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Volume CXXI,' Number 5 , Andover, MA 01810 April 17, 1998

Chisholm, Flather, and Goldhirsh Are Finalists

by Dan Schwerin -

PHILLIPIAN NEWS ASSOCIATE r ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~PhillipsAcademy's 1170 students

~, will elect their 1998-99 School Presi - dent today. The voting, to take place in Commons during lunch and dinner, will choose the victor from among the Caddate Shevon Rce4rgtspasduring the POto /E. Whteman three finalists, J.P. Chisholm, Fred / debate which current Presiden JciBliss moderated Rlather, and Ben Goldhirsh a

WPAAHosts First in a Series ~~~of bra hntefrtfwsgswn up WPAAHosts First-ha a Series ~~around campus. When school recon- TwoPresidential Radio Debates ~~~~vened,the race was on inearnest, as TwoPresidential Radio Debates ~~~fifteen candidates solicited signatures ' - ______~ ~~~fromstudents. By Monday, April 6, by Silla Bush debate. they had gathered the requisite four- PHILLIPIAN STAFF WRITER The six candidates were divided hundred signatures apiece and were into two sections; the first section officially entered in the race. On Modayvenig, Apil 1 the included Flather, Rockett, and Moore, After enduring a blitz of posters six canda e enorscolprid3,te and the second section consisted of and campaigning, the students narZ 1 9 9 c o l Pr s dn i a i t JP. chnidsho re Fcolathersien Chisholm, Goldhirsh, and MacCallum. rowed the field to six candidates in the 1 99 9 S ho P r s d nF i ast Goldhirsh, Alex MacCallum, Al The candidates began by clarifying first preliminary round of voting on ther anpatfrm deailngther PO7 Thursday, April 9. The six remaining Moore, and Shevon Rockett, faced a thei platforsaand dtailingtheirepoingjapFredABe 7 FeBn daunting set of questions from a wide poals for president. Although mrinor cdiates poarcipatdin a3 WPAAh crsssetinf novr tuens n technical difficulties delayed the debaon onday, Aril 13on Tea Chishobhn Fladther Goldhirsh cros-ecio of. AnoersMenso beginning of the debate, the candidates Arl1,tefedwsaantimd Sm iN wesy"ocrM sahsts- acetr ascuet This radio debate format gave the ethivew ona this time to three. A second debate 02-.year Upper 3CoearUpord aahset -yarchester ascuet number of current school policies as was held on Thursday the 16th leading "Foxcroft Hall, FLG Hearsey House, FLG oBurtt House, FLG Phillips Academy community a direct well as their persnlmtviosfr utoodysialoe. 98 opportunittoycaltoncall initandrnaskgas p~inted Fotbsonalatamotivationsit Lforssup VtoBskoday'srstfinalshvote.a tatestanswerhedidues'ion hiTJyodany'9,o'Sernsat, mrs h uliatolflh-hilpScasthFotalocpano9-l*asiyLcrseMeeBskttingy qahc am '8 questionswtorth cadies.n othe Jayndi-ndarunning.eam Eat Ta 's Acll-Schiool t einlp '99, and Varsity Lacrosse, First ball, Dormitory Proctor, Peer '99, and Varsity GoARC, vies cntrverialandtoo suh asked the first group of candidates to Academy student body presidential Bassoonist, Chamber Orchestra Mediator Gse-hi cal issue Sas same-exexpres theirpartnes iews on te issuewhogspokeecio"The "ahe schoolidapresidespteisc-oo*p"I'delike'stoPosee morekeschoolmo eIcwant towabeh ao resprdsitntwhoois house counselors' and the proposal for couples as house counselors. All three in the Chapel this morning went tion that requires hardwor, unity."~ approachable, and one whom the a new block schedule. candidates adopted a moderately liber- through an exhausting process, includ- responsibility, and a good sense of *.students feel they can interact The truturlloed ofthedebte l aproch n adresin ths qes- ing two radio debates, two preliminary humor I want to he thejman."wth the ddstrcrfy dbte dallwe aionapprc inl tadresingal hisnqes-, rounds of voting, and an advertising wt. the anddaten th toclarfy idas ion.Mooe fet tat, in ll hnesy," battle, to reach that podium. written in their respective platformns. and in his personal experience with six On Thursday, April 9, students rent President, Jackie Bliss '98, serv- ilar messages for the voters, focusing another. Jackie Bliss, the current school presi- ______trimmed the original field of fifteen ing-as moderator. The first of these on school spirit, car permissions, and Rather believes that, with all the dent, served as moderator for the Continued on Page 10, Column 1I addtst i: .. Cihl 9 groups consisted of Rlather, Rockett, parietals. unfulfilled campaign promises he has - ~ ~ ..~~----. '- '.-~~~ - FrediRater '99 Ben:J olhish 99 and Moore; the second was Chisholm, The next day, students went t te seen in hiis three years at Andover, he- "1' AleMaalu A '99,or 9 Goldhirsh, and MacCallum. polls and selected the three-final candi- has a good idea of what measures ~~~"A~~~~~~ ~and Shevon Rockett '99. Nine cni Just as the station was etting dates: Chisholm, Flather, and Gold- "olbepsdthugtestudents V ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~dates,all with platfors and four-hun- under way with the debate, technical hirsh. Approximately 58% of the stu-- and faculty." His platform contains a dred'accompanying signatures, were difficulties arose. The station had at dents voted in the second round, a drop number of such proposals. He believes eliminated, ~~~~leastten minutes f dead air while from the 70% in the first round. tesho hudrtr oteplc "'~'~' ~i~Z'~"' Qn Monay, April 1, after the board members struggled to fix the Chisholm, who in his platform of "No Homework due on the Monday- A'~ ~"'~- ~ firstpreliminary roundof elections, the problem, Finally, Station Manager stressed that he would work as an following six day weeks." In order to E5 ~~ ~ ~ ~ "/ WPAA 4 debates were held. Aaron James Smithwick '99 discovered that "honest and reliable representative of simplify the car permission policy, ~~~~~'1 ~~~~~~~~Uit' ~~~~~~Litvin '00, Co-General Manager of the disruption resulted from a minor student opinion," who would endeavor Flather supports giving car permission ~~~J.5. WP~~~~~~~~~~~vAA,hoped the debate would bring problem with the mixer that feeds the to make the following school year "the stickers to all upperclassmen. Citing - ~ ~~~..-. '~~~interestingdiscussion that would help microphones, and the debate proceed- greatest ...of your [the student body's] studies which show that students leamn i~~~>~~ to~~~~ci~~,.~ ~ ~ ~ '~~~ students pick a candidate." The format ed unabated. life," has made a number of specific test better in the environment in which - 5/4J~~~~~~~J 0 fl of the debate had the candidates split Co-General Manager Teddy Dunp proposals to accompany his lofty they leamn, he proposes holding exams - ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~intotwo groups of three, with the cur- '99 said, "once they the candidates] rhetoric. He supports changes in the in the classrooms in which the course got ollig,hing wet wel."The school's policies on car permission, is aught. He also proposes a review of conlidtei'~an iff'a ries~uifary ordering out late in the evening, and the cut system, and suggests that the r J- , NI~~ , I ye ' r of their'respective platforms, and went parietals. Achievingarietalsschoolinunityl school mightm consideridnotngivingngcuts I-~~'PVI(Y~x~b~11('Cb~lln11-11Qf H!1r) ~J3~ on to field questions from callers.Il throughrcollectivecactivitiestisuchuas fsfrrelecctveeclassessorrtoostudentsswho R enownedVJ~.~. Co~Jlu mnLJist F anL LJnJ Many of the questions were difficult all-school barbecues or capture-the- made the honor role during the previ- and controversial. The two questions flag. Perhaps the most innovative of ous term. To amend the parietal policy, * T A.-..J--. f"AL. T-J-. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~citedby candidates afterwards as the Chisholm's proposals is his suggestion he suggests that parents be allowed to Gives Lecturez on Chiinese Literary most difficult were "what do you hate that the school publish a book of fill out permission slips, which would 11 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~mostabout Andover?" and "how will teacher profiles, as many colleges do. allow their children to have closed- Gen re of "M~1V1is cel a e uW i i mance?" asked by Theodore Won '98 stand their teacher's individual style Goldhirsh calls himself "an ambas- adDaniel Sullivan '00, respectively, and requirements, which can often______All six of the candidates had very sim- vary a great deal from one teacher to Continued on Page 10, Column 3 by Yuan Wang ulated by the government, and its______MHILLMPANADMIMiSTRATTvE EDITOR "prickly" social commentaries are logic and imagination. Because this '-n'~~______cause for fear among the powerful genre cannot exist without criticism, - elite, ~~~~~~~thewriter must use logic to funnel his Last Tuesday at 8 p.m., renowned eie esnn.Lk hlspeh a and widely respected Chinese newspa- As examples of miscellaneous roeain. Like aepilosoer, hnuchs Dr. Robert Perrin per olunisFa Linpreentd a writing's common targets, Mr. Lin t xmn h vdne odc i speech entitled "Miscellaneous Writ- used two exerpts from his works - one aalyscies nd hielpe ths ea geaie thes inaUnique Literary Genre in China" attacking contradictions within gov- faisi ie eti esg utGv Giv s L ctu eo ing,~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~~~~~~0 be sent with imagination and artistry. ~~. s L c ue o in the Taubman Room of Samuel erment policies, and the other the Phillips Hall. Sponsored by the country's propaganda efforts to Thus miscellaneous writing is poetic in '"~~ Phillips Academy Chinese Depart- smooth over social problems. In his a fashion, because while poets tjse firstarilM.LnlkndteCi M t e a isa ment, the talk explores za wen, or mis- articl, Mr. inrlienedste Chi descriptions ofthsueaiscl- cellaneous writing, a short yet pithy nese government's recent crackdown theoscrte mto se derptios. * fom ofChinselteraure hat ses on corruption to "a man fighting with a thAcncetAtrsie pFherrors hioricallyhands clituralybed shatirs e roiusie. Ytu eowl Only when one can achieve a balance hisoriallan cuturllybasdst eersubdu te Yt u eowl of logic and imagination, can one write to attack social injustices. nee udetemonster, " says Lu, a__successful______piece.__ "because ironically, he's the one who asucsflpe. Mr. Lin opened his presentation fedn ln h ae But perhaps the most powefu and "by Michael Tai with an emphasis on the uncommon has been feigt.AlnthsaePHILLIPIAN STAFF WRTE - natreijsellaeouswritng. o all- lines, the Chinese government cannot defining characteristic of miscella- II Ing the genre "a unique flower within really uproot corruption because it is neous witin ixsithemn ineswhicet Last Tuesday the Brace Center for thelierar hinee area," e prised something widely practiced among the daswtexliv isu.Th 4 ,, Gender Studies held its second lecture it as an instrument which manages to ranks of its own members. artis of ts pfwiin g sprays."M. of its FaclyFlosSre.Rbt pass the censors and to go beyond In his second article, Mr. Lin Lnlisnitidretapoc.Mis- PerPenn presented "Mathematics as an politcalropaandato ucove the attacked token moves made by the cellaneous writing is like conducting Luis Adaime,'Justin Reynolds, Jamine Mitchell, Photo ID. Kurs Art Form: A Challenge to Gender ptrths ophinesesoy "Thoerise- Chnsgoemntoprputei guerilla warfare," he said, "you hit anLaura Oh will participate in Pecos Pathways Essentialism." In his hour-long talk, truhshinsesocety"heisel f owhnesimgoe.Het o hep phem your target in small jabs, here and Dr. Perrin explored the issue of gender laneous writing is quite different from owimg.Htakdfthpen - there." As Mr. Lin's works demon- ~ tt ~ ,~, in mathematics and his general views the usual forms of literary criticism," enon where leading politicians are strate, in this genre, broad social criti- Six Stu ent to ravel o INew of mathematics. said Mr. Lin, "but out of all the articles shown planting trees on national tele- beiswtaspcfcxmleP bo yT bgnD.ernpeetd published on the Chinese newspaper, it vision as a sign of their support for mathematics ashart "om therm is the best way to leamn about China." environmentalist efforts. Mr. Lin fom everyday life, an isolated incident M ex .io w ith ea od Programi amtc s r. oe erm this sugaedprpagana effr om society that seems irrelevant. The are beautiful like paintings," said Dr' Mr. Lin went on to give a broad called this____a__sugared____ Prri.pHgsadntat hefesteti overiewf th gene thoughaddrss- by the government. 'He remarked, author then departs from that idea to Pri.H adta h etei ingethree of t saenethruatrstc:d Tere altsishnahs'tti dhr te ns abln ntitodsy by Charles Fuller and the Battle of Glorieta Pass during appeal of mathematics is not gender The ralityisChna has't tredgs, ancoeadfbls hssbl PILLIPIAN STAFF WRITER the Civil War marked the end of their biased. Dr. Perrin's recent faculty poll its nature, its formula for success, and to save its environment. Beijing is atera.kSinceeitfwaselocateduin oneiof the of the Phillips Academy Mathematics its structure. According to Mr. Lin, plagued by soil erosion, Shanghai by - throughesmanipula--SaPueblo Aattackojistsreinforcedthe Dprtetpovdhspon s7 . oluion..I orerto id te fac ton of characters and wording, which APewbd project onsrhe loby,he to assesthroug the angre duel Deprment provhemnad i pnt f7 miscellaneous writing derives much of ai puiogivesrert id h fc harnmless PeabodyMuseumefeArchaology, controlled the trade routes from the that they haven't sought to remedy gie pherases atiodeeperomean-ar the women agreed that math is aes- Lu, whoset duel thhnscoruto withn these problems, the government dishes ing. In the end, the writer uses the an h uboo ee iltk Plains to the east and from other south- gigtai t htonadlwitovrmentin thiln u pca re-lnigdy o h common thread between his decep- adteP blofJmzwltke western communities to the west. tonalysteeotpes, ch asfemae r outtree-pltting special d"d" forhtheplace in Pecos, New Mexico this sum- WhnteSanadFacc eCr- nt asmtemtiscal as fmalesr e to mid 1900's won him acclaim as the beei-fteveig ulc"M.Ln e innoce ra---om oug,_mer fro the21sttote-28h-ofJune 2. THE PHILLiPIAN NEWS APRIL 17, 1998

Guest Chamber MusiciansPebdSlctNS to Perform This Weekend Stdnsfo eoNes u m r

~ STFF~ a reularmembr ofthe rchetratf uenh ts orPe o !f. by Mary Ziegler Mrs. Lim-Dutton has performed as TuPo r m NEWS 1,2, 10 SPORTS 3-5 QUOTATION OF THE WEEK 4 St. Luke's and the New York Chamber A! JJSchool President to be Girls Softball No-Hitter "h oIhv oatn ae This weekend, Phillips Academy Symphony. She has served as concert- Elected Today Erica Hubbard '01 pitched a no-hit rape seminars, when I can't get a will host a performance by guest master for the New York City. Opera Cniudfro Page.1 The final round of the presidential shut out against Noble High School date?" chamberusician and mebers of National Company, and has recently th belection will take place today in Corn- on Saturday, and belted a home run to BNAI ODIS1 chambrmusciansand mmber o mpeedaturotJpnhPlnden Peabody Museum. mons during lunch and dinner. The lead her team to victory. p. 3 'MRMM A M the PA faculty. The recital will take The pilot program will bring up to race has narrowed to three from an ______place in the Timken Room in Graves Portugal with the Steve Reich Ensem--______Hall at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 18th, ble, with whom she has been affiliated eight students and two chaperones initial pool of fifteen. p. 1 Baseball Trounces Last Year's since 1992. ~~~~~~~fromPA to the Pecos Historical Park New Engliand Champions SEVENTH PAGE 7; C and will be free of charge. The musi- sne19.for one week with all expenses paid. WPAA Hosts Presidential Baseball outscored its opponents 28-2 Violist LawrenceDutton has . : ! ' cians who will appear include both VoitLwecDuonhs They will have the opportunity to par- Debate last week, beating Wilbraham andI ~~~~~~~~~GI Grammy Award winners and members eandarptto sbt rlfc ticipate in archaeological fieldwork, On Monday, WPAA held the first of Monson 19-1 and last year's New Canons Riveaerevs, a Star s oforhestas wich hve prfored ad a talented musician; not only does learn about Native American pottery, two debates. Six candidates, moderat- England Champions, Cushing, 9-1.A ThSentPaervwsltweks throughout the world. he commonly perform in over 100 attend the 8th Annual Kiln Confer- ed by current President Jackie Bliss, combination of strong pitching and Dieance4 pructio Cayorvee s a Among the artists performing this concerts each season, but he has ence, and partake in a firing in a sub- answered questions and sparred over hitting led to these victories. p. 3 Rivers, ran Stars.b Alsoreiwedi a ~veekend are such noted musicians as received four Grammy Awards. As a terranean kiln. Students will also have the issues. p. Girls' Lacrosse Wins Two.- Anthony Morales. p.7 B -violinist Elizabeth Lim-Dutton of the soloist, Mr. Dutton has performed for a chance to visit the Pueblo of Jemez Junls etrso nqe Ldb ete oh' 9 ih Steve Reich Ense ble, violist oceta inApnCooao tomtmdmdypter.Chinese Genre goals, Girls' Lacrosse beat KUA and ______Lawrence Dutton of the Emerson An twerp, Germany; Toledo, Ohio; The program will begin on Sun- AclieChnsJorastFnLn DianeLim Hartford, Connecticut; Oma, dayaiJuneC21,ewhenouthelstudentsiwillH NHndpertobtetamoandappeartbetheteamtoOPED_8_9 OPE89 String Quartet, and pianist DaeLmaa daJn21whntesunswil gave a lecture on the unique genre of beat this season as it looks towards -ofthe Longy Artists Ensemble. Nebraska; Richmond, Virginia; and meet in Albuquerque and travel to the "Miscillaneous Writing," a type of the championships. p_ Editorial The program will feature Bohuslav Anchorage, Alaska. He has been hon- Glonieta Conference Center outside of subtle protest literature which slips byI Martiu'sThreeMadrgals or Volin ored as a guest artist at numerous Pecos, where they will be staying. On Chinese censors. p. Athlete of the Week: The. Phillipian's stance on same-sex atn Viola," drigl fhostakoih' chamber music festivals, including, Monday, the students will become ori- Mr aoe ope shuecuslos aut "Snat Violao andtrPisanoiOpus ths fApn at e aiiad entated with the staff at Pecos Park. Perrin Gives Lecture on Post-graduate Mark Mahoney eamned should not strong-arm Op-Ed con- 14, oanBam'"Sonata nfor inOu Cilhamer Msicn SnthwFest.vn n They will then aid in excavation Math as Art Athlete of the Week honors with his tributers. p. 8 Vi7 olaan Pianpse 2,So.n1ti fo Chmbr utonortbest.onfo i efforts on Tuesday and Wednesday. At the Brace? Center, Dr. Perrin gave a excellent pitching. Mahoney struck Viol anNo.I Pino, i pus120F r. Dtto, bst kownforhis Thursday will be devoted to some lecture on mathematics as an art formn out thirteen Cushing batters while Opinions Major," and the Boston premiere of performances of the string quartets of sightseeing and a visit to the Pueblo, and challenged the gender stereotypes only allowing one walk. p. 5 A call for two-man presidential finals;: George Tsontakis's "Requiscat," a Beethoven and Bartok, was the winner and they will attend a conference on associated with the field of mathemat- a discussion of the multicultural expe- shortan piano viola piece.of last years' Grammy Award for indigenous pottery at the Park on Fri- ics. rience; OPP's bureucracy; President

Violinist Elizabeth Lim-Dutton "Best Chamber Performance." In addi- day and Saturday. On Sunday, the stu- -FEATURES 6 three political cartoons p. 8-9 currently serves as concertmaster tion, Mr. Dutton is a member of the dents will return home. Pecos Pathways Takes Six______instrumental of the revival of Rodgers Emro tigQatt h ny To apply for the Pecos program, Suet oNwMxc and Hammerstein's "The Sound of chamber music ensemble ever to win students needed to write an essay ePaoyMsu a eece rsdnilCniae Music." After attending the Profes- the Grammy Award for "Best Classi- explaining why the experience woul six students along with two alternates Profiled for the Pecos Pathways program in Presidential hopefuls J.P. Chisholm, Corrections sional Children's School in New York cal Album." be important to them. "They had New Mexico this summer. The stu- Fred Flather, and Ben Goldhirsh 'G City, she earned a Bachelor's Degree Pianist Diane Lim has enjoyed an have a sense of passion about it," sai dents chosen will explore the field of reveal their private lives and public In the Apnl 10 issue of The Phillipian, the: fro thJulird prstiiou chol o exensvemusical edcto;sehs Gabriella Browne, the Peabody Muse- archaelogy and leamn more about the programs on the eve of the election. Commentary Page published an article entitled: Music nork New Ciy. Durna her recieved both a Bachelor's and a Mas- umn's Education Coordinator and one Pueblo of Pecos. p. 1 Plus a quotebox asking "What do you "Leave WPAA Alone," by Drew Chin '00- MusicCity. Dufrihnghin NewYork Tb chol Pesden todoror This column misrepresented a number or educatin,she tudied ith the ter's degree from the Juiliard School o te caperones or te trip. Te want the ScolPeiett ofr events, and made accusations about an renutoned m s tusisDor th e fMsc hl tJlad h judges for the Pathways program Guest Musicians to Perform You?" and list of the Top Ten perks unnamed Faculty member, who was in factnot: aenodPu can rtyeay ore c th e JLheie Pn eo wanted a group of students with a Three noted chamber musicians, two of being School President. p. 6atfu. afPu ter. hetatrsreceived hraheeet aosea peinPit. She wide range of backgrounds and inter- violinists and a pianist, will perform ; Aftr shereceiedhe Mastr's hr achev octorspait rmShe ests. Six were selected to go, along in Graves H-all this weekend. p. 2 Pegree from Yale University, she went on to earn her withtwoaltataeswhowil beabl --Bo ,Wvent on to perform as a oos o ata colo uiadwie to par-take of the opportunity if the [niany orchestras around the world, purun he rdat tdes h a program receives enough funding. including the L'Orchestre de Bay- given the school's coveted Performer's Chessie Thacher '98, explaining l I 6nne-Cote Basque, L'Orchestre de Certificate. Well-known musicians her interest in the program, said, "I got W ITEI Bordeaux, the Nebraska Chamber Rosina Lhevinne, Martin Canin, and excited about it because it is an amaz- MR. IYAffI4NNC. brchetraandor te Phlbaronia Barry Snyder are amiong, those who ing way to experience life as an n i ~"'~PROMPT SAFE RIELIABLE i'irtuosi of New York. have served as her piano teachers. For- archaeologist. It will be a great chance Doors & Locks Adjusted Besides appearing in the United merly, Lim was a member of the piano to try and understand how people JEJ S ~ tatesha also sheprformed faculty at the State University of New interacted with the environment now, N ESShelving Recaulking stats,he hs aso prfomed York at Genesco and the Hochstein compared to then and overall it is an Garage Organizing throughout Europe and the Far East. Music School in Rochester, New Opportunity to broaden my horizons." Slow Drains Painting .Bo $he has played in chamber recitals for LekFact*Crpny krestigious musical institutions such as York. Since 1987, she has taught piano Justin Reynolds '99 commented, It is ANLeodea asreutr C en Laurentiaand Meneelssohn at the Longy School. Recently, Dr. a great chance to see the SouthwestAN YBne Isu dGterC aig Ptring Quartet, the Emerson String Lim was appointed to the PA piano can. tou ee t geos Ntiv Aomei-s x6847 474-8822 FuntueAragn Quarte, theDiamealTri, theBerk- faculty and regularly shares her experi- cas o e og ihsm isGlass & Screen Repair Gi shire Chamber Players, the Chelsea ence and expertise with students. Dr. from PAco andueabloul th istrcof ANG US ww~radmnntBasement Cleaning hamber Ensemble, and the New Lim performs often in the greater erditlosobagatxpi-63 3*. . York Chamber Soloists. Boston Area as a member of the ence." Longy Artists Ensemble. ______Academy arber1 Sh ol o lk ora 90 Main Street Andover, l

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The boys' tennis team remains undefeated The P'HLLIPIAN Post-graduate Mark Mahoney gave a mas- on the season, as it defeated MIT 3V and terful performance, stiking out thirteen NMH. Captain Pete Christodoulo '98 and batters against last year's New England ) AndrewMerle '00 led the Blue with their Champions, CashingCuhin Academy.Acdem. Mark's~~~~~~~~~~~~~~CamponsMrk' second stij weko is-aepa.performancc earned him this week's PAGEFOUR S P OR TS Athlete of the Weekee honors.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Ahlteofthhnos PAGE FIVE

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GnRuS' TRACK ANDOVER 84 TAFT62.5 Matt Palmer. -~~~~~~~~~~~~yunned him down. However, the lone~ DEERFIELD 30.5 SENtOR PHELLIPAN SPORTS WRTR With the score standing at 8-1, the Cushing run came on a passed ball that contest took a turn to the absurd in the some attribute to hs ack of high sixth. The blue batted around, and school game expenience. Turner also Boys' BASEBALL every starter except Ryan Sax '98 proved very valuable at the plate. ANDOVER 19 LI______scored. The RBI's were provided by The decision to bench Sax has also W&M 1I______Grant, Bough, and Palmer. Mahoney been very controversial. Whtle Sax

ANDOVER Ii ' crossed the plate twice in the inning.ining hadba beenben ini a slumplum atattheplae, theossdplateetwie hishis C~~~s~~NG1 Meanwhile, MarcMac HordonHrdn '00'0 fieldingielingablitesandsped abilities and speed madeadehi himnwhle CUSHINGI ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~showedoff his stuff in relief, striking an integral part' of the lineup. Despite

GIRLS' SOFTBALL .In its first few games, oeutihe idenforsa rekalde trte n thmove, Sax will no doubt be back ANDOVER 5 the Andover boys' seuieinns H ol'esatd soon. His base-running ability at the NOBLES0 Varsity baseball team pitching left-handed, he still would leadoff spotpot iss simplybssmplytootoon helpfuled, elpul tostllt thedleadffth NOBLES~~ ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~I~~ has both made a case have struck out all those guys," said team. a ANDOVER8 I~~~~~~L~~I for the ten-run rule Mike Turner. "He was in that much of WorcesterMiktheer firstsirstteamthatwil teama thatof willterthe KUA2 - . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~normallyused only in a groove." A weak single was all test the Blue, comes to Andover Satur- KUA2 BASEBA~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Lee W&H could manage against the Hor- day for an afternoon doubleheader. finedword te rout." don heat. Opponents like Worcester will be the * Bo~~s'LACROSSE Including its scrimmage withwirealoindicatorsica North Particularly exceptional inIcludingthescfield ofrjustjuhowh goododthis ALAY1-B oys'havLbetenShei novr h were Grant and Dent, each of whom team could be, though cream puffs like AANY 12 Aopponent bysmbied scorenofh31- handed in his usually clean perfor- Wilberham and Monson are littered 3 over the last three games. A superla- ac.thruhu noe'sshdl.Oc BRIDGTON 14 tive combination of pitching andCuhn the lineup settles, the boys should be at ANDOVER 3 power hitting helped the Blue to beat their peak, for the pitching staff has A ~~Wilbraham and Monson and Cushing Despite the general good play of already coalesced. Gu'LACROSSE this week. Though it hasn't played any the team, however,, the game resulted While Cline may continue to draw ANDOVER I I ough teams yet, the boys are already in some shake ups in the starting line- criticism for his moves, he will be in- KUA10 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~acquiringa reputation as one of the top up. Turner donne th as hile dicated or proved wrong only when clubs on the New England private Bough moved to center and Hordon th esnpasisl u;the talent ANDOVER 16 school circuit. took over in right. Despite the changes, required for a championship year is NMH11 the result of the game wasws similar:smilr: thehe certainlycerainy scatteredsattre throughoutrsulthougoutththehegam - Wilbrahain and Monson ~~~~~Bluetook over early and cruised on team'srot. --Boys' TENI Rightfielder Geoff Bough '99 led th tegho aoe' rut- Andover ANDOVER 9 ~'' the Blue past an overmatched Wilbra- maeywnnn yth cr o iet MIT ~0 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ , ham and Monson squad Saturday with one.Satrn fiehsadoe PlyrA R H RB MIT 0 four hits and six RBI's. TheThewin win Scatteringt five hits and one Player ABfourhitsRd Hi RBI'.

ANDOVER8 -, ~~~~~~~ the boys' record to 2-0, while unearned run throughtrouh aacompetegame complete game Bough.Bouh. efc 33n 0 0d0 0n NMH I confirming all the expectations of the performance, Mahoney took over the Grant, ss 3 2 1 0 Blue's pitching, rotation, game after an initial burst of power -Heighington. 3b 4 I 3 0 Gnus' TFr~i gam bea wtabngas from the Blue lineup. Dent, If 3 2 1 1 ST. PAUL'S 9 - post-graduate shortstop Kevin Grant I Even though the final margin of, Mahoney, p .4 1 1 2 ANDOVER 5 ~ 1 hit one over the fence in right-center the victory was eight runs, Andover's - ~~ ~-K ring the top of the first. Sur- ~~~~only big inning was the fifth. In the Turnier, c 3 2 1 I ~~~~~~~ prisingly, while Brian Heighington '98 early part of the game. Dent, second Hordon. rf 2 I 0 0 Boys' Ciutw held the opposition to two hits and one has eman Chris Meserole, and Mike Palmer, lb 2 0 0 0 KENT3 run through the first three innings, the ~~~~~~~~~~~Turnerall had RBI's. Mahoney sup- Meser-ole, 2b 3 0 2 4 ANDOVER 0 Blue could not muster any more runs.potdhswncueihanRIi- SxfI 0 0 In the fifth inning, however, the mid- ge in the fourth inning-.Otaanl 0 0 0 GmILs' CRuw ~~z~~; dle of the lineup exploded for five The pros and cons of -the Turner ANDOVER2 runs, highlighted byb a base clearingceainx mvebohmove both showedhowd upp durinc,urng thehe DitzDietz, 22b I 0 0 0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~iglihtd KENT 1 .' -- double by Bough, which scored third game. His main asset, his strong ar, Thurber 2b 0 0 0 0 Andover's pitching staff, which alloed only three runs Pht .Hoopes baseman Mike Turner '00, Catcher showed up when one of the Cushing

______~~thisyear, has been dominating so far this year Brett Farson '99, and first baseman players tried to steal second Turner TOTALS 30 9 9 8

-JuniorPhenoim Leads Softball i TL o, iglictrie

by Thayer Christodoulo . Andover PILLIPIAN SPORTS WRITER Player AB R H RBI

Roberge rf 4 1 1 0 Silito,2b, 3 2 2 2 Breen, 2b 1 0 0 0 Hubbard, p 4 1 2 1

The girls' varsity Sannp 0 0 0 0 softball team had an Bain, c 3 1 2 1W exceptional week Judge,c 0 0 0 - - ~~with a -0win over Tsai, cf 2 t 1 0

Noble HighSol Shaughnessy. b 2 0 0 ~-'~ ''~~ y:t ~~C~ vz~.- ,

on Saturday and a 8- Montanez, pr 0 0 0 0 - -~ A'-*'.* , win over Kimball Union Academy Decker, lb I 0 0 0 - . 'A -- ~ last Wednesday. Freshman sensation Capel b 3 0 0 0 161'Y"'', ~ hica Hubbard pitched a no-hit shut but Friday and continued this flawless 4oslb pattern for the first six innings o agl - ?r$-f Wednesday's game. With her TTL 9 8 1 6

~parkling performance this week, Hub- -______hard gives the Andover faithful much % to look forward to in years to come. Noble HS

NobleHS ~~~~~~~PlayerAB R H RBI 4 A Buttertield, cf 3 0 0 0 2- In the first outing of what looks to Dyer, f 3 0 0 0

~e a promising career, Hubbard struck Forbes, SS 3 0 0 0 i~ put twelve batters and walked none. Jenis p 3 0 0 0 r 7 - ~ -

Penior captain Rachel Bain called a Rainier, c: 2 0 0 0 *' - -/ '''A,. great game and helped the younger Frir b 2 0 0 0.,-,,*,

Hubbard along in her debut. In the Buce,2 0 0 0 0 it ' - . *-- .*- -' third inning, Hubbard helped her own ~zause by mashing the first home run Tbei,3 bf the season to open the scoring. Thij~saliI The girls' softball team has gotten off to a strong start, holding back its opponents with excellent pitching and defense. Though Photo / R. Magnus homerun spurred offensive hitting Allan, Ilb 2 0 0 0 still early in the season, the girls have made it clear that they will enjoy much success and compete for a championship. from the rest of the eamn, led by the TOTALS 22 0 0 0 throughout the game with great veloc- ing two runs. The Blue scored the third on a wild-pitch, before scorng on settled down and retired three straight: Wlever base-running of Rebecca God- bard was masterful, striking out ten ity. After two scoteless innings, the fourth run on an infield hit and a single by Bain. Tsai and Lisa KUA batters, including the last one on, 'II'9adRbcaBen'0 n a adwldgol4n neDh ui- BgBu rk hog iha ifed Advrmd h cr - we si Sagnsy'8wlean an asrkott n h ae perfectsacrifice bunt from co-c ptaiA anc of athe Binbeor giig a itb ile an 99 olo e y ech do a rrr ociginSlat. lte coe. Tsirn o e wih aOn Stud y te Bg let vl ~~~~~~~4 ~~~~~~~~~~THE PHILLIPIAN SPORTS APRIL 17, 1998

Girls' Track Shows Championsh~

'7: ~~~~~~~Form in Season's First. Competitioiff ByMaxSchorr corner Jenny Mc~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~unkinM~nkn '000 won~~~~~~~~~~~~coekJnn

4~~~ ______~~~~~~~~~yaxSchr n Q~ -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~PHILLIPIAN SPORTS EDITOR the long and high jump, and TaliZ pole vault, bettering her nearest opg- nent by afoot and ahalf. * ~~~~~~~Thesprinters gave Andover fr- ther control of the meet with strong ThispastSatuday, performances from Jocelyn Isenbur& girls' track and field '98,Desai Dundas '00, Sharon Hus%, -TACK~ on a n-met, deeat- bands '98, Megan Prahl '98, Shevo' ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~Rockett '99 Lucy Greene '00, Avery,, and ing Deerfield and Taft and Lindsay Burt '99. Isenburg iV6ii- ,~~~~~~~~ ,,~~~~~~~~~~~~~~,~~~~adopening its season with last year' s bt h omadte20 sW ~~~~~,~ ~~ ~~~hampionship.. form. The girls orm- bt h Omadte20 st nated the field events, boasting firsttemcusdithsorevn. place finishes in six of- the seven Greepadfisinte3mhw. ~~ ~~~ -~~~~'~~~--.- ~~~~~~~~. ~ vents, and the sprints, winning the desadte410rlyeaofDn _ lO~~~~~~~~~~m,~~~~~das, Isenburg Palnd Rcktt s -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~hrlsraces, ~" ude~l~~20 Andover's ndte30performance ~ aeotugaeotvictorious rh forn the oeaBig Blue..'' - ,~~~~ n Saturday shows that coach John~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The girls had a tougher time in the - - ~~~~~~-~~~~'-'~~~~ *~~~~ ~~~ ~~, 2'~~~~~~~' ~ Strudwick's team will contend for a ditnevnsbuAdorha ~~ ~ ~,-~~,3t'~~-'., ~~'- repeat as Interscholastic Champions. developed enough ofeelopedaoughlead toad holdold o t Aa,~~~* ~~~, , ~~ Led by captain Hannah Cole '98, and win. TheTe8fialisoretndovr final score, Andovndern. 84

V ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~- ,~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~tk-,Th '' Andover dominated the field events.Tat65-erid30.Nov Cole launched the shot put an amazing Andover -irs'gr track looks to feed 6fY ..-- ~~~~~~~~~~~~,-~~~~~~~- ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ : '~~~~~~~~~-~~~~of this solid win and tit its srd'~ - -. - ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-'&, -~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4 ~~~~34 feet and the discus an astounding - - ~~ ~ ~~~110 feet, taking first place in both, eas- tesao eist aeissa~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~' ~ p, - r Z .Advrsjmesotace Next Wednesday the girls face Tewkst- 13,. - - 4'<~~~~~~~~~~~~~~. ..~~~~~ ~ ~ ~ ?~n ~~.< those from Deerfield and Taft, win- buyadtehoeomtctis, V ~ ~ ~ ~ v'~~~~~ e~~~~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~~~--~~~~ning three of the four events. New- we'spromn.

'~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~BOYS' TRACK GIRLS' TRACK - -- -. ~~-,...~~-rr-s- Top Finishers - Top Finishers ~~~~f'~~____ ~~ Event Name Place Event Name Placq Annie Morris '98 has helped the girls' lacrosse team get off to a winning start. Photo R.Magnus Shot Put Williamson 1 Shpt Put Cole I The team again has its sights set on another New England Championship. Man-an 3 O'Hem 3

Javelin Constantino 1 Discus Cole' 1- Girls' Lacrosse Off to Q ick-Start Wirth He2 Long Jump Olkike - 1.. r-W" 0 a ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-Sunes 2 Long Jump McJunkin 1' TwoVictoriesto Re am ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~defeated Preman 3 Smithmih 3~~~~~~~~Prman ______e fe a te Triple Jump Okike High Jump Mciunkin . by Kate Macmillan tain Whitney Grace 98 was dominant stalling tactic, it seemed to come natu- cushing lead, the Blue was able to con- Mner PHILLPIANSPORSASOCIAE atcenter, winning almost every single rally, as many things have this season, cetaeo t ete fes opro- High Jump Williams draw that was taken. In fact, the first and the ame ended fittingly with duced one more first half goal on a Lasater 2PoleVault Avery 1 I I ~~~~~~~~goalof the game was scored when Gotha (4 goals, I assist) streaking nice feed from Harmieling to Gotha. * Grace gained control of the ball and down the field with thehebalahadofMenwil, ball, ahead of Meanwhile, whenhe NMH managed to 1500m100 FriedmanFiema 1500m100. Abbottbbt 3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~f:ildwih ______passed it to Heather Gotha '98, who in all her K.U.A. pursuers. It was a get the ball it also managed to carry it Phillips 2 l~ ude rh 1IF11 turn sped down the field, eluding tremendous victory in every aspect of to goal, where the Blue defense was2 defenders left and rig-ht to blast a shot the game, and the team could only constantly being called for hooting hr ude aae vr --past a dumbstruck K U.A. goalie So look forward to facing its next oppo- space and dangerous checking. Lucki- 400m Okike 2 Burt 3 Rare is the occasio began the Andover scoring spree. nent, NMH, a squad which handed the ly, Wessling played her most brilliant Mlt whnKth He- Grace herself scored next, and shortly Blue one of its two losses last season. gyame to date, and literally became a 1GmIebn * ~~derson, the seasoned thereafter Ashley Harmeling '00 net- wall to all NMH shooters. Perhaps loom Williams 3 Dundas 2 - head coac ofte ted a oal off a beautiful pass from such a dramatic improvement in goalie

varsity girls' Gotha Harmeling had a spectacular NM lycnb trbtdt golecah 800m Friedman - 280mAkra3 GIRLS' LACROSSEI lacrosse tam, day feeding from behind the net, and As the two teamns took the field last Sarah Conway '00, who has been able bestows compli- by the gamne's end she had racked up Wednesday, the Blue knew two things: to work closely with the goalies at 200m Williams 230mHrlsGen 1 ments upon the entire squad afer a three assists on passes to Anna Valeo oethcnerfrNH adunall practices. close 11-10 match. Yet there is no 'o~Gta n rc.Vlohdto over them last year and was back again Eneigtescn hlteBu 00 Friedman I20msebg doubt in anyone's mind that the Blue goals on the day, and both Megan adtoitsmlhdtofnawyto sat on a nice 9-2 lead. This enabled Sand 2 Husbands 1 deserved to be praised last Saturday Hayes '00 and Genevieve Babienburg defeat this team which somehow Coach Henderson to experiment with 30mMthl ~forone paying ofthe bet high '00 would also score before the ame awymngetoethebtrof different people at various positions Relays 30mMthl school games" that Henderson ould was over, them. Grace stepped up to the center and also allowed the attack to fine-tune 4xlIO0m Voccola 2 Relays recall ver seeig". In just its first game Pehp h otcmedbe and, as always, won the draw s soon soeofismoeitricat plas. ThrWllam 4xlO0m Dundas I of the reason, te Big Blue managed to player of the match was Sarah Cote as the ball flew into the air. She can-ied settled attack brought galsfo Saunders Isenburg -execute crisp, perfect passes', to shoot '00, who, in only her second year of it behind the goal and passed off to Gotha, Gr-ace, Dougherty, and Morris, SpringPr "quicly, and accurately, to clear the playing and first season on varsity, was Hamln.wote aeapret while i the same time Tysie, SawyerRckt .ball from its defensive zone with the asked to cover one of K.U A's best feed which was unfortunately saved by '9 sdhr speed at attack wn o 440 kk highest efficiency, and most impor- defense wing players man-to-man for th M ole h poigcne, run the ball in for some fast break Dinnenbc tantly, to maintain possession of the the entire game. Cote rose to the chal- haigpcedtebl upan care taction. Christine Anneberg, '00, a lowDine2 lengeher air]in styledowndefensemnan andshut 'ball in the tense final moments of the leg nsyeadsu0e ildw all the way downfield to the Blue oal, by trade, was called up to MaletzAvr Ackerman game. After such a demonstration of completely, while at the same tirne scrdo Wessling, tubrnighe fire one of her deadly free shots on the Br ~sheer athleticism and superb, all- comin uwihanmeofkyitr sceto10Tihwvrashe NMH goalie, and sure enough she was aroun teaworkthesqua sees to ceptions and blocks that prevented lattm htNHwudlafr able to deliver with a bulleting bounce oi , have once again established itself as some of K U.A. 's fast break attempts. Kate Macmillan '00 scored fouir goals shoi hnadto Sunderjii piy a -the teamn to bat this season. Helen Struck '98 was also higl in the first five minutes of the gameafinglndocaan effective on defense, and goalies with passes from Gotha, Grace, and Struck, in combination with Hillary Chace Wessling '99 and Fahreen Sun- ErnDuhry'8 hsgv h Fitzpatrick '00, was a force to be reck- K.U.A derjii '99, who split the game in the Bea4-ladwttenymues oned with on low defense. goal, came up with eight saves apiece. leti h is af M a ocd In short, this ame, which was aT o V e i el , 1t Atrthwser paNfull longmbsirie t Sunderjii's composure in the final to call a timeout-due to the Blue's fine display of the Big Blue's potent sive as the season progresses. Tho northwsternNew Hapshir, the minutes of the game, when K.U A-cut offensive overload, and from this point attack and transition skills, only con- by Austin Arensberg sickness of Collin Dinnee 9onSt ,Blue got ready to face off with a Kim- the Blue's lead' to only one oal, was oAnvenvrlokdbc.Gae tinued to assure lacrosse fans every-PHLIINSOTWRERudy asanovuse'9onSt -ble Union Academy team that includ- spectacular, for there were a number of anGoheahsoeonfsbrksa wrettteBleionaoltis acbuDnenproalet ~edwo Engand al-Ne layes onits instances where the ame could have short while later, followed quickiy by sesnTdytesudfcsH rr be back for the meet on Friday against --roster. It was obvious in the opening been lost had Sunderjii not been there Hamln crn on-ln nte JV in Siberia at 3:45 p.m. In the pas~t ~momets o thegame that the ong busmshots.in pontbass.The htnhe e ogetReading High School. Although Din- toBlstop goalie after intercepting a h tasis ben fneen hopes to go under 2 minutes for trip had not impaired the BigBu' As the game drew to a close, the fast-break dominance continued as games of the season, and it should beth80moFrdyheeaisalte capabilities. Starting from th tal team thi ew the ball over the field while Annie Morris '98 sped down from the interesting to see how the Blue man- Despite overwhelming skeptical about whether or not he will whistle, the Blue showed much higher K.U.A chased it helplessly. Though defense wing all the way to the goal to agsatrishtsra f~sickness among its be able to achieve this goal, since sucr intenity.U.A.As han uualcap- the girls had not even practiced such a bring the score to 8-2. With such a victories. os RC runners, the track team cess is partly hinged on the perfor- won their first meet on mance of the other team. But if te 1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Saturday against Deerfield and Taft at development of the distance group's I.' ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Deerfieldby ten points, and posed as a runners is any indication of their per- 1S ~veritable threat in virtually every formance later in the season, then'rt U ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~event.The team kept their strong would be in the best interest-of c c elo S, S ~~~~~~~~~~~.o l" B y s is ~~~~~~~~~record from last year by maintaining Andover's opposition to watch thie their undefeated status. The long dis- Big Blue cautiously. '00 andPiecarlo '99, Valdsoloefeated MI JV and NM this week tance runners led the team in winning The sprinting team was lead bUY Squad, Led by Outstanding Doubles Play of Drew Merle '0 n iral adsl 9,dfae I VadN Hti ek every event and placing first and sec BeuWlias'8 wofnshed se- ______~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ondin the 1500 and the 3KM. The ond in the 200m and turned ouf.a by Rowan Riley & *'~~~// .5-\ sprinting team gave an equally spec- strong performance in the 4 by lOm, Dominique Hendelman ~ .,,~/ ¼~tclar performance, winning the four as well as team captain Nnarmdi Okikce P'HILLIPIAN SPORTS WRITERS by four hundred and the 100 in the '98, Justin Voccola. '99, and Mal,* unseasonably warm weather. Fall '98. Okike won both the triple and ______~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~WithJohn Friedman '98 winning long jump, further setting the stage for most of the team's points ii the 3kmn, more wins to come later in the season. 800m, and the 500m, the long dis- -The four by four meter relay race was ______tance group did exceptionally well in won by Friedman, Dinneen, and new IOUTI el ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~allof their events. Friedman blazed freshman runner Alex Kelhenbek past his competitors, whom he had ini- '98, and finished by Okike. Williahm~ - Theboys' varsity ten- - iI'Th~ ~ tially followed for fun, closing his commentedfon thedfutureuof thes4ng'his -- ,nis team has had noth- 3km race with a phenomenal 59.5 ta ihcniec n piiri ing but success on the final lap. Ben Phillips '01 led the 'We're going to get nasty, " he said"' court so far, and this 1500SOm with a strong lead until the last That seems to be the general idea !-s Ir. week was no excep- ~VlOOm, when Friedman, who had shad- of things to come as the team heads THE PHILLIPIAN SPORTS APRuL 17, 1998 5

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Friday, April 17 GV Lacrosse Harvard JV 345 / ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~BVbTennis Belmont HFM 3:30 BV Track & Field Readin Mthg (SCrmnag)3:30 - ': P * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~GTrack & Field Reading High (Scrimm-age) 3:30

- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Satway,April 18 finals, Mark compiled a 5-0 pitching matters to everyone on the talented BV~ Baseball -Woi,&ester,(DH)" 11:00 In the past, Andover's baseball record' and an incredible .420 batting squad is a New England campi- BV Crew' St. John' /ISimsbiny/18ieter 300Q tas have been quite successful, average. At Newton North he had a onship, and that the season would GV Crew Simsbury /Exter-- 3:00 eircluding back-to-back New England record of 6-1 and batted .390, and was really be incomplete without one. In GV Softball' @ Bancroft /NMH 2:00 ~titles in 1995 and 1996. Although last named both a st-team Bay State Mark's words, "It will be interesting,- year the team struggled a little, there League All-Star and player of the year to see how we overcome adversity- Thesfay, April 21, ~are many reasons that it should return for a regional paper. Most important- how tough we are mentally. However G TensMiddlesex -4:00'. to top form this season. One of those ly, Mark was honored with the presti- anything less than a league champi- ~ Tni key reasons is Mark Mahoney, a post- gious Ham'ill Award, which is given onship in Worcester would be a disap- Wedne~day, April 22 ~rduate pitcher who brings loads of annually to the best high school base- pointment. That [a championship] is BY Baseball Harvard JV 3:30 Experience (not to mention talent) ball player in the city of Newton. It is what we're really gunning for". BY Lacrosse Hlees'30 with him to this year's squad. His pre- almost hard to believe that a baseball As the season progresses on, Mark GV Softball Pr-es. of Mayci mmg)31 science has already been felt, and player as talented as Mark would have is sure to make many more impressive BY ' (Scrimmage) 3:305 appreciated, thus far in the season, for time to do anything else, but he also showings on the mound. When not ____Vol__eyba______3__30_ in his first two pitching outings (vs. somehow managed to fit ice hockey pitching, the team will keep Mark's ,North Andover and Cushing) he has into his busy schedule, and continued big bat in the line-up, playing him at .led the team to impressive 12-1 and 9- to do so this past winter, second base. The team will no doubt v I1 victories. Against Cushing, Last year, when Mark was a continue to look him for his all-around 0 Ing up only three hits while striking he would want to do a post-graduate ents to Trinity College in Hartford, ,out thirteen, and at the plate still he year somewhere because he was to where he will play both ice hockey byJimbo Shea and Noah Orenstein one point, he told "the Kid" O'Neill, It was the incredible team of Noah helped his own cause picking up a hit graduate young. He says that his final and baseball. The captain of last PHILLIPLAN SPORTE WRITRS "Choose the driver, and you join me. Orenstein and Jimbo Shea, though, and an RBI for himself. While he decision came down between year's squad, Jarrett Bayliss '97, is ______Choose the wedge, and you join your that drove the final nail in the coffin. maintains that the team (which has Andover and Exeter, and when he vis- also currently a member of the Trinity 'se mother ...in death." Not only did the Even though Jimbo still hasn't found a outscored its opponents 40-3 in its ited here he "got a gut feeling that [he] baseball team, so be sure to look for a kdwn u oddters ftetadt otepoh n ohebr first three contests of the year) is yet to would love this place," and he has. small Andover contingent when read- .g kwinbuothe i resttioof he teams datset the promiheond Nah dembar-m face a formnidable pitcher, Mark does Says Mark: "You can't go wrong with ing Trinity baseball headlines nextOnabihwr wotedismc.Wenskdbut headpsfomheaeada admitthati defnitelhe suad "ona theacadmics., an th eol...n spring.wam wote hsmth he se buttesnpasfo h wtr n roll." hesud sdfiiey o the sportms.."ndshothe eniey. adoesprIn trso cnoldmns Wednesday afternoon being the only blemish of the day and whole lotta trash talking. By the end of Makfisogtivovd.ih-ae nt regrt! Is son omtiuae he definitelyaksyhtI em o cnweg owses, Greg Berard, Chris a total disgrace to his family and his the sixth hole, the women and children ball at the tender age of five, when he but enthusiastically insists that he has many thanks to his family, as well as ODnel ie shoh epne,"e etn wr u obd laigu h er joined a t-ball league in his hometown loved every minute of his time here at to his two high school coaches, Joe Pierog, Mike Rechnitz, shot a 50 at Old Newbury last year." Andrew Beasley and Ben Golhirsh of Newton, a city just outside of Andover. Siciliano from~r Newton North and IGOLF Sean Ghormly, and Knowing full well that Holdemness played amatch that didn't even matter. Boston. Shortly thereafter he began As the baseball season, surely Manny Conenery from Legion) These Brad Burwell set out for would stack their lineup, old man Jumping out to a four hole lead, playing Little League baseball, and Mark's favorite time of year, begins, people have helped him build- a career Far Corners; too bad the golf match Smith craftily mixed up the lineup to Beasley managed to fight off his oppo- moved up through the ranks of youth Mark is optimistic in how both it and that could be deemed illustrious even was scheduled at Trull Brook Golf bethmathirong e.Te etadwntemtc.Dsatd baseball until he entered Newton the team should end up. "We definite- at a stage so early as high school. Course. The coaches clever ruse had dynamic duo of Yetten and Veronique from his game by the looming elec- North High School. There he played ly have the talent to win every game; Down what path baseball will now worked. Prado-Lacoste easliy beat their oppo- tion, Goldhirsh still managed to be the for both the school and for the 440 we have good pitching and a great lead Mark Mahoney remains to be The real team played Holdemess nents, despite some interesting tag loudest person on the golf course. Legion team. Legion is a very corn- defense. We also have a great coach- seen, yet it will surely remain an inte- this Wednesday and totally demoral- team cheating. Leaving dejected and forlorn, petitive baseball league for players ing staff which has worked with the gral part of his life. For now, let's ized them. The opposing coach, Norm, Brian Faulk, wearing a hat that Norm tried to bait Andover into mak- ages 16-18, and it was on this team talent on and off the bench, which hope that a New England champi- said, "I don't know whtta Nt' rivals Greg Rosenheck's '99 jacket, ing the hour and a half ong ride up to * htMaktuy hn as eso. cud ev s is oehreaogtht Sithiaotibu wehoaucss"Htnsiesrei ad'Naaedtatoneeisopnntwt'hieMunan utSihknwbt While the squad went 21-1 and made cites the quality of the starting nine in road. Indeed, Smith gave the team some the help of "the Kid." Bouncing back ter than to fall for their trick. He sent *it to the sectional particular, but asserts that what really words of wisdom and inspiration. At from two double bogeys, Faulk pulled the. team on its way with little more off an astounding four straight birdies, than a good-bye kiss. A Tough Week for Boys' Lacrosse as It SuffersGil'TnsSqa Defeats at the Hands of Albany and Bridgton Overmatched by a Well byBabatunde Dapo Even though goalie Ben Park '98 was assists and two goals, echoed the senti- call, and kept the opposition's goals to l PHILLiPAN SPORTS WRITER playing solid, the big blue could not. ments of many when he said, "Itis sad a minimum. Defenders Smithwick andTr t ea a u se m ______regain composure. Albany soon took to see such great effort and no results." J.P. Chisholm '99 showed leadership M, I the lead by two, making the game 10- Bridgton as they continuously moved the ball to *. * * ~~~~~~~~~12.Attackman Brendan Hilly '99 the midfield.- After Bridgton scored by Thayer Christodoulo sao tnme or sseue e woke up the Andover team by scoring The boy's varsity lacrosse team two more goals, O'Brien, again shoul- P[LPA oRswira powerful serve and commanding fore- *. * from ~~~~~~abeautiful pass from fellow was pummeled by the elite forces of dering responsibility for helping the hn ootlyhropnn na * * ~~~~~~~~~attackmanEthan Brodie '99. With -Bridgton this Wednesday. Bridgton offense, carried the ball around the net ______easy two set match. In her varsity thirty seconds to go, Andover called a Academy, who had five all-Ameni- and scored. debut, Robin Lee '98 played well to defeating time-out. cans, played with a lot of brute force At half-time, Andover was down split sets with an even competitor. After dfaig After going over their strategy, the and skill. The Big Blue played well by three points with O'Brien unable t The girls' varsity ten- The doubles play was more favor- NMHlastweekendteam decided on having captain Kyle and had some good moments, hut ulti- play because of an arm injury. Rich this week, a high O'Brien '98 run the ball down the field mately the team could not suppress the filled the spot in the maidfield effective- nstaplydisus x able til ndtey on fourleof spirited Andover fell and wait until a definite scoring oppor- -powerful Bridgton offense. Andover ly, and helped Andover keep up with match of the season on sigae.Anubroedbl. Boys'~ Academy inAlanos tunity aririved. lost 3-14. Bridgton's strong midfield. Wednesday, losing 5-9 Agarwal and Grace lost the first set, Bos'LcpsAaemn__loeoatonndepei but came back to dominate the second 11-12battle and But instead 11-12of adhering battlec' to thisand With its smooth passes, BridgtonZ But Bridgton0 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~toset was able to move the'ENI asrnadexri with an impenetrable serve and laterBridgon to 3-14. oach plan, Andover, seeing a quicker way came out of the game early and scoe bal er qiclyan lnd7Ioasenced St. Paul's squad.volycmiain Mc~lerysad of he bos' gaes, ~ up the field, tossed the ball to attack- two goals. Andover, upon realizing before Wing scored with a quick-stick Though the loss is disappointing A ubrtoduls eeo was very pleased with both perfor- man Wing. that Bridgtonc was playing harder than from Hilley, tallying Andover's third because the Big Blue beat St. Paul's and Lee used their skillful strokes and mance.ust ned We tofine une or edWing was immediately bombard- them, stepped up their efforts. Captain and final goal. last spring, the Andover team per- edand the ball was passed to mid- O'Brien took the lead by scoring with The amne ended with Bridgton formed valiantly with several team aggresiepa oos hi poet ~~.mestrategy." ~~~fielder Pete Salisbury '99, who quick- a bouncing low shot after dodging Academy lacrosse team defeating members playing in their riy in two ames. Varsity newcomers Albany Academy ly headed for a goal with 4 seconds towards the goal His success boosted Andover 14 to 3. In a great display of debuts,.ast nt ua '9adTnaGi 9 left. Salisbury looked for a high left Andover morale, stimulating the tal- spirit, Andover gave their all compet- IsigeAy eern played well to spilt sets with St. Paul's, Coming off of last week's big win corner shot but in mid swing his stick ented Andover offense to work Wing, ing with a New England Prep School paenubroolyamial in the number three doubles competi- against NMH, the boys' varsity was hit and the ball was hurled high Brody, Lee, and Hfilly came together to powerhouse lacrosse team. Chisholm jump from last year's number three tion. 1acrosse team entered the field with over the gdal. ' form some great attacks but were not said, "We were optimistic about the position. Though Amy played well, CmetdcpanAawlfl intensity. The game, which started Although they lost 1-12, Andover able to put the ball in the net. game going into half time, but it was sh ol o omn h onsad lowing the match, "It was our first with the Big Blue leading 8-5 at half- knew that that they had played the Early on, the Andover defense had hard to bounce back after Bridgton lost both sets. In the number two posi- match and we didn't have much match 'iime, disappointingly ended with game well. Efforts by Albany Acade- to stay alert in order to stop the quick pumped in four at the beginning of the tin ati opl gra 99 experience. The St. Paul's team had 'Albany Academy outscoring Andover my; however, overwhelmed the Big attackmen Bridgton was sending for- third quarter. They were just Ca very found herself opld Aahrwreslt already played two matches and one -by' four goals in the second half and Blue. Attackman Hilly, who had three ward. Goalie Ben Park answered the mature and experienced team." ehdTero'.scrimmage coming into our match and 'capturing the win at 12-1 1. ehe eeo'.Z -The mighty Blue began the game Carolyn Grace '99 moved up dra- they were just more prepared than we ~~.~~almly, using its talented attackmen matically to number three on the lad- wereticalyweretodaytoday.e ButeBut at ourladrematrchni lateraerin and midfield to pass the ball along der from last year's number six posi- thseonw'rgigtopa until scoring opportunities arrived. tion. Grace lost in two sets, though her stronger and do really well. We'll only zTaking control early on, Post-graduate results do not represent the equality of get better with experience" -midfielders Charlie Rich '98 and Rob the competitors and Grace barely lost The girls in blue will resume C-istafuilli '98 each capitalized on the first set in a 7-5 tie break, maceCetTedy gis vide ~Albany defensive errors and scored. Newcomer Thalia Forbes '01, sex, which will be followed by match- Albany Academy, not ready to give in,'gv h i letefrtwnoh es against the Milton powerhouse and

.fTq~ured Andover's favors by quickly -rival Exeter. netting two goals. Attackman Dave IC Wing '98 then answered back by car- rying the ball from behind the net and -Girls' Tennis, vs St. Paul's d56refully sliding it past the AlbanyReus(i 'defense to put Andover up 3 to 2. Singles R sls(nsets) .. However, Andover's strong and Teleron 0-2 expenienced defense had trouble con-' gra - .;ia~ning the quick and skilled attackmien 4F Albany Academy. Defense players Grace 0-2 Ilifnmy Smithwick '99, J.P. Chisholm Forbes 2-0 99, John Tarintino '98, and BriceLe1- -Crawford '98 did their best to cover -. Lee for the multiple man-up situation 0 Albany was given by a couple of mys- 'Doubles ,tqious calls from the referee. Albany A 1C~ - -took these chances given them and A..-garwal..Grace 1 .scored 8 out of their 12 goals on theTe ro/ e20 rewarded mian-up's.Ternl e20 - - As Albany turned up their intensi- Kumar/Geis 1-1 .ty, Andover began to stumble over ,Simple skills. The tides were turned 11_~~,p I - I - - -- I Boys Tennis vs NMH - 6- THE PHILLIPIAN FEATUJRES APRJL 17, 1998

From Big Banners to Big- Blimps:

Chisholm Campaigns resentative of Foxcroft. He was named able person when it comes to impor- by EncCho "Wee" the principal bassoonist of the orches- tant matters. Is dedication to do theI PHILLIPLAN STAFF WRITER ______tra due to his musical talent, and next best he can do, no matter what the task -- I "ChizPrezare fr th words year, he will lead the varsity football may be, has always been a distinct and "ChizforPez" ae thewords team, as the co-captain, into their sea- important trait he proudly carries. bioldly painted in blue that hang from son. These positions have been given When asked how he stands out the windows of Foxcroft, the head- to him Dot only because of his talent in from the field of superb presidential quarters for the J.P Chisholm for sports and music, but also because of candidates, Chisholm humbly President"'campaign. This natural bom, his leadership qualities, responsibility, responded by aying that he will bring leader hails from the great state f and diligence. Or maybe he was the same qualities to the position, but New Jersey, where he prepared for choosen just because he's bigger than much more of it. He emphasizes that what he expected to be and currently everyone who decides these things. he will not lose focus of what needs to is, asudentat uccesful Phllips Through his exeine, be done as the year passes. He promi-.~ Academy Andover. Chisholm has gathered all of the char- es to be one of the hardest working, JIa At Phillips Academy, Chisholm acteristics he believes critical in a most determined presidents of p has been able to experience many school president. His work ethic has Andover. types of leadership, which he believes ealdhmtdowlicdmcs Throughout hiscapin -- .,* will make him a great president. This and sports while being socially Chisholm has made it clear that, i oil~. school year, he has been a member Of healthy. His sense of responsibility has elected, there are some things he is the student council, asa dormitory rep- made him trustworthy and a depend- sure to do to make PA a better place as ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~for everyone. L n He hopes to be able to bring the Fred Flather, also known PhotoL._____

K;,,:- - ~~~~~~~~studentsand the faculty somewhat as Ned Flanders ~~z'~~~ '[K:: ~~~closertogether than they currently are.s While talking with a teacher about his Si interest in students forming closer rela- P

I ~~~~~~~~~~~~tionshipswith the faculty,' the idea of a having-an all-school barbecue&where a _ ~~~~~~~~~~~theteachers could cook for the student o:St ____ Hdh!Nib ~~~~~~~~~bodywas suggested to him. He has e Zr- ~~~~~~~~~~~oftenoblerved people complaining i about the teaching style of a certain student for-um where students wouldRu , heteacher. proposestb Thu~~~~~~~~~, have a ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~' s'~~~~~~~" ~~~ ~ b 5.,--.- ~~~~~~~~beable to look at a teacher's profileI N rianuers I rresiaent - that would explain his/her classes and teaching style. To solve the hunger ei problems of those busy students who teielshoprsdnFenae qutonnmy idtatferaewdi i9 )( ~~~~~~~~unfortnately misses the dinner served by Alex WaldmanteidascolpsdnFrdamd qsinin ymndhtafrafw bytiyto commns, extndhe theill HILLIPIN STAFFWRITERimportant qualities like a kind person- barbeques, this campus would be roar- v

- ~~~~~~~~~~~hourswhen a boarding student is aiy togfclyrltos n n ihsho prt hnmyea allowedtoordr foodand/orhave a All the way from Concord, Massa- ch llnns owr eiusyt ae atrafwmoebreus hscm - - - section of Commons open a day to chusetts rises Fred "Ned Flanders" eage.Fdhostoitteom pus could resemble one big hpp - erecodfod Loin t h bg Flather, an aspiring leader and a ralistic changes next year, including family.

y~~~picture,'~-~~~-'*.,- - -- he aspires to maintain a fun, Phillips Academy presidential candi- sacte oennpaenalpris theo for lm- s Thetwack o fh acuictio and yet studious atmosphere. date. Voted through the primaries last itthe einn fteya o i- openess bewethhaulyadte-I ~~~~~~-"~~~~~' ~~Considering, the fact that he will be Thursday, Fred has already been itd car permission and closed door students is an issue that Fred feels very t the co-captain of the football team and selected into a oup of three semfi- wsparita , an eworke fter six dlays strongly aotMny say that the n the principal bassoonist of the orches- nalist candidates.'With his past leader- wbees oyrnexecsesn for alsstschool president has no influence, but n tra, the presidency would only add to ship experience as both a dorm repre- asnefoelcisadfrstets if the faculty would keep open minds h -~~~-% ~~, the already large okod u ecn sentative and a proctor, Fred has the who have made honor roll the previous and listen to the students' ideas, more s - ~~~~~~~~'-~~~~~~fidently- told me, "I believe that I will determnination and the experience to be tieer-presidential influence could be creat- wI be able to work hard for the student your 1998 presidential choice. in addition to these administrative ed. If Fred were next year's president, body because I know what my limit Every president must have a set of ueFeCloblee ta h ewudmk asgetaPefrIsh [workload] is and what Ilam capable of opinions on what he/she perceives as school needs to foster more school could to open these lines of communi- P once I set my mind to it." Looking at imperfections -within the school sys- srty ne ofas unity. He feels that cur- cation Pt his academic, athletic, and musical tem. The desire to change those flaws rety on fthe main factors seperat- Each of the presidential candidates career, so far at Phillips Academy, one is no doubt the primary incentive ing the student body is the four dining, has their own ideas and Fred feels that do a great job as president. If -, - ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~canclearly see that he is cut out to behind many electee's candidacies. halls in Commons. This split during- he would J.P. Chisholn, seen here in his-usual Photo L. H-oopes assume the role of the school presi- Fred's main concern about mals encourages students to enclose elected, Fred would not concentrate attire of Armnani...'49 .dent. Andover's current policy is the uneven thmeyswthnoednnghl u- equally on all his views, but instead balance between student responsibility ngmaswihoecqutrby would concentrate on the most impor- inside the classroom and outside of the diiihn h vralsho prt tant and realistic topics. If these ideas -~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~classroom. He feels that if students are To remedy this, Fred proposes all- -are brought to faculty meetings, maybe considered responsible enough to meet shobaecsontegrass in front the faculty would honestlycconsider eF a tu~re s : V e 1 Me o a academic uidelines like punctual Of Comm-ons. This way people would taking, action on them.

~~classroom attandance, they should be during dinner, perhaps with an old ]ITplTen est I considered rspnsileenoghtoresponsible enough to han-an domdorm friendried theyheyhae have lstconaclost contact~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~cnsierd Ouffe r YCo a n 't Ro"'he fu s e . u a ll dlecerainpriilgesoutideof he with. This occasional meal change Things Abo'ut -- LII7V II') 9 t) 7C) )(6C)f Pete )(6 30 4 When asked fo arough sketch of classtunityramonggstudents.eTherehis n classroom, would initiate more school spirit and B i gS -President

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~U1IM1111..~I t Godirh adSofWrwss e amiability and openness of mind to tising campaign of any of the candi- -alGreenhouse. - Landowstics o a emboies allthe chaacter- this constant uprooting and experience dates, Goldhirsh has obviously caught '99 man who is going places in with many cultures. the eyes of students aon aps e harley- -- this smll world n which w live. As Ben's family moved-back to the "In creating my posters, my campaign YouWUen ll~~iny - - hhaveeeadverogtt brought toim light, en Ben is attractingampraing ~~~affluentUieSttsi191adstldith mining community of Man- mngradcmpgnemhvelized cutting-edge technolog n- from the Trustee's - , i ,'~~j'-~- ~ attention from such diverse bodies as chester-By-the-Sea, Massachusetts. spent numerous hours in both the Polk Roomli.- -~ - .. '-'~9-' ~ the national media core- and new-age Attending the local middle school, Ben and Computer centers," commented- --- ~~-~~~F4~~~~~~-' -- - ~~~~~clothing designers. Although the pub- impressed his teachers with his world- Goldhirsh. This technical advantage ~~ T ~ - - lic eye seems to be his current resi- liness and excellent study habits. It has given Goldhirsh an obvious lead in 6.Your- speeches are melak~ome gurs. .1-LI)~ one G dence, Golhirsh remais a humble was in this period of Ben's life that he gossip circles around campus and the al a s o d because - bh~,Gdmass, wh jut ant th bst or he took up the sport hewould coeto appearance of being the most put- Rv.wrte aecommunity.-uess . love: golf. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~togetherof the candidates. L ee Ben's stemampain aroud his Most afternoons after school, Ben It is clear at this point that Gold- much,canthe"?" beief that the Andovr of today is sim- would walk down to the local driving hirsh is the talk of the students and NnamdiOkie98 commnity lackshumor andseems ~irrange and hit golf balls until early should tally a competitive percentage - be toflle muh wih rsenmen of evening. It was at this range that Ben on Friday. 5 ou,,get to pretend - bte school. All-Soolc eetn are a t u~ hds~~tjsn t Y -i, ~~~~goodtime to build a better sense of~ 4~~py'reaI~guy&' Steve Dietz '98 ~community and have some fun at the The Phillipianreally I ~~~~~~~~ADTftt~ 8 same time," commented Goldhirsh.

"~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~This approach has proven to be popu- -has. - ~~ ,-~~~-.i,-~~~~~~~ ~ ~ lar with the student body and has won - ~ q~~lu-I~1aL~ ~ caiI~~ IasL him much support to date, In keeping 4. You get-.-to ride with! with his goal to bring the community - - wantstogether, to orga- Goldhirsh also iN~~~~~~~~~4. THE PH1LLIPIAN SEVENTH PAGE APRIL 17, 1998 7

Dancingbythe..

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~~~ I -~~~~~~~~~ music gradually increased, the small '~~~~~ ~ ~ \ ~ ~ udenewas entranced by the out-v.~~ Moralserfor an therProell potry ~ o'l . Whtema stadingexcerpt of the opera Dido andEeasperformed last Friday adSaturday night in the Tang Theater as part of the Dance 40 pro- A~~~~. ~~~duction, Canyons, Rivers, and Stars, Pole CcitAND Ant-Boogie: ~~~~~~~Thanksto brilliant choreography and the superb direction of Midge Classroom~~~~~~~Hostscuden ~~~~ the talented dancers por- ClassroomHosts Student Poets ~~~~trayedthe story beautifully, keeping koffkrmon the audience thoroughly entertained. i. to be a doctor and to help everyone in "Watermelon Man," an entirely - Itsa furious foice that fuels the his town by feeding them, healing different type of piece, followed Dido potyand readings of Yaqub Prowell them, and giving te moy. and fneas . The most whimsical Malesa.Polecat) '98 and Anthony Prowell immersed himself in the performance of the evening, the piece 4 Mrls(a.k.a. Ant-Boogie) '98. On character and was captivating, even fetrdAxHing'9adSra. - J Sunday the 16th in the theater class- through a deep voice and physical LeClerc '99 trying to capture the room, the two performed their own stature.herofNcJhnn.Wtteicol;'*~ poetry and the poetry of such writers Morales was particularly success- sugaes nd uve 7sdic and Amniri Baraka. It was a true irreverent humor into his rough- ' t ed because the show was one of the "America's Online" with the harsh laughs and cheers ahendotei most compelling and danng produc- tones of a modem signal as he spoke perform-ance. sr tions of the year. about the, loss of both human touch Providing a contrast to the humor Standing side by side, the duo and the fleecing of America. and fun of "Watermelon Man," Ellen began by reciting the compositions of With "Saturday Night," Morales Yang '98 performed a mysterious the other poets. Soon after, Prowell shocked the crowd by describing a solo dance entitled "Elegia." began the solo readings, instantly lonely Saturday filled with pornogra- Followinga. her excellent solo, Yang • ! entrancing the audience with his phy and self-satisfaction. Even with and five other dancers finished the- dominating on-st age presence. His all of the revolutionary messages of first half of the production with voice boomed through the classroom the evening, the biggest crowd reac- "Deep Breakfast,"' an abstract piece - as he raised his right arm and pointed tion occurred when Morales beginning with a duet and gradually '0 " ' toward the crowd while reciting descenbed a certain creamy, white liq- building to a sextet. -~ ~ ~ "Niggers R Scared of Revolution." uid Exclamations of "Oh my God!" After a brief intermission, o-~ ,. , '., ~

Of the two, Prowell seemed to met this bold statement. lection of wenty-six intermediate and ,, . 'f .. - capture the audience a hair more than The set was a simple raised plat- advanced dancers participated in T'.7' Morales by speaking in strict rhythms form with a music stand that held the higlit of the production, a dance ~ ~ ,. that kept listeners intent on hearing writings This kept the audience Ple ihbih oosaddnmc ~ ~ ' every word of his poetry. It should be focused on the two as they drama- viulefet.Eln ageprse noted, however, thatMorales added a tized their works. Prowell and he' eligvbottesac: I a huge sense of depth to Prowell's pre- Morales made no attempt to dress up getta o fitreit sentation by chiming in with random the evening by surrounding themn- dacrweebltopfrm hw, words and bouncing back and forth to selves with poofy chairs or hand ~~ ,' ' ~ - r-* Prowell's rhythms. ,drums or big candles to express the everhls,tiigwthe sliot o godA'~rec :'.

One of Prowell's most impressive different emotions of their poetry. 'eetees h lgtipre- 4 e.4 .. .~~ pieces was "Urban Dream." The Thank God for that. The two tinntmngwsbrlnocele - .VAi' poem hits a thick nerve as an inno- depended on their talent for writing astepromneived ay- cent boy tells his father of his dream and nothing else, and that is what audience members. H.G. Masters '00 ;'""v made the night so successful. In fact, had amore positive attitude about he-Dance 40studentsprovide an evening of great dancing. Photo L. Hoopes teonly flaw of the evening was that dance, describing it as "really great. I eeii~~~erici ~te music stand occasionally blocked loved it! It came together really well dance production course that requires In addition to practicing howev- Ever since the programn was founded. Vk~VI ~ ~ ~ ~~te ot' nesfyn an liln, intelstwe, seialdinete an audition or interview to participate er, Dance 40 students are required to the class has produced qUality pertor- I would hope that this is not the floor spacing was different in the in. Four double periods per week and work on research projects about spe- mances. end of performance poetry in the the- Tang Theater from the dance class- an occasjbnal weekend commitment cific choreographers and themes Last Firiday's show was no excep- -- ater department because people room and studio.". make up the course, which is usually related to their production. tion. The quality of the dancei-s was ven t ~~seemed truly moved after witnessing Dance 40, which Judith sp~nt preparing for a major perfor- -The success o,this and other pro- magnificent, and those who turned - ~~~~~~~theshow. Wombwell began two years ago, is a mance toward the end of each term. ductions should'npr asing otose itwetetdton ~~rte~~~~~y~~~f ______~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~dancers to audition foi Dance 40 evening of great dancing C~~~~~~~~~E.6~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Of ~~~~~~~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ i s- ' e

_-C Icuus Returns to P y21

- -' '.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~late, to pull off the complicated per- enjoyal. Ireti -I M Fbr'thiose of yo who are plan- A thin blanket of deja vu coated formances needed to sustain Perhaps the best thing about the niij to, gtay o:n campus this Steinbach Theater last Sunday night. Schaffer's character drama. However, show was Natasha Bentley-Leek as- __ Weekend, Mr.. Driscoll has put Silver horse heads stared down the in the grand tradition of Phillips Alan's mother, Dora. Leek was~' a joy T together' another eciticing series entering spectators and a bare wood- Academy performances, the actors to watch and a delight to hear, and she hipecofat rkcetdbySpaneAaoPto/1 of events for your benefi. Your en platform graced the stage. Even transcended age and all contributed to had Dora's persona down cold. Her Csi aeJdl a~esn n adaSnhz faithful editors have selflessly more familiar than the Dave a fascinating evening of theater, transitions were solid, her fear and provided. you, IWith thi's concise Matthews Band music echoing Equus is the story of a teenage frustration were evident, and her per- i~ DJALy lsdespite the-unfortunate fact through the crowd was the name boy (Alan Strang, played by Rob formance was nothing short of fantas-fl Beyofl i thi GelbPIi (an:e that neither one of us will have stamped across playbills throughout Heanley) who is hospitalized for stab- tic. Conan Skyrmne as Alan's dad, W -dle maEE the' op'portunity 'to enjoy II GW: Equus. Yes, Peter Schaffer's bing and blinding six horses. While Frank, had an Irish-ish accent and itinerary. powerful drama of hospitals and hors- the events leading up to Alan's hor-i- great facial expressions that made '-'''<'' ~~eshad come to haunt Phillips ble actions unfold in flashbacks, him a strong player (editor's note: m rilF a s td n ~ 4~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~- Academy once again Alan's psychiatrist, Martin Dysart, Faran Krentcil has a massive crush on Strday - After an initial Equus appearance deals with his own emotions ad Conan Skyrmne). pydA~tr 10frteueo Moi i I(, per_ last November (splendidly directed actions in affected turmnoil. Dysart Freddie Onslow as Dysart's comn- Thsltfaler.A atm hepiinsornedy by Laurie Kindred '97), audiences turns to the old Greek Gods in obses- rade, Hester, seemed stiff in her spnoe apitngwrhpin Tedwllbarngomie wxedfamiliar with names like Alan sion, while Alan invents a new reli- movements but fabulously crisp and horofLtnAswekd.Cc nxtm taloghhetead 6:90 waxed ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Mendez,Addison Education Fellow channel are not yet known. Ceci was -' ~~Strang and Martin Dysart. But here gion based on horses and. eventually, exciting in voice. If only her charac- an coritrofpnigwrk nerifrmdxcly hchan- they were again, taller and older, with "the God of Equus." Meanwhile, ter had been on the radio, her perfor- shphpdtZaeagetrnmig eeueaiefo hspr ,WJ~o~uarmo vie- English accents and black turtle- Alan's family life and Dysart's mar- mnance would have been perfect! e fpriiat hnta ferle iual ii iccetdb '8:00 necks. Did we have room for another riage enter the picture. In the end, Nick Trumble's Dalton (the stable evnsAlhuhiwanoadr- Jee Mcesn '01, Sandra Equus in our maemories? Fortunately, everything falls apart in a riveting owner) gave a brief, shining appear- tised, "Latino Beats" attracted around Sanchez '00, Cassie Jarnes '00, and most of us did. Last Sunday's Equus final flashback and one final mono- ance. He was quick and responsive forty students, including both nmem- Stephanie Aiaujo 0l The art pro- Sunday ~~~~~~wasa powerful and simplistic inter- logue from Dysart. with the other actors, and I wish he bers and non-members of the spon- ducer himself is not sure which will Bus, trpt y u pretation of Peter Schaffer's fascinat- Munday's Dysart was quite good, could have stayed in the spotlight 'soring clubs. From six o'clock to be seen after the commercial is edited PsP, ~~~~ingplay. maybe even brilliant. His greatest longer, sign-in on Friday, October 31, stu- completely; however, Ps work is favorite,all . -' ' E ~The production was 'mounted by strength seemed to be his vocal color- Susie Green as Jill, Alan's one- dents were free to come in and out of most likely to receive air time. (Rockingham) ~~~~Britsfrom Cranleigh School in ing and his ability to react to others, night-stand-gone-bad, was very Gelb Gallery to work on collabora- As for AfLatAm, the $100 was E ngland, an academy blessed with a While no one could accuse Munday relaxed and perhaps a bit too calm for tive paintings. There were varied put to good use this past Friday, when 11:.30 dramatic dynasty dating back to Sir of spontaneity (which isn't all bad, the part. But she made the most of a sizes of paper, foam-core poster students worked to create backdrops -'-' -'' Michael Redgrave's teaching days. since no one could accuse Dysart of shallow character. O~y Kl' ors eclpses n cyi o h a fia -rts Festival, English teacher Julian Johnson- it, either), he listened to the characters Nugget served his purpose and gal- paints to be used for creating draw- which will be held on the knoll in

Monday, - ' ':' ~~Munday, who cast himself in the star- and responded to them like a master, loped around with ease and grace. ings, paintings, and collages. By the PKN. ring role of Dysart, directed the show. It was a "jolly good" performance by Perhaps the most ratifying thing end of the night, there were just under Its organizers, including Dr. CheerPA flhl~fleIS-, "' A gutsy and questionable move in a fine actor, and the clatter of about the show was how well the cast forty lively pieces of, art expressing Shaw, the Maquebelas, Mr. Efinger, (BostonMarathon) ~itself, this casting choice protruded applause at the finale silenced most worked together. Their ensemble different views on "Identity: Past, Mrs. Schorr, and Mrs. Carter-Griffith, eve more becus of ohnso- qualm about is age. show addtrmndu flow and a ' Present, and Future" (the theme for are lanningy to ut together a collec- 8 THE PHILLIPIAN OP-ED APRIL 17, 1998

Volumne Thi, PIIUL LWI,A NNer Religious Issues Raised Over

Tom Lyons Charles E. Landow ItNat Sm ithl flSL 0, Fadultydvisor 19319 Editor--in-Chief Faculy Advisor 1998- IM uJlt l .E1pra l erienrc Collin T Evans Ep r ec Managing Editor EthnicMan ~~feelingmore at home than ever have while -ll News Administration Business Photoap~ Head An Easter! Passover weekend... the bi-cul- Ehi a eating a late af'ternoon supper in the humbfous A~sD, er Yuan Wang Jonah Levine Lnsyoopes tural experience that I usually call my life as a NOAH KAYE company of one my friendis extended family, w su ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Jewin America, a land where come December, last Friday night I endured my first and last They weren't my family and the food was just Editorial ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~Photographyhalf of the hypo-assirnilated Jewish population See hr h ussbaatydikte- as- non-kosher as Commons, but I neve' EioalPage Drwaowin Circulation Dick agnus spoils their children with a Christmas tree and a Selves uner the gtable.tvery lesingko the stpe mln. aeadfmlysoiswr Eli I~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~aganJeffrey Loh ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~~evs ne tetbe.Eeyblsigoftesope miig ak n aml trisw Eli KaganDrew-BaldwiJ.furkin Asocath Hanukah bush, rolls on. wine was like another round in a drinking game served for no less than three hours, a time in ct Sot Seventh &,, ~lw~nY In actuality, these two holidays have as the Seder's leader, a nineteen year-old frat which the weight of school-life concerns could- -, Nick 9 achinis Jennie Cohen Advertising Nm,)rCroal little in common aside from sharing the early boy filled his glass to the brim, ridiculing me " Max Schorr Alex Moore Eugene Berardi ~ o~Lnhtefor partaking in the blessing "like a woman." "M weekend was the kind &SvtbNadin L,fiedd The wine was the sugary, syrupy, Manischevitz M i Features D~~~ ~ ~~~eSCiLnm "I was fortunate enough to concoction Jews drink on special occasions, of story that would make Pete Salisbury Silla Brush Nathanielr'owler Awmg1ncluel hw o uhw nwaothvn Jimbo Shea Andre, Coody ~~~stuff myself not once, but soshwmcwekwabuhviga for anperfect anecdote il twice last weekend, with uamnbiarcopy.WeaputgP.A.'s yearly publication on.", ,, overtly effeminate guest wined, "Why dowe tes'-~' ' ~~~~~~~~~Jews as well as Gentiles." have to say more prayers? Why do we have to theschol' teemfing ED I I TA0 RL keep a pomsewihpromise with Gododmae made byy oururanes ances- mltcutualsm c~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~kep Chritiangetto g outandtors'?iI coldly reminded him that only the tradi- Spring season. Chitasgtt ootadtional four questions (Why is this night differ n'tso efo noigtecnuewn enjoy the weather, hunting for eggs in their pas- ent than all other nights?) are asked at he drn hlrn rtesneta ooystn I+If'~~~~~~~~~~~hI~~~~~~~~~ ~teole byohea reniinsi th e us stry ehadfre enrations eouled ciedJudaism drn hlrn rteses htnbd iig Our PositLUon on Dom estic' tel-coloredblothesnwhieoinsidehe E ulle Seestnoharoryepladdehpn at that table was headed anywhere too soon, a Partners- Dorm u ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~gnawingon our own hard-boiled eggs with freely than he cared to think about and ruin hsreassurance swee hnalteCduyeggs _ inho eshorseradish, matzah, parsley and other delica- dainty cake and coffee desert,.ntewrdfrakd wya coldrn cies unique to Passover. IoiayoEatrSnyIfudmsefholiday.- But each holiday offers an enjoyable time IrnclyonEseSudyIfndmef -a we~~suipian we published an editor- ~~~~for families to gather around the table, laugh at 1n.-last-week'sPhillipian, we published an editor- the sloppy way little kids eat, and argue ancient lal ataking the Student Council for composing a points in ancient quarrels destined to remain I,6 poiti~n, which we considered indefensible, per- Alzheimer's and forgets .L ih lec unolve unil tebrofagialy sromeon getaso-an par tamiing -to gay. and lesbian couples as house No mmeoaeieruwafr Fr l)LS~ tunate enough to stuff myself not once, but oralu iI counselors in dorms. We now-feel it appropriate twice last weekend, with Jews as well as Gen-n to express our feelings on this issue, which will be til efctwaedthe in .stoyalwoulimaeM D J an important topic of discussion among the stu- don on the school's teeming multiculturalism. I Maybe they'd stick me into the cover photo- 5 'dents, faculty, Trustees, and the community, graph. I'm )White and Jewish, so they'd kill two Cl' areearly, many there factors at hand whe~~~~~~~~~nbirds with one stone just by asking me to wear this Many would argue that ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~aMaccabiah Beer t-shirt. But I'd have to smile,d looking at tisquestion. ayw udageta and that wouldn't feel right after three years ofb unhap hoiasaa rmthe culture I was 't allo ingsame sex coulsidom wolmae rsdinndtefamiliarity of Passover ath potential students uneasy about coming to the home. scol lo hr sth osbliyta Nonetheless, Ihad my Seder, and Ihad my Also,is~th thre possibiity thatalumni Easter supper too. Iwholeheartedly believe thate would. oppose this change and stop donatingc 'money, possibly constituting a major loss o caexua 'tal for the School. Another consideration is thatS e u S the state of Massachusetts doesn't ako leg same sex marriages, for legal purposes, and the Micon c ,school doesn't allow unmarried couples to live inS u t ar dorms.Sutar Despite a of these objections, we believe that'--r ,the, chool'should go ahead and allow gay and Outrageous Th-k'I~Ino S~CIIc1 lesiancouples to be house counselors., First of all, there isabsolutely no indication thatIFevnlBliePA ' nc pr t these couples would not be fine house coun- DREW CHINA Cn

selors. Second, though there may be potential Sexual harassment is an issuelIdon't com- ______. pletely understand. What's clear to me is ths: students afraid of coming to the school because that making unwanted and forceful sxual ofhomophobic beliefs, we feel that these stu- advances or using one's superiority to elicit sex I W ,,of belifrmeone'ssubodinatelistilicithehaviosinliomophobic E lectio nc F in alists dents- don't belong here anyway. If a student did- frmoessbriae silctbhvo ntu herebecause of a fear of Jewish an~~~~~~~~ysituation. (Or at least that's what I've been tiira want to come hrbeas ofafaofJw h, led to believe by decisions handed down fromlvl lO 7 thbihetcutente ad)Th rtei o or Black faculty members, he or she wouldn't sexual harassment is such that nowadays it en given~nyconideraion, bcauseour cm uiy seems that if you're benignly conversing with a Political Opinion the voefrwi.Ti -1h-'sto acceptboth d'cidd Blacks nd Jews. We woman and she catches an unwanted waft of Andover's presidential implies better support for a a I e ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~yourtantalizing breath, the next thing you election format is a very suc- JOSH BEIER the president, and a better believe it is time to accept gays and lesbians too. know you're sitting in a court room facing cessful system. However, one general respect among the fe charges that you and your sweet breath comn- simple change could vastly improve the students for their president. ' f mitted painful wrongs. process and eliminate some major problems. Unfortunately, this change may have to s The issue of gender becoming a factor in the wait until next year, but there is no excuse for I' election is a very popular subject. As unfortu- this change not to occur. It should be easy to Strong-Arming Our V~~~~~~~~~~~~~~riters ~~~~"The criteriafor sexual nate as it may be, the gender of the presidential enact, and it is likely to be very popular among harassment nowadays, it ~~~candidates seems to play a major role in voting, students. Hopefully, gender will not be a factor Jackie Bliss has been a phenomenal presi- in the election's outcome. It would also be even seems, is that if a woman dent and no complaints can be made about her more pleasing to see the winning candidate catchesan unwanted waft ~~~work. However, many student will agree that receive a majority of the vote. i Last~~~ ~ ivtw~~~~ ~ DayCommentary ~~~~~~ breath, you year's election, Jackie receivedinlastyearsvoteso HoaciewrcetodC tts ' 'Last .'e MaDa, PiliiaM Comm ntay o you brath yo from the majority of females at Andover, while H wt ontact wrote an article entitled Do We Really may be guilty." TalrHreigadJai oa pih The Phillipian. C.,olumnist, majority of the male votes. This is sad, but true. Need, Art 1."' In the column, Day recounted his ______There should not be this overwhelming All readers are welcome to submit letters or experiencesinas athe student course, and then Ihave read stories that are even more ludi trend of malesm votingoforgmalemacandidatestandan anuscriptspfororppubicationnusingganyyoffthe females voting for female candidates. What masblw e tergtt dtsb gavehis regarding opinion them. Though his ~~~~~~~~~~~crous.For example, the case of Demovich v. ca edn o~ sgne iciiainumssionis. Please include name arid signature,q ,viewsn' do n't ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~GreatFalls. Josephine Dernovich, a former There is one simple solution that resolve a ortlpoenme fusigeml;noy - viewsdo not n~~~ecessarily represent those of The mncpllekwaapledtcoorrslarge part of the dilemmua. Instead of reducing mSssbisonPilntbepbihd Phillipian, ~we-,stand by him as a journalist. He whpasdronsmtyhtsdeiig the number of candidates in the final round to hasthe rightexress his opinion on the ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~bestialityand incest. Although she wasn't three students, the final round should consist of The l to directly exposed to the pornography, she sued, two candidates. Thus, ifif there happenss.hapens tos,t beebePTh lPhiplaian B ?Commentary;:Page of, this publication, just, like setn htteiae rae sie one male and one female-in the finals, the only envromen'n hr orklae. ppyin tisway for either candidate to win is to receive e:_Very member'.of the school co mmunity. enironmenrt" inul hewpace.applyaing this Philisc"lm Iz.sAcdm I. -_ , -~~~~~~- I .. ; publish~~~~~eortsvcoldn pireprmnsamgzieta votes from students of the opposite sex. Advr I4080~ However, as might have been expected, the pulservainpites If every male student votes for the male A~vr A0.1 !~~Deartent -~~ theA I' '~~~~~'"~~"' Crivelli~~Yet more disheartening is the sight of sex- candidate and every female does the same for ij~ii -- f heAID p mrrhn, Elin Ciel, re 'ri ual harassment seeping into the world of finej V arts. I came across an article about a ity- tefmlcadaehnterwodbeTelephone: manded, Da:y, saying that his" article had been employee in Murfreesboro, Tennessee who (978)7048 ude an~hd-degrading to:-those in his class and his filed a sexual harassment complaint against the Tecreteeto I I - ~~~~~~citybecause she was offended by a painting of Th uret lcto ~The, teacher. Department Chair went on to, in a nude woman on display at the city hll. procedurexleadsdue edst t8ax749-472( Although the judge ruled in favor of thie'artst, . . *~ '8 ~"Day'swordsi, ",harrass" him.st74475 In community~~~~~~Ath~~~~'~~~ goal to """' diver- ~~~~the plaintiffs audacity in filing such a charge is voting along gender ______de] a VVII'JQ~~~hos goa is to acieve ivr unsettling. The painting is now disallowed in lines. - 1 fahflpinadoe :~!ty,' tjs important~t refrain frmciiiig tes select areas of public offices because city offi- -eca:phfiinanoerd tofrom criticizing others c~~~~~~~~~~~ialsare afraid of future suits. F Iset

forexressig ther opiion. thatbyechstisinlmustbegdelt e contnd tht' agee tht sexal wihtswitlyrbtureaonablrougly harssmen isa issu acieearFrtunaelykhat sceniot iClikeiCaKaglinKatnWrtemfsttheeP-dDaPate.itharswiftddlyus atx6623- 'ii theArt 1 ______~ never~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ly to take place. Mathemitically,' ______the, De issue''with'' rtment~~~~had ~~whichever candidate receives more votes from I ~O~ 'r ~~*Day~C~earythe Department had issue with "Our judicial system has the opposite sex wins. Because of that reality, .Th1-e Phi li tn-.w lco . .siers, -e I _9o't(e THE PHIOLLIPIAN OP-ED APRIL 17, 1998 9-

-Bureaucracy Runs Political Cartoons Welhi Access

Rampantat ~~~~~Should Be opp in my estima- Opinion that the office wasn't ~js aPn overlym OinioGn organized enough to s -,,inis anoel LK GNnotice there obvious blun- P'AX RAN 9) ar o r t bureaucratic organization that needs to get its der, shows an inherent problem in its operation. W.HAI 6OUL-D IDo??? a P i r t . act together. I shall recount to you two separate At the end of Winter term I decided to 4/ .Opinion deialings that I had with OPP, in the hopes of change rooms. The plan was that I would move ~'b /~ , publicizing the rediculous manner in which the my possesions to my new room when I );- .JOHN ARC IMBRESCIIA p Qffice of the Physi- i returned from vacation. ' ~~l isolatdedl prob Th w s t Afe~ ad move a Have you ever noticed how there are no .two isoated"Tbe pro- fct that PP wasof my stuff into the new 1/ "wheelchair bound students at Phillips Acade- IYlms. organized enough to notice room, it became appar- *1 /my? The reason for this lies not with the ~Thefirst incident ent hblunder,'t eedadmissions office, but rather with the school's "'ccurea te ndofthereoccurredof at theobvious end blneshow theettatIwudntne extra storage space Licampus. When you think about what it would 'the fall term this anl inherent polmfithat the free standing be like in a wheelchair on this campus you ypear. I had a small iso rto "wrdoeithrom,..-jrealize why there are no students at this institu- couch in my room provided. Knowing that ti on who are wheelchair bound. tuthat formed an "" with my other couch mak- extra furniture from the rooms was as a rule, .. Before I go any further, I want to let every- -ing for a very enjoyable living space. Granted, removed by OPP, I called them and asked them oeknow that I am not just speculating about the couch was not in the best condition, as the to remove it. The woman at OPP took my mes- why someone in a wheelchair would not want covering was tearing in several places, but my sage, and said she would call back if there was to go here. I am an Adaptive Si-Instructor plan was to have it recovered shortly. During a problem. After two days of waiting, I hadn't ding the winter; our ski school takes many an examination of my room, OPP made it clear heard anything back from OPP, and so I wheelchair bound students out skiing. Many `6me that the couch would be removed, assumed my plan was fine. I placed the of the instructors also require the use of wheel- ""b~cause it was a fire hazard. I guess- it made wardrobe in the hail, with a note explaing that J chairs and I have talked with them about his 'sense at the time, because it partially blocked OPP was removing it shortly. Last week, with- very issue. My sister also has Juvenile -'the door to my fire escaper/balcony. I reluc- out consulting me, OPP calously barged the - Rheumatoid Arthritis, and uses a wheelchair tantly obliged with their suggestion, and within armoire back into the middle of my room, dis- from time to time. So don't brush me off say- a day or two they hailed off my couch and had locating all of my personal items, and placed a ______ing that I am uninformed. fthrown it away. During the winter vacation stem note on it explaing, that "all furniture in ______The academy is somewhat accessible. however, I received notice that OPP had been rooms belongs to the rooms." There may have George Washington Hall, Samuel Phillips investigating efresaeilcnsinmy bercntchanges ofcepolicy, bu hsHall, The Oliver Wendel Holmes Library, and dorm over the previ- ______simply wasn't the case Commons all have elevators, however in all of ous months, and had "atin the past. Even so, the those buildings access to certain sections of the &ome to the conclu- " atweek without manner by wvhich OPP - ~ building requires an extra amount of effort. sioin that they were Cosltn me, OPPr calouSly handled this problem V% Morse Hall, Evans Hall, and Bullfinch do not not necessary fo fr was absoloutly redicu- jhave elevators so a disabled student would safet,an thedoor bage anf ufwaflted arMTIr l ous. The proper way to have to make sure all of his or her classes were -were consequently it th middle of my room, deal with such an issue .. ' Th man r so lockdfos af. ra dislocating all of my andexlaimtatIiwstuesn If you haven't personal items" not to move the armoire disabled std nsdon 't 1!.caught on, what OPP out of the room, within did in a sense, was tell me that my couch a timely fashion in respect to my earlier call to g eei i ie blocked a fire escape, take away the couch, them. Had they done this; there wouldn't have g eei i ie trash it, then, tell me that the door the couch beaprlm.accessibility had been blocking was no longer a fire escape. I understand that OPP isn't gratuitouslyeth They took my couch for no reason! And since attempting to cause me or anyone any inconve- eitherron the round floor. The chapel is acces- OPP knew they were going to render the nience. I also undstand that OPP does a fine sibleonly on the ground floor and its lack of an escapes useless some time in advance of my job on the great majority of their projects. But, elevator makes it impossible to travel up to the couch's confiscation, the good people at OPP in the cases I have mentioned, the Office of the main level. Graves has an elevator, but I am were either being extremely mean, or acting Physical Plant's actions were unprofessional at C, XS ~t v-oC"pt1..1_e ~ not sure if you can et to it without having to incompetantly. Clearly, there is no OPP con- best, and down right inconsiderate. -go down stairs. Pearson is completely inacces- spiracy against me or any student, but the fact sible, a wheelchair bound student wishing to take Latin or Greek would require the entire class to move to an accessible location. There are too many dorms without wheelchair acces- Presidential Lo wer Curr~~~~~~ lu m_~~~~~~~~~~~~~icu-Should Besides buildings, there are issues with the Deb a tes F a ll ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~waythe pathways on the campus are paved It DebatesFallHave M ore Rigorous CourseS would also be difficult for awheelchairouldalsobeheelhairto toficlt gog Have 1\4ore R i orous, C ourses ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~overthe blue stone Oaths in front of SamPhill. S h oL/I L{ofno ewenegihsilsadhsoy kls hy However, that is not a concern because in order beteenengishskils nd istry kils; hey to get to SanmPhill's elevator you have to go While enjoying my sunny spring days with 1 r o h ae.aon ak Hhig H o p es ~~~~~~~feelingof pleasure is not shared by uppers. I This lack of substantial homework left me with year, shouldn't it be expected that mostLtu emrhi on sprsthat many potential u moeae mutsooewrIheahashsASUHSHiYBytkn jsogls ndohsorsoer As ptesholpaessctasrn ReallySarcastic ~seemany stumble pait me, groggy-eyed, carry- ample free time which could have been put to dents history skills will decline after having ,a dents may be scared away by the fact they ing loads of books constantly mumbling about constructive use. I had heard that P.E 10 was an year off? Adding a selection of courses which would have to do either manage a team, or do MLAX DAY how hard upper year is. easy course as far as homework was concerned, stress building analytical skills and compreheni-, oiidfr fbsc.Uls h tdn Asan optimistic lower I try to assure but I didn't think the homework would truly be sion would greatly enhance a students' perfor- ddasport on hisorhrwnadgtutfhi I'm sure all of -you as devout PA students myself that when upper year rolls around for as small as rumored. - mance in History 30. or herThe sport orientation commitment. process or at least the one I tuned into Monday night's WPAA presiden- me that I will not procrastinate (which I am Counselors should stron gly recommend Adding a half course would also aid in time went through, involved traveling into the sanc- tial debate. To me it was more like question known to do) and get my work done on time. In students passing their classes to take a 6th management. Prepared students would enter tuary, climbing walls, and doing faith leaps, all and answer time. Rare indeed was a disagree- reality however, I am prepared for the course to pursue their interests and/or strength- upper year ready to handle the increase in things that are hard to do in a wheel chair. -~ment between the candidates or even a differ- onslaught of work that upper year brings. Is en their academic skills. History 30 is an inte- workload. Instead of the shock that entails tak- Topping it all off is PE 10, the required course ence in opinion. No one in there right mind is there any way to lessen the intensity of upper gral part of upper year, a course which includes ing AP courses for the first time, there would for all new juniors and lowers. The swimming going to support a lower lights out policy or year? My suggestion is this: make the transition major amounts of writing. During lower year be a more natural increase in homework. section would not be a problem for many an in room after 1:00pmn proposal for uppers. from lower to upper year smoother. (with the exception of students taking History Students' bodies would have already wheel chair bound people, but the ropes course So why even bring it up? As for the far A typical lower courseload consists of five 34) only English comes close to the amount of -accommodated to having less sleep. If the would. fetched idea of eliminating spring finals for classes, one of which is usually an elective such reading and writing involved, administration did add this half-course to the It is my opinion that although the academy semors it is just that, a far fetched idea. For as art, music, or P.E. Art and music are classes -Also, in English, one whole section is regular five course load of lowers it would be -a has made progress toward becoming an acces- those who didn't listen to the "debate" here is that require the same (if not more) amount of devoted to reading and analyzing poetry. While blessing in disguise. Work would be increased sible school there is still a long way to go, and a summarized version. homework than any other academic class. P.E this is an important skill, it does not take the slightly during the easiest year at Andover- but utlw eoeoehnrdpretacsi Ben: I'm Jewish.(and bunch of other 10, however, does not require nearly as much same amount of time as reading chapters of a performance during the hardest and most ble we will deter a group of people who could words most people did not catch because they outside preparation as a typical academic class, history book, It is important to differentiate important would definitely increase, add great knowledge and insight to classes. ,were shocked by the word Jewish) Fred: Me too. Shevon: I was junior rep., lower rep., and Th(3 rcs Le e s to he E t r -Vice-president of AfLatAm. T e r s etr oT eE io Fred: Me too. ______0 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~onewhich was drawn from bad personal atti- Alse gtan isre__ D oingthng President Bliss Responds to Accusations tude. Art is what you make it, and his mediocre Fred: Me neither. absolutely in favor of the suggestion ...this is not efforts obviously did not delight him. He JP: Blunt issues? That's an interesting Iv~To the Editor: discrimination should not blame his boredom and dissatisfac- question. n eThe most important issue that the Student tion on the Art 10 course, which I took last year Alex MacCallum: This is Alex talking- O i onwrestle with the question of which articles in cality of implementing this new policy. This draw his line-based picture that "closely resem- speaking. ______the Phillipian concerning Student Council means ensuring that the issue will not be blded e. lflhart tarts wthlee ,arnod brother ~Fred: Me too. ANDREA HUNT issues warrant a response from me. More often derailed by any sweeping proclamation that pncnro."l artthstartsiwitholines cmandeda "Coudgt yuof th grss, leae?" than not, these were crimes of omission and lacks sensitivity across the board. It would be i controlltbtthesppenl.Nof o rnsommand 'Because~of W~PAA4"ol ougtoftegrspes? usually only amounted to minor annoyances. ideal (but naive) for any of us to believe thathito"lecbtsfnwpartigs.ad UL4I4~~~~~~JL. ~~Every time a faculty member has said this to However, last week's editorial in the Phillipian this campus is of a single mind on this question. any other trash [he] could find..." just so he -~technical difficulties and me, I have felt an extreme temptation to con- entitled "Discrimination and an Inappropriate We live in a very enlightened and revolutionr could slap them onto a two-dimensional sur- I . rso se , tinue walking across the grass just to spite Response from the Student Council," resulted, community but we need to continue to bena face.He was the one who chose the representa- ~ui "flsjflflfjom them (and what could they do, call PAPS and in more than a minor annoyance and, as I was place that attracts those very students (and par- tinofhswncacerocuotadpst ,tesix candidates, the have me "removed")? personally singled out in the piece, I felt that I ents) who most need this exposure:, those who onto paper. No one suggested that he place the ~~~~~~~~~~~~However,I have always bowed to the needed to respond. are most likely to reject it. The Student Council "stuff' on top of (expensive) photo-paper to ebate conclude that only a bland black and white deaefell short of wishes of those rule-loving administrators- First of all, I would have hoped that a mem- examined the question of gay or lesbian house ~expectations. but I would still like to have them consider the ber of the editorial staff might have contacted counselors from all angles, anticipated the image would appear once that paper was ______blatant hypocrisy that I find is very evident mn me in order to understand the nature of the dis- objections, and made reconmmendations meant exposed to light. And still, no one prodded him q ,~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~their argument. cuslion regarding gay or lesbian house coun- to neutralize them. he dy ocet a"ud"gaItotk Honestly I did not listen to the entire We all understand that walking across the selors. He would have discovered that there Speaking for myself, I would like to point lizard out of tree-picture clippings. ,debate because of a fack of interest, and to be grass is not allowed, right? Well, feel free to was much more to our discussion than the out that this is an issue that is very familiar to Day also wondered, in a snide man-' fir I can't place the blame entirely on the drag out ugly old furniture from your dorm and recent article displayed. However, I guess the me. [ have two close family members who are ner, why is it necessary to take a 'joke class" if caddates, WPAdd' otegreatest job siut tright intemdl ftelw!Ad truth would have stolen the editorial punch, so homosexual and I have come to understand that he wishes to "take his art to a higher level..." :setting up the entire affair. Often microphones while you're at it, play a game of football, soc- the facts were not pursued. their lives have included some setbacks due to Tke itcases ove ainbcashe g bcdid anot :lfailed, and we in our rooms were forced to sit cer, or Frisbee and tear up the grass even more! The question of if (or hopefully, when) gay their sexual orientation. The academy needs to taehecsesoragibaueeddnt 10 THE PHiLLiPiAN NEWS APRIL 17, 1998

WPAA Holds School Presidential Debate Renowned Chinese

______~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ColumnistFan bin Gives" Continued from Page 1 to see the faculty understand, relate to, Chris Lee '98 questioned the sec- different house counselors in three ciif- or at least say they understand what ond group of three candidates by ask- n Winl' ferent dorms, the role of the house students are saying a little more." All ing how they plan to change the role of L ~~ALV VAAL~ counselor's spouse is not dominate three of the candidates believed that the presidency, rather than change CotnefomPg1 enough to create either an uncomfort- the school president needs to speak school policies. Goldhirsh stated that- ______dates at Fudan, serving on the board of able or comfortable situation for the and communicate more with the stu- he wants to be the "people's presi- The Chinese Writer's Association, with Moore, but suggested that for an president should utilize the all-school Sion to the faculty, taking their wants and chairing the Chinese Legal Pro-' in-coming junior the transition into meeting time more sensibly. Rockett and desires to the administration. tection Committee. After speaking at dormitory life might initially be awk- wanted to revitalize Justin Skinner's MacCallum wanted to change the role PA, he will giye another talk on MIS- ward if a student had gays or lesbians weekly meeting sessions in Ropes so of the presidency by making the presi- cellaneous wri.ting at the Harvard Chi-'4 as house counselors. Flather agreed that students could approach her dent "more in sync with the faculty." nese Department. with Rockett and Moore and further directly and pose their inquiries. She wanted the student president to be______suggested that if Phillips Academy Bliss, the moderator for the debate, allowed to attend to faculty meetings. D.Rbr erndlvr i etr ht .Mgu advocates multi-culturalism, then the akdtescngruofcniae Chhomsd2.1nloyoaSar- in the Brace Gender Center Tel. (508) 474-4244 school should tolerate gay house coun- to express their motivations for run- day Night Live skit, in which a man's (508) 475-2889 selors. ning for president. Chisholm replied life is turned around when he purchas- Fax (508) 475-9989f Mike Panich '98 later asked the by saying he was motivated by his es a baseball cap with the logo "#1," to D ~ 4... same group of candidates to evaluate desire to give back to the community describe his goals for the presidency. D . P err1in GJives L ectu re1 hII m% both the past school presidents as well and commented, "you really find your- He wants to make every student feal N ' LiI~~ as student congress and to also explain self at hard work." Goldhirsh was dri- appreciated and as if they were "#1." oM a hm t cas A A N D O V1Ji~Ei how each one would improve them. yen by the challenge of changing some Flather believed that the abundance of of the "depression" he saw in the eyes "tenthusiasm" coming from the student of the students and faculty. Alex Mac- ~ o n iContinued from Page I the lecture. Jean St. Pierre, Instructor L co uncil has always been a strength, but Callum decided to run for student pres- fjj~- lcians. Dr. Perrin blames society for in English and a member of the Brace C AID16s that the channels of communication ident because she saw concretely that Final Ro f this division. A recent publication by Center Advisory Board, called the pre- between students, faculty, and student through faculty advisors and student the Mathematical Association of sentation "wonderfully coherent and T ra n sp or tat io n council need improvement. He wants congress meetings, the student body frAmerica listed "55 Cultural Reasons clear." Jessica Rierce '99 liked the lec- can get their voice heard." iACi llWhWoeDn'WnatMhmt- ture because she "could see parallels ics." This list included: "Society in math and art." Kristen Wiehe 19 S P ECIA LIST S (.~~~1~~~1 t ~~ expects males to be better than females remarked, "I thought it was an inter- ~~AIDIrE hi EiAI~~~~~~~~~~ ~ ~ CI1001~~~~at math"; "Families usually raise sons esting prospective on women's FOR ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~tigativeand daughters to be more sup- matics." N towd olFe lust C2~~~~~1-4 II~~~~~ ~~~.i~~QA'7II 1 p~ortive, agreeable, and unquestion- The Brace Center for Gender Stud- 1 9 Barnard Street 4 S U '.ninedfrm ag mng" "Teachers at all levels pay more ies Faculty Fellow Series continues __,~~,H-S U ,A'.` 7'l H sador between students and faculty" atninomlesu ns;ad next Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. at the Brace r~AIV EQfl~D'21 A~v.-.i-i who has he "ability to effectively pre- "Women are isolated in math clas Center in Abbot Hall when Jay L/VVIL.UlAJI~~~JL3JVVDW YER sent the student body's wants and needstote faultyandneeds adrministra- to the faculty es ...[they] feel alienated.adreme ~~~~~~~~SocialRorsIntuoriHsoyadScience, will speak on the, tion." His specific proposals include prone to drop out." lessningtheost f tetboos byhay- When it comes to teaching, Dr. "Image of an African-American Male: ing he shoolbuyooksdiretly rom Perrin states that teachers must take Representation Versus Reality." Susan the anufcturran sel the to tu- girls seriously and offer cooperative Perry, Instructor in Biology and Advi- dent atwhoesaeprces reucig the learning environments. Commented sor for Gay, Lesbian, and Bi-sxa and Temba Maqubela, Chair of I ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~difficultyof acquiring car permission Dr. Perrin, "Girls have the same issues, - by permitting any faculty member insight as boys. To teach [female stu-thCemsrDpamnaete from a student's cluster to give per- dents] any different would be an nx w etrr nArl2 n mission, and holding more all-school incredible disservice to them." His My5 epciey atweJdt barbecues. classroom environment is one in TioWmwlIsrco nTe a solo the- - F~~~~~EK1NG ~ ~ whchthe female students are ateand Dance, presented

- questions students in order t~~~~~borpic experiences entitled peetaggressive boys fromh domni- SotenWieWmn"D.Prn AndoverM 01810 clas dscusio,bt des otcalled Wombwell' s performance "fan- It ~~~~~~~~ ~ force any student to answer his ques- tastic and inceil. 18 05 24 4 4 #1" 4~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~'~~~~~~tions. If they do not know the correct The Brace Center for Gender Stud- response, he tries giving students hints ies' purpose "is to provide resources to .Y

- ~~~~~~~-. ~ and then goes on to another person if enhance and strengthen Phillp Acd 5)R-RR1- MATEY! necessary. emy as a coeducation institution by :, T .~~ .. ~ ~>:i ~~* After receiving his bachelor'*Cs examining the complex issues related e ain ~degree and Ph.D. from the Massachu- to gender through a multi-disciplinary -WRI1,TEF O YC." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~settsInstitute of Technology, Dr. Per- ln.ThBrcFautFeows are ~!-nC chosen by the Brace Center Advisory LO - ~~~~~~'1::~~~~~~- TE360L P^"-919 74M..$I rin joined the Phillips Academy facul- THElPIFIATE*S ~~~~ ~~~~~~~ 01810~~~~~~~~~~~~~OHOt in 1973. Since then, he has served as Board and are given the opportunity to- ~~~~~~~~~~an instructor in both physics and math- utlzthreocsofheBaeAL 480

-"~~~ ematics; this term he is teaching Math Center to develop and pursue research ~~1 60, Math 65, and Electronics. ~~~projects related to gender studies with- .

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