Hearts Unbroken

In Journalism, Louise dreads critique from Karishma and Daniel in front of Joey, especially after he pompously tells her “Karishma says she’ll ease up on the reporters once you’ve all got more experience” (93). The editors’ opinions, however, surprise both Joey and Louise. They tell Joey his last video feature about a student who biked across the state to benefit muscular dystrophy was “okay” but that he is “coasting on bells and whistles” (93). They praise Louise’s article on Dylan as a working student for her ability to make the reader empathize with the subject.

This chapter is Emily’s Arts and Entertainment article about the casting of the musical in the September 18 issue of The Hive. In it, Chelsea Weber, the senior cast as leading role Dorothy, says that she almost did not try out, as she did not get leading or featured roles in past musicals at the school. Emily quotes Mrs. Qualey saying before auditions that “every student who auditions will receive fair and equal treatment” (95). Emily quotes Peter Ney’s mother, Rochelle Ney, as well: “Everybody knows ‘fair and equal’ is code for lowering standards to give an unfair advantage to minorities” (95). Mrs. Ney also refers to the color-conscious casting as “reverse racism.