by Leah Kelly
Staff Writer
Locker Talk: What’s the best thing that’s happened to you in the first quarter?
Hallway Fashion- Rifah Islam (Sophomore)
Hallway Fashion
By: Angelica Owens
Staff writer
Who influences your outfits?
A lot of people. I like street style a lot, fashion bloggers, Alexa chung (former model who does fashion related things). I think she is absolutely gorgeous and her fashion style is amazing.
What style of clothing do you categorize yourself as wearing?
I dont think I can categorize myself, I have south asian, edgy, girly, more boyish clothes. I have a lot of different styles.
What clothing store is your favorite?
If i was rich, Urban Outfitters but since I don’t have Urban Outfitters money all the time I also shop at H&M, Nordstrom, Brandy Mellivile, and forever 21.
What clothing store do you shop at the most?
Probably H&M and forever 21
Who picks out your clothing? Do you have anyone approve your clothing?
Not really. My parents aren’t strict at all with what I wear. They never judge me. I have a mental checklist that I follow. Because I am a muslim woman, I believe in modesty so I make sure I fit the protocol.
What kind of fashion advice would you give people?
Be yourself in whatever you wear. Don’t buy anything just because anyone is wearing it. I tried it for a while and it hasn’t worked for a while so just be yourself and you will feel more beautiful in it.
Hallway Fashion- Sean Morris (Junior)
Hallway Fashion
Angelica L. Owens
staff writer
1. Who influences your outfits?
I draw inspiration from different television shows and outfits I like from there. The one I have on was based on a character from NBC’s hannibal.
2. What style of clothing do you categorize yourself as wearing?
More formal and less casual.
3. What clothing store is your favorite?
It’s difficult to say but the men’s warehouse and a good diversity and sophisticated seconds have a lot of designer clothes at a reduced price.
4. What clothing store do you shop at the most?
Men’s warehouse
5. Who picks out your clothing? Do you have anyone approve your clothing?
I pick out my own clothing when I can but my parents may have a bit of a word so I like to pick out what I wear and I like the individuality. No one really approves my clothing unless its really expensive or really out there.
6.What kind of fashion advice would you give people?
I would say pick things to represent yourself and things that you are most comfortable in.
Bullying At SLA
Chhievling Seng
Staff Writer
Science Leadership Academy is a very friendly environment when compared to the normal high school stereotypes. However, are there cases of bullying that we as a community have not noticed?
According to some news reports, there have been increased cases of suicide and many of them are kids or teens. According to a study done by Yale University, victims of bullying are 7%-9% more likely to have suicidal thoughts.
You might be thinking, how in the world does that relate to anything that happens at Science Leadership Academy?
Principal Chris Lehmann does not tolerate bullying or any form of fight, he will try best to settle it and prevent it. And when interviewed, most of the students at SLA said they never heard or seen any type of bullying.
Junior Stephanie Dyson said she have not witnessed any type of bullying at the school.
“ I know people have struggle with bullying, but not from SLA. But I think to myself wow that could be my friend… what made it get to the point where they feel so trapped?”
Brittany Atkinson said, “We don’t really bully at SLA, but a lot of us mess with each other.”
But there are a few who confirmed that they have seen it happen, maybe not physically, but in another way.
Junior Tenzin Chemi have not seen much bullying happen at SLA, but here’s what she said about life online:
“There was a controversial post on instagram that turned into something bigger than it was that turned into something bigger than it was supposed to be.¨
Tenzin declined to say anything more specific about the incident.
Senior Khadijah Fofana sees a blurry line between having fun and something dangerous.
“As far as bullying at SLA, inside, outside of school, or online, there have been a lot of bullying I saw. People might just say, “Oh, I’m just playing”, but they don’t understand that it can affect someone. I feel like some bullying at SLA are not intentional, but it might still hurt the other person. Bullying can start from a form of joking, sometimes people do get sad, but does not show it. They accept it and say it’s just playing. At the end of the day it’s still bullying, even if they’re laughing with you.”
One of the reasons that bullying doesn’t happen much at our school is because the teachers raise awareness about the issue. For example, on the day of the PSAT many freshmen who are not testing attended an anti-bullying workshop in the cafe. The workshop was planned by Ms. Hull and Ms. Giorgio. Ms. Giorgio said their intention for doing the anti-bullying workshop was for students to recognize that they are apart of a community and for them to be able to befriend people they haven’t had yet. “I’m hopeful that people at SLA will continue to respect and celebrate each other diversity.” Ms.Giorgio is worried about the difficulty of being able to identify online bullying, because most of it happens outside of school. and students who are victims of bullying often keep it to themselves.
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http://www.tolerance.org/lesson/editorial-cartoon-bullying
A Penny For Your Thoughts
Darius Purnell
Staff Writer
Students respond to Quotes.
This week’s quote: “The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, more places you’ll go.”
– Dr. Seuss
This week, we interviewed the following SLA students:
Soledad Alfaro, 11th Grader
Michaela Peterson, 10th Grader
Kareem Davis, 10th Grader
Conor Meier, 9th Grader