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Plans for 50th anniversary celebrations underwayBy Manson TungReporter

Seniors end year with seminars

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After nearly four months of searching,

the school has hired Joseph Tellez to replace

chemistry teacher Robin Altman.

Tellez was recommended by teacher

Chris Millsback’s wife, who works

with Tellez at UC Davis Medical

Center, where he is currently searchĥing cancer.

Tellez said that some of his

TXDOL¿FDWLRQV� IRU� WKH� MRE�come from his background

in research.

7KRVH� TXDOL¿ĥcations include a

bachelor’s in genetĥics from UC Davis

and a Ph.D. in celĥlular and molecular

biology from the

University of Nevaĥda, Reno.

“Being in research gives you a very

GHWDLOĥRULHQWHG� RXWORRN�´� 7HOOH]� VDLG�� ³,W�makes you want to always ask why and how

GR�,�¿QG�RXW�PRUH�´Sue Nellis, head of high school, said that

the greatest assets Tellez brings are an awareĥQHVV� RI� WKH� GLɱHUHQW� OHYHOV� RI� VNLOO� DPRQJVW�

KLV� VWXGHQWV�� D� WHDPĥSOD\HU� SHUVRQDOLW\� DQG�his knowledge of science.

“Some people think that chemistry is the

best thing to happen since apple pie, and othĥHU�SHRSOH�GRQ¶W�HYHQ�ZDQW�WR�WDNH�WKH�FODVV�´�Nellis said. “A good teacher has be able to balĥ

ance that on all fronts.

“When he taught a class with the

general chemistry students, they gave

him a positive review and said that he

was really engaged and seemed interĥHVWHG�´

7HOOH]�LV�DOVR�D�VHFRQGĥJHQHUDĥtion chemist, as his father was

one in the industrial sector.

Tellez said that

WKH� VZLWFK� LQ� MRE�came at a perfect

time.

“Research is

great, but there are,

of course, some reĥDOLWLHV�´�7HOOH]�VDLG��“You can’t spend

the time that you want with your family, and

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old daughter are looking to put down roots.

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The quest for a new chemistry teacher was

long and arduous, according to Nellis.

“First, you have to recognize that the pool

RI� FKHPLVWU\� FDQGLGDWHV� LV� VPDOO�´� VKH� VDLG��³1H[W�\RX�KDYH�WR�¿QG�VRPHRQH�ZKR�LV�ZLOOĥing to be in Sacramento. A lot of people are

not willing to do

that because we are

a small school in

a small city. Then

\RX� KDYH� WR� ¿QG�someone who likes

the school and the

VFKRRO�OLNHV�´She said that many candidates from the

East Coast who had a lot of teaching experiĥ

ence had no interest in moving to Sacramenĥto.

During the nationwide search, NelĥOLV� FRQGXFWHG� 6N\SH�� SKRQH� DQG� LQĥ

person interviews.

The search team

included Nellis;

headmaster Steĥphen Repsher; Kelĥlie Whited, head

of the science deĥpartment; Altman; Brooke Wells, new head

of high school; and physics teacher Glenn

Mangold.

NewsThe Octagon May 27, 2014 3

Chemistry teacher selected By Manson TungReporter

POINT OF INTEREST: Student groups announce positions for 2014-15

The new staff positions for the Medallion

yearbook have been chosen after much debate

by adviser Joel Rickert and senior co-editors-in-

chief Savannah Symister and Sydney Jackson.

Sophomores Gracie Strumpfer and Aidan

Galati have been chosen as next year’s co-ed-

itors-in-chief, with sophomore Julia Owaidat as

managing editor.

³$W� ¿UVW� ,�ZDV� UHDOO\� VXUSULVHG�EHFDXVH� WKLV�ZDV�P\�¿UVW�\HDU�LQ�WKH�HOHFWLYH��DQG�,�ZDV�MXVW�ZRUNLQJ�WR�EH�VRPH�VRUW�RI�HGLWRU��,�ZDV�DFWXDOO\�looking to be in design,” Galati said.

The Octagon has also chosen next year’s

OHDGHUV�� ZLWK� MXQLRU� (PPD�:LOOLDPV� DV� HGL-tor-in-chief for the print edition and Aishwarya

Nadgauda as editor-in-chief for the online

edition.

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QL]HG�SHUVRQ�DQG�JHQHUDOO\�,¶P�D�JRRG�OHDGHU��,W�was a big honor for me to be given the position,”

:LOOLDPV�VDLG�Student Council has also chosen its two

QHZ�RI¿FHUV��ZLWK��MXQLRUV�&DUROLQH�0HKWD�DQG�George Cvetich as president and vice president

respectively.

The Glass Knife literary magazine does not

choose its positions until the beginning of next

year.

—Austin Talamantes

Introduction to Arabic, Italian and Japanese

6WXGHQWV�LQWHUHVWHG�LQ�VDPSOLQJ�GLɱHUHQW�ODQJXDJHV�RYHU�the course of the year can take an introductory class in JapĥDQHVH��,WDOLDQ�DQG�$UDELF�ZLWK�WHDFKHUV�-DQH�%DWDUVHK�DQG�Patricia Jacobsen.

Since Batarseh will not be

teaching an AP Latin class, she

ZLOO�EH�VKDULQJ�KHU�ORYH�RI�GLɱHUĥent languages and cultures with

students in this class

Each language will be one triĥmester, so students can pick the

ones they want.

,WDOLDQ� DQG� $UDELF� ZLOO� EH�WDXJKW� E\� %DWDUVHK� LQ� WKH� ¿UVW�and second trimesters. Batarseh

was inspired to teach Arabic and

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food, part of her class will be sampling the cuisine and lisĥtening to classical and contemporary music.

Japanese will be taught in the last trimester by Jacobsen.

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After many attempts at formĥLQJ� D� -DSDQHVH� &OXE�� MXQLRU�Claire Pinson is looking forĥward to the class.

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Training for the Shamrockin’ Half Marathon

Like the running club Jacobsen introduced six years ago,

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on consumer

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to be smart

shoppers and

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independent.

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shopping, retirement

savings and credit cards

will be covered.

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using our awesome

math skills to analyze

which method of saving

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Guest speakers, such

as parents of curĥrent and former

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Three new classes will be offered next yearLanguage, finance and half-marathon training to join list of electivesBy Kamira PatelEditor-in-Chief

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in AP Chemistry. (Photo by Adam Ketchum)

Junior Dominic Stephen dressed up for the 2012

Shamrockin’ Half Marathon. Stephen was one of

many juniors who participated and trained with

Jacobsen for the event. (Photo courtesy of Stephen)

“Now (the Japanese elective is) going to be formally prepared and we will learn a lot more which will make people more interested.”

—Claire Pinson, junior

“If there is a lot of interest, then we might be able to extend the class for a whole year.”

—Patricia Jacobsen, teacher

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—Joseph Tellez, new chemistry teacher

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I had run it through my head 100 times. Just play my

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The Octagon May 27, 2014

“Competitive golf is a form of torture.”

—Garrett Kaighn, senior

Seniors perpetually disappointed by competitive golf

Junior Claire Pinson is one of two swim team members on the Country Day swim team. At sectionals, Pinson placed second in both the 500-yard freestyle and the 200-yard individual medley.

Sophomore Serajh Esmail was the league champion in the 100-meter and 200-meter GDVK�DQG�TXDOLÀHG�IRU�6HFWLRQ�7ULDOV�LQ�ERWK�HYHQWV��$W�6HFWLRQ�7ULDOV��RQ�0D\�����(VPDLO�placed 28th in the 100-meter and 23rd in the 200-meter.

Sports Boosters’ Athletes of the MonthSerajh Esmail Claire Pinson

4Sports

For spring sports wrap-ups with quotes from

coaches and players, visit www.scdsoctagon.com.

“I nearly broke my put-ter out of sheer frustra-tion.”

—Eric Hilton, senior

Senior Eric Hilton, who placed fourth in the league,

practices his swing. (Top photo by Kamira Patel, bot-tom photo by Micaela Bennett-Smith)

Team’s top player barely beats freshman

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The future of the band and orchestra is unclear next year.

This year the two groups tried something new, joining forces to perform as a combined group led

by orchestra teacher Felecia Keys. The two groups plan to combine again for the winter conĥ

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not the two music groups will return to practicing separately next year.

Performing together caused a number of problems. One was lack of practice time for the individual groups.The orchestra and band have practiced independently only

once a week, as opposed to twice or three times. “I think for the sake of improving ourselves, we need to

meet more,” Keys said. ³:H�ĪQHHG�WRī�ZRUN�RQ�VNLOOV�WKDW�DUH�VSHFL¿F�WR�VWULQJ�SOD\ĥ

ers.”Junior Emma Williams, orchestra concertmaster, agrees.

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In addition, the combined orchestra is comprised of players at a variety of levels of experience, which posed a problem as well, Keys said.

Some members have been playing for as many as 13 years, while others began just this year. Williams said learning to play together is hard enough even with years of practice.

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This year, “we had to be careful about the type of music and the level of music that we chose,” Keys said.

The two groups had to adjust to playing music that was written for combined orchestra and band instruments, not just the individual ensembles

Yet another problem is that string musicians are accusĥtomed to playing in keys with sharps, while band musicians

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more Colby Conner, second chair viola, said. Volume was another problem. According to Conner, the orĥ

chestra has to play louder because the brass instruments are more naturally powerful.

³$�ORW�RI�WKH�MXGJHV�FRPPHQWHG�RQ�KRZ�WKHUH�ZDVQ¶W�D�EDOĥance between the strings and the wind players,” he said.

7KHVH�SUREOHPV�PHDQW�WKDW�WKH�FRPELQHG�RUFKHVWUD�GLGQ¶W�perform as well in competition.

For example, they took silver at the Forum Music Festival.

In April 2013 at the same festival, SCDS music groups won the Sweepĥstakes Trophy, awarded to the school with the highest combined scores of its band and orchestra.

“I was really proud then,” Williams said. “I was whooping and jumping along with the rest of us when they called our name from the stage.

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“I was honestly rather embarrassed,” she said. Therefore, both Williams and Conner are happy the groups

may be split again next year. Nonetheless, Keys said that the orchestra enjoyed practicĥ

ing with the band.“It was fun, and I think all of us, including the kids, really

enjoyed the sound we created together,” she said.Williams said she learned more about what it takes to make

a big group sound good. As far as the school music program goes, she has been a

part of only small groups: chamber groups and orchestra. ³3OD\LQJ�ZLWK�VXFK�D�ELJ�JURXS�ZDV�GH¿QLWHO\�D�GLɱHUHQW�H[ĥ

perience,” she said.However, not everyone is as happy that the two groups will

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orchestra sounded great.“It was probably the best way to utilize the instrumentation

we had and still allow ourselves to play quality music,” he said.And Schmidt said she really enjoyed the combined orchesĥ

tra.

Schmidt plays in a combined orchestra at a music camp evĥery summer and says she liked the setup.

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He also said that listening to the orchestra more often was nice because the band usually hears the group play only at concerts.

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the numbers to have a full band. However, the size of the group is an unknown.

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The museum will be constructed in a trailer, to pay homage to the trailers that originally housed the school.

Mancina said that his vision was a comĥbination of former Olympics, world fairs and large birthday parties. He is creating a souvenir program based on the program guides at world fairs.

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While there is still almost a year until WKH�0D\�HYHQWV��$P\�-RKQVRQ��¶����FKDLU�RI�gala events, said that the deadlines are rapĥidly approaching.

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Future structure of music program unknownBy Zoe BowlusPage Editor

The combined orchestra and band practice “Pomp and Circumstance,” which they will play at the high-school grad-uation (above). Sophomore Serajh Esmail plays his cello during rehearsal (right). (Photos by Cissy Shi)

“We’ll just see what happens.”—Felecia Keys, orchestra teacher

Point of InterestSpirit committee

Next year, a spirit committee, which will be in charge of spreading news of school spirit days and sporting events, will join the ranks of Student Council.

“A lot of people don’t know things like when the spirit days are,” said Student Council ad-viser Patricia Jacobsen.

Sophomore Julia Owaidat and freshman Avi Bhullar will co-chair the committee.

The committee will be in charge of announc-ing school spirit days along with encouraging students to wear school colors and get excited for sports games.

One way the committee plans to do this is by wheeling around a wagon full of spirit equipment, such as red and black face paint, for students to use before sports games.

“[We] will have this wagon with all these supplies and will go around saying ‘Hey, let’s get all spirited out!’” Bhullar said.

The committee will also assist athletics director Matt Vargo with the pep rallies.

—Zane Jakobs and Emma Williams

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Amy Johnson, ’95, and Richard Manci-na, ’73, hold up a trophy that will be used in the 50th anniversary celebra-tion. (Photo by Manson Tung)

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Orchids to. . . the

Parents’ Associ-

ation for planning an

all-school end-of-the-

year party. Raging Wa-

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place to celebrate with

our classmates.

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school journalism students of Sacramento Country Day

School, 2636 Latham Drive, Sacramento, Calif. 95864.

Phone: (916) 481-8811, ext. 347.

The online Octagon (www.scdsoctagon.com) is updated

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My Angle

By GrantMiner

(Trigger warning: the following column contains trigger warnings. If you have ever been triggered being warned of said triggering, please do not continue.)

My adviser forwarded me a New York Times arti-cle the other day (although original forwarding credits go to teacher Jane Bauman). It chronicled the quest of some UC Santa Barbara students to apply trigger warn-ings to the entirety of the school’s curriculum.

For those ignorant of the word’s meaning, a “trig-ger” is basically anything that can cause an episode of post-traumatic stress.

In its purest form, the word addresses the needs of a person who’s had some serious prior trauma.

However, in a fashion typical to today’s youth, it has become bastardized enough to refer to anything that could make people feel uncomfortable.

What began as a way to describe something that could be potentially harmful to a very small set of peo-ple (scenes of violence from a certain war, etc.) has since devolved to require warnings before everything from violence to racism and even to romance (to pro-tect anyone who’s had a particularly nasty breakup).

The problems that arise when this concept is applied to education are evident.

Obviously, any science or math course isn’t threat-ened (they’d better watch what they put in those word problems, though). The danger is to the humanities.

The history curriculum, I think, speaks for itself. AP European History alone would require enough trigger warnings to fill the better part of a small textbook.

Don’t even get me started on our English classes.Have you heard that they’re teaching sophomores

the Bible now? That’s probably the most triggering book in existence.

If you’re searching for something offensive to warn people about, look no farther.

Sodomy, incest, premarital sex, domestic violence, racism. Yup, it’s all here. I’ve even heard that some guy gets nailed to a cross.

The “Good Book”? I think not.The real problem with this kind of movement is that

it encourages people to ask that their environments be regulated, with careful warnings and considerations given to them at each turn to prevent them from getting offended or being uncomfortable.

But the parents of the UCSB students sent their kids to the second-biggest party school in the country to learn to make intelligent decisions, not to learn curric-ular baby-proofing.

(Trigger warning: if the idea of a permanent end frightens you, please circle back to the beginning.)

Trigger Happy

Orchids to. . . par-

ents Denise Wil-

liams and Lisa Quattle-

baum for turning the

library into the Good

Luck Sa loon for the

Faculty/Staff Appreci-

ation lunch, May 22.

Onions to. . . stu-

dents who leave

notes and homework

lying on picnic tables.

The wind blows them

away and makes a big

mess. Plus, don’t you

need those papers?

Our MP room isn’t a place at which a prospective student musician or actor would look and say, “Wow, I think it would be really cool to perform here!”

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We know the MP room will eventually be replaced with a performing arts center. But eventually could mean it’s the next project, or the one after that, or the one after that—a new performing arts facility is some-thing that has been desired for a long time and is still years down the road.

Our programs will always be limited by the size of our school, but the lack of a proper place to perform (or even to rehearse) is a huge turn-off for serious mu-sicians and actors.

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“There’s Max who will sudden-ly burst out in a German accent, holding the baseball bat in the Cave as if it were his riding crop.”

“I need another cup of tea. The caffeine will help me decide.”

“The emphasis here is on my new-found ability to choose what I’m interested to do.”

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The birds and the beesExotic pets pose exotic challengesBy Elena LipmanReporter

Ruby Bennett-Smith enjoys the grain breakfast provided by owner Micaela. Ruby also loves apples and once lapped up a soda given to her by Micaela’s brother Morgan, ‘13. (Photo by Elena Bennett)

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Fiction or

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dictionary.

How to do your summer reading—and enjoy it

It all starts with books that actually strike your fancy. So next time you have a lonely day

with nothing to do but check social media and listen to “Summertime Sadness,” curl up by

the pool (or in the shade) with one of our recommendations—Sparknotes unnecessary.

Steve Martin or

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I forced my family to watch

“Cheaper by the Dozen 2.”

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“The Glass Castle”“The Glass Castle” is a memoir by Jean-

nette Walls, an author from New York.

Raised as a homeless, hopeful daughter

of a drunk and an irresponsible mother,

she must fend for herself while taking care

of her siblings. Written with no self-pity and

absolute honesty, this book chronicles the

hidden struggles of a woman.

—Avi Bhullar

“Born Standing Up”Yeah, (auto)biographies are kinda

dry. But this one is by Steve Martin, so

there’s plenty of comic relief.

—Daniel Hernried

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If revisionism works for the

North Koreans, it’ll work for

me!

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comfort zone.

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nothing.)DQWDV\�RU�UHDOLVP"

I reject your reality and

substitute my own.

I don’t think I’ve reached my

sadness quota yet.

“The Name of the Wind”Magic, adventure, romance and action

merge for an epic read in Patrick Roth-

fuss’s “The Name of the Wind.” The book

follows a young man named Kvothe after

the murder of his family and his quest for

revenge. Rothfuss does an excellent job

of making the characters in the book re-

latable, and the book’s story is both com-

pelling and engaging. While it is rather

lengthy at nearly 700 pages, the book

never seems to lose its purpose and re-

mains entertaining throughout.

—Eric Hilton

I’ve never been good with

names.

How many characters can you

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better.

Did I mention I also know

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I’ll bring my cape.

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“Game of Thrones”Spoiler alert: Everyone dies, and

the ones you love die twice. Au-

thor George R. R. Martin shows no

mercy.

—Amelia Fineberg

I’ll bring a notebook.

“The Affair”If you care for suspense at all, then Lee

Child’s “The Affair” is right up your alley.

“The Affair” marks the 16th installment in

Child’s Jack Reacher series (and perhaps

you’ve seen the movie with Tom Cruise),

but Reacher’s toughness and the plot twists

never get old. In this book, Reacher is sent to

Carter Crossing, Miss., to investigate a mur-

der that increasingly resembles a cover-up

to protect a soldier with powerful backings.

Reacher must uncover the truth, while oth-

ers try to bury it forever.

—Ryan Ho

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“Watchmen”“Watchmen,” by Alan Moore, is a

comic-book masterpiece. Between

the complex, fascinating characters,

the morally ambiguous storyline, and,

of course, the stylistically nostalgic

drawings, it is an iconic piece of work.

—Amelia Fineberg

“Cloud Atlas”In David Mitchell’s saga, spanning cen-

turies, six protagonists grapple with themes

of free will, capitalism, racial prejudice and

truth. The stories are nested like Russian dolls

and tied together with repeating motifs.

Each story has a unique tone and feel, and

together they make a cohesive patchwork

of excellent writing.

—Amelia Fineberg

“The Hitchhiker’s Guide to

the Galaxy”Even if you’ve already read this, it’s worth

another read. “Hitchhiker’s Guide,” by

Douglas Adams, follows one Arthur Dent,

who wakes up on a Thursday to the end of

the world. He hitches a ride on an alien ship,

and the adventures begin. And remember,

as the Guide notes, a towel is the most use-

ful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have.

—Amelia Fineberg