Sze, O'byrne Elected As New Trustee Leaders
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First Class Mail U.S. Postage Paid Mailed from 03833 Permit Number 78 “Te Oldest Continuously Running Preparatory School Newspaper in America” Vol. CXLI, Number 27 Tursday, October 31, 2019 Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, New Hampshire Michael Shafer Sze, O’Byrne ’ 71 Receives John Elected as New Phillips Award By MOKSHA AKIL, ANNE BRANDES TrusteeBy TUCKER GIBBS, Leaders LINA HUANG and LINA HUANG and MAEGAN PAUL Staf Writers Staf Writers and Contributing Writers “If you don't do something, who will?” Mi- Morgan Sze ’83 and Deidre O’Byrne ’84 chael Shafer ‘71 asked, leaning over the assembly will serve as President and Vice President stage podium. of the Board of Trustees, succeeding cur- Shafer has embodied a lifetime of service rent President Tony Downer ’75 and Vice in the fve decades since he received his Exeter President Wole Coaxum ’88 on June 30, diploma, whether by teaching at Rutgers Uni- 2020. Downer announced the decision in an versity in Political Science or founding Warm email to all Academy students and faculty Heart, an organization based in Phrao, Tailand this Tuesday. ofering health care, education, microenterprise Downer emphasized the important role and environmental sustainability initiatives for Trustee leaders play in overseeing Academy an underserved local community. operations and defining its broader insti- For these contributions and his dedica- tutional direction. “[Sze and O’Byrne] will tion to the non sibi mission, President of the play a critical role as the school journeys General Alumni Association (GAA) Ciatta into a promising future which pairs our Bayash ‘97 presented Shafer with the John and foundational values with creative initia- Elizabeth Phillips Award at last Friday’s assembly. tives to assure the relevance, leadership and Previously titled the John Phillips Award, this unmatched quality of an Exeter education,” honorable distinction annually recognizes one he said. PEA alumnus or alumna “whose life demon- Principal William Rawson reflected on strates founder John Phillips' ideal of goodness the great dedication and expertise Sze and and knowledge united in noble character and O’Byrne will bring to their respective posi- usefulness to mankind,” according to the PEA tions. “They bring considerable wisdom and Alumni website. experience to their duties as trustees, as well For Principal William Rawson, the award as a deep commitment to the mission of the serves as a pertinent reminder of the great school … I am confident they will provide potential all Exonians have to make a concrete excellent leadership," he said. diference. “Shafer once sat in this room [as a While Downer and Coaxum’s terms student] with no certainty about his future, no were limited to three years at the time of sense of the impact he might have in the world,” their appointment in 2017, the lengths of Rawson said. “Now, 51 years later, he is here and O’Byrne and Sze’s tenures have not yet been just received the Academy's highest honor.” determined. Rawson noted that while most In his acceptance speech, Shafer articulated Trustees serve in official board positions for both tremendous gratitude and slight embar- two or three years, bylaws allow for President rassment at “being recognized for leading my and Vice President tenures to be extended by life, a life that I think should not be exemplary a maximum of another three years. O’Byrne Members of the Afro-Latinx Exonian Society share their Eva Carchidi/Te Exonian AWARD, 2 experiences at Oct. 22 assembly. TRUSTEE, 3 By ANNEAcademy BRANDES, HostsThe final Consentproduct resulted in discus Workshops- feedback provided information for onStudent any healthy relationships, Body dating violence and JEANNIE EOM, TINA HUANG, sions with the Sexual Harassment & Rape conflict they felt their dorm might have being a bystander.” AMY LUM and PHILIP ORAVITAN Staf Writers and Contributing Writers Prevention Program (SHARPP) and HA- on certain dates [or] times.” A past incident of assault between VEN, the largest violence prevention and Each workshop was lead by a repre- two students under the pseudonyms, “Al- Students attended workshops on affir- support services in New Hampshire. The sentative from HAVEN or SHARPP who ice” and “Brian” started the conversation. mative consent led by Director of Student program was constructed around the 9 walked students through a presentation Freshman Alice snuck out of her house Well Being Christina Palmer, the Dean’s Principles of Effective Prevention. and introduced the 24-hour crisis hotline to attend a party and got a ride from her Office and outside consultants over the On the logistics side, Palmer took for confidential support. “The Academy peer’s older brother who assaulted her in past two weeks. feedback from several different cohorts has a Memorandum of Understanding his car. After a student-led sit-in last May of the Academy to inform elements of the (MOU) with HAVEN, as well a strong Exonians then voted on what percent against the Academy’s history of mishan- workshops’ format. “Organizing the entire relationship,” Palmer said. “The MOU of the fault belongs to Alice and to Brian. dling assault and the lack of sexual educa- student body into groups of 50–55 stu- formalizes both our commitments to work After students voted, the HAVEN rep- tion, students and faculty have discussed dents was quite an undertaking,” she said. together to provide trauma-informed resentative concluded that even though possible programs over the summer and “Student feedback had us work harder to services to our campus as well as preventa- Alice did sneak out of her house, get in into the school year. ensure division by grade level. Faculty tive programming that includes consent, CONSENT, 2 PEA Enables Seniors Win Exonians to Negley Awards ChangeBy BONA HONG,Names in U.S.By DANIEL History CHEN, SHEALA IACOBUCCI, EMILY KANG VERONICA CHOULGA and FELIX YEUNG and TUCKER GIBBS Staf Writers and Contribuitng Writers Staf Writers and Contributing Writer On Friday, Oct. 18, the Academy Seniors Samuel Farnsworth, Jasper released its Chosen Preferred Name Ludington and Nick Schwarz were award- Guidelines, enabling students and em- ed the 2018-19 Negley Prizes for their ployees to change their database iden- outstanding History 430 papers about the tification from their legal name. While National Rifle Association (NRA), black all student changes must be approved Seniors Jasper Ludington, Sam Farnsworth Tomas Wang/Te Exonian businesses in Durham, North Carolina un- by the Dean of Students Office, the and Nick Schwarz (not pictured) win Negleys. der Jim Crow segregation and the Fighting new system diverges significantly from on campus.” The guidelines allow this The written guidelines clarified Words Doctrine, respectively. the previous one, in which individuals name to be used in all situations except the difference between a chosen and a In their final term of the year long were listed on all Academy documents those where legal names are required preferred name. “Both terms describe United States history sequence, students by their legal name only. All approved by law. the intent of the initiative. A person spend a month writing a comprehensive, changes will be made within two weeks. While the guidelines will be re- may choose to be known by a different 10-15 page research paper on any topic The initial announcement, sent out flected in a new name change system, name; alternatively, a person may pre- of their choice—a massive academic un- via email by Dean of Students Brooks it is not a policy. “The initial charge fer to be known by a shortened name dertaking commonly known as the “333.” Moriarty, clarified the intentions be- originated in response to the Trustee or a nickname,” the document reads. A Recipients of the prestigious Negley Prize, hind the new system. “Phillips Exeter Diversity Vision Statement,” Director distinction between choice and prefer- awarded annually to the year’s best 333s, Academy recognizes that people may of Student Information and Gender In- ence may be made when submitting a were selected this year by a committee use names other than their legal name clusion Working Group Co-Chair Sar- name change request. of history instructors after an extensive, to identify themselves,” it read. “And ah Herrick said. “However, this is not The guidelines also outlined the three-month review of 22 nominated pa- so, to foster an environment that is in- a policy, but rather a set of guidelines name change approval process, warn- pers submitted for special consideration. clusive and encourages self-expression, to practice when addressing members ing students to be considerate in their Farnsworth decided to explore the the Academy has established a practice of our community, recognizing that choices. “[Exeter] reserves the right history of gun control in the U.S. by ana- whereby community members may people may use names other than their to deny inappropriate requests. Name lyzing the impact the NRA had on juris- opt to use a ‘Chosen Preferred Name’ legal name to identify themselves.” CHOSEN NAME, 3 NEGLEYS, 3 INSIDE WEB OPINIONS LIFE SPORTS Visit our website for exclusives. www.theexonian.com Senior Emily Gaw analyzes Facebook's Read about PEA Model United Nations Read about Exeter Cross Country's win proposal for an interal "Supreme Court" on conference. 5. against St. Pauls. 11. hate speech. 4. Follow our Instagram. www.instagram.com/theexonian Prep Sophia Zhang criticizes the emphasis Read about Senior of the Week Alisha Coaches Shaun Fishel, Craig Doran and placed on standardized testing. 4. Simmons. 6. Dan Ojeda are spotlighted this week. 12. Like us on Facebook. www.facebook.com/theexonian 2 THE EXONIAN NEWS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2019 PEA Participates in Consent Wokrshops Continued from CONSENT, 1 ShaferContinued from AWARD, Speaks 1 About Service have to participate in these programs at ater production.