points struck junior Cecily Spindel, who main-tained that the demeaning trend in the media “gives girls the idea that the priorities in life are having an unreasonably fit body and a knight

in shining armor to rescue them.”Young women are also often

influenced by the images that they see of models in the media.

Miss Representation pointed out that images can be altered to make unrealistic-looking bod-ies. The video displayed a long process of snapping a shot of a model and altering her picture ex-tensively on the computer before showing it on a magazine cover.

The model’s eyes were wid-ened and complexion smooth-ened until the picture was no lon-ger a mirror image of herself; in fact, it looked as if it were a pic-ture of a different model.

The video emphasized that such computer-generated images occasionally influence teenage girls and their views of their own faces and bodies.

Upper School Math teacher Stephane Moreau said, “Often models just are implicitly promot-ing the wrong vision of feminin-ity. They seem emaciated. Young girls all over the world have starved and died because they

want to be like these girls. It is grotesque.”

Miss Representation suggested that emphasis on sexuality influ-ences girls to focus on body im-age rather than their intellectual capabilities.

The video hinted, however, that not only girls are influenced by the misrepresentation of women in the media.

The documentary also pre-sented a glimpse of violent video games, which feature women as shooting targets.

Junior Mary Sheers noted that “the video games are not only detrimental to women but also to boys who, from a young age, learn to think of women in this obscene way.”

The video displayed maga-zines and advertisements with women posing as objects for the male eye and depicting many in an over-sexualized manner.

Junior Emma Raynor said, “These sexual, often pho-toshpped images are often harm-ful to teenagers’ self-esteem.”

last October to learn more about the subject.

After listening to Jim Steyer, one of the speakers featured in Miss Representation, they decided it was important to spread aware-ness to their upper school stu-dents of the misrepresentation of women in the media.

Pence explained their efforts, stating, “Our most important responsibility is to help students gain the confidence...necessary to develop their own individuality and sense of self free from the troubling influence of the me-dia.”

Miss Representation encourages women to empower themselves

By noori SrivaStava

Students Find a “Sense of Self” in Discussions on Female Influence

and to pursue leadership roles. “Miss Representation for me

was a reminder of the serious issues underscoring our lives today, problems of women’s treatment and freedom that we as Holton students...some-times forget,” stated Julia Peiperl ’13.

Abby Hsieh ’13 enjoyed the movie “because the infor-mation was presented as ob-jectively as possible, in a very matter-of-fact way that didn’t seem like someone lecturing you.”

She also “found the vary-ing statistics very interesting because it shows the ‘gen-

On September 20th, the Upper School explored the “misrepresentations” of women in the media and the startling ef-fects on today’s generation.

Through watching a video on the influence of women in daily society and participating in discussion groups, students and faculty pinpointed key issues re-garding the portrayal of women.

The film examines the ef-fects on adolescent girls of nega-tive characterizations of women. It states that the media is out of sync with the roles women play in modern society.

Head of Upper School Lisa Pence found the video crucial for teenage girls to watch in order to reconsider their self-image.

Pence stated, “As a faculty, we have been concerned about the irresponsible and unfiltered delivery of so many negative...messages about women as well as our inability to protect our students from them.”

Upon watching the trailer, Pence and Dean of Students Lisa Craig attended the Com-mon Sense Media presentation

erational gap’ within our genera-tion.”

She stated that the gap was between the middle schoolers and high schoolers as to how they view themselves.

The shocking data and gen-erational comparisons also stuck with Zoe Swinson ’13. “I think it was really interesting and cool to see the differences in televi-sion today and television 50 years ago,” said Swinson.

Barbara Samaniego ’13 thought the movie “could have done a better job capturing the misrepresentation of other groups of people...It briefly touched on the representation of men, but it could have expanded on the issue further.”

Such opinions popped up in the discussion groups after the video.

Peiperl ’13 found the discus-sion groups intriguing, recalling, “In [English teacher Melinda] Salata’s classroom, we ranted about sexualization of women in the media, supporting each other’s points, disagreeing with others, and coming to some fas-cinating conclusions.”

Senior Dina Staurulakis said,

“The movie was interesting, but what struck me most was debat-ing with my peers about these problems so prevalent in our so-ciety.”

Sarah Lasky '13 stated, “I think that the discussion groups were places where we learned most about the real problems that teenage girls have with self-image.”

The Upper School will con-tinue to discuss Miss Representation in advisory groups, class meet-ings, and assemblies.

English Teacher Elizabeth Buko and Mary Dobroth, along with the Upper School Office, are putting together a curriculum “to raise issues and get students discussing them in ways that make sense in each grade level,” said Mrs. Pence.

Pence’s major concerns about misrepresentation of women in media are the “messag-es the media sends that suppress women’s interest...to run for any elected office and the disturb-ing degree to which the media has over-selected and glamorized thinness, thereby creating an un-healthy over-emphasis on one’s body over one’s heart and mind.”

Did You Know?

- In 2011, of the top 250 executive producers, writers, directors, and edi-tors, women comprised only 18% of the total.

- A total of only four women have been nominated for Best Director at the Academy Awards.

- For the number of women hold-ing positions in national legislatures, the United States is ranked 90th in the world.

Facts courtesy: http://www.wmm.com/resources/film_facts.shtmlhttp://www.missrepresentation.org/the-film/

pHoto CourteSy SaaCHi nangiaUpper school students viewed a documentary before proceeding to their discussions.

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Through watching Miss Rep-resentation, upper school students learned of the disparity in wages between men and women as well as the significantly larger number of male CEOs and executives, particularly in sectors such as Media and Communications.

The video stated, for ex-ample, that on average in 2010, a female employee made seventy seven cents for every dollar her male counterpart took home.

Also, according to the Cen-ter for American Progress, wom-en in the workforce one year out of college will make around five percent less than men.

Over the next ten years, the gap increases to twelve percent.

In contrast, the Miss Repre-sentation documentary also pre-sented examples of influential women such as Condoleeza Rice providing a step toward eventual male and female equality.

Despite such discrepancies between female and male wages, many influential women in vary-ing work fields present examples of real, powerful women to look up to rather than the photo-shopped models in magazines.

In 2009, for example, female CEOs made more than their male counterparts by about forty percent.

While women represent only a small portion of the highest level, Forbes also notes that seven-ty three percent of Health Care and Medical Services company managers are women.

Regarding the issue of fe-male executives, senior Lindsey Thaker said, “My mom worked her way up to positions above the CEO. It’s amazing to have such a trailblazer teach me how to be independent and not take no for an answer.”

Growing Women Domination in Different Fields Signals a Step Forward with Room for Progress By ZaHra HuSain

“She told me many men used to insult her ability, and some even went after her appearance. Now, she works on the board of directors for four different com-panies, and she gets to tell CEOs what to do. Funny how the tables turn with hard work and drive.”

“A friend of mine has a mom that is a surgeon,” said Sarah Lasky ’13. “Every day she saves lives by performing the most ad-mirable kind of work. It is true that women can indeed be the lifesavers in our society. There are countless women who perform admirable works such as this.”

Women also made an impact

on the athletic field. In July and August of this year, the United States Olympic Team made many headlines.

On some of NBC’s Olym-pic commentary shows, the hosts would assert that the real “Dream Team” of basketball was the women’s team (which has won five consecutive gold medals).

For example, the American women’s beach volleyball stars captured the world’s attention.

Duo Kerri Walsh Jennings and Misty May Treanor won the Olympic gold medal for a third time in London.

Walsh Jennings later an-nounced that she competed while five weeks pregnant.

The women’s swim team brought home numerous gold medals.

Seventeen-year-old Missy Franklin won four, and Stone Ridge sophomore Katie Ledecky won the 800M freestyle while breaking Janet Evan’s twenty-three-year-old record.

Veteran swimmer Natalie Coughlin won one bronze medal and tied Dara Torres and Jenny Thompson for most medals won

by an American female swim-mer.

In the 2008 Beijing Olym-pic Games, Coughlin won six medals, a record for American women’s swimming.

Gabriella Chen ’13 said, “I thought the women’s U.S. Gymnastics Team was awe-some. Period.”

Several portrayals of such successful women, however, remain overshadowed by male influence.

Though sixteen-year-old gymnast Gabrielle Douglas won a gold medal, some of the media coverage on her came from critics back home insult-ing her hair.

When Lolo Jones did not place in her hurdles event, news sources ran countless sto-ries of her repeated failure (she tripped on a hurdle in Beijing before failing to place in Lon-don).

Such coverage can in large part be credited to the few women who have power in me-dia companies, such facts again brought up by the video Miss Representation.

The statistics for female politicians in the United States are shocking. At all levels of gov-ernment, women are lacking in numbers.

The documentary revealed that even though women make up over half of the American population, only 17% of Con-gress is comprised of women; Females hold only 22% of all statewide executive offices while state legislatures are 24% women.

For every woman appointed to a cabinet position, two more men are appointed.

Consequently, the United States has been internationally ranked 90th in terms of women in the national legislature, said the Womens’ Campaign Fund Foundation.

At the top of the list sits Rwanda, with 56% women in the lower house and 39% in the up-per house of legislature.

Cuba, Afghanistan, Iraq, and China also all rank above the U.S.

The United States is one of only three major countries that has never had a female leader;

watches from behind].”Terry O’Neil, President of the

National Organization for Wom-en (NOW), claimed these media headlines are “really saying to all women, ‘Don’t you dare step into the public sphere; we will savage you for what you look like.’”

The media sometimes exam-ines women through the lens of what a traditional woman should do, such as mother the children, and how she should dress.

Clinton has been depicted as a woman with male characteristics while in 2008 Palin was at times portrayed as a “sex object” who couldn’t be taken seriously.

Despite the negative portrayal of women in the media and the decrease in female representation in politics, Lexi Butler ’13 and Sa-chi Khemka ’13 remain optimistic.

Butler explained, “I recently heard about the top influential women in the world, and many of them were American women….That’s very impressive.”

Khemka said, “I think that America will definitely create a so-ciety of greater male and female equality.”

the other two countries are Italy and Japan.

In fact, as other countries begin to welcome new leaders (in 2006 the first African country, Li-beria, elected a female president, and the first woman was elected in a South American country, Chile), the U.S. continues to lag.

The 2010 midterm elections marked the first time since 1979 that women in America have not made gains in public office.

What’s holding the United States back?

For senior Julia Peiperl, the root of the problem is that “our culture, long believed to be im-proving, is so steeped in gen-der bias that we cannot even see [the underrepresentation of women]…A few very loud men don’t believe that we can achieve, and they have managed to con-vince us.”

As she explained, even the concept of a “feminist” has a negative connotation that girls shy away from: an angry woman with unshaven legs.

Furthermore, it seems as if the media has done nothing but

promote this philosophy. Perhaps this is why many

American females have lost their ambition to join “male-dominat-ed” fields, such as politics, by the time they are teenagers.

Even though some women, such as Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin, have reached high levels in the political world, they still face more challenges than men do, es-pecially from the media.

The media has a tendency to focus on the appearances of female politicians as opposed to their politics.

As Model UN advisor and History teacher, Lara Wulff ex-plained, “Women have an incred-ibly fine line to walk. They have to balance dressing in a classy way but still looking attractive.”

Alexandra Berthiaume ’13 added, “The media is a much more difficult hurdle to cross for women because we live in a cul-ture that constantly examines the bodies of our celebrities. There’s a horrible double standard that women have to face.”

For example, during the 2008 elections, Fox News reported,

“You all saw the famous photo from the weekend of Hillary [Clinton] looking so haggard and, what, looking like 92 years old?”

Clinton has continued to re-ceive criticism from the media on her appearance; recurring topics are her hair, the amount of skin she has revealed, and her pant-suits.

Meanwhile, no mention was made about either Barack Obama’s or John McCain’s suits during these elections.

Similarly, Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin was also criticized in 2008.

She was scrutinized for her looks, and the media focused on her role as a mother.

In addition, Reuters pub-lished a demeaning picture taken through her legs. The picture was angled in such a way to make it appear as if the males below were staring up her skirt.

In October 2012, Palin ar-gued the picture was an example of “sexism [especially] when you consider what the response to Mitt Romney’s photo is [a picture of Romney bent over while a girl

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FEATURES October 31, 2012

By JaSMine gatten

Students Learn from Each Others’ Diverse Backgrounds During Conference

Spirit Week Promotes Class Unity and Creativity

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With the new school year comes another fall season. But just because school’s back doesn’t mean the fun has to end.

Holton offers a multitude of fall activities. On Thursday Oc-tober 4th, Holton held its annual Autumn Fest. There was music, dancing, and eating. The Parents Association provided a compli-mentary dinner from California Tortilla and Potomac Pizza. After eating, students and family mem-bers could dance to the music provided by DJ Chris Styles.

Students also showed their school spirit by attending the var-ious home games. They included varsity tennis, soccer, and field hockey at 4:15 p.m. and jv field hockey at 5:30 p.m.

Senior Alison Cohen said, “I enjoyed Autumn Fest this year, especially the free food! While it seemed like a lower school dominated event, it was fun to chat with my friends and bust a move on the tennis courts with the younger grades!”

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Isabel Cabezas ’13 said, “I liked the shirts this year more than I have in the past. The food was a great lure for Upper Schoolers to attend, but the lines were very long. I saw a lot of lower school students having fun, but I think if I were them, I’d like a few more games like we had at the Holton Harvest (a previous fall event).”

Others also enjoyed their time at Autumn Fest. Every year the

juniors set up a table selling re-freshments. Becca Hunsberger ’14 said, “It was awesome to see the whole school come together! The junior drinks table was defi-nitely the highlight, though!”

Freshman Olivia Thomas commented, “My favorite part was dancing on the tennis courts in the dark. It was fun watch-ing girls from every grade doing ‘Gangnam Style’ together.”

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Freshmen participate in a Bottle-Mania Fundraiser at AutumnFest.

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September marks the begin-ning of a new school year, new classes, new friends, and new homework; however, one never changing tradition students look forward to is Spirit Week.

Spirit Week is the annual week filled with fun activities, crazy outfits, and school bonding.

This year Spirit Week oc-curred from September 24 to September 28. The days consist-ed of different themes, which ju-nior Cecily Spindel thought were “really good this year.”

Monday’s theme was Blue/White, where each girl dressed up in her respective team’s colors.

There was plenty of hair spray, face paint, and infectious spirit all around the campus as students represented their colors.

The day was also capped off by the presence of a DJ and blue and white cupcakes at lunch. The senior class performed their lip sync 2012 dance again as well.

The next day’s theme was Class Unity. Every grade and faculty department chose its own theme to ultimately show off in the Spirit Parade. Freshmen demonstrated their power as su-perheroes this year.

The sophomores showed their bond as 101 Dalmatians while 10th Grade Dean Jen Chen was Cruella de Ville. The juniors came as pirates, and the seniors’ theme was “There’s Waldo.”

The entire student body and the faculty marched in the Spirit Parade as they made their way to the tennis courts for the annual Blue/White Freeze Dance. Af-ter a long battle, the White Team

won the Freeze Dance.The next two days witnessed

individual creativity. Wednesday was “Come as You’re Not Day,” which saw Holton girls trans-form into everything from Land-on boys to college kids.

Thursday was “Wacky Tacky,” which allowed people to be as crazy and clashing as they wanted to be.

The last day of Spirit Week was a busy day. The theme was pajamas.

During the Academic Flex period, Upper School had a field day.

Students battled it out in sev-eral Blue vs. White competitions, including Tug of War, Army Navy, Sponge Relays, and a Paper Chain challenge.

Spirit Week was capped off with Flashback later that evening. Flashback is an annual, RA-spon-sored dance.

This dance is the biggest of the year, with maximum capacity of about 500 kids.

This dance is a much an-ticipated tradition for all Holton girls, especially seniors, who start the party with their traditional run-through.

Flashback received great re-views. Senior Zoe Swinson said, “I loved the DJ at Flashback this year. The songs were awesome, and I especially loved when the seniors danced together to our lip sync song.”

Similarly, Landon senior Malachi Bostic - Wattley, said “It was a great way to hang out with my good friends at Holton.”

Senior Barbara Samaniego agreed, saying, “This was defi-nitely a great event, and I will miss all of the memories that it has provided me so much next year!”

“Variety,” “acceptance,” and “respect” were several adjectives that senior Dina Staurulakis used to describe the word “diversity.”

On Thursday, October 18th, upper school students dispersed into discussion groups to share all of their thoughts on what di-versity means.

This day marked the first Di-versity Conference held at and sponsored by Holton. The con-ference had upper school stu-dents serve as its participants.

The event, held during one of the “F” day assemblies, began with an introduction from con-ference coordinators Antoinette Nwabunnia ’13 and Aimee Jones Wilkerson ’13, who explained their expectations of the confer-ence.

“Listen, listen, listen” were some words that Nwabunnia em-phasized. She stated that her goal was to raise awareness of the di-versity within the upper school student body and to work toward a greater overall acceptance of others’ differences.

After her announcement, an activity followed. The confer-ence facilitators entered the stage in groups, each holding a poster that bore a description. Posters included, “I used to attend chess

camp,” “I was born in Texas,” and “My uncle is Italian.” A vol-unteer was assigned to enter the stage and rearrange the posters to fit the students that she thought the posters described.

“I think that the exercise in-tended to raise awareness of the impending assumptions that peo-ple make of others,” said senior Zoe Andris. “When one of the volunteers had finished match-ing the descriptions with the students who she thought they described, it turned out that she was almost entirely wrong. We learned that judging others based on their appearance is inaccurate and wrong.”

Following the activity, the students split into discussion groups. The groups were ran-

domly divided so that students spanning all grade levels could engage in discussion with others with whom they may not be en-tirely comfortable sharing.

Students discussed the defi-nition of race and pinpointed certain judgments that some make based on the color of someone’s skin.

The underlying theme of “diversity,” however, was not restricted to only race. The con-ference aimed to address the differences in students based on ethnicity, religion, ability, socio-economic status, and sexual ori-entation.

Junior Sydney Poretsky, who served as a conference facilita-tor, stated, “I chose to participate because I think diversity and lis-

tening and understanding other people’s opinions and perspec-tives is extremely important in both our Holton community and in general around the world.” She continued, “I think [the diver-sity conference] is a big step our Holton community is taking to-wards diversity.”

Not only facilitators found the conference useful.

“I think it really got a lot of people thinking about important topics and it was a really nice way to see different points of view in the Holton community,” said Zoe Swinson ’13. “The experience definitely helped me to be more thoughtful of people and situa-tions before I make judgments. I

think the conference also helped me learn about why people hold certain beliefs that are different from mine.”

Senior Leila Anduze said, “This was my first time doing any sort of school-related con-ference, so it was exciting. Every-one had something to bring to the discussion, and it was great to hear everyone’s perspectives and experiences.”

Jacqualine Asuquo ’15 stated, “I thought the diversity confer-ence turned out very well. It was actually really interesting to get a new understanding of differ-ent people's views and converse on topics we normally don’t talk about.”

7ARTS & ENTERTAINMENTOctober 31, 2012

Bethesda’s Boloco Provides Cheap, Eco-Friendly BurritosBy iSaBel CaBeZaS

Halloween Haunts provide Chilling ScaresBy JenniFer guo

During the Halloween sea-son, the Washington metropoli-tan area came alive with various spooky events, ranging from fam-ily friendly activities to heart stop-ping thrill rides.

For families with younger children, places such as the Na-tional Aquarium and the National Zoo hosted their annual spooky activities tailored for young kids.

The National Aquarium in Baltimore, MD held an event called “Hallowmarine,” which featured indoor trick or treating, scavenger hunts, costume pa-rades, a pumpkin-carving contest, and more.

Similarly, the National Zoo hosted its “Boo at the Zoo” event, setting up more than thirty different treat stations for trick-or-treaters to visit while looking at animals.

For those seeking scarier thrills, the Markoff ’s Haunted Forest has remained one the more popular attractions in the area.

This scary forest boasts two haunted trails and many other activities, including zip lines and hayrides.

“I liked how there were lots of different sections of the for-est,” said Vivian Yu ’12. “There were lots of spooky sound ef-fects…and lighting effects.”

Camille Blum ’16, who went to the forest as part of Holton and Landon’s annual trip, said, “I thought the dark tunnel part was really fun because I really didn’t know what was going to happen.”

Another frightening Hal-loween event is the Field of Screams in Olney, Maryland, which combines four attrac-tions in one location.

The spot featured a thirty-minute tour through a haunted trail, a haunted house, a corn maze, and a haunted hayride. Those who preferred lighter thrills enjoyed bonfires, music, face painting, and more.

“I think my favorite part was the haunted house, but the hay ride was also really fun because it reminded me of my childhood,” said Kayla Chernof ‘14. “I'd definitely recommend it to other people!”

A newly opened haunted house in Rockville, MD called

This fall, grab some friends, and head to the movie theater to get into the season with a scary movie or to revist a remake of a classic. Here is a list of your fall must-sees:

The Citizen: This power-ful story follows an Arab immi-grant who arrives in New York City on September 10, 2001.

Frankenweenie: Directed by Tim Burton, this animated movie follows Victor, a man who brings his dog back to life.

Little does he know that his experiment will have many unanticipated consequences.

Fun Size: This video is an exciting story of a girl, Wren, who plans to go to a Halloween party hosted by a guy she likes.

Her plan is foiled by the responsi-bility of watching her little brother.

Gambit: In this re-make of a 1966 hit, Colin Firth and Cameron Diaz star in the sto-ry of a museum curator who talks his awful boss into buy-ing a fake Monet painting.

In order to succeed, the curator recruits the help of a Texas rodeo queen.

Here Comes the Boom: Starring Kevin James and Salma Hayek, this movie is an inspir-ing story of a high school Bi-ology teacher who becomes a martial arts fighter in order to raise money for the extracur-ricular activities at his school.

Paranormal Activity 4: In true Halloween spirit, this hor-

By Kate young

A new burrito joint, Boloco, opened on Elm St. in Bethesda this past July. The restaurant’s name comes from a combination of “Boston,” “local,” and “company.”

At Boloco, one can either order with a cashier or by a screen. Ordering by the screen, however, allows for more va-riety than the electronic menu, including customizing one’s burrito. The menus for burri-tos and bowls feature exotic op-tions such as Memphis BBQ and Bangkok Thai (who would have thought to put peanut sauce on a burrito!). This is definitely not your average burrito experience.

For example, after choos-ing the Goloco option, one faces endless options for tortilla, rice, meat, vegetables, and anything else imaginable that would go in a burrito. There are also sev-eral healthy choices: organic tofu, lime rice, and mango salsa.

It is evident that Boloco has taken great care to help the envi-ronmental movement. The bur-rito has a fresh and healthy taste.

Even the décor reflects the green attitude. A community calendar highlights events such as “Jack’s Birthday” and “Green Festival.” Recycling and com-post bins are scattered through-out the building. The burritos are even wrapped with recycled foil, the boxes are made of com-

postable bamboo, and all the plas-tic is actually in compostable form.

Boloco also has one of those fancy soda machines with every drink imaginable. Waiters wander around offering small, free smooth-ies with a delicious blend of blue-berries, strawberries, and bananas.

Boloco supports the commu-nity by selling artwork. It’s great that the restaurant teams up with locals to strengthen the community.

The green efforts at Boloco have a psychological impact; as a customer, one feels like she is help-ing the environmental movement.

Take a trip to 4930 Elm Street, Bethesda, MD, and try Bo-loco! If you order online or by phone, you’ll receive 10% off.

itself The Warehouse: Project 4.1.

Based off the real-life Proj-ect 4.1, which was a US medical study that examined humans exposed to radiation, the attrac-tion boasted “a realistic, bloody, bio-hazardous warehouse filled with attacking zombies, decay-ing bodies, vicious military men, and much more.”

At Kings Dominion, locat-ed in Doswell, VA, part of the park transformed into its an-nual “Halloween Haunt” after 7:00 PM, introducing frighten-ing mazes, “scare zones,” and Halloween-themed shows.

Courtney Wiegand ’12 ad-mitted, “I thought the zombies were really scary, but I would definitely visit again!”

On Sundays in October, the amusement park also host-ed its annual Howl-O-Fest, which let families tour the park while participating in activities like treasure hunts and pump-kin painting.

For a truly scary experi-ence, the National Museum of Crime and Punishment in Washington DC offered its an-nual “Fright at the Museum” event, where visitors experi-enced terrifying thrills among real-life criminal artifacts.

The museum described the haunt, held in half-hour shifts, as a “hunting ground for the criminally insane,” featur-ing roaming ghosts and scary props.

ror film follows a family who experiences strange happenings when a woman and a mysteri-ous child arrive in the neigh-borhood. (*MPAA Rating: R)

Sinister: Another Hal-loween movie, Sinister is a ter-rifying story of an author who discovers how and why a fam-ily was killed in his house.

His discovery of the mur-

ders leads to the endangerment of his family in a supernatu-ral reality. (*MPAA Rating: R)

Taken 2: Starring Liam Neeson, this action-packed film tracks a former CIA agent in Istanbul, where he and his wife are kidnapped by the father of a victim of the CIA agent.

Wuthering Heights: Based on Charlotte Bronte’s novel, Wuthering Heights tells the story of an underprivileged boy who is taken in off the streets by a family of considerable means. While living with them, he develops a relationship with the daughter of the family.

Whether you are in the mood for romance, horror or comedy, take a study break, pop some popcorn, grab some friends, and enjoy the show!

Fall Movies Cover Horror, Drama, Comedy, Romance

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The fall season offers a multiude of movies that span several genres.

8 SPORTS October 31, 2012

By leila anduZe

The Varsity tennis team has had a strong and productive past few years. After winning the In-dependent School League Cham-pionship title for the past three years, the team has sent a shock wave throughout the school league with another win.

This season, the Varsity team remained undefeated.

The team is comprised of several outstanding players. Members include Lilly Lynham, who was recently ranked #17 in the Mid Atlantic for girls’ 16s tennis players.

Along with Lynham is her classmate Arianna Spiritos ’15, who joined the varsity team last year as a freshman.

Seniors Kaelin Brittin and Angelina DiPaolo are also in-cluded in the singles lineup.

Athletic Director Julie Treadwell noted the team’s mix of new players, saying, “This year, the team has a cross between ex-perienced and new players to

varsity that gives them a different look than previous years.”

Senior player Gabriella Chen, who successfully beat Malia Obama during a match at Sidwell Friends School, recalled the pro-cess to build the doubles team.

She said, “At the start of the season, I knew our singles line up would be incredibly strong. The doubles teams, on the other hand, were a different story. We challenged each other like crazy, and people moved up and down the line up constantly. We finally

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a great way to keep your mind off the hard work you are doing, and instead you can focus on having a good time.”

Some trainers and coaches, however, do see a downside to running with music. These sports advisors tend to believe that by lis-tening to music, the exerciser is fo-cusing less on having an efficient workout and more on her favorite song.

In some rare cases, a person running with loud music may not take note of her surroundings and could potentially be putting her-self at risk.

Sports psychologist Dr. Jim Dennison has found that “runners can become dependent on music” and not be driven by the exercise but by the entertainment.

Senior Jasmine Gatten said of listening to music, “I use my phone sometimes to watch videos while I’m running or just to listen to music- and for the most part, I've had no problems!”

established our doubles teams midway through September.”

An eventful match was Holton vs. Stone Ridge, a game that almost cost Holton the un-defeated season title.

“This year’s bout was a nail biter,” said Yann Auzoux. “Going into this match this year, Holton had a bad memory to erase from last year’s sole loss that forced our team to share the banner.”

“With Angelina DiPaolo down 4-7 with her opponent three games away from a devas-

tating win, Holton certainly did not look like the obvious winner. The one quality that the Holton team has is to express itself at the most challenging moments. Angelina dug deep and showed tremendous courage to push the fight to yet another level. She wore out her opponent with crushing consistency to secure the tie for our school.”

Lynham commented on her memories of the Stone Ridge match, her teammates, and their constant will.

She said, “This season, we took every match seriously and did our best to apply what we learned in practice. Most matches we handled pretty easily, but Stone Ridge was by far our toughest match. Stone Ridge has always been our biggest rival, and it was very close the entire match. The team was very close this sea-son, and it really felt like a family, we had fun practices, and have many memories.”

The varsity tennis team con-tinued their winning tradition through attaining the title of champions of the 2012 ISL’s.

In an almost unprecedented accomplishment, every single po-sition of the tennis team made its way to the finals.

Arianna Spiritos ’15, Angeli-na DiPaolo ’13, and number one doubles team Gabriella Chen ’13 and Karsyn Lawler ’15 also won the titles of champions in their respective positions in addition to the Holton team title.

But it was the entire team’s achievements throughout the season that won Holton-Arms the ISL title for the fourth con-secutive year.

Julie Treadwell added, “The team was solid from the first singles to the third doubles, so this distribution of experience is good because all team members are equally important in being successful as a team. It takes ev-ery player to win a match.”

Cold Weather Brings Unexpected Work-Out OpportunitiesBy HannaH MaydaniK

Winter is known as one of the hardest times to stay active because the cold weather often discourages people from spend-ing time outdoors.

For those, however, who would like to work out during the winter, there are options. The weight room at school is a great place to do so.

Freshman Devon Monroe intends to stay fit during the up-coming winter by going to the weight room for exercise. She said, “I plan on running on the treadmill during the winter in the weight room to stay active.”

Exercising has been proven to help people sleep better at night and help maintain high en-ergy levels during the day.

Exercise also provides bodily benefits, especially in the heart, brain, and lungs, so don’t avoid a workout just because it’s cold outside.

Joining a winter sport such as the Holton swim team is also a fun way to stay in shape. Alexis Lemone ’16 swims year round and explained, “I do it five times a week, and its fun. It keeps me active because I use all my mus-cles and it keeps up my endur-ance.”

If you like the cold and don’t want to stay indoors, ice skating at the National Gallery of Art Sculpture Garden could serve as another fun option.

For those interested, the ice

rink opens in November. An outdoor sport such as skiing also provides the perfect blend of movement and fun.

Freshman Sydney Lamp-kin skis because “I love it and it makes me happy. It keeps me ac-tive because it’s such a workout on my legs.”

Alternatively, yoga provides a form of non-rigorous exercise. Down Dog Yoga in Bethesda of-fers the option of “hot yoga,” in which steam in the room is said to remove excess water weight through sweat.

But for those who can bear it, running outside presents a practical option. Wearing a hat and gloves should prevent a run-ner from getting too cold.

Additionally, when a runner feels hot, a chilly fall day may

present many benefits.Junior Cecily Spindel finds

running outdoors during the winter both invigorating and productive. Spindel noted that “because humidity and heat isn’t present I find I can run longer without growing as tired.”

Do remember, though, that when going outside it is impor-tant to wear layers of clothing. This way if you get hot, you can just take off a layer or two. Al-ways wear a hat and gloves, and make sure to drink water before, during, and after your exercise. The last thing you would want is dehydration, and with cooler temperatures a runner may not become as thirsty.

This winter, find creative ways to be active despite the chillier climate!

Working out while multi-tasking has been a subject of debate for athletes and trainers alike.

Without a doubt, running can be tedious without any pro-vided entertainment.

Sites and blogs such as Run-ner’s World, however, find that the athletes around the world have conflicting opinions.

Music is known to stimulate and motivate runners while dis-tracting them from the task at hand.

Sports psychologist Dr. Costas Karageorghis states that running is clinically proven to lower one's pereception of how far one has run by 10%. The music encourages athletes to run farther.

Many students have admit-ted that while exercising they have a tendency to provide themselves with the added en-tertainment.

Jacqualine Asuquo ’15 said, “I really think that it’s beneficial for people to listen to music and work out at the same time….Without music, I would find ex-ercising boring, and I wouldn’t be as driven to keep going.”

Junior Elizabeth Kitt also listens to music and argued, “I honestly don’t see how anyone could see bad results from listen-ing to music while running. It is

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The upper school cross country team continues to work out despite the cold weather.

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The tennis team gathers for a cheer before their match against Georgetown Day School.

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Junior Kelly Colgain goes on the elliptical while listening to her iPod.