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HOOFPRINTS ISSUE 1 NOVEMBER 2020 Hispanic Heritage Month: Recognizing Sonia Sotomayor Sleepy Hollow High School Newspaper Sleepy Hollow Students Organize for Black Lives -Jack Weidner In the months since George Floyd was killed at the hands of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, Black Lives Matter protests have swept –Virginia Bencosme the nation, turning into the single largest social Every year between September 15 and October 15, Hispanic Heritage month is celebrated to movement in the history of this country. The honor and recognize all the contributions the movement has not skipped over Tarrytown and Hispanic community has made to American Sleepy Hollow. There have been at least five Saya Aizeki-Nevins. “This summer, I was pulled society. The influence and presence of Black Lives Matter protests in the two villages into organizing culture by Sandra. To see her Hispanic culture can be seen all across the since late May, and at least two Back the Blue take action for justice without fear of pushback, United States. One great example of a person rallies. especially in small villages like Tarrytown and of Hispanic heritage who has contributed Sleepy Hollow seniors Sandra Aderemi and Sleepy Hollow, was very inspirational for me.” greatly to American society is Sonia More than 100 Sleepy students, from both the Saya Aizeki-Nevins are responsible for Sotomayor. Sonia Sotomayor is the first and middle and high schools, could be seen in organizing many of the Black Lives Matter only person in the Supreme Court of the attendance at the various events. protests. Aderemi felt compelled to speak out United States of Hispanic descent. Over the Local organizers and residents have been about her experiences as a Black woman in years, she has proven to be an extremely taking action to combat systemic racism in our America, and began organizing local rallies. “In important voice for all the important matters community in addition to organizing protests our small community, the youth are often that affect our country. Sotomayor’s parents and rallies. Among other initiatives, they have were both born and raised in Puerto Rico, and sheltered from the powerful organizing culture been attending meetings for the Westchester she was born and raised in the South Bronx that is present in larger metropolitan areas. Prior County Police Reform and Reimagining Task Area. Her hard work and dedication lead her to to organizing, I knew of issues that needed to be Force, the Board of Education and the District addressed in our community, but I didn’t know how to go about addressing them,” said student cont'd p.2 cont'd p.4
"Among Us:" Seemed Like It Popped Right Out BLM Organizers (Continued from page 1) Equity Team (all of –Griffin Neilsen Of A Vent “Among Us” is a game made two years ago by If you are the imposter, you have one goal: kill which are open to the public). The District Innersloth Studios. However, the game has everybody, or at least kill as many people as Equity Team was created by school recently exponentially risen in popularity. For possible until the number of the imposters alive administration last year with the purpose of those who have been living under a rock (or is equal to the amount of crewmates alive. But writing a list of recommendations to the vent in this case), “Among Us” is a murder you have to be careful; if you get caught Board of Education (BOE) about how to mystery game involving two imposters and venting, killing or faking a task, you're a goner. make our schools more equitable, and is eight crewmates. Think “Mafia,” but in space, So, be smart and always have an alibi. If you are composed of administration, teachers, staff, and with cute multicolored avatars. The goal of the crewmate, do not trust anyone unless you parents, community members, and students. the crewmates is to find out who the imposters have evidence to prove they’re not the imposter. “We try to get our voices heard as much as are and eject them from the spacecraft. The goal And again, always have an alibi. possible in BOE and task force meetings,” of the imposters is to kill all the crewmates. When you are the imposter and you are said Sandra Aderemi, “because youth are For the crew, this game requires strategy, playing with multiple imposters, you will need usually left out of the equation when it memory and some basic deduction skills in to stick together and help each other. Do not comes to addressing community problems.” order to win. But you’ll need lying, planning, abandon your partner and do your own plan. Her frustration has been shared by many and sneakiness in order to win as an imposter. Try to execute double kills and eliminate two participants in these meetings, who are also The great thing about the game is that there's people at once. But one thing is very important: engaged in projects outside these venues. nothing you get if you win – no collectables or don’t get caught. Aderemi and Aizeki-Nevins are part of a in-game currency. People simply play it for fun. county-wide coalition of student organizers This is why “Among Us” is so popular to begin that aims to provide each community in with. You want to get the feeling of perfectly Westchester with the resources and guessing who the imposters are, or perfectly organizing experience necessary to address executing a kill and getting a perfect alibi. When their own community problems. Although you get those feelings of 1,000,000 IQ, you feel no one has all the answers to the complex like Sherlock Holmes solving a case. problems we face in our communities and in When you are a crewmate, you have some our nation, working together with groups of tasks to do around the ship. Whether it be people it is possible to achieve the social, downloading data or wiring in electrical, they political and brain power necessary to leave you completely helpless. But you do have change the world for the better. If you would to do them. You win as the crewmates if you like to be a part of the District Equity Team, figure out who the imposter is, or if you finish please contact Jack Weidner at your tasks (if you’re dead, you can help the crew jweidner612@gmail.com. by completing tasks, but you can’t help the crew with identifying the imposter).
Stopping the Spread: Aside from wearing masks, most people presymptomatic stage. This means that as a frequently cite standing 6 feet apart as the community, we need to take preventative How to necessary distance between two people to stop measures even when we have little reason to the spread of the virus. While putting distance believe we or the other person in an between two people allows the large droplets of interaction may have the virus. Containing Handle COVID-19 virus in the air to dissipate and become less the spread of a disease such as the coronavirus infectious, this metric is a little arbitrary. The can be a daunting task, but it is not altogether –Charis Polycarpou World Health Organization recommends impossible. The most widely known Months after the coronavirus spread around people stand at least 1 meter apart, a mere 3 preventative measures do in fact prevent the the world, there is still much about the virus feet, while other organizations suggest far spread of the virus and save lives. The goal of that remains unclear. Even the facts scientists greater distances. A researcher at MIT found these measures is not actually to completely have uncovered can be difficult to that a sneeze can actually travel up to 27 feet. stop the spread of the virus. The only way to understand and hard to keep up with. The key is to remember that there is no specific guarantee that level of safety is complete Messaging about the virus has changed distance that will suddenly make you safe. isolation. As we move into a more open greatly as scientists have learned more about Instead remember to wear a mask and stay as environment, people are less likely to take how the virus acts and what we need to be far apart as possible, especially when indoors. that path. Instead, we look to minimize doing to prevent its spread. Another crucial part of stopping the virus is exposure. By complying with New York State Early on, many scientists thought that to test enough people. Test positivity rate is the preventative measures, hopefully we can preventing surface transmission (fomites) percentage of positive tests out of the number contain the virus further and save more lives. was most important in stopping the spread of tests administered. Having a low positivity of the virus. Since then, further research has rate is important for two reasons. First, it means found that blocking aerosols can be the key the transmission rate of the virus is low. to controlling the disease. A journal article Secondly, it indicates that enough tests are from China found that, “Various studies have being administered relative to the number of suggested that SARS‐CoV‐2 can be people infected with the virus. Being able to transmitted through droplets and aerosols, identify members of the community with the and so hand hygiene is inadequate to virus allows them to properly quarantine and prevent infection of SARS‐CoV‐2, and prevent further spread of the disease. An blocking masks are needed.” With the important thing to remember about this virus knowledge that aerosols are the primary way in particular is the amount of transmission that the virus spreads, washing hands remains happens when people are asymptomatic. An important, but wearing masks and face article in Nature Medicine reported the coverings becomes an apparent and simple findings of a research group in China, stating solution. that 44% of transmissions happen during the
(Sonia Sotomayor: continued from page 1) become importancia en nuestras comunidades. Un valedictorian of her high school class and ejemplo vivo de una persona hispana la cual ha gained her acceptance to the University of contribuido de una manera positiva a los Princeton. After graduating with her bachelor’s Estados Unidos es la jueza Sonia Sotomayor. degree in history, she continued her education Sotomayor es la primera y única persona in Yale Law School in pursuit of her J.D. While hispana en la Tribunal Supremo de los Estados at Yale, she co-chaired the Latin American and Unidos. Ella es una voz extremadamente Native American Students Association and importante para los asuntos que afectan el país. worked as an editor for the Yale Law Journal. Sotomayor es de descendencia puertorriqueña. The esteemed Manhattan district attorney Ella se crió en el sur de Bronx y se graduó de Robert Morgenthau hired 25 year old algunas de las universidades más prestigiosas de Sotomayor to work in his office following her nuestro país. Después de graduarse del graduation in 1979. Despite her young age, it bachillerato con notas excelentes, ella fue was evident that Sotomayor was not one to be aceptada en la universidad de Princeton y pushed around. After being recommended by continuó su educación en la universidad de Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, the George Yale. Sotomayor fue copresidenta de la H.W. Bush administration nominated Asociación de Estudiantes Latinoamericanos y Sotomayor to the United States District Court Nativos Americanos y trabajó como editora de for the Southern District of New York on la revista de leyes de Yale. November 27, 1991. After another El legendario fiscal de distrito de Manhattan, recommendation from Moynihan, President Robert Morgenthau, contrató a Sotomayor, de Bill Clinton nominated Sotomayor to the 25 años, para trabajar en su oficina después de United States Court of Appeals for the Second su graduación en 1979. Desde el principio ella Circuit on June 25, 1997. In the decade that fue reconocida como una fiscal imponente que, followed, Sotomayor would hear more than a pesar de ser joven, no se dejaba presionar. Por 3,000 cases and write around 380 majority recomendación del senador Daniel Patrick opinions. After David Souter's retirement in early 2009, President Obama prompt El mes de herencia hispana: Moynihan, la administración de George H. W. Bush nombró a Sotomayor al Tribunal de Reconociendo nominated Sotomayor to fill in his position as Distrito de los Estados Unidos para el Distrito the new Supreme Court Justice. Sur de Nueva York el 27 de noviembre de 1991. a Sonia Sotomayor Hispanics celebrated her appointment to the Después del retiro de David Souter, el Supreme Court and the working class of the presidente Obama nombró a Sotomayor el 26 Bronx hailed the success as one of their own. de mayo de 2009. Los hispanos y la clase After 10 years on the Supreme Court, –Virginia Bencosme trabajadora del Bronx celebraron su Sotomayor is not only the most outspoken Con el propósito de reconocer las nombramiento a la Tribunal Supremo. La questioner but is almost the most frequent contribuciones de todos los hispanos en el presencia de Sotomayor en la Tribunal speaker and most prolific author. Her liberal desarrollo de los Estados Unidos, cada año Supremo es algo que nos honra y enorgullece viewpoints on a conservatice court have entre el 15 de septiembre y el 15 de octubre cada dia más y más. Cada año hispanos como defended minorities, immigrants, criminal celebramos el mes de la herencia hispana. La Sonia Sotomayor, las cuales con su esfuerzo y defendants, and death row inmates. For their presencia e influencia hispana en los ámbitos determinación han logrado superarse y outstanding influence on the United States, diferentes del diario vivir es fácil de notar en contribuir en sus comunidades, son people like Sonia Sotomayor are recognized todo nuestro país. Los hispanos cada día nos reconocidas durante el mes de la herencia and celebrated annually during Hispanic involucramos más y más en sectores de gran hispana. Heritage month.
de muchas personas que expresaron su pained by the reminder that members of the desacuerdo y frustración a travez de protestas. LGBTQ+ continue to be victims of violence Bad Bunny Rem’mie murió en Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and injustice. el 8 de junio y Riah murió el 9 de junio en Bad Bunny’s statement honored Alexa’s life contra la Liberty Township, Ohio. Como consecuencia del assesinato de estas dos personas, una cadena and gender by empowering nonconformity and acceptance. Since her gender transfobia de protestas se han desarrollado a través del país donde un sin número de personas death last February 2020, new waves of protests have emerged advocating for the lives –Virginia Bencosme expresan su descontento y desapruebo a estos of the African American transgender En una presentación actos de violencia. Aunque la lucha contra la community. In 2020 alone, there have been 21 musical en The transfobia continua, artistas como Bad Bunny y homocides involving African American Tonight Show de las personas protestando seguirán apoyando la transgender individuals. After the murders of Jimmy Fallon, el comunidad transgenero hasta el día en que Rem’mie Fells and Riah Milton, a great cantante puertoriqueño Bad Bunny declaró su veamos igualdad en todo el mundo. number of people expressed their anger and apoyo a las personas transgéneras después de la dissatisfaction through marches and protests Bad Bunny Against muerte de Alexa Negrón Luciano. El cantante across the nation. Rem’mie Fells was llevaba una camisa con las palabras, “ Mataron a murdered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania June Alexa, no a un hombre con falda." La frase Transphobia 8th and Riah Milton was murdered June 9th in ayudó a reconocer la muerte de Alexa y Liberty Township, Ohio. In response to the también ayudó a concientizar al público sobre murders, thousands came together in the –Virginia Bencosme la injusticia hacia las personas transgéneras. Black Trans Lives Matter rally all across the Following the tragic death of Alexa Negrón Alexa fue una mujer puertorriqueña que sufrió United States. "The protest is in direct Luciano last February, 2020, the Puerto Rican una muerte horrible en la ciudad de Toa Baja, response to racial injustice, systemic racism, singer Bad Bunny used his performance on The Puerto Rico. Después de ser cuestionada por la and all forms of oppression," said the Black Tonight Show to make a statement supporting policía en un McDonalds por usar el baño de las LGBTQIA Advisory Board Council, who transgender individuals. Bad Bunny performed hembras, videos de Alexa circularon por las organized the protests. Although the fight while wearing a black skirt and a shirt with the redes sociales. Alexa recibió muchas amenazas against transphobia continues, artists like Bad words, “Mataron a Alexa, no a un hombre con por los transfóbicos y homofóbicos que vieron Bunny and those that advocate for the falda,” which translates to, “They killed Alexa, el video. En Febrero del 2020, la policía transgender community will continue to speak not a man in a skirt.” Through Bad Bunny’s confirmó la muerte de Alexa con el encuentro up and fight for change until the day there is extensive platform, he was able to bring more de su cuerpo, que tenia múltiples heridas de equality and justice all around the world. publicity to Alexa’s death and helped further balas. La muerte de Alexa afectó a toda la recognize the prevailing transphobia that exists comunidad LGBTQ+ y nos recuerda de la all around the world. transfobia que sigue existiendo en todo el Alexa Negrón Luciano was a trangender mundo. woman from Puerto Rico who was shot to Aunque nueva información del caso de Alexa death. Shortly after being questioned by police no ha sido publicada en las noticias for using the women's bathroom at a local recientemente, nuevas protestas han surgido en McDonalds, videos of her began circulating on consecuencia a las injusticias contra individuos social media, and hateful comments escalated. transgéneros Afro Americanos. Este año en los That same night, Alexa was shot multiple times Estados Unidos, se han reportado por lo menos and left to die alone in a grass field. Her death 21 homicidios envolviendo personas touched the hearts of many, not only in Puerto transgéneras Afro americanas. El asesinato de Rico, but in nations beyond. Bad Bunny was Rem’mie Fells y Riah Milton causó la revuelta one of the many
Cinema Unknown Histories: A Quiet Place Part II: The sequel to the almost silent film, directed -Ajsa Orban by John Krasinski, was supposed to open on 2020 has been a strange and lamentable year. March 20, 2020, but barely a week before The Kerner Commission Many blockbusters have been postponed or then, Paramount declared they were –Jack Weidner canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. postponing it to an unspecified date, before In 1968, four years after the Civil Rights Act and Needless to say, it’s been an unpropitious year delaying it yet again. It is now set to be three years after the Voting Rights Act were for the cinema industry. released on April 23, 2021. passed, President Lyndon B. Johnson convened a Black Widow: Presidential Commission to study why Black Wonder Woman 1984: First scheduled for May 1, 2020, Marvel’s people were still rioting. The “long, hot summer Warner Bros. held their ground until March Black Widow has been pushed a full year to of 1967” had seen 159 race riots pop up in cities 24th before moving the start date of the second May 7, 2021. At first, Disney postponed the from Atlanta to Boston to Cincinnati to Wonder Woman movie. They postponed it film to an undecided date, but on April 3rd Milwaukee, with the most dangerous ones until August 14th, which at the time seemed confirmed that Black Widow, along with occurring in Newark and Detroit. optimistic, but in the end, the opening was several other spinoffs in the Marvel cinematic moved to December 25th. The 11-member committee was charged with universe, would be postponed. The French Dispatch: answering three questions: "What happened? F9: Wes Anderson’s newest movie starring Why did it happen? What can be done to prevent The 9th movie in the Fast and Furious Timothée Chalamet, Bill Murray, Benicio Del it from happening again and again?" After seven franchise starring Vin Diesel, John Cena and Toro, and Léa Seyoux had an original release months of investigation, it came out with its Charlize Theron was among the first films to date of July 2020. Disney bumped this film to report, which became an instant and delay release. It was due to open in May 2020, October, but in July took it completely off controversial bestseller. but took the bold step to adjourn to nearly a schedule. The report laid most of the blame for the riots year later, in April 2021. No Time to Die: on white racism, rather than Black pathology or In the Heights: Daniel Craig’s final performance as James Bond secret radical groups. Despite legislative victories The adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda and was scheduled to be released on July 31, 2020. for Black citizens, the reality of pervasive Quiara Alegría Hudes’ musical In the Heights The first delay was announced on March 4th, unemployment, poverty, segregation and was pushed back a year, from Jue 2020 to June pushing it till November. Obviously, it is now discriminatory police behavior left masses of 18, 2021. clear that theaters are unable to open in the US Black people frustrated and trapped in areas of Dune: and UK and the opening has been moved to chronic poverty. “White society,” the report Based on the classic sci-fi novels, Dune, April 2, 2021. stated, “is deeply implicated in the ghetto. White directed by Denis Villeneuve seemed like the only movie that was going to air. However, the institutions created it, white institutions maintain December planned release was pushed to it, and white society condones it.” The most October 21, 2021. Unfortunately, you will have common and frequent complaints among Black to wait another year for this exceptionally people in the areas where the riots had occurred well-casted film starring Timothée Chalamet, were police behavior (including over-policing Oscar Isaac, Zendaya, and Rebecca Ferguson. and excessive use of force), lack of employment, and inadequate housing. The report called for Due to Covid-19, the absence of new cinematic massive government spending on programs to releases has made all of our lives a bit duller. alleviate these concerns as well as others, such as Hopefully, these challenging times will spark inadequate education, poor facilities, and the some creative thinking and give people some ineffectiveness of the political structure at exciting new content to look forward to in the addressing Black grievances. future. cont'd p.7
"You've Always Been The the same name. It follows Jack Torrance, played get you in the spooky spirit this Halloween, I by Jack Nicholson, a writer who scores a gig as probably wouldn't tell you to watch The Shining Caretaker:" A Quarantined Winter Caretaker of the remote Overlook Hotel. Due to prolonged isolation and the (instead, I might recommend the splendidly gory and hilarious Cabin in the Woods). However, Look at The Shining sentient nature of the Overlook, Jack goes insane, ultimately attempting to kill his family. if you're okay with losing your mind a bit and submitting to the unfathomable horror of a King notoriously hated the adaptation, claiming space beyond the constraints of linear time, it Readers: this article contains spoilers for that Nicholson's portrayal of Torrance was too might be fun to check out (or revisit) this classic. The Shining. linear – from the moment he first appeared onscreen, you knew Torrance would go insane. Upon rewatching, I think the criticism has merit. There's something about Nicholson's Kerner Commission expressions that makes you just know that the (Continued from page 6) character he's playing is malicious. But, having Although the report was criticized from all also read King's novel, I'm tempted to view sides, it got many things right. The Chicago Kubrick's adaptation as a separate piece of art, Daily Defender noted that “the Negro press focusing not on madness, but on memory. and civil rights organizations have been One of my favorite things about Kubrick's pointing this out to the nation for more than a The Shining is the Overlook itself. It's a timeless, decade.” However, President Johnson refused haunted place, and the spirits who inhabit it are to transfer any money from the Vietnam War frighteningly tangible. They mill around a effort to the recommended programs. Despite lushly decorated ballroom, drinking and the report’s big splash, nothing was done about dancing to "Midnight, the Stars and You." They it. Researchers Lipsky and Olson, who studied live inside the hotel rooms, and ask to play with the outcomes of twenty-one commissions you in the hallway. They come from different appointed to investigate race riots between 1917 time periods, yet they're all connected by the and 1943, believe that is on purpose. Not a fact that they've always been part of the single one of the commissions they studied led Overlook. And that's what Nicholson's Jack to any meaningful change. The purpose of Torrance does so well – he's insane because he's commissions, they believe, is for the part of the hotel itself. He's always been the government to appear to be doing something Caretaker, and the entire plot of the film is him about an issue, not to actually do something. -Phoebe Neilsen gradually remembering that. He's not losing his The story of the Kerner Commission can be Halloween season during COVID-19 means mind, he's reconciling with his destiny. applied to today. The government has once staying inside. Luckily, one of my favorite The beginning of quarantine felt sudden and again failed to take concrete action to address Halloween activities is quite quarantine- surreal, but now that we’ve spent eight months the grievances of the Black Lives Matter compatible: rewatching my favorite horror in the incredibly liminal space that is isolation, protests, many of which echo the same movies. I wanted to know how one of my all- it feels normal, like it's always been this way. grievances listed in the Kerner report. time favorites, The Shining, would stand up in Strangely enough, that's the part of The Shining However, this outcome is not inevitable. the current context of quarantine and the that resonated with me the most upon the Massive civilian mobilization has changed the coronavirus pandemic. rewatch: the existential permanence of it all, course of history before, and it can happen For those unacquainted with the film, The rather than the isolation. again. In fact, it must, or as the report warns, Shining is based off Stephen King's novel of So, if you're looking for a nice slasher film to “none of us shall escape the consequences.”
What has been the problem with New York All Jets fans can hope for is either Darnold to What's Wrong With New football? How is it possible that New York City, a dream city for athletes to play for, has struggled step up under struggling coach Adam Gase, hire a new coach that will help Darnold become York Football? for the last few years and is off to such a poor an elite quarterback, or finish this year 0-16 start this year? and draft generational prospect Trevor For the New York Jets, the last few years have Lawrence from Clemson. Under first year head been a carousel for coaches and quarterbacks coach Joe Judge, the Giants are off to an with three coaches and eleven starting abysmal start with their second year quarterbacks in the last ten years. The Jets were quarterback Daniel Jones struggling to make a optimistic when they decided to draft splash in the NFL. After losing superstar quarterback Sam Darnold third overall in the running back Saquon Barkley to a torn ACL in 2018 NFL draft, but despite his talent, the Jets week two, Daniel Jones is under even more have struggled to give Darnold the ability to pressure because he is unable to rely on their grow. The reason Darnold has struggled is run game. Despite playing in the weakest because he has experienced two head coaches, a division in the NFL, the Giants have not won poor offensive line ranked twenty-second in the the division since 2011. However, Giants fans league in pass coverage and has already given up should not give up on this season. All four NFC eight sacks this season. The New York Jets have East teams started this season with losing also struggled to succeed in the AFC East records through their first five games, leaving division due to the looming New England the division wide open for the Giants. Although Patriots, who have won the division eleven the Giants still have a shot at the division, their –Aidan Baller straight years. Jets fans may be optimistic now hopes at a Super Bowl are extremely slim. New The New York Jets and New York Giants that Tom Brady is gone because it is their York City football does not look bright this year started the season with a combined 0-10 opportunity to take the division, but it seems and all we can do is hope for next year's record, the Jets have not made the playoffs that the Buffalo Bills have seized the moment rebuild, or move upstate to Buffalo where the since 2010 and the Giants have nine wins in starting this year with a 4-0 record and their Bills are the only successful New York football the last two seasons. quarterback, Josh Allen, making a case for MVP. team. Hoofprints, Sleepy Hollow's Student Newspaper Jack Weidner, Editor-in Chief Frankie Puleo, Senior Editor Sophie Sylves-Berry, Chief Layout Design Mr. Rogers and Ms. Langston, Club Advisors This Issue's Writers: Aidan Baller, Virginia Bencosme, Griffin Neilsen, Phoebe Neilsen, Asja Orban, Charis Polycarpou, Frankie Pulleo, Jack Weidner Interested in joining Hoofprints? Talk to a student editor or teacher advisor!
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