The longest-running newspaper in historic The Reserve Record Hudson, Ohio VOL. CII....No. 2 WESTERN RESERVE ACADEMY, HUDSON, OHIO. OCTOBER 2015 McCaffrey Makes the Team Students Discuss Dress Style Restaurant Review: Noble House Coin: Argument Over Auto Profile details the new football career of School Dress tips from the most stylish Marcos Lopez ’16 gives his unfiltered Vosmik ’16 and Downing ’19 debate amputee Andrew McCaffrey ’17. kids on campus. take on local, far-eastern cuisine. foreign versus domestic auto industry PAGE 2 | NEWS PAGE 6-7 | CENTERFOLD PAGE 9 | OPINION PAGE 11 | THE COIN WRA Welcomes Parents for Annual Weekend of Fun ing all of my friends’ parents and By AVERY BREWER ’18 learning more about where they On Friday, September 25, West- come from.” ern Reserve Academy hosted an- Along with Homecoming and other Parents’ Weekend. Between other school-wide activities, no stu- catching up with other families, tal- dent was pardoned from their sports ent showcases, homecoming, bowl- commitment. Field Hockey had an ing and more, there was no shortage overnight away tournament starting of activities for students and parents on Friday that continued until Sat- to enjoy. As a welcome to parents, urday at about noon. Cross country the dining hall prepared a festive runners shared this struggle, as they autumn buffet. Many parents, who had an early morning meet on the arrived on Friday, experienced the Saturday of Parents’ Weekend. Vari- food of Western Reserve through an ous other sports joined in this com- on-campus dinner after conferences mitment to the dismay of many with their children’s teachers. parents and students. However, for In the evening, parents and stu- many parents, seeing their child dents enjoyed a performing arts participate in a sporting event was a showcase in the Knight Fine Arts pleasant activity, especially for those KEVIN THOMAS Center. The showcase featuredHistory Teacher Diccon Ong ’81 educates parents on his notoriously difficult classes. proud parents raising varsity players performances from the band, or- or seniors. chestra, choir and the musical cast ing and showing how art permeates tain making the Night-Under-The- time to share quality activities, so it After all, how could we expect to supplemented with presentations campus. On Saturday, normal class- Stars-themed dance one to remem- would have been nice to allow for give our parents an authentic look from dance and stagecraft mem- es were truncated to 20 minutes as ber. more downtime. After all, the social into our busy world without a little bers. This display served as an excel- a way to allow parents to immerse Some students were unhappy aspect of Parents’ Weekend is one rushing around and cramming of lent way to highlight the arts pro- themselves in the academic cul- about the tight scheduling of the of the most important. Students the schedule? The many events were grams at Western Reserve. ture here at WRA. Later that day, weekend as it did not allow stu- and their families rarely have the well worth it. Attendees of Parents’ There was also a presentation homecoming was hosted outdoors dents sufficient time to spend with opportunity to meet people they Weekend, both young and old, about the two-dimensional and on the patio of Morgan Hall. This their friends and families. Many so often hear about. Sasha Davis made fond memories on campus three-dimensional arts, which dis- venue was appropriately decorated day students, let alone boarders, ’18 remarked, “My favorite things and look forward to seeing their played students making pots, paint- with lights and an apple-cider foun- rarely see their families or can allot about Parents’ Weekend are meet- parents or children again soon. Compass Finds Massive Success The Neill Family Move who could lead the class. Borrmann has difficulty responding appropri- By ADAM BIRCH ’16 noted, “I have always been interest- ately to sensory stimuli. He plans One of the biggest frustrations of ed in project-based and experiential to develop a prototype design for high school students tends to be the learning”, and often assigned such such a room, and employ it in test seemingly pointless nature of the projects in his German classes, so he centers. Paul says his inspiration for material that we study. We groan was excited to take over the class. “I the project comes from his sibling at converting imaginary numbers like to explore different approaches who suffers from Autism and SPD into trigonometric form and mope to learning,” remarked Borrmann, symptoms. when we have to memorize doric, “and I believe that this is what The Compass students are under- corinthian, and ionic columns. school will be like in the future.” taking a variety of different projects However, there is a new program Throughout the course of the year, in addition to the one propesed by here at Western Reserve Academy the students will be working closely Schumacher ’17. For exapmle, San- that aims to provide students with with the librarians to do research on dra Spurlock ’17 will be using her NATALIE DAVIES a framework for learning that emu- their topics. Borrmann also plans to artistic talents to add a mural to our lates real world experiences. WRA’s have many guest speakers and pre- little town of Hudson. It’s refresh- By KATIE WEINZIERL ’17 efits exclaiming, “our world has new promising project, Compass, senters and have the students attend ing to see our community’s students The Neill family has been one of become so incredibly global, and emphasizes budgeting, project off-campus lectures. use their unique talents and ideas to the most beloved on campus for the while I have spent a great deal of management and entrepreneurship Paul Schumacher ’17 is currently serve the world outside the lawn’s past four years, but Mr. Jeff Neill, time in Asia, it seems to me that as just a few of the skills important enrolled in Compass. Schumacher’s wide sweep. The students involved Director of College Counseling, exposing our children to a new cul- to this program. project involves “creating a com- with the Compass program have al- and Mrs. Annie Neill, Dean of ture is a tremendous gift that we Over the course of the school year, fortable environment for children ready geared up for a busy year, and Students, along with their children can give to them. Experiencing an- students enrolled in the Compass and adults suffering from Sensory we can be sure to hear more from Stella and Chase, will be relocat- other culture and learning another program meet with their Compass Processing Disorders (SPD).” SPD them later in the year when their ing to the Taipei American School language at this stage in their life is coordinators who oversee their is a condition in which the brain projects come to fruition. to start a new chapter of their lives. really amazing for us.” projects. At the end of the year, stu- Many were surprised to hear the Students and faculty alike know dents are expected to present their Neills were leaving WRA after a the Neill family and their effect on complete work in front of a com- short tenure. campus will be missed dearly. But mittee for assessment. Currently, However, Mr. Neill stated that the the Neills are also aware that the there are four juniors and seven move was a more than perfect deci- impact of WRA on them will last seniors enrolled in the class, each sion for his family. He elaborated, forever. Mrs. Neill remarked, “we of whom have their own unique “In regards to our family, we have will definitely miss the students at project and goals for the class. The long discussed moving internation- WRA,” because she “so thoroughly students will work independently ally, and this opportunity seemed enjoyed working with and estab- from one another to create and ex- too good to pass up at this stage lishing lifelong relationships with ecute their own ideas. in our careers and family life. Our so many WRA students!” German teacher, Dr. Ralf Bor- children are at a great age to be able The Neills’ new jobs at TAS will rmann, serves as the main Compass to move and to be able to pick up be similar to the ones they held at coordinator working with the stu- Mandarin, which is important to WRA: Mr. Neill will be the Direc- dents and supervising their proj- us. TAS (Taipei American School) tor of College Counselling, while ects. Borrmann became involved is a pre-K through grade 12 school, Mrs. Neill will likely work in coun- with the project after he had a and so both Stella (age 5) and Chase selling and admissions. conversation last spring with Mrs. (age 3) would be able to enroll in The Western Reserve Academy Mueller, Assistant Head of School, the school next year: a really won- community wishes the Neill family and English teacher Mr. Peterson DAN DORMAN derful situation for us.” the best of luck in starting their new about potential faculty members The Compass class discusses entrepreneurship with Dr. Borrmann Mr. Neill noted the cultural ben- life in Taiwan! 2 RESERVE RECORD NEWS OCTOBER 2015 The Reserve Record Established in 1925 Students Find Freedom Editor-in Chief Ajay Dakappagari The Reserve Record is the student- September Issue Corrections Editor-in Chief Tim Lund run, monthly newspaper of Western in New Friday Schedule Reserve Academy and the voice of The caption for the Caterham study hours. “The Green Key is Associate Editor Max Borrmann and for the student body. It aims to article on page 2 should read “The Managing Editor Niraj Naik By ZOHAIB MALIK ’19 educate its staff, writers and photog- nine WRA Caterham Scholars open longer, it’s nice to check-in Copy Editor Taryn Washburn raphers on journalistic style, format, pose on a statue of Winston Finally, it is Friday.