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May 25, 2012 Convent of the Sacred Heart High School • San Francisco, California Volume 16, Issue 5`

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▶ Dress uniform is required all week when school resumes on Tuesday.

▶ Ring Ceremony will be held in the Chapel on Tuesday. Rising seniors will receive class rings from the current Senior Class.

▶ CSH Alumnae Luncheon will begin at 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday in the Main Hall for past and current graduates.

▶ The Baccalaureate Mass & Reception honoring the Graduating Class begins at 6 p.m. on Wednesday in the Chapel.

▶ Prize Day Practice begins with a meeting in homeroom, then students will proceed to the Chapel at 8:20 a.m. on Thursday.

▶ Closing Assembly begins at 9:30 a.m. in Syufy Theatre. Faculty will recap the school year and share memories with the student body.

▶ Prize Day will begin in homeroom where teachers will take roll at 8 a.m. on Friday. Prize Day commences in the Main Hall after a brief ceremony in the Chapel. The faculty will recognize students for academic achievements with prizes and distinctions.

▶ Graduation begins at 4 p.m. on Friday. Seniors must be on campus by 2:30. Tickets are required for the Main Hall. Unticketed seating is available at the telecast in Syufy Theatre.

▶ Heart to Heart Summer Program begins Monday, June 18.

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Class of ’12 looks aheadStudent Body President Colleen Scullion looks out from the Belvedere facing San Francisco Bay before Senior Tea begins on May 3. Seniors — in white dresses and gloves with bouquets in hand — stood in a receiving line and were congratulated by guests on their achievements during the event. For more pictures from Senior Tea, see the Senior Section, page 1.

School schedule remains unchanged

The school’s administration has decided to stick with four 80-minute classes each day on a rotating block schedule of red and blue days next year.

“We continue to see the benefit of the extended classroom expe-rience and the students ability to focus on three or four classes of homework a day,” head of school Andrea Shurley said.

The longer class times, insti-tuted last year, offer students a chance to engage in the class by asking more questions or getting help from their teachers, accord-ing to Shurley.

“I had block periods at my old school,” sophomore Jessica Childs said. “The classes are lon-ger and the reduction of classes a day gives me fewer classes to prepare for, and fewer books to lug around.”

The alternating blue and red days allow students to maintain a schedule because homework for each class is usually due ev-ery other day, allowing students to keep track of homework and projects.

“At first the schedule was a lit-tle tough to get used to because I wasn’t use to having a block schedule and alternating home-work days, but block periods are reasonable and helpful,” fresh-man Ashley Osorio said. “I can organize homework and I have learned time management and scheduled my time for projects or essays which take longer than one day.”

Up until last fall the schedule had all classes taught in 40-min-ute periods on Monday with block schedules on Tuesday through Friday.

Seniors remember this old schedule and agree the block periods are more relaxing and helpful for schoolwork than the 40-minute periods.

“These block periods give you less homework than the days when we had all classes on one day. I think with these 80 min-utes students can accomplish so much more,” senior Quinn Reno said. “The amount of time gained by having a block sched-ule really helps both students and teachers.”

The schedule offers more time for students to communicate with teachers and gives each student a chance to concentrate on her studies in chunks accord-ing to librarian Cynthia Velante, who sees students use the library during their free periods of the block schedule.

“It’s excellent, this schedule, because it really helps my girls,” Velante said. “I’ve been at this school for 11 years and I’ve seen a lot of schedules, but the block is the best.”

Teachers also benefit from this schedule with more useable and instructional time each day, but some teachers, find the block pe-riods strain their student’s time.

“The block periods are a sound system schools use, but for language courses it limits the amount of exposure to the language students receive, and

limits the amount of practice they should be given as language learners,” French teacher Clem-ence Richard said.

Having a block period is good, but it presents challenges.

“Block scheduling works for some classes, but not for others,” history teacher Michael Stafford said. “Most of the time teachers only see their students two times a week, which means students who are absent or leave early for sports are missing 80 of the 160 minutes we get a week.”

Block periods are used in most college curriculums. Elisa Asdourian, who attends Pitzer College (’10), says Convent pre-pared her well for her college class schedules.

“I remember when we had all classes on Mondays, and then decided to change to block pe-riods,” Asadourian said. “I am glad they changed to block pe-riods because it gave me more of a chance to focus on one or more classes a day, which pre-pared me for college because in college there is usually one class twice a week, or a seminar once a week. ”

The similarity of how classes were spaced out in Pitzer helped Asadourian get adjusted to her college curriculum and stay on top of her courses as well as give her time to enjoy college life.

“The concern will always be the student experience, so the conversation on how the student days are structured will be ongo-ing with faculty and administra-tors,” Shurley said.

CLAIRE FAHY | The Broadview

Juniors Casey Stuart and Claudia Tropp listen to Jennifer Siebel Newsom at the 2012 PBWC Young Women’s Summit. The Junior Class attended the conference to learn about leadership and female empowerment .

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At a glance:

Block schedule research


▶ In block periods, foreign language teachers report difficulty covering the equivalent of two classes of material during a double-length period.

▶ The number of class tardies is reduced.

▶ About 80 percent of the teachers lecture less and gradually engage students in more active learning structures. Therefore, students become less passive in their learning.

▶ The class environment becomes less stressful for both students and teachers as instructors become more accustomed to teaching in larger blocks of time.

source: www.coe.winthrop.edu

— Compiled by Isabelle Pinard

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BridgeFactsLocal iconturns 75

San Franciscans celebrate 75th anniversary Sunday

A short history of the Golden Gate Bridge

▶ The Golden Gate Bridge is the 9th longest suspension bridge in the world.

▶ The bridge spans 1.7 miles. ▶ Construction took just over four

years, beginning Jan. 5, 1933 and opening May 27, 1937.

▶ Eleven men died in the con-struction of the bridge when a safety net failed after support beam fell.

▶ Construction cost $35 million, $1.2 billion in 2003 currency.

▶ Each tower contains 21,500 tons of steel, weighs 44,000 tons and supports a 61,500-ton load from the main cables.

▶ Approximately 1.2 million rivets are embedded in the two towers of the golden gate bridge.

▶ As of April 2011, almost 2 billion vehicles have crossed the Golden Gate Bridge in the northbound and southbound directions.

▶ The term “Golden Gate” refers to the entrance to the San Fran-cisco Bay. The name was influ-enced by Army Captain John C. Fremont (c. 1846) who said the entrance to San Francisco reminded him of the Golden Horn harbor in Istanbul.

▶ The U.S. Navy wanted the bridge to be painted black with yellow stripes, as it would be easier to see in the thick fog, but settled with orange.

▶ The color of the Golden Gate Bridge is International Orange: 0 percent cyan, 69 percent magenta, 100 percent yellow and 6 percent black.

▶ Irving Morrow chose the color International Orange for the bridge because it fits with the warm colors of the bay.

▶ The bridge has only been painted twice. It took 30 years to take off the original lead based paint and repaint it, start-ing in 1965

▶ An estimated 750,00people surged onto the bridge for the 50th anniversary walk.

▶ The “rainbow tunnel” into Marin was painted in 1970 so San Franciscan’s could view the tunnel from their homes. Caltrans have maintain the rainbow paint.

California legislature passes Golden Gate Bridge & Hwy District Act Bridge

celebrates 75 years

Bridge toll rises to $6


Loma Prieta earthquake causes highest traffic to date due to partial collapse of Bay Bridge


Bridge closed for 50th anniversary walk

Billionth vehicle crosses bridge

Cars with 3 or more passengers get free toll

1981 Toll rises to $1, then to $2

Huge rainstorm causes record low traffic

Suspenders replaced

25th anniversary

1937 Ribbon is cut, bridge opens

East & west sections of span are joined

1935 S.F. tower completed Bridge starts collecting 50 cent toll into San Francisco

Great Depression begins

1933 Work begins on Presidio roadway

Construction begins at Fort Baker

1930 Voters approve $35 million bond for bridge

Marin tower completed

1957 A 5.3 earthquake hits San Francisco; bridge quivers without damage

Source: http://goldengatebridge.orgGraphics: MADISION RIEHLE | The Broadview

Source: http://goldengatebridge.org

When the Golden Gate Bridge opened on May 27, 1937, locals walked across the span, celebrating the first non-ferry connection between San Francisco and

Marin counties. Fifty years later, over 750,000 celebrants surged onto the bridge, causing the crowd to gridlock. This weekend’s celebration of the 75th anniversary of the opening of the Gold-en Gate Bridge will skip the walk, but will incorporate music, dancing, food and exhibits along the waterfront.

“We plan to have tens of thousands of people at the celebra-tion because the bridge is very popular all around the United States,” David Shaw, Director of Communications for the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy said. “We expect many people from San Francisco and out of state — we have had a lot of publicity advertising the event.”

Tents will be set up along the waterfront to display the history of and future plans for the Golden Gate Bridge and surrounding area. Historic cars and motorcycles from 1937 to present will create a motor-vehicle timeline along Crissy Field, according to the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy.

Thirty-eight different bands and DJs are scheduled to play music on four different stages and dancers will perform their contemporary pieces celebrating oral his-tories, poetry, memories and stories about the bridge. The celebration concludes with fireworks highlighting the bridge at 9:30.

Unlike previous celebrations, there are no plans to stop traffic for a pedestrian bridge walk due to a ban from the Office of Homeland Security, according to Shaw.

“We wanted everyone to have a good time on Sunday, and the bridge walk would not be possible for everyone to participate in,” Shaw said.

Some native San Franciscans are hoping to a 100th celebration walk, though.

“When I was five my dad made a deal with me,” admissions director Caitlin Kavanagh said. “He said he would push me in my stroller if I would pushed him a wheelchair across the bridge for the 100th anniversary.”

Madison Riehlereporter

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Countless assemblies and numerous guest speakers have taught me how to make my voice heard in a male-dominat-ed workplace. The stereotypical feminist bra-burning, man-hating image was shat-tered my freshman year and replaced by the memory of the entire faculty stand-ing on stage to show who feminists are. Even though equal rights between men and women have improved since women gained the right to vote, they aren’t ideal and more can still be done.

Women make 77 cents for every $1 that a man does for the same job, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) attempted to change this disparity by introducing the Paycheck Fairness Act — legislation to enforce equal pay between the sexes — in 2010 to amend the Fair La-bor Standards Act of 1938, but it did not pass.

Greater improvement, although it is not perfect, is seen in the media’s portrayal of women. In my lifetime, I’ve witnessed few-er stick thin models in commercials and in magazines.

World-renowned magazine Vogue an-nounced in its June edition that it would stop hiring models who appear to have

an eating disorder and instead will work with models who are healthy to promote healthy body image.

Although the magazine does not men-tion its use of Photoshop to touch-up or “enhance” a model’s looks, it is a first step in the right direction.

Gender equality is also improving in the political arena, all three female U.S. Secre-taries of State who have served during my lifetime are women. Yet, only 17 percent of senators and 16.8 percent of representa-tives are women, according to the Center for American Women and Politics.

Considering women make up 50.8 per-cent of United States’ population, accord-ing to the 2010 U.S. Census, the country could benefit with an increase of females in political roles to voice our opinion on is-sues that affect us, such as women’s health, equal pay and fairness in the workforce.

With an increase of women in politics it is possible to have a female president of the United States, just as the United Kingdom, Liberia, India, the Philippines, Germany and Sri Lanka have had women leaders.

Even though women’s status has im-proved, we’re not done yet. Women mak-ing history should not be joke-worthy.

when i think about it...

Equality ≠ FairnessRebecca Lee

New social media options keep popping up where you least expect them, from new ways to edit photos on-the-go to virtual pin boards. Now that almost everyone has a smart phone teens are wired in to these new networks 24/7 with almost no time to sit back and appreciate the less plugged-in aspects of life.

It’s hard to convince members of our generation to turn their phones off, power down their laptops, and not check in on Facebook — or Foursquare. Social me-dia has become such a prevalent part of our lives that people consider being un-plugged or off the grid to be a foreign concept.

These new electronic time drains can have benefits. Freshman and Sophomore Classes have Facebook homework groups where they can receive updates from their teachers and ask questions. Another le-gitimate Facebook group is “Convent Clothes,” a student group focused on sell-ing used clothing at affordable prices. As useful these two groups can be, they’re both still on Facebook and they both make procrastination too easy.

Instead of spending time with our par-ents, going outside with our little siblings or even opening a book we waste our time mindlessly scrolling up and down through our newsfeeds, Tweetdecks, dashboards

and Pinboards. Students often complain about not hav-

ing enough hours in the day to complete all their assignments and to take care of their responsibilities. In reality, we would probably have just enough time to get ev-erything done if we were not permanently procrastinating with Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr — or anything else.

We might miss out on the latest break-ing news of who is “in a relationship” or an item that has been reblogged 570,000 times. We might not be up to date on what Justin Bieber wants us to “Belieb” on our Tweetdecks, but we just might do some-thing that’s worthwhile with our time.

No offense to those who think “Beli-ebing” is worthwhile — and after his new music video for “Boyfriend” few would disagree. But opening a new book may be slightly more beneficial for the brain, considering how there aren’t any college degrees with a concentration in Justin Bieber.

Taking time to unplug is about more than just doing homework — it’s about mental health. Everyone should take a few hours every night to hop off the grid, and think of it as a mini vacation or an escape to the beach — where there’s no cell service.

Staff Editorial Teens need to tune out social media

The other day I came home from school and saw a phone bill on the dinner table with my name on it. I

rolled my eyes and picked it up, thinking “Oh great. My dad thinks I text too much,” but I found myself horrified at the num-bers on the page.

I text at least 56 messages a day. That’s 20,440 texts a year.

This is a lot of texts — and I’m starting to worry about how reliant I’ve become on technological communication.

My sister asked me to play with her the other day, and I remember telling her to wait just a few more minutes while I was finishing up a text. Those few minutes be-came hours. I gave up face-to-face com-munication with my own sister to contin-ue a message conversation.

This artificial connection is not enough to keep a relationship healthy, nor should be used as the main form of communica-tion.

Studies show texting is the dominant daily mode of communication for teens, with the volume of texting rising from 50 texts a day in 2009 to 60 texts for the me-

dian teen text user in 2012, according to Pew Research Center.

This should be a warning to teens be-cause even though we believe texting doesn’t take much of our time, it’s an ad-diction and it does. In fact, one in three teens sends more than 100 text messages a day, or 3,000 texts a month according to Pew.

This loss of in-person communication through messaging over the phone fright-ens me because face-to-face interaction, or even phone calls, are how I learned social behaviors. During phone calls I learned delight, excitement, sarcasm and other feelings which were important building blocks for my social develop-ment.

Miscommunication and emotional breakdowns always seem to accompany certain text conversations because words on a screen cannot convey the tone of the sender and can cause unnecessary emo-tional responses from the receiver.

I am a good example. I sometimes over-react when texting because I cannot tell what the person really means.

When I see a friend in person, gestures and facial movements can usually give me a hint to how he or she wants me to take their phrase — but black, Helvetica type on an illuminated screen doesn’t give me much to work with.

Most technology, like cell phones, of-fer “low friction” opportunities to create, enhance, and rediscover social ties which make a difference in people’s lives, accord-ing to Pew.

The need to text is an excuse not to talk or call someone. The purpose of texting is to have as little interaction as possible, to be efficient. Teens, like me, who text to a large extent, are sometimes more focused on the message portion and are missing the emotional and social value of interac-tion with other people.

I’m glad my father showed me my phone bill because I started thinking about all of the time I spent on texting when I could actually use that time with people. I’m finding myself truly appreciating the in-teractions I have with others.

Teens lose familiarity with texting

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1. Al Qaeda is linked to Yemen suicide bombing.

2. Former Rutgers student is convicted for gay bullying.

3. There are only seven days until graduation.

4. Paul Deen’s 30 lb weight loss improves her health

5. Mark Zuckerberg got married.

1. More than 100 soldiers died and 220 injured.

2. He is only sentenced to 30 days in prison.

3. There are only 74 days before AP week.

4. Has her love of butter diminished?

5. Hopefully his marriage fares better than his stock.

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A friend recently told me a simple joke, “If you have wom-en’s studies, what do you call men’s studies?”

His answer: “History.”I laughed at first but quickly realized the blatant sexism in the

joke. After attending an all girls school for 13 years, I felt an-noyed his “light hearted” joke was a little insulting.

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Exchange builds community

After hosting a student from the Duchesne Acad-emy of the Sacred Heart,

sophomore Paige Biderman de-cided to reciprocate and make the journey to Omaha, Neb. as a part of the Network exchange program to experience living in the Midwest.

“My host family really focused on religion, and being Jewish, I had never seen how things might be different in a Catholic house-hold,” Biderman said. “It gave me a new perspective on their reli-gion and helped me understand a lot about their faith.”

The 22 Sacred Heart schools in the United States offer students the chance to live and attend school with a Sacred Heart girl on her campus. The geographi-cal change — from California to Nebraska — was appealing, ac-cording to Biderman.

“I really wanted to see what a different part of the country was like, and I had never been to the Midwest,” Biderman said.

Despite being 1,665 miles away from San Francisco, Biderman’s teachers relied on her dedication to her work because her keeping up with her own curriculum was essential, according to dean Ra-chel Simpson.

“We recommend a two-to-three-week stay,” Simpson said. “Teachers have been flexible about work. They expect stu-dents to stay in contact, but un-derstand that they may not be able to stay caught up on every single assignment.”

Aside from going to school

with a host, there is a lot for a student to learn by attending another Sacred Heart school, ac-cording to Biderman.

“Even the little things were interesting,” Biderman said, re-ferring to living in a town that did not have a transit system.

Simpson says there have been more ex-changes across the Network this year than in recent past years, giving students the opportunity to stay with a family in another state and at-tend another school. Because of the greater emphasis placed on exchanges this year, more students have utilized this opportu-nity.

“The strategic focus to build connections with the other Net-work schools has contributed to a growing interest,” Simpson said. “That, and students have been saying ‘We want to do this.’”

Leaving behind the familiar-ity of San Francisco allowed for personal growth, according to sophomore Robin McGahey, who attended Stuart Country Day School of the Sacred Heart in New Jersey.

“I learned how to quickly adapt to a new experience, and I became much more indepen-dent,” McGahey said.

McGahey said the relationship that is built during an exchange extends beyond the time spent in the host’s house.

“I’m going back this summer

to visit my host family,” Mc-Gahey said. “I was set up with a girl who wanted to come and visit San Francisco, and since I have always liked Princeton, Ms. Simpson gave me an application packet and I filled it out within

the night.”McGahey’s interest

in the program was sparked on her first visit to Convent.

“Christie talked to me about it the day I shadowed at Convent as an eighth grader,” McGahey said, refer-ring to admissions as-sistant Christie Che-covic. “I have always loved the East Coast, so I decided to go.”

The decision to live and go to school in another state for a few weeks is not always an easy one, according to Simpson.

“Trust the fact that initially the exchange might be scary, but to take the plunge is the best thing,” Simpson said. “Anytime you open yourself up to meeting people and a different culture, it’s amazing. You’re learning differ-ent habits, and that’s a great kind of learning.”

The openness to learn from new people and new things is what makes the exchange a last-ing experience, says McGahey.

“It builds community because I was able to interact with differ-ent people from across the coun-try through the Sacred Heart system,” McGahey said. “I have bonded with people that I won’t forget for the rest of my life.”

Elizabeth Smithnews editor

Biderman

McGahey

No GPA stipulation — expectation that the students will be in good academic standing with general good conduct

The application is a basic biographical form with paragraph essays about why the students want to go on exchange and what they want to get out of it

Students should have a desire to make con-tact wtih the exchange student to begin a re-lationship between the students and families

Students should be very open to wanting to meet other people

Students only have to pay for airfare and inci-dentals

The fresco of Mater Ad-merablis that is signifi-cant to the Sacred Heart

community is housed in a pri-vate school at the top of the Spanish Steps in Rome. The building is closed off with a sign that reads, “Private all girls school. No tourists,” but its doors are always open to a Convent alumna who carries her Sacred Heart International Passport. Broadway alumna Hallie Young (’09) used her International Passport four times in the eight months she spent studying abroad in Italy. The card is usu-ally given to every Sacred Heart Graduate internationally, and acts as a “passport” into any Sa-cred Heart affiliated institution around the world. Young used hers to visit the original painting of Mater in Rome.

“At first, someone tried to tell me to leave, but as soon as they saw my Trés Bíen card, they opened the doors and asked if I wanted to see Mater,” Young said. “It happened the same way every time.”

The passport, a small piece of cardstock with the Sacred Heart

logo emblazoned on the back in deep red can serve as a means of introduction and even help in the 44 countries where Reli-gious of the Sacred Heart pres-ently serves. Young used hers the most to visit the original p a i n t i n g of Mater. The fresco was pro-duced by the young nun, Pau-line Perdrau in 1844, and today a painting of statue of Mater hangs in ev-ery Sacred Heart institution.

The Trés Bíen card can even assist alumnae is gaining access to institutions no longer affiliat-ed with the Society of the Sacred Heart.

“The school in Rome is now run by a different religious orga-nization and the building has al-ways been owned by the French Government,” Sister Wachter, RSCJ, said. “But they know us. They know how close Mater is to us, so they always let our girls

in.” Many different Sacred Heart

students from all over the world have used their Trés Bíen cards and recorded their visits to see Mater. Young advises other Sa-

cred Heart alumnae to always keep their Trés Bíen card with them, because the chance to use it may come as a surprise.

“My fa-vorite story about my Trés Bíen

Card was when I was having a lecture at the Spanish Steps,” Young narrates. “My professor pointed to the school and said, ‘There’s some incredible art in there, but no one is allowed to see it because it is a private school!’ Later in the in the day I told him I went to CSH and I could get in whenever I wanted, he was impressed and super jealous.”

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Someone tried to tell me to leave, but as soon as they saw my Trés Bíen card, they opened the doors.

EMMA FAHY | with permissionEmma Fahy (’09) and Hallie Young (’09) visit Instituto Sacro Cuore della Trinita dei Monti in Rome, the home of the original fresco of Mater Admerablis.

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Senior SectionForty-five seniors dressed in

different-styled, tea-length white dresses are scheduled to receive their high school diplomas next Friday during Commencement as friends and family watch from both the Main Hall and the Syufy Theatre.

Each graduate usually receives six tickets for guests, depending on the class size. Guests who do not have a ticket will be accom-modated to watch a broadcast of the ceremony from Syufy The-atre, according to dean Rachel Simpson.

“The Main Hall is very small and it is has a very limited num-ber of seats for families,” Paul Pryor Lorentz, who is in charge of the broadcast, said. “If a fam-ily, for instance, isn’t able to get a ticket or lives on the other side of the country they’re still able to tune in and watch it live. They’ll be here afterwards to celebrate even if there aren’t enough seats in the Main Hall.”

The webcast will be created through Ustream, a free broad-

casting platform, and will be available on The Broadview homepage (http://broadview.sa-credsf.org).

“I really like the tradition of [Commencement] and being able to listen to the guest speaker and see everyone in their white dresses again,” Briana Wilvert, who plans to attend New York University, said.

Seniors wore their white dresses for the first time during the Senior Tea on May 3 and will wear them again during the Ring Ceremony, Baccalaureate Mass and Commencement on May 29, 30 and June 1 respectively.

Sister Anne Wachter, RSCJ, head of Convent of the Sacred Heart Elementary School, is the scheduled Commencement speaker.

“Sister Wachter is a tremen-dously impressive female leader,” Andrea Shurley, CSH head of School, said. “She’s also been a strong advocate for girls educa-tion all of her life and she will continue to do that. With her connection to the history of our school, she has been a literal tie to the Religious of the Sacred

Heart and I could not think of anyone better to address a class of graduates.”

Wachter will leave to be head of Convent of the Sacred Heart of Halifax in Nova Scotia, Can-ada. Next academic year will be the Schools of the Sacred Heart’s first without an active RSCJ on campus, according to Wachter.

“I feel a connection with the high school because I was lucky to get a Sacred Heart high school experience,” Wachter, who grad-uated from Duschesne Academy of the Sacred Heart in Omaha, Neb. in 1980, said. “I’m happy to address the graduates. It’s an honor and a privilege.”

Commencement is scheduled for June 1 at 4 p.m.

“I’m excited to go to college and hear the Trojan marching band, do research that makes a difference and having a dead week before final exams so I will have more time to study,” Caitlin Martin, who plans to attend Uni-versity of Southern California said, “but I’m going to miss Con-vent and its traditions, especially Congé and Prize Day.”

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The Senior Class (top) lines up along the Belvedere while waiting to greet family and friends. The graduates held their green and white bouquets as Director of Schools Gordon Sharafinski offered his congratulations. Brooke Thomas and Isabella Holland (above) help hand out bouquets to fellow seniors before the ceremony. Jordan Carter (center) hugs her friend while posing for a picture. Mariah Campania and Caroline Welsh grin and laugh as they are greeted by invited guests. Sarah Hegarty and Natalie Sullivan (bottom right) shake hands with visitors while telling them where they are going to college next year.

Class of ’12 dresses in white

125 years of girls in

white dresses

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Girls pose for their class photo wear-ing long puffy sleeves, sash-es, pinned up hairdos and PrizeDay garlands.

Large puffy sleves diap-pear as do garlands The girls continue to receive Prize Day sashes that they wear across their chests.


The long sleeved dresses are out of fash-ion, replaced by thick shoul-der straps, floor length-gowns and wrist-length gloves.

Photos from the Schools of the Sacred Heart’s Archive show 125 years of graduation tradition.

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SENIOR SECTIONMay 25, 2012 The BroadviewS2

Alumnae tell what to pack for collegeThe Broadview asks alumnae from 2009 – 2011 what they wished they brought to college their freshman year.

Katie Carlson Stanford UniversityStanford, Calif.

Anjali ShresthaSyracuse UniversitySyracuse, N.Y.

Home Decor

Light Rain Jacket & Blue Tape

Medicine

Pearl Plonsker University of CincinattiCincinatti, Ohio

Gracie HaysWesleyan UniversityMiddletown, Conn.

Ina HerlihyScripps CollegeClaremont, Calif.

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Beth LevinWhitman CollegeWalla Walla, Wash.

Maggie CummingsMills CollegeOakland, Calif.

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Katie Carlson (’11)“I brought pretty much every-thing. I wish I brought medi-cine and school supplies but luckily since I live so close my parents could bring me stuff.”

Maggie Cummings (’10)“I wish I’d brought more food. Not having food in your room was a bummer.”

Gracie Hays (’09)“Bring a blow dryer for sure if

you go to school on the East Coast. It’s easy to underesti-mate how pricey it can be to buy a new one and it’s not so fun to have your hair freeze in clumps when it’s below 30 degrees.”

Ina Herlihy (’10)“I wish I stole more of Emma’s [my sister’s] clothes. Last year I wish that I brought a water heater to make tea, so I was sure to bring one this year.”

Beth Levin (’10)“Probably one of the biggest surpises clothing-wise was that I needed a very light rain jack-et. The spring can be warm, but still rain. I never had need of one in San Francisco, but that padded rain jacket just was not going to cut it hope that helps. Also blue tape — I have posters all over my walls and we are not supposed to put tacks in the walls, so blue tape is great. Also, [use it] to put signs around the halls for

different events I am involved in or posters. It comes in very handy.”

Pearl Plonsker (’11)“I wish I had brought a Brita water filter. Instead I had to go buy one because nothing tastes like our beautiful Hetch Hetchy water.”

Anjali Shrestha (’11)“I wish I brought a lot more things to decorate my wall like

picture frames. I go to school on the East Coast, so I had to really organize and be judi-cious with what I brought. It was good for packing but I had to buy a lot of things to make my room seem more ‘homey.’ Also random things I needed — umbrellas, lounge clothes and sweatshirts. I brought a lot of my ‘cute’ clothes but then realized around the dorms and dining halls, I had noth-ing to wear.”

Necessary to have ӹ Flip flops or any type of

shower shoe ӹ Case for toiletries ӹ Duct Tape ӹ USB flash drive ӹ Vitamins ӹ Powerstrip

Nice to Have ӹ Earplugs ӹ Door hangers/Hooks

with adhesive backing ӹ Hammer, Screwdriver

and Pliers ӹ Air fresheners ӹ Ethernet cord

Buy It There ӹ Storage containers/

Crates ӹ Linens and extra sheets ӹ Microwave (if not pro-

vided by school) ӹ A safe ӹ Extra pairs of socks

Leave It at Home ӹ Expensive jewelery ӹ Pets ӹ Birth certificate ӹ More than one pair of

high heels ӹ Childhood keepsakes

Easy Food Prep (check if allowed in dorm) ӹ Microwave ӹ Rice cooker ӹ Toaster oven ӹ Mini fridge

Sources: www.collegeandfinance.com, www.xatal.com

1949 1950 1952

Wrap neckline dresses cover the front and shoulders of the graduates who wear floor-length dresses and wrist length gloves or no gloves at all. They hold short stemmed bouquets while lining up along the Main Hall’s walls, leading up to the Belvedere to greet their relatives and friends.

Graduates hold short-stemmed bouquets while posing for a class photo on the Flood Mansion steps. Many seniors wear circle dresses with high collar necklines at tea-length. Graduate’s ankles are no longer covered and they wear white high-heel shoes.

Seniors pose for their class photo wearing sweetheart cut necklines and a ball gown-style, tea-length dresses. Graduates still wear white wrist length gloves.

Items to Pack (and not to Pack) for College

SENIOR SECTIONThe Broadview May 25, 2012S3Why they will miss home

Seniors share what they will miss most about home, CSH and the San Francisco Bay Area.

Tips to Overcome Homesickness

ӹ Bring familiar items from home ӹ Think positively about the new surrounding ӹ Accept feeling homesick, do not bury it — talk to someone (i.e. resident assistant

or school counselor) ӹ Participate in student activities on campus ӹ Focus on relaxing activities ӹ Exercise Sources: www.pserie.psu.edu, www.uwec.edu

1957 1958 1959

Girls wear elbow-length, wrist-length gloves or no gloves at all. Off the shoulder or spaghetti straps are in style and small flower arrangements are worn on their shoulders or held in their hands.

One graduate wears a tier, layered dress with spaghetti straps while pos-ing with her mother for a photo. She wears elbow length gloves, instead of wrist length gloves and wears a lei of flowers around her neck.

Three girls wear tea-length dresses with cap sleeves. The short-stemmed bouquets are held with curled ribbons and each graduate wears wrist-length gloves.

Photos: SOPHIA REDFERN | The Broadview

Kira Rosenbaum, who plans to attend the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, shares a video of herself at crew with learning resource teacher Patricia Kievlan. Rosenbaum plans to row crew while at university. “I’ll miss all of my teachers, especially Ms. Kievlan because she has been a great role model and person for me to talk to.”

Brooke Thomas, who plans to attend Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, N.Y., walks her golden retriever Lizzie along Hazel Avenue in Mill Valley. “I’m especially sad about leaving my dog because she’s the only family member who can’t visit.”

Caroline Welsh dribbles around a Lick Wilmerding High School basketball player in the Herbert Center. Welsh plans to attend Loyola University, New Orleans. “I’m going to miss playing volleyball, basketball and soccer with the friends I’ve met at Convent.”

Rehyeuh Dabis-Loy, who plans to attend Santa Barbara City College, stands at the toll plaza parking lot and looks at the Golden Gate Bridge. “I will especially miss the views San Francisco has to offer such as the Golden Gate Bridge. I’m also going to miss seeing my high school friends and family every day and eating home cooked meals.”

SENIOR SECTIONThe Broadview May 25, 2012S4

COLLEGEBOUND

Jordan CarterPrinceton UniversityPrinceton, N.J.

Colors: Orange and blackMascot: Tiger

“Princeton had been my dream school for awhile. It is very well balanced and is full of well rounded people.”

Caitlin MartinUniversity ofSouthern CaliforniaLos Angeles

Colors: Gold and cardinalMascot: Taveler the (Trojan) Horse

“My final two schools both had excellent aca-demic programs, so I had to decide what kind of college experience I wanted. I decided USC was that match.”

1980 19821981 2012

Spaghetti straps and low shoulder sleeves were the style of the dresses, and students all wore wrist length gloves.

A 1897 look was brought back by girls with the high collar but-toned up to the neck and seniors also held yellow and white bouquets.

Ankle length dresses, square cut necklines, elbow length sleeves and the yellow and white bouquets were used.

Floor length dresses, thicker shoul-der straps and a white and green bouquet were seen on this graduating class.

Leslie LambertFairfield UniversityFairfield, Conn.

Colors: Red and whiteMascot: Stag

“The professors cared about me and I’m not even a student yet. The campus is beautiful and an hour from New York City and five minutes from the beach.”

Seniors shares their colleges and the experiences they anticipate this fall.

Natalie SullivanBerklee College of MusicBoston

Colors: Red and grayMascot: Mingus theCat

“There’s nothing I’ve ever wanted to do more than pursue a music career, and I knew that was the ideal and perfect place to pursue it.”

Dakota ChamberlinUniversity of WashingtonSeattle

Colors: Purple and goldMascot: Husky

“I decided to attend because I have been in love with it the moment I stepped onto the campus. It is a great research univer-sity which is what I would like to go into.”

The Broadview May 25, 2012SPORTS & FITNESS 5

Shirley Yangreporter

TORN UPAthletes struggle with damaged ACLs

As I have gotten older, the athletes’ halos seem to have dimmed. My favorites have disappointed me and I lost my enamor with the Olym-pics’ great stars. Their fall from Mount Olympus however, has helped me to focus on the true point of the games.

Michael Phelps made a splash in my life when I was 10 years old and became my hero in the 2004 Athens Olympics, the first games that truly cap-tured my attention. Phelps seemingly burst into the in-ternational swimming scene, winning six gold and two bronze medals, all at the age of nineteen. I took up swimming lessons soon after, promising myself that in Beijing in 2008, I would stand next to Phelps as a member of the U.S. Olym-pics swim team.

Just a few months after his success, Michael was arrested for a DUI, causing cracks to run through his heroic statue.

Four years later, I was still on the other side of the TV screen, watching as once again Michael Phelps made a splash on the Olympic stage — this time breaking the record pre-

viously held by Mark Spitz by winning eight gold medals in a single Olympics. My dream was renewed, as was my faith in the Olympic god that was Michael Phelps.

A few months following this history-making perfor-mance, Michael was pictured in a British tabloid smoking marijuana. These were human mistakes, and Phelps was not supposed to be human — he was meant to be so much more than that.

My mistake was not in being inspired by Michael Phelps’ feats, but in tying those aspira-tions to the success of a man who was, at the end of the day, a regular human being.

The divine factor of the Olympics is not the athletes themselves, but in the way they can make us believe in ourselves. When I watch beach volleyball star Misty May-Treanor elevate for the kill, or Shawn Johnson nail a balance beam routine, I start to believe anything is possible.

If these seemingly ordinary people can push themselves to such greatness, then so can I.

Ordinary Olympians

Good Callclaire fahy

Spring Sports Roundup

Captains’ Q&A

Meghan Helms Sailing 5 years experience

Challenges: “Helping others learn and improve while also focusing on your own sailing skills.”

On motiviation: “We just gear up and go sailing.”

Season Wrap-Up:The team participated in 13 regattas from January to April. This year-round sport has an atypical scoring system, making records nonapplicable.

Lauren ChoiBadminton 4 years experience

Challenges: “We have a big team this year so coordinating with everyone can get a bit difficult.”

On motiviation: “We just warm up then do introductions. We wish the other team good luck and do our group huddle/cheer.”

Season Record: 3-8; Junior Casey Stuart qualified for NCS

Dakota Chamberlin Swimming 9 years experience

Also Pictured: Quinn Reno

Not Pictured: Taylor Carlson

Challenges: “Organization and balancing between being a leader and being at the friend level.”

On motiviation: “Having a really good, positive attitude as well as being a good example.”

Season Record: 3-2

Jane Stephens Track 6 years experience

Challenges: “There aren’t many challenges because our coach is very orga-nized and takes care of everything.”

On motiviation: “Unlike in cross-country we all race at different times so there are no pre-game rituals and it makes motivating the team very hard.”

Season Record:Seven Cubs runners qualified for NCS.

Sara SvartvasmoSoccer 12 years experience

Challenges: “Keeping your head up and motivating your team before and especially dur-ing a rough game against a tough team.”

On motiviation: “I give them positive feed-back on things that they do well and by keeping them talking.”

Season Record: 4-8-1; The Cubs did not qualify for the BCL play-offs.

REBECCA SIEGEL | The Broadview

Juniors Sara Svartvasmo and Jane Stephens left to right and seniors Dakota Chamberlin, Quinn Reno, Lauren Choi and Meghan Helms led varsity teams this spring season, which concluded with an awards banquet last Thursday.

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Sophomore Sarah Bloch was making a routine play dur-ing a JV soccer match when

an injury ended her season.“I was passing the ball when

I bent [my knee] and it twisted outwards,” Bloch said. “I heard a pop and it really hurt. I had to be helped off the field.”

Block tore her anterior cruci-ate ligament ACL, one of the two rings of tissue connecting the fe-mur to the tibia that crosses in the middle of the knee and helps to support it.

“I can’t do any sports other than light swimming and bik-ing,” junior Isabella Borges, who tore her ACL right be-fore North Coast Section basketball playoffs this year, said. “I used play basketball everyday, but I couldn’t even run after tearing my ACL.”

The ACL is one the most commonly injured ligaments of the knee and may result from non-contact injury, such as landing awkwardly, according to UCSF Medical Center. The risk of ACL injury is highest in sports requiring pivoting, jump-ing, cutting or a rapid change of direction, like in soccer, basket-ball, volleyball and gymnastics.

Females are more vulnerable to non-contact ACL injuries than males because females have smaller ACLs, wider pelvises, more flexible ligaments, and slower reflex times, according to The Hughston Clinic.

Both Borges and Bloch had surgery to replace the torn liga-

ment with a piece of tendon from another part of her leg. The injury requires nine months to one year to fully heal. “My knee is still weaker than the other one,” Bloch said. “It needs more muscle, even if I am fully recovered. After the surgery, my right leg was skinny and weak, so I had to build more strength

into it through physical therapy, which consists of leg crunches, squats, jumping and leg lifts for 5-10 minutes every day.”

Physical therapy after an ACL joint repair surgery is critical to restore normal range of mo-tion, strength, coordination and balance, according to Mindy Marantz, director of Healthwell Physical Therapy Group. Pa-tients are generally about 60-80 percent normal in 3 to 6 months

after an ACL repair and rehabili-tation.

“A person undergoes physical therapy to restore normal func-tion,” Marantz, said. “You can put a new hinge on a door, and you might have done a great job at the carpentry, but if the door doesn’t close to keep out the cold, then it doesn’t matter how good the hinge is, the door is considered non-functional. The rehab is really as important as the surgery, just a different ele-ment of the recovery process, and often the more challenging

aspect.”Basic warm-up activi-

ties, stretching techniques, strengthening exercises and soccer-specific agility drills led to 88 percent less ACL injuries in the first year and 74 percent less injuries in the second year, accord-

ing to a 2005 University of California study.“Girls grow up playing one

sport, so only muscles that are used in the sport are developed,” varsity soccer coach Anne Gui-na, who was part of the National Soccer Coaches Association of America All-American First Team while playing soccer in college, said. “They have to de-velop a variety of muscles to pre-vent injuries.”

Guina has the varsity soccer team warm up by jogging, bal-listic stretching, static stretching and passing the ball using sev-eral surfaces of their feet, legs, chest and head so the muscles warm before being stretched in order to prevent injury.

Although the Olympic Games have evolved since their mythological founding by Her-cules and Zeus, their participants are still

widely viewed as gods. When I was younger, I idolized Olympians whose battles captivated my attention for a few summer weeks every four years.

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SOFIA REDFORD | The Broadview

Charles Rooney helps physics student Caitlin Martin with a circuit lab. Rooney will retire next week after 40 years of teaching, 12 at Convent.

Science teacher to retire

With his quiet Southern drawl, Charles Rooney stands tall by the white board in front of his classroom and in a low voice inserts quick jokes into his lecture material, chuckling to himself. Some students — those closest enough to hear him — laugh along with him.

Calculus and physics teach-er Charles Rooney is retiring at the end of the 2012 school year, ending a teaching career spanning over 40 years.

“I wanted to work at a Catholic high school — I was a lapsed Catholic,” Rooney said. “I was inspired by raising my daughter, but also by teaching physics because it questions many religious beliefs.”

In turn, students such as ju-nior Caite McGrath say Rooney has influenced them.

“I don’t know exactly what I want to do in college yet, but I definitely want to do something with science and psychology,” said Caite McGrath. “Rooney made science interesting and in-spired me to continue with it in the future,” said McGrath.

Rooney stimulates students

who are in his class to be moti-vated, according to senior Kira Rosenbaum.

“Mr. Rooney is interactive and animated about problems we are solving,” said Rosenbaum, who took both calculus and honors physics. He is very passionate and makes class engaging — he makes us want to learn.”

Rooney has fostered relation-

ships with his fellow colleagues during his 12 years at Convent that go beyond the classroom setting.

“We were colleagues even be-fore CSH at the College of San Mateo back in the ’90s,” Marisa Kendall who teaches marine bi-ology and AP Environmental Science said. “I think his abso-lute mastery of the topic of phys-ics has lent a very assured air to the science department. He has added a solidness and stability

that will be sorely missed.”Kendall says students don’t

know about Rooney’s outside interest because of his quiet de-meanour.

“He is a master pool player and master barman with stories and facts about every type of drink, a master musician who can talk bands and theory, and a virtual computer on so many

topics,” Kendall said. “He is always quiet about it, always humble — but get him talk-ing and your jaw will hit the floor.”

Rooney says he has already made initial plans for retire-ment.

“I have many guitar proj-ects, some great history read-ings — and I will need to find some other ways to get into

trouble,” chuckles Rooney. “My wife and I also hope to do some traveling.”

Even so, Rooney says the re-lationships he has made at CSH have made the decision to leave difficult.

“I will miss my colleagues — this is the best teaching com-munity I have ever been in,” said Rooney. “And of course, I will miss my students. They are the best part of teaching.”

”“Rooney made

science interesting and inspired me to continue with it in the future.

It isn’t just the children in UNICEF ads who aren’t get-ting the proper food and nu-

trition they need to survive due to lack of resources. Twenty-five percent of San Francisco’s own children go hungry every day.

“People don’t immediately think of kids as facing this prob-lem,” Lisa Mizokami, Marketing and Communications Manager at the San Francisco Food Bank, said. “They are a vulnerable population because they don’t have access to jobs. We need to take care of them as a commu-nity.”

Many organizations are step-ping up and adopting new tac-tics to try and meet the apparent crisis. The Boys and Girls Clubs and the San Francisco Food Bank are introducing organiza-tions with initiatives to help fill the void of nutrition in young people’s lives.

“Hunger impedes people of every age from leading healthy and productive lives,” Paul Ash, San Francisco Food Bank Ex-ecutive Director, stated in the food bank’s profile on chi ld-hood hunger. “It impairs a child’s ability to learn, grow and stay healthy.”

Summer presents a new chal-lenge for these struggling fami-lies, according the San Fran-cisco Food Bank. With schools out for up to three months, food programs that supply children with breakfast, lunch and snacks are no longer available. This re-quires the food bank to double

its efforts and apply resources to keeping school food pantries open.

This increase in demand cre-ates a greater need for volun-teers, according to Mizokami.

Twenty-two percent of chil-dren under the age of 18 in the United States do not have secure and guaranteed access to food, according to a 2010 report by the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics. This reportedly leads to em-barrassment and stress experi-enced by these children and also makes a child more likely to re-quire special education, have to repeat a grade level, and receive mental health consultation, ac-cording to the American Psy-chology Association.

In San Francisco and Marin Counties, one in five kids is facing hunger, resulting in the majority of public schools hav-ing high participation in fee reduced food programs that provide breakfast and lunch, ac-cording to Mizokami.

The SF Food Bank distrib-utes 27 pounds of food a year through 500 local non-profits such as food kitchens as well as 220 food pantries. The U.S. Cen-sus Bureau reports that 150,000 San Francisco residents live be-low the poverty line, 17 percent of which are children.

“A lot of people think the peo-ple who live here are wealthy, and so its a hidden problem,” Mizokami said. “The high cost of living means a lot of families are strapped and need resources.”

claire fahysports editor

Hunger prevalent amongst S.F. kids

Child hunger by San Francisco districtsPercentages represents number of children living below the U.S. Poverty Level Line, according the 2010 Census.

Richmond

13%

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Ingleside/Vistacion Valley

23%

Castro/ Haight

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14%

SOMA

6%

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Source: San Francisco Food BankGraphic: CLAIRE FAHY and ELIZABETH BURKETT | The Broadview

Source: San Francisco Food Bank

Summer worsens city wide crisis for children living below poverty line.

Because schools are out for the summer children are no longer able to rely on assistance programs provided by the

institutions, a void the S.F. Food Bank is attempting to fill with its programs.

Effects of hunger on childrenHunger affects people of every age from leading healthy and productive lives.

Hunger is detrimental to a child’s ability to learn, grow and stay healthy.

Hunger worsens chronic health problems and quickens the onset of degenerative diseases.

12,962 families with children are threatened by hunger.

Hunger has negative effects on adults caring for families and focussing at work or new skills.

The S.F. Food Bank distributes food through its many food pantries.

ElizabethBurkettreporter

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FEATURESThe Broadview May 25, 20127

What new social media are you using — or not?

“Twitter is dramatic. People get angry and use it as an excuse to be mean.”

— Isabella Borges, junior

“Instagram is a fun way to express what you’re doing and to feel artistic with your photos.”

— Fiona Giarratana- Young

Sophomore

“Twitter is either a way to personally communicate with other people or a bet-ter way to see what’s happening with celebrities.”

— Hannah Jones, Sophomore

“I find it easier to share photos with, and to see what photos my friends are sharing because it’s only pictures.”

— Alana Hu Freshman

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There are even more options for social media. Teens can be plugged in to more than three different social media sites at a time. However appealing all these new social media options may be the true social media king remains to be Facebook.

Facebook dominates competitiondespite social media start-ups

Tumblr, Twitter and You-Tube may be dynamic options for social me-

dia allowing access 24/7 via a smartphone, but the majority of American teens have crowned Facebook as the social media King.

Eighty-nine percent of social media users between the ages of 12 and 18 use only Facebook re-gardless of the other options, ac-cording to Pew Research Center.

“I use Facebook the most, mainly to connect with my friends who I don’t go to school with or who aren’t even in this country,” senior Emma Herlihy said.

The Facebook login page dis-plays a world map showing The Social Media Giant’s presence on six continents, with the slo-gan, “Facebook helps you con-nect and share with the people in your life.”

This type of marketing has brought millions to the social network. By April 2007, there were 20 million active users on Facebook. Today the site boasts 800 million active users.

“Besides Facebook, I use Ins-tagram,” senior Annie Delancie said. “I’m basically on Facebook all the time, and I use Instagram when I need to post a picture.”

Instagram — a photo shar-ing application available for the

iPhone and Android platforms, provides filters to apply on pic-tures, giving them a vintage vibe, was purchased by Facebook for $1 billion in cash and stocks in April.

“I love the editing options on Instagram, and I love that it’s instant,” Delancie said. “I don’t have to wait until I get home and mess around on iPhoto to achieve those cool light filters.”

Instagram allows users to share photos through Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and Foursquare, making connecting with friends easier.

“On Instagram, it’s not just who is following you,” junior Isabella Borges said. “You can upload your Instagram pics to Facebook and all your Facebook friends can check them out.”

Less than 1 percent of teens use the popular social network-ing site Twitter, according to Pew Research Center.

“I don’t use Twitter, because I don’t really need to,” Delancie said. “Not a lot of my friends are on it.”

While Twitter sparked a youth revolution in spring 2011 in Egypt, it hasn’t reached that level of popularity among teens in the United States. Even small-er numbers of teens regularly maintain accounts on Youtube.

“I use Youtube to watch vid-eos, but I don’t have an account and I don’t upload videos,”

Herlihy said. Google’s video sharing site

Youtube boasts 62 percent of on-line adult users with less than 10 percent of online teen users, ac-cording to Pew Research Center.

Last Friday Facebook, an orig-inally private company, opened its doors to public trading at an Initial Public Offering price of $38.

“The company went public be-cause the original investors of the company wanted to see a profit,” Eddy Guiterrez, Vice President-Senior Financial Advisor with Merrill Lynch said.

The social media’s share trad-ing fell flat however due to a lot of stock and not as much de-mand for the shares.

“It’s pretty expensive, and it might not be a good investment because the likelihood of it de-valuing is pretty high,” Guiterrez said. “I would not advise my cli-ents to invest in Facebook.”

Despite average performance in the stock market, Facebook is still the star among its competi-tion.

Even though Youtube, Twit-ter, Tumblr — a blogging engine — all have made impacts on the new world of social media, Face-book continues to hold the larg-est teen audience.

“I know people who use all these different social media sites, but Facebook is really all I need to get involved in,” Herlihy said.

Rebecca siegelDesign editor

Social Media has teens all tied up

Social Networking and blogs now account for

nearly 25% of the time Americans spend online.

Mobile Web will replace wired internet

38% of colleges making use of stu-

dents online pro�les said what they saw

“negatively a�ected”their views of the

applicant.

1 in 3 online teens have

experienced online harrassment.

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44% of teen internet users said they were

older than they really were in order to

access a website.

73% of American teens ages 12-17 are

using social networking sites.

access by 2015.

Source: mydigitalfootprint.com Graphics: REBECCA SIEGEL | The Broadview

Cartoons: RACHEL FUNG | The Broadview

CITY LIFEThe Broadview May 25, 2012 8

Local bakeries put twists on favoritesAlice Jonesreporter

Tatiana GutierrezReporter

PULSE What’s pumping in The City

Urban OutfittersCigarette

High-rise jeans — Pink$58

American Apparel High-waist side zipper pant — Dark sienna

$78

Colored Jeans The sound of bands warm-ing up and performing will reverberate all throughout

Golden Gate Park in mid-August during the three-day Outside Lands festival. Attendees can ex-pect to hear a diverse lineup of artists and experience a wide ar-ray of attractions.

“We try to book a variety of bands that have great fan bases in San Francisco,” Ken Wein-stein, director of media relations for Outside Lands, said. “We also like to turn our fans onto new artists every year.”

Performers vary from Metal-lica and Neil Young & Crazy Horse — both new to Golden Gate Park — to Stevie Wonder, who is returning to the stage after several years. All three are headliners for this year’s festival.

“We choose the artists in dif-ferent ways,” Weinstein said. “We always have our dream artists that we try to book every year — the legends that you always want playing in your city.”

Weinstein said he expects the festival to sell out this year be-cause of the lineup.

Eager Beaver, special three-day and advance three-day tick-ets, are already sold out. Three-day $225 and VIP $495 tickets are now the only tickets avail-able.

Tickets will only be harder to get as it gets closer to the festival, according to Weinstein.

“What ticket I buy really de-pends on the lineup, but I think its worth it,” freshman Sabine Kelly, who attended last year and plans to go again this year, said. “Being able to go with friends for a whole day or even two or three days is a great experience because the atmosphere is really relaxing, which is perfect for the summertime.”

Outside Lands raised a to-tal of $4.3 million for the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department last year and had a $68 million impact on the city through tourism as a whole, ac-cording to the Outside Lands press release.

Outside Lands takes place Aug. 10–12 on stages all over Golden Gate Park. Tickets are available online as well as The Independent box office on Di-visadero Street and the Fox The-ater in Oakland.

“We strive every year to im-prove on what we’ve done in the past,” Weinstein said. “We tweak all the systems and try to make the event run as smoothly as possible.”

Tickets going fast for Outside Lands

Cheaper alternatives

Stern Grove Festival 19th Avenue

Sloat Boulevard SFFREE

July 1 The Stone Foxes

July 8 San Francisco Symphony

July 15 Nitin Sawhney Meshell Ndegeocello

July 22 The E Family

Aug. 19 San Francisco Opera

Hall & Heart: Drawn to Life Rachel Fung

Convent girls are blessed and cursed to have four bakeries specializing in

cupcakes within walking dis-tance of school. A rich, sugary and moist cupcake sounds like the perfect sugar boost after a long day of school, but the hard-est decision is choosing which shop to go to.

SusieCakes Bakery on Chest-nut and Steiner streets offers consistently moist, thick cakes topped with a rich slow-churned butter frosting with satisfying, yet subtle flavors. The Mocha is a perfect example of Susie Cakes’ elegant muted flavors, finished off with a big swirl of chocolate frosting with hints of coffee and topped with chocolate jimmies.

Most bakeries in the Cow Hollow–Pacific Heights–Ma-rina triangle have a low-key Red

Velvet cupcake and each puts its own spin on the chocolaty bot-tom, but they all seem to stay away from a strong cream cheese frosting. What should be a bold, smooth, yet tangy taste usually is sweet cream with only a cream cheese aftertaste.

The best Red Velvet cupcake is at American Cupcake on Union and Laguna streets. All its cupcakes follow a similar pat-tern with a very light, whipped frosting and a thick moist cake. The Red Velvet has a very choco-laty cake and an airy yet sugary whipped cream cheese frosting topped with chocolate chips. Some may find the frosting too sweet, so you may want to use it to finish off a meal from the shop’s lunch menu.

American Cupcake’s best cup-cake is the Salted Caramel. The cake’s whipped frosting is almost tasteless underneath the cara-mel drizzle that makes the cup-

cake consisting of spongy thick chocolate bottom with hints of sea salt and a delightful caramel dollop in the center.

The best use of salt and caramel in cupcakes is at Kara’s Cupcakes on Scott at Chestnut Street. It’s Fleur De Sel tops all local cup-cakes with a super thick, dark chocolate frosting topped with sea salt artfully piped on top of a perfectly baked, not-too-moist and not-too-dry thick chocolate cake with a surprisingly gooey salted caramel center.

A close challenger is the bold but genuinely named No Com-petition at That Takes the Cake on Union at Steiner streets. Al-though the No Competition is very similar to Kara’s Fleur De Sel in concept, the thick dark chocolate frosting is less rich than Kara’s. The gooey caramel center is delicious but heav-ily salted, yet surprisingly works well with the cake.

Another notable cupcake is the Sweet ’Smores at Kara’s. With one of their signature fon-dant cutouts on top of a fluffy whipped marshmallow frosting, the cake is super chocolaty but light and surprisingly moist cake on top of a graham cracker crust.

Each bakery brings its own spin and own signature ideas to the collective Cow Hollow–Pacific Heights–Marina foodie community and all deserve to be tried. It’s a fight to keep a suc-cessful business going in these pricey neighborhoods, and it is up to loyal customers to make sure the best cupcakes stay standing.

ALICE JONES | The Broadview

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The Broadview May 25, 2012