stentorian
vol. XXXIII, issue 2
north Carolina school of science and mathematics
September 2013
stentorianl23@gmail.com
Junior senators share goals
By Su Cho
The Junior Class elected
six junior Senators on Sept.
12: Erick Aguilar, Guy Blanc,
Ebube Chuba, Esther Lee,
Peter Ojo, and Daniel Ren.
All six are very excited about
working with SG and have a
wide variety of plans that they
would like to implement for
NCSSM this year.
Erick Aguilar, who
was bom in Honduras, has
experience with student
government from his previous
high school and middle school.
Some of his goals for
the year include bringing a
change machine to campus,
getting trays for the PFM, and
improving grade transparency.
Guy Blanc, a former
Panther Creek High School
student, is proud to be
representing the class of 2015
as Junior Senator. He has
many ideas that he would like
to see come into effect this
year. One such idea is creating
to allow people who live on
halls without a thermostat to
change the temperature in their
rooms. He also wants to make
it possible to allow students
who live on Beall, Bryan, and
Reynolds to have universal
access to each other’s halls.
A goal for Blanc is to bring
food to Happy-Half, either
through the pizza man or other
restaurants and food tmcks.
Ebubue Chuba was bom
in Lagos, Nigeria and formerly
food on the SG website, and
redesigning the SG website.
“Being a Junior Senator
is a new opportunity. At this
school, SG actually does
something to make a lasting
peers, creating a SG suggestion
box where students can
input their ideas, and helping
students survive American
Studies.
“I am looking forward
attended Mallard Creek
High School. His interests
range from programming to
wrestling. He w ants the school
to become more modem
through mobile applications
for sign-in and sign-out,
putting nutrition facts for PFM
impact,” said Chuba.
Esther Lee is from Monroe,
North Carolina, and previously
attended Central Academy of
Technology and Arts.
Some of her goals include
organizing fun activities where
students can get to know their
to this year with my new
responsibility of being Junior
Senator.” Lee said. “NCSSM
is a place 1 call home, and I
hope other students will feel
the same way”
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SG sets
plans
for year
By Kim Ngo
Student Government has
begun implementing new
project ideas for the upcoming
school year.
One new project that has
already been finalized is a
new Student Government
sustainability sticker. These
stickers publicize and promote
sustainability, recycling, and
energy efficiency. This effort
started from an initiative
with the UNC Association of
Student Governments (ASG),
a consortium of student leaders
from the 17 UNC-system
campuses, to promote these
goals on constituent campuses.
NCSSM’s stickers are modeled
after those currently used on
Duke University’s campus and
were shared by Duke’s SGA.
NCSSM has a large role
within ASG. Student Body
Pr^ident Thakker ^eiyes as
chair of the Committee on
Access and Affordability.
Senate President David Choi
was elected ASG’s speaker
pro tempore. Treasurer Jssica
Lee serves on the' Campus
Innovation and Outreach
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NCSSM students march on Washington
By Jungsu Hong
On Aug. 24, seniors
Elizabeth Hayes, Camille
Johnson, Travis McKay,
and Simon Wolf went to
Washington D.C. and marched
with tens of thousands of
others to commemorate the
“I Have a Dream Speech” of
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King
Jr. made fifty years ago.
This event atracted people
from all over the United
States. The parking lot of a
professional football team’s
stadium was packed with
coach buses.
“It was such a diverse
group of people, and there
were so many reasons people
decided come, but across the
board everyone was there for
some type of equality reason,
said Senior Elizabeth Hayes.
“The conversations and
experiences were truly
incredible.” said Senior Simon
Wolf “When we arrived,
a lot of our time was spent
walking to the steps where
all the speakers were. The
sound Was pretty bad once
we got there, but just through
the feeling of the crowd it felt
like we could hear everything.
That same feeling continued
through the march itself in the
From left to right: Simon Wolf,
form of chants and signs, with
everyone in his or her group,
all there in support of humanity
and equality.”
Participants in the march
were given the opprtunity to
listen to many of high-profile
speakers including Bernice
King, Martin Luther King’s
daughter.
Senior Camille Johnson
said, “We listened to many
speeches that were expressing
gratitude toward Martin
Luther King’s actions. We
Elizabeth Hayes, Camille Johnson, Travis McKay
were celebrating how far
we had come as a nation and
recognizing that even now
things aren’t perfect. Things
like voting rights, LGBT
rights and immigrant rights
are examples of things we still
need to pay attention to.”
Everyone who attended
gained a unique meaningful
experience and the march
brought back proud memories.
“My grandfather marched
for my rights and others’ rights
in the march 50 years ago.
Even though he wasn’t able to
make it to the commemoration
I know he was proud that I had
this opportunity” said Johnson.
The march allowed
participants to reflect on our
society today. “The event
was absolutely meaningful
to me on two primary levels.
One, that this was a truly
powerful collection of people,
and the fact that they had all
congregated here to stand up
for the things they believed
in was amazing. On the other
s hand, though, it made me
I (0 realize how far we have yet to
I z go, and it reminded me of all
o the issues in today’s society
« that still need to be stood up
t for,” Wolf said,
o Senior Travis McKay
recalls the event, “1 never
thought that I would have the
opportunity to participate in
as such a memorable occasion
With that said, I had no idea of
what to expect prior to going
on this trip to Washington D.C.
However, I was very excited.”
There were different groups
from everywhere, chanting
and stating their purpose. This
seemed to be the theme of the
day. Once everyone migrated
to the Lincoln Memorial, the
speeches started.”
After the speeches, the
march started. News cameras
rolled, helicopters flew, and
people walked. 1 was not part
of a particular group, but just
from being in the same march
as other groups, I felt like I was
in every single one. At the end
of the march, I gladly got ice
cream. Then it was time to go.
Upon my return to NCSSM, I
had fun sharing this experience
with my peers and even the
PFM worker who saw me on
TV!”