May 2012 - AIS/AES Alumni Network

Volume 6: May 2012
The Official AES Student-Run Newspaper
Prom Night 2012: A Dance to Remember
Prom was Alright but very
“un-prom”, there were no slow
dances; it was all party music
- Senior Varun Batta
The DJ was kind of out there and the music was a bit
overwhelming. It was too big and fancy, at least for me but
the M&Ms were pretty impressive
- Junior Urvi Sharma
Prom this year was very fun because
everyone danced and kept the stage full
- Senior JaeHo Yoo
The food wasn’t as good as last
year but everything else was
good: the amount of space, the
location, the music, even the
dance floor was a good size
- Senior Zain Jafari
It was a nice way for us to end the
year and celebrate a little bit before
exams started - Senior Molly Martineau
Prom was a lot of fun; very well put
together. I thought the AES M & M’s
were really tasty! - Junior Kush Berry
I had a lot of fun at prom. The DJ
was totally crazy, which was good
because it kept me dancing all night.
The food was also pretty good, totally
worth the price. And the Senior superlatives were also really funny
- Junior Natalia Sanchez
Goodbyes from the Senior Staff
Editor Manali Banerjee
p2
Rohan Goel p5
Editor Gautam Kapur p3
Komali Yaskhi
p6
Asim Lal p4
Alekhya Mukkavilli
p6
Special Feature
After three years on the paper, I can guarantee that
there’s no other way I would’ve rather spent my Tuesday afternoons. Many of you don’t care about the paper and think it’s a waste of trees, time, and effort.
Well let me tell you something –I genuinely enjoy
journalism and I love doing layout. Every issue, the
night before publication – I’d prioritize The Roar over
homework; spending hours making last minute edits
and designing the layout so that every article fit into
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The Last
Word
You know who else deserves credit? Mr. Toigo.
He’s probably not going to read this voluntarily, so
any of you who pick this up, tell him all about it. Do
you guys know how difficult it is to teach physics
to someone who absolutely detests the subject? Let
me tell you – VERY. Yet, he somehow managed
it and now, whether I get a 4 or a 5 in the IB, I’ll
have passed that course ONLY because the T-ster
was able to talk some physical sense into my totally
un-physics-oriented brain.
By Manali Banerjee
This is going to be fragmented, and you’re going
to have to bear with me because I have self-andfriend-diagnosed ADD and thoughts come in random bursts.
This could be about friends and family and how
much I love them but then it would be a repeat of my
senior page; instead, I shall take this opportunity to
say all that I didn’t say there.
I hate people. Not just one or two specific individuals: people. I’m open about my misanthropy and
do nothing to control it. There have been times when
I’ve had to go sit in a corner or run away to empty
areas in school to get away from people.. My dream
is to create a plague that targets everyone and then
make an antidote for a hand-picked few that I believe
should live – you know, those who aren’t dumb.
Now that my position on people is clear, here’s
what bugs me at AES – The yearbook - having a senior page due before major high school events such as
prom; having rules about yearbook mugshots; handing out the yearbooks on the 2nd to last day of school
(when no seniors come in because they’re all done
with exams) giving us no time to sign.
Thank you, Mr. Z, with your incredibly large
knowledge bank as well as overenthusiasm for ecothe paper the way I envisioned it. There were times nomics; Mr. Ortiz with your math rap, which is
when I would get exasperated or even angry because on YouTube and I seriously encourage every high
of some formatting issue or a horribly-written article schooler to go look it up.
but after three years, I assure you – I have no regrets.
And finally, Mr. Dent – I know we had our differI also have to thank this school paper because it ences at the beginning of this year, but if you ask Ms.
brought me much closer to Ms. Guerin. Over the past Guerin, she’ll tell you – that I only start seeing teachthree years, I’ve come to think of GuerBear as more ers as people after arguing with them first. Agreeing
of a friend than a teacher. I haven’t had her for any on everything is so boring; arguments are the key to
classes in the last two, just MUN and Talon’s Post/ an exciting life.
The Roar. She’s been an excellent mentor in showing
Teachers from other years - don’t think I’ve forme how to edit as well as learning to be a good diplomatic delegate, but there is so much more that I’ll gotten you. Ms. Morgan, Mr. Fischer, Mr. Daw, Mr.
Schmid... I guess I never understood the value of all
always be thankful for.
you’ve taught me until recently when I realized I’m
I looked forward to every MUN trip because I going to be leaving soon.
knew I’d get to bond with the G-dawg and gossip
So, as the rest of you move on in your high school
about the randomest things. What can I say, Ms.
Guerin – hearing about “K”arl and Debbie during lives and read the paper under new leadership, think
minicourse, talking about my preference for cats back to the issues from this year and send Gautam
over dogs during WSMUN, discussing our different and myself facebook messages about the overwhelmviews on life during BEIMUN – it’s not just you who ing awesomeness of the 2011-2012 issues, because
relies on me, I’ve grown to really enjoy and almost trust me, they’ll never be as good as this again. And if
need the talks we have. I’m really going to miss hav- they are, don’t tell me – if you do, I’ll just disagree <3
ing you as a teacher/mentor/friend; I wish you good
luck on future endeavors with MUN and hope you
find suitable replacements for Gautam, Anuraag,
and myself – and not just as club leaders because you
know we were so much more than that.
Anyone in my life knows that my most loved academic subject is Chemistry. In college I plan to study
chemistry, well, materials science and engineering,
but that sounds too pretentious so I usually just say
chem.
I believe in giving credit where credit is due and
I think Ms. Sosa deserves boatloads of credit for
dealing with yours truly for the past 2 years. Granted my love for chemistry was instigated in the 8th
grade, but without Ms. Sosa’s nurturing and help, it
probably would’ve fizzled out like an O2-deprived
ignited mass of material (for the chemically-chal-
WHY on earth would they ask for our ID cards
back? It’s our ID; it’s our memento that we went to
AES… why can’t we keep them? Plus the alumni
cards are a severe threat to anyone with OCD – off
center text, disproportionate spacing between words,
it’s seriously a geometric disaster.
Construction – in all my time here, there’s never
been a single day where the high school wasn’t facing some sort of construction. Seriously, AES, figure
out what you want. Stop changing what the school
looks like.
Coke and Pepsi on campus, the eternal debate if cola isn’t allowed, then ALL canned sugary drinks
should be banned but no – the breezeway still sells
oversweetened juices. So the argument for reducing
recyclable waste AND the argument for not selling
sugary things have both been shot down repeatedly. lenged – that’s fire, which needs oxygen to burn).
So thank you for that, Ms. Sosa. And thank you for
Okay, now that that’s out of my system, onto more showing me how hipster even elderly people can be
cheery topics.
– with your armfuls of bling.
From
Editor
Manali
Banerjee
Special Feature
By Gautam Kapur
Where did all the years go? We screamed,
shouted, and complained, “High School is such a
serious thing; these problems matter”. Was it
really?
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Putting together
Questions are running through the typical AES
senior’s mind by this stage. What have we gained
through attending an international school that
practices global citizenship and a responsibility to preserve the environment? We may only
realize the answer as we embark abroad to pursue
our undergraduate studies. We will use our past,as
a key to our future. Stay in touch with your AES.
Here we all exist within communities of various
sizes, purposes, and origins.
I belong to a journalist community that
allows me to exercise my freedom of speech,
meet interesting people, and serves as a creative
outlet. At The Roar, we brainstorm ideas and
collaborate in our shared passion for discovering
and disseminating information.
the AES Puzzle
The Class of 2012 is a community of individuals committed to pursuing unique interests. We
have athletes, artists, thespians, human rights
advocates, animal aficionados, and MUN
delegates. I feel privileged because AES has enabled me to experience a number of these events,
subjects, and people.
in ASC, winning SAISA Basketball, organizing
MESAC events through Varsity Council, or showcasing AES’s vast array of talent in the NHS Talent
Show, AES gave me the the opportunities, but I had
to take them in order to shape my own high school
memories.
You don’t need to be extra special or possess
unusual talent. I had not had much experience as
a reporter prior to joining The Roar as an underclassman, but over time I developed into an opinion shaper cognizant of the role of responsible
leadership.
We have fantastic teachers and advisors at our
school, who I believe I have helped me become less
impulsive and more thoughtful..
If I had to describe AES in one word, it would be
“puzzle.” Entering high school here is like finding a
5,000-piece jigsaw puzzle. Some pieces are flipped
over, others are face up; the lineup before you looks
like chaos, and as a student you wonder where to
begin.
What will you miss the most about AES? No
idea? Think harder. No, I’m not talking about the
rigor of your classes or the amount of time you
spent studying late at night. What are you experiencing? Freshman, Sophomores, and Juniors, not
happy with your current high school memories?
You can change them. I sure did.
Whether it was while debating water security
measures in Model United Nations, writing urgent
actions in Amnesty International, planning Prom
From Editor
Some students look for patterns and sort the
puzzle pieces by colors, markings and sizes. As a
structured thinker, I worked on the puzzle from
the edges inwards, piece by piece. Some of us have
found our place and others are still looking for an
answer.
AES has shaped my frame of mind and the way
I perceive my environment. The jigsaw puzzle that
is AES taught me that every problem has a likely
solution, and every piece has a place. The key is to
start looking
Gautam Kapur
Special Feature
By Asim Lal
My first draft of this article was about how money now has a great influence on college acceptance
- how students are paying their way into universities. It was bad. As I wrote it, I found myself going
on tangents, telling myself what I wish someone
had told me a few years ago. I then realized the
original article idea wasn’t important to me; why
should I write about the immutable? Instead, I’ll
write about my opinions on what I learned at AES,
or rather, what I failed to learn during my time
here. But before we get to that, here are
“7 Easy Steps to Pay Your Way into University”
by Avi Singh.
1) Attend the British School.
2) Ensure your parents are willing to throw
away their money.
3) Do the minimum required throughout high
school.
4) Cheat your way through your SAT’s at St. Michael’s School.
5) Take your college of choice’s admission
repreentative out to a $1000 meal at Orient Express.
6) Email your college of choice, and write “Do
you know who I am?”
7) Once you’ve told them who you are, send in
the checks!
(Note – Checks must have a value of $2 million
or greater).
Now, let’s begin.
Don’t let high school get the best of you. No
matter how important you view college to be, enjoy the years before college, because before you
know it you will be sitting in your room, writing
your last Talon’s Post (not Tiger’s Roar) article,
and becoming overwhelmed by AES memories. It
would be devastating if any of you in your senior
year’s final month said you would have nothing to
miss.
Stop worrying about the future. Juniors, you
might not get into your “Reach” but really, it is not
the end of the world. It is embarrassing to be so
emotionally attached to a university acceptance
that when it doesn’t come, you find yourself in
tears. I wanted to go Brown, but it didn’t work out
– now I am going to Emory. But contact me in ten
years: I am still going to be the world’s most handsome doctor).
So please, I beg you: don’t waste your time studying for your SAT II’s. Do something interesting
with your life for once! You live in India – embrace
the culture. You might not have the chance to
come back. Going to Sarojini or getting an “Om”
mehndi tattoo does not count as embracing the
culture, in case you were wondering.
Juniors – I had Economics HL Y1 with some of
you guys. Stop worrying about what other people
get on their tests. With that attitude, it’s almost as
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Paying your
Way Into
College
and Other Things
Advice from
Departing
Senior
Asim Lal
if you want to see the downfall of a close friend:
that is disgusting. You are not your IB score. Only
be concerned with your own successes and failures.
“I have too much work” as an excuse not to try
something different. I used that crutch too often
and it inhibited my growth as a young adult.
Don’t forget the joy of going out on the weekend. I can’t even imagine how poor the social scene
is going to be next year, but if all else fails, go for
a film or dinner with your parents. Being a balanced human being – a good brother or sister, son
or daughter – is exponentially better than being a
future “Georgetown Hoya.” No one knows what a
Hoya is, but a genuinely good human being stands
out from the rest.
Enjoy education, but don’t do it because you
have Harvard in the back of your mind. I don’t
mean to be an ass, but you probably won’t get
in. So please, for me, friend to friend – take it
easy, bro. Stop stressing. More importantly,
stop telling people about how stressed you are –
if you are an IB student, you chose to be an IB
student. Stop complaining about its difficulty – be
responsible for your actions.
Don’t make your college acceptances your Facebook status. You know you are in a bad state when
the most reoccurring status you post on a social
site is about college – what does that say about your
social life? What I am trying to say is that you don’t
want to study four years of your life, receive your
diploma, and realize that you are the most one-dimensional person in the world.
Remember the fun stuff – thank you Ms. Sosa
for teaching me why heroin will get me higher
than a weaker opiate, codeine. Thank you Mr.
Brakenhoff for teaching me how the cochlea lets
me hear – please do not be offended when I say I
am not going to remember what a t-test is for.
Let me be a catalyst of your change – you need to
decide your life. Don’t stay up till 4:00 AM for a history exam; it is unhealthy. I take more pride in the
fact that I go to bed at 11:00 pm every night than I
do in my SAT score.
I am proud to say that as a second semester
senior I am studying less for my IB and AP exams than I have for any other exam. No, I’m not
being lazy –I am doing different things. I do art
sometimes– Why? Because it is badass. Don’t use
Teachers, you really are an inspiration to me.
Your teaching style makes me want to learn and
that is something I will never forget. I know I
complain about AES, but that is just so my homies
keep thinking I am a 100% rude boy.
Students, I hope that three years down the
line you can look back on your high school
years and smile, knowing there was nothing
more you could have done to get more out of
your experience. AES is a good school; you are
all really fortunate. Stop complaining about life
and find the good in everything.
Senior Alekhya Mukkavilli, in Brief
By Catherine King
Rumored hipster and AES fashion columnist
Alekhya Mukkavilli about her time at AES:
What is your response when people call you a
hipster?
It was funny when I first made the joke, but now
it’s only okay when I do it.
Whom do you consider your idols?
Anyone who is funny and awesome like Tina
Fey and Amy Poehler, but she seems too nice, and
Ellen Guerin.
What characteristics annoy you the most?
I hate it when people can’t practice simple
etiquette.
What will you miss the most about India?
I’ll end up missing the small things that actually
annoy me, like car crashes or cows on the road; I
don’t know what that means about me as a person.
Girl, New Girl, or How I Met Your Mother.
What saying do you find old?
The YOLO jokes don’t make you sound
intelligent, it just shows you quote rappers who
don’t rap very well.
If you were an animal what would you be?
I think my spirit animal is an elephant. Also fun fact - elephants are matriarchal. I like to paint,
but I don’t paint well, like elephants. I don’t like to
play soccer, but people make me, like elephants.
So then what’s you life motto?
I’ve never taken the high road, but I tell other
people to, cause then there’s more room for me on
the low road.
What qualities do you look for in a partner?
I like my men to be a little pudgy with a lot of
moles and I have a big thing for people who have
no manners and a horrible sense of humor.
What are you looking forward to in college?
Freedom!
Looking back on your years at AES, what do
you wish you could have done?
I wish I could have developed my talents that
had nothing to do with school.
Who’s your celebrity crush?
Ellen Guerin
What is your guilty pleasure?
I have so many, mostly TV shows like Gossip
Any final words?
I’ll miss the school; it’s a nice school in an
amazing country.
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Rohan
Swaroop
Goel
By Rohan Goel (hereafter in the third person)
When you think of Rohan, what is the first thing
that comes to your mind?
Rohan Swaroop Goel has been at AES for three
years now. This article is dedicated to finding if he
has made an impact on the community of AES.
Junior Saswat Nanda: “hwea ...guys! please stop it,
trying to watch a movie”
Junior Kartik Shrivastava: “swag cannon”
Senior Justin Kimberlake: “swag cannon, hwea,
5@@|_@”
Senior Varun Batta: “SWAG CANNON”
As can be seen by these four responses, Rohan
has created a reputation for himself as a swag cannon. Urban Dictionary defines swag cannon as “an
expression used to describe an individual that has a
ludicrous amount of swag. People bow down to his
swag.”
Even though many people recognize the term
“swag cannon,” Junior Mir Singh states “I hate the
term Swag Cannon.” However, Singh will still have
nice memories about Rohan, such as “waking him
up on the bus and playing cricket with him during
free period in the breezeway.”
Rohan is also associated with the noise “hwea”
(pronounce nasally), originally created by fellow
Senior Gautam Kapur, but spread around the community because of the great swag cannon, Rohan.
More quotes:
Junior Tanmay Solanski: “Brohan is one of the
most nonchalant people I’ve met.”
Junior Nikhil Kolur: “YOU IDIOT!”
Solanki believes that Rohan is a “laid back” person; apparently he has not shown his true colors to
Tanmay. This is because Rohan is well associated
with and coined the phrase, “YOU IDIOT”.
Senior Rishabh Sivakumar reports that “Swaroop,
brohan, brorat, whikas, ro-meister, falcone” are just
some of the names that AES students call Rohan.
All in all, Rohan has deeply affected AES daily life
and will remain here in memory as he travels off to
college in Michigan.
AES
Senior
An
Original
The One and Only Rishi Sharma
By Sonia Ahluwalia
We’ve often seen him walking around in his signature sweat pants, chatting with teachers or students,
making fun of Naval, or being a sweetie and getting
popsicles for his entire tech class.
Rishi Sharma graduates this year. He leaves after
11 years of slowly taking over the school. Fortunately, the Roar was able to obtain an exclusive “tell-all”
interview with this AES legend.
For Sharma, the best part about AES is our diverse
and ever-changing community: “I’ve always loved
how we’ve never had any discrimination and being
able to work through any problems that we’ve had.”
Also, he likes that fact that “the teachers actually
listen to the students, and it’s not just one way.” Does
he have an all-time favorite teacher? Sharma displayed his diplomatic talent: “It’s impossible to pick
one…but I’ve always had teachers who I’d like to just
sit around and chat with.”
Great teachers are just one of the things that Sharma will miss as he leaves AES and heads to Switzerland to attend the Les Roches School of Hotel Management. For him: “AES is my home, my home away
from home.”
After spending his entire school career here, Sharma feels strongly bonded not only to AES but also
to India. When asked if there is anything particular
to India that makes school different, he responded:
“I find that India has the liberty and it just gives you
more freedom than any other country, I guess Switzerland is going to be a big shock that way.”
As with any relationship, there are always thing to
change and improve. Throughout the years Sharma
has found many things that he would like to change.
However, he advises: “If you want to change something you have to go through the proper steps”.
Three years of serving on the E.C. has taught Sharma important things about change and progress,
which he thinks will help him in his management
endeavors. “I take baby steps and eventually get to
the big stuff ”.
Sharma wants to remind AES students that the
E.C. is actually effective and working hard to change
things for high school students. The new food in
the cafeteria, like Shawarmas and the salad bar, and
the TV in the Breezeway are all because of the E.C..
Sharma expressed his gratefulness for fellow E.C.
members Senior Shannen Eikermen and Junior S.H.
Park for their hard work.
It’s hard to imagine life at AES without Sharma
behind the counters in the office, the Breezeway, or
Open Hand, running the school. How he’s been able
to do this is anyone’s guess, but Sharma attributes his
success to one thing: connections, “I’ve been here
for 11 years... and over the years I’ve built up many
connections, like with Naval, Ahluwalia, Dr. Hetzel,
people in Khan Market. It’s all about connections,
without connections you can’t do anything.”
When asked if he thought that anyone could take
his place as unofficial leader of the school he reFinally, Rishi leaves AES with this: “I just love this
sponded with: “I have a feeling that a lot of people
school,
I love everybody here. It’s really sad that so
will try following in my footsteps, however I’m not
many
teachers
are leaving this year, especially Mr.
sure anyone could math whatever I do at this school.”
Boyer and Dr. Hetzel, it’s been good to have them
Bold words, however he does offer a few people here. I’ve known him (Dr. Hetzel) he’s known me
he thinks may have what it takes: “There are people since I was a kid. I’m going to miss a lot of people, a
good enough, like Uday or Sean. They’re people who lot of friends, a lot of teachers, this is my home. I’m
going to miss my home”.
have the heart, however not the connections.”
Special Feature
I could act like I forgot what it’s like to be a freshman or sophomore, but we all know I remember it
vividly- and cringe every time I do.
For starters, I had my fair share of I’m-too-awesome-to-care-about-school moments, only to be
slapped in the face by a failing grade in math. During my underclassman years, I also thought Kanye
West was one of the best rappers of all time. His
music was the only rap I listened to then. During lunch my friends and I used to run around the
port-a-village taking pictures of ourselves.
4. Respect upperclassmen. They are wise and
beautiful and you should never forget that.
Freshmen, sophomores, and anyone else interested, lend me your ears; I write this not to make
fun of you, but to help you. Please heed to these
suggestions; they will make looking back through
your high school years only 40% embarrassing, as
opposed to my 50%.
5. Sometimes it’s just better to sleep than to do
your homework.
1. Stop singing Drake songs in the hallway;
saying nothing is better than the sudden onslaught
of YOLO jokes that I’ve been suffering through.
Actually, stop singing in the hallways
7. This is where I’m going to express my hate
for people who say “swag” all the time.
8. Please do not form blood clots in the capillary system that is the high-school building. It
won’t kill you to walk single file.
2. CARE ABOUT YOUR GRADES. Don’t
obsess, just care enough to notice when you need
to do better.
3. Never dumb yourself down. Stupidity is
repulsive; why would you want to act repulsive?
6. If you’re going to spray yourself with Victoria’s Secret body spray, please do not empty the
whole bottle in the girls’ bathroom.
9. Girls- STOP WEARING TIGHTS AS
PANTS. Leave more to the imagination.
10. Don’t aspire to be anyone, just work on
yourself.
By Komali Yaskhi
So I thought about what I didn’t like- the fact
that no one dressed as Elvis or Jimi Hendrix at
Fall Fiesta, the scanner that always went off when
I brought my laptop into the library, the lack of
a roof on the HS building, the Smartboards that
didn’t like me, and the list went on. Once I got into
the rhythm of the assignment, the list kept growing; I didn’t know I had all these dormant feelings!
Needless to say, a lot has changed and improved
since 10th grade- there were some awesome costumes at Fall Fiesta, my old laptop crashed, rain
canopies were put up, I mastered the art of Smart
Boards, for example. I realized that the school was
transitioning, just as I was. Things were funky. It
took a while for us to get comfortable with each
other, especially since we were both constantly
evolving- the school in terms of its physical structure and teachers coming and going, and me in
terms of how my mind was broadening and developing.
But now I’m flying away again, into the real
world, as a “responsible global citizen.” To be honest, I’m not so sure it will be easy to leave AES behind, to leave behind my numerous communities.
I know I’m on the last page of the AES chapter,
Top Ten Tips
from Departing
Senior
Alekhya
Mukkavilli
The Stuff I’ll Miss:
1. Being called “Nachos Girl” by Naval and
Jack (or anyone, really). I can’t think of a more affectionate nickname.
I came to AES in 10th grade, almost 3 years
ago. I spent the better part of that year wandering
aimlessly, adjusting to culture shock, and trying to find my niche. Just when I thought I had
assimilated, a curveball came my way: My Western Heritage (now replaced by World History)
teacher asked me to write a list of things I hated
about AES. Wait, what?
I thought it was a trick of some sort, like Mao
Zedong’s Hundred Flowers Campaign, where people were encouraged to voice their opinions without consequence, only to be persecuted later for
opposing the higher authorities’ beliefs. Would
my list be taped to Mr. Boyer’s door the next day?
Would they write about it in the next Talon’s Post
issue? I didn’t know and really didn’t want to find
out. It was a homework assignment though; I
couldn’t just not do it.
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Things you
Will, or Should,
Regret by
the Time You
are Leaving
High school
By Alekhya Mukkavilli
To shorten a long narrative of unfortunate incidents, I’d just like to say that my underclassmen
years were the best of times, and they were the
worst of times. However, I cannot help but feel
like my sister or other upperclassmen could have
helped me dodged a bullet or two.
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2. Mr. Hoover’s customary “housekeeping”
questions.
3. Ms. Garg’s “USSR” time. I never learnt what
the acronym stood for. Uninterrupted, Silent, Socialist Reading?
4. Sneaking coffee into Mme. Kala’s room and
pretending it’s water. Yes, water just burned my
tongue.
5. Recording my classmates’ reactions to Jon
McLaughlin’s presence. At least until Cam walked
by and gave everyone the death glare.
“Lists”
A Farewell
from Senior
Komali
Yaskhi
and as much as I want to know what happens next,
I don’t know if I’ve savored this chapter as much
as I could have. Did I linger on the bad instead of
focusing on the good?
I figured, since this is my last article for The Roar
(formerly the Talon’s Post), I would revisit my 10th
grade assignment, only this time, I’d compile a list
of things I will miss about AES, so here it is.
6. Sitting on the balcony outside the art rooms
to read or observe the people in the Breezeway.
7. Ms. Morgan’s breakfast potlucks and trademark “badum-tss” gesture. Pure win.
8. The Senior Parents’ Committee and their
not-so-secret ingredient: love.
9. 9. “What happens in Writer’s Club stays in
Writer’s Club.”
10. Month of Hope and Thespian Monologuesfun and engaging times in the Breezeway.
11. Fall Siesta- a relaxing end to a hectic night,
every year.
12. Walking to Open Hand, only to realize I left
my wallet in my locker, only to realize I needed to
print something from the library. Actually, I won’t
miss this, just Open Hand.
Confession: I’m terrible with farewells. What is
the right thing to say? I echo Charlie Brown’s sentiments, “Goodbyes always make my throat hurt….
I need more hellos.” It’s true. So before this gets too
awkward, I wish everyone good luck for next year. I
hope you will keep changing AES for the better. I’ll
miss you all!
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Artists of the Month
Senior Musician: Nikhil Dasgupta
By Karishma Manglani
Most of you know Senior Nikhil Dasgupta and
have seen him performing, whether opening the
Jon McLaughlin concert or just playing in the
Breezeway. Dasgupta is an incredibly talented
musician. At eight years old he began to play the
piano. Dasgupta commented, “My parents had to
force me to do it for the first couple years but after that it got interesting.” This was only the first
stepping-stone in his musical career.
In addition to the piano, Dasgupta also plays
the guitar and harmonica, sometimes at the same
time. On what he wants to achieve with his music,
Dasgupta remarked, “I can’t really say that yet.” He
added, “I’m probably not considering it as a career; I mean it would be a lot of fun, but it just
would be way too risky, so it doesn’t make sense to
go in that direction.”
Lately, Folk Rock has influenced Dasgupta’s music. As he put it, “Head in heart, stuff along those
lines.” Generally, though, “In terms of influences,
there isn’t anything intentional, I guess. I mean
everything I’ve listened to in my life sort of shows,
in one way or another.”
Even if it’s not his career choice, music will still
play a major part of Dasgupta’s life: “Yeah, I guess
music is going to be in my life one way or another.”
IB Artist: Sohyun Kim
By Tae Bin Park
With the final days of school here, Seniors have
mixed feelings about leaving the familiar comfort
of AES. Expect a crowd of tearful partings and last
goodbyes in the breezeway! To capture the sentiments of a graduating Senior artist, The Roar dispatched this reporter to catch Sohyun Kim at the
recent IB Art Exhibition.
Roar: How long have you been at AES?
SK: This is my 4th year, but actually I’ve been in
India for 9 years now.
Roar: How are the last days of senior life for
you?
SK: It’s really sad. I’ve been in this country for 9
years, so I’m leaving a lot behind, like my friends
and memories. It’s also incredibly busy. Senioritis
aside, you’re bombed with exams if you’re an IB
student.
Roar: What one aspect of AES will you miss
most?
SK: The school environment here is fantastic –
everyone here can vouch for that. It’s a pity to leave
the places where I shared a lot with my friends.
Roar: And one aspect you’ll be glad to leave?
SK: Well…. I’m just happy I’ll have no work for
a while now (laughs). But the 9 years so far felt like
a bubble for me; here I am, studying in AES for
half my life, and yet never taking the time or getting the chance to get out there into the real India.
Things will be a little more socially comfortable if
I go back to Korea.
Roar: You’re also in the IB Art Exhibition;
could you tell us about it?
SK: This is the final product of my 2 years in
IB HL Art. I didn’t know I had any talent in art
until I took this course. It was a great experience,
discovering what I didn’t know about me, while
also creating all these art pieces. But the research is
VERY hard, let me tell you.
Roar: Is there a particularly memorable experience you’ve had here?
SK:I can’t pick out just one. I’ve had so many
great experiences here, from chilling with friends
everyday on the Breezeway, or taking IB Classes,
which were quite challenging but still all the more
memorable.
Roar: What are your future plans?
SK; I’m not sure right now… maybe I’ll go to
Hong Kong. In the long run though, I’d like to travel a lot; visiting new places always suited me. And
I’m pretty sure I’ll be following up on my art.
Roar: Anyone you would like to recognize as
having made an impact in your life?
SK: There are so many people! It’s too difficult
to mention only one person, when so many people
helped me so much in so many ways. But I’d like
to thank Mrs. Palombo, my art teacher. She helped
me realize my talents in art, and I think I’ve found
an aspect of me that I’d like to continue even after
graduation.
Roar: Any final words?
SK: I hope I get to see you guys again later! All of
you are such a big part of my life! Thank you school
of 2012!
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Wesley Hamilton: Most likely to
start a life among the pandas
Livia Kodderitzch: Most likely
to work for Free Hugs Inc.
JaeHo Yoo: Most likely to
stare blankly into space
Shawn McCloy: Most likely to
“stick it to the man”
JaeMin Seo: Most likely to
become an angry bird
Anuraag Bahl: M
the blue North
Joe Evan
likely to
Marlee Davis: Most likely to ha
hair bow coordinated with her
Nikhil Dasgupta: Most likely to
prove you wrong using physics
Hanna Yin Lindgren: Most likely to
smuggle meatballs across borders
A
un
Grace Hall: Most likely to have
of the wackiest pairs of gla
Sitara Mathur: Most likely to
win So You Think You Can Dance
Shaurya Rastogi: Most likely to
permanently be named after candy
Ahmad R
to beat y
Superlatives
Most likely to wear
h Face jacket forever
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Anuraag Bahl: Most likely to wear
the blue North Face jacket forever
Patrick Mooney: Most likely to slay
a dragon with his bare hands
ns: Most
be shirtless
Samantha Blandford: Most likely to
be the best at making brownies
ave a
r outfit
Alekhya Mukkavilli: Most likely to adore
a TV show no one has ever heard of
Adrienne Earhart: most likely to be
ndetected by an airport scanner
ve a collection
asses
Anushka Bhatia: Most likely to
gossip with a complete stranger
Genevieve Nickel: Most likely
to become a philosopher
James Bartholomeou: Most likely
to be the next Sheldon Cooper
Rahmat: Most likely
you at Call of Duty
Manali Banerjee: Most likely to
confuse herself while talking
Sports Feature
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Europe Battles it
By Raag Kashyap, Rishabh Sivakumar
As the school year ends, summer brings a plethora of events for sports fanatics around the globe.
The Summer Olympics, along with Wimbledon and
the French Open, highlight this summer’s schedule.
Yet one sporting tournament that will have all of
Europe on its toes is the Euro 2012 Football Championships a.k.a. “Euro 2012.”
Poland and Ukraine will co-host the June 8thJuly 1st tournament. This will also be the first time
that Poland or Ukraine has had the honor of hosting Europe’s most coveted continental tournament.
A lot is on the line for the sixteen nations participating: a chance for an automatic entry to the 2013
Confederations Cup in Brazil and bragging rights
over the rest of Europe.
The tournament will be held in eight cities, of
which four will be Polish and the other four Ukrainian. Ukraine’s capital city, Kiev, will host the final
in the Olympic Stadium, with a capacity of 60,000.
The semi-finals will be held in Warsaw, Poland and
Donetsk, Ukraine.
On December 2nd, 2011 the draw for the Euro
2012 took place in Kiev. Former football greats such
as Horst Hrubesch (Germany), Marco Van Basten
(Netherlands), Peter Schmeichel (Denmark) and
Zinedine Zidane (France) were involved in the selection process. During this meeting, the sixteen
teams were divided into groups of four.
Group A includes Poland, Greece, Russia and the
Czech Republic. Poland, ranked 65th in the FIFA
world rankings, automatically qualified as host,
Recently Poland has shown increasing strength.
Out of Poland’s last seventeen games, they have
lost only three games, notably beating Argentina
and drawing with Germany and the United States.
Poland’s star players are Broussia Dortmund and
striker Robert Lewandowski. With the home support, and a relatively easy group, Poland stands a
great chance of qualifying for the knockouts.
Next in Group A is Greece, Euro 2004 champions, currently ranked 14th in the FIFA world rankings. Greece, undefeated, has lost only one of their
last nineteen games. Star defender Avraam Papadopoulos has ensured that Greece ended at the top
of their qualifying group. With a well-organized,
disciplined team, and a great defense, Greece has
an excellent chance of making it to the knockouts.
Currently ranked 11th by FIFA, and unbeaten
since February 2011, Russia recently played to a
draw with Greece, followed by a victory against
Denmark. Star Russians include Roman Pavly-
uchenko, Andrei Arshavin and Alan Dzagoev.
With tough games against Poland, the Czech Republic and a Greece, it looks like it will be hard for
Russia to make the knockouts.
Ranked 26th in the world, the Czech Republic
finished second to Spain in their qualifying stages.
Their forward attack is not strong, with a total of
twelve goals in ten games. The Czechs have played
only one friendly match recently, resulting in a 1-1
draw with the Republic of Ireland. Key players for
the Czech team include Chelsea goalkeeper Petr
Čech, and midfielder Tomáš Rosický. Currently, the
Czech team appears to be the weakest in its group.
The “Group of Death,” Group B, includes Netherlands, Denmark, Germany and Portugal. With big
names on each of these teams, every game should
be quite exciting. The Netherlands’ team is ranked
4th in the world and has a successful World Cup
2010 to look back on. Having lost only one game
to Sweden in the qualification stages, the Netherlands scored the maximum number of goals, 37, in
10 matches. Although the Dutch team has the top
qualification period scorer, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar,
their recent form hasn’t been great, with a draw
with Switzerland and loss to Germany. Facing a
tough group, one of Netherland’s most important
and deciding matches will be against Portugal.
Next in the “Group of
Death” is Denmark, currently ranked 9th in the
world. Denmark, in the
qualifying stages, both
won and lost to Portugal. After a five game
winning streak, the
Danish team recently
lost to Russia. Upcoming matches with Brazil and Australia will
determine the Danes’
confidence
entering
the tournament. Their
star player is 20-yearold midfielder Christian Eriksen. Although
relatively young, Eriksen boosts Denmark’s
chances of making it
to the knockouts. Denmark will need to play
extremely
well
to
qualify in this tough
group, and a game
with Portugal will prove
critical.
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Out This Summer
the latter qualifying at the top. Stakes are high for
Ukraine. Watching the tournament on home soil,
fans will want a win. Although Ukraine may not be
the strongest in the group, they can definitely hope
for an upset. Andriy Shevchenko, the former AC
Milan and Chelsea striker, is regarded as Ukraine’s
greatest player ever and will likely captain the
“Zhovto-Blakytni” (The yellow-blues) during the
tournament.
France has an opportunity to redeem their reputation for failures. Since reaching the finals of the
2006 World Cup, France has crumbled at Euro
2008 and the 2010 FIFA World Cup, where they
didn’t even qualify for the knockout stages. Internal strife between Coach Raymond Domanech and
the players led to their defeat against Mexico and
South Africa and sent Les Blues home early. With
the arrival of Laurent Blanc, France is flourishing:
the French team won their group in the Euro 2012
qualification.
Ranked 2nd in
the world, Germany
is one of the most
powerful teams in
the
tournament.
Runners-up in Euro
2008, Germany had
a perfect qualification round, winning
every match,. Star
players for Germany
this year are Mesut
Ozil, Manuel Neuer
and Mario Gomez.
Klose will be looking to make an impression, since this is
likely his last major
tournament before
retiring. One of the
favorites to win the
tournament,
Germany’s elimination
in the group stages
would be shocking.
stages of this tournament with the help of their captain Darijo Srna and striker Ivica Olić.
Spain’s goal is to emulate past successes and
hold onto their number 1 world ranking Italy, on
the other hand, would prefer to forget about the
2010 FIFA World Cup. With the new Italian coach
Ceasare Prandelli, they expect to progress to the
knockout stages and win this tournament, which
has eluded the Italian team since 1968.
After failing to qualify for Euro 2008, and a miserable World Cup, England has stepped it up and
topped their group during the Euro 2012 qualification stage. Moreover, England registered an impressive win against Spain and nearly drew with the
Dutch at Wembley. Frank Lampard, Steven Gerrard and Wayne Rooney are just some of the big
names in the talented English squad. The Three
Lions have never tasted success in the Euro championships and look to win it under the leadership of
new head coach Roy Hodgson.
Sweden completes Group D. Runners up of the
With a virtually unchanged Italian squad since
the 2010 World Cup and Vincente Del Bosque at
the helm, this author predicts that Spain will top
Group C, with Croatia at second, upsetting Italy.
Group D matches have been allocated to the
cities of Kiev and Donetsk, home of the two biggest stadiums in the tournament. This group consists of Ukraine, Sweden, France and England, with
Portugal,the
fourth
member
of the “Group of
Death,” ranks 5th in the world. The Portuguese
team endured a tricky qualification stage, ending
the stage in 2nd place. Portugal’s stars are Cristiano
Ronaldo and Manchester United’s Nani. Having
failed to live up to expectations in the past few major tournaments, Portugal’s performance is up for
grabs. The Netherlands match will be key.
Group C features the winner of the 2010 FIFA
World Cup and Euro 2008, Spain, along with 2006
FIFA World Cup Winner Italy. Group C, like Group
A, will play all matches in Poland. Ireland and
Croatia wrap up the group. Most predict that Spain
and Italy will qualify for the tournament, yet it
is impossible to count out the Irish, who in recent
years have upset the likes of Italy and Paraguay.
Ireland is also backed by signficant experience,
with three of their current players (Robbie Keane,
Shay Given and Kevin Kilbane) having over 300
caps between them.
The Croatians, with a world rank of 8th, pose a
threat. Croatia famously shocked the world with
their 3rd place finish at the 1998 French FIFA
World Cup and hopes to advance to the knock out
1958 FIFA World Cup hope to make it farther than
ever . Striker and Captain Zlatan Ibrahimović leads
the SwedesWith an impressive qualification campaign, this author predicts that Ukraine and Sweden will register one win each.
Regardless of the final result, Euro 2012 promises
to give AES football fans a month of excitement.
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Special Feature
Forensics A
“ thletes” Debut at MESAC
By Radhika Rao
Many at AES don’t know what Forensics is; a sad
state of affairs. Forensics is as difficult as a varsity
sport. For the uninitiated, forensics is a public speaking competition. Forensics events range from Oratory, in which competitors have to write an 8-minute
speech, memorize it, deliver it with dramatic effects and emotions; to “Extemporaneous Speaking,”
which involves writing a 6 minute speech in ½ hour
on an assigned world topic; to “Impromptu,” which
is writing a three minute speech in one minute And
let us not forget the other part of forensics, the acting events: Serious Oral Interpretation, Comic Duet,
“Oral Comic Interpretation,” and “Duet Oral Interpretation.”
This year 16 students represented AES in the MESAC Forensics competition, hosted here at AES.
Team members worried that they would be unprepared, as this was the first time in years that AES had
fielded a Forensics team. As it turned out, though,
the AES team was actually quite prepared to take on
the intense competition that MESAC offered.
On the first day, the rounds went well for AES.
Freshmen Chiarra Ficcarilli and Sachin Holdheim
performed a fine piece of comic duet acting that left
their audience roaring with laughter. ““I wasn’t nervous for once, and was able to recite my lines correctly
without faltering even once” said a relieved Ficcarilli.
After her serious oral interpretation, Junior Natalia
Sanchez said, “I could almost see the judges crying,
I never thought I could ever move anyone with my
words, but my acting certainly moved them. Sanchez
eventually made it to the Final round in her category.
In the public speaking group, Sophomore Jared
Briskman expressed self-confidence: “I found most
of the topics relatively easy. Forget writing a two
minute speech; I could write a 6 minute speech on
[the topics]” proclaimed Briskman. Briskman’s confidence was well-founded; he took Bronze in Impromptu Speaking.
colors, the excitement, the clothes, the food, really
brought out the fun of India” commented one ASD
coach.
AES can be proud of its Forensics Team. Not only
did the competition go well, but also AES hosted
the conference without major disasters. New friends
were made, and old friends were rediscovered. Signs
The day ended with a trip to Dilli haat, which are strong for an even more successful MESAC
visiting teams enjoyed. “It was so much fun: the competition next year.
Editorials
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Sportsmanship Award: That’s All, Folks?
By Divya Bambawale, Catherine King
This year, Dubai American Academy hosted
the MESAC Track and Field events. All went well,
except for the missing sportsmanship award and
the outrage that came with it. Many AES athletes
were furious to discover that DAA would not be
awarding sportsmanship to any of the participating
schools and for no apparent reason at all, it seemed.
one of the many representatives of the AES team.
“We did our best as a team to support every single
track athlete,” Datta said.
Athlete and Junior Nandini Datta cheered on
competitors from every school, and Datta is only
Though AES did not come out of the race with
the sportsmanship award, the athletes can still feel a
sense of pride in the fact that they were able to support the opposing teams, despite being surrounded
by unfamiliar and more challenging participants.
For AES, sportsmanship is a team effort that is
just as important as winning. However other MESAC schools do not all seem to feel the same way.
“Itwas obvious that true sportsmanship was lacking
in the other teams” said Sophomore Kristine Romano.
Some athletes have hinted that this event is linked
to a much bigger issue: is MESAC right for AES? In
the SAISA league we lacked competition and didn’t
display the sportsmanship we have this year; however in MESAC, it seems the coin has flipped.
Nevertheless, now that AES has a better understanding of its competition, perhaps we’ll be able
to achieve more but still continue displaying the
sportsmanship we are known best for in our new
league.
Letter to the Editor: Too Late?
Dear Editor,
In the busy streets of Vienna, there
is a monument to honor the Jews
who perished in the Holocaust, along
with a museum of Jewish History full
of artifacts and even the remains of
an ancient synagogue. An estimated
12 million died as a direct result of
“the cleansing of the Ayran race,” Six
million were Jews. More than
two-thirds of Europe’s Jews died in
the Holocaust, and that should be
recognized.
Less than a block away, there is
a small slightly ratty park near the
river. This is one of the few Holocaust
memorials for the LGBT victims of
Hitler‘s regime.
Often forgotten are the other
victims of hate, such as the mentally
handicapped, Gypsies, Sinti, Soviet
prisoners of war, Polish and Soviet
civilians, homosexuals, people with
disabilities, Jehovah’s Witnesses
and other political and religious
opponents, which make up the other
6 million.
Fifteen thousand people recorded
as gays, lesbians, or transgenders died
in Hitler’s camps. To this day they
are still being abused and killed,
not just in South Africa with
“corrective rape,” but also in places
like Wyoming, London and right
under our noses here in India.
Children are abused, beaten,
tortured, and even murdered by
strangers and family members.
Some have used the word “genocide” in reference to the massive
human rights abuses perpetrated
on the LGBT community. Zu
spät means it’s too late to change
the past, but those victims who
have died unhonored deserve
recognition. We should cast light
on the continuation of persecution
today.
Maybe it is too late to change
the past, maybe its to late to fix the
future, but its never too late to honor
the dead and try to make the world a
better place.
Yours sincerely,
Grace Wilson (Zippy)
Class of 2014
Whatever Happened to the Exam Schedule?
nal exam week as my only concern is
Year Two IB exams.”
By Sang Won Lee
On March 25th, Mr. Boyer emailed
the regular announcements with a
single attachment - the second semester exam schedule. This schedule
stated that exams began on Thursday,
May 24th and ended on Tuesday, May
29th. Four days of exams seemed
good because of the Saturday and
Sunday break. However, since the last
day of finals is solely for make-ups,
most students faced an exam “week”
of only three days.
As the AES school year comes
to a close, exam scheduling is a hot
topic for students. With stress levels
increasing, many students continue
to question the idea of finals; however most are just dissatisfied with a
shorter exam “week”.
Although some students feel satisfied that exam week is only four
days long, others are frustrated by
the shortened exam week because
it causes more conflicts than before.
Obviously, the longer exam week provides more of a gap between exams.
Some courses, like world languages, do not have scheduled final exams. Despite this apparent exception,
these classes often devise their own
way of creating a final. Junior Jeremy
Shih commented, “We are having [a]
common assessment in class at the
end of the year.”
Many AES Seniors show a lack in
interest in the exam schedule because
they are focused on IB exams. As
Senior Jae Ho Yoo said, “I don’t really
care about what happened to the fi-
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“Unless” – Film Review of The Lorax
By Divya Bambawale, Catherine King
Imagine a world where we have to buy the air
we breathe. In Dr. Seuss’s imagined city of Thneedville, trees are electronic items purchased in four
different color schemes: summer, spring, winter,
and fall. With the natural process of photosynthesis no longer possible, the O’Hare Corporation has
begun charging Thneedville citizens for access to
clean air.
In the story, Twelve-year-old Ted, voiced by
Zac Efron, lives in Thneedville, where everything
is now artificial due to destruction of the Truffula
tree ecosystem. Despite the Lorax’s warning that
the Thneed Company’s rapid harvesting of Truffula Trees would eventually result in the downfall
of both the Truffula Valley and the business, green
failed to trump greed and the trees disappeared.
Ted is smitten with his dream-girl, Audrey,
voiced by Taylor Swift, and plans to fulfill her dream
by presenting her with a real tree on her birthday.
Hence, Ted leaves the formidable steel walls of Thneedville in search of a Truffula Tree.
His journey leads him to the home of The Onceler, a recluse who admits that he is responsible for
stripping the entire Truffula Valley of its trees despite the warnings from The Lorax, the one who
“speaks for the trees, for the trees have no tongues.”
In the “real world,” future generations will ask
the obvious question: how ignorant were the current residents of our planet? How can we justify our
harvesting and wasting the Earth’s natural resources, when this means that future children will not be
able to even farm its land, breathe its air, or drink
its water?
Despite being the only teenager in the movie theatre, I was impressed with the pro-environmental,
anti-greed content that dominated the 3D film adaptation and would rate it a 9/10 stars.
Is this the inorganic, fabricated future we envision
for future generations? As the Lorax stated: “Unless
someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is
going to get better. It’s not.”
The Lorax is not the typical cute or witty Dr.
Seuss story. Instead the book, and now the animated film, present a message that today’s global leaders are neglecting.
Film Review - The Avengers
By Natalia Sanchez
sequence of Thor) and
“The Avengers” is without a doubt the best Hulk
movie ever made. Joss Whedon, screenwriter, director, and avid fanboy of the Avengers, gets both
Hulk and Bruce Banner in a way that no one else
has. There was a worry about the change in actor
- the third time in three Hulk films. The change
from Edward Norton to Mark Ruffalo might have
tempted Marvel and its new mom Disney to give
Banner less screen time and more action instead
of emotion; but with Ruffalo being the natural
Hulk he is, it’s a wonder they didn’t go with him in
the first place.
2. There was any consistent or sensible reason
for everyone to be doing what he or she is doing,
wherever they are.
Thor, again: The last time we saw Thor and Loki,
Thor was stranded on Asgard with hopeless dreams
of a distant love (which is barely touched upon in
the Avengers, mind you) and Loki was banished to
some giant snowball.
Whedon isn’t to blame for the poor choices of his
predecessors. He makes up for it in this film through
rib-tickling dialogue and clever character interaction. The truth is that little of the negatives matter
once the Avengers start avenging.
Since most of the heroes have their own superhero films, you couldn’t expect anything less from
the cast. Robert Downey Jr. is still fabulous as the
“genius billionaire playboy philanthropist” Iron
Man. Chris Evans plays the patriotic and natural
leader Captain America.
Chris Hemsworth does well as the thunder god
Thor. Scarlett Johansson and Jeremy Renner are
okay as Black Widow and Hawkeye (I say “ok,” because I still need to talk with whoever decided to
replace Ant-Man and The Wasp with these two. I’d
let it pass if they didn’t totally screw up Hawkeye’s
costume). Tom Hiddleston plays the role of the
menacing tool Loki well. Samuel Jackson beat his
most recent record of being the cheesiest as Nick
Fury.
Whedon emphasizes the characters’ personalities both as a subplot and also as one of the film’s
prime points: to assemble a team with a common
purpose from lost souls who have virtually nothing else in common.
You’ve think you’ve seen it all when it comes to
alien fights and the destruction of the Big Apple,
but the Avengers succeeds in making dust into diamonds.
Better than any other Marvel filmmaker, Whedon understands the characters and enables them
to operate together in drastically different ways as
they collaborate and deal with the common enemy.
Whedon effectively makes even the less known
characters – Black Widow and Hawkeye – seems essential to the team.
That said, the movie’s first hour is devoted to introducing these characters, telling where they’ve
been, and giving a sense of how well (or badly) they
might fit on the team. That would be fine if:
1. Nick Fury made a surprise show in every
Marvel movie since 2008 (like in the ending title
In a nutshell, action scenes were great; the script
was hilarious and well thought out; the characters
had roughtly equal screen time; and Whedon’s deep
understanding of the characters abrought them
together in ways we couldn’t have imagined (unless
of course you’ve read the original Avengers comic
books). And let’s not forget the shawarma reference.
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Sudoku
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Crossword: Avengers
The objective of the
game is to fill
all the blank
squares in a
game with
the numbers
1 through 9
such that:
Each row,
each column,
and each 3x3
square has
all digits 1
through 9 in
any order
Medium
Hard
Word Search:
Pokémon
ALTARIAGLACEONMANECTRIC
SEVIPER
AMPHAROSGROVYLEMESPRIT STARAPTOR
ARCANINEHAXORUSMEW
SWANNA
ARTICUNO
HONCHKROW
MIENSHAO
TYPHLOSION
AZELFJOLTEONMILOTIC TYRANITAR
CHANDELURE
KYUREM
NINETALES
UMBREON
CINCCINOLAPRASPERSIAN UNFEZANT
ESPEONLATIASPIDGEOT
UXIE
EXCADRILLLATIOSRESHIRAM VAPOREON
FLAREONLEAFEONSALAMENCE VIRIZION
FLYGONLOPUNNYSAWSBUCK ZANGOOSE
FURRETLUMINEONSERPERIOR
ZEBSTRIKA
Goodbye
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Departing
Editors
Gautam Kapur
Manali Banerjee
and all other members
of THE ROAR
wish all high schoolers
BEST OF LUCK
in all future endeavors
The ROAR Staff
Co-Editors-in-Chief: Manali Banerjee & Gautam Kapur
Layout: Manali Banerjee
Writers: Sonia Ahluwalia, Divya Bambawale, Manali Banerjee, Jonathan Brandwood, Rohan Goel, Gautam
Kapur, Raag Kashyap, Catherine King, Asim Lal, Sang Won Lee, Karishma Manglani, Alekhya Mukkavilli, Tae Bin
Park, Radhika Rao, Natalia Sanchez, Rishabh Sivakumar, Komali Yaskhi
Faculty Advisor: Ms. Guerin
Contact us: [email protected]@[email protected]