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TENTORIAN VOLUME XXXII ISSUE FOUR The North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics stentorian@ncssm.edu DECEMBER 2011 Mr. and Baby UNI verse contestants strut stuff on stage, Zhang, Fernandez take titles By; Caroline deSaussure This year’s Mr. Universe pageant took the student body along for a ride through dances, formal wear, question and answer, talents, and the ultimate crowning on Saturday, Dec. 3. Six seniors and nine juniors bravely took the stage to compete for the title of Mr. Uni and Baby Uni, respectively. In the end, senior Jimmy Zhang and junior Luke Fernandez came out on top. Zhang, as well as senior Chris Bemedo and junior Robert Boyette, rocked the stage with solo acts by playing guitar. Junior Albert Hong showed off his versatility to the crowd by performing a rendition of Adele’s “Someone Like You” on the saxophone. He was accompanied by juniors Lee Hoff on the piano and Forrest Ashworth on the drums. Senior Brian lezzi also brought his instrument to stage: the didgeridoo. His unique performance and charm on stage made him the runner-up in the Mr. Uni senior competition. Seniors Jeremy DeJoumett Mr. and Baby Uni contestants during opening dance. and Nicholli Bernard took a humorous approach to their talent segment by singing and dancing with props. DeJoumett sang “Home” and frolicked around stage while Bernard belted out the Pokemon theme song and break danced. Also danc ing on stage was Baby Uni contes tant Sajan Amin who performed a mysterious tech no-break dance fusion. He and his masked danc ers break danced and built a hu man machine to impress the judg es and audience. _ Both Cedric Courtesy of Vivian Chen Clark and Graham Howell vied for the title of Baby Uni by delivering monologues. Howell changed his talent performance at last minute from a rant about the trials and tribulations of NCSSM, but decided to adjust his monologue last minute. He ended doing a monologue based off of a Freddie Mercury song. Clark gave a cryptic tribute to his mother and made the audience swoon at his lines of Spanish. Senior Connor Smith performed a spoken word with Jelicia Diggs on the piano. Garret Powell sang and rapped Jason Aldean’s “Dirt Road Anthem” with Willie Park and maintained his country theme throughout the show. Junior Zane James gave the gentlemen in the crowd some advice on how to get girls. He Continued on page 4 New York Occupy Wall Street demonstrators garner attention By: Rosalia Preiss Since early fall. New York City’s Zuccotti Park became an uncommonly popular attraction for both tourists and city dwellers alike. People gathered around the small park in Lower Manhattan, taking pictures, holding signs, and staring in awe at the small population gathered there. The gatherers are artists, students, musicians, teachers, younger people, older people, and anyone in between. They call themselves “the 99%,” and they make up the Occupy Wall Street Movement. Starting Sept. 17, 2011, a small group of demonstrators began camping out in Manhattan’s Zuccotti Park, several blocks from Wall Street. The group was protesting the huge amount of power held by banks and corporations in our democratic government. The movement was inspired by similar uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia, the goal being to fight back against the wealthiest 1 % of the American population who hold a disproportionate amount of wealth. The movement received a lot of attention fairly quickly, ■ and soon the park was filled with tents belonging to Americans from all walks of life. Police , officers were on duty around the perimeter of the protests, attempting to control the protestors. H o w - ever. Occupy Wall Street became a popular stop for tourists in the city, turn ing this up rising into an economically advantageous event. V e n - dors sold t- shirts stating, “OCCUPY EVERY- THING”, and numerous buttons and bracelets were available to those wishing to show solidarity for the 99%. Despite the seriousness of the movement, some people have taken a somewhat humorous Courtesy of Rosalia Preiss Continued on page 4 National issue culminates in Raleigh election by; Noah Lieberman National political forces turned their eyes towards a small school board run-off election in North Carolina this fall, as Wake County voters handed control of their district back to Democrats after replacing them with Tea Party Conservatives two years ago. The race brought to the front of the platform the issues of student busing and diversity in schools, two subjects that Wake County had been heralded for nationwide in the past. Wake County’s busing strategy had been a source of inspiration to schools around the country for ending segregation. In 2009, a new wave of Republican-backed candidates was elected to the board, helped by large contributions from out-of-state donors, including the Koch brothers, now well known for their involvement in the union rights debate in Wisconsin earlier this year. These conservative board members scrapped a decades- old classroom assignment plan that gave schools a racial mix and ensured they didn’t become too heavily identified as either poor or rich. The proposed replacement plan gave parents more say in their children’s education. Those opposed to the change said that if would segregate the schools by wealth, and ultimately, race.. This year, the election took in a record breaking amount of money on both sides, reflecting the national hype surrounding the political mayhem. Democratically aligned Kevin Hill raised $25,000 and Conservative Heather Losurdo raised over $80,000, the most raised by a single candidate in Wake County history. All in all, more than $500,000 was spent on this one head to head match-up, which decided the majority of the school board. Hill triumphed by over 1,000 votes in the election, giving control back to the liberals, who plan on reinstating the pre-2009 status quo busing situation. Senioritis sweeps A Snapshot in through the class of Music: a Preview 2012: page 2 of Three Recently Released Albums: pages Should art be a required class at NCSSM?: page 7
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