We address you now no longer
as first-time acquaintances but
rather as friends--the kind you'd
wave to across a crowded grocery
aisle or call up to ask about that
English term paper. This time
around neither luck nor Wiki-
pedia was on our side--locating
the perfect quote for this issue
required due diligence. A fearless
foray into the annals of cyber-
space, beyond the parlor room
of Wikipedia, yielded a Ralph
Waldo Emerson-ism that we
found apropos. As the legendary
transcendentalist once sputtered,
no doubt whilst roasting in the
flames of his own fiery sermon
(the exact text of which can be
found in the hallowed pages
Letter from the Editors
The dawn of a new age
CHANA BRAUSER (`10)
SHALVA GINSPARG (`11)
It's Time To Hear What's On Your Mind
The WYHS
BRAINSTORM
VOLUME IV, ISSUE II
March 2010
The implications of high school NBA drafting
Freshly graduated from high school yet glowing
with a godlike radiance, top basketball pros-
pects, the heroes of teenagers and the envy of
former "has beens," find themselves bemused
and mystified, shunned temporarily from the
celestial pro game and imprisoned for a year in
basketball purgatory. The NBA has seen an influx
of adolescent ability propel itself into the league:
from 2001 to 2005, 27 high schoolers have been
drafted, more than double the number of players
from previous years. Since 2006, when Commis-
sioner David Stern declared that a player must be
a year removed from high school to participate in
the NBA, the draft has been fraught with con-
troversy and debate. Many young athletes find
themselves ready and excited, eager to dominate
at the highest level of competition and cement
their talent and authenticity.
The restricting rule, however, has successfully
prevented the overwhelming flow of juvenile
and immature players, all too often blinded and
derailed by the seduction of fame and fortune.
Forced to endure at least one additional year of
developing physically, emotionally, mentally,
and educationally, players emerge as stronger,
smarter, hairier, and more muscularly sculpted
players---more prepared for the tribulations of
the professional game and perhaps even the hard-
ships of life. Basketball can now
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Fashion
3
Science
4
Technology
5
Arts
6
DAVID HOPEN(`12)
Literature 11
Language 9
Year in Review 10
Should Athletes
Go to College?
Health 12
Culture
7