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Maine East partners with global charity to help Kenyan children By Richa Shah determined it was their time to money raised will be used to or staff member can take part Have you noticed all the make a difference. build classrooms, maintain and show support throughpictures of goats around the clean water, provide healthcare, things like fundraising and thebuilding? These mysterious This year the students part- and provide goats to villages in Global Initiative Steering Com-goats are part of a school wide nered with Free the Children, Kenya. Providing a goat makes mittee. You can even get yourinitiative that began last year a global charity, to help Kenya. a significant impact on the club involved! As a combinedwhen the Junior and Senior After teaming up with National Kenyan community because effort, our school can make anLyceums were invited to We Honor Society, the global ini- goats provide nourishment and impact on someone else’s life.Day. We Day is a “celebration tiative sprung into action. The help the community form mar-of youth making a difference in students had one major goal kets, which in turn can lead to “I think it's an understate-their local and global commu- -- to help others. a more stabilized economy. ment if I say that this projectnities,” a life changing day for means the world to us,” saysmany of our students. Since The first major goal of the The biggest thing the Senior Gina Oshana. “Wethe Senior Lyceum was gradu- project is to unite the school students want to get across is really do have the potential toating, the then Junior Lyceum and community through a that this not a Lyceum project make a global difference. I have straightforward yet powerful or something meant for a select the utmost faith that our school common goal. The second goal group. Every student, teacher, can make a beautiful impact.” is to simply help Kenya. TheAmnesty International Club to host Write for Rights event By Sarah Junaid nesty is “My body, My Rights.” The movement asserts that “We all The Amnesty International have the right to make decisionsClub will host their national Write about our own health, body, sexu-for Rights event on December, 9, ality and reproductive life, without2015 after school in the faculty fear, coercion, violence or discrim-lounge. Amnesty International is a ination. But all over the world,worldwide organization that fights people's freedom to make thesefor basic human rights. decisions is controlled by the state, medical professionals, even their Although it fights for human own families. Criminal law and pu-rights, Amnesty is apolitical, It nitive sanctions are frequently useddoesn't side with any political par- to control such choices. In the end,ty. This year's movement for Am- many people are prevented from making any choice at all.” a terrorist was released in a large through Write For Rights and a What you can do to change part due to Amnesty’s letter writ- Day of the Disappeared campaign. this is write. Write letters. Words ing campaigns. His colleagues have power. Words can make a big from the Syrian Center for Media All efforts make a differ- difference. and Freedom of Expression (SCM) ence. Join us as Maine East Am- were also released. The three were nesty International writes to free In the past, letters from write the focus of a significant Amnesty the silenced and the oppressed on for rights have helped innocent International campaign over the December, 9, 2015 in the faculty people leave prisons. Syrian hu- past three years, including efforts lounge from 3:35-7pm. man rights activist Mazen Darwish was jailed by the Assad govern- ment and falsely accused of being2 | THE PIONEER | November 11, 2015
Kenyan Boys Choir performs at Maine East As part of the partner-ship with Free the Children,Maine East was treated to aperformance by the KenyanBoys Choir last Friday in apacked auditorium, gettingthe message to the wholeschool about the situationin Kenya. Junior Viktor Radzietaattended the concert andwas really moved by themessage. “I believe that MaineEast is doing a great thingbecause we are truly blessedcompared to people in Ken-ya. With the advantages wehave as U.S citizens it is ourduty to give back and makethis world a better place.” November 11, 2015 | THE PIONEER | 3
Christians and other refugees flee Middle East By Michelle Daniel thing outside of their beliefs. broken pieces of the ancient secretly taking them to auction It is evident that the world In 2015, the terrorist artifacts on the black market. houses where they are beingis experiencing one of the The jihadist group has also sold. The priceless artifacts areworst refugee crises of all time. group destroyed the ancient been taking the broken piecesIn the past year, more than Assyrian archaeological site of of artifacts across borders and see CRISIS, next page10 million refugees have fled Nimrud. The artifacts that ISISthe Middle East alone. This destroyed were the majori-leaves the world wondering, ty of the last artifacts of theis Christianity dying in its first group of Christians, theown birthplace? According Assyrians. According to theto the International Chris- New York Times, “The mili-tian Embassy, less than 2% of tants also broke up a hiddenJerusalem residents are now 2,000-year-old lion statue theyChristian. discovered in a Palmyra mu- The decline of Christianity seum garden and demolishedin the Middle East is largely a 13th-century tomb near thefueled by the jihadist group northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk.”ISIS. ISIS was founded in 1999 ISIS claims that they arebut has only recently begun destroying the artifacts be-cleansing the world of any- cause people in the past wor- shiped the objects instead of God. According to Al Arabiya News, ISIS has been selling theBy Hiba Hussain4 | THE PIONEER | November 11, 2015
Is it time for women to participate in the draft? By Josh Bustamante back. In World War II, the men was constitutional. Marine Corps infantry jobs For the past century, military came close to drafting Attitudes towards wom- open to female marines byturning 18 has been a mixed women into nursing jobs due January 1st. As a result of hisblessing for men. Adulthood to a shortage of volunteers. en in the military have since ultimatum, the Marine Corpsfor men also meant the possi- This is the closest time that changed, but much of Ameri- decided to conduct an exper-bility of being drafted through the U.S. ever came to drafting ca’s population is still conflict- iment to explore the effects ofselective service. The Selective women. In the past, many ed on the subject of drafting female Marines in combat. Fe-Service Act of 1917, or “the court cases, such as Rostker v women and having women male Marines were placed indraft,” was a law passed in Goldberg, challenged the draft serve in combat. In a recent squads, or fire teams, in a ratiothe United States to conscript on the basis that it was dis- government poll of 1,500 of 9 men to 1 woman, because“able-bodied men” into war, in criminatory towards men, but Americans, 52% said that this was predicted to be thetimes of crisis. It gained an in- judges in these cases always women should be drafted. normal ratio when females arefamous legacy in the Vietnam decided that drafting only integrated. The results camewar when much of America’s The secretary of the Navy, up short, and seem to suggestmen and women denounced Ray Mabus demanded that the same conflicted attitudes.the war. The draft hasn’t beenused since, although the Unit- According to the dataed States is in conflict. collected, fire teams made up The difference between of men and women are: lessnow and then, is that females accurate, more prone to injury,did not participate in infantry and may form a romanticjobs. That changes on January bond that creates distraction.1st, when America’s military The experiment has receivedwill open all combat related mixed reviews. On the otherM.O.S.’s, (Military Operation hand, the two of twelve wom-Specializations) to women. en who did pass were proud toSince women will be serving earn the title of infantrywom-in the same roles as men, this en. Even those that did dropraises the question of whether out left a positive impressionor not women should also on the infantrymen, most ofregister for the same draft as whom were very impressed bymen. their skills and endurance. The history of selectingonly men goes a long way Right now there are no plans to draft women, but you can expect that will change soon. CRISIS, from burned alive. Some 40, 000 previous page victims who attempted to fleebeing sold at high prices, but were surrounded and trappedwhile people are buying the on top of a mountain. Theyartifacts to preserve a culture, were left starving with no foodthe proceeds are being used to or water. Many were severelyfuel and fund more terrorism. injured. Not only has ISIS de-stroyed Christian artifacts, its The massacre of Christiansmembers have kidnapped and in the Middle East has led tokilled thousands of Christians. the fleeing of millions of refu-In 2015, ISIS kidnapped 220 gees to European regions.Christians in Mosul, a regionof Syria. The Christian minori- \"The abhorrent abductionties were forced out of their in Syria of more than 200 peo-homes and terrorists moved ple by Islamic State highlightsinto some of the houses. The the dreadful plight of civiliansChristians were beheaded and caught up in the conflict in the country,” said Amnesty Inter- national's Syria researcher Neil Sammonds. November 11, 2015 | THE PIONEER | 5
Many guilty of inappropriate cultural appropriation might even try to justify their away because of the color of “So why is it okay By Rosa Zhaleh costume even more by telling his skin, or live in fear of to dress up as a person Halloween: a holiday you to “get over it” or to “stop being shot like Trayvon from “white culture?where all things spooky and taking it so seriously.” Martin, Michael Brown, Like Miley Cyrus orscary are praised, when you and multiple otherdress up as whatever However, when you young black men. Marilyn Monroe?”and whomever you choose to dress up as a person Western culturewant to be for fun, and from any culture, religion, The history has not beena day when it’s socially of these eth- consistentlyacceptable to eat your or race other than your nic groups dominatedbody weight in candy own, you are taking on are too by anotherand not be judged the identity of a person complex racial or cul-for it. from that culture. Just for you to tural group. Unfortunately, as you wouldn’t dress up take as your Whitefor some peo- in in blackface, own for even privilege isple, Halloween one day because a thing inbecomes an yellow- you can take off the U.S becauseexcuse to wear face, your costume at thecostumes that redface, end of the night in our society beingappropriate or brown- knowing that your white is consideredother people’s face, you people did not the norm, unlikecultures for the wouldn’t have to deal with minority groupssake of having a dress up as a specific histo- with histories of“good time” or look- ing anyone from another ry of genocide, oppression.“cute.” culture. cultural mis- Cultural appropriation Dressing up as a representation, As a society, weis belittling a person and/or person from another is segregation, and should cherish andculture by taking the ideas wrong because you did racism. respect everyone’sassociated with that culture not and will never have culture! Before youas one’s own. Some might to deal with the things “My friend is (insert dress up for Hal-think dressing up as a Na- people of different cul- ethnicity here) and they don’t loween next year,tive American, a Geisha tures have had to deal with take offense to my costume.” ask yourself whether or not(a traditional Japanese everyday. When you’re not Just because one person from you’d be offended if someonefemale entertainer), part of the culture and you that group isn’t offended, imitated your culture inaccu-or a Arabic Sheikh dress up as a “Mexican” you doesn’t mean another member rately and acted out only theis innocuous and done don’t have to worry about of the group won’t be either. negative stereotypes associatedas a form of banter. They people calling you “illegal.” One single person does not to your culture. A boy that paints his face speak for a whole cultural, Halloween should be a black and puts on a hoodie religious, and racial group. fun, safe, and culturally appro- will never face being turned priate holiday! PIONEER STAFF The Pioneer Adnan Basic Gaby Garate Daniel Montoya Josh Bustamante Michael Grzesiuk Sophia Roumeliotis Maine East High School Michelle Daniel Park Ridge, Illinois Hiba Hussain Richa Shah November 11, 2015 Eden Diez Sarah Junaid Rosa Zhaleh Twitter: @mehspioneer The Pioneer reports on news, entertainment, and sports events for Maine Website: bit.ly/ThePioneer East High School and the surrounding community. The Pioneer is dis- tributed in school to students and staff; digital copies of each issue are6 | THE PIONEER | November 11, 2015 available at The Pioneer website: bit.ly/ThePioneer Readers can send story suggestions, photos, letters to the editor, or com- ments to sponsor Matt Miller or assistant sponsor Dave Hessert via email: [email protected] [email protected]
Annual Social Studies Pumpkin-Carving Contest Photos by Michael GrzesiukSome of the pumpkins entered in the Social Studies Department’s Annual Pumpkin-Carving Contest. The winners: Best Overall: Bisma Farzansyed–Salem Photos by Michael Grzesiuk Witch Trials, 1692; Best Historical: Christine Pae–Copernicus and the Heliocentric Theory; Best carved: Morgan Fritze–Rosie the Riveter: “We can do it!” Halloween Costumes at Maine East November 11, 2015 | THE PIONEER | 7
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Maine East Fall Play: Once in a Lifetime By Pioneer Staff who turns out to be their ticket to success. Usually, the fall play This October Maine East Fine does not require many, if any,Arts presented Once in a Lifetime, set changes. In this fall play,a satirical comedy filled with there were 7 set changes.adventure. Set in the early 1900’s,the plot revolves around the effect The whole play was atalking pictures, or sound film, moving set; the structures werehas on the entertainment industry. build on wheels. Even with all the set changes and the large Jerry Hyland, played by Ebad cast number, the show wasKhan, May Daniels, Vi Kakares, seamless. The actors were filledand George Lewis, Eric Burke, with energy and enthusiasm.leave New York and head for Hol- Expressive body language andlywood, with hopes someone will comical dialogue were thehire them to train actors unaccus- key ingredients to this strongtomed to speaking on screen. Luck performance. The cast and crewis on their side when they meet executed a successful fall play.gossip columnist, Helen Hobart, Stay tuned for Maine East’s Musical this Winter!10 | THE PIONEER | November 11, 2015
Though long in the tooth, Vampire Knight still a great read By Gaby Garate school’s secret and students. Kaname ever since he rescued horrible monsters. Zero hides Vampire Knight, pub- She has help from another boy her, knows that a relationship a dark family secret that willlished in 2008, tells the story adopted by the headmaster, between a human and vampire compel him to become a vam-of Yuki Cross and her desire to Zero Kiryu. is forbidden, so she loves him pire hunter.remember a past that includes from afar.the intermingling of vampires Kaname is the dorm This series of books hasand humans. When Yuki was leader of the Night class, as he Zero, meanwhile, acts made me want to read more,young, she was abandoned in is a pureblood vampire. Yuki more and more suspicious and even though the series endeda winter storm and by chance who has been in love with warns Yuki that vampires are in 2013. The series alternatesrescued from a vampire by a between shocking you, makingboy named Kaname Kuran. you lose hope for Kaname andTen years later she lives a life Yuki, and stunning you with avery different from others. Af- beautiful ending.ter being rescued by Kaname,she was adopted by the head- I’d recommend this seriesmaster of Cross Academy. to anyone who likes action and In this academy the Day drama. This is one of the bestclass students never know that Manga comics I have ever read.the Night class students they Even though this series tookadmire from afar are vampires. me a couple of years to finishAs disciplinary committee (because one chapter came outmember, Yuki must protect the every month) it was worth the wait. It was so popular that it was made into its own TV series in 2008.Disappointing end to season, but reason for Cubs optimism By Adnan Basic record in baseball. Their late went on. Pittsburgh couldn’t hit that postseason baseball would The Chicago Cubs incredi- season form got them into the anything, and lost control as the be played at Wrigley Field.ble season came to a disappoint- NL Wild Card game. game went on. It ended up beinging end Wednesday night. Chi- an easy win for the Cubs, put- The Cubs knew that twocago was swept by the New York Playing an elimination ting them into the NL divisional home wins would send themMets, eliminating them from the game in a rowdy stadium like series. past their bitter rivals and intoNLCS. Although it was a tough Pittsburg would be a great test the NLCS. The young core ofway to end such a great season, for the young Cubbies. The Thier opponents, the Saint hitters shone in the two games,there is still a lot for Cubs fans to Cubs already got as far as they Louis Cardinals were the best earning the team 14 runs com-look back on and celebrate. expected to, and they knew team in the past couple of sea- bined. That would prove to be The excitement of this sea- that anything more would be sons in the MLB, and the team enough for the team, and madeson started in the offseason. The a bonus. That lack of pressure Chicago loves to hate. The series it the first time the Cubs wonCubs hired Joe Maddon, who made the team so much better. started off poorly, with a 4-0 a playoff series at home. Thetransformed the Tampa Bay An early lead in the game gave loss in Game 1, but that did not NLCS matchup against the NewRays into a World Series win- them a sense of belief, and put seem to phase the young Chica- York Mets would be a battle ofning team. He was the perfect even more pressure on Pitts- go team. They stole Game 2 in great hitting vs great pitching,manager for the Cubs. Maddon burgh. The star of the show was Saint Louis to send the series to with great pitching proving tois best at relaxing players, keep- Jake Arrieta, Chicago’s ace who Chicago even at 1-1. It was the be stronger. the Cubs could noting them focused, and making kept getting better as the season first time since the 2003 season replicate the magic, and gotthem better and better. With the swept.young talent in this Cubs team,he knew he would have a chance The season may have endedto compete down the line. badly, but that shouldn’t take Halfway through the season anything away from the goodthings began to improve. The the Cubs accomplished. ThisCubs were slowly and surely Cubs team is one for the future.gaining confidence, lead by Not much was expected fromyoung hitters Anthony Rizzo them this year, but they showedand Kris Bryant. From the all huge growth, learned how tostar game to the end of the win big games, even in theseason, the Cubs had the best postseason. If this core can stay together, who knows how high they can go. The wait may not be too long. November 11, 2015 | THE PIONEER | 11
SPORTS GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY BOYS CROSS COUNTRY GIRLS TENNIS Head Coach: Scott Schultes Head Coach: Chris Peters Head Coach: John Schwan Top Runners: Top Runners: Top Players: Rosie Perez, Sr. • Kajal Modi, Jr. Torrain Haughton, Sr. Sarah Choi, So.Hannah Flood, Jr. • Laura Pokorski, So. Stuti Desai, Sr. Felix Benitez, Sr. Joanne Joseph, Jr. Kayla Gregario, Fr. James Liu, Sr. Season Highlights: Season Highlights: Altamish Khan, Sr. 1) Champions of Demon Invitational The girls had one of the best seasons Elly Jdaidany, Sr.in school history this year finishing 3rd Tennis Tournament!in the CSL Championship Meet, beating Season Highlights: 2) Sarah Choi (Singles) and Stuti Desai out Deerfield and nearly topping Glen- Torrain Haughton placed 3rd in the and Joanne Joseph (Doubles) reached brook North. We had 3 all conference CSL Championship meet, becoming the quarterfinals of IHSA Sectional Tour- athletes: Rosely Perez, Kayla Gregario, Maine East’s first All-Conference cross nament – one match away for qualifying and Kajal Modi, as well as three sec- country runner in over a decade! Tor- tional qualifiers: Kayla Gregario, Kajal rain also qualified for the IHSA Section- for the IHSA State Championships! al meet with a terrific performance in Modi, and Hannah Flood. Coach’s Comment: the IHSA Regional meet. “Even though the team had only two of Coach’s Comment: eleven returning starters, our girls put “The girls worked extremely hard this Coach’s Comment: together another winning season that season and learned to work together “A tremendous group of seniors helped was characterized by some notable team as a team. Working hard and working the team to its best finish in the CSL in accomplishments. The future for girlstogether will continue to be the keys to over a decade. Their leadership will be success as we move into the future.” missed next year. Hopefully some of the tennis looks very bright!” younger runners learned from them.”Football team gives it all in homecoming game By lot of work to do to get the off-season.” a little awkward to be lopsided in their favor, Sophia Roumeliotis Maine East football to This was the biggest the head coach playing we had some great be competitive in the against them.” performances. Jusuf Selfie sticks and a CSL, I am proud of the game of the season Zvizdic, our sophomoregiant chicken were just effort and commitment for coach Smith for Niles North is an quarterback, and Bretta few of the things that that our players made personal reasons as IHSA State playoff Friel our senior wideyou could see at Maine this year,” said Scott well. Smith was head team and had some receiver had a greatEast’s Homecoming Smith, new Demon coach there for seven very talented players. night, throwing for andFootball game against head coach. “We had years. “There were still Their running back catching 2 touchdowns.Niles North. Every 17 seniors and a few of players that I had when Barrington Wade has Jusuf threw for over 250time the Blue Demons them were playing for they were freshman committed to play at yards and Brett had 153scored a point, the giant the first time in their and friends of mine still University of Iowa. yards receiving.chicken (real chicken or lives - Sonny Lukavic coach there. It made it While the score wasEric Burke in costume?) and Michael Aguada towould run across the name a few. We endedstadium, flapping his this year with 80 playerswings. in the program which is a very good start for Niles North won building a program. Ithe game, with a final told my players that thisscore of 61 to 20, but year was about learning,the Blue Crew still getting better and play-cheered their team on. ing 4 quarters hard, andThe student section we did that. Where wewas bigger than ever, go from here is to getsupporting the football our returning playersteam and having fun committed to gettingwith their friends. stronger and faster in “While we have a12 | THE PIONEER | November 11, 2015
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