Prep Schools Respond to Flu Outbreak
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Veritas Super Omnia Vol. CXXXII, No. 11 May 15, 2009 Phillips Academy PREP SCHOOLS TRUSTEES RESPOND TO FLU APPROVE $3.7M OUTBREAK BUDGET CUT Andover Community Staff Salaries Frozen for Takes Preventative Steps Next Year; High Salaries Against Swine Flu Take Five Percent Pay Cut By YERIN PAK By LIAM MURPHY New England boarding Phillips Academy’s Board schools are among the grow- of Trustees convened for its ing number of places affected annual spring meeting on by the H1N1 virus, commonly May 1 and 2 to finalize bud- known as “swine flu.” gets and respond to endow- Swine flu is a respiratory ment losses. illness that has symptoms The Trustees approved a which are almost identical to $84.7 million budget, a $3.7 those of the normal seasonal million budget cut from the flu. anticipated budget for fiscal While Phillips Academy year 2010, as proposed by the has not had any swine flu Senior Administrative Coun- cases, the Andover commu- cil and other Andover faculty nity has taken precautionary members. measures to prevent an out- The administrators and break. faculty members made their Such measures include proposal based on a recom- “H1N1 Flu Update” emails to mendation from the Board the entire community from of Trustees to reduce the Rebecca Sykes, Associate school’s operating budget by Head of School. K. Song & Y. Watanabe/The Phillipian $6 million, or 7.5 percent, by Andover has also cancelled From left, clockwise, Yonwoo Kim ’12, Arun Saigal ’09 and Dan Krichmar ‘12 performed at Wednesday’s ASM. fiscal year 2011. various programs and sports The Trustees advised a 7.5 events due to the potential percent decrease in the bud- risk of swine flu infection. OPP Uses Cochran Bird Sanctuary as SENIORS BREAK get after Andover’s endow- Among these programs is ment declined by 22 percent a summer student exchange A Holding Site for Excess Construction Soil between July 1 and Decem- program in Japan. GIFT DONATION ber 31, 2008. For the exchange program, ing in the Sanctuary is an eco- Sanctuary by storing dirt there,” Next year’s budget for fis- typically held from mid- By JULIA DEAN nomic and ecological solution said Williams. cal year 2010 is down from June to mid-July, Andover to residual soil from construc- Cone gave permission to OPP RECORD last year’s budget of $87.9 students study at the Toin The soil on the lawn in front tion projects. after Williams told him no other million. Gakuen School in Yokohama, of Paresky Commons comes “The Sanctuary is not a dis- options were available for the By CHLOE REICHEL Barbara Chase, Head of Japan, while Japanese stu- from an unlikely source. posal site. It’s a holding site for excess soil, and after OPP as- School, and her team “react- dents attend Andover’s sum- The Office of the Physical ecological economical reasons,” sured him that the solution was The class of 2009 reached ed quickly and appropriately mer session on campus. Plant (OPP) has been stockpil- said Williams. only temporary. an all-time high participa- to the board’s request to re- “The Minister of Educa- ing excess soil in the Cochran Williams said that OPP staff “The area we are using in tion rate in donations to the duce spending,” said Trustee tion in Japan discouraged Bird Sanctuary from recent ren- members consulted Thomas the Sanctuary was and is one of Senior Gift fund this year, 93 Peter Currie ’74, Chair of Japanese schools to send stu- ovation projects around cam- Cone, Warden of the Sanctuary the open glades which we keep percent. the Finance Committee, in a dents overseas. It was a hard pus, and then reusing the soil and Instructor in Biology, before open for biodiversity. It will be By the end of the fundrais- press release from the Office decision for the [Toin Gakuen where necessary. they began to use the Sanctuary returned to that function once ing efforts, the Senior Gift of Communication. School], but if they cannot The Sanctuary is currently as a soil stockpile. the projects are complete next will total about $10,000, ac- Staff salaries will be fro- send kids out of [Japan], they storing soil from both the reno- OPP conferred with Cone in year,” said Williams. cording to Deborah Murphy, zen and the salaries of highly can’t accept foreign students vations of Commons and the order to determine the effects of Jeremiah Hagler, Instructor Director of Alumni Affairs. compensated individuals either,” said Teruyo Shimazu, Addison Gallery of American storing soil in the Sanctuary. in Biology, said that he opposes The money raised by the will be reduced by five per- Instructor in Japanese. Art. “We spoke to Tom Cone to the use of the Sanctuary as a col- Senior Gift fund will help to cent, said Steve Carter, Chief “Since Japan is so con- Michael Williams, Director ensure that we weren’t doing lection site for excess soil. fund the renovations of Com- Financial Officer. densed and small, one person of Facilities, said that stockpil- any long-term damage to the “I have a philosophical prob- mons. A plaque in the class of Carter said that, in addi- can spread the virus quickly. lem with it,” he said. 2009’s honor will also deco- tion to the salary freeze, the I can see the fear factor, and Hagler said that students tak- rate the lobby of Commons. school has trimmed down on the Japanese media definitely ing Biology 580 for the past few The success of this year’s the budget for overtime com- magnifies this fear. However, years have studied the Sanctu- Senior Gift fund has been at- pensation and downsized the I am so surprised that they ary’s ecological plots, which may tributed mainly to the new amount of summer work in just cancelled on such short have been adversely affected by Student Alumni Representa- an effort to become “more notice with an announce- the excess soil placed there. tive (STAR) program, estab- efficient.” ment rather than consulting “[OPP] is putting the dirt in lished this year by Murphy. The school will reduce us,” Shimazu said. an area that we set for the class,” The program consists of 19 budgets most in renewal The decision to cancel the said Hagler. “It’s supposed to be summer program disappoint- a bird sanctuary and a natural Continued on A6, Column 1 Continued on A7, Column 4 ed many Andover students, space for the community, so I said Shimazu. don’t know why it is being used “I blame the media for as a dumping ground.” Dalai Lama’s Teachings blowing up the H1N1 flu vi- According to OPP, the Sanc- rus as if it’s the Black Death,” tuary will benefit in the long she said. term from stockpiling soil. Captivate Andover Students Multiple cases of boarding Hagler said that increased at- By KIRAN GILL students exhibiting swine tention to the bird sanctuary is flu-like symptoms have ap- the first step toward combating Although impressions may ways of attaining happiness A. LEVINE/ THE PHILLIPIAN suggest otherwise, the Dalai through different religions Continued on A7, Column 1 OPP is storing soil in the Sanctuary during construction. Continued on A6, Column 4 Lama has a comedic side, as and for non-believers. All of Phillips Academy students re- his suggestions were centered cently learned. around a key theme of com- Around 150 Andover stu- passion.” PA Admissions Hosts Ten Schools Admissions Organization dents traveled to Foxborough’s Scoble said that it was Gillette Stadium to see the Da- memorable to see the Dalai Conference; Schools Share Statistics and Trends lai Lama, when he visited the Lama put on a Patriots cap and city last Saturday, May 2. just watch him laugh. admission, financial aid and allowed for this year’s larger the Hotchkiss School, the Law- During his speech, the Dalai Anne Hunter ’10 said, “Be- By ALEX SALTON endowment statistics in the financial aid budget. renceville School, the Loomis Lama put on a New England ing a Buddhist myself, I am meeting. Fried said that the compari- Chaffee School, Phillips Acad- Patriots cap and told everyone always interested to hear what Phillips Academy avoided In general this year, the son of statistics between the emy, Phillips Exeter Academy, to bundle up from the wind. leaders of my religion have to many problems of peer schools number of applications did TSAO schools allowed them to St. Paul’s School and the Taft The Dalai Lama “surpris- say about what is going on in in admission and financial aid not increase significantly, and learn from one another. School. ingly had a lot of comedic the world. To hear a Buddhist’s this year, the Admissions Of- schools saw a lower yield than “We went over preliminary The TSAO invited Linda prowess,” said Brandon Wright opinion on current events was fice learned on Monday. in previous years, said Fried. statistics for the year, focus- Maquire from Maquire Asso- ’11. really interesting and thought- Andover saw an increase in “Despite the general trends, ing on everything from num- ciates and Mark Mitchell from Terrence Arjoon ’12 en- provoking.” applications, yield and finan- Andover had a very large in- ber of applications, financial the School Scholarship Ser- joyed hearing the Dalai Lama’s Hunter said that the Dalai cial aid budget while its accep- crease in applications, our aid grants, number of students vice, two renowned experts on laughter. Lama’s speech reminded her tance rate dropped, according yield was up, we increased the on aid and changes in endow- financial aid and enrollment “He actually did make some to keep an open and compas- to Jane Fried, Dean of Admis- financial aid budget and we de- ments.