Nine

I was a member of the water polo team from my Sophomore through my Senior year at NDB. Over those three years, I got very close to all my teammates but I got particularly close to one. We would hang out at and outside of school and we would talk all the time over text. She was very dear to me. Prior to a water polo game, my junior year, I was sitting with just her on a towel close to the pool deck before our game started. A senior on my team, seeing my close friend and I sitting together, loudly said homophobic slurs to our teammates that were directed at us. Instead of standing up to this language, most of my team who were listening just laughed. Please do better NDB and teach each Tiger to love, accept, understand, celebrate, and listen to one another.