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Squiggles: Seasonally Challenged

April 5, 2013 by lpahomov Leave a Comment

4/5/13

By Gabby Santaniello

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Photo Gallery: Dominican Republic

April 5, 2013 by lpahomov Leave a Comment

Students from Science Leadership Academy spent Spring Break in the Dominican Republic. Besides enjoying the sun and warmth, they learned about environmental sustainability, social controversy, and racism between Dominicans and Haitians.

 

Filed Under: Multimedia, Photos, Uncategorized

Locker Talk: What was your April Fools?

April 5, 2013 by lpahomov Leave a Comment

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"I posted on facebook that I was transferring schools." -Sophomore Amy Chen
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"Dillon's mom made Oreos with baking powder and water in the middle. She tricked both of us." -Freshmen Naomi Fecher-Davis and Dillon Hershey
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"I started a week early with my prank-- I convinced my friends that I got a nose ring over Spring Break." -Sophomore Nomi Martin-Brouillette
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"I convinced Michelle that I lost my virginity." -Kristi Bezhani
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"I told my class that they didn't have a warm up even though they did." -Mr. Best
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"I asked silver stream if they had finished the paper that I had assigned them over break, but I was laughing when I said it so they didn't believe me. So later I asked them if they had gotten the email about journals being due over the weekend, and they believed me about that one, which was a again a prank." -Mr. Sanchez
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"I asked silver stream if they had finished the paper that I had assigned them over break, but I was laughing when I said it so they didn't believe me. So later I asked them if they had gotten the email about journals being due over the weekend, and they believed me about that one, which was a again a prank." -Mr. Sanchez
“I asked silver stream if they had finished the paper that I had assigned them over break, but I was laughing when I said it so they didn’t believe me. So later I asked them if they had gotten the email about journals being due over the weekend, and they believed me about that one, which was a again a prank.” -Mr. Sanchez
"I told my class that they didn't have a warm up even though they did." -Mr. Best
“I told my class that they didn’t have a warm up even though they did.” -Mr. Best
"I posted on facebook that I was transferring schools." -Sophomore Amy Chen
“I posted on facebook that I was transferring schools.” -Sophomore Amy Chen
"Dillon's mom made Oreos with baking powder and water in the middle. She tricked both of us." -Freshmen Naomi Fecher-Davis and Dillon Hershey
“Dillon’s mom made Oreos with baking powder and water in the middle. She tricked both of us.” -Freshmen Naomi Fecher-Davis and Dillon Hershey
"I started a week early with my prank-- I convinced my friends that I got a nose ring over Spring Break." -Sophomore Nomi Martin-Brouillette
“I started a week early with my prank– I convinced my friends that I got a nose ring over Spring Break.” -Sophomore Nomi Martin-Brouillette
"I convinced Michelle that I lost my virginity." -Kristi Bezhani
“I convinced Michelle that I lost my virginity.” -Kristi Bezhani

Filed Under: Features, Uncategorized

Editorial: The Pursuit of Happiness

March 22, 2013 by lpahomov Leave a Comment

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” – Thomas Jefferson

The 2012 Presidential election reinstated Obama as president, but made some big changes in other areas. The states that legalized gay marriage when from six to nine; Maine, Maryland and Minnesota. And recreational use of marijuana was legalized in Colorado and Washington.

How have these touchy subjects become so much of the talk now?

The answer is the rise of the New Boomers.

As the Baby Boomers age and eventually pass away, the “new boomers” – aka young voters – are becoming the majority, making once-controversial topics, like gay marriage and marijuana use, acceptable.

The influence of young voters can be traced back to specific states. Since 2008, Massachusetts has pioneered the way for states like Connecticut, Maine, and Vermont to venture in gay marriage, while other states dabbled in civil unions.

Like same sex marriage, California started the trend of state legislators legalizing medicinal marijuana, then Alaska, Oregon and Washington piggybacked on California’s ideals.

Right now, it almost looks like America is going to become more and more progressive, liberal, and in favor of people pursuing their own personal happiness.

But what happens when today’s “new boomers” get old? Will they become their parents? Does every generation turn into stubborn, inflexible senior citizens? And what will that mean for our laws?

Many young people don’t realize it, but their parents had their own social fights when they were young. Fifty years ago, interracial marriage and civil rights were the touchy topics of the day – and on a national level.

Even rock ‘n roll was seen as a satanic, hedonistic type of music. So much so, parents burned their records. And Elvis Presley was seen as too risqué.

The Baby Boomers who fought for interracial marriage to be legal are now often the same people are against gay marriage. However, the idea is the same: let people who love each other be together legally.

This comes back to the idea of having the right to pursue your happiness. This concept has been instilled into our nation by Declaration of Independence as a human right. As long as a person’s pursuit of happiness doesn’t harm themselves or others, you should not have a problem with it.

Of course, all of this brings up an even bigger question — what will people want in the future? What are we comfortable with, by societal means, and what will eventually become a moral problem for us?

We don’t know.

But as the New Boomers get older, there will be societal issues that we, as a generation, won’t agree with.

When that happens, keep these steps in mind:

  • Expect current controversial issues to become normal, and for a new touchy subject to come up.

  • Keep an open mind, but recognize that there will be issues you will disagree with. You will get old.

  • Always come back to these two questions: When a new controversy arises, does that allow the pursuit of happiness? Does that pursuit of happiness harm themselves or others?

     

Unsigned editorials are written and approved by the SLAMedia Editorial Staff. They do not reflect the opinion of Science Leadership Academy and its employees.

 

Filed Under: Op/Ed

Chasing For a Space

March 22, 2013 by lpahomov Leave a Comment

By Annisa Ahmed

Staff Writer

Whether it is a trove of the SLA baseball team clearing tables and chairs from the center of the café for a pre-practice warm-up or Ultimate Frisbee players running through the halls on a rainy day, students who play sports here have always had to do extra to be ready for game day.

There are no gyms within the institution, no fields to our name. Physical Education, a mandatory class for those students who do not compete on a team, is held the fitness room. Time and time again, a cacophony of footsteps and huffing hollers can be heard outside one’s classroom on any given afternoon.

It is not as of SLA wants to do this. Baseball Coach Douglas Herman explained it rather well. “Generally speaking, high school sports have been underfunded and under supported in this city for long time,” which makes sense considering how royally broke the SDP is.

There were once plans to build a gymnasium on the roof, but that pipe dream was quickly tossed away thanks to the restrictions in place, as stated by the School District and the lease that indicates this building is not entirely our own.

Teams have been working around this in their own. Before finally securing a field in Mount Airy, the baseball team practiced on patches of grass wherever until setting up camp at the 44th and Haverford. “I actually hated changing field,” commented Senior Nick Manton. “Baseball is all about consistency and switching up things as often as we do ruins our grove”

Their first game is to be played at Mount Airy. The date for the match is April 2nd and the opponent is Martin Luther King High School, appropriate considering the fact that everyone has been seething since last year’s kerfuffle. Our team will finally get a chance to harness the power of a home field advantage.

Nevertheless, it is still frustrating for everyone, including the Principal of Science Leadership Academy Chris Lehmann. There is no question about the inability for students going to school without a place to play. “On a very basic level, kids deserve a place to play.”

But no matter what it is for, students who want to play competitively here make it happen. “For a school which has no fields, no gyms, no nothing, our sports teams are incredibly resourceful,” said Lehmann.

Kids from the frisbee teams come to a staggering hour and forty-five minutes to clock in the much needed training and Herman and his crew stay after school until five or six at the latest.

Their desire to play is the single biggest testament to how much students at SLA and nothing will stand in their way as they have previously demonstrated to us all. “With that being said,” jokingly suggested Lehmann. “If anyone wants to offer us to buy a gym, I’m all ears.”

Filed Under: Features, Sports, Uncategorized

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