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Welcome, Parents! Veritas Super Omnia Vol. CXXXI, No. 21 October 24, 2008 Phillips Academy STUdenTS ECONOMY MAY ATTend PALin, SLOW DOWN ObaMA RALLIES CAP. CAMPAIGN Students Organized Rally Administrators to Make Through Political Interest Final Decisions Meeting Groups on Campus With Trustees Next Week By ROB BUKA By TIM GHOSH As the November 4 Elec- Phillips Academy’s ongo- tion Day nears, some Andover ing capital campaign, aiming students have attempted to get to raise $300 million dollars, up-close and personal with $100 million more than its last the candidates. campaign and a record in prep A group of 16 students at- school fundraising, may even- tended Sarah Palin’s rally in tually be slowed by the recent Salem, New Hampshire on economic crisis. Wednesday, October 15, and Peter Ramsey, Secretary another group of eight at- of the Academy, will ask the tended Barack Obama’s rally Board of Trustees next week- in Londonderry, New Hamp- end to approve this goal for- shire the next day. mally, in addition to proposed The excursion to the Palin sets of priorities and a name rally was student-coordinated. and theme for the campaign. The Junior State of Ameri- Ramsey added, “At the same ca Club (JSA) obtained tickets time, given the financial crisis online for the Sarah Palin rally worldwide, we have to discuss after seeing an ad for the event M. Discenza/The Phillipian if this [campaign] is timely in in a local newspaper. Peter Yang ’10 performs a solo while the Yorkies back him up during Wednesday’s Grasshopper Night dress rehearsal. this [economic] environment.” David Lowenstein ’09, co- Since the campaign began, head of JSA, ordered the tick- $150 million has been pledged ets because enough people had and $100 million of those expressed interest for them to Virginia Sapiro Discusses Gender Lockhart ’64: Bush’s Ex-Teammate pledges has been received. consider the rallies a worth- Ramsey said the campaign will while trip. Now Fixing Fannie and Freddie go public on April 30, after be- Tickets were distributed to Issues in the Upcoming Election ing in a “quiet phase” since members of JSA, Democrats July 1, 2005. Club, Independents Club and By ANDREW MITCHELL his years spent working in the “There’s no question, at Republicans Club on a first By CELIA LEWIS private sector and overseas. least in my mind, that things come, first serve basis. Dr. Virginia Sapiro, Dean of en have voted more than men As a result of the current will be different. Some people Those who attended the the College of Arts and Scienc- and because of this, women Faced with the task of help- strains on the economy, “this can continue [to contribute], Palin rally left campus after es at Boston University, kicked “can really make a difference,” ing to pull the U.S. out of a [job] has obviously been a very [but] others can’t,” said Ram- school at 4:00 p.m. and didn’t off the guest speaker series for said Sapiro. tremendous economic crisis, difficult thing [to do],” Lockhart sey. “We as a team are com- return until 9:30 that night. the Brace Center for Gender Sapiro said that the most James B. said. mitted to reaching everyone. Erica Harris ’09, President Studies on Tuesday evening. important factor in determin- Lockhart III Fannie Mae and Freddie It’s important to talk to donors of the Andover Democrats Sapiro explained why more ing whether citizens vote is ’64 can draw Mac are government-spon- and volunteers all the time, Club, expressed her interest women identify themselves as partisanship. upon his ex- sored enterprises (GSEs) that not just when you want their in the Obama rally to Zach Democrats and more men as “Around 1980…you begin to perience in turn mortgages purchased money.” Hobbs, Teaching Fellow in Republicans. see that women are more likely the U.S. Navy from banks into packages to sell Ramsey continued, “We Community Service, who “I’m a social scientist. I’m to say they are Democratic,” and in man- worldwide. must continue to be, as always, planned the trip. not a pundit,” said Sapiro. As said Sapiro. “And Republicans aging the As the subprime mortgage respectful of others. We can’t Harris said, “I am a huge a social scientist, she said that have a little more strength in pensions of crisis unfolded, Lockhart per- now assume everybody’s in she examines long-term trends base among men.” millions of Americans to rescue sonally announced the decision good [financial] shape.” Continued on A5, Column 6 to understand the reasoning The reasons behind the di- the economy. of the federal government to Nancy Jeton, Special Assis- behind public opinion. vergence in gender partisan- Lockhart’s current role, assume responsibility over Fan- tant to the Head of School, said Sapiro presented a graph ship are manifold. as CEO and Chairman of the nie Mae and Freddie Mac on that the Trustees will have to of voter turnout by gender in When Democratic Presi- Oversight Board of the Federal September 7, 2008. set a “realistic” goal given the presidential elections for the Housing Finance Agency (OF- In June 2006, the Senate economic climate, and that INSIDE: last 40 years. Since 1984, wom- Continued on A8, Column 4 HEO), makes him the regula- confirmed current President the school might raise money tor of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac George W. Bush’s nomination more slowly than it usually and the 12 Federal Home Loan of Lockhart to the position of does. ON THE 35TH Banks. ANNIVERSARY In addition to ensuring the Continued on A8, Column 4 Continued on A8, Column 1 safety and soundness of mort- OF CO-EDUcation, gage finance lenders Fannie The Phillipian Mae and Freddie Mac, the Ambassador Dennis Ross GOES IN-DEPTH on OFHEO oversees and ensures “that [Mae and Mac] fulfill their Exchanges ASM for Obama WOMENS’ ISSUES at mission, which is really provid- PHILLIPS ACADEMY. ing stability and liquidity to the By YERIN PAK mortgage market,” said Lock- hart. Thanks to Democratic presi- year are already filled.” PAGE A6 and A7. Lockhart said his current job dential nominee Sen. Barack Ross was a major negotiator T. FergusoN/ THE PHILLIPIAN has been his most challenging Obama, Andover students this in the Middle East under both Sapiro spoke on Tuesday evening in Kemper Auditorium. and complex in comparison to week enjoyed a free Wednesday the H. W. Bush and Clinton ad- morning. ministrations. He was brought Former Ambassador Dennis to campus to share his unique Ali Flanders ’09 Hopes to Fill Colleges’ Quotas for ‘Weird People’ Ross was unable to speak at this perspective and experiences in week’s All-School Meeting be- the Middle East. anywhere I wouldn’t go, so tral aspect of her final choice this commonly held belief and cause Obama requested Ross’s Ross has worked in the By JULIA DEAN I didn’t apply to any safety will be where her boyfriend of said, “We’ve been dating for attendance for an event in Vir- Washington Institute for Near schools,” Flanders said. “…I two years, who currently goes two years [apart from one an- ginia. East Policy for the past 12 years This is the first of series of feel like because [my college to school in England, gets ac- other]. It’s something we both Although Ross was unable to and also works as an analyst for articles profiling students as counselor] wants everyone to cepted. want.” speak at this week’s All-School FOX News Channel. they go through the college ap- get into a college, she suggest- “I’m that girl,” Flanders While Flanders’s mother Meeting, many efforts are be- Ross is also a foreign policy plication process. ed a lot of schools that were said, acknowledging that peo- supports her decision, Flan- ing made to find a suitable time advisor to Obama. really small and obscure.” ple often frown upon making ders is applying to a wide to bring him on campus some- Daniah Missmar ’09 and Ali Flanders ’09 is the defi- On the other hand, Flan- such an important decision range of colleges to keep her time in the future, according to Emma Goldstein ’09 decided nition of an atypical college ders said, “I also don’t believe based on a relationship. Carlos Hoyt, Associate Dean of to apply for an Abbot Grant to applicant. in ‘reaches,’ because I’m kind Flanders disagreed with Continued on A4, Column 5 Students. bring Ross to campus shortly Although applying to col- of cocky. I think I can get in “The ambassador’s office has after Missmar’s CAMD scholar leges is often acknowledged where I apply.” been very apologetic and coop- presentation on Arab views on to be one of the most stressful Nevertheless, Flanders’s erative in terms of finding al- the western world. experiences an Andover stu- mother wants her to go to “a ternate dates. Currently, we are In her research, Missmar dent goes through, this is not school she has heard of before, working through several tenta- discovered that many students the case for Flanders. somewhere in the top 100.” tive dates,” said Hoyt. on campus know little about the Flanders has remained re- Flanders has only visited Hoyt said that if Ross is able Palestinian-Israeli conflict. markably calm and laidback two schools so far. to come to campus, he will likely “Emma and I were interested with the college application She said, “I figured they’re speak outside of the All-School in educating the Andover com- process, recently joking that all going to look pretty much Meeting time slot.