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Holiday/Millennium, 1999 • The Heartbeat of SHS • The Pulse 1
I N COLOR!
Syosset High School • 70 Southwoods Road •Syosset, New York 11791-2998 • 516-364-5702 • E-Mail: pulse@longisland.com
INSIDE THIS ISSUE Volume 42 • Issue 3 • Holiday/Millennium, 1999
Special Millennium Issue
Predictions For The Next 1,000 Years
By Shari Gamm and prepared meals to your door within min- bies will be born outside of the body where
Japanese Festival Rapid advances in technology will change utes of your electronic order, which will be the embryos will be inspected for disease and
Food, dancing, and everything from cars to vacations. Tired of paid for by credit card. Most importantly, then grown in artificial wombs. Protein sen-
the Grand Canyon, Los Angeles, and Disney while the physical act of supermarket shop- sor chips will detect early chemical changes
activities entertain World? Want to get a real blast? Then take ping will cease to exist, the pleasure of eating to the body which, if undetected, would lead
many at Japanese your next vacation in outer space. Travel com- will still remain. to cancer and other diseases. Gene therapy
Festival 1999. panies will offer a first-class luxury vacation Negotiated prices will replace fixed will cure any disease that may slip throuugh
Page Two into space. But at $100,000 per person, only prices. Buyers and sellers will negotiate ev- this defense system and human organs will be
high-rollers and lottery winners will be able erything based on the supply and demand of grown to replace worn out parts. Body tune-
to afford this adventure. the moment. This is already happening on web ups will be the rage! All of this will result in
Business travel will be largely replaced sites such as Priceline.com, and will be ex- an average life span of several hundred years
by virtual reality conferencing. Simply put tended to virtually every consumer purchase. or more.
Syosset Mall? on a headset and you are in a conference room
in Hong Kong while you sit at your kitchen
With respect to health issues, most ba- The automobile will undergo dramatic
changes. The gagues on the instrument panel
Read about the table. On the downside, just think will be video images and can be customized
latest plans for the how much you will miss all of to the owner’s preference. A thermal imaging
the wonderful airline food! night vision system will allow drivers to
former Cerro Wire
Supermarkets may see further down the road and a saftey
plant off the LIE. not exist. In their system will automatically maintain
Page Four place will be mas- a safe distance from the car in
sive distribution front, even if the driver falls
centers which asleep at the wheel. Instead
will deliver of cars annoying people
produce telling them that the
Mmm... Chocolate “door is ajar”
or “the lights
Coverage of Sec- are on,” voice
ond Annual Interna- technology
tional Chocolate will allow
Show in NYC. drivers to tell
the car what to
Page Eight do. Change
CDs, get e-mails,
plot the route
and control the
climate are just
Music Reviews some of the
functions that
Rob and Dave future cars
review Godsmack will do. Most
importantly,
and Metallica
the antidote to lis-
tening to only radio stations
Page Ten
in your area is coming in the
form of DARS - Digita Audio
Radio Service. At a cost $10 per
month, people will be able to access
over 100 CD-like digital stations in
Sports Awards about a year no matter where they drive!
Distributed by satellite, it will be offered as a
Karen Zelenka’s third radio band along with AM and FM bands.
complete list of Well, the future sure looks exciting, and
Athletic Honors judging from the rate of technology, it will be
upon us in a nanosecond. See you there.
Page Eleven
Check Us Out
on the Web at
http://www.simtech.net/pulse
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STAFF
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The Heartbeat of SHS Sensei-tional Japanese Festival
Volume 42 • Issue 3 • December 23, 1999
Syosset High School • 70 South Woods Road By Michael Mashioff
Syosset, New York 11791 • pulse@longisland.com
The Japanese Club began its year as
soon as school started in September. While
Editor In Chief David Roseman the newcomers were learning the ropes, the
Managing Editor David DiGregorio
officers were busy at work planning the
events for the upcoming year. The first pri-
Business Managers Sunjay Kelkar ority was the Japanese Festival. Booths
Joshua Sauberman needed to be thought of, food needed to be
Feature Editor Rachel Stanton
purchased, and layouts needed to be de-
signed. Moreover, every year something
News Editor Ari Stern new and exciting is needed in order to pro-
mote attention. Finally, after weeks of
Opinions Editor Ken Spector
thought, the club came up with ancient cul-
Sports Editor Allison Hoyt tural activities, such as meditation and for-
Karen Zelenka tune telling, in addition to modern attrac-
tions such as Dance Revolution and
Food Editor Brett Muney
Pokemon.
Layout Editor Michael Kass As people entered the student lobby,
Japanese lanterns and signs surrounded
Asst. Feature Editor Shari Gamm them, truly giving them the feeling of being
Asst. News Editor Soren Gandhi
in a Japanese community. Freshman Bryan
Mashioff said, “I love the lanterns, I want
Asst. Layout Editor Evan Hoberman one for my room.” Too bad for him; they
were not for sale. However, one could pur-
Distribution Manager Peter Intindoli
chase Pokemon accessories, including pens,
Staff calculators, and stickers at the Pokemon
Daniel Abramowitz Adam Malin booth. Japanimation is used to create the
David Anderson Michael Mashioff characters that are so popular among many
Damien Augustin Jeremy Meller
Dominick Caccippio Kevin Miu
children and teens. Dance revolution is also
Thomas Cafiero Nicole Notowitz popular among many teens. This Japanese
George Chan Andrew Schatz game show has been brought into the home
Jed Evans Saugut Sen by Sony Play Station. “Watching people
Lauren Falcone Jeffrey Stern
Angela Fang Robert Volk
dance from the computer thing was inter-
Matthew Friedlander Margaret Wang esting,” said junior Kara Schulman. From
Brendan Kahn Carley Weinreb the beginner to the expert, energy was up at
the Dance Revolution booth. The other
Advisors Elizabeth Schmid
video games were also very popular, as stu-
Amanda Christy dents fought for the title in games such as
Tekken.
Ancient Japan was also integrated into
The Pulse is created using Macintosh
and Power Macintosh G3 computers,
the festival. Meditation, led by senior Paul
an Apple Color OneScanner 1200/30, Bozzello, provided a relaxing and renew-
Adobe Page Maker 6.52™, ing experience. Students were given a brief
Microsoft® Office ’98, and Adobe explanation of the history of meditation and
Photoshop™ 4.01. Unsigned edito-
rials are the consensus opinion of the
then actually meditated to the sounds of the
editorial board and do not necessar- ocean. Origami, the Japanese art of paper
ily reflect the views of the advisor or folding was also popular among many stu-
the administration. Letters to the dents. Throughout the day, art could be seen
editor, which relay the opinion of the
writer, not The Pulse, are welcomed;
on the hands and faces of students walking
they are subject to being edited and around the school.
must be signed, although signatures Japanese characters, known as Kanji,
will be withheld upon request. Any were painted on all who wanted strength,
questions concerning advertisments
or subscriptions should be directed
wisdom, and love in their lives. People
to the Business Department. could also be seen wearing sumo costumes
and kimonos, which were available to try
on to have photographs taken. No Japanese
Telephone (516) 364-5702
E-Mail pulse@longisland.com
festival could be complete without sushi.
California and cucumber rolls were sold
straight out of a Sushi boat, and said to be
“yummy” by all. Finally, for the third year,
Japanese trivia was conducted by Rohit Bar-
man a.k.a. Baruma. His voice was known
throughout the student lobby.
This year’s Japanese Festival was one of
the best yet, with only better ones to come.
However, the future of the Japanese festival,
can only be predicted by Syosset High Schools
own, world renowned fortuneteller, Lisa Top: Mr. Durante tries out one of the more popular activities, a computerized dancing
Poggiali. And what is her prediction? Well, game; Middle: Senior Kevin Poulter is painted by Erin Connolly; Bottom: Sensei
come to next years festival and find out. Watson and Dr. Schneider pose while the latter holds some calligaphy.
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Recycle-A-Cycle Has Drug-Free Club Takes Off
By Jeremy Meller The Drug Free Club began this
A Handle On Success The Drug Free Club is a relatively school year by holding officer elections.
new club at Syosset High School. It cur- Jeremy Meller was elected president,
By Carly Weinreb gives them some happiness in a trou- rently has about twenty active members, J o s h R i e g e r, v i c e p r e s i d e n t , D a n i
Speeding into the spotlight is a bling time. The children and their fami- and is working to support the concept of Peress, treasurer, Karen Rabinowicz,
group known as Recycle-A-Cycle, lies (if they have any) are always very being able to be drug free while enjoying Secretary, and Karen Marks, represen-
which gives bicycles to children whose grateful for the bicycles Recycle-A- the life of a typical Syosset teenager. tative to student council.
parents cannot afford to buy them one. Cycle gives their family, and sometimes The club was established a year and The Drug Free Club has been sell-
Recycle-A-Cycle is part of the Syosset write thank-you notes. Unfortunately, a half ago, under the leadership of school ing candy, such as lollypops and candy
Teen Council, both of which are run and the Recycle-A-Cycle members do not social worker, Chuck Gleason. After sev- bars, in order to make money to utilize
directed by Tom Montalbano. Syosset normally personally give the bicycles to eral Syosset High School students at- for club activities. Members hope to
Teen Council is open to all high school the children. The children do not want tended the Operation Pride Conference at make enough money to support a drug
students, and does community service to be brought into the spotlight because Nassau Community College, interest built. free event or trip of some kind.
such as drives, hospital visits, and walk- they are disadvantaged. On rare occa- Operation Pride is a drug free club that is On October 29, two of the members
a-thons. sions though, the Recycle-A-Cycle based in Freeport, has over 150 members, of the Drug Free Club, Jeremy Meller
The idea of having a Recycle-A- members get to personally deliver and and has participated in and led activities and Danielle Baker attended a hearing
C y c l e p r o g r a m s h o w e d u p o n M r. visit the child they made the nationwide. at the Nassau County Legislature. They
bike for, as they did recently The conference was an extremely mo- joined twenty-six students from all over
for a six year old girl, who is tivating experience, and upon returning to the county to express their concerns
a cancer patient at the Nassau the High School, it was decided that a about county spending on anti-smoking
County Medical Center. similar club could be developed here at campaigns. The county wanted to use
Recycle-A-Cycle is cur- the High School. .1% of the money it received from the
rently very close to building Upon its creation, the mission of the suit against Tobacco companies on anti-
their 500th bicycle, which will club was to support those who were drug smoking campaigns. The students who
most likely happen in the free, to educate fellow students about the attended the hearing advocated for 20%
spring, along with a party to dangers of drugs
celebrate. However, a few ob- and alcohol use,
stacles lie in the way of this and most of all to
group’s success. They need express the possi-
money donations and bicycles bility of being drug
Some Recycle-A-Cycle members with a bike that was in good condition. free, and still living
prepared for a 6-year-old cancer patient at Nassau An event that Syosset the life of typical
County Medical Center. Teen Council was recently in- Syosset High
volved in, was the town tree School students by
lighting on Sunday, December providing alterna-
Montalbano’s doorstep in the Spring of 5th. The SHS Jazz Ensemble and the tive activities to
1997. There he found two bicycles from Adelettes were also there. An upcom- drinking, smoking,
the garbage heaps. He took the parts ing event will be going to TOBAY beach and using other
off one, and used them to fix and en- after the holidays to take discarded drugs.
hance the other to make one great bike. Christmas trees to build up the sand Unfortunately,
The kids on his block saw him doing dunes. This will help prevent erosion, the club started
t h i s a n d w a n t e d t o h e l p , s o M r. which is eating away at the continent a quite late in the
Montalbano formed a group in the fall few centimeters each year. This event year, and although
of 1997. This small group made six will take place in mid January. it was able to par- School social worker Chuck Gleason takes a moment to talk about
bikes and gave them away for Christ- If you are interested in doing com- ticipate in the fresh- the Drug-Free club.
mas. It went so well that they made m u n i t y w o r k y e a r r o u n d , t h e n t h e men orientation in
some more bikes. The group started to Syosset Teen Council is for you. If August, it had a difficult time maintain- of the funds to be spent on anti-smok-
grow, so Mr. Montalbano had a block you’d like to join this group, email ing its active members. This was not the ing campaigns. Although the legisla-
party to recruit volunteers and make SyossetTC@aol.com a letter expressing end of the club, however, as advertising tors did not seem terribly receptive to
bikes for his group, which he named Re- your interest to join the club. Syosset and campaigning brought about an en- their concerns, the Drug Free Club’s
cycle-A-Cycle. After a while, the Town Teen Council meets Tuesday nights. tirely new member population. presence at the hearing was a step in
of Oyster Bay gave Recycle-A-Cycle This group really makes an impact on This new population, which began attaining recognition beyond the bound-
space to work in the Syosset-Woodbury people’s lives, and anyone can become meeting in March of this year, has ac- aries of the high school.
park, which is where the group still a part of it. complished quite a lot more than the At this time, the Drug Free Club is
works today. original group had. During May and planning for several potential activities
Recycle-A-Cycle gives June, members of the group visited both at the high school, and in the
the bikes that they make to eighth grade physical education classes school district’s two middle schools.
m a n y o rg a n i z a t i o n s a n d at Southwoods Middle School to speak Members are hoping to develop several
causes, such as St. Edward’s to incoming ninth graders about the programs that will help students real-
C h u r c h , S t . M a r y ’s B o y ’s high school, answer any questions they ize the dangers of substance abuse, the
Home, Kosovo refugees living had, ameliorate their concerns, and dis- possibility of being drug free, and hav-
at St. Dick’s in New Jersey, pel any misconceptions about the high ing a great life both academically and
Ghana, Africa and during the school, especially in the areas of peer socially.
holidays, to a children’s shel- p r e s s u r e a n d s u b s t a n c e u s e . M r. Although the club got off to a rather
ter in Deer Park. The group Gleason says, of these types of activi- slow start, it is now working hard to be-
also donates bikes to indi- ties, “I am encouraged by the diversity come a positive force in the community.
vidual families who can’t af- of the members of the Drug Free Club - If anyone is interested in joining the
ford to buy their child a bi- the fact that we have many different club, please speak to Mr. Gleason, a
cycle. Recycle-A-Cycle types of people involved in the club club officer, or come to one of the meet-
brings a rare smile to the faces Harris and Schanker re-build a bike from the should help us in our attempt to influ- ings which take place on Tuesdays, af-
of many of these children and ground up. ence eighth graders.” ter school, in Room C-8.
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Mall Property Backstage at Madison
Sparks New Protests Square Garden
By Adam Malin tal study funded by Taubman, a predic- By Brendan Kahn waiting list. Probably one of the highlights
In 1997, the Taubman Company made tion of approximately 3,000 cars per Tuesday, November 16, Mr. Muller’s of this trip was going to the Manhattan Mall
plans to develop an old industrial prop- hour would go down Robbins Lane dur- sports marketing class and Mr. Baratta’s to eat lunch. There was an array of foods to
erty into an upscale mall. This property ing peak shopping periods. The resi- four classes had the chance to visit Madi- choose from, ranging from Japanese to the
is located by the railroad tracks at the end dents of the areas nearby complained son Square Garden and go on the back stage all famous Blimpies. Most of you probably
of Robbins Lane in Syosset and is also about possible traffic problems if the tour of this world famous arena. We left don’t know the Manhattan Mall for it’s fine
known as the Cerro Wire Property. It is mall were to be built, and the fact that school promptly after first period not to re- dining, but for the People Court’s Opinion
under intense scrutiny by the town, and Robbins Lane would have a lot of traf- turn to school until the late bus. The major- Corner, that happens to be a great part of
the local Birchwood Civic Association, fic and the shoppers would take short- ity of the students were freshmen and there that fine show! After eating lunch all the kids
because the complex planned to be con- cuts through nearby neighborhoods. All were only a couple of girls. This wonderful ran back over to MSG to see the Chase
structed there. Currently the large black these complaints were voiced at a pro- and mature group charged the big apple on Championship. While we sat and watched
water tower viewable from the Long Is- test in November. an early train taking up a full car. Once ar- these excellent female athletes play tennis,
land Expressway notes the aging Cerro On Saturday morning November riving at the garden, we marched directly I saw a kid with an extra large tennis ball.
Wire property. This mall has been pro- 20, members of the Birchwood Civic to Madison Square Garden Theatre. Here Me being me, I had to get one. I had a little
posed to be a one-million-square-foot Association and anyone else that our tour began. We were told all sorts of extra cash so I bought an extremely large
complex with three anchor stores, yet to wanted to join them protested the facts about the stadium and then headed up tennis ball at the price of $35, probably not
be determined. The property also would planned construction of the Mall at the elevators to the top of the arena to see my best buy ever, but I was happy. After the
have 100 specialty stores and three-tiered O y s t e r B a y. P o p u l a r s l o g a n s a n d the luxurious suites. These suites only cost exciting tennis match was over we went
deck parking to accommodate 4,800 cars phrases on signs were “No Mall”, “No $975,000 for three years, and you have to back on the train and soon arrived home.
on the 39-acre site. Mall Here”, and “No Mall No Way” at rent them for at least three years. We were As we rode into the school circle I thought
the rally in front of told that in order to get one of these suites to myself, “This has been the greatest day
t h e C e r r o Wi r e you have to put your name on a five-year of school!”
property on
Robbins Lane.
The local residents
thought that the
mall would be ugly
and would deface
their community,
but a popular re-
sponse of the
Taubman project
was that the only
thing ugly and de-
facing about that
property was the
state that the prop-
erty is in right
The Cerro Wire tower, site of a controvertial plan to build a n o w. The
shopping mall. Birchwood Civic
association says
This might all sound great to the av- that the Mall at Oyster Bay would di-
erage Syosset residents, but to those few minish the quality of life in Jericho and
people who live on Robbins Lane, this Syosset, especially for the residents liv-
planned commercial entity is horrible. ing near the mall. The area already has
The current Birchwood Civic Association the Broadway Mall, why another one so
President said, “that the most menacing close?
threat is the potential for dangerously high When asking Syosset students about
traffic and congestion levels, with car vol- the mall, mixed responses were received.
ume exceeding the capacity of local Some students want a mall, but feel sorry
roads.” The location of the Cerro Wire for the people living there. Brooke Tancer
property and the future Mall at Oyster Bay said, “For me, since I don’t live there, I
is not the best place for a mall. This is guess it would be cool if they built a mall
why County Legislators Judy Jacobs and there, because it is close. I don’t know
Edward Mangano both stressed in 1997 what the people that live there would think
that the site should be used for reasons about it because of the traffic. The kids
other than commercial shops and property. that live there probably want a mall, but
Also Oyster Bay Town Supervisor said the adults don’t, and I don’t blame them.”
this year that the town must remain neu- Another student said, “I do not believe that
tral in the Cerro Wire battle. He did this they should build another shopping com-
after asking Taubman Company to revise plex because Syosset/Jericho will become
its plans for the mall to not rely on the more congested and it will begin to dete-
expansion and construction of roadways riorate the community and not help it.”
on the town’s property. All the govern- Some people do not even know what is
ment officials want to leave the fight for going on in Syosset, One student said, “I
the mall between the residents and the don’t know anything about it.”
Taubman Company. In an environmen-
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features
From the
The Crucible Editor
By David Roseman
I would like to take this opportunity
to wish everyone in the Syosset High
School and Syosset community a happy
holiday and a happy new year on behalf
of the entire Pulse staff. I hope that ev-
eryone has a safe and enjoyable vacation,
and look forward to seeing you in the next
millennium.
It was nice to see that so many people
in the school were interested in the last
issue of The Pulse. However, I would like
to remind everyone that the articles in the
newspaper that are not news articles are
the opinion of the writer and not neces-
sarily the opinion of the entire newspaper
staff or the school administration. If you
have an opinion that differs from that of
the writer, you are always free to write a
letter to the editor. Also, if you feel that
an article is a misrepresentation of the true
facts, you are also always welcome to
voice your opinions in a letter to the news-
paper.
After reading through the last issue
one more time, I noticed that the begin-
ning of the Gay and Straight Club article
was not as tasteful as it could have been.
I apologize to anyone who may have been
offended by what was written.
By Lauren Falcone
On November 18, 1999 many
One of the best
scenes in the play was the
Happy
Holidays
Syosset families and students came to courtroom scene. Every
see the Syosset High School production little detail that was
of “The Crucible”, by Arthur Miller. needed to understand the
The show was performed by ACT (As- play was incorporated
into that one scene. The
from the Staff
sociation of Creative Thespians) mem-
bers who put in a great deal of time and actors that were in that
devotion in order to assure that this play scene include Andrew
would be a success.
Many of the students involved in
Rubino, Ethan Hova,
Stephen Goodman and
of The Pulse
the production of the play spent their Dave Goldman among
evenings and many of their Saturdays others. Other students
at school, often until 10:30 at night, pre- who took part in the play
paring for the play. As one could imag- are Jennifer Pino, Lauren
ine, that is a very long time for high Falcone, Caryn Lewi,
school students to spend in school. Aimee DeShays,
Front man Justin Starr, who played the Michelle Williams, Jamie
role of John Procter, worked tremen- Rog and Alexis
dously hard for this show. Once he took Hudesman.
on this role, Justin never came out of When asked to de-
character. He actually took on the life scribe what she thought
of Procter once he stepped into re- of the play, Collyn Gold
hearsal. said, “It was intruiging
Another amazing job was done by and very well performed.
Alex Sovronsky, who played Judge The scenery was amaz-
Hawthorn. He put on an absolutely ing.” Everyone who did
frightening performance. Joe not see the show, defi-
Boccarossa also did a wonderful job nitely missed a great per-
portraying old Giles Cory. His costume, formance. ACT’s next Top: Justin Starr and Aimee DeShayes as John and
from the gray hair to frills, was quite production will be “A Elizabeth Proctor; Middle: Caryn Lewi as Abigail;
different than his usual daily school at- Midsummer N i g h t ’s Bottom: (left to right) Kate O’Connor, Caryn Lewi, Ethan
tire. Dream”. Hova, and Andrew Rubino crowd around Pia Finnegan.
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millennium
The
Millennium Schmillennium Insanity Plea
By Nicole Notowitz more accurate. To correct some of these mis-
By Jed evans
Is anybody else starting to get really an- takes, Pope Gregory XIII announced ‘The
noyed by all of the hype surrounding the next Great Correction’, in which everybody went Pretty soon we will be ushering in New Years Resolutions for the Year 2000
millennium? When the ball drops at midnight, to bed on October fourth of 1582, and woke the New Year, the year 2000 in fact 1. Never attempt to ice skate on a soccer
are all our computers going to crash? Will the up on the fifteenth. This corrected many er- (as you should already know unless field (or any field, for that matter).
world explode? Besides, what is so exciting rors, but don’t you feel bad for the people who you've been locked in a closet or hid- 2. Avoid Hostess apple pies.
about the next thousand years anyway? missed their birthdays during this time? ing in the trunk of someone's car for 3. Think happy thoughts.
Chances are, the millennium does not even Also, our calendar system is based upon quite some time). I'm looking forward 4. Clap for Tinkerbell.
start on January first of the year 2000. There the birth of Christ; however the world’s popu- to a happy new year, and I realize that 5. Never put honey on your toothbrush in-
are numerous possible dates for the actual start lation is only 33% Christian. Most popular the only way that can happen, is if we stead of toothpaste.
of the new millennium. It may even have al- religions have their own calendar system, and all work together, and follow a couple 6. Never apply ketchup to an open wound.
ready begun. are way past the year 2000. In Buddhism it is basic rules. So I've devised a set of 7. Avoid leprechauns in general.
The most probable date for the start of currently the year 2542, and in Judaism, it is rules (I call them resolutions) which 8. Never attempt to psychoanalyze a
the millennium would be January first of 2001. already the year 5760. So, if we want to use should, if you follow them, make this broom.
This date seems most logical, because our cal- the year 2000 as an excuse to wear silly hats new year one filled with joyfulness, 9. Never consult a Ouija board for advice.
endar system began in the year one. There and eat cocktail franks, it’s fine with me. But harmony, and cream cheese. Remem- 10. And most importantly, buy more
was no year zero. Decades are measured on a are we really celebrating the coming of the ber, by following these simple guide- Pokemon cards (but please, don't try to
ten year scale; for example the 80’s, the de- new millennium, or just the passing of one lines, we will all have a happy new swipe them through credit card ma-
cade of bad hair, started in 1981, not 1980, more year? Millennium, Schmillennium, year: chines, it wears out the edges).
and ended in 1990, not 1989. Throughout his- Happy New Year!
tory days have been added and deleted from
months numerous times to make the years
Will Smith & Dr. Dre Take On The Millennium
By Soren Gandhi Hollywood style and the with two of his protégé
Top Ten Games The Millennium has arrived, and the
many faces of music are presenting and re-
other half shines on his old
roots, most of the songs
rappers-nimble and sly
Snoop Dogg and quick-
leasing new albums in accordance with the contain samples of old hits. witted Eminem—with
of 1999 year 2000. Y2K has posed problems around
the world, but in the music industry, many
Will Smith obviously
needs help in this CD only
this album Dre has fash-
ioned a worthy successor
By Matthew Friedlander artists are bringing new sounds, hip beats, taking up 60 minutes in- to Chronic as musically
Well, it was a tough choice this and uptempo hits. In the world of hip-hop cluding the even cornier hit intricate, lyrically sala-
year to choose the top ten games of two artists have released albums dealing “Wild Wild West.” The cious and full of rolling
1999, but I did it. I spent long nar- with the Millennium. Actually, that is CD has its moments; DJ beats and sing-along cho-
coleptic hours locked in my room Willenium according to Will Smith who re- Jazzy Jeff teams up with ruses as its predecessor.
choosing which game was superior leased his second solo album. Also new in Will again and produces Again, however, the CD
t o a n o t h e r, b u t h e r e ’s t h e l i s t I stores is Dr. Dre 2001. old turntable beats and scratches. He sings showcases sex, drugs, and murder. Nev-
formed over a 12 hour period filled Will Smith, or Fresh Prince, the Philly another Latin beat song “La Fiesta” which ertheless, the CD is great, hot, quick and
with coffee and sugar. rapper who instantly turned action-movie continues from is old hit “Miami.” Slick just plain old rap. “Still D.R.E.” was the
superstar, released his second solo album Rick, Biz Markie, his wife Jada Pinkett, Lil’ first single to hit radios and stores. The
1. Soul Caliber (Sega) Willenium with great enthusiasm after his Kim and others are also featured on the CD. beats and raps are just great, proving that
2. Street Fighter vs. Capcom (PSX) 1997 CD Big Willie Style, which came up Willenium presents Will Smith and his en- once again Dre will provide the nation
3. Final Fantasy VIII (PSX) big at the sales making it multi-platinum. livened side that will definitely make this with some hardcore pure rap. His 1992
4. Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver Not a gangster, but a fun-filled writer and CD a party to go album. If Will continues CD, Chronic, was successful, making it
(PSX, PC) producer, Smith creates a fun-filled CD with to infuse rap with such dull and corny hits one of the must have rap CD’s of the cen-
5. Tekken 3 (PSX) nifty, humor-and-melody infused hip-hop then rap will eventually die out. tury, but before the clocks hits 12 – 0 – 0,
6. NFL Blitz 2000 hits. The ever so corny hit “Will 2K” (which In the cases of people like Will Smith, Dre 2001 is yet another must have. Other
7. WWF Attitude (PSX and N64) features samples of “Rock the Casbah”) who will destroy rap, but enliven hip-hop, artists have released albums dealing with
8. Sega NFL 2000 (Sega) flashes Will’s zealous and energized side, there will always be hardcore rappers and the Millennium (Backstreet Boys,
9. Medal of Honor (PSX) but he teams up with Tatyana Ali and Mc gangsters that will prevent rap and its col- Moffats). However at the turn of the cen-
10. Omega Boost Lyte in a striking and moving beat song lapse. Dr. Dre released his CD as Chronic tury, rap seems predominate in the music
“Who Am I.” Although half of the songs 2000, but changed the name to Dr. Dre culture of today, along with the “ever-so-
display his flashier 2001. Reunited charming boy bands.”
Spaced Out 2000 Germany begins the use of rock- Explorer-I, the first
The History of ets in missiles, specifically in the noto-
Manned Spaceflight rious V-2. These rockets did not meet
much success beyond launch, as they
American satellite, is
launched.
Explorer
1961
had no guidance had a
By Michael Kass Cosmonaut Yuri
Robert H. Goddard cre- system. One of more con-
This month’s Spaced Out is a little dif- Gagaran becomes the
ates the first practical chemi- the German scien- Russia ventional
ferent. It’s a timeline of the history of manned first person in space. He
spaceflight. cal rocket. Goddard is con- tists working on launches Sput- cylinder shape, and was is launched in a capsule
Just a follow-up of last month’s article, sidered to be the founder of the Nazi missiles nik-I, the first about five feet long.
was Werner Von mounted on the Russian
the Mars Polar Lander did land on time, but modern rock- artificial satel- This satellite also carried
Braun. He later came to the lite to orbit the Proton rocket
NASA lost communication with it and has not etry, and NASA the first camera into
United States to work with earth. Sputnik was about the and orbits the
regained it since. Until the point of loss of has named their space, and discovered
contact, the probe was functioning perfectly, NASA. earth. Shortly
Maryland space size of a basketball and had the Van Allen radiation
and scientists are optimistic that it is a minor after, Alan B.
center after him. several antennas attached to it. Shepard is
WWII
malfunction that will be corrected.
The sole function of the satel- launched in a Mercury
1958
Also, a note that The Pulse beat
Newsday to the article about the polar mis- lite was to send a radio hom- capsule and lands a short
sions. Yes! We rule!
1931 ing signal. time later. It was several
missions before an
1957 American orbited earth.
Holiday/Millennium, 1999 • The Heartbeat of SHS • The Pulse 7
features
Turning the Tables on All About Tri-M
Unwanted E-Mail By Angela Fang
As a newcomer to the entire Syosset
Lisa Lew said, “It was a great experi-
ence and I enjoyed it a lot.”
By Michael Kass stop such newsletters, both corporate and community, it was extremely hard to jump “It was a good experience for our quar-
Anybody who has an e-mail account otherwise in one step. This procedure into the world of after-school clubs— with tet because it gave us a chance to work to-
knows how annoying forwarded messages are. doesn’t work on America Online (sorry), but all of those strange new faces, it was not for gether,” said Janis Choy.
Usually, they’ve been through several rounds if you have Eudora, Outlook, Netscape, me. But with a little will power, I walked Tracy Mak added, “Although we were
of forwarding, and still have all the e-mail Claris E-Mailer, or another e-mail client, my way down to the orchestra room to the not able to practice much for this event, we
addresses the message has ever been sent to, read on. Somewhere in the program is a first meeting of TRI-M. still had a lot of fun.”
which means your downloading of the mes- feature called “Filters.” Usually, this will TRI-M stands for Modern Music Mas- To many people, music is a nonverbal
sage will be prolonged. As you read the mes- be under the edit or options menu. Go into ters, hence the three M’s, and it is the Na- way to express their feelings. It has had a
sage, you notice that there are many many ar- filters. Since most mass mailings are di- tional Music Honor Society. There are al- positive effect on the lives of student musi-
rows at the beginning of each line, and in some rected to some e-mail address along the lines ways things to do in this large club. For cians. Steve Macklin declared “To me mu-
cases, lines have been of list1@listserver.com, and not your e-mail example, quartets or quintets are needed to sic is another way to express myself.”
wrapped and the text is address, you can set up a filter that says “If play together for certain occasions, such as Chris Kan expressed similiar feelings
m i s a l i g n e d , To: Does Not Contain (the second half of parent teacher conferences or for homeless “Music has had a profound influence on me.
making the your e-mail address, i.e. @longisland.com) agencies. In late October, TRI-M had their It has helped to make me a well-rounded
message ex- Then Delete It.” Now, your e-mail client own special booth at the carnival where person. It helps me express my emotions,
tremely difficult will automatically delete messages not ad- music fundraisers were held. share my talents with others.”
to read without sitting for a moment to deci- dressed specifically to you. Even though several bonus points are TRI-M is a great club that meets every
pher it. Unfortunately, this still doesn’t solve needed to be inducted and become a so- Wednesday after school. People are always
Then, of course, there’s the content. Of- the problem of those pesky profiles. Every called “real” member, I think most people performing at the meetings, and sometimes
ten, you receive jokes that are about three time I get one, I have to read it because I are having just as much fun as me. These they even serve food. Join and you can also
pages long and aren’t funny. Some people feel want to know about the person, then of are some people who performed at the Par- enjoy this rewarding musical experience!
it necessary to send chain letters that promise course part of the bargain is that you have ent Teacher Conferences.
you good luck as long as you continue to fill it out and send it back to ev-
forwarding the messsage. eryone you know. It’s not un-
I’ve received false virus
warnings, for example,
common to spend twenty
minutes on one of the Broadway Reviews
“Don’t turn on your com- longer ones. But now By Jeffrey Stern Christ Superstar, The Music Man, and Finian’s
puter or it will format your there’s a new kind of This upcoming season for Broadway The- Rainbow, will be opening after the New Year.
hard drive. There is no profile that’s much more ater promises to be the best in years for new and My first review is of Kiss Me Kate. I saw
cure.” Sometimes you re- fun and definitely more revived musicals. Five new musicals will be fea- the final preview of this show and it was very
ceive corporate newsletters telling than the old kind. tured this season, including Marie Christine, deserving of the fantastic reviews that it received.
and you have no clue how It’s called a reverse based on the infamous Greek tragedy, Medea, Although the opening number was stagnant and
you got on their mailing list. And profile. It contains questions starring Audra McDonald, along with Putting It vocally weak, once the two leads (Mitchell and
perhaps the most time-consuming of all about you. You send the blank form to ev- Together, a Sondheim musical review starring Mazzie) appeared on stage for the first time, the
these kinds of messages are Profiles, also eryone you know, and they return it with
Carol Burnett (Kathie Lee Gifford on Tuesday show was wonderful. It was truly entertaining,
known as surveys. what they know about you. This way, you evenings). Two other new musicals have ap- capped off with a phenomenal dance number,
Getting rid of corporate newsletters is get to see who knows you the best. It’s a
peared on the Broadway scene this year. Swing “Too Darn Hot” to open the second act. It is a
easy. Most of them have a paragraph which great new spin on an old idea, and they’re
is a 2 1/2 hours of swing music and dancing, and must-see for all!
describes a procedure along the lines of re- generally less than a quarter as long as nor-
Kat and the Kings, winner of the Olivier Award Kat and the Kings offered a night of pure
plying with the word REMOVE as the e- mal profiles. There’s a sample reverse pro-
for best new musical in London, is two hours of entertainment as well. The show had little plot,
mail’s body text. This does not work for all file at The Pulse’s website, http://
enjoyable, upbeat, do-wop music. In February, but had tons of 50’s style songs that were fun and
of them. Usually the instructions are at the www.simtech.net/pulse. You can view it and
Disney’s Aida , written by Elton John and directed light. This show promises to lighten everyone’s
beginning or end of the message. However, use it if you want.
by Robert Falls will open to audiences of all ages. mood! You can even get tickets for this on the
only do this with companies whose names If you have questions or comments In the revival category, four shows stand out TKTS line up to four hours prior to show time
you recognize. Some of these e-mails are a about these methods, please send an e-
- Kiss Me Kate, loosely based on William for half price!
way of verifying your e-mail address, that mail to pulse@longisland.com. Do you
Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew features an Stay tuned for more reviews in future issues,
is when you reply they are sure that they know of any other ways to get rid of mass
incredible cast, lead by Ragtime stars, including the review of
have a valid address and will send you fur- e-mails? Send those to us too! We’d love
Brian Stokes Mitchell and Marin Marie Christine
ther unwanted mail. to hear from Mazzie. The other revivals, Jesus Apollo 13 transmits the first live color and much more.
There is an easy way to In a turn of you. broadcast from space. Immediately after, the
events for the Ameri- oxygen tank suffers an explosion and cripples
cans, Gemini Eight
performs the first
Cosmonaut Alexi Leonov ex- docking in space. The Apollo program signals the American takeover
in the space race. An unfortunate fire during the Apollo 1
the ship for five days. Another com-
mon misquote is
when Jim
1973
its his capsule and becomes the first Astronaut Neil NASA launches its
human to walk in space. There were Armstrong is at the helm, and joins his Test program delayed the space program through much Lovell says
difficulties getting him back into the spacecraft with an Agena satellite. Dur- of 1967. Over the course of eigh- “Houston, first space station,
capsule, as his suit became inflated. ing the time they are docked, the right- teen months, NASA constructs we have a Skylab. Americans join
The CCCP was ready to abandon facing thruster on the Gemini capsule the Saturn-V rocket, the largest problem.” the pre-
him in space becomes stuck open, and the spacecraft to date, the 3-person Apollo Com- The actual existing
when Leonov re- enters a flat spin. Armstrong disen- mand-Service Module (CSM), and transmission was “Houston, Soviet
moved his glove gages the Agena, and after several min- the revolutionary Lunar Module we’ve had a problem.” The Salyut
(LM). Finally, on July 20, 1969, Neil crew returned home safely. space
for a fraction of utes of violent rolling manages to get stations. Three manned
a second to de- Armstrong becomes the first man to
the capsule under control. walk on the moon. His first words: missions follow before
flate the suit. Later that year, Ed
White aboard Gemini 4 becomes
the first American to walk in space. 1966
“That’s one small step for a man, one
giant leap for mankind.” However, the word ‘a’ was cut out
in a communications interruption.
1971 the government aban-
dons the project. Skylab
disintegrates in the atmo-
sphere a few years later.
1965 1967-1969 Continues on Next Page
8 The Pulse • The Heartbeat of SHS • Holiday/Millennium, 1999
features
Mmmm....Chocolate...Show
By Brett Muney late manufacturing company located in Ox- late, this company was the place to hit. will tell you who you are,” asserts Murray
Over the Thanksgiving weekend, the 2 ford, Pennsylvania. Truffles are one of
nd Nirvana Belgian Chocolates offered Langham, author of Chocolate Therapy. His
Annual Chocolate Show was held in New Neuchatel Chocolates’ specialties. From their chocolates with a variety of fillings such as new book is an entertaining guide to “discover
York. The Metropolitan Pavilion set the scene Champagne to their Raspberry Truffles, their cream, nuts, fruits, and caramel as well as our inner center” through an unusual medium:
in downtown Manhattan. Imagine this picture confections are luscious. Some of Neuchatel’s marzipan and other fine chocolate products. chocolate. To make the process easier the au-
in your mind: Over most renowned An interesting gift idea that this company of- thor has categorized chocolate in several cri-
50 different exhibi- products include: fered was a champagne bottle made out of milk teria: shape, type, filling, and post-chocolate
tors from around the truffles, butter- chocolate that was filled with a variety of behavior.
world, displaying creams, nut-clusters, wrapped chocolates. The chocolate was very Other features of the show included choco-
their finest chocolate hand-dipped fruits good, having just the right consistency of fla- late sculptures of buildings such as the empire
and chocolate prod- and gourmet snacks. vor and texture. state building and other attractions throughout the
ucts, encouraging Neuchatel’s gourmet By far my favorite exhibitor at the show world. An interesting chocolate sculpture was a
you to taste. In addi- snacks include: was a company I have never heard of, Jerbeau sculpture done in white chocolate of the Air
tion to tasting choco- chocolate covered Chocolate. I tasted this wrapped piece of France Concorde. It was tempting to take a bite.
late, other features of pretzels, animal chocolate known as a “Juffle” and flavor ex- Some of the dresses on display were fascinating
the show included crackers, caramel ploded within my mouth. It must have been as well. At one point, models were walking around
chocolate fashions, popcorn, and even the greatest piece of chocolate that I had ever wearing dresses made of chocolate.
chocolate architec- potato chips! I found eaten. The chocolate was velvety smooth and All in all, the 2nd annual Chocolate Show
You’re not seeing things, this is a chocolate the chocolate cov- infused with an intense chocolate flavor. They held at the Metropolitan Pavilion in downtown
ture, seminars, cook-
diner! A hand-crafted example of fine ered potato chips to offered other fine flavors such as peanut but- Manhattan was exceptional. I have never attended
ing demonstrations,
chocolate architecture. be both the best and ter, mandarin, and cappuccino. The flavor was anything like it in my entire life. I was most im-
book signings, and
the history of chocolate. There are far too many most interesting mixed in with the chocolate as opposed to the pressed with wide variety of chocolate and choco-
exhibitors to mention but some of my favor- product offered by this company. The chips chocolate being filled with a flavor. Their slo- late products from around the world. The show
ites included: Neuchatel Chocolates, Nirvana had just enough salt with smooth, velvety gan for these “Juffles” is terrific: “Try not to through my eyes was a great success and a plea-
Belgian Chocolates, and Jerbeau Chocolate. chocolate on the outside. smile.” sure to attend. I look forward to next year’s show,
Neuchatel Chocolates is a Swiss choco- If you want a large selection of Choco- “Tell me what chocolate you like… and I and hope you will attend.
An American Hero at Syosset High School
By David Roseman and relieved of his four-day watch, when at five a success, despite propaganda. They left the harbor, but never fired a shot, because
Sunjay Kelkar minutes to 8:00, he saw and heard dive- tank farms, which were “sitting like ducks “we caught and got every one of them.” “We
To commemorate the bombing of Pearl bombers coming down. At first he did not in a row,” un- didn’t think it
Harbor on December 7, 1941, “a day that think anything of it, as pilots routinely touched when was successful.
will live in infamy,” Syosset High School trained early in the morning like that, and they easily could It awakened the
was privileged to have World War II vet- when he saw the first hangar explode, he have been sleeping giant,
eran, and survivor of the Pearl Harbor at- thought, “Someone will catch hell for that, bombed, and they and we did ev-
tack, Donald DuBrul, speak to several so- because it wasn’t supposed to happen.” were “only inter- erything!”
cial studies classes. Mr. DuBrul, Social After everyone realized that it was the Japa- ested in putting The Arizona
Studies Chairman Dr. Parson’s father-in-law, nese, “all hell broke loose,” and after a 1 to ships out of com- now serves as a
discussed his experiences and thoughts on 2-hour raid, “the harbor was left in mission.” Using monument in
World War II, particularly the events sur- shambles.” all sorts of Pearl Harbor,
rounding the attack on Pearl Harbor, in the When asked if he believes Roosevelt bombs, the Japa- with its flag still
Little Theater on December 7. allowed the bombing of Pearl Harbor as an nese temporarily flying above, and
Mr. DuBrul joined the Navy in 1938, excuse for entering the war, Mr. DuBrul an- knocked out the any survivor
and was a 2nd class signalman aboard the swered that he doesn’t “subscribe to the plot American fleet, from the Arizona
USS Argonne, part of the Pacific fleet, but theory,” and that it “is not the way we do but the only ship Donald DuBrul and Dr. Parsons discussing the attack who wishes, can
when he joined it, the ship was stationed in business in our country. We were suspicious destroyed was the on Pearl Harbor with social studies students. have their ashes
Cuba en route to the World’s Fair. The ship of what they [the Japanese] were doing, but Arizona, which buried in the ship
never wound up going to the 1939 World’s we didn’t know what they were doing.” If had a crew of with their fellow
Fair, as President Roosevelt reviewed it anywhere, those in the military thought a 2500 to 3000, 1100 of whom “were en- mates. “It is a very touching thing to see.”
while it was still at a US naval base in Cuba, Japanese attack would occur in the Philip- tombed in the bulk of the ship.” Other ships
and a few days later, it was sent pines. such as the Oklahoma and Nevada
back to the Pacific, and Hawaii. NASA launches STS-1, the
He doesn’t were “salvaged and put back into Featured Bio of the
On Sunday, December 7, first Space Shuttle. The mission “think they [the Japa- commission.” The Japanese
Mr. DuBrul was waiting to be was one of five test flights of the nese] thought it was towed ‘midget subs’ 50 miles into Month: Deke Slayton
Donald Kent “Deke” Slayton
Columbia Orbiter. Ken Mattingly,
The Space Shuttle Challenger (1924-1993) - One of the original Mer-
The Apollo-Soyuz Test would-be pilot of Apollo 13, com-
explodes during launch. All seven cury Seven astronauts, and scheduled
Project. An American Apollo mands STS-4.
astronauts on board are killed. to pilot Mercury 2, Deke Slayton was
capsule, Over the next The Lockheed-Martin X- grounded because of a heart mur-
The Chal-
docks with a few years, four Series space-
lenger ex- mur. Slayton stayed with NASA to
Soviet Soyuz more operational craft are slot-
plosion set become Director of Flight Opera-
craft and the orbiters were ted to begin
the space tions, and slotted himself for the
two crews made: Atlantis, service. See
program Apollo-Soyuz test project in 1975.
(among them Challenger, Dis- the October/
back several Slayton stayed with NASA through 1980, and was ac-
are Deke Slayton and first man covery, and En- November
months, as tive in the development of the Space Shuttle. In 1980,
to walk in space, Russian Alexi deavour. issue for more information.
many de- Slayton died of complications from a brain tumor.
Leonov) work together for two sign fixes were designed and
days.
1981 implemented on the remaining four
orbiters. 2003 For more information on any of these events,
and for updates on the manned spaceflight
1975 1986 program, go to http://spaceflight.nasa.gov
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opinions
What’s Wrong With Society? Jack Of All Clubs,
By George Chan
The problem with society is that we
have lost feelings for each other, and the only
media and other sources that have dulled our
senses. Not necessarily a bad thing.”
Junior Melissa Intendoli states, ”our parents
Master of None
time we do care is if a tragedy occurs. What can only take us so far before making our mor- By David DiGregorio can be better then a list of clubs you’re merely a
happened to this society? Some people say that als, after a certain point kids will have to rely on No longer do we live in the days in which member of.
we are just to busy to care, well what I say is that themselves” clubs are joined for fun, now they are joined So what does all of this mean? How can an
we just weren’t taught well enough, our parents A junior states ”Although society doesn’t because they look great on a college app! end be put to this? Well, I asked around and tried
work and so they come home late, if they were care for one another, this has always been a prob- Often students go through four years here to speak with students whom I know are very
with us through the times when we needed them lem for many years, but we are not the first to be thinking about nothing but college acceptan- active in the clubs of which they are members.
maybe life would be different. Or maybe it’s just plagued by this problem.” ces and what can they do to have the edge. The overall opinion was best conveyed by our
because the feelings of hate or spite have cor- Sophomore Francesca O’Brien says ”Per- It’s become the driving force behind most stu- very own Michael Kass when he said: “I think
rupted the society to a point where kids in their sonally, I think that although parents are consid- dents to do well in class and be an active, well- it’s insulting. People should only sign up for clubs
youth are corrupted and their morals are de- ered to do a great deal of influencing as we age, rounded student. What happened to joining if they intend to participate. Holding an office in
stroyed, but out of the hundreds of people in so- they can only lead us so far before we start to the newspaper because you want to write? Or a club is a very important responsibility and should
ciety there are at least 5-10 people that do care realize that we’re old enough to create our own joining the Human Awareness Club because not be taken lightly by anyone regardless of the
for others. Can society be changed back to where morals. I suppose if you believe strongly enough you want to help people, not because your purpose. It is especially low to do it solely for the
people do care? that society can be changed for the better, there college app. is due soon and you have no com- reason of having it look good on your college
When this issue was presented to students could be improvements, but it’ll never go back to munity service. application.”
of Syosset High School, Senior Robyn Brooks a time where everyone cared for each other. If Most clubs have a minimum attendance Personally, I myself think that before put-
stated, “I think people do care but no one shows there ever was one to begin with.” to receive credit for membership, however ting anything on a college activity record the ad-
the part of society that is really good… It’s all Sophomore Katharine O’Connor says ” No. some clubs don’t keep track, don’t have meet- visor of the club should have to approve it. The
focused on the bad. “ Today’s society is very competitive and every- ings, or just plain way things are
Senior Andrew Rubino stated, “I agree to a one is taught that to survive, you need to look out don’t care. The now you can write
point, that there are many people like that, but for yourself. Unfortunately, in order to do that, it result it a student down you’re presi-
not everyone” is most often necessary to disregard the needs of who is in so many dent of every club
Senior David DiGregorio said, “I think that others....” clubs and activi- in the school and
unfortunately people tend to look at society as Freshman Kiran Kelkar stated, “I think that ties, that even if nobody had to ap-
something that is there only for them. It’s simply this article discusses a very good point. What all they wanted to prove it! There
the tragedy of the commons; people look at life the people do is help themselves and the people participate in should also be
with an attitude that says, “If I don’t do this, some- that do care are then alienated in society.” them all, it would stricter rules in
body else will” and because of this outlook (de- Freshman Andrew Dove said, “I agree, be- be impossible in place for electing
spite how true it is) everyone participates in the cause people must care more for other people, the amount of officers for clubs. I
greed-fest that has become the 90’s. As far as other than when something goes wrong. I think time they have. spoke with some
changing this, I don’t see a plausible way out; too that society can be changed if only people around Then there is of the club officers
many people think like this, it has become the the world work for it.” the elusive temp- to find out how
“norm” so to speak. Only through slow and care- The teacher Mr. Luke stated, “yes, there is tation of a position they elect officers
ful teachings can the damage be reversed and if lots of truth to what you say but—I think most because now even and here is what I
that is even possible, we have yet to see.” people are “good” and give “things” a ”fair shake” membership isn’t learned. Some
Junior Viney Chopen says, “I don’t think that’s why our system(US) works certainly needs enough. People want to be the vice president clubs officers are elected solely by the advisors.
it’s the people in society that’s lost their feelings, improvement. Contrary to cliché, genuinely nice of a club they don’t care about and never par- Now this may seem like a good idea since the
Mankind has been like that all along. It’s just the guys most often finish first or near it.” ticipate in. I myself have been, and am cur- advisors are the adults and are the most capable
rently, in several clubs and extra activities and of making such decisions. However I found this
I’ve watched many people who couldn’t care not always to be the case. Sometimes the advi-
less about the club or it’s purpose come in and
The Good Side of Drivers’ abuse the club as much as they possibly can
and end up putting it on National Honor Soci-
sors are not involved as much as some of the stu-
dents, after all, their roll is advisory. So this
method may not work because although it may
ety applications and college applications.Now
Ed... And The Bad don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying that ev-
eryone who joins clubs does it just for college
seem to the advisor that one person is doing a lot
of work they may just be putting on a show for
the advisor and in actuality doing nothing. The
By Staff Writer What to like: Anyone can be granted pos- apps. For some, that is just a nice perk of do- other method I saw and in my opinion works the
A teenager climbs into a car, turns the igni- session, albeit limited, to a car for an extended ing something they love. However there are best was in use by only a few clubs. When it
tion and hastily presses on the accelerator: driv- period of time. still problems within the club communities comes time for elections everyone who wants to
ers beware. Have no fear though, because God What not to like: The car, in all probabili- here at Syosset High School. run fills out an application (this is standard) and
chose to create the infamous course called ties, is older than you are. After speaking with Ms. O’Brien in the guid- then the officers of the club use a weighted vot-
Driver’s Education. Without a question, Driver’s What to like: Drivers travel along new routes ance department (who happens to be head of the ing system to determine the new officers. For
Education is a beneficial course. After all, it al- every week, encountering different situations and honor society) as well as the admissions office at those of you not fortunate enough to be taking
lows future full-time drivers to learn from actual predicaments. NYU, I learned some interesting facts. Let’s say Mr. Kalish’s discrete math class a weighted vot-
road situations, and is important in maximizing What not to like: This all holds true of the for example you submit a college application that ing system in one in which different voters have
the probability of safety and experience. How- course only if the overused engine doesn’t fall says you’re a member of Human Awareness, different weights so the president of the club gets
ever, that is, sadly, the sugarcoated version. While through the car first. Newspaper, Electronics, DECA, Tri-M, Ken the most votes, then the vice president and so on
Driver’s Education is not only useful but neces- What to like: The sooner you take the course, Magazine, BASIC, WKWZ, Mural Club, PAL and so forth. This way is very efficient because it
sary for people who want to drive, like virtually the sooner you can obtain your license. and you also play two sports and have a job. lets the students keep control of the club and al-
all other things, it has a down side. Here is a look What not to like: That is if you remember College admissions officers are not stupid people most ensures a qualified group of officers will be
at what I am talking about. the instructor’s words of wisdom and not every- by any means. They’ll realize that if you’re spread elected.
What to like about Driver’s Ed: The instruc- thing else he/she had to say. so thin, you can’t possibly have commitment, and To sum things up I’d just like to say that
tor in the car has access to an emergency brake in I know my comments on Driver’s Ed seem commitment is what colleges are really looking although we are fortunate enough to have so many
case the welfare, safety and lives of the people in pessimistic, and perhaps I’m stretching the truth for. I was told that just one club that you show clubs here at the high school, don’t abuse them.
the car are endangered. just a bit, but do not despair. To some extent all true commitment to is better looking on an app. Join the ones you’re really interested in and par-
What not to like: Don’t worry though, the this information, especially the information about then having membership in ten clubs that you ticipate in them. You’ll feel better about your-
brake is never left unguarded because it is under Driver’s Ed’s good side, holds true. probably don’t participate in. So in some cases, self, people will think better of you, and college
constant pressure from the instructor’s foot. having “Newspaper Editor in Chief” on an app. admission officers will love your commitment.
10 The Pulse • The Heartbeat of SHS • Holiday/Millennium, 1999
reviews
I Survived the Godsmack Concert
By Rob Volk Waiting for the final band Godsmack, I no- man for Godsmack begin to emerge. The rest of stage crew and threw his guitar on the ground.
In case you don’t know who the heck tice the miscellaneous smoke billowing from the the band came out and opened up with the pow- I thought it was pretty funny. Sully went crowd
Godsmack is, I’ll give you a little background. crowd. From behind the black curtain curtailing erful hit “Whatever.” The crowd loved this and surfing at one point, and the funny part was
Godsmack is a Boston-based band who sim- everyone was trying to rip off his snapa-ways!
ply made a record using a friend’s money in He got a little irate at that.
’96. A DJ got a hold of the CD, started play- Godsmack played a ten-minute version
ing it, and like that, they started selling thou- of “Keep Away” which was really sweet. Sully
sands of copies a week! So now they are tour- picked up his guitar so, when it was time, Tony
ing and playing in New York for me to cri- Rombolo could wail away on his solo. On
tique. their last song (before the encore of course)
The opening high-adrenaline perfor- the crew brought out a Mexican drum set for
mance by Reveille was amazing. Real Sully and Tommy Stewart to duel for a while.
hardcore guitar ripped through their mesa- The drummer stopped and jumped in to the
boogie amplifiers and then proceeded through crowd. In a short while the curtain dropped
our ears. Reveille’s sound was great, but the and they were gone, until the audience forced
audience came to hear Godsmack and as a re- them to come on because of the void of
sult didn’t respond to them. After the few “VooDoo” that had to be filled.
mosh pits fizzled out, it was time for the next This was Godsmack’s last stop on their
show. tour and Sully was happy to see it was one of
Next up was the Jim Rose Circus, synonym Godsmack band members (left to right) Robbie on bass, Sully on vocals, Tommy on their best performances with the best audience
for “Freak Show.” Rubber-Band man slid him- drums, and Tony on guitar. (thank you very much). My ears are still ring-
self out of a straitjacket and through a tennis ing from this performance, but the experience
racket! The Jim smashed some glass in a bag, our view of the stage, I noticed some fog seeping to show their love began hitting and pushing, was worth it. After the show I met with one
then put his face in it and had a girl stand on him! out. I could tell this was going to be a great show forming an ever-so kind mosh pit. of the freaks from the Jim Rose Circus and
The green-haired freak took skinny metal rods already. The black wall was lifted and red lights With the next song came larger, deadlier this just made the night!
and stuck them through his cheeks and out his swirl around, reflecting the light off of two stone mosh pits and green and blue light to curb our If you would like to see this review with
mouth. He then drank his own stomach bile! I gargoyles. Two scorching pentagrams on either vision. One guy in front of me OD’d on some- more pictures and some others online at
won’t talk any more about this, just in case you’re end of the stage supported their Wicken religions, thing and had to be carried out. The bassist http://www.robvolk.com/concerts.
eating lunch while reading this! then out from the smoke I saw Sully Erna, lead had some kind of argument with one of the
Metallica Rules All CD Review
By Dave Anderson bill included the order of songs that would be the two half-hour sets.
Here’s a broad definition of the world. There
are three types of people in it. One type hates
Metallica and everything that has to do with them.
performed as well as some information about
Metallica, Michael Kaman, and St. Luke’s Or-
chestra.
All aesthetics aside, the music was incred-
ible. The orchestra added a great deal of texture
and depth to the music. Metallica was in top form
of the Month
Another type only likes the Metallica from the There was much speculation as to how the for the whole night and although the volume By Jonathan Maisel
early 80’s. Then there is the third type: the type crowd would react to this sort of concert. Some wasn’t as loud as it should’ve been at the begin- Korn: Issues –Not many people
that loves Metallica and ac- ning (the crowd was singing are aware that Korn has been around
cepts anything that they do louder than the band at some since 1993. They had been playing
musically, appearance-wise, points), everything was near around the LA music scene until
etc… I happen to fall into perfect by the end of the night. they released their 1994 self-titled
the third category and I am The show started with the song debut. It is good to know that they
proud of it. Over the course “The Ecstasy of Gold.” Real are still around after all this time
of the last five years, I have fans will recognize this as the and still producing high quality ma-
seen Metallica five times, song that is played before terial. Their album Issues is their
and every single show has Metallica comes on stage at all fourth one to date and was released
been amazing. The most re- of their shows for the last ten or to rave reviews. The music came to-
cent time was November 23 so years. This time it was spe- gether quite fast for the band this
at Madison Square Garden. cial because it was actually time around and within two weeks
The only difference this played live by the orchestra. of entering the studio they had made
time was that Metallica Nothing else describes the songs eight new songs. To show their
played with the Orchestra of except for the word amazing. closeness with
St. Luke’s under the direc- The setlist was the same as the their fans they
tion of Michael Kaman. new S&M album, so if you want have released
Metallica played with a list of the songs, buy the al- three different
Michael Kaman and the San bum. artwork covers.
Francisco Symphony twice So in closing, Metallica is The covers
last year and recorded their one of the greatest bands ever. I were made by
new album, S&M (no, it Metallica rocks at Madison Square Garden. do not take this phrase lightly. fans and sub-
stands for Symphony and They are one of the few bands mitted through
Metallica). After that, they played a similar show people thought that the crowd would not enjoy that are actually experimenting with their music. a contest. Their sound has devel-
in Berlin, then this concert at the Garden. Those the addition of violins and other symphonic in- For anyone that doesn’t like this combination of oped much more since their last al-
were the only shows that Metallica will be play- struments. Other people wondered what every- Metallica and orchestras, don’t worry. The three bum and the songs are very melodic
ing with an orchestra. This type of concert was one would wear (suits or ripped T-shirts?) to the shows that they played with orchestras were the and still very heavy. The song “Fall-
very different from any of Metallica’s previous show. Everything went incredibly well. The show first and last. A new album of new material sans ing Away From Me” is their first
concerts. Obviously, the main difference was the was for the most part a sit down affair, and the symphony is going to be started around April, single. Some other outstanding
presence of a 70-piece orchestra on the stage. An- dress attire was ripped jeans and Metallica shirts. but at the rate that it takes for Metallica to record tracks are “Beg for me”, “Make me
other difference was that a “playbill” was handed The absence of a mosh pit was not a major prob- an album, we might have to wait for another two bad”, “Wake up” and “Dirty”.
out to concert-goers before the show. This play- lem and neither was the intermission in between or three years to hear it.
Holiday/Millennium, 1999 • The Heartbeat of SHS • The Pulse 11
sports
Behind the Scenes: Congrats Sports Award Winners!
Boys Varsity Cross Country Boys Junior Varsity Soccer
Syosset Kickline 1999-2000 Coach: Bart Sessa
All County: Garrick Huie, Dan Abramowitz, Billy
Vasilyadis, James Duade, and Earl Han;
Coach: Steve Silverman
Most Valuable Player: Russel Skolnik and Aaron
Nass; Coaches Award: Brad Lamendola; Most Im-
By Margaret Wang entertain and amaze our guests and supporters! All Division: Sauget Sen and David Morcos; Most proved Player: Seren Ozcan
Have you ever wondered who is hard at Our kickline not only supports our high Valuable Player: Billy Vasilyadis; Girls Varsity Soccer:
work, behind the scenes while the skilled ath- school, but we are also considerate and caring Coaches Award: Dan Abramowitz and James Duade; Coaches: Diane Alleva and Diane McLoughlin
letes of Syosset High School take a breather? Ever towards our community. Our holiday show for Most Improved Player: Earl Han; Outstanding Se- All County: Andrea Fasano, Kristy Maugeri, and
nior: Garrick Huie; Most Valuable Player: Henry Susan McAleavey; All Class: Sam Alexander, Abby
wondered who are the most loyal and supportive the residents of United Presbyterian, held on De-
Kung; Coaches Award: Chris Kan; Most Imporoved Levine, and Karen Zelenka; All League: Lisa Fasano,
fans of Syosset Braves athletics? Our high cember 23, 1999 shows we love all those around Player: Josh Ruderman Marsha Gee, and Melissa Kline; Senior Scholar Ath-
school’s very own kickline of course! We have us! Speaking of love, the nineteen kickliners on Boys Freshman Cross Country lete: Karen Zelenka; Coaches Award: Erin Connolly
the great opportunity and fortune of having Lisa our team have devoted their time to participate in Most Valuable Player: Gino Richter and Sarah Milo; Most Improved Player: Melissa
Congro and Alyse Pollack as our coaches, and fund-raisers at fairs and activities so that we can Most Improved Player: Irwin Kim Weinstein
seniors Danna Manheim, Nicole Penucci, Lauren provide ourselves with leisure activities as a re- Girls Varsity Cross Country Girls Junior Varsity Soccer
Seraita, and Lauren Stein as captains of our 1999- ward for our hard work. Trips into the City to Coach: Doug Schumacher Coach: Terri White
2000 kickline team. We have been at the height watch Broadway performances, holiday gifts, and All Conference: Beth Alizzi; All Division: Katherine Coaches Award: Rachel Cohen and Erica Curasi;
of our performances this year! Together with our end of the season parties are all held as relief to Yau; Most Valuable Player: Beth Alizzi; Coaches Most Improved Player: Dana Liberman
Award: Maria Lam; Most Improved Player: Girls Varsity Swimming
talented and reputable cheerleading squad, the our intense in season rehearsals. Thanks to our
Katherine Yau Coaches: Barry Grodin and Christina Boernsen
Syosset kickline serves as the backbone to our two wonderful coaches and our four responsible Girls Junior Varsity Cross Country Most Valuable Swimmer: Cathy Serpico; Coaches
sports teams, and rules the half-time at annual and dependable captains, we have been able to Most Improved Player: Rachel Wolther Award: Jaclyn Friedlander; Most Improved Swim-
varsity football and basketball games. In order work together to improve ourselves and trans- Varsity Football mer: Shreena Bindra; Outstanding Senior: Dina
to provide support for our Syosset Braves in ev- form our kickline team in to the best that we could Coaches: Paul Rorke, Brian Fitzgerald, Spencer Ismail
ery way, our kickline team has devoted a tremen- be! We have no where to go but to the top! Con- Meehan, and Mike Murtha Girls Varsity Tennis
dous amount of time and effort to our after school gratulations and much thanks to every single All County: Daniel Mannix; All Conference: Nino Coach: Larry Levane
practices held through out the week. Doing so kickliner on the team, coaches, and the captains Othman and Josh Friedman; Most Improved Player: All County: Rachita Agarwal and Heather Zelkin; All
allows us to show off our school pride and spirit of 1999-2000 kickline team. Daniel Mannix; Most Improved Player: Joe Conference: Alexis Brill, Allison Kurtzman, and
Wendelken Nicole Liebman; All Division: Lauren Friedman,
during our performances. Homecoming ‘99 was This article is dedicated to the four fabulous
Junior Varsity Football Shivani Kamdar, Brooke Tancer, and Jaymie Zurlo;
an excellent example of the overwhelming school captains: Danna Manheim, Nicole Penucci, Coaches: Jamie St. John and Kevin Simmons Most Valuable Player: Aleis Brill; Coaches Award:
spirit that our kickline carries for our high school. Lauren Seraita, and Lauren Stein. Congratula- Most Valuable Player: Matt Assmus; Coaches Jaymie Zurlo and Brooke Halpern; Most Improved
We make sure when we get out there to perform tions on your four years together on Syosset Award: Rich Lenz and Joey Goldberg; Most Im- Player: Allison Kurtzman; Outstanding Senior:
that we stick to our most emphasized goal, to Kickline!! proved Player: Mike Koziatek Rachita Agarwal and Heather Zelkin
Freshman Football Girls Junior Varsity Tennis
The Greatest Off-Season Coaches: Richard Powell and Tom Rooney
Most Valuable Player: Chris Jacobi; Coaches
Award: Matt Sussman and Brandon Unger; Most
Coach: Dean Strohmayer
Most Valuable Player: Samantha Weintraub;
Coaches Award: Lisa Bernstein; Most Improved
Improved Player: Stu Shisgall and Coskun Aydin Player: Talia Rubin and Chantal Beneskenazi
Won’t Be That Great Boys Varsity Soccer
Coaches: Larry Rose and Mike Borra
All County: Peter Barkoff; All County Honorable
Girls Varsity Volleyball
Coach: Alice Shander
All County: Allison Hoyt; All Conference: Jean
ByAndrew Schatz Atlanta isn’t going to get him; they want his
Many people think that this yearís off-sea- teammate, Rodriguez. With the Reds dropping Mention: Ian Herrick Chiang and Lindsay Klimkowski
All Conference: Justin Miller, Jason Popik, Chong Scholar Athlete: Kristina Chau; Most Valuable
son for baseball will be the greatest of all time. I out of the race, that leaves two main teams left,
Han, Doug Moliterno and Erick Gutflais; Most Valu- Player: Allison Hoyt; Most Improved Player: Maria
beg to differ. All the speculation of who is going the Mets and the Indians. The Mets have started able Player: Peter Barkoff; Coaches Award: Chong Bacalocostantis; Coaches Award: Jennifer Belk;
where and will they stay is simply just hype. With talking very seriously with the Mariners and can Han; Most Improved Player: Eric Gutflais; Out- Outstanding Senior: Kristina Chau; Carrie Durkin
many players having the option of exploring free offer many players without giving up Edgardo standing Senior: Douglas Moliterno Award: Eileen Lee
agency next year, what good will it be to trade for Alfonzo. The Indians can offer any great players Boys Junior Varsity Soccer Girls Junior Varsity Volleyball
them? And even if this will be the greatest off- and are on Griffey’s wish list. Despite these ru- Coach: Hubert Laisney Coach: Elizabeth Christiansen
season ever, it could also be called the stupidest mors, don’t expect anything for where Griffey is Most Valuable Player: Michael Matos; Coaches Most Valuable Player: Kara Tesoriero; Coaches
off-season ever. My guess is that so many of going. He could go anywhere. All that I can say Award: Ryan Turner; Most Improved Player: Ross Award: Cheryl Abramowitz; Most Improved Player:
these teams will lose their marquee players, who is that Griffey most likely won’t be on the Mari- Kandel Krista Tesoriero
they have given up so much for, to free-agency. ners when the season starts.
Okay, so maybe it will be the busiest off-
season ever, but the question on every baseball
Arod, on the other hand will most likely stick
with the Mariners, at least until the start of next
Winter Track Preview
By Tom Cafiero and Dan Abramowitz This year’s distance winter track team in-
fans’ mind is where are Ken Griffey Jr. and Alex season. The likeliness of a team trading for him
Now that the Runnin’ Braves have finished cludes Seniors Garrick Huie and Dan
Rodriguez going to end up when the regular sea- isn’t that great. He wants the team to be a con-
a successful Cross-Country season, they are ready Abramowitz, Juniors Billy Vasilyadis and James
son starts on April 2. Here’s what’s happening tender; that rules out all of the small-market teams.
to tear up the track in the winter season. Last Duade along with Sophomore Earl Han.
on the Griffey front: nothing. Unless the Mari- He doesn’t want the team that is trading for him
year a relay team qualified for the nationals, and While the Braves have an unbelievable long-
ners are willing to lower their asking price, he’s to give up key prospects and he’s made it loud
missed becoming All-American by a few tenths distance running program they also have fast
not going anywhere. No one is willing to give up and clear that he wants to explore his options at
of a second. sprinters and a strong field program. Leading
their whole team or future for one player, who the end of next year. So why would any team
Many of the track meets this season will be the way for the sprinters and middle distance run-
isn’t even guaranteed to be on the team in a year trade for him? The only teams in which a trade
held at The Armory in Manhattan, a world class ners are Seniors Mike Chen, David Morcos, and
from now. Does it make sense? Of course not. for Arod might end up with him sticking with
indoor track, where the winter track nationals will Rob Volk, Juniors Suagat Sen, Wesley Cheng,
As for Arod, like he said he’ll explore his options that team would be the Mets or Braves. The
be held in February. Tom Cafiero, Albert Lin, and Chris Kan,
next year. That means that any team that is will- Braves have the money and the resources to trade
The Braves are pumped up and ready to go Sophmores Josh Wong, Henry Kung, and Tien-
ing to give up everyone for Arod is foolish. for him. As of now they seem like the most likely
in the winter season. Senior Mike Chen stated Lun Chuang. The field program is also looking
Where could Griffey possibly go if he were team to get him. Meanwhile, the Mets still have
“Now that Cross-Country is over, we go to track. to have a great year. The Braves have two shot
traded? Cincinnati seemed like it might be the a chance, being the fact that he wants to play in
When you are a senior there is no holding back. putters that are looking to qualify and place in the
right fit. But, they just recently dropped out of the same town as his best friend, Derek Jeter.
You leave it all on the track.” Junior Albert Lin top three at the county meet. Joe Curren and Rob-
the Griffey sweepstakes. All this talk that Griffey But, the only problem is that the Mets don’t
said, “Track is different from Cross-Country. You ert Karpenski are experienced, determined, and
wants to be near his family will have virtually no want to give up so much for him. The most likely
usually don’t have a pace, instead you just run as ready to go. Also the Braves have an outstanding
affect on the trade. There is no team that is that thing for all teams to do is to wait it out until next
fast as you can the whole way.” The Braves will High Jumper, Wesley Cheng. Wesley is looking
close to his family that would really suit his needs. off-season and let the bidding begin.
be running as fast as they can as they shift from to become All-County and set Syosset records in
That’s right.
the Cross-Country course to the track. that event.
12 The Pulse • The Heartbeat of SHS • Holiday/Millennium, 1999
sports
Braves Three-Peat as County Champs Bowling Looks Volleyball Serves
Up A Winner
By Saugat Sen & Dan Abramowitz Braves were ranked as the number six
To Strike
When Mr. Sessa took over as the team in the entire North East and as the
coach our Cross-Country team, many number one in New York State. At the
years ago, we were struggling to qualify state meet the Braves went in with some By Allison Hoyt
for the County Championships. Now, the big goals. The Braves finished a presti- By Dominick Caccippio The 1999 Girls Varsity Volleyball Team has
Braves are the defending County Cham- gious but disappointing fourth place in the The 1999 Boys Varsity Bowling team done something that they haven’t been able to do
pions for the third year in a row. New York State Championships. Junior is looking forward to a very successful sea- in the past three years, they ended up with a win-
From being the scrubs of the Nassau Billy Vasilyadis placed third over all in son. The Varsity and Junior Varsity teams ning record! The Lady Braves concluded their
County the Braves are now well known the State Meet and was ranked 40th in the got off to a great start this year by winning season with an overall record of 13 and 6. They
throughout New York State as a strong and United States. all of their games against Oyster Bay. The worked hard all season and were determined to
threatening team. The enormous success Post season honors included two All- high games were Ross Ratner with a 228, make it into the playoffs. The girls extra practice
Rob Caliolo with a 214, and Dominick time and their very competitive Syosset tourna-
Caccippio with a 203. The boys bowling ment games paid off. The girls reached their goal
team is coached by Mr. Orr. The team has of making it into the post season. They fought
a very strong lineup this year with many hard but ended up losing to the number two team
returning and experienced players. The in their conference, Long Beach, in the first round
team is led by Senior All-County bowler of the playoffs. The team was very happy with
Ross Ratner, and Seniors Rob Caliolo, their accomplishments and are looking forward
Daniel Parerra, Ernest Kerkenides, and to next season. Three girls on the team received
Dominick Caccippio. Juniors Steve postseason honors. Sophomore setter Jean
Macklin, Scott Orkin, Joel Friedlander, and Chiang received All-Conference, Senior outside
Ken David. Sophomores Joe Parinello, and hitter Lindsay Klimkowski received All-Confer-
Michael Reens. The boys practice at ence and Senior Allison Hoyt received All-
Syosset Bowl and their matches are on County. The team would like to congratulate its
Mondays and Wednesdays at Sheridan seven departing Seniors and wish them good luck
Bowl. The team’s goal this season is to in college! Kristina Chau, Diana Gasparini,
win the county’s and move onto the states! Megan Huenke, Allison Hoyt, Kim Jacobs, Lind-
say Klimkowski, and Eileen Lee will be missed!
Syosset Hockey is Flying High
By Andrew Schatz fall short on providing the team with offen-
Team members (left to right) David Morcos, Earl Han, Garrick Huie, Dan Abramowitz, Billy The Syosset Braves Varsity ice hockey sive firepower needed to outscore the
Vasilyadis, James Daude, and Saugat Sen celebrate their victories. team is off to another great start. They are opponents.
already among the top of the league and the Junior Varsity started off the season on
season is only halfway through. They have a good note winning three of its first five
of the team is not unearned. It is the re- State runners (Senior Garrick Huie and had little difficulties in defeating opponents, games, but has faltered as of late. The team
sult of months and months of hard train- Junior Billy Vasilyadis) five All-County but lost one game to the other top team in struggled in its last couple of games against
ing. The Braves started to train after the runners (Seniors Dan Abramowitz and the league, Long Beach, by a small margin. some of the leagues elite teams, but hope-
spring track nationals last June. With eight Garrick Huie, Juniors James Duade and Despite the fact that many members of fully was just in a short slump. With the
runners running over 500 miles this sum- Billy Vasilyadis, and Sophomore Earl last years Nassau County champion team schedule getting a little easier in late De-
mer, (one running over 800 miles,) and Han) and two All-Division runners (Jun- has moved on to college, the team still had cember and January, hopefully the team can
many more running over 300 miles it was ior Saugat Sen and Senior David Morcos). kept its great play and tenacity. By losing get back on track.
no surprise when the Braves season started The Junior Varsity team also had a so many good players, one would think that JV is coached by Head Coach, Jason
with a win at the Suffolk Coaches invita- great season. Because of the amazing Varsity wouldn’t be able to maintain their DePierro, and Assistant Coach, Bob
tional beating some of the best teams on depth of the team it would be impossible outstanding level of play, but they have McCauley. Both are what we call playerís
Long Island. to list all their achievements. Members of proven skeptics wrong. The team’s coach- coaches, but never let the important factors,
After their first league meet, this team included Seniors Rob Volk, Tom ing is another reason, in which they are play- like practice and hard working slip away
Bethpage State Park was shut down for Mui, Viraj Gadkar, Cyril Malika, Yuta ing so well. Coaches Jocelyn Tremblay and from their coaching strategies. The team is
the rest of the season due to the virus-car- Koda and Mike Chen, Juniors Tom Bob Levine have kept the players on their led by Co-Captains Andrew Schatz, Andrew
rying mosquito scare. The next invita- Cafiero, Wesley Cheng, Albert Lin, and toes and have greatly aided in the develop- Korn, and also starting goalie, Paul Bullock.
tional was at Delaware and once again the Chris Kan and Sophomores Henry Kung, ment of each player, along with the team as JV has yet to put up the offensive numbers
Braves came out on top, defeating teams Josh Wong, Tien Lun, Josh Ruderman, a whole. The team is led by Captain Casey in which it would like to, but with the reor-
from Virginia, Delaware, Pennsylvania Rob Baronawoski, Aidi Su, Kunal Johar, Tremblay, the teams leading scorer, and ganizing of some positions, hopefully they
and Maryland. During the regular season and David Tobais. Assistant Captains Eric Sukoff and Justin can put some more points on the board. The
the Syosset Cross-Country team kept win- The Braves would like to thank all the Rabinowitz. The outstanding play of start- defense has regained some of its strength
ning one invitational after another. The grandparents, parents, aunts, uncles, and ing goalie Josh Green has aided the excel- with this new shake-up. Hopefully this is
Braves post season was successful as well. friends for their support throughout the lent defense. Meanwhile the forwards never just what the team needs.
They won their 2nd consecutive Division season.
championship and their 3rd straight over-
all county championship, a first in Syosset
Congratulations to Coach Sessa for
becoming the Nassau County Coach of the
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Syosset High chool
sports. Billy Vasilyadis, a junior, was able year for the second year in a row. He is 70 Southwoods Road
to defeat the toughest runners Nassau the only Class A coach to ever receive this Syosset, NY 11791
County had to offer and was able to cap- award. pulse@longisland.com
ture the overall county title with an amaz- For more information about the
ing time (15:23 over 3.1 miles)—winning Braves cross-country season or just to stay
by over ten seconds. up to date with the Braves visit their web
During the course of the season the site: http://Braves.cjb.net
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