Brasen Chi, Arts & Entertainment Editor
Brasen Chi, Class of 2022, is a third year reporter and the Arts and Entertainment editor for WSPN. In school, he tends to zone out and be a little forgetful especially when it comes to class homework, but he still scrapes by. Outside of school, Brasen enjoys reading, going on food expeditions, and music. He’s currently trying to teach himself how to draw to get in touch with his section more.
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![Posters hang in the mediation training room, the wrestling room, with the plans MetroWest Mediation Services used to conduct their lessons. Im looking forward to becoming a better mediator, junior peer mediator Zackary Goldstein said. [Im excited to] hopefully see a reduction in conflict throughout school or just see the impact mediation makes on people when theyre able to resolve their conflicts.](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/IMG_4254-900x675.jpg)
![History teacher Laine Winokur is in her second year of teaching at Wayland High School. This year, Winokur has become further involved in the school community as a new advisor for WHS alliance club, a club which focuses on educating people on LGBTQ+ issues and providing a safe space for queer students. “Especially the safe space part [is important to me],” Winokur said. “We’re very lucky in the part of the country we live in and the community that we live in that, in general, it is a fairly safe place to live. But I do think it’s important for our students to have an even safer safe space.”](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/AFEA5AD6-4D1A-43A0-A9AE-C9A733160511_1_201_a.jpeg)
![Sophomore Luke Chisum finishes first in the freshman three kilometer race at the DCL Championship Meet in 2021. This year, I want to get around 16:30 for a five [kilometer race], Chisum said.](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/jkmAbCUUjw5yjE8RwUZibyojsoKHmWEwan85kJDW-900x600.jpg)
![Junior Xande Santos sprints with the ball, attempting to keep it in control. Santos scored the game winning goal during overtime. It felt amazing to score the first [goal] and the overtime winning goal, Santos said. The energy from the fans and the team was electric. I think we played very well and dominated the first half for sure. I’m excited to play our next game against Marlborough because we have a lot of potential.](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/05E1ED9E-E7F8-4B59-BD0B-12061FE0606E_1_201_a-X3-900x600.jpg)
![Junior Ava Tang dresses in New Balance, Levis and thrifted clothing. Tangs favorite piece of clothing to dress in are sweaters. I think there [are] a lot of different patterns you can find or different bright colors with different fabrics and stuff,” Tang said](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/IMG_5803-L.jpg)
![With one quarter of hybrid learning finished, students had some differing opinions on how it went. [Hybrid] is alright, sophomore Colby Hanson said. There isnt much to do to resolve these problems beside wait until the pandemic is over.](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/nMARvfdbCjthodfEnubGfFMPcBXF8NOcsqXPX7lr-900x600.jpeg)
![With Thanksgiving just finished and many family members meeting up, returning to school in an in-person hybrid model has some students concerned. However, students like Junior Kevin Luo believes as long as everyone returning has followed the proper procedures, we can remain in a safe, hybrid model. It was just harder to pay attention, Luo said. We just [need to] pray that all the college students took a legitimate test and people are still respecting the rules.”](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/7KA1dChZ2NunhfhIjxPVTIGdqFemicEUB6HZTXAT-900x675.jpeg)
![Snapchat is an app that has grown very popular with teens. Like everything on the Internet, however, it comes with many risks. WHS students have recently lost their accounts to a local scammer. [Follow] the basics, sophomore Nina Price said. Dont give your personal information to anyone, no matter what, unless youre in-person with them.”](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/mxAdJ5fva1OQb8Fx7OX9eBpJuIImMPQMFzCzSVXs-900x540.jpg)
![The mixed chorus performance for the Senior Districts festival. They performed at the Boston Latin School. [Senior Districts] is a lot of opportunity, a lot of pressure and a lot of really top-shelf musicianship,” WHS Fine Arts Department Head Susan Memoli said.](https://waylandstudentpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/0.png)
