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Freshm an Elizabeth Woolcott dons pages by Lizzie Johnson
the infamous Amnesty Intern ati onal
candl e costume during a brainsto rm Participating in STEP UP's Mix
sess ion at a weekl y Thursday meet- it Up lunch cla y, juniors 1-Shan
ing. In the months leading up to Hsu, Xongot Nitbouapha,
the Rock for Haiti dance on March Keithstone Kim , Ed ga r Bon illa,
27 , most meetings were devoted to play a round of apples to apples.
plann ing th e eve nt. photo by Chloe Mix it Up Week, focused on
Ekb erg. educating students on tolerance
and kn owledge about discrimi-
nation. photo contributed by
Natasha Tomchin
At an lncluCity workshop, junior
Mo Gree n, sophomores lmani
Station, Ceci lia Petersse n and Matt
Newcomm are taught a ga me by
the leader. The October workshop
ex panded student awareness about
racism ;:t:nd sex ism. photo by Alex •
Riza.
ma In
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l erence
Whether it w as preparing for the future, educating peers, or
giving to the less fortunate; students made the difference.
Some aspired to have busi- Through sponso ring Mix it
ness ca ree rs, others wanted Up week, wea r pink day and
to help out the community or other acti vities, members made
to inform their pee rs about a difference in our school.
prejudice and peace; nonethe- "I fee l th at if 50 peopl e ca n
less, Amnesty Intern ati onal, try and stop injustice, then
DECA, and STEP UP all made more ca n. It will take a while
an impact in a positive way. to stop, but if peopl e try and
W ell kn own for last yea r's tell their fri ends, then it could
Rock fo r Darfur dance, Amnes- help," so phomore Gabby Mar-
ty devoted most of this yea r to tinez sa id .
planning a foll ow-up Rock for Members of DECA devoted
Haiti dance to raise money and their time to preparing fo r a
educa te their pee rs on poverty future in a bu si ness ca ree r.
and human ri ghts. Participati on in competitions,
"Th e main goa l is to improve projects, and fundraising taught
the way of li ving and quality va lu abl e lesso ns.
of life for our fell ow human "Our goa l in DECA is to in-
junior and se ni or DECA mem- bein gs and to provide further form students on finances and
~rs get into pos ition to hike the awa reness of probl ems in the a backgroun d of entrepreneur-
ill during th e powder-puff ga me.
>wder-puff proceeds went to world," so phomore Will Sas- ship," se ni or Maggie Be ller
!nefit bra in ca ncer resea rch. B. sen sa id . sa id.
uring an Amnesty movie night,
niors Bru ce Baumann and Also focusing on human Th e goa ls, members and
hn Bolmeier fil l out th eir entry ri ghts, onl y within our ve ry own acti vites completed may have
:kets at Film Strea ms. Th e movie hallways, STEP UP worked on bee n different, but the ultimate
~wed , Slu mdog Millionare,
cused on a boy from India ri sin g promoting equality and acce p- goa ls all made a lasting differ-
>from poverty. photos by Chloe ta nce among students. ence .
·berg.
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