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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
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"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).
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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
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(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.
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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
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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
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"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.”
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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.

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