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Changing Times

In the second issue of the year, we want to emphasize the malleability of the present and how everything changes. As lockdown finally lets up after two years, as our senior members graduate and leave school, and as The Mover is passed down to the next set of eager hands, change is all around us. It’s inevitable and it’s ironically the one constant in all our lives. As a bookend to this year, we’ve chosen the highlights of our works that embody change, transition, and transformation. Read on and take comfort in transmutation.

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We never know when or how it will arrive, but change is always present in this world, in one form or another. A once-grand monument may eventually be neglected and overgrown with greenery, and a mere outline may very well turn into a magnum opus. Time is always present in all this; perpetuity is vanity.

Faces are always bound to come and go. Yet, somehow, the people never change.

People who are willing to continue the legacy of another. People who will strive to make the best of the change.

The Mover will soon reach its third year as an entirely student-led publication, and as the current batch of heads is bidding adieu through graduation, another will rise to continue what they started. The former laid the foundations for a creative student freedom board that uplifted the publication into prominence. The latter intends to even further expand its reach, to unleash the individual potential of its creatives, and to transform it into the central hub for all Monarch stories. All this, while still remembering what their seniors have done for them.

We are the latter. We are the next generation. On behalf of them, we are honored to be this publication’s next set of leaders for its tertiary publishing cycle. We yearn to be more than just a “writers’ club.” We strive for an emphasis on individualism and an exploration of talents. We hope to capture the attention of all Monarchs as their publication.

The next academic year will see the gradual return of face-to-face classes. The new setup won’t just mean we will have an influx of articles, it will provide an avenue for the students to express a wider array of thoughts in a setting that’s now so foreign. It will be another momentous leap to finally go beyond our confines and act on the real-life stage. But we will not stumble — we will embrace this change. Even if our seniors relaunched this publication to cater to the virtual setup, we will still provide you with the freedom wall and idea soundboard that built us up this year, but now in a physical setting.

We are The Mover. We are your Platform, Pen, and Paper. No amount of change — no amount of new additions nor unexplored horizons — will ever delineate us from our ultimate goal: to shed light on the stories that matter. With a hopeful heart, we look forward to taking up the mantle as its new set of faces.

Faces are always bound to come and go. Yet, somehow, their legacies shall be carried on.

That is simply the transience of life.

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SEC webinar shatters the walls of misinformation By Sophia Lausingco and Matthew Cabiles

Ms. Patriluz “Patty” C. Manongsong underscored how school youth can combat false information online in a webinar sponsored by the SISC English Club (SEC) last April 18 and 21, 2022 for JHS and SHS respectively.

Invited as the guest speaker for the webinar titled “Truth Isn’t Cancelled: Battling Misinformation and Disinformation Online,” the Miriam College High School English teacher explained to Monarchs the intricacies and sources of misinformation, disinformation, and malinformation in social media to foster more discerning digital citizens.

An alumna of the Philippine Normal University Manila and a member of its Debate Society, Ms. Patty graduated magna cum laude Bachelor in Secondary Education with a Major in English. She is currently at the University of the Philippines Diliman for her Master of Arts in English Studies, and has spoken about false information in other school forums. She also adjudicated the SGEN Debate Cup hosted by SISC’s Debate Club last February 12.

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The webinar aimed to help students grow their media literacy amid the growing prevalence of the misnomered phenomenon of "fake news" in the digital world, with examples from The Philippines' 2022 national elections used throughout the discussion. It also taught Monarchs how they can prevent false information from becoming viral.

Another milestone for the club, the webinar was the very first SECorganized online forum following a streak of schoolwide events that included the SDGs Awareness Month held last November and English Fortnight 2022 earlier this February. SEC had plans for hosting seminars about misinformation and disinformation set for April after the success of the latter, Club Moderator Sir Alvin Rey Caña told The Mover

The webinar began with a Kahoot icebreaker hosted by SEC members to test the students’ knowledge and ability to distinguish between real and madeup news information. Ms. Patty then took the virtual podium and started her talk by discussing the importance of recognizing false information due to the easy accessibility to data virtually. She also began by asking the audience, “How do we manage these pieces of information that we find so conveniently online . . . and how do these pieces of information also affect how we view society and [how] we make decisions and opinions about what's happening in society?”

Ms. Patty then presented the interactive browser game Bad News where students acted in the shoes of a tycoon who crafts and spreads phony news stories. After playing and gaining insights from the audience, she explained that it is important to acknowledge and understand what happens when false information is spread. “We can’t fight what we don’t know,” she said.

“I’d like to believe that truth isn’t cancelled. Though many institutions and people would like us to believe that truth is subjective, it isn’t . . . truth is truth for a reason,” Ms. Patty added.

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The guest speaker clarified the definition of news as verifiable information in public interest, and she explained that the mainstream term “fake news” is inappropriate because it contradicts the very meaning of news.

She introduced three proper terms students can use instead: misinformation, false information that is spread without knowledge of its veracity; disinformation, deliberately misleading content created to deceive; and malinformation, actual facts used to inflict harm on others. Ms. Patty explained, “Fake news is not really enough as a term to encapsulate all of these three categories.”

Ms. Patty gave seven possible sources of these three kinds of false information, such as satire and parody, misleading content, and false context. She presented ways Monarchs can avoid misinformation that included factchecking posts, following legitimate sources of news, using online verification tools, and warning family and friends.

The guest speaker emphasized that students should do their own research first before sharing to avoid wrongly informing people.

As the webinar concluded, SEC anticipated that Monarchs can actively use their newly-learned knowledge in curbing the spread of false information in today’s social media-centric world. Club Public Relations

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The webinar wrapped up with a question and answer session from the audience. Answering the inquiry of why people have a liking for spreading false information, Ms. Patty remarked that while there are trolls paid to spread misleading content on social media, there are others who are simply disinformed by the posts they see.

When asked how students can convince their older relatives not to believe in false information, she emphasized how one shouldn’t make an emotionally-charged response and should explain to their relatives in a rational manner, or else they would further close themselves from believing correct information. Ms. Patty told the audience, “Don’t be emotional, don’t attack them, find a common ground.”

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Neutrality: The Modern Relations of Russia and Ukraine at a Glance By Abri Wilson

On February 24, Russia launched a military invasion of Ukraine, quickly becoming known as the largest military attack in Europe since World War II. While the news of the invasion definitely took the world by storm, it shouldn’t come as a shock. It was a quick escalation to the conflict that had been brewing in the region since 2014, the year Russia annexed Crimea. However, the two countries already had a history of fluctuating between periods of strong and weak relations dating back to the 90s.

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was formed in 1949 to create collective protection against the Soviet Union, which was known for infiltrating newly-liberated countries and instilling communism in them. At the time, the Cold War was just beginning between the US and the Soviet Union, while most of Western Europe was still recovering from the effects of World War II. Remembering this, it makes sense why the original members founded the alliance. Nonetheless, NATO can now be seen as problematic in this sense; a group of Western nations collectively deciding to fight Russia if any one of them is threatened, as per Article 5 of their agreement. It promotes-

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At this point, the conflict in Ukraine cannot yet be seen as a proxy war. Many say that the US provoked this invasion by asking Ukraine to join NATO, pushing Russia against a wall, and limiting its options.

While the United

States’ interventionist-style foreign policy has done a lot more harm than good over the years, claiming that they are using NATO to push their liberal agenda is a bit of a stretch. No one forced Ukraine to apply to join NATO. They first applied for membership in 2008 but withdrew after the 2010 election of the pro-Russian president Viktor Yanukovych. This, along with Yanukovych’s refusal to sign an EU agreement, led to unrest across the nation.

Since the invasion, Ukraine has been propelled into the global spotlight. As of March 6, the United Nations estimates that over 1.3 million people have fled the country. Many neighboring nations such as Poland, Hungary, Romania, and Moldova have opened their borders to refugees, potentially posing a threat to Russia. That is because if Putin’s main goal with the invasion of Ukraine was to stop them from trying to assimilate into the West — aside from his belief that Ukraine and Russia have always and will always be one

EU nations opening their borders to Ukrainians could potentially make it easier for Ukraine to officially join the EU later on.

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Ukraine’s Westernization could have easily been brought up by meeting with President Zelensky but instead, he chose a violent, anachronistic approach. Similarly, NATO’s existence as an anti-Russian military alliance is also anachronistic, and yet neither NATO nor Russia can acknowledge that it’s the 21st century and we don’t need to bomb orphanages and civilians to make a point anymore. While you can be neutral in terms of international relations, there should be no neutral standpoint when it comes to human rights.

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SDGs dominate the English language in first student-led Fortnight By Matthew Cabiles and Kim Min Young

Aiming to promote more than just skill acquisition, The SISC English Club (SEC) and the school's English Department spearheaded its second online English Fortnight with a focus on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) from January 24 to February 22, 2022.

Grades 6-12 Monarchs competed in virtual intra-level competitions centering around the theme, “Promoting the SDGs through the English language with Grit, Growth Mindset, and Academic Rigor.” Each event centered around an assigned set of goals from the 17 established by the United Nations. The English Department planned this year’s Fortnight to be a way of spreading advocacy in addition to teaching different English language skills.

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An entirely student-led organization, SEC planned Fortnight 2022’s promotion as well as its opening and closing ceremonies. The English Department on the other hand plotted out the competitions aligned with each level’s curriculum and their corresponding SDGs.

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Previously referred to as English Festival during its birth as an annual three-month-long event in 2016, the English Fortnight was re-christened in 2019 to sustain maximum student engagement while performing all the activities. After its first online iteration in 2021, the English Department originally planned this year’s Fortnight to be co-organized by its other organization, the SISC Debate Club. However, not wanting to overlap the club’s goals of spreading debate culture, the English Department had the recently-reborn SEC take its place.

SEC had its origins as an interest club brought up every school year without a standardized organizational structure. The launching of the SISC Debate Club last 2019 prompted Sir Rey to push for the establishment of a regular English Club to propagate informed English speakers and to make Fortnight a student-led event. Since its reformation as a student-led club last August of 2021, its moderators and officers have been publishing weekly social media content through Instagram posts called Grammar Nuggets, Word of The Week, and Trivia.

“I was thinking and reflecting on what could be an advocacy I can actually share to the department and the school,” Sir Rey said. Following his time in the Global Schools, the English Head embarked on bringing the SDGs—a set of 17 targets of sustainability laid by the United Nations—to classroom activities and student-led initiatives. This first came to fruition in SEC’s first major school-wide event, the SDGs Awareness Month from November 8-29, 2021.

Following this, Sir Rey decided to continue his advocacy by integrating it into English Fortnight.

“I told myself that this year, we should be intentional with our English Fortnight with our activities because the activities that we have is actually a very good way for us to be aware of the SDGs . . . So this time, this year’s theme was more of an advocacy, [with the] intention to teach students using the English language to learn the SDGs.”

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Rey was delighted that the SEC successfully co-organized this year’s event, and hoped for future Fortnights to eventually become completely student-led. The English Head remarked, “It’s actually very meaningful [because] it’s the first time that the SEC was so engaged. This time, it was more of the students who prepared everything.”

‘A large-scale event’ Notwithstanding the two-week delay brought by the January COVID-19 health break, the SEC officially launched English Fortnight 2022 on the morning assemblies of JHS and SHS as the club officers presented their major goals. SEC Head of Membership Enzo Saulog — who was a host in the Opening Ceremony — said, “I’m very excited for what will happen in this year’s English Fortnight since our club was only formed this year and it’s my first time being part of planning a large-scale event like this in SISC.”

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All competitions happened simultaneously throughout the Fortnight. In each, elimination rounds happened per class followed by the final rounds pitting all class winners against each other. The competitions acted as the Midterm and Performance Task requirements for the English subject in second term.

The graduating sixth graders took part in a plethora of competitions that incorporated the themes of SDGs 1 and 3. These included the Short Story Writing, Spelling Bee, Spoken Word Poetry, and competitions.

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Grade 7 went through the Dramatic Script Reading competition. Teams drafted, read, and performed their scripts that focused on SDG 6 or 7. Member of the champion group Blair De Los Santos from 7-Gratitude remarked that he was “really happy . . . because we really prepared ourselves for this task and to be announced as a winner was a big accomplishment for me and my teammates.”

Eighth graders competed in Creative Dubbing where they selected a video to voice over in line with SDGs 14 and 15. 8-Integrity’s Mattea Moreno, a member of the winning team, looked back on their performance, saying, “We went all out with our voice acting and editing, and we did our best. We even made a script and presentation to introduce our group when it wasn't required.”

Those in Grade 9 reminisced on the past and wrote Personal Recounts of their life that related to either SDGs 2 or 4. Ryza Boco from 9- Compassion was the champion, and she said that she “felt super excited to have a chance to write a recount especially about receiving quality education amidst the pandemic . . . I tried to see this more as a reflective and learning opportunity rather than just an inter-batch competition.”

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Grade 10 students looked forward to drafting Campaign Speeches that focused on SDGs 8, 10, or 13, later performing them in an argumentative manner. “Though I was in front of a screen, I was still nervous as if I were on a stage in front of a lot of people. I like how passionate all of the students are in participating in this event,” said 10- Conviction’s Yoeiza Garcia, the grade level champion.

Eleventh graders studied SDGs 5, 9, and 12 to draft

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Speeches that supported a specific cause these SDGs stood for. Just like the Campaign Speeches, they were initially written in essays before being spoken aloud.

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(STEM), reflected and said, “In a way, I think I kind of manifested [my speech] because speaking in front of people was something I liked to do.”

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students performed Extemporaneous Speeches that involve performing a speech right after seeing three images that each relate to SDGs 11, 16, or 17. The batch champion, Nicola Kare of 12-Rigor (GAS), shared, “I researched loads regarding the SDGs and how they relate to our world today.

I researched a lot regarding issues in today’s society and how the SDGs could aid and possibly solve these problems." The graduating seniors also took part in class debates in Asian

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For all Monarchs, Read Theory completion awards were given to those who achieved their required Lexile levels. ESL Students, on the other hand, took part in Poetry Recitation activities.

According to the competition champions, this Fortnight did not fail to offer a comprehensive understanding of the SDGs, as was Sir Rey’s vision behind this event. Some commented that the competitions have made them more knowledgeable of current problems, while others realized the importance of having global targets like the SDGs. The champions also expressed sincere gratitude to their level English teachers who guided and tutored them throughout their winning journey.

As for SEC, Fortnight 2022 was just the beginning of many more school-wide events the brand-new club aims to accomplish. Next, SEC is planning to host seminars on detecting misinformation and combatting disinformation in partnership with Philippine digital media company Rappler They hope to achieve this milestone collaboration by April of this year, with officers and moderators hoping for the club to continually expand even from its still fresh start.

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In order to immerse students into the current world of the travel industry, Southville’s ABM strand held its first CEO Forum for 2022 titled “The Reemerging Flight: A New Tomorrow for the Travel Industry” virtually via Zoom last February 8.

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Travel Corporation General Manager Ms. Feliz Axalan was invited by to speak and enlighten the students regarding the travel industry explaining the changes and developments it underwent over the pandemic. senior high students were invited to attend the forum and learn more about the experiences.

The CEO Forum is a bi-annual SISC event wherein business owners are invited by ABM students to speak about their journey and experiences of running a business. This year's talk was organized by 12-Service ABM.

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Ed Principal Dr. Marie Vic “Avic” Suarez. She talked about what separates entrepreneurs and the working class. Dr. Avic also referenced a quote from Steve Jobs, “The thing that separates successful entrepreneurs and non successful perseverance.”

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The main speaker then took the virtual stage. Ms. Feliz began by introducing herself and her business then talked about the experience her business went through when the pandemic started. She mentioned that during the early days in 2020, up until a few weeks before the pandemic, Tradewings Tours & Travel was able to host events and travel around the country.

She moved on to speak about the adjustments they had to make to acclimate to the new circumstances brought about by the pandemic. The company started offering webinars over the pandemic to reskill its agents. They also made a Facebook group called PH Travel Agents Marketplace to support travel agents who diverted to selling other things.

The main points of Ms. Feliz’s talk revolved around the company’s innovations and changes. They did online travel expos where they offered X Deals in order to support travel agencies. Many different mediums were explored, including creating a Youtube channel called Tours R' Us that posts travel guides and episodes for their entertainment talk show The Orange Room Series

Before the pandemic, Tradewings Tours & Travel only offered international travel packages. However, this changed as they started to offer local travel packages and even created Quarantine Packages for returning Filipinos.

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To prepare for the reopening of the travel industry and to encourage people to travel in the pandemic age, the company started offering virtual walking tours on Tours R' Us. Ms. Feliz mentioned that she personally took 360 degree walking tour videos around Switzerland, and began to film more in other European countries for YouTube videos. She also shined some light upon isolated getaway location options for the holidays or just for a safe quarantine getaway.

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The event was highly engaging for listeners, especially during the game portion of the program. A Kahoot game was presented for viewers to join in order to test their knowledge and even win prizes. Participants enjoyed the game and were eager to compete for the prizes. The CEO Forum ended with some closing remarks and a photo opportunity in order to document commemorate the event.

and Each topic the speaker touched on really appealed to the students. The participants being highly active during the question and answer session showed that they genuinely took an interest in the content of the discussion. By noon, the event had come to an end with students gaining many new insights and learnings.

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The Comfort of Film in a Pandemic By Angelo Copon

It is crazy to think how fast time goes. It feels like just yesterday the news of the two-week break from school was announced around the world, and like all the memes, news articles, and social media posts, it went from two weeks to two years. I came into the pandemic as a fifteen-year-old and in a few months I’ll be eighteen. I was a tenth-grader having tons of fun everyday and in a few months I’ll be off to college. Time was scarily faster when I was at home, but there was one thing that kept me sane and comforted: movies. Sounds corny, I know, but in a time where we needed human interaction, the outside world, or an escape from reality, movies were a package deal for comfort.

In the past two years, I’ve watched a variety of movies that fifteen-year-old me never knew I would’ve watched. I used to be terrified of horror movies, but came the pandemic, came my sudden interest in the classics – and the new corny ones too. I even ventured into period dramas of people in ballroom gowns, powdered wigs or a young woman with her father, mother, and sisters in the English countryside (totally not talking about Pride and Prejudice

That is the beauty of movies and films, and what makes me want to make some in the future.

The stories are endless, the imagination is unlimited, and the creativity never stops. What was your favorite movie you discovered, rewatched, or fell in love with during these past two years?

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Pod Emeritus Angelo is a high school senior who channels his creativity through the Mover podcast, On the Line, as well as writing feature articles. He's a fond lover of 80s movies, raunchy-comedy, action, and coming of age films! He also likes to spend his time creative writing, and someday dreams to make it big directing a self-written film!

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Everyone Fears Something By Patricia Salgado

Everybody is scared of something. Many of us are afraid to admit it, but deep down inside, each and every one of us has something that triggers an internal crumbling deep inside of us whether it be bugs or the meaning of life.

I, too, am afraid of a few things. I absolutely hate the sound of sirens. My hair stands on end every time I hear that familiar wee-woo! outside my window. I can’t help but raise the volume of the song playing at that moment to drown out the noise. I’m also scared of death us are.

I mean, most of But there is one thing I fear the most out of everything in this world.

I am scared of missed opportunities, of a stolen possibility. I am scared of lost chances I’m scared of waking up on the wrong side of the bed and making the wrong move. I’m scared of the domino effect that a single action could create, or the butterfly effect, as people would put it.

I’m scared of a future I don’t know yet. I’m scared of losing what’s mine. I’m scared that what hasn’t even arrived yet could be taken from me. I’m scared of experiences yet to come, fading away into the wind like the dust on the backyard porch.

Like a shadow in the night, it creeps up on me when I look at the things and the people I love. And like any other fear, it leaves this empty hole of doubt in my heart.

It’s funny how fate works because as I was scrolling through my phone one weekend, I came across a quote that would stick to me through the years: “Every song ends, but is that any reason not to enjoy the music?”

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It just comes to show that everything happens for a reason. We gain and we lose and it’s all part of the big game called life. We have our highs — when we feel like we’re on top of the world — and we have our lows — when we feel like we’ve been buried six feet deep.

If I told you the world would end tomorrow, would you have wished that you spent the day differently? If your answer is yes, then let’s reflect for a second. Why is this the case? Shouldn’t we live every day as if it were our last?

And so here is advice, for both myself and you. Live your life to the fullest.

Live in the present and stop worrying about what hasn’t come yet. Make that phone call, go for that interview — take risks. Do whatever makes you happy, as long as it doesn’t hurt anybody around you. Let go of your fears.

Life is too short to overthink what could happen. A meteor could be falling right now as we speak.

So cling to life. Cling to it and hold on tight. Because time passes and seasons change. We live and we grow and we go. And it’s worth more to spend time how you want to, rather than wasting minutes away worrying about the following minute to come. Never let your fears stop you.

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Why Queer Representation Matters Now, Then, and Always By Io Carpiso

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As recently as fifty years ago, positive phobic parties decry it— is because it representation for the LGBTQIA+ community normalizes the queer experience. According to was a dream.

Many public service GLAAD’s 2019 survey report on the attitudes of announcements centered around the view that non-LGBTQIA+

Americans towards the queerness was a bad thing: queer people had exposure of LGBTQIA+ people in different to watch out for danger, not because of media, respondents who had been recently homophobia, but because they were queer. exposed to media that represented queer Homosexual, gender non-conforming, and people were quicker to accept people of the queer-coded characters in fiction were vilified community and were more open to interacting or exaggerated with tired stereotypes for with queer people as a whole. It was also found cheap laughs. Now, queer characters pop up in that these people were even more familiar with books, movies, and even children’s cartoons, orientations and slang from the community bringing about positive, relatable experiences than those who weren’t recently exposed to for queer folk. Representation is undeniably queer media. This study of more than 2,000 important…

but people ask why when respondents only goes to show that queerness already seems so rampant. “Representation” has become a buzzword in the media industry, but what does it really do for people?

One of the biggest reasons why representation is important—and why homophobic and trans-

Good, frequent, and humanizing representation not only benefits queer audiences but allows nonqueer audiences to relate to queer people, understand them, and see them as human.

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In the 20th century, the inverse of this was The stereotyping seen in the 20th century is true, in that gay-coded villains were often something we have to continue to combat. aligned with sexual deviance, murder, and Many queer-coded characters in mainstream mental illness and thus queer people were also film, stage, and television at the time were seen as villains by the public in real life.

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Graphics by New Now Next and who used those characters as plot devices, comic relief, or gags. These characters couldn’tbe called canonically queer due to YouTuber Rowan Ellis points out that many villains or antagonists in the 20th century were queer-coded or queer-inspired.

censorship, so filmmakers used visual shorthand like hyperfemininity in men or notes of masculinity in women that eventually turned into the stereotypes we know today. Because of this early establishment of queer characters’ roles, the standard of what queer characters ought to look like and what stories they ought to have was inadvertently set. British YouTuber Rowan Ellis explains that more

Queer representation allows creators, both part of the community and not, to better explore and tell stories about queer characters and fight the mold, empowering queer creators to tell their stories their own way, in a way that speaks to them and their audience.

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Allowing works to strike a chord with one’s audience is the ultimate goal in the end. There is no greater thing in the world than to be seen and recognized. On growing up without queer expressions of love and identity on television, gay actor T.R. Knight recounts his experience, saying, “You feel starved, and you feel lonely. … It ain’t [sic] healthy.” Proper representation allows audiences to identify with these stories and enables audience members to realize new truths about themselves in a comfortable, accepting way.

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A study on media role models for gay, lesbian, and bisexual individuals found that positive role models encouraged queer individuals to come out and explore their identities, as well as provided these individuals a sense of “pride, inspiration, and comfort.”

The word “representation” may be worn weary by now, but what it stands for is nonetheless important to the LGBTQIA+ community. We have come so far in the last fifty years. Maybe even the last ten years, as the 2010s was a landmark era where more rights had been given to the LGBTQIA+ community, which led to a time wherein more characters that identified as queer cropped up in media. Yet, there is so much yet to do as nations around the world are mulling over homophobic and transphobic legislation today.

While the media runs with the times, the times won’t stop us from existing. We are here and we are queer and we continue to deserve representation that tells people we exist. Simply erasing us from view will not shove us back in the closet

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This article was part of a campaign led by The Mover and The Kindness Project for the month of May to celebrate the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia. The goal of this project was to put an emphasis on queer visibility in our school to fight ignorance and bigotry and provide representation, comfort, and platforming for the members of the LGBTQIA+ community in our school.

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The Student Guidebook: Getting Back On Track By Isabela Castillo

The term is coming to an end, and a new batch of requirements are rushing in, just when the door is closing soon.

Along with the requirements we have to do, our finals are coming up too! Looking at the big picture, it’s quite overwhelming, isn’t it? Not knowing where to start lead us to be overwhelmed and we end up not getting anything done.

Being that some of us may be a bit lost on where to start, I will be sharing some tips I’ve used that helped me get back on track with my academics. It’s time for us to start getting our life together, finish all requirements, and ace all tests!

List down all assignments & projects

1.1.1.1. you have to do for the term.

Take note of all the requirements you had and have to do for the term. Now, why would you take note of the projects you have submitted already? From experience, seeing how much I’ve already done motivates me and makes me feel proud of myself for accomplishing multiple requirements this term. If there were more needed to be done than completed, looking at it just didn’t look pleasing at all, so this motivated me to do most of them. It sounds a bit weird, but it worked, and I hope it works for you too.

Now after listing them all down, your next step

F A uuuuu e Articles is to put their due dates and identify which are the requirements that need more effort and time. Prioritization is a very important aspect here. Once you have classified your requirements into categories from important to something you can put them at the back of your head first, you can now plan when you are going to do each and every one of them.

Plan monthly, 2.2.2.2. weekly, and daily.

You know which are important and which are not so important, now what? It’s time to pull out your calendar, planner, or even just a piece of paper. Starting with the month page, write down all the things you have to do in that month. Upcoming exams, due dates, events, and when the next episode of the show you’re watching is coming up because that’s important too! With this, you are able to see when are the days that you are most likely be too busy and when you can squish in time to do your requirements and review.

Next up, is your weekly page. Since you know the days when you have more time to do some work, write them down on your weekly pages. This will give you a more in-depth look into your workload every week. Make sure to always make time for rest and other personal activities. Also keep in mind that there may be unexpected events that can occur, so make sure you consider than when planning.

Lastly, a daily plan page. This is optional, and you don’t have to do this every day since this might be too much for some. However, if you want a very detailed plan for you to follow every day like a mini-map, feel free to try this! I usually do a 9 - 8 plan. I can do anything I want before 9 am and From top to bottom: a monthly spread by @IsabelBujo, a weekly spread by Sheena of the Journal and a daily spread by From the Pen Cup.

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Taking small steps is better than nothing at all. I believe that for us to be able to do our customize this however you want. Time block everything you have to do for the day, and you can add subtasks that you have to do to accomplish the task itself.

best in our academics, we must focus on ourselves first. I hope the tips I’ve shared with you will help you to get academics!

back on track with your

This will help you not only know what to do for the day but also the steps you need to follow to finish your tasks. You can work right away, and save a few minutes from spacing out thinking too much about where to start.

Revamp your

3.3.3.3. workspace.

Doing the first two steps is good enough for you to get back on track and back on that academic “grind”, but if you need a little more push, try revamping your workspace! Our working environment has a huge significance on our performance and having an unorganized environment might be the thing slowing you down.

Move your desk, decorate your room, or even just clean it. Create an environment where doing academics won’t be so bad and might even make you want to stay there longer. A little change in my workspace motivated me to start working again and did wonders to my productivity.

4.4.4.4. TAKE IT SLOW

Getting back on track may take quite some time, and that’s alright. Rushing won’t benefit you, and might even lead to burnout, and who wants that? Not me for sure.

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College Essay Writing Tip (from a senior who's written dozens) By Jaeda Johnson

The college application process is something I think we can all agree is quite stressful to even think about. While there are many parts that make up an application I will be focusing on the less straightforward part.

Most of the typical applications will include questions with undebatable answers, factual ones you don’t need to think too hard about: your personal financial, and academic information. That being said, most universities would also ask you to provide a personal essay or may even ask you to answer specific essay prompts. Throughout my college and scholarship application journey, I have probably written around twenty to thirty essays, and that’s not even including the drafts for each one.

While that may sound excessive, not all of these essay questions required long answers. In fact, most essays you would be writing besides your personal college essay usually have a word limit of 200-300 words. This is to say that a college or scholarship essay won’t usually be excessively long. This is not necessarily a good or a bad thing; it simply means you need to be more concise and be able to convey yourself and your strengths within a certain amount of words while answering a prompt.

This isn’t always exactly the easiest thing to pull off, so here are my personal tips from what I’ve experienced as a senior awaiting the rest of her application results.

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My first tip would be to always write your essay after you fill out your entire application, including extracurricular activities and awards or honours. I cannot stress how important this simple tip is Why? In your essay, it is advisable to speak on personal and academic experience and how they have shaped you.

Don’t be shy to mention a specific title or award in connection to a life shaping experience. It would come off as more strange if it seems none of your academic achievements or skills impacted you personally.

An alternative to this would be focusing more on your personal journey, and life-shaping events that made you want to either improve or work towards a certain goal. Again, the writing should be left last to ensure this essay fits well with your overall application.

My second tip is to not be afraid to get your essay peer-reviewed or checked by an adult or person you trust. While reading through your own essay will help you spot errors during editing, it simply isn’t enough sometimes. Getting an essay reviewed by multiple people can really help you gain all kinds of perspectives. Whether that person is a relative, friend, teacher, or a professional, a third-party editor will definitely have suggestions and be able to point out some things you may have not originally considered. This is not to say you absolutely have to take their advice, but you will definitely find yourself gaining insight from doing this.

My third and final tip that I believe everyone should be keeping in mind while writing their essays is how your content connects to your chosen major. Your essay’s focus and your activities should always lead back to your major and why you decided on it. It is always better to be more specific than not when it comes to essay answers. The more specific your essay is to you and your chosen major, the more likely you will be accepted with the major you truly want. Not only that but general answers give the person reading less insight into who you are and what you have to offer as an individual. Even with all that in mind, college essays will always be tricky to write. You have to convey exactly what you want to in a certain amount of words.

Coupled with the intense pressure of sounding intelligent can make it almost impossible to motivate yourself to start writing. Nevertheless, you have to click submit at some point. Worry less about frivolous language and focus on what you personally want to say. At the end of the day, the answers are about you and you alone.

From one applicant to the other, I wish you all the best on your college application journeys.

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How 'BookTok' Videos are Influencing Bestseller Charts and Teenage Readers By Sofia Ramos

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These days young people are no longer avoiding bookstores, they now prefer a good read over scrolling through social media. Ironically, however, social media plays quite a significant role in this change of pace. If you haven’t already come across this corner of the internet, BookTok is an ongoing stream of content found within the video-sharing platform Tiktok. There, users are creating videos with topics ranging from simple book reviews, lists of recommendations depending on your favorite genre, and books to read when you need a good cry.

These videos can attract millions of views, and have the ability to reignite a love of reading within younger generations, all in under a minute. The tag #booktok has garnered over 38 billion views on the app and has grown into a full-fledged community with a significant impact on the publishing industry.

During the pandemic, not only did TikTok downloads rise, but so did interest in reading. A pastime that many individuals resumed when other activities were put on hold due to quarantine restrictions.

According to NPD BookScan, book sales, in general, have increased in the past year. 825 million print books were sold in the United States in 2021, a 9% increase from 2020. This is the largest yearly figure BookScan has observed since it began collecting data in 2004.

Even retailers have caught on to the “BookTok Effect”. Most stores now have a dedicated 'BookTok' section where users can easily purchase the platform's most popular titles.

“I think it’s really just been an evolution,” said Libby McGuire, senior vice president and publisher at Atria Publishing, in an interview with Observer. “We’ve always had these influencers that put books into readers’ hands and now

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TikTok has created an exponential growth way of doing that. It’s wonderful and really rewarding for publishers to see that readers are falling in love with our books and sharing it on this platform that can get it to so many people.”

Atria Publishing has experienced the impact of BookTok firsthand, having been the publisher of It Ends With Us, a novel that went viral on Tiktok in November 2020. According to Publishers Weekly, the book sold 21,000 copies in the first month after its release. In the summer of 2021, the book was now selling around 17,000 copies per week on average. It has since sold over a million copies, and the TikTok hashtag #itendswithus now has over 393 million views.

However, BookTok’s impact is not limited to sales numbers. It has helped readers look past the boundaries of traditional publishing, with self-published titles such as The Atlas Six and The Spanish Love Deception, gaining vast amounts of attention on the platform.

BookTok has also helped address the lack of diversity within the industry, with some creators dedicating their accounts to explicitly promoting works by authors of color.

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Nwokorie, a 21-year-old student with 97,000 followers and 5 million likes on her TikTok account @kimmybookss, has been striving to raise awareness for books that represent a diverse range of readers.

“Seeing the lack of diversity at the time – all the books that were being promoted were

Kimberly Nwokorie, AKA @kimmmybooks, uses TikTok to recommend a more diverse range of books to her large following in order to promote the BIPOC experience.

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Rather than reading alone, BookTok allows users to create a community around reading. The fact that novels with a strong emotional hook are frequently the ones that go viral contributes to the community experience. “Once we cry reacting to a book, we need other people to do it with us,” said BookTok creator Elizabeth Black, whose account

@bumblebeezus has accumulated over 344,000 followers and 12 million likes.

BookTok's global popularity is still growing, enabling readers from all around the world to communicate with one another despite the barriers of social distancing. The community aspect draws individuals together in ways that book clubs might not have done before the pandemic, and will continue to give them a space to share and celebrate their love for reading.

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The Fiction Writer's Touchstone By Juan Lobien

WRITING There is one thing you should know about writing. It will inevitably lead you to dark places as you cannot write authentically about something unless you have lived it. ... You must emerge from adversity, scathed but victorious to tell your story and, in turn, light the way for others.

- Lang Leav, Sea of Strangers

The Writer’s Frenzy The one thing all these poets, authors, and memoirists have in common is that they know the secret behind spellbinding readers: it’s about making them wonder why. On a subconscious level, it's a question we, writers, always ask ourselves: Why am I writing this? Long story short, I’m writing this because…

Reason one: I am a staffer of The Mover Reason two: I felt inspired to write about writing.

The Writer’s Block Think of the time you had a story in mind — more like a plausible plot at the most random place and time, and you felt inclined to write about it. You could have envisioned it as though it were a movie. When your pen and paper are in front of you, the right words don’t seem to come. So then you turn to Google to fix the problem, but the makeshift words that appear make no sense.

Especially for fiction writers, writing about something you’ve never experienced is a tricky business. When a writer is at a loss for words due to personal reasons, maybe a “creativity hiatus,” this is what you call Writer’s Block. It can happen to any and all writers, and overcome it.

there are many ways to The world is moving forward and I am stuck.

That is what writers do. They answer the question “Why? then wrap that answer in a blanket for readers to unveil. Writers know that every detail has interesting stories behind it everywhere you look, there are thousands to be told. The specialty of being a writer is collecting a story that life gives to you, and telling it authentically in your own empowering way. It allows you to explore the tiniest details of life. It involves your own vivid imagination. However, it’s not always that easy.

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Writing Prowess mission, and everywhere can be a great

Writers like Suleika Jaouad a cancer source of information if you make it. If you're survivor have experienced events that lucky, life will give you a scenario.

have changed their lives forever. This is what led her to write a memoir called Between Two Kingdoms recounting her life before, during, and after illness. From writing stories about other people from a third person point of view, she looked inward and casted her gaze on herself. Jaouad relied on her eidetic memory, her medical records, and letters to write about her experience with the utmost brevity.

In short, you need to get a handful of life to write.

At The Homestretch If it's writing skills you're chasing and not a creative outlet, then it's time for you to pour your heart into writing everyday, even with one sentence to narrate your findings. If you write journals or diaries, one day you'll find

Not all writers need to have undergone drastic changes or illnesses to write authentically, though. One of the simplest ways to get creative is to read. It's not bad to get whimsical; explore the potency of the pen of others to find yours. What you read, hear, and listen to might be what you’ll end up writing about.

yourself rekindling your words, maybe laughing and noticing just how much you've changed because your words can age like fine wine or bad cheese. If you see writing as one of your possible professions someday, then the way to jumpstart your career is by starting today.

The Writer’s Imagination Behind every figment of imagination exists a reality. At the end of any published book is a copyright passage that says: all rights are reserved; the book is a work of fiction, and it is a product of the author’s imagination.

Do you notice how an author always has insights unique to themselves and is often inspired by their current trajectory in life? An author writes about the things they know best, which may be about places, cities, and people. Other times, it can come out of nowhere. An author like you might gain an idea from strolling around, skimming through magazines, eavesdropping, and the list goes on. Everyday can be a reconnaissance

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Pros and Cons of Restoring Extinct Animals By Lora Park

Do you remember the story of Jurassic Park? It is a movie about creating the largest zoo on earth by reviving dinosaurs that went extinct tens of millions of years ago. What if something like this from a science-fiction movie could become a reality? As scientists set out to restore extinct animals, controversy reality and ethical issues are heating up.

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Among the problems in restoring endangered animals, the expense issue is also serious. It is necessary to catch the endangered species and bring in an animal of the same pedigree and release it. However, it cannot be done right away, so someone or somewhere has to raise it as a result of the cost is not low. Even if it is hard to raise and then release it, it is an attempt that cannot adapt like the bears of Mt. Jiri, for example, but considering the degree of damage caused by it, there seems to be a negative aspect as well. The additional cost of animal restoration could also be problematic as animal restoration must be constantly monitored and observed regardless of success or failure. It is argued that it is far more effective to use the resources that revive extinct animals to keep the remaining animals from disappearing.

Even if the scientists restore the animals, they will not be able to adapt to the present. Animals become extinct because they cannot adapt to the changing environment. A place that used to be a dense forest in ancient times becomes a desert, and a place that used to be the sea becomes a mountain. Animals have three choices for this change: adaptation, evolution, or extinction. Some hardy living things adapt to this climate environment, but unfortunately, some animals cannot. Moreover, due to human tyranny, the forest, the habitat consumed and the of animals, environment is is polluted. When these changes occur rapidly over just a few decades, animals become extinct without time to adapt. Examples of extinct species include egrets and raptors.

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The reason scientists are actively working on restoration is primarily because of scientific achievements. If it becomes successful, it will be a landmark event in conservation biology and genetic science. Proponents argue that the restoration of extinct animals can help preserve biodiversity and restore shrinking global ecosystems. If scientists can find out the reason for the extinction, they can unravel the mystery of evolution and find clues about the development of new drugs from animals that survived the Ice Age. We are directly experiencing a various phenomena that result from human intervention in the environment.

Some of these include environmental pollution and mad cow disease caused by feeding carnivores to herbivores. Therefore, rather than artificially affecting the ecosystem by reviving extinct animals, I think that endangered animals should be protected by taking measures to prevent the destruction of the ecosystem due deforestation, to or overfishing, excessive development of human society.

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War at Home Sequel By Samantha Timbol

One morning, as I attempted to eat pancakes for breakfast, I instead ate a lot of intel on previous wars. Thanks to my father I was able to establish a sequel to my initial War at Home article. We glossed over Russia and its internal wars at the time. As Mikhail Gorbachev in 1980 put it, “Perestroika” was a reformation within the communist party of the Soviet Union. Its definition is “reconstruction” and in addition to this; he announced a policy form called “glasnost” that pertained to “openness.” He did this during his time to avoid a stagnant living.

As two years have already passed by, a longing Cold War could be referenced to the ongoing pandemic but I used to think it was more of a World War. However, as the internal debates on the branches of this pandemic multiplied, we have seen trials on how to constructively try to declare silver linings and upkeep humanitarian needs, but not everyone comes to a cooperative agreement. Division from all over the world is present and there is rarely ever a common ground. Therefore, the war that is ultimately inside of us is still coping with what remains of a horrid era. Some have lost sense, urgency, discipline, and patience in all corners of our lives — especially in our homes. The socalled ``moving up” from being a cadet to a soldier with the virus and its range of variants seems to be out of reach. My previous article that was released around the first months of the newly given pandemic focused on how the new normal was being developed and shaped into today’s time. Now that we are in it, there have been fundamental changes withstanding not only the types of lockdown but the rising and depleting cases.

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From our family and friends to altered daily routines, financial pressures, and social isolation, the pandemic has affected so much of our lives. As much as I would like to think or say that we have managed to get used to the way this pandemic has changed our lives, there are things that remain stuck.

This is where “Perestroika” in whatever way you can have it comes in. As Mikhail Gorbachev also mentioned, “If you are not moving forward, you are moving backwards.” To avoid a stagnant life as they did in the 80’s, distinguish your focus even more so after two years of a pandemic and embrace both old and new ways to further take care of oneself and those around you. The holidays have passed, and we are back to our regular given days albeit still with health risks. The spread of the virus can and may still remain for a number of years and if we do not try to cope after even such a time already in practice, opportunities and inevitable use of time itself will also remain to be enclosed in our mundane living. If I had instructed to not just make a new but a better new normal in my first article, this one is to remind you not to hesitate or undermine the motion of “openness” while remaining indoors.

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Queer Resilience & Homophobia: From Both Sides By Ember T. Eyred

When I was growing up, people used to make jokes and say that I was a lesbian because I was boyish. I liked sports and always wore baggy clothes. My mom would immediately rush to my “rescue” and tell them I wasn’t and that I was just going through a tomboy phase as every other girl allegedly does. (It wasn’t a phase and not every girl experienced that.) They weren’t wrong but it still made me uncomfortable. I was only seven years old, for God’s sake.

At twelve years old, I made my first queer friend. They were older than me and knew a lot more about the queer community. What I didn’t anticipate was the number of labels being thrown my way; labels I didn’t even understand or fully grasp at that age. I didn’t know I was gay and when I tried to express that, I was slapped with an aggressive “You’re gay!” or “You have to be at least bi,” in return. Instead of getting to experience a beautiful moment of self-discovery, my awakening was rushed. Ripped from me.

Nonetheless, it was still my first encounter with the LGBTQ+ community that wasn’t filled with hate. Every time before that had taught me that gay was bad. I was raised to be homophobic.

• “It’s unnatural. They need psychological help.”
• “The gays don’t belong here.”
• “They’re going to burn in hell.”

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Once I came to terms with the fact that I was gay, it was a constant battle with what I had been raised to believe. I spent years crying myself to sleep and praying that somehow God would find it in him to “un-gay” me. If my existence alone was already a sin, what was the point of existing? I was never going to be able to tell my family, so there was no point.

It took me five years to accept who I was. For some that may be longer, while for others it may be shorter; the queer experience is never the same. Historically, gay people have been silenced and taught to repress our identities. We’ve been conditioned to hide who we are from the world, and yet we’re still here. Many of us can’t go out without getting talked about or looked at in a certain way. But while we’ve learned to live with it, we shouldn’t have to.

Queer resilience is something that never should have existed in the first place. The idea of ostracizing people in society based on who they’re attracted to or how they’d like to present their gender is a modern one, barely dating back a couple hundred years. The ancients such as the Greeks, Egyptians, and even pre-colonial Filipinos didn’t really mind sexual fluidity. Why should we? Why should millions of people be forced to hide who they are just to make a few people comfortable?

Homophobia is all fun and games until it’s someone we care about. What about when it’s a family member or a friend? Queer people are everywhere. They’re our aunts and uncles, our cousins and our friends, and even our parents. We refuse to let our existence continue to be trampled over and silenced. We all deserve a chance to love who we want to and be who we want to be on our own terms, without fear of being hatecrimed.

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Latibule Garden By Martha Pinca

The Latibule Garden has wilting flowers; Night and day – with devotion, they are showered; And under the brightest star, they grow with each hour

Under the Weeping Willow you shall stay, And with the wind, your leaves will sway Oh, with this inner peace, you will indeed, be blown away!

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You must observe the sky – craning over infinite horizons A crescent moon atop – it shall send you heaps of hope For its phases bloom as a new chapter comes fast approach

By the fountain, you can make a wish as the water’s flow eases your mind In that very night, all your dreams shall come to light For the Latibule Garden can make everything seem just about right

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Next Chapter By Nathan Dichupa

The atmosphere lights up with joy as midnight strikes A celebration of a thankful conclusion and a new beginning An overview of fruitful memories and footsteps through time Settling another chapter of the book of one’s living.

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Nathan is a senior high school student who wants to grow skills needed in life and gain new opportunities. He is an animal lover, a video gamer, and a learning cook. For a long time, he had a developing interest in writing and aims to create pieces for people to read. He is a person who is not afraid of trying new things and improving.

Celebrating the new year welcomes the next chapter The unwritten pages, containing numerous unforeseen plots Resolutions and expectations waiting to be captured Pending opportunities shall be attained at the destined spot.

In spite of the situations continuing to crumble oneself, Our vibrant optimism is the savior from our affliction. Adversity and despair shall never be the summary itself, The beauty and light of hope will lead to a promising direction.

Without delay, let’s rise up to fulfill our precious time Time is unparalleled yet the greatest present that we were gifted In a story, know that you are the writer of your remarkable life Create a chapter, notable to be significant and highlighted.

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A Noble Woman's March By Leigh Sindac

A penny waiting for a change, A fecund fellow – long she stood, Basking at lengthy processions of brotherhood, Briefcases and stethoscopes line thy bold physique, Whenceforth heaps of lorries – they gleam beneath, There they ascend, to mounting glories of fine success. While dear missus, to thy homestead, was left to tend. This ember, long left alight, gracefully smoldered; A compass missing its needle, no visage consoled her.

Anon, her heart’s ablaze by mighty flames, That no one nor Poseidon can hold at bay, Thy burning passion’s been long astray, A mighty, noble lass long stood to hear cacophonies of gents. And now – now is the time to pave the way, For she once stood in cloisters of academes, No palisade shall feign to be mere entities.

Long we’ve been left to rock the cradles, Yet under green lamps, we’ve long been awakened, At last, I vow to you, dear ladies and femmes, that for our march: I shall turn the tables and bring you bounties of cents!

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Leigh is the name this writer goes by and the humanitarian inside her aims to bring light to topics that remain untouched – for to her, it brings such delight! Her days consist of constant meditation and bounty sips of matcha lattes to overcome the tides of overthinking, but there’s nothing like a paper and pen – scribbling, till her heart’s content. Writing, to her, has always been a friend; and in no other way can it be expounded, let alone a limit of one hundred.

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A Universe In One's Mind By Sistine Basa

A barren world of nothingness, Filled with philosophical theories, mysteries, and nothing less The purity of nature couldn't stand alone for us to live For there is nowhere to run and nowhere to hide; Countless trials and errors were made in order to survive iPods

Sistine is a senior high school student and aspiring writer who always seeks for adventure and growth through her experiences. Her passion in writing allows her to create a vivid perception of her own world with the descriptive spirit of written thoughts that give her comfort and tranquility—and she finds that amazing.

We were given a purpose from the day of our birth, Like a seed planted beneath the damp soils of the earth, And as each day and night passes by, The seed continues to grow, from forming roots to bearing enriching fruits

In search of our worth in a narrowed path, Our curiosity seeks explanations to unanswered questions, Leading to creative ideas and groundbreaking innovations, Which solve the enigmas of humanity's wrath

In the universe of one's mind, Facts and imagination ignited the galaxies of stars in the sky When we look beyond the horizon, we'll realize how far we've come, And see that this is what our minds created—an astonishing world that it has become

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Growing Older By Bernice Eseo

As we grow older, We learn how to appreciate Quiet moments We get the dilemma, Growing tired of toxic people.

Instead of meaningful conversations With people who appreciate Growing older Made me realize that I’m better off by myself

Life can feel meaningless. We spent our youth With struggles; ups and downs We never realized that we Had even more challenges ahead

The feeling of being Lost, Discouraged, Empty; We never used to visualize the future

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Bernice is a high school student who likes to sing and is an avid writer. She is a plant mom, likes reading books, journaling, blogging and listening to podcasts and music.

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The Mover's Draw This In Your Style Challenge! By The Mover Artists

The artists had gathered together to create a fun and interesting event for everyone in the art department to participate in! It was decided that the artists would participate in a challenge where we try to draw one image in their own styles. Here, we get to see the creativity and passion these artists have for the creative medium and to show the uniqueness of each of the artists in The Mover Many showcased their unique sense of composition while others showed mastery in their coloring and shading abilities. We hope to see the future generations of The Mover to be brimming with this much creativity and skill.

The Artworks and the Contributing Artist!

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Gabbie is an aspiring fashion designer and hopes to fit writing as a side job. She gets inspiration at the weirdest of times, sometimes at night, and often has her head full of ideas; and throughout her life, the young brunette has proved to be predictably unpredictable with her active mind.

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Hot Pockets Jacinda is a high school student, cartoonist, podcaster, and all-around enthusiast. Their behavior may seem odd but once you get to know them, you'll find that all they want to do is put a smile on their face and yours! When they're not endlessly pursuing a rabbit hole on Google, working on some character concept, or pursuing their latest obsession, you can find them nerding out about almost anything from comics, musicals, movies, and probably more.

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Mizuki (AKA, Mizi) is a high school student who likes drawing digitally. She spends a lot of time drawing whatever comes to her mind and likes getting lost in thought. She is usually quiet and shy about showing her art to others, but she is finding an opportunity to finally get out of her comfort zone.

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Dolly is a typical high school student who grew up with a love of art. Ever since she was small, drawing, painting, sewing, crocheting and creating crafts were her interests. She aims art not only to be aesthetic but as a functional tool incorporated into the needs of people.

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Tiffany is a high school student who loves to draw and write stories and songs in her spare time. She's a spontaneous person and believes that art is a beautiful way of expressing oneself. She lives to experience and to learn from the world.

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V is an artist experienced in multiple art platforms. However, she is most fond of drawing digitally. V is very fond of making drawings that serve as a platform of storytelling. Most of her work would revolve around the use of colorful imagery and symbolism.

They say that parting is such sweet sorrow but endings are inevitable. The chapter always ends and the next one follows. After us, The Mover will keep on going in its own unique path, while we do the same. We’ll look back on our time here fondly and we hope you enjoy the fruits of our year-long labor… and dare you to watch on as we work towards our own dreams.

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We take pride in the creativity, heart, and mind of the students in our school. If you have an essay or story you want us to publish, shoot them at us! If you have an animatic or drawing you want people to see, let us help you!

Be it school project or personal project, if you want something to be seen, we’re happy to give you the platform to do it. Email us at [email protected] — Let’s start a conversation!