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January 2015 Volume 14, Issue 3

Payton introduced the new dance elective this year and the beginning dance classes, dance clubs, and dance seminars joined together to bring Payton its first ever dance recital on Thursday, December 18.

Performances from all three be-ginning dance classes, the Those Asian Kids (TAK), Latin Dance Fusion, Jazz Dance Seminar, Ha-waian Dance Seminar, and Belly Dance Seminar made it a night to remember.

Although many Paytonites have had some exposure to these different dance groups while in the hallways during seminar days or at

school events such as International Night, there is nothing like see-ing each group perform their best pieces on one night.

TAK finally got the spotlight as they showed off their K-Pop dance moves. Latin Dance Fusion had another wonderful performance as they showed their adaptability by performing dances from all over Latin America.

There were also standout per-formances from many of the be-ginning dance classes, such as Ra-phael Laden-Guindon’s ‘15 killer dance moves, Wade Wagner’s ‘15 five star Ke$ha impression while lip-syncing the song “Timber”

by Pitbull, and Clarke Lowry ‘16 showing off her skills from Poms.

The Belly Dance seminar showed off their coordination and dexterity during their performance to the song “Ammouna fi al-Said” by Bassem Yazbek by balancing sticks on their heads while danc-ing.

The recital also included a brand new interpretive dance called “Message Received,” fea-turing one-third of the fifth period beginning dance class texting in-structions to the dancers on the stage and along the walls, shifting positions after each text. In the end, every dancer collapsed, leav-

ing the audience to ask themselves about the influence of technology in our everyday lives.

All these performances made sure the audience was never left with a dull moment.

“It is my hope that by sharing the work of the dance students in our winter concert that we crack open the creative choreographic process and encourage everyone in the Payton community to get up and dance,” said Ms. Foshay, Di-rector of the dance recital.

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First Payton dance-off sizzlesBy ADAN SORIANOStaff Writer

Claiming conference championship, Lady Grizzlies basketball conquers competition By CHLOE WILSONStaff Writer

The varsity team, led by So-phie Goethals ‘15 and Gabi Cas-tillo ‘15, claimed the title of Con-ference Champions on January 14 with their win against North Grand.

Both the varsity and junior var-sity girls basketball teams have had great seasons so far. They are both 10-0 in their conferences, which consist of Senn, Chicago Math and Science Academy, North Grand, Mather, Shurz, Chi-cago Academy, and Douglass high schools, with two games left for varsity and three for JV.

The toughest competition throughout the season within the varsity conference was Shurz High School whose record dropped to 6-2 after their loss to the Lady Grizzlies on December 17. Their rival is Northside College Prep, whom they will play in the 4th an-nual Principal’s Cup in February.

The Principal’s Cup is a tradi-tion that started when Mr. Devine left Northside to come to Payton. For the past four years, the two teams have faced off to prove who the superior school is. Anticipation is building after the game, initially scheduled for January 7, had to be rescheduled due to the extreme weather. The girls hope to reclaim victory (and the big trophy) after

losing to Northside last year. The team has also played a few out-of-conference meets against De Lasalle and Latin, and though they lost those games, they held their own, losing by a only one or two points in both games.

The junior varsity team, led by Sofie Martin ‘17 and Hannah Lowenthal ‘17, has also had a very successful season thus far.

Shurz is also their biggest compe-tition, and they have also played teams outside their conference.

The playoffs are scheduled to start on January 27, and the varsity team has worked hard to secure the top position in their confer-ence, setting themselves up to be fierce competitors.

They will play teams from all over Chicago, and their position

in their conference will determine their seed for the playoffs. The team to beat is Whitney Young, who claimed the City Champion-ship last year.

Good luck to both teams as they move farther into their season, and good luck to varsity as they move into the playoffs.

Obama proposes free community college By JULIA HUEBNERStaff Writer

On January 21 in his State of the Union address, President Obama proposed a plan to provide free two-year community college for “anyone who’s willing to work for it.”

Obama’s plan is partially mod-eled after the Chicago Star Schol-arship, which provides free com-munity college to one of seven City Colleges of Chicago (CCC) for CPS students. Upon the schol-arship announcement, Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who spearheaded the initiative, commented that all students should “be able to pursue the dream of college without accu-mulating burdensome debt.”

After applicants complete the necessary paperwork, the CCC will “provide waivers to cover tuition, fees, and books for up to three years” at one of Chicago’s seven community colleges, ac-cording to CPS. These students will also face requirements, in-cluding maintaining a 3.0 GPA, according to the Chicago Tribune.

Emanuel is confident that the program will provide a “ticket to the middle class” for those who take advantage.

Obama’s national plan reflects key aspects of Chicago’s plan: “Students must attend community college at least half-time, main-tain a 2.5 GPA, and make steady progress toward completing their program,” comments the White House. The President’s vision would save the average communi-ty college student $3,800 and ben-efit nine million students per year, according to the White House.

Obama’s announcement comes at a time of stiff global education competition. A 2014 study by Pearson ranks the United States fourteenth overall, trailing behind many Asian and European na-tions. Obama has taken notes; in his State of the Union address, the President announced, “We need to up our game” in regards to educa-tion.

The looming end to Obama’s presidency has not dissuaded him from an ambitious agenda until 2016, despite the recent shift in Congressional power to Republi-cans.

The 2014 midterm elections were a major win for the Grand Old Party, which shifted the bal-ance of power to a Republican-majority Senate.

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The varsity team parades the net after winning the Conference Championship.Photo by Aja Lowrey

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2 l Opinions PAW PRINT January 2015

It is very easy to take some things for granted, such as the cell phone in your pocket or the coffee in your hand, but what we never really think about is our freedom of expression.

The attack on the Charlie Hebdo office for printing opinion pieces is an attack on freedom of speech and freedom of the press. The first amendment allows us as U.S. journalist to report any infor-mation that we feel must be known back to the people, and it is uncon-stitutional for any law to be put in place that limits or undermines that right. Death should never be a consequence for speaking an opin-ion.

On Wednesday January 7, a black car traveling to the Charlie Hebdo building in Paris, France arrived. Inside were two armed men identified as brothers Cherif and Said Kouachi. They entered the building and killed 10 people including cartoonists, editors, guests, and police bodyguards.

According to BBC News, during their escape, they then murdered two more police officials.

Charlie Hebdo is a weekly French satirical magazine which includes cartoons, reports and jokes about a variety of issues/top-ics affecting France and the world. In the past, Charlie Hebdo had sa-tirical cartoons of the Prophet Mu-hammad, the figure of Islam. The recent murders were not the first act of terrorism felt by the people of Charlie Hebdo.

In 2011, Charlie Hebdo fea-tured the Prophet Muhammad on the cover threatening readers with, “100 lashes if you don’t die laugh-ing.” The publication’s offices were firebombed after the release of the issue.

As a form of protest, the slo-gan “Je Suis Charlie” was created, which translates to “I Am Char-lie.” This identifies anyone who is a supporter of those who were killed in the Charlie Hebdo attacks and by extension, supporters of

freedom of speech. This protest for freedom of speech has been practiced by countless popular en-tertainment sources. For instance, during an episode of “The Simp-sons,” Maggie Simpson was seen holding a flag that read, “Je Suis Charlie.”

People all over the world are

A sign reading “Je Suis Charlie” which translates to “I Am Char-lie” pays respect to those who lost their lives in the Charlie Hebdo massacre as well as serves as a form of support for freedom of speech. Photo courtesy of wikimedia.org

Hostilities lessened during revolutionary changes between Cuban and U.S. relationsBy YANIRA S. GONZALEZStaff Writer

creating signs, posting to social media, saying “Je Suis Charlie.” In Paris, vigils have taken place with citizens holding pencils and pens, signifying their identification with the cartoonists who lost their lives.

All around the world, support-ers of freedom of speech are mak-ing their voices heard.

‘Je Suis Charlie’By ANTONIO RAMIREZ Staff Writer

Illustration by Hana Goodman

People are questioning the mo-tivation behind President Obama’s push for lifting the Cuban embar-go. Some believe the President is attempting to make some major changes in the nation’s policies before the 2016 Presidential elec-tions, while others believe there is more to the situation than meets the eye.

One anonymous man I spoke with theorized that the decision came about as a result of recent tensions between the U.S. and Russia, and is our nation’s way of both further shunning Russia and trying to prevent a reenactment of the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962.

However, in speaking to Payton students about the issue, I found that many had a hard time formu-

lating an opinion as they were un-aware of the history between the U.S. and Cuba. Many asked me to brief them on the issue beforehand so that they could attempt to un-derstand the complex history be-tween the two nations.

On December 17, President Obama gave a speech in the Cabi-net Room stating his plans to lift the embargo on Cuba, which was established by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1960. The em-bargo was essentially a boycott created to stop trade between the U.S. and Cuba as a way of punish-ing the Castro brothers and their Communist regime. President Obama has recognized the fail-ure of the embargo in unseating the Castro brothers or influenc-

ing them to establish a democracy and concludes that it is no longer a necessary expenditure, according to whitehouse.gov.

Despite Congress’ wishes to keep the embargo in place, the President has chosen to use his executive power to lift restrictions for things like travel and com-merce. He recently spoke with Cuban President Raul Castro over the phone for 45 minutes to seal the agreement, with the call being the “first direct substantive con-tact between the leaders of the two countries in more than 50 years,” according to whitehouse.gov.

Talks between both leaders led to the release of three Cuban spies in U.S. custody and one U.S. spy along with American intelligence agent Rolando Sarraff Trujillo in Cuban custody. The U.S. also plans to establish an embassy in Havana and is considering re-moving Cuba from a list of state-sponsored terrorists, which would allow Cuba access to world banks, according to the New York Times.

The controversial embargo on Cuba is the only sanction put on the island by any country. It was created shortly after the Guerilla army led by Fidel Castro and Che Guevara overthrew dictator Ful-gencio Batista in the Cuban Revo-lution of 1959.

Batista’s dictatorship was high-ly supported by the United States government as his actions were frequently beneficial to U.S. ef-forts. During his reign, he intro-duced “war taxes” on the Cuban people, which were spent sup-porting American wars, and Cuba quickly became a vacation spot for wealthy Americans looking to gamble and have a good time.

Batista’s actions, which in-cluded suspending the Cuban con-stitution, were always in favor of awarding the rich and ignoring or even worsening the struggles of Cuba’s lower class. His political

opposers often turned up as either murdered or “disappeared.” One of his most infamous orders, the “10 for 1” order, came after a failed at-tack from the Guerilla army and stated that for every soldier killed during the attack, 10 innocent ci-vilians must be killed in return.

Batista’s deplorable actions caused him to lose much support from Cuba’s lower class, who in turn went to support the Guerilla Army. He was forced to flee the country in 1959 when Fidel Castro took charge of the nation, accord-ing to historylearningsite.co.uk.

America was quick to reject Fi-del Castro, claiming that the Cas-tro brothers were anti-American because of both their communist rule and their condemning of U.S. interference in Cuban politics.

The embargo was enacted only a year after Castro’s entrance to of-fice, and diplomatic relations were cut off the year after that. That same year, the Bay of Pigs Inva-sion took place, which was an at-tempt by the CIA to overthrow the Castros, according to history.com

In 1962 the Cuban Missile Crisis, a 13-day confrontation between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, took place after Soviet missiles were held in Cuba.

The lifting of the embargo would be our nation’s first step towards moving past a dark his-tory with Cuba. Allowing trade and travel between the two nations would bring new technology to Cuba as well as reunite families long separated.

Following the talks of lifting the embargo, some have already begun expressing concern towards the fate of the Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, an American run prison created by the Bush Ad-ministration in 2001 to imprison,

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Snow day complainers are weakBy PETER STAFFORDStaff Writer

At approximately 7:00 p.m. CST on Thursday, January 8, CPS students awaited the announce-ment as to whether or not they would receive a third consecutive day off from school because of the sub-zero temperatures that had been plaguing Chicago and most of the Midwest. For many, the an-swer was not what they wanted: school was set to resume.

I, for one, was not too disap-pointed. Of course I was not over-joyed at the thought of walking to school in weather akin to the frozen tundras of Antarctica, but I had enjoyed my two days off, and I knew a return to school was inevi-table. It was the reaction of others that disappointed me the most.

Many complained about CPS’s decision and vowed to not come to school as a protest against the inhumane demand for students to return to school. A petition to keep schools closed was even started on www.change.com, and it received an incredible 20,358 supporters. Imagine if that many CPS students collaborated towards a cause more productive than that.

I found this completely absurd. I’m sure if everyone had his or her wish, we would never have to wake up at the crack of dawn and commute to school. But going to school is a part of society and be-coming a productive human being.

Even though it may have been quite cold, it is not much to ask af-ter two days off in the middle of the week, as well as a two-week long winter break, for students to come for one day (and a Fri-day nonetheless!) All it took was dressing in several layers with a scarf over my face and a hat on my head to keep myself warm on my commute to school.

I believe that this negative re-action was because of a larger problem. The problem is that for many citizens of the United States education is almost always readily available and not appreciated, and the sad fact is, education, especial-ly in high school, is not available to many people across the globe.

Angel Camuy ‘15 tries to stay warm for his morning commute in a multitude of layers. CPS students received yet another snow day on February 2. Photo by Peter Stafford

Winter wellness: Tips for common winter worriesBy LARA NOWAKStaff Writer

As the holidays come to a close, it can be discouraging to be left to face winter’s more trouble-some traits, whether that means frigid temperatures, snow flurries, or slippery sidewalks.

Winter is a blast when the weather is right, and you can spend the day outdoors sledding, skiing, or on a brisk morning run.

However, it’s tricky to stay op-timistic when, spending all day in-side at school, you are faced with winter’s more irritating effects.

Here are a few tips and tricks to help you beat everyone’s most dreaded winter worries:

1. Cold Hands-Nobody wants to face the bitter wintry weather barehanded to check their phone as they walk or wait for the bus.

If you’ve ever received that dreaded text message as you stand shivering with your hands in your pockets, make sure you are better

prepared next time with a pair of touch screen gloves. You can stay warm and well-connected by stop-ping at a Best Buy, Nordstrom, or sports store near you;there are a wide variety of touch gloves avail-able to help you face Chicago’s wintery weather, whether you pre-fer fashion or function.

2. Dry, Dull Skin-Especially on a windy winter day, your face can be left feeling sore and dehy-drated. Save your skin from winter wind burn by keeping it constantly moisturized and protected.

Keep a bottle of your favorite face lotion handy at all times; find a kind that works well with your skin type (Target and many other drugstores offer Neutrogena facial lotions at $9.59 and Clean & Clear moisturizers at $5.29), and make sure you apply it day and night to keep your skin feeling hydrated and refreshed.

If you spend a lot of time out-side in the winter, try wearing a face mask to protect your skin from cold temperatures and wind burn.

Drinking green tea is also an easy and enjoyable way to en-courage bright and healthy skin; stop by your local Walgreens for Yogi Herbal Tea’s Skin DeTox tea packets ($3.99, Walgreens), which feature fragrant rose petal and hi-biscus along with ingredients that cleanse, cool, and purify skin.

3. Winter Flu and Cold-With finals behind us and second semes-ter beginning, the stress of school tends to reach its peak during the winter months.

Stress heavily influences sus-ceptibility to illness, and while there are several strategies for managing stress and maintaining good health this winter, there are a couple crucial and natural ways to fight common illnesses in the face of stress.

The number one way of pre-venting illness is sleep; aim for about eight hours of sleep each night. Secondly, make sure you fit a healthy diet into your busy schedule this winter. Try buying a bag of oranges, clementines, or a bottle of orange juice and build a serving of citrus into your routine.

While it has not been scientifi-cally proven that Vitamin C pre-vents the common cold, it has been proven to significantly shorten the duration and reduce the severity.

A cozy pair of mittens are a fun and easy way to beat the winter weather.

Photo courtesy of flickr.com

We all participate in physical activity, whether it’s playing on a sports team, shopping, or walking to school. But when the gloomy winter days come and weather drops to 20 or below, it’s hard to find the motivation to get outside and exercise.

Exercising can actually elevate your mood because it produces se-rotonin, a “feel good” chemical in your brain. Especially in Chicago, biking for enjoyment or transpor-tation is fairly easy and safe.

But it’s still important to follow traffic rules and pay attention to your surroundings.

Assistant Principal Mr. Adamji bikes to school every day and doesn’t let below freezing tem-peratures keep him off the roads.

Paw Print: What athletic activi-ties do you do outdoors in the win-ter?Mr. Adamji: “I commute to work by bike, I run, and I take long walks; I love exercising and with having two kids it makes sense to get in my exercising whenever possible.”PP: What’s your clothing advice for biking in cold weather?Mr. Adamji: “For cold weather above 40 degrees I wear shorts as well as a reflective jacket that is windproof and waterproof. For weather below 40 degrees I wear a torso shirt, “Coldgear by Under Armour,” that is like having an extra skin to keep you warm. The fabric wicks away sweat, and I wear Under Armour on my legs as well.”PP: Why would layering be better than throwing on one big heavy coat?Mr. Adamji: “Especially with biking and other activities that re-quire movement, the light layers give you mobility in your arms and torso. You generate a lot of heat while exercising so layering is enough, and if you get too hot you can always take off a layer.”PP: What should you wear on your feet?Mr. Adamji: “If it’s 10-40 degrees out, I wear bike shoes with wind

and waterproof shoe covers. For 40 degrees and up the shoe covers aren’t necessary. For weather be-low 10 degrees the hands and feet get cold easily so I wear Ugg boots with the fur lining and Smartwool socks.”PP: What motivates you to contin-ue outdoor activities like biking, even in below freezing weather?Mr. Adamji: “Especially in a city like Chicago you can start to feel cramped when not outside. Biking takes two hours of my day, and I don’t really think about the weath-er conditions because I’m always moving, which keeps my body warm. Biking in the winter helps me stay connected to outside. We forget that even on the coldest days, winter in Chicago is beau-tiful, especially by the lake when the water freezes over.”PP: What would you say to stu-dents to encourage them to stay active in the winter?Mr. Adamji: “It’s a good way to not feel like you’re living in dreary winter months. But always think about wearing the right clothes for the weather. There is never bad weather, just bad gear. Luckily for us there is so much technol-ogy in winter gear that helps sup-port whatever activity we choose to do.”

Biking is fun, but it can also be dangerous if you aren’t careful and smart about it.

The City of Chicago Bike 2015 Plans is setting the goal of making a 500 mile bike network.

This plan will include six-foot-wide colored bike lanes on the best streets for biking that go to schools, universities, and other popular locations.

If biking isn’t for you, explore other activities that can let you en-joy winter in Chicago.

Whizzing winter wheels By MARTHA MULLERStaff Writer

Mr. Adamji is Payton’s resident Winter Warrior.Photo by Ms. Mowery

Illustration courtesy of openclipart.org

But somehow we cannot be bothered to come to school be-cause it is “too cold” while many people would love to have the opportunities we have. But you don’t even have to consider this a global issue as many students rely on CPS schools for a safe place to stay while their parents/guard-ians are at work, as well as for two meals a day. These two “cold days” off may have been very dif-ficult for these students.

I implore my fellow CPS stu-dents to not shout and to not com-plain when we are “forced” to go to school, but instead be thankful for the opportunity that has been presented to us.

4l Reviews PAW PRINT January 2015

The 72nd Golden Globes fo-cused on statements about current events and the discovery that peo-ple probably know far less about movies than one would think. This year the movies “Boyhood,” “The Normal Heart,” “Birdman,” and “Big Eyes” swept the table, gar-nering several Golden Globes.

Tina Fey and Amy Poehler hosted for the third and what they have proclaimed will be the final time. This, of course, meant that their jokes could be more provoca-tive than usual, which they were.

One of the first jokes poked fun at Steve Carrell’s four-hour long makeup process for “Foxcatcher,” to which Tina Fey replied that that was the amount of time deemed necessary for her in makeup to look like a human woman.

While summarizing “Into the Woods,” Fey and Poehler ad-dressed the rape allegations against Bill Cosby by saying that “Sleeping Beauty thought she was just going for a cup of coffee with Cosby.”

The jokes did not stop there though, after Tina Fey and Amy Poehler did not congratulate George Clooney on his Cecil B. DeMille Award for contribution to the entertainment community. In-stead, they congratulated George Clooney on the marriage to his wife, Amal Alamuddin, a very im-pressive human rights lawyer who has worked with the United Na-

72nd Golden Globes meet issues across the globeBy AMELA KALEZICStaff Writer

Best Supporting Actor in a Mo-tion Picture - J.K Simmons for “Whiplash”

Best Supporting Actress in a Mini-Series or T.V. Movie - Joanne Froggett for “Downton Abbey”

Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture - Patricia Arquette for “Boyhood”

Best Actor in Mini-Series or T.V. Movie - Billy Bob Thornton for “Fargo”

Best Actress in a Comedy T.V. Series - Gina Rodriguez for “Jane the Virgin”

Best T.V. Series (Comedy or Musical) - “Transparent” on Ama-zon Instant Video

Best Animated Feature - “How To Train Your Dragon 2”

Best Song - Glory from “Sel-ma”

Best Supporting Actor in a Movie - Matt Bomer for “The Normal Heart”

Best Actress in a Motion Pic-ture (Comedy or Musical) - Amy

Golden Globe Winners:

tions on numerous occasions.George Clooney used his ac-

ceptance speech for the DeMille Award to address the tragedy in France, saying “Je suis Charlie” and wearing a pin with the quote.

Other celebrities supporting France at the Golden Globes were Dame Helen Mirren, sporting a brooch in the shape of a pen sym-bolizing free speech, and Jared Leto, who declared his support while presenting, stating, “On vous aime. Je suis Charlie.”

Many also declared support for gender equality, among them Maggie Gyllenhaal, who during her acceptance speech, pointed out that she was very happy to see that women were being seen in roles

“Furious 7” - April 3: The Fast and the Furious series is still going strong and doesn’t seem intent on stopping any time soon. This is Paul Walker’s final appear-ance onscreen, as much of the film was completed before his death in November 2013.

“Avengers: Age of Ultron” -May 1: Iron Man, Captain Amer-ica, Hulk, Thor, and Black Widow return with a few new heroes to take on Tony Stark’s latest inven-tion gone wrong: Ultron. Can the team come together again to defeat a monster they helped create?

“Inside Out” - June 19: “In-side Out” is Pixar’s (“Toy Story,” “The Incredibles”) newest film that follows a cast of quirky char-acters as they attempt to figure out just how the inside of the mind works. It should be a fun movie to take younger siblings and cousins to.

Hottest movies for 2015By JOSHUA GATEWOODStaff Writer

“Spectre” - November 6: 2015 will be a followup to the 2012 hit “Skyfall.” “Spectre” features Bond (Daniel Craig) after the events of Skyfall facing off with the ruthless and dangerous criminal organiza-tion “Spectre.”

“The Hunger Games: Mock-ingjay Part II” - November 20: After the thrilling, but inconclu-sive, first part of the film adapta-tion of Suzanne Collins’s famous novel, fans have been clamoring to know how it all ends. How much is Katniss willing to sacrifice in or-der to defy the capital’s rule?

“Star Wars: The Force Awak-ens” - December 18: The first Star Wars movie in 10 years has fans all over the world going crazy, despite how little information has been revealed so far.

Characters old and new return for the beginning of a brand new trilogy.

Breakfast is delicious. It’s a meal that can be eaten at any time of the day and still deliver com-plete satisfaction. I deeply appre-ciate breakfast, so in this edition I will be comparing two spots near Payton that serve breakfast.

Elly’s: This restaurant is locat-ed at 101 W North Ave. It’s just a short walk from Payton, approxi-mately 10 minutes. Their menu consists of all traditional break-fast dishes including: oven-baked pancakes, old fashioned pancakes, crepes, waffles, French toast, om-elets, skillets, and various break-fast specials.

It also serves a lunch menu including, specialty sandwiches, soups, and salads. My personal favorite dish is their Spartan Om-elet consisting of: spinach, tomato, mushroom, and imported (yes, I said imported) feta cheese.

I also love their skillets, which you can customize exactly to your liking. The portion sizes are very large and will definitely keep you full for a long time.

HashBrowns: If you’re in a rush or simply too lazy to walk, muster the strength and willpow-er to keep walking. Do not stop at Hashbrowns, located at 1155

Breakfast: the most impor-tant meal of the dayBy NATHAN BAHADURSINGHStaff Writer

not just as strong women or hon-orable women, but as real women.

There was also support lent to the LGBT community when “Transparent” and Jeffrey Tambor won their Golden Globes.

The two speakers dedicated their awards to Leelah Alcorn, a transgender girl whose parents could not accept her, which very regretfully led to her suicide.

He also dedicated his award to the transgender community as a whole.

Celebrities have been using these awards events to support causes more often than they have in the past.

Adams for “Big Eyes”

Best Actor in a T.V. Series (Comedy or Musical) - Jeffrey Tambor from “Transparent”

Best Actress in a made-for-T.V. Movie - Maggie Gyllenhaal for “The Honorable Woman”

Best T.V. Series (Drama) - “The Affair”

Best Actor in a T.V. Series (Dra-ma) - Kevin Spacey for “House of Cards”

Best Director of a Motion Pic-ture - Richard Linklater for “Boy-hood”

Best Actress in a T.V. Series (Drama) - Ruth Wilson for “The Affair”

Best Actress in Motion Picture (Drama) - Julianne Moore for “Still Alice”

Best Actor in a Motion Picture (Drama) Eddie Redmayne for “The Theory of Everything”

Best Motion Picture (Drama) - “Boyhood”

North Wells Street. Less than a minute’s walk away

from Payton, it’s completely the opposite of the delightful Elly’s. The atmosphere is awful, with an odor resembling that of a sewage dump. The food simply isn’t good.

Their hash browns, which is what they should be known for, is just a heap of cheesy “mush.” Al-exander Dale ‘15, who had a very

disappointing experience there, stated, “Hashbrown is to die for in the sense that you literally want to die.”

With a traditional breakfast menu, you can easily make better food in your kitchen.

Save your money and take the extra time to walk to a better estab-lishment like Elly’s.

Nathan ponders his next meal while reading Bon Appétit magazine. Photo by Adan Soriano

Get ready to spend a lot of time in the theater this year, movie fans! Photo courtesy of flickr.com

Themes of gender equality were popular at the Golden Globes on Sunday, January 11.

Photo by Peter Dutton from uploads.wikimedia.org

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Seniors recognized at city art exhibitionBy MATTHEW MATA and NADIYAH PATEStaff Writers

Three Payton students were selected to showcase their work along with 47 other high school students from over 20 CPS high schools in the CPS All-City Senior Portfolio Exhibition.

This exhibit opened the door for Payton’s very own Dani Ro-man, Emily Ng, and Anne Rodg-ers to over $3.2 million dollars in scholarships to further their art education in higher institutions.

Every year Chicago Public Schools’ Department of Arts Ed-ucation partners with School of the Art Institute (SAIC), Student Union Galleries (SUG) , and Of-fice of Admissions to host the CPS All-City Senior Portfolio Exhibi-tion.

The students’ hard work is not only rewarded by scholarships for further art education, but also ad-mission to art programs across the state including the SAIC.

The School of the Art Institute is located in the heart of the Loop, which allows for people from all parts of the city to come out and support the students. Artwork was publicized to Chicagoans through projections on storefront windows.

Each student’s art was respec-tively introduced on January 9 at a reception for the artist, families, and college admission staff.

Ms. Koeppen: Fresh new teacher for the freshmenBy BRITANNY LUNDBERGFashion Editor

The Interview: worth the trouble?By AARON THOMASMedia Editor

For those of you who don’t know what “The Interview” is, essentially, it was the most contro-versial movie of 2014 as the North Korean government threatened “merciless” action if the movie was released.

Originally to be released on October 10, Sony Pictures pushed the release back to December 25 and supposedly made the movie more acceptable for North Kore-ans. But following the hack and leak of sensitive Sony Pictures documents, was the release worth the risk?

Even without the satirical as-pect of the film, “The Interview”

Ms. Koeppen joins Payton’s English department as a part-time teacher. Here’s what she thinks about Payton and teaching:

Payton Pawprint: Alright, we’ll do a few easy ones as a warm-up... Are you a dog person, or a cat per-son? Why?Kelly Koeppen: “I would say that I am both because I have both a cat and a dog, but I am closer with my cat, and my husband is closer with the dog. I think I like cats more because they are so independent.”PP: Do you have a favorite color?KK: “My favorite color to look at is purple, but I rarely wear purple. If I have to choose a favorite color to wear, it is black- it goes with ev-erything.”PP: If you could live anywhere, fictional places included, where would you live?KK: “I would live anywhere that is safe. I have huge anxiety over the safety of my child(ren) and so I want to live in a wonderful utopia where there is little to no danger. I would say a huge house or castle with gated walls, but I also want to expose my kids to the world, trav-el and society. I just wish I could ensure they could always be safe, happy, and healthy.”PP: ...And now on to the hard ones. Who are you? Where are you from? What do you teach? How long have you been teaching?KK: “I am Cormany Kelly Koep-pen. I go by my middle name, Kel-

ly; however, I was born Cormany Kelly Cleavenger. I am a mother, a wife, a teacher, and friend. I am a huge fanatic about being kind and ensuring people are kind to one another. I hate bullying in all forms. I used to teach in a middle school but couldn’t handle it be-cause the kids were too mean to one another.”“I am from Chicago, but have lived in LA, NY, NJ (boarding school), and PA (college). I love Chicago, though, and it is always the place I consider to be my home. I teach English to freshmen. I was terri-fied of teaching freshmen because I thought they would be very simi-lar to middle school-aged students. My fears, however, have been al-leviated; I am really happy with the freshmen. I think I got the best of both worlds though because I have a junior advisory, so I still can make the connections with the older students I am used to. This is my eighth year of teaching.” PP: Are you married? Any kids? Are you from a big family, or a small one?KK: “I am married, and this Janu-ary I will have been with my hus-band for 10 years, however, we have only been married for three and a half. We have one daughter, Grace, who will be two in January, and another daughter that is due in March. We also have a dog, Bondi (named after the beach in Austra-lia), and a cat, Linus (because I love Charlie Brown and the Pea-nuts). I am from a small family. It

is just me and my sister. We have cousins, but only seven. I am the baby with my sister and my cous-ins.” PP: How are you liking Payton so far? Is there anything that you’re finding hard to adjust to? On the flipside, is there anything Payton does differently that you love?KK: “I am loving Payton. I was extremely nervous about the block scheduling. I didn’t know what I would do with students for an hour and a half, but I have had zero problems- about half of the time I feel like the block isn’t enough time. What I really love about Payton is the diversity. I have never worked with so many different students with such di-verse backgrounds. I love seeing students from all over Chicago connect with each other and form friendships that would not be able to occur without a school like Pay-ton. Additionally, I love seminars and advisory- I think it is so fun to get to know different students on a level that isn’t purely academic.”PP: Why did you start teaching? Where did you do your undergrad/grad work?KK: “When I was a junior in col-lege, I had already declared that I wanted to major in English and minor in religion (I am fascinated by all religions and the different but similar beliefs), but I didn’t know what to do with it. I lived in a house with five other girls, and our house focus was tutoring local students. I loved doing it, so I tried

some education classes and really found my passion. I went to Get-tysburg College and then received my Masters (I have two) from Na-tional-Louis University.” PP: What was your thing in high school? Music? Sports? Underwa-ter basket weaving?KK: “I wish my thing was under-water basket weaving; that would be awesome! But truthfully, I swam and played ice hockey. The problem was that the seasons were at the same time. I did hockey for

three years and then swam. I wish I had committed to hockey for the whole time though, but my second high school didn’t offer a program for girls, and I was too nervous to play with the boys.”PP: What are your hobbies now?KK: “I love to read, and while I know that is typical of an English teacher, I truly love, love to read. It is something I make time for each day- baby or not, I make sure I can read, even if it’s just for a minute.”

Asked about her students’ suc-cess, Ms. Burstein said, “I’m real-ly proud of all of my seniors. Even those who submitted but were not selected for the event were recog-nized through scholarships. It’s exciting for the students and for me as their teacher. We’re looking forward to having more exhibi-tions of the students’ artwork this year.”

To view more original student artwork, visit paytonphoto.com and wpcppalm.com.

is a great movie. Seth Rogen and James Franco

are repeatedly and consistently a great comedic duo, starring in box office greats such as “Pineapple Express” and “This Is The End.”

With a supporting cast consist-ing of “Veep’s” Randall Park, “Masters of Sex’s” Lizzy Caplan, and various celebrities such as Eminem and Bill Maher, the film is never lacking in funny mo-ments. The film also provides a humorous yet insightful perspec-tive on the current situation be-tween the U.S. and North Korea.

Many saw the film in a differ-ent light, though. Some believed

Ms. Koeppen expresses excitement about her Payton experience and her baby due in March.

Photo by Brittany Lundberg

“The Interview,” which was never played in theaters, was realeased to Netflix earlier this month.Screenshot from netflix.com by Aaron Thomas

Dani Roman’s photos are displayed at the CPS Senior Portfolio Exhibition.

Photo by Dani Roman

the film was unnecessary and blame the producers for igniting conflict with the North Koreans.

Along with this, the film could’ve focused more on the real issues instead of “beating around the bush” and portraying an only somewhat similar situation than what this conflict actually is.

Directors Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg tacked on another comedy movie to their resumes, and it may or may not have been smart move for Sony, despite their previous hesitation to release the film.

Rating: 4/5 Stars

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Q:”Why should I have a New Year’s resolution?”

A: New Year’s resolutions give people a chance to correct a fault they see in themselves. While, yes, one could do this at any time, New Year’s gives people who may not be able to hold themselves to the change a chance.

Q: How do I keep my New Year’s resolution?

A: Honestly, you have to hold yourself accountable. Make a pact with yourself; the only person you’re hurting is you. That is the best way to do it. If you don’t trust yourself enough, place a wager with a friend. This is the best mo-tivation.

Q: “Colbert Report” or “The Daily Show”?

A: Well, Colbert’s eyebrow game is about as good as it gets and both of their humor is great but…. the prize goes to Jon Stew-art solely because his facial ex-pressions are perfect. I would laugh watching “The Daily Show” on mute because he has mastered facial expressions.

Q: How should I prepare for a test?

A: To prepare for a test, the first thing to focus on is studying. Get help from teachers if you don’t un-derstand something. The night be-fore a test, do your favorite things. This will create a sense of happi-ness and overpower the panic you

have before a test.Q: Is Valentine’s Day worth it?A: Valentine’s Day is the one

day where it’s acceptable to be a dramatic, in-love fool. Don’t be afraid to put yourself out there; the worst that could happen is rejec-tion. But it’s Valentine’s Day so that’s okay.

Q: What is the best Valentine’s gift idea for a guy?

A: Honestly, we guys aren’t too concerned about receiving gifts. I believe as a whole (or at least the keepers) we are far more concerned about making this day special for the girl, but if you in-

sist on getting a guy gift, guys like chocolate as much as any girl and serenading wouldn’t hurt. If that’s not up your alley, just get some-thing cute: maybe an inside joke, make them dinner, a sweatshirt from their favorite team or just a little bit of love.

Q: What are the best Valen-tine’s gift ideas for a girl?

A (Sophie Goethals): I know I’m a lady, but I don’t want jew-elry or flowers; you should just buy me a lot of chocolate, Ben & Jerry’s, any movie with Ryan Gos-ling and a little bit of lovin’.

FENDER BENDERBy JACK BROSNAN and ANGEL CAMUYStaff Writers

Send your questions to the new Paw Print advice team by com-menting on their online article at paytonpawprint.com.

Photo by Paw Print Staff

Your tree could be a Christmas killjoyBy MORGAN McFALL-JOHNSENStaff Writer

The festivities are over. The presents have been unwrapped, the cookies baked and eaten, the fam-ily members sent on their way. But what happens to that Christmas tree you just threw out and where did it come from in the first place? What about the fake tree you’ve stuffed back into the attic? What is it made of and from where are those materials extracted?

The main component of arti-ficial Christmas trees is a plastic called PVC (polyvinyl chloride). PVC is derived from petroleum, a rapidly diminishing nonrenew-able resource whose extraction has enough negative environmen-tal impacts of its own, including habitat destruction and pollution through oil spills.

PVC produces carcinogens and pollutants during its manufacture and its disposal, and is not recy-clable. The most concerning by-product of PVC production is di-oxin, which is a persistent organic pollutant (POP). This means that it persists in the environment, trav-els up the food chain, and accumu-lates in dangerously high concen-trations in the fatty tissues of top predators, like humans. POPs are a serious environmental concern, and there are many large interna-tional treaties banning their use, in all of which the US has declined to participate. Dioxins are one of the most notorious of these pollut-ants. They pose serious threats to human health, listed by the World Health Organization as carcino-gens, reproductive and develop-mental threats, and damaging to the immune system.

Transportation is also a con-cern. 80% of artificial trees sold in the US are imported from China. That’s a lot of flying and driving around and a lot of fuel. Mean-

while, most of our real trees are grown in America, 25% of which are from Oregon.

According to a study done by the National Christmas Tree Asso-ciation, 33 million Christmas trees are sold each year, and there are currently 350 million trees grow-ing on Christmas tree farms. Each tree takes seven years to grow. If the farms are growing a generation of trees for each year, that means they have seven generations of trees growing, each consisting of about 50 million trees.

If only 33 million trees are de-manded each year, what happens to those extra 17 million? Many are simply burned or put through a wood chipper and converted to mulch, which is given away or sold. Others are recycled or put, dead, back into the environment, where they can have great ecologi-cal benefits. The old trees are of-ten placed along stream banks and lake shores to help control erosion or used to stabilize beaches by cre-ating dunes. More often, they are thrown into lakes or ponds with the intention of creating aquatic habitats where fish can forage, find shelter, and spawn. Your own tree will probably fill one of these roles when you’re done with it.

There’s not a lot of research out there about how the Christmas tree industry affects the environment, but one thing is certain. A real tree can be utilized ecologically and economically once you’re done with it. A fake one will just sit in a landfill.

They may be more expensive, but they’re typically more envi-ronmentally friendly than their PVC alternatives, and they smell much better too. So if you must get one, treat yourself next year and splurge on a real Christmas tree.

Should you get a real tree or a fake one next year?Photo courtesy of clecityhall.com

CPS bans social mediaBy PAUL HAYESStaff Writer

It is well known that social me-dia sites such as Twitter and Face-book have been restricted by CPS, but now newer forms of social me-dia and music streaming websites are being taking down.

Marcella Raymond of WGN News said, “In an effort to curb some cyber bullying, three local high schools have banned a rela-tively new social media app that

allows people to post hurtful mes-sages anonymously.”

The app is called Yik Yak, and it allows people to anonymously post anything they want.

This app has been very contro-versial due to the potential threat of cyber bullying. Facebook and Twitter have been restricted by CPS for similar reasons.

Along with cyber bullying, so-

cial media causes students to be more easily distracted. If students are messaging friends instead of paying attention in class, then they are losing out on a great opportu-nity to improve their education.

Although cyber bullying can happen on social media, there are still definite upsides to allowing social media in schools.

Social media allows teachers and students to discuss school work such as projects or home-work. With the banning of Twitter and Facebook, students are forced

to use their CPS emails as the sole source of contacting teachers. This complicates matters because if teachers can not access their CPS emails (such as when the system is updating), a student is completely cut off from a teacher’s assistance.

Additionally, music apps such as Pandora and Soundcloud have been banned within CPS, which is not a popular change, consider-ing many students use these music apps on a daily basis.

These music apps have been banned from schools in Chicago

along with social media in an ef-fort to keep students concentrated in school.

“Well, I think that what CPS is trying to do is keep us concen-trated, and not break the rules. The only thing they are doing is mak-ing us come up with new reasons to break the rules,” said Emilio Valerio.

“CPS sees music as a distrac-tion for studying and doing any type of work; it is just unproduc-tive,” said George Figueroa.

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The Belly Dance seminar, led by Ms. Lori Murphy, shows off their balance with their unique dance moves. Photo by Adan Soriano

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Urban Meyer left his job as head coach at the University of Florida in 2010 after winning his second national title, citing he wanted more time with his fam-ily and to leave the hectic world of elite college football.

Meyer took the Ohio State job, his wife’s alma mater, in 2012 and three years later he has won the first College Football Playoff with the Buckeyes, defeating Oregon in front of over 33 million view-ers. I don’t think this was the calm life Meyer wanted, but he won’t be complaining about his third na-tional title any time soon.

This win was an incredible achievement for Meyer’s team. The Buckeyes had as many obsta-cles in their way to a national title as any team in recent memory.

After being a pre-season title contender, Ohio State lost their star quarterback Braxton Miller to injury before the season started. With backup JT Barrett, the Buck-eyes then lost to a mediocre Vir-ginia Tech team in their second game, resulting in the national me-dia all but eliminating them for the four team playoff.

But then the Buckeyes roared back, winning their final twelve games, climaxing with a win in the Big Ten title game, the College

Football Playoff semi-final and then the title game. The final three wins came with third-string quar-terback Cardale Jones at the helm, after Barret too was forced out with an injury in November. They rose from the depths of defeat to blast the high-flying Oregon Ducks for a national championship.

But this victory was as much a statement as an accomplishment. After a team from the Southeastern Conference (SEC) winning every national title from 2006 to 2012 and Ohio State’s conference, the Big Ten, being a national laughing stock, this marks a potential turn-ing point. Ohio State has heaps of talent, including star running back

Ohio State’s National Championship is a big statement for the Big TenBy ALEX DALEStaff Writer

The 2014- 2015 varsity boys basketball season started off with major setbacks, losing junior start-er Mike Kalanik to a torn MCL and ACL before the season began, and senior starter Jack Thompson to a broken wrist in early weeks.

All obstacles aside, the boys worked twice as hard to make up for their lost players and have con-tinued to play every game with that intensity.

The team, led by junior point-guard Zac Veitch, competes in the Blue North conference play-ing against teams such as Senn, Lake View, Parker and Amund-sen. The boys look to improve on their record with games coming up against North Grand, Rickover, Senn and Amundsen as January

comes to a close. Senior (Fresh) Aaron Thomas

is excited for future games: “As the season gets closer to our last games, it is becoming more real that these are some of the last games some of this team will be playing all together, and for some of us it’s the last time we will be playing basketball on a team ever. It’s a surreal feeling, and it’s also really sad. We have to make these last few games count as a team, whether we win or lose.”

With team spirit like that there’s no way these boys can lose. Come out and support the boys in their last few home games on February 3 and 5, all varsity games starting at 4:00 p.m. with JV right after.

Ballin’ boyzBy GABRIELLE CASTILLOStaff Writer

This year Payton’s Poms Dance Team has really shone. From put-ting on high-energy half-time game performances, to taking first place in the 2014 All City Dance Competition, the Poms Dance Team has been unstoppable.

Payton is a newcomer to the CPS All City Dance Competition and is already making a name for itself. The Poms Team competed for the first time ever in 2012 and did not place at all. Now, just two years later, they won first place while competing against renowned teams like Simeon, Morgan Park, and Lane Tech. The addition of many new members, making the team a total of 13 people, required the team to compete in the large poms category for the first time ever.

The competition came much earlier this year, on December 13

instead of mid-February like last year, but Coach Natalya Pervushi-na took many measures to ensure the team was prepared. They prac-ticed four times a week for two hours after school, which required the entire team to make sacrifices.

“This year we were very fo-cused and dedicated to putting forth our best efforts. We added more practices to focus more on competition. We also used a lot of our halftime game performances to practice our competition dance in front of a crowd,” said captain Nia Gipson ‘15.

The team also changed their dance style based on their experi-ence at the competition last year. Instead of focusing on hip hop and freestyle dancing, they incorporat-ed more technique and focused on creating visuals for the audience.

A major come up for the Poms TeamBy MYRIAH WEATHERSPOON Staff Writer

Lapresha Carr ‘15, Nia Gipson ‘15, Toni Madorsky ‘15, and Briana Scott ‘15 are proud of their first place plaque.

Photo by Myriah Weatherspoon

A lone basketball sits on the floor of the gym before the boys’ game.Photo by Gabrielle Castillo

Ezekiel Elliott, defensive end Joey Bosa and their trio of star quarter-backs. They are also recruiting as well as any school in the country; they are not going away anytime soon. Along with bowl game wins over SEC teams, Michigan State and Wisconsin also turned heads on a big stage. Finally, Michi-gan has announced themselves as a team that is soon to be back to their storied winning way, with the hire of star coach Jim Harbaugh.

Ohio State won a national title January 12; the pinnacle of college football success, but the Buckeyes lifting the trophy was also a win for the entire Big Ten.

Payton senior and Ohio State fan Sammie Cousino’s family cel-ebrates the Buckeyes title. Photo by Samantha Cousino

Just keep swimming, boysBy MARIA MONTES DE OCAStaff Writer

This year’s Boys Jones-Payton swim team is preparing to con-quer both in and out of the water through intensive training.

The team travels every day from Payton to Jones for their two-hour swim practice. Junior team members Bison Carcelli and Joseph Griffith agree that the daily commute to practice only contrib-utes to the team bond that grows daily and furthermore makes their swimming experience greater.

The team’s efforts seem to be

Every day is a day of hard work at practice for the Boys Payton-Jones swim team. Photo by Maria Montes de Oca

paying off this year as their coach Mac Varilla said: “The team has been consistently dropping times throughout the season due to all their hard work.”

This hard work has also led them to place fourth at the city re-lays.

On January 15 the Eagles held their senior night for their current seniors including Payton student Anton Ulyanov.

The other seniors from Jones on the swim team are Phil Van

Zale, Max Penzek, and Jared Wil-liams. They celebrated their last season that night in company of their teammates.

The boys swim team is also hosting a swim-a-thon on Febru-ary 13 to raise money for the team and will take place at Jones Col-lege Preparatory.

Go support our boys swim team.

8 l Fun PAW PRINT January 2015

Hello all and Happy New Year! I hope that the last year fulfilled all your hopes and dreams, and if not, well you have no one to blame but yourself. Not to worry my friends because, like death and taxes, I al-ways come through on my resolu-tions. And the good news does not stop there, because I am going to offer you surefire tips to succeed on your own. However, resolu-tions are not roses and tulips. The next year will be tough; many of you will not survive. But this is the price you must pay to get in shape, give up smoking, or learn to parasail naked.

This year I decided to take on my most challenging resolutions to date. I decided to stop being a brunette and start being a blonde, so I shaved my entire head. The next part is mind over body, as I will attempt to grow my hair blonde, no dye, just dedication. I will not let the fact that I have never been a blonde before, or that it is “biologically impossible” to grow blonde hair, get in the way of achieving this New Year’s goal. Like most resolutions this one has started out rough. The lack of hair and extreme cold has actually changed my head into a blue-ish hue. While the nerve endings in my head have stopped working at full capacity, oddly enough I have begun to feel sharp pains through-out my brain when faced with a cool breeze. Talk about brain freeze, am-I-right?

My next resolution is to visit every continent on the planet, with

the exception of Antarctica, obvi-ously, with regards to the afore-mentioned intense cold sensitivity. Asia, Australia, Africa, Europe, South America, North America, and the other two.

You may be reading this, ask-ing yourself, “Will, I always cave on my resolutions, how can I stay strong and carry on?” Well, there is no good answer for you; it may just be that your mental strength is at an infancy stage, and the very notion of fixing something about yourself is preposterous. If you accept that for your answer, thank you, and move on - it makes my job a lot easier. But maybe you are of a rare breed, someone who is on the same level as me, and won’t accept anything but a suc-cessful resolution. If you are look-ing for a concrete, hard and fast rule, then you are out of luck. My friend, this is the end. My only advice to you is to maintain your vision, reach for your dreams, and, above all, and I cannot emphasize this enough, do not ask for my help again. I am very busy grow-ing blonde hair and traveling the world.

These resolutions are going to be very challenging, one of the biggest tasks of my resolutions career. By the end of this year I will be known as the blonde-hair-world-traveler that you all will come to love. And for all of you struggling through your own reso-lutions, deep breaths and remem-ber my advice, especially the last one. Happy New Year!

My New Year’s res-olution (and sure-fire tips to achieve yours!)By WILL BERNSTEINStaff Writer

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Answers to Sudoku and Crossword Puzzle will be posted outside of room 306. Crossword courtesy of Joe Lothan ‘12. Sudoku by Naomi Lazar.

Q: As I prepare to head off to col-lege next year, I am starting to worry that I am undecided about what I want to do in the future. I don’t have a dream job like a lot of kids, and I feel like I am behind the curve. Any advice on how to find the major and career that is right for me?Sincerely, UndecidedAmma Nantwi (Finance Office): You still have plenty of time to decide what you’d like to do for the future. Honestly, students of-ten change their minds once they get to college. I wanted to be a pediatrician for a long time, until I realized I don’t like being around sick people, and I hate hospitals! I was undecided when I first attend-ed college. I took a few classes for things I was partially interested in during my freshman year to help determine what I wanted to do. I narrowed it down to computer sci-ence and accounting. Fell in love with accounting; the rest is his-tory! Q: Christmas is coming up, and I am in a last minute rush to get gifts for friends and family. Unfortu-nately, I am also running low on funds, and I was wondering if you could recommend any good places to find deals on gifts in the city? Sincerely, Christmas CrammingA: I’m always a last minute shop-per, LOL. I haven’t even started. I prefer “all-in-one” places such as Walmart and Target. This way I find gifts for the entire family in one place, as opposed to running all over the city. Don’t spend too much on gifts for children, they break everything, plus they can’t tell the difference between the really expensive gifts, and the cheaper ones. One year, I bought my nephew a Police Officer Uni-form for $20. He loved it more than his X-Box.Q: It’s my first year at Payton, and I am not from this neighborhood, so I don’t really know any of the better places to get food around here. It would be nice to know a few spots to go on seminar days or after school, so what are your fa-

Ellen McGarrigle ‘13 has been inhaling and exhaling art since she was a little girl. McGarrigle was introduced to art at the age of four because of her elementary school, The University of Chicago Lab School. It was a requirement for every student to take an art class, and McGarrigle says that her teachers graded their projects pretty harshly. The constructive criticism she received from her early art teachers challenged Mc-Garrigle to become better, and she willingly took on the challenge be-cause she liked the reactions oth-ers had when they saw her finished work.

Ellen McGarrigle ‘13 Shares Her Art By Danielle FregiaStaff Writer

Currently, McGarrigle is ex-ploring the art of sculpture. Mc-Garrigle says her projects take about a couple of weeks, spending about three hours per week on one project. While many artists’ cre-ations reflect something in their life, or express some sort of truth so that others may find meaning in them, that’s not McGarrigle’s goal.

“I don’t make things for them to have meaning behind them. I don’t think art should be difficult to understand. I make things that are interesting to look at,” said

McGarrigle. When asked if there was any-

thing she didn’t like about what she does as an artist, she said, “I’m a perfectionist, which is good sometimes, but I’m never completely happy with what I’ve done.”

If you are interested in look-ing at some of McGarrigle’s art, it’s all around the school. Look for a sculpture of a fish, three stars made of different material, and a banjo with an oar as the neck in the bookcases outside of the library.

Advice from a Staff Member: Ms. Nantwi

vorite restaurants around Payton?Sincerely, Famished FreshmanA: I generally bring my lunch, but when I don’t, I love China Doll! It’s on Wells, and it has the best Chinese food in the neighborhood. I think I order from there about once a week. They even know my order by heart.Q: I am getting ready to head off to college at the end of the year, and I can almost taste graduation. I have been accepted to my dream school, and now I am having a hard time staying focused on my work. My motivation is declin-ing, and so are my grades. I don’t want to put my acceptance at risk by doing poorly in the second se-mester. Any suggestions on how to stay focused and stick with it till the end?Sincerely, In it To Win ItA: Awwww. I’m sorry you are having a hard time right now, but you can’t lose motivation. You probably just need a break to re-set your mind, and remain focused. After the holiday break you’ll feel rejuvenated. The school year will fly by before you know. Work hard, and enjoy your last year.Q: I love winter, but it has its downfalls. The cold doesn’t both-er me, but it does bother my hair. I can’t keep it from getting dry ev-

ery time I go outside, and I have tried everything to fix it. Do you know any ways that I could stop this problem? Sincerely, Dead HeadA: Oil your hair at night, and wrap it up with a scarf to lock in the oil. After you style your hair in the morning, wrap it back up with the scarf, and put on your winter hat. No one will know your hair is in a scarf underneath your hat. Your hair is probably drying out because of all the cold air.Q: I am a senior, and I can’t wait for college next year. I am even more excited to start pursuing a career in accounting. I love num-bers, and I think it is the right ca-reer path for me. Do you have any tips on how to become a success-ful accountant?Sincerely, Eager to LearnA: I love numbers too!! The best thing for me was to constantly work problems. The repetition of solving various problems will embed the knowledge. You can memorize anything, but to actually work the problems is much harder. You can’t memorize that. Map out your career while you’re in college. It’s so much easier to get where you want to go when you have a plan.

Compiled by John Cannon. Photo by Mia Vitale

Photos by Danielle Fregia

Crossword by Joe Lothan ‘12. Sudoku by Naomi Lazar ‘13.

Attention all Payton juniors: bring in the new year the right way and get ready for the ACT.

It’s right around the corner, and your scores will play a big part in your future college acceptances.

Here are some tips and tricks to help you shoot for the stars:

1. Preparation is key - prac-tice, practice, practice!

2. Buy an ACT prep book from your local book store.

3. The night before, get a lot of rest.

4. The morning of, eat a hearty breakfast.

5. During the test, managing

your time is essential.Above all else, don’t stress.

You can always take the test again. Here are suggestions from some of the seniors who have conquered the ACT:

“Use a watch, divide sections, and time yourself in an ACT prep guide. Remember that questions at the end are harder than the ques-tions asked in the beginning of each section,” said senior Morgan McFall-Johnsen.

“In the reading section, answer line-based questions first, then read the passage. When you get to math, know how to use your cal-

ACT: how to win the gameBy BRIANA HICKMAN Staff Writer

culator to your advantage. Study formulas and review the basics be-fore taking the test. You’ll need a refresher. For the science section, pay close attention to tables and underline comparing and contrast-ing statements. Before the test, study different graph types so that you’ll be ready for whatever they throw at you,” said senior Aaron Thomas.

The ACT is very important in determining which college you will attend, and it may seem like a lot of pressure, but if you follow these instructions, you’ll be pre-pared on the day of the test.

Mr. Marano’s baby is born at 3:44 (of course)

Mr. Marano’s baby, Madeleine Kate, was born on January 22 at 3:44 a.m. She weighs 7 lbs. 10 oz. and is 20 inches long. Congratulations, Mr. Marano!

Photos courtesy of Mr. Marano