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Discontented LegislationBy RACHEL WONMarches By JACOB FEIGENBERG and ANGELE YANG and SAM WEIL Staf Writers Staf Writers A teenage girl, hard to miss under her dark red Exeter baseball cap, stands proudly as she holds a card- Human resources consulting firm board sign which reads, “Where is the love?” All around the Mercer Company recently admin- her, students teachers, and parents hold up similar signs istered to faculty members a survey on in protest. “Make America Sane Again.” “Fire Trump, the state of affairs at the Academy. The not guns.” “Teachers want to pack books, not pistols.” study’s results showed widespread dis- Speaker afer speaker give empowered speeches, and the content, according to an Agenda Com- crowd erupts afer each one. Tere are those that clap mittee summary of the survey. This in fury and those that stand in determined silence. Yet survey is one part of a comprehensive at the end of the day, these people march in solidarity, research endeavor regarding employ- united in protest against gun violence. ment conditions for Exeter’s faculty. More than 800 “March for Our Lives” protests took According to Principal Lisa Mac- place nationwide this Saturday, following the Marjory Farlane, the Academy appointed Mer- Stoneman Douglas High School shooting fve weeks cer to address faculty concerns, to “un- ago. Marches in Portsmouth, Boston and Washington derstand which benefits mattered most D.C. attracted Exeter students and faculty alike to to faculty and staff ” and to find possible advocate for gun violence awareness and stricter gun inequities between faculty members. control laws. High school students from Marjory Stone- With this research, the Trustee Com- man Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida led the mittee on Work and Life plans to de- demonstration. Being one of the largest protests in velop a new strategy of compensation. American history with nearly two million protesters, Assistant Principal Karen Lassey the cause gained the support of numerous celebrities acknowledged that the current method and politicians and the attention of the National Rife of workload, compensation and ben- Association (NRA). efits (an A-level, B-level, C-level meth- Upper Jordan Davidson spurred PEA’s involvement od and a “step system”), has some faults in a local march by reaching out to a number of adults that the school needs to address. “I in the Exeter community to ask for help organizing think for a long time we’ve recognized transportation to the march. Afer discussing timing that there are flaws in both of those and location possibilities, the group ended up deciding models, so we contracted with Mercer Upper Grace Carroll holds a sign at the Portsmouth Reina Matsumoto/Te Exonian to provide transportation to Portsmouth. SURVEY, 2 March for Our Lives. Exonians who attended the marches were intent on creating change on the topic of gun violence. “I wanted to come to the March because I think that enough is enough,” senior Molly Canfeld said. “We Microaggression Flowchartperson, Brant to shared Ease that this wasReporting not her frst experience live in a society with a government that is doing little By MAI HOANG, BONA HONG with a microaggression. “People call me halfes and other to nothing to protect its students and other people of and EMMANUEL TRAN degrading words, though I certainly did not expect that to all ages.” Canfeld hopes that this event will make state Staf Writers come from a teacher in a written comment. I was shocked,” legislatures and the federal government recognize just she said. Brant has reached out to multiple teachers and how much people want change, and encourage them Te Ofce of Multicultural Student Afairs (OMSA) is members of the administration about the incident; however, to pass better laws. currently working in conjunction with student groups on a she feels that “there are not enough paths that a student can Senior Nick Song travelled to Washington D.C. to reporting plan for students who witness or experience an take” if they experience a microaggression on campus. attend the March for Our Lives. Te issue of gun vio- attack on an individual’s personhood. To prevent such instances and those that were men- lence has been prevalent in Song’s life ever since hearing Lower Penny Brant’s teacher allegedly made racially- tioned in the Afro-Latinx Exonian Society (ALES)’s video charged comments in written feedback. As a multiracial FLOWCHART, 3 MARCH, 2 Tech Glitch in PEA New Visitations Admissions System Policy Trialed; Delays Notifcations Students React By EMMANUEL TRAN By ISABELLA AHMAD and JACK ZHANG and ANGELE YANG Staf Writers Staf Writers In the early morning of Saturday, Mar. 10, Exeter’s On Saturday, Mar. 10, Academy Admissions Office sent its decisions to this year’s pool dorms Wheelwright Hall and Merrill of prospective students. However, due to a software Hall implemented a pilot visitations malfunction, nearly 300 applicants did not receive their policy that will run for the next two results from the office. weeks. The procedure was created Dean of Enrollment and External Affairs William in response to a campus-wide push Jelani Cobb visits PEA to deliver assembly. Read more on page 3. Reina Matsumoto/Te Exonian Leahy explained that numerous waitlisted applicants for a less hetero-normative policy. had not received their decision emails due to a glitch in The pilot replaces the old visi- In addition, Exonians can obtain senior in Merrill, believes that the the email delivery system. While the Academy used the tation rules by establishing gender- visitations from one p.m. to five new policy did not promote inclusiv- same framework as it had in prior years, the Admissions neutral visitations. During visitation p.m. on Wednesdays, Saturdays and ity to any significant degree. “Com- Office tweaked the system so waitlisted decisions would hours, all Exonians outside of the Sundays. If someone fails to obtain pared to the old policy, it seems that be sent to guardians as well as the individual applicants. pilot dorms, regardless of gender, permission from a faculty member the only substantial change besides Unfortunately, if either the applicant or their guardians’ will be required to obtain permission before entering another’s room, they changes in visitation hours is that emails were invalid or missing, the system did not send from the faculty member on duty will receive the same disciplinary now students, regardless of gender, any results to the entire family. before entering a student’s room. action as stipulated under the cur- are subjected to the same uncom- According to Leahy, the admissions officers realized The Student Council Executive rent policy. fortable procedure,” she said. “Mak- the mishap after parents contacted the Admissions Of- Board, Student Council advisers Some praised the pilot as an ing it harder and harder for students fice. “We discovered, because we got feedback, starting and the Dean’s Office collaborated effective advancement towards to explore intimacy with each other Saturday afternoon and that Sunday, that about three on drafting the policy. According inclusivity that also allowed more will only force them to do so in less hundred people never got their email,” he said. He ex- to senior, Merrill Hall proctor and hours for visitations. “There is this safe ways. I’m not saying we should plained that the Admissions Office was never alerted by Student Council co-president Menat romantic connotation behind get- just let kids do what they want, but the system that anything wrong had transpired or that Bahnasy, the ultimate goal of the new ting visitations, but the new pilot the innate lack of trust displayed by emails had never been sent out. policy was to be more inclusive of takes away any assumptions both the administration doesn’t exactly Leahy noted the importance of sending clear and all members of the community. “An- students and faculty can make about encourage mature and trustworthy timely decisions to all applicants. “If any one of the three other goal is the de-stigmatization sexuality,” lower and Merrill resi- behavior either.” or four emails in the household weren’t there, then the of visitations, hopefully making it dent Fiona Madrid said. “By mak- To address this issue, Brough email didn’t get sent. By Monday, we had lots of emails more normal for students to interact ing everyone ask for visitations, it proposed having a digital check-in and voicemails from people,” he said. “We were devas- with each other, form relationships takes away the potential pressure of sheet accessible to faculty members tated by that, because I think that how you say ‘no’ is and avoid the current pressures of someone to come out as LGBTQ+ if rather than having a system in which actually more important than how you say ‘yes.’” requesting visitations,” Bahnasy said. they wanted to get V’s with someone students ask for visitations in person Leahy noted that the Academy uses different systems Visitation hours are from seven of the same gender.” with a faculty member. for accepted and waitlisted applicants, and that the sys- p.m. to eight p.m. on Sundays Although some agreed that In addition, according to senior tem Exeter has historically used for waitlisted and denied through Thursdays, seven p.m. until the pilot creates a more inclusive Clara Lee, a proctor in Wheelwright, students indicated that the emails had all been sent. “For check-in on Fridays and eight p.m. community, the new policy has also many were concerned that because those who were not offered admission, the vast majority until check-in on Saturdays, which raised concerns for students in the the policy will only be implemented MALFUNCTION, 2 is the same as the current policy. dorms piloting it. 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In Davidson’s speech, he stressed experienced gun violence,” she said. “So Desai, the March was an opportunity for Hook Elementary School shooting. “Tis is the importance of making arguments on it afects us whether we live in the bubble her to contribute to a greater cause. “I the frst point in my lifetime that I’ve been gun control that appeal to the other side. or not. I think if it’s important to people to think the biggest thing is awareness,” Desai able to be so heavily a part of [something “Massive support from everyone across support, which clearly it is because we’ve said. “More people knowing about it puts that directly afects our generation],” Song the nation is the only way we can convince seen a lot of movement across the country pressure on politicians to do something.” said. “It made the March more meaningful, our lawmakers to do something about the this past week, then I think it’s important “It was insane,” Song refected. “Tere knowing that although it’s only a drop in gun issues,” Davidson explained in a later in our community as well.” were around a hundred to two hundred an ocean, it’s still something.” comment. At Harvard University, Exeter alumna thousand people. [...] Everyone had the Two Exonians, Davidson and senior Biology Instructor Townley Chisholm Lyle Seeligson ’17 met with Parkland stu- feeling of ‘we’re here for a purpose’, and it Gregory Miller, gave their own speeches to offered his insight on why the protest dents who led the marches and listened was contagious. It was so powerful being the huge crowd gathered in Portsmouth. was so popular among Exonians. “Tere to their goals for the movement going with so many people and seeing the signs Both Davidson and Miller had personal is a great deal of pent-up frustration on forward. “It was really interesting to learn in the air, all [rallying] around this one connections to those affected by the campus and in the US over the Trump about their process of coming together, idea of gun control.” Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School administration in general and gun violence meeting with politicians and preparing for Davidson, too, admired the emotion shooting, and conveyed their emotions in particular,” he said. the march, as well as to get a look into how in the activists gathered at the March. “I publicly at the March. Dean of Students Melissa Mischke, they interact with each other and mesh and learned that there are people who will “I wanted my speech to be unique and who helped organize logistics with Da- work together as a group,” Seeligson said. keep fghting for what they believe in with passion flled,” Davidson said. Davidson vidson, observed that students within “Tey collectively have a powerful energy unbelievable passion,” Davidson said. “I wrote his speech a few days before the the Exeter bubble weren’t immune to the flled with vision, perseverance, hope and learned that we are strong in numbers and March, and spent a signifcant amount gun control issues that plague the rest of respect and a hard work ethic that I think we are able to support each other through of time planning out his thoughts. “It the nation. “Anybody can be afected by will give them the motivation and focus this movement in ways we might not even felt great giving the speech because the gun violence—in fact, we probably have to propel this movement into the future.” think possible.” Faculty Express Dissatisfaction with PEA State of Afairs Continued from SURVEY, 1 questions were difficult to understand Another faculty member’s com- in their treatment. Some reported feel- and because of that, faculty weren’t ment in the survey stated that Exeter ing as though they needed more effec- to help us develop new models that we able to answer to the best of their abil- was becoming “much more corporate tive compensation for workloads. One could consider for workload and com- ity. “Faculty have expressed concern as a school.” They continued, saying faculty member commented, “There are pensation,” Lassey said. that sometimes the survey questions that Exeter “as an employer, feels more hidden responsibilities that lie outside The A-B-C level system is the struc- themselves were hard to interpret, impersonal than I remember it feeling, the workload formula, depending on ture in which workload compensation which makes the data unclear,” she said. and I have more of a sense now that I the department.” They went on to de- is calculated. According to the faculty The respondents’ most negative am not really known as an individual.” scribe that there are many obligations handbook, one C level activity entails feedback regarded Exeter’s general en- McTammany said about the sur- that “receive no workload recognition.” between four and six hours of work per vironment and culture. Out of a total vey, “I think the biggest issue that I saw Geer brought up an example of an week, one B-level requires between eight of 53 responses in this section, only six was faculty wanting to feel like this is unpaid commitment some faculty can and ten hours of work per week and one reported content with Exeter’s environ- a community, where all of their opin- take up: teaching a 999. “This is pretty A-level activity necessitates 12 or more ment. According to the survey summary, ions are cherished and valued as well as outrageous,” Geer said. “Students ask us hours of work per week. The guidelines 14 comments regarded “lack of com- listened to and appreciated.” McTam- to teach a course that’s not on the books, stipulate that a C-level activity and a B- munity,” six comments discussed the many believes that the frequency of and people say yes out of the goodness of level activity are equivalent to an A level “corporatization of the school,” six com- comments expressing faculty members’ their heart. I have felt awful about having activity; however, so are two C-level ments emphasized “failure[s] to address desire to feel valued by the adminis- to say no to students in the past… Not activities. “I don’t think anybody re- issues of diversity,” and five comments tration will “serve as a wake-up call.” everybody is able to work for free.” Geer ally thinks it’s logical, the way it’s done,” that criticized “a lack of communication” However, History Instructor Jer- explained that it is hard to justify to her said Math Instructor Panama Geer. between faculty and administration. maine Matheson, who works part-time family that she would take on an extra “Everybody knows that needs fixing.” In the survey, one faculty member ex- and has worked at the Academy for class, which means spending less time Mercer will complete research lat- pressed their dissatisfaction with the “loss one year, feels that the Exeter com- with them, and not receive pay to do so. er this spring. Its data will guide the of democratic governance by the faculty.” munity has embraced him. “I think the In a comment regarding work- Academy in reforming faculty experi- According to the same individual, “The school is a welcoming place, but it re- load, one teacher brought up the im- ence at the school. Head of the Agen- school has become morally bankrupt. ally depends on who you are, how con- pact on themselves. “We do this be- da Committee Andrew McTammany Aside from the loss of democratic gover- fident you are and how much experi- cause we love the kids and want to thinks that “there will be a concrete nance by the faculty, the administration ence you bring to the school,” he said. help them do what they want, but ulti- change in the near future…Whether now operates in an arbitrary manner.” The survey divulged another point mately we get frazzled, and can’t do the it’s related to housing, workload, com- Chair of the Math Department and of contention: the equity of faculty hous- things we do well,” the comment read. pensation, that depends upon what Math Instructor Eric Bergofsky, who ing. In the housing section of the survey, Despite some faculty difficul- the faculty is interested in pursuing, as has worked at Exeter for 41 years, has only 12 of 50 faculty members considered ties, data collected by Mercer actu- well as what the administration thinks noticed a shift in the consideration of the current situation was fair. Geer rea- ally pointed to the relative luxury that is realistic for what we can achieve.” faculty opinion in handling school regu- soned that since the Academy is a board- Exeter faculty experience. Accord- 127 faculty members completed lations and policies. “I think the tradi- ing institution, housing could be con- ing to Lassey, “one of their findings the survey. 72 percent of respondents tion of the teaching faculty having an sidered necessary in the job description. was that our compensation for faculty were teaching faculty, ten percent were important role in the governance of the “I’ve heard colleagues say that we should was at the top end of the market, com- faculty administrators and 18 percent school should never change,” Bergofsky be grateful for it being ‘free.’ While I un- pared to around 30 other schools.” were administrative faculty. The survey said of the response above. “Any move- derstand where that sentiment comes Bergofsky agreed, saying that the highlighted complicated issues, includ- ment in which we take the teaching fac- from, the reality is that it is a benefit general treatment of faculty is fair, in ing but not limited to dismay over the ulty, the ones who are in the classroom, of the job that each of us factored into his opinion. “I would say our work- environment and culture at Exeter, un- on the athletic fields, in the dormitories, our compensation calculations when ing conditions, our compensation, expected time commitment and lack of the ones who are interacting with the we decided to take the job,” Geer said. our overall workload, as a faculty, is equitable compensation and housing. kids day in and day out most closely, When surveyed about workload and probably as good as it gets in this in- MacFarlane highlighted a weak- that lessens their role in the decision- time commitment to extracurricular ac- dustry,” Bergofsky said. “I don’t think ness in the survey, saying that certain making processes… is a bad direction.” tivities, faculty expressed dissatisfaction you’ll find it better anywhere else.”

Exeter Admissions Failed to Notify Waitlisted Families Continued from MALFUNCTION, 1 pointed, hoping that this temporary pause time we figured it out, most people had they heard from the Admissions Office. before your decision comes out means already called or emailed in to ask about “After that much waiting, the few days received their decisions that morning as that you’re in, and then being notified what was going on. I think most found out immediately before I heard my decision planned. Unfortunately, about sixteen you’re on the waitlist. Hearing it the day quickly, since they were so eager to find all felt like a blur. I had already waited for percent of the students who were not of decisions was tough enough, so I can’t out,” Leahy said. “They mostly wanted so long, a few days wouldn’t matter that admitted did not receive our email on the even imagine the stress having to wait for to hear their decision. We spent the next much. It really didn’t feel like anything,” tenth despite our system showing that all a few more days,” they said. week working with our IT partners to the anonymous applicant said. emails had been sent,” Leahy explained. According to Leahy, the waitlisted determine the cause. We were totally sym- Leahy added that the Office is work- A current Exonian who was origi- applicants and their families were for- pathetic to their concerns and understand ing to ensure this delay is not repeated nally placed on the waitlist—who chose giving. He explained that most of them, their disappointment. Unfortunately, we next year. “We will adjust our process next to remain anonymous—described their while concerned during the few days of didn’t know it was really a problem until year so that this will not happen again. hypothetical reaction if they’d been put in uncertainty, were ultimately relieved just Sunday.” Those families impacted were very un- this situation. “I imagine I’d feel in a state to hear the decision. “We didn’t know One applicant to the class of 2022 derstanding, and we felt terrible that their of limbo. I imagine I’d be pretty disap- what caused it for several days. By the described a sense of numbness by the time decisions were not delivered as intended.” Merrill, Wheelwright Experiment Amended Visitations Policy Continued from POLICY, 1 The new visitations policy also seems students have close friendships across Despite these concerns, many were to be an impediment for day students. Ac- campus and compelling a day student to hopeful for the future of the visitations for two weeks, dorm residents might cording to upper Claire McGrath, recently affiliate with just one dorm infringes on policy. “I know that there has been talk of avoid it by choosing to see their same- affiliated with Wheelwright Hall due to one of the best parts of the experience. plans being made to use the V’s pilot—pi- gender friends outside of Wheelwright the pilot, it is more challenging for day “Day students find their space all over loting a few different versions, some boys’ or simply avoiding visitations altogether. students to make friends than it is for campus and in multiple residencies,” dorms, seeing how that affects the num- “We’re actually trying to get some con- boarders, as day students do not have a McGrath said. “With the new V’s policy, ber of visitations,” Lee said. “As a senior crete data,” she said. “I hope that in the small community they are immediately I fear this unique feature of day student I hope part of the legacy my class leaves future there would be something that welcomed into due to a shared living life will no longer exist and make the day behind is to help push the V’s policy in a would come from it.” space. As a result, she believes that day student experience more difficult.” more gender neutral policy.”

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JournalistBy GINNY LITTLE Jelani taken Cobb to the First Amendment,Visits meaning Exeter, with,” he said. Talks “One of the problems About we it must Free be backed up Speech with extraordinary and RACHEL WON that one can exercise their right to freedom have here is that a majority of people here evidence.” Staf Writers of speech without censorship. However, are liberal or moderate. We don’t have a lot Students and faculty appreciated the Tis past Tuesday, journalist, author this also leads to the misuse of the First of conservatives.” content and delivery of Cobb’s message. and educator Jelani Cobb delivered an as- Amendment to advance “anti-democratic Jordan emphasized Cobb’s point “I learned a lot more about how to pres- sembly in which he examined the concept ideals.” about how without opposing views, stu- ent a political argument that isn’t an at- of free speech and how the First Amend- Such instances include the neo-Nazi dents aren’t able to strengthen their exist- tack,” lower Maureena Murphy said. “On ment is used in society. In the evening, he rally in Charlottesville this summer and ing ones. “His analogy of the boxing was a campus it’s easy to create an argument that held a talk concerning equality, race rela- the mocking depictions of Islam in the great depiction; If you’re only hitting a bag, makes someone feel attacked. However, tions and privilege in America. satirical French magazine, Charlie Hebdo. then you’re not becoming a good boxer,” he he presented his argument in a way that Prior to becoming the IRA Lipman Such controversial incidents call the mo- said. “You have to have a sparring partner.” was more about the conversation than dis- Professor of Journalism at Columbia Uni- rality of peopl’s right to free speech into However, some students disagreed agreeing.” versity, Cobb was a professor of history and question. However, Cobb advocated for with this message. “I understand his point Baez appreciated Cobb’s personal the director of African American Studies the preservation of the First Amendment of view, but I also disagree. Te misuse of backstory. “I found it inspiring that al- at the University of Connecticut. He has to maintain democracy. “Tere has been the First Amendment can still hurt oth- though his father and grandfather were been a staf writer for the New Yorker since an unprecedented scale of assault on the ers and marginalize one group, especially boxers, he decided to take up a diferent 2015. First Amendment,” he said. “However, we concerning the neo-Nazi rally in Charlot- career path and write,” Baez said. “I also Cobb was invited to campus for the need freedom of speech to avoid a scenario tesville,” lower Genesis Baez said. “People appreciated how informative he was, be- second time by Te Exonian and his visit in which we develop an infated sense of shouldn’t be targeted, even if it is in the cause he was discussing the historical view was funded by the Strickler Fund. “I per- our own capacity and ideas.” name of freedom of speech.” of education, describing how his parents sonally was really excited to have him be- History Department Chair William Cobb acknowledged these misuses, once went to segregated schools.” cause I read some of his pieces in the New Jordan thought Cobb’s speech applied to discouraging engagement with the peo- “I appreciated that he spoke about the Yorker, and I really admire his work,” Edi- the polarized political environment at ple who have “ridiculous” arguments. He issue of free speech with some nuance,” tor-in-Chief Rose Horowitch said. PEA. “I appreciated the idea that it’s im- emphasized the importance of being in- Jordan said. “He recognized how you don’t Cobb began his assembly by describ- portant to allow diferent kinds of view- formed when making claims, saying that understand your views fully until you have ing the laissez-faire approach America has points to be heard, even ones we disagree “when you have an extraordinary claim, to defend them.” New Class of Students Accepted to Phillips Exeter Academy By ERIN CHOI, Biology Instructor Elizabeth Stevens was Dorothy Baker, a prospective prep, stat- students to choose a bunch of schools of a JACOB FEIGENBERG one of the faculty members who reviewed ed her conviction in the Academy’s eforts to list without really thinking about it. We want and SUAN LEE applications this admissions cycle. “We write address and solve issues, particularly those them to feel a level of commitment to Exeter Staf Writers comments about each applicant and rate pertaining to sexual misconduct. “I’m sure and the other independent schools they may On Saturday, Mar. 10, over 400 students them according to the characteristics we are that these allegations were a one-time occur- be applying to.” opened their inboxes to receive exciting looking for,” she said. Stevens explained that rence and that it will not happen again be- Mei Li, an incoming lower, agreed that news: an acceptance letter from and a warm the committee was “looking for high-achiev- cause students and faculty are more mindful. Gateway made the application process sim- welcome to Phillips Exeter Academy. For ing, bright, hard-working students who are Te allegations did not afect my decision to pler. “I think it made the process much easier many, this one-minute video—full of radiant intellectually curious. We’re also looking for apply,” she said. because the Gateway site has a clear checklist faces and jovial tunes—-signifes the begin- students who will be active in the community Since the start of his tenure, Leahy re- of things to be done before the deadline so ning of an unforgettable Exeter journey. in some way and have good character.” vealed how he had changed the application you could clearly see the things you accom- According to William Leahy, Dean Leahy found the increase in applications process as the new Dean of Enrollment and plished as well as the things you still needed of Enrollment and External Relations, the to be unsurprising, despite recent reports of External Relations by merging the Exeter ap- to complete,” she said. school received a record 2,668 applications sexual misconduct and racial tensions that plication process with the Gateway to Prep Having gotten an early taste of the Exeter this year, making this “the most selective have arguably undermined the Academy’s Schools online application consortium. Lea- experience through the Academy’s summer year to gain admission to the Academy.” 16 reputation. “Prospective families consider a hy said that the shared online platform com- school, Baker is excited to become a full-time percent of those applicants were accepted, variety of factors when deciding to apply to prised of over 50 independent school appli- Exonian. “Everyone at Exeter is determined totalling 440 admitted students this year. Te certain schools—academic oferings, extra- cations “streamlines the application process to learn, and everyone works hard to make majority of these students, 256, are preps. In curricular opportunities, teaching style and for both prospective students and the school.” themselves the best they can be,” she said. “I addition, there are 88 admitted lowers, 57 overall composition of the student body. In Te Gateway system allows students to com- felt that the community as a whole wanted uppers and 39 seniors and postgraduates. this regard, Exeter continues to provide a plete a common candidate profle for mul- everyone to succeed and students and faculty Te ratio of male to female students is nearly much sought-afer education,” he said. tiple schools, organize their submissions and were always very willing to help…I fell in love equal, and stands at 51 to 49. Prospective upper Lenny Chen con- more easily track the status of their applica- with Exeter at summer school.” Leahy said the school accepted students frmed Leahy’s sentiments, detailing the posi- tions. Previously, Exeter required applicants Lucy Weil, an incoming prep from “who demonstrated intellectual curiosity, tive personal accounts of Academy life he had to apply using its own online system. Washington, D.C., described the feeling of kindness and humility, who represent and ap- heard from current Exonians. “I read some Leahy emphasized that Gateway still anticipation she has about beginning her Ex- preciate the very best qualities of Exeter and negative things about Exeter in some news allows schools to provide applicants with a eter journey. “I’m excited to meet new people fulfll our mission of enrolling youth from ev- articles, but I pretty much just dismissed unique set of requirements and written re- and live in a dorm. I hope to learn new things ery quarter,” afer an extensive review process them,” he commented. “I have two friends sponse questions. “Gateway is a common about myself and learn how to work under based on input from both faculty members who go to Exeter right now, and they both in- platform, not a common application,” he a lot of pressure,” she said. “I know it will be and the Admissions Department. fuenced my opinion in a positive way.” said. “Tat’s important because I don’t want hard, but I’m excited for the challenge.”

ContinuedOMSA from FLOWCHART, Streamlines 1 advice in person, Exeter’s seek advice anonymously Microagression cording to Vice President Michaela Phan. Reporting teachers and hold them Policy accountable for and make a report,” he said. Atif further Atif also collected feedback from facul- adequately resolving instances of microag- last year, OMSA has drafed a fowchart for explained that it is important to remember ty members. Towards the end of February, gression happening in their classroom,” she students who have experienced or witnessed that microaggressions can “come from ig- the fowchart was presented to dorm heads, said. “Leaders within the student commu- “an attack on personhood.” Te initiative norance or sarcasm and aren’t overt attacks. whom OMSA hoped would play a role in nity, especially student listeners, should also was spearheaded by OMSA intern Jessica It’s the constant encounter of microaggres- its rollout. step up and provide safe spaces for lower- Alvarez, along with Dean of Multicultural sion that creates real harm.” Te faculty as a whole also discussed classmen.” Afairs Sami Atif and Associate Dean Had- Te OMSA fowchart was created to the chart the frst week back from spring Brant agreed, and said, “Te school ley Camilus, with input from Director of let students know “the right language” and break. Various interest events for the com- needs to engage student listeners more so Student Well-Being Christina Palmer and the mechanisms at their disposal to respond munity have also taken place between Dean they know what to do.” She hoped that no the Student Council. Te work drew inspi- to such situations. Many come into Exeter Atif and students involved in the initiative. other Exonian would share her experience. ration from the Relationship Violence and having never heard of the terms “microag- Rollout of the fowchart will happen “Students should feel like they can reach Sexual Assault response fowchart created gression” or “attacks on personhood” be- soon, potentially as early as Apr. 2. At the out to student listeners if they feel that their by Exonians Against Sexual Assault (EASA) fore. frst interest event that Atif held on Mar. 21, identity is not respected in any way,” Brant and the Dean of Students Ofce. Early in the process of creating the many students spoke about the importance said. Central to the new fowchart is a work- fowchart to the Dean’s Council, a body of of preparation for the rollout, thinking that Te initiative also clarifes reporting ing defnition of “personhood” as “the seen student representatives. Senior Chi-Chi Ik- community conversation is key to the plan’s policies. “You have to walk a tight line to and unseen self, including one’s human and peazu, co-head of Student Council’s Com- success. “Ideally, when students see the make sure students know they have options,” civil rights.” Attacks can take the form of mittee on Community, Equity and Diversi- fowcharts on the wall, that’s not going to be Atif said. “It’s not clear at the moment where “shaming, slurs, microagressions and/or ty, then brought the item to her committee their frst time knowing about them,” Atif students can go with something.” Similarly, physical harm.” for more discussions and feedback. “We said. Te rollout will be prefaced by discus- Brant refected on her negative experience Microaggression response, according also worked to compile resources to put on sions in dorms and athletic teams. last term, and said, “Ideally, there should to Atif, can take multiple forms. “Tere are the fowchart,” Ikpeazu said. Te fowchart For Ikpeazu, this initiative is valuable also be a way to report in which your grades four diferent response routes that students will also likely be presented to the whole in establishing the responsibility of lead- are not afected; anonymity would help.” can take—respond in the moment, seek Student Council for more discussions, ac- ers on campus. “It’s important to engage According to Atif, faculty members have largely responded favorably to the fowchart, but there have been questions re- garding freedom of speech. Responding to these concerns, Atif said, “People think this infringes upon freedom of speech or choice of word. I think this does the opposite. It’s an opening for question.” However, William Jordan, Chair of the History Department, expressed concern re- garding the use of the terms “attack on per- sonhood” and “microaggression.” Jordan said he feels like he needs to give the fow- chart some more thought, but his frst im- pression was that “it advances new termi- nology that may do more harm than good.” He said, “Te concept of ‘attack on person- hood’ may be describing things that should not be equated with violence, which the word ‘attack’ implies in my mind.” “Te in- tention of this document is to help students to be more assertive about standing up for themselves, and that is a commendable thing; but from what I can tell, people on campus—students and adults–do not have a clear, common understanding of what is included under the term ‘mircoaggression’ and what should not be included. A better term might be ‘accumulated impact.’” Te fowchart is designed to be a step toward ensuring that students do not feel si- lenced. “At Exeter, there is a power dynamic between teacher and student because teach- ers are the ones determining your grade,” Brant said. “So many people do not feel like Pictured above is a draft of OMSA’s microaggresion fowchart. they can speak up.” 4 THE EXONIAN OPINIONS THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 2018 Note from the Editors information regarding the poisoning of Before publishing each issue, the editors We hope that the Opinions pieces 140th Editorial Board Sergei Skripal was taken out of context and make certain that writers use credible featured in our newspaper ignite discourse falsely blamed the Russian government for sources and include facts to bolster their on campus. If you disagree with the logic making and using the chemical weapon. argument. 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Te Ethical Obligations of Corporations Jack: Yeah, but people do not like are now, quite a few months down the an elite. Te problem with the United Janalie Cobb '20 Facebook because their privacy got sold line, and what has come of that? Social States is that there are no rules for the Ben Holderness '20 out, not because of some ideological pressures spike and then drop as certain aristocracy. If you make a lot of money, Emmanuel Tran '21 grievance. It is also not uncommon for events happen and are publicized. We as even through unscrupulous means, you Jack Zhang '20 social pressure to act in the opposite a society have too short of an attention are now part of the aristocracy. What I Guest Contributors direction. Te majority of people believed span to exert consistent social pressure am saying is that we should recognize slavery was good. So, on this marketplace on a corporation. Tus, you see a spike the aristocracy as a class, and ensure of ideology in the 1700s and early 1800s, and a drop over and over again. that membership in the aristocracy is n light of the recent events involving much of the social pressure was absolutely Jack: Yeah. I am very skeptical not determined by wealth or power, but the ethics of large corporations such one that pushed towards the continuation about the utility of social pressure on instead by the want for helping the nation as Facebook, the authors convened to of slavery. Te external force of social corporations. or society broadly. A CEO is not going Idiscuss the obligations and ethical duties pressure on corporations is not something Ben: Well, that is the nature of our to be concerned with anything except corporations must answer to. Te idea was that necessarily makes them ethical, democracy. We cannot compel people to making money, and an unacknowledged to present strongly varying viewpoints in since the force itself may not be pushing protest for things they are not passionate class of CEOs working in the shadows order to get the most balanced opinion. towards something ethical. about. Some movements are successful does not help anyone. When the explicit Tis is the transcript of our conversation Janalie: Also, for those social and some are not. Tat is how it goes, and goal of the aristocracy is then to help edited for concision, syntax and relevance. pushes to be efective, a majority of the what is successful is ofen what is more society, it is an entirely diferent ballpark. Jack: Te primary role of corporations corporation’s consumers need to push important to people such as minimum Janalie: How do you quantify what has historically been to maximize profts for it. Otherwise, the push has no efect. wage laws. What are we going to do? Are is “good for society” in a society that has for their shareholders, simply because You gave the example of Facebook, but we going to create a body that prescribes so many diverse peoples and viewpoints? any other action would cause a drop in how many people here still use Facebook, ethical behaviour at all times? How do you determine what is good for a expected value. In a sense, companies despite the controversies? How many (Ben lef our conversation at this point.) society that does not agree on what good have no obligations at all; they act in people across the United States still use Emmanuel: Actually, that is exactly even means? the interest of proft, not to fulfll some Facebook despite the controversy? Social what I think should happen. We know that Emmanuel: I think there are defnitely obligation to employees or others, but pressure needs to be more uniform than corporations will not have any obligation some individuals out there with enough simply because they would otherwise be it usually is for it to make much of a to act ethically, and that demand-side virtue such that I doubt that many people outcompeted and driven from the market. diference. external pressures will not help that much, in this country would believe them to be It seems that the question of business Ben: Sure. But the point is not that so it seems like the only thing lef to do is immoral. Even if you cannot put an exact ethics is an existential matter for these they will always act ethically, it is that create a new group of people that direct number on it, you can still qualitatively companies, as opposed to an ethical or social pressure, as a phenomenon, can and explicitly guide corporations towards examine individuals. For example, I moral one. Tat is the nature of proft- infuence corporations in ways that seem ethical behaviour. think most people would believe that a driven organizations like companies. contradictory to what you claim their sole Jack: I suppose it is true that this volunteer nurse who willingly dives into Janalie: Overall, the general goal purpose is. concept of the “unwashed masses” voting active war-zones to assist others is morally of a for-proft corporation is to bring a Jack: But when that choice for social for people and on things they do not superior in terms of selfessness to Joe the proft, naturally. However, that does not pressure to be exerted is gone, what understand is a scary thing to imagine. ofce worker. Similarly, we could probably automatically mean that it cannot have happens? What happens when every But what else is there that could work? agree that Bill Gates is more philanthropic sub-goals that are “ethical,” so to speak, single cereal company in the world relies Who is this supreme body on ethics that than the average billionaire who does not and do work for gun regulation. The on slave labor to farm wheat because puts the pressure on companies? share their wealth. Really, it is analogous two are not always mutually exclusive, a proft margins have been driven so far Emmanuel: I think that government to any topic, including business ethics. corporation can both seek proft and work down by competition? Te tendency for by an educated elite would be the best Jack: I suppose so. But, how would to beneft society. Tat doesn’t generally the rate of proft to fall clearly implies method to ensure that corporations act these aristocrats force corporations into happen, though, because I would say that that it will eventually be necessary, for responsibly. By elite, I do not mean any implementing ethical policies that cut into the vast majority of corporations see their companies to survive, to rely on efectively person who makes hundreds of millions their bottom line? only goal being to make a proft. slave labour. of dollars, but instead by those who Emmanuel: Well, they probably do Jack: I suppose the questions still Janalie: Tat is exactly why we see have been raised from birth with a sense it in the same way that our government remains: what are the obligations of companies outsourcing jobs to other of ethical virtue instilled in them and does it now. Treaten them with lawsuits, a company? Even if the main goal of countries. When it becomes too expensive the understanding of their particular sanctions, penalties, whatever gets them to a company is profit, and it has these to make their products in the US, they subject taught to them. In essence, the agree. Now, it is just that the government subsidiary ethical roles, is a corporation move, because it’s the biggest beneft to aristocracy. I mean people who have a is less corruptible than appointed ofcials, still obliged to follow the ethical code? Is their ultimate goal of making a proft. strong background in government and and more stable than constantly changing it even obliged to provide a proft? Quite a few corporations use labor the like, as opposed to ofcials who are and unreliable popular social pressure. Ben: If a company consistently does extremely close to child slavery for their elected. Arguably, these elected people are Jack: Sure, but then what is to stop not show any value, then it would not be own beneft, at the harm of other societies. the most unreliable in ensuring corporate companies from just leaving the country to a company much longer. I do, however, Ben: This is exactly the point of ethical behaviour, as the elections for avoid all these penalties and threats from believe that companies can have ethical minimum wage laws and collective these positions could easily be swayed the aristocracy? Even if this incorruptible goals not based upon proft. Companies bargaining as a check on free enterprise. by meddling companies’ propaganda. aristocracy could force these companies will ofen provide sponsorships or funding Tese were agitated ofen times for by the Democracy always has ended up as a to act ethically while they stay within the for various projects if these activities workers, and they gained unprecedented plutocracy; that is how it always ends up, borders, why could not these companies help public relations. Companies are protection for workers. It is true that that is what we are seeing in America now. just pack up and leave as soon as their ofen bound to certain positions based corporations move jobs to other countries I want the ethical body to be composed profts are threatened? upon what they produce. For instance, I when they believe that prices are too high not of the monetary elite, but of the Emmanuel: Well, it is absolutely doubt that a corporation that primarily in the US, but social pressure can ofen intellectual and moral elite. going to be a game of incentivizing makes assault weapons would lobby for prove to be an efective antidote to these Jack: Tere is a lot of overlap between corporations to act ethically while also an assault weapons ban because that excesses. For instance, Nike was pressured those classes today, though. Many balancing the penalties for bad behavior. could irrevocably damage their business. to close down their sweatshops in the intellectuals and academics are deeply In the case of environmental protection, Another recent example is the messaging 1990s, and in large part they have, so it involved with the industry they would for example, I think that implementing app, Signal. It cannot turn over the texts seems to be that, however inconsistently then be required to regulate. both a carbon tax and subsidies for from terrorists because its guarantee of applied, social pressure can induce Janalie: Also, I would argue that we energy-saving processes could incentivize complete privacy is critical to its business business to take more ethical actions even already have an aristocracy in the United companies to both contribute to the model. at a cost to proft. States because of big corporations. We economy while acting in a responsible Jack: Yeah. No matter the ethical Janalie: But a lot of other corporations effectively have an aristocracy within manner. It is a matter of balancing the “obligations,” I also doubt that any do not. Even with the capability for corporations themselves, with the carrot and the stick. company would willingly succumb to ethical change, social pressure on executives and their children and chosen Janalie: I agree with that. I am still social pressure or ethical demands that corporations is far too inconsistent to successors being the aristocrats. However, a little unsure on the whole need-for- result in less proft. Also, I totally agree. ultimately change the appearance of their those corporations already control a aristocracy part, but I think I get the idea. Let’s not involve utilitarianism in this. ethical standpoints. Tere are so many big portion of our government through Jack: Same here. I think that the Ben: Tere have been examples of examples of times where people pressure lobbying and legalized bribery. largest question that still remains is on the when a company reacts to mass public corporations because of one incident that Emmanuel: No, no, I agree. Every most efective way to get corporations to pressure. Right now, we are seeing lots of happened, and then a few months down country has an aristocracy, whether they act ethically positive. Whether you take people leave Facebook and call for action the line almost completely forget about call it one or not. In the Soviet Union the Marxist perspective or not, it seems against it as a result of their unethical why they pressured that corporation and or revolutionary China, party members like we have more or less agreed that business practices, and they are striving essentially stop all their eforts. Take, for and their associates were the elites. In corporations have no moral obligations to improve customer privacy and perhaps example, PayPal. People stopped using the Ancien Régime, aristocrats were the of their own. It is up to someone else, even share less information about their PayPal when they found out that the nobility. No matter which example of a whether it be individual consumers or users. founder supports Trump. But, here we country you pick, there has always been the state, to keep them in check.

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Columnist United States has projected From the Revolutionary War They probably did not envision that an image of being the epitome one day, the intent of the Second Eof freedom and liberty. This idea Amendment would be used to n March 24, rallies took place in of American exceptionalism has Tis past weekend, peddle war machines in the hands every corner of the nation, as well as shaped the world's perception of the thousands of formidable of unstable juveniles, resulting in few cities abroad. These student-led United States, but more importantly, students marched across heartbreaking losses in schools demonstrations,O sparked by the most recent school it has elevated our sense of self- the nation to protest gun around the nation. shootings at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High importance and worth. violence. Te echoes of Currently, we are 12 weeks into School and Great Mills High School, attracted We are taught from day one that their footsteps are strung 2018, and there have already been hundreds of thousands of protesters. the United States is an exceptional together in a melody 17 school shootings where dozens I attended the Portsmouth March for Our Lives nation because it espouses the values indicative of not only of children have perished. America rally where we heard the messages of teenagers and of liberty and justice for all. Yet, a cultural change, but a has the least rigid gun laws out of many well-established gun control activists. This simple look at American history growth in mindset. all the developed countries and the included two powerful speeches from Exonians shows how we have fallen short highest gun-related death rates as a that were met with support. However, when one many times. We choose to ignore result. However, many of us refuse speaker at the event brought up the fact that people these dark spots and revel in the to the World Wars, many view to see other nations as an example of color– black men and women in particular– are comfort of the self-deluding myth guns as critical to establishing to learn from because we view injured and killed by guns at a much higher rate that is American exceptionalism. I and maintaining the American ourselves as morally and culturally than Caucasian people, her point was met with am a proud American, but I refuse ideal of liberty for all. This is superior. American exceptionalism silence. prevents us from seeing the flaws That reaction encapsulates one aspect of the in our gun culture, although we are gun-control movement which is largely excluded surrounded by liberated nations from the narrative: the efforts and achievements with stricter policies. How can we of black activists. When black students organized possibly be wrong if we are taught to to protest the deaths of Trayvon Martin, Tamir view ourselves as the best? Rice, John Crawford III, Akai Gurley and so many Hence, giving up guns means others killed at the hand of police brutality, there more than just giving up the physical was no media outlet calling their rallies “triumphs object — it entails giving up our of organic, youthful grass-roots energy, and of delusion of moral and cultural sophisticated organizational muscle,” like The superiority. It is acknowledging that New York Times described the March for Our our pride in being American doesn’t Lives this past week. No black activists were given conflict with self-introspection and the opportunity to appear on the cover of Time calls for improvements. Magazine, or even featured in major publications Reforming gun laws definitely to advance their goal and spread their message isn’t the only way to acknowledge of gun control to the public. Instead, black youth America’s shortcomings. We must were villainized and various news outlets made also strive to depict historical events the looting that took place the focal point of the accurately in schools in order to protests. enable the American youth to analyze On March 18, an our world with an unbiased eye and That reaction unarmed black man was to make educated decisions. This past shot by police 20 times weekend, thousands of formidable encapsulates while in his grandmother’s students marched across the nation one aspect of backyard. The police to believe that exceptionalism was further emphasized in the Second to protest gun violence. The echoes the gun-control officers allegedly mistook solely reserved for the likes of me. Amendment, which reads: “A well of their footsteps are strung together movement the cell phone in Stephon When we convince ourselves regulated militia, being necessary to in a melody indicative of not only which is largely Clark’s hand for a weapon, that we are so exceptional, we don’t the security of a free state, the right cultural change, but a growth in excluded from but they chose to mute introspect; we don’t think that we of the people to keep and bear arms, mindset. We understand that the the narrative: their body cameras after have any room to improve. This shall not be infringed.” Therefore, Constitution is a living document, the efforts and fatally wounding him. is detrimental to the American guns have become more than just a but the drafters intended it to reflect achievements This was not brought up at populace’s ability to fairly consider physical object. For many, they are the adapting times. In light of that the rallies. Stephon Clark Bianca Beck ‘19 of black controversial matters, such as gun a cultural symbol of America’s most sentiment, it is now time to demand activists. is dead, and yet the mass Columnist safety. The debate around gun paramount values of patriotism and that the legislation takes away shooters of the 2012 Aurora availability and regulations extends liberty. weapons of war from our streets and shooting, the Charleston far beyond the two sides of the The Second Amendment stops the carnage. church shooting and the Marjory Stoneman Douglas shooting are still alive. In other cases, such as the Sandy Hook shooting and the recent case of a bomber in Austin, the perpetrators committed suicide and were not killed by police. Russia Rushes to Electwas in a state Vladimir of disaster. After the Putin from Kazakhstan to Belarus. It is not In this country, we have a serious problem fall of the Soviet Union, Russia a “ethno-purist” view; it can’t be— with believing and acting upon the stereotypes of Emmanuel Tran '21 regressed into a small, poor country. Russia is too diverse. Putin’s sole people of color. We find it easier to scapegoat them Guest Contributor A new elite, who attended English wish is to remake the old Russian for problems rather than validating their humanity. schools and dressed expensively, Empire, to reunify it. He dreams of a This piece is not meant to negate the validity n March 18, Russians went to rose to power. Amidst the ensuing “Eurasian Union.” Once he remakes of the current movement that is taking place. The the polls in an election that power dynamics and undeniable that Russian Empire, he will have no students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas deserve will critically influence the corruption, Putin promised a new more territorial interests. our respect for their monumental efforts to change Ofuture of their country. Three men Russia. He did not look to the Soviet Putin also has an interest in a gun-obsessed culture that has been embedded and one woman competed for the Union for inspiration; instead, he remaking the Russian economy. into the social fabric of this nation for so long. We votes of millions. The results were fair looked further into the past to the While a recent slowdown has owe it to them, and all survivors of mass shootings, and definitive. In its official report on old Russian Empire. The story of occurred, it is more prosperous to take solid, concrete action, so that what they the election, the pro-Western OSCE Emperor Peter the Great especially than ever. In 1999, Russia had an experienced will never happen again. (Organization for Security and Co- inspired Putin’s vision for a new unemployment rate of 13 percent. In That being said, the two aspects of the gun operation in Europe) wrote, “Legal control movement can coexist within the wider and technical aspects of the election narrative– we can give black leaders credit for were administered efficiently and their previous work on gun control and empower within the deadlines.” the March for Our Lives platform at the same time. Of the four major candidates One of the Parkland activists, David Hogg, has (in addition to a few minor already called out the media for failing to represent ones), there was one clear winner. the voices of black students, who make up 25% President Vladimir Putin received of the students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas almost 77 percent of the votes. and 40% of the students in his school district. Communist Pavel Grudinin won These two issues are tied together. We cannot 11.77 percent, while nationalist divorce a need for gun reform from the fact that Vladimir Zhirinovsky garnered a black people are being shot at disproportionately little over 5 percent. Pro-American high rates, and that black voices continue to go liberal Ksenia Sobchak won almost unheard. By combining everyone’s voices, we will 2 percent. Evidently, when Russians create an indomitable path for change that no went to the polls, they didn’t merely corrupt politician or violence-saturated history vote for Putin—the people cast their can obstruct. votes for a clear vision of what they want out of their society. In voting against Grudinin, Russians expressed that they had no wish to return to the days of the Soviet Union. In opposing Zhirinovsky, Russians expressed that they have no Russia, as Peter the Great advanced 2014, that rate was 5 percent. Putin’s interest in engaging in meaningless Russia from its status as the poor economic plan is quite measured. He wars. In opposing Sobchak, Russians cousin of Europe and forged the realizes that a massive expansion of Want to have your voice heard? expressed that they want Russia to country into a powerful nation. In pure capitalism will result in chaos. remain a free nation, not a puppet of light of the swift, pivotal alterations He also realizes that the communist Submit a piece to the Opinions the EU or of the USA. that Peter the Great brought to his system will not work either. So, he has The people’s overwhelming country, it’s no wonder that Putin come up with a system of regulation section of The Exonian! support for Putin was a sign that they took inspiration from this historical that will ensure that capitalism is support his program. It was a sign figure. Peter the Great took the rump controlled. Contact [email protected] that Russians want a just, peaceful of a dead empire and rebuilt it into a For many, Putin’s election is relationship with the USA and EU. world power, a power that made and a farce, similar to the “elections” Send Letters to the Editor to the It was a sign that they approve of his still makes the USA and EU tremble. of the Soviet Union. In reality, the efforts to rebuild Russia’s military Importantly, though, Putin situation was more complex. The same address. and to restore its position in the has no interest in a Russia that is election was clearly clean. An official world. It was a sign that, after almost at war with the USA or the EU. He for the “Civic Chamber” group said a century of attacks on Eastern knows that war with America will it was “unprecedentedly” so. It was Orthodoxy, they are in favour of only make Russia weaker. Nor does a sign that the Putin is as popular its revival. It also shows that they he have an interest in the conquest as ever. As Russia faces the future, support Putin’s tolerance of, as well of the entire world—Putin is a many issues confront the nation: an as his respect for, Russia’s Muslim very normal Russian patriot and aggressive America, economic issues inhabitants. Imperialist. He takes the view that and many more obstacles. Only When President Putin first there exists an entity known as united will Russia be able to deal rose to power in the 1990s, Russia “Great Russia.” Great Russia stretches with those problems. 6 THE EXONIAN OPINIONS THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 2018

Justice for Stephonhad Clarka crowbar, the two officers on the of experience would find a way to “un- ample of a person of color being killed Johanna Martinez '20 scene did not attempt to “disarm” him. arm” a man without fatally shooting even though he was unarmed and not Guest Contributor Instead, they fired their guns ten times him. Given their extensive experience, endangering the life of anyone. It is each, killing Clark. There was no gun you would think that they would be able absurd that more people are dying at found on the scene nor any other weap- to distinguish a rose gold iPhone 6 from the hands of police violence and gun ith all the hashtags sur- on — Clark only held a harmless cell a gun or a crowbar. violence. Yet, another example of how rounding the March for Our phone. Clark was a stay-at-home father of racism is sadly still integrated in our Lives movement and contin- two boys, one-year old Cairo and three- perception of others and can lead to the Wuous push for legislation towards end- year-old Aiden. He was also a great son murder of an unarmed black father of ing gun violence, it is important that all Yet, another example of how and brother. It is no wonder that his un- two. And perhaps the most unexpected communities are included in the ongo- racism is sadly still integrated timely death at the hands of two police aspect of this whole injustice is that his ing conversation and reform. It is also in our perception of others officers caused a public uproar. Over a family was not even informed of his important to note the intersectionality and can lead to the murder of hundred activists gathered together in death until many hours after he was fa- of this issue. We must realize that gun an unarmed black father of front of Clark’s local light rail station tally shot. violence and police violence are not two. for a protest and vigil to call attention Last week, a GoFundMe page was separate conversations. Amidst all the to the unjust nature of his death. initiated to help the grieving family pay tragic shootings that have taken place, for funeral expenses. Clark’s brother guns have also been the reasons why Even if the twenty bullets that announced that the family wanted to various unarmed black men have been pierced Clark’s body would not have We must continue to protest bury him next to another brother who fatally shot at the hands of police offi- killed him, Clark was left bleeding in because his life matters just as was also killed by gun violence a few cers. the backyard and was not administered much as the other lives who years ago. In our discussion about gun On March 18, twenty-two year old CPR. In fact, he was not provided with were taken by gun violence violence, we must also remember Clark Stephon Clark was fatally shot in his any other medical help for six min- and because policy reform and the many other people who were grandparents’ backyard in Sacramen- utes—too long a time to wait to save his and change are needed in our unjustly killed by police violence and to, California. The police officers had life. However, it is unfortunately not a nation. gun violence. We must continue to pro- been in the area responding to a call surprise that he was neglected, given test because his life matters just as much about a car break-in. The officers said the fact that they shot him twenty times as the other lives who were taken by gun that Clark was advancing towards them and seemed to care little for his life. In recent weeks, various people and violence and because policy reform and with an object that they believed to be Why was it necessary to shoot him so public figures resorted to Twitter and change are needed in our nation. We a crowbar. Even though Clark’s hands many times? Why was it necessary to Instagram to remind the public that cannot let the police kill yet another un- are up in the videos that were released shoot him at all? You would think that unjust police shootings are still occur- armed black man. We cannot let more and the police reportedly believed he trained police officers who retain years ing and that this was another tragic ex- people die at the end of a gun.

Motorbikes: Te Environment's Real Foe Mai Hoang '20 Columnist

he website Green Choices, “a group of individuals committed to providing consumer infor- Tmation on the green choices available,” recently published an article recom- mending environmentally-conscious consumers to switch from cars to motor- bikes. Teir argument was that motor- bikes provided the individual freedoms associated with cars, at a lower environ- mental cost. Te main evidence listed to support this claim is that motorbikes need less fuel, generate less emissions and therefore causes less environmental damages in their production. But should we really ditch the bulky cars and go for Illustration by Ariane Avandi the smaller and more efcient options? Tey can not only avoid congestions and use less fuel and emit less carbon diox- However, this kind of advocacy is absent search conducted by the Kanawaza Uni- carry you through town faster, but cause ide, this is made up many times over by in the history of two-wheelers, and thus versity since 2007 has also found that in less harm for the environment too! the gargantuan amount of smog-form- producers have been able to get away seven of Asia’s major cities, air pollution Tough these claims may seem ing hydrocarbons and oxides of nitro- with all manners of disease-inducing exceeds international standards due to gen, as well as the intensely toxic carbon gases. Regardless, if they had wanted to the hordes of motorbikes that fll up monoxide that they produce. On aver- place more converters on two-wheelers, urban areas. In this part of the world, Studies replicated and age, motorbikes from the 2000s generate it wouldn’t have helped much anyway; most people do not feel safe leaving supported around the world 416% more hydrocarbons, 3,220% more there is simply not enough space on mo- their homes without a face mask and by institutions such as oxides of nitrogen and 8,065% more torbikes for control systems as compre- protective eyewear, as thirty minutes of the Kanazawa University, carbon monoxide than cars of the same hensive as those on cars. exposure to “street gases” are enough to the European Union decade do. Te claim that motorbikes use up cause anything from minor discomf- and even Mythbusters According to research done by the fewer resources when built, specifcally ture to an actual bout of dizziness and have pronounced that University of Kanazawa, the hydrocar- “around one-seventh of the resources coughing. In either case, the build-up of motorbikes do damage to bon-flled exhaust released from these needed to build a car,” has also turned inhaled particles in the lungs does not the environment to a much vehicles can act as a teratogen that out to be false. Using the online Eco- fail to cause harm in the long run. greater extent than cars do. causes the malfunction of human em- nomic Input-Output Life Cycle As- I am not saying that cars are friends bryos; in moderate amounts, hydrocar- sessment, one could easily see how the of the environment either, but they are bon is capable of inducing genetic muta- construction of a $15,000 car on average only the lesser of the two evils, and the credible at frst glance, a brief dive into tions and complications in testosterone generates 9.41 metric tonnes of CO2 , Earth would be much better of without concrete research and data is enough to and oestrogen creation. while the construction of a $15,000 mo- them. However, claiming that we can debunk the myth. Studies replicated and One of the major reasons behind torcycle generates only 13.7. solve this issue by each hopping onto supported around the world by institu- why motorbikes emit so much toxic If motorbikes were actually that en- a motorbike is simply bogus. Te true tions such as the Kanazawa University, greenhouse gases is the sheer lack of vironmentally friendly, the motorbike long-term solution is nothing less than the European Union and even Myth- converters, sensors and other emission centers of the world, namely Indone- a frm commitment to public transpor- busters have pronounced that motor- control devices packed onto passenger sia, India, Pakistan, Vietnam and other tation, bikes and better yet, scientifc bikes do damage to the environment to vehicles since the 70s. Because of its developing countries in the South and innovation that produce green vehicles a much greater extent than cars do. prevalence, there has been a stronger South East Asian region, would also be like electric cars for increasingly lower Although it is true that motorbikes push towards cleaning up automobiles. the cleanest. Reality tells otherwise. Re- prices.

March for Our Lives Disregards Opposing View stead provided them with serious food personal liberty versus preservation of ment because by then, far too many Jordan Davidson '19 for thought about the issue. I believe human life. Even though talking about will have died for absolutely nothing. Senior Columnist that what I spoke about should not gun control with those who disagree This is why it is necessary for all only be heard by the people who went with you can be hard and frustrating, of us to not only listen to the other to the rally, but also by everyone who there is no point in having this move- side of the controversy, but make ar- his past Saturday, I attended supports gun control. ment if we cannot persuade those who guments that appeal to those dissent- and spoke at the March For Our I chose to discuss the one thing are opposed to gun control. ers. When you strive to get your point Lives event in Portsmouth, NH. that all supporters of stricter gun laws The fact of the matter is, it will across to someone taking the opposing TI wanted to change the fact that I am need to do: listen. We live in a nation point of view, there is no use to present growing up in a generation plagued so polarized that many make the con- arguments that make logical sense to with mass shootings. If you are not scious decision not listen to what the By paying more attention to you. Instead, we need to get inside the already acquainted with the event, other side has to say. Whether we are what the other side thinks, we heads of the opposition. In the context March For Our Lives was a nationwide talking about social justice, the econ- will be able to move people of guns, we need to be making argu- march that protested gun violence and omy or international affairs, there are from being pro-gun to being ments about what our rights truly are. the lack of effort our lawmakers have always two or more sides to the issue. pro-gun control. One argument that we could make is Yet when we are talking about gun con- that the small fraction of liberty that trol, the emotions run especially high comes with the right to own a gun Te fact of the matter is, it because of the passion that both sup- infringes upon the two natural rights will take years before any porters and opponents of guns inher- take years before any serious piece of immortalized in the Declaration of serious piece of legislation ently have about the problem. legislation gets passed that would pre- Independence: life and the pursuit of gets passed that would Gun supporters rightfully believe vent any more of these school shoot- happiness. Also, we could present the prevent any more of these that the Second Amendment gives ings from happening again. Look at hypocrisy of our political leaders who school shootings from them the right to own any type of gun previous revolutionary movements argue that they are in favor of guns happening again. that they want. On the other hand, in American history: the Civil Rights while simultaneously professing to be people who oppose the ownership of Movement, the fight for LGBTQ+ tough on crime. firearms believe that the deaths and rights, women's suffrage and equality, By paying more attention to what put into ensuring our safety. injuries that guns have caused, espe- etc. What do all of these movements the other side thinks, we will be able A couple of days before the march, cially to children in recent years, are have in common besides the fact that to move people from being pro-gun to I prepared a speech to present to the unacceptable and warrant a govern- they were ahead of their time? It took being pro-gun control. If we fail to do hundreds of people who attended. I ment-mandated ban on such weapons. years and years of fighting before they this, this movement will be largely un- chose not to rile up the crowd by say- So, this issue really boils down to two saw any true success. We cannot let the successful for years just like many oth- ing what they wanted to hear, but I in- emotional and compelling arguments: same happen to the gun control move- er American movements in our past. THE EXONIAN THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 2018 7 ExonianHumor How to Seem Prep Reading “Animal Farm” ByFunny MAEGAN PAUL Certifed Humor Writer Notices it “Might Connect to 1. Laugh at your own jokes. Not only will it in- spire others, but it will also boost your con- fidence when other people pretend to laugh along. SomethingBy AVA HARRINGTON Historical” 2. Just tell lots of jokes. If you’re lucky, people Said in her Exeter Interview she “Likes to Read Sometimes” will only remember the good ones. If your Recently, a prep made a fas- gora...um, a metaphor for a his- er visited the writing center. bad jokes stick, at least your legacy will be cinating observation in his spring torical event, and that was a real To conclude our interview, we perserved. English class. Upon reading the breakthrough.” wanted to know if the whiz-kid 3. Make fun of yourself. It shows vulnerability text “Animal Farm” by some guy The other preps in his class had any more literary insights to and people might feel bad so they feel obli- named George, the young child noted that this particular prep was share. noticed something strange. a literature fiend. “When we were “Well, ‘Animal Farm,’ right? gated to laugh. “I don’t know,” he said to us reading The Good Gatsby, he sug- It’s by this guy named ‘George 4. Post in Exeter Memes. If you get less than 30 in an exclusive interview. “It just gested that maybe the green light ORWELL.’ But I’ve also heard that likes within a day, take it down. The remain- seems...so familiar. Wasn’t there wasn’t JUST a green light. I don’t phrase ‘Orwellian’ in reference to ing 27 are only out of pity. something that happened in um, know how he does it, but this kid government. So I was thinking 5. Make “Black and Strong” jokes – who cares if China? A country near there. really gets literature” maybe that George chose his name There were these guys...John We asked the youngling what because he...um...I think he really it happened almost 7 months ago? Lemon and Nome Chomsky and he thought he might do with this likes government probably. Yeah. 6. Talk to upperclassmen about how stressful a space race...I think that was it. I newfound literary proficiency. He Definitely that.” Only the best and prep year is - especially how tired you are be- told the teacher–er, the class–that feels he has enough experience to the brightest attend Exeter, and cause of the extreme course load. I thought that ‘Animal Farm’ could become an editor, considering he it’s a beautiful feeling to be among 7. Talk about the struggles of the life as an Exo- be an agora...alle...alegra...alle- “enjoys peer editing” and has nev- them. nian. Nobody gets annoyed by hearing a joke (like the one above) about your completely unique suffering. 8. Write for the humor page. 9. Airdrop memes to people at random times – People in YourBy JASMINE LIAOMath Class StuCo meetings are a perfect and appropriate. 2+2=4

1. The “I-have-another-way- about test grades. tures of every problem because of-solving-this” kid. They crave “It’s easier that way.” When they attention. Their solution is prob- 3. The “Desmos Whiz.” They write problems on the board they ably the same as the one already always have their laptop out. Who bring up a calculator because they, presented, but they do it anyways. knows what they’re doing. What- “miscalculated something” Best Conclusions They clearly spent ten extra min- ever it is, it definitely isn’t math, utes solving out the equation just because every time you look over 5. The kid who shows up 10 so the teacher will think, “hmm, at them they’re silently shaking. minutes early. They really wants for Professional someone’s a try-hard.” Whenever it’s time for them to some personal time with the teach- present a problem, there’s an awk- er, boasting about their knowledge 2. The “I’m only in this class ward silence before they realize it’s and putting up the hardest prob- Emails for the easy A” kid. This kid was their turn. lem up. By AVA HARRINGTON put in 310 but they got “robbed” Sends Emails from their stop in 311. They nev- 4. The kid who never does 6. The student who just doesn’t er talk in class but always seem their homework. They don’t even show up. For any application or even an email begging to find their voice when you talk have a notebook. They take pic- for a third extension, you want to have the most professional sounding email possible. Here are some sign-offs to mix it up while also remaining as professional as possible.

1. Sincerely, MarchBy ABBYCrossword ZHANG 2. Thanks for your assistance, What She Means When She Says She “Does Crossft” 3. With sincerity, 4. Love, 5. AAAAAAAA, 6. Hugs and Kisses, 7. Kisses and Hugs, 8. Don’t do drugs, 9. Give me your social security number, 10. *67, 11. I love you so much, 12. tHanks i rEaLly aPpreciate it and i’M Excited to work with you, 13. Thinking bee, 14. I’m vegan, 15. Have mercy, 16. ,, 17. XOXOXOXO, 18. There’s a snake in my boot, 19. Shrek fanatic, 20. Spaceballs deserved better, 21. From, 22. Meme Kween,

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Quote of the Week “This is the Union of Concerned Scientists, which is, as you know, Communist.” - Mr. Chisholm

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By WNIKITA THUMMALAheelwrightcool. The name ‘Wheelwright Whiteout’ W designinghiteout them with a blue and silver DOthersance loved the energy of the and GENESIS REYES has some nice alliteration to it!” Wheel- wheel and a “W” motif to represent their dance, even if they were unfamiliar with Staf Writers wright senior and proctor Alexis Gor- dorm. Each of the residents of Wheel- the music. “It’s interesting. I don’t really fine said. wright played a role in making the event listen to a lot of the music that is being On Saturday night, Wheelwright Wheelwright residents divided successful by joining either a set up or played, but I’m enjoying myself, so that’s girls daubed in neon paint stormed the tasks for the organization of the event, clean up committee. Even though these what really counts,” prep Senai Robin- North side of campus, chanting their led by the dorm’s proctors, who began “chores” were tiresome, Wheelwright son said. dorm name. They ended their run in preparing for the dance during the last girls enjoyed being a part of dance set However, a few people didn’t enjoy Grainger Auditorium, where they host- few weeks of winter term. “Winter term, up. the event as much as others. “I left pret- ed the first dance of spring term, Wheel- we worked with Ms. McGahie who was The dance received many favorable ty early. I was pretty disappointed when wright Whiteout. Students streamed in, great about getting all the supplies we reactions. Most students were thrilled Darude ‘Sandstorm’ played,” said upper where they were met with loud music, would need,” senior and proctor Clara about the song selection and overall set Ray Alvarez-Adorno. Critics hoped to glow sticks and refreshments. Attendees Lee said. By helping to hire a DJ, get re- up of the dance. The DJ tailored to a high have a better selection of music but were clad in white clothing danced through freshments and providing decorations, school dynamic when selecting a playl- still pleased with the decorations and the night, bumping to the beat of pop faculty member Kelly McGahie was in- ist and was open to requests. “Especially food. Despite the criticisms, the dance hits and partying with friends, their tegral in making sure the logistics of the after Saturday classes when it’s cold, it’s seemed to exceed many people’s expec- outfits glowing fluorescent under the event were covered. been a lot of fun, [there is] good music, tations, and kicked off the spring term blacklight in the auditorium. Last week, the proctors advertised everyone is happy to be here, everyone is on a positive note. The annual Wheelwright Whiteout the event by hanging up flyers around excited, everyone’s dressed in theme and The Wheelwright girls put their dance has been an Exeter tradition for campus and by creating a Facebook it’s been a good time,” said senior Marie best efforts into the dance and their decades. “It’s fun to wear light colors event. The preparation of the dance Leighton McCall. The upbeat pop songs hard work clearly paid off. After a tire- during spring term, despite the cold became a big dorm bonding event for kept many of the students entertained, some first week back, the Exeter com- wintery weather, and the black lights the Wheelwright girls. They decorated as they were all seen dancing eagerily munity felt joyful to relax and have fun always make white clothing look really white t-shirts for each girl in the dorm, along to the music. on a Saturday night. Art+Feminism TV Review: ESSICA ONES WikipediaBy RACHEL WON E anddit EMILY KANG-a-thon J By NIKITA THUMMALA J Staf Writers Staf Writer

Tis past Sunday, Mar. 25, Exeter held the gender gap among editors of Wikipe- “Jessica Jones,” a Netfix original show Kilgrave’s hold, and he helps Jones de- its frst Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a- dia: a 2011 study showed that less than ten based on the Marvel Studios character, feat the manipulator. In the end, Ducasse Ton for three hours in the Library Com- percent of the site’s editors were women. recently released its second season. Jones, works with Jones under Alias Investiga- mons. Te event was a branch of the larger, “Te fact that this divide exists is a very one of the more mysterious characters to tions and always has her back. international Art+Feminism campaign human-based error,” Liu said. She came to come out of the Marvel Universe, ends Te show takes on dark themes, tack- that has been working to improve coverage this event interested in fnding out what ex- her short-lived career as a superhero afer ling subjects including drug addiction, of women and arts by editing Wikipedia ar- actly it would take in order to bring about disaster strikes. She hides in a dilapidated sexual assault and mental illness. Te ticles. Tis is the campaign’s ffh year, with some kind of change that would reverse apartment in New York City and starts a show’s handling of difcult subject matter the month of March marking America’s this trend. detective agency called Alias Investiga- is unusual for action shows and contrasts National Women’s History month. For Ayers, it was the massive scale and tions. With her super-strength and shrewd with the Marvel Studios version of “Jes- Te edit-a-thon kicked of with a com- audience of Wikipedia that had the poten- detective skills, Jones exposes the world’s sica Jones.” However, the series currently prehensive training session. Expert Wiki- tial to bring about this change. “[Your work liars and cheaters. stands as one of Netfix’s top originals. pedia editor and MIT librarian Phoebe on Wikipedia can] be seen by hundreds, Despite her successful career, the Although some scenes are difcult Ayers walked participants through the pro- thousands, or even hundreds of thousands sadness in her everyday life takes a toll to watch, “Jessica Jones” mirrors the real cess leading up to their frst Wikipedia con- of people around the world,” Ayers said. on Jones. She falls into an endless spiral world much more closely than other su- tribution. Participants lef knowing how to According to Ayers, students have the pow- of destructive behavior, bad choices and perhero franchises. Jones lives in a world create a Wikipedia account, edit Wikipedia er to make a diference by improving the whiskey. However, when individuals from of pain where she struggles to pay bills and articles using the website’s built-in text edi- quality of articles, which would make sure her past resurface to cause more wreck- fnd her place. With these issues, she is no- tor, check the revision history of articles, that the accomplishments of people who age, Jones is forced to put a stop to these where near perfect, still relying on family use Wikimedia to add images to articles, have done amazing things in the world are people before they hurt others. and those close to her to stay on her feet. translate articles into diferent languages documented. Jessica Jones, played by Krysten Rit- Despite this, she is a strong female lead. and more. Free pizza, snacks and t-shirts Yet even without the tagline ter, is a cunning woman with extraordi- “Jessica Jones” does not adhere to were provided for all participants. “Art+Feminism,” many participants were nary abilities. Afer her family dies when stereotypes about women, and provides a Te event was organized primarily by interested simply in the concept of Wiki- she is only a teenager, she is adopted by rare view of the real troubles women ex- Reference and Outreach Librarian Virginia pedia itself. “One thing we talked about a woman. Not long afer this, her super- perience. Some have dubbed Jones a femi- Rohlof. Academy Librarian Gail Scanlon [during the training session] was, ‘Do your powers emerge. At frst, she uses them to nist, especially when she protects other had frst heard about the Art+Feminism teachers let you use Wikipedia as a source?’ help her boyfriend steal money and other women from the main villain, Kilgrave, campaign at a library conference where We’re taught not to use it,” Rohlof said. objects. and men who might try to hurt those ambassadors for the campaign spoke about But according to Rohlof, being able to see Afer his murder, however, she moves around her. With her strong personality, their experiences hosting edit-a-thons in behind-the-scenes of Wikipedia and its op- in with Trish Walker, her adoptive sis- Jessica Jones is not a damsel in distress, their libraries. Scanlon brought this idea erations may demonstrate its utility. ter, who helps Jones use her powers for but rather a knight who defes expecta- back to Rohlof and Lauren O’Neal, the However, lower Elizabeth Kostina good. Afer she saves one man from being tions in a leather jacket and ripped jeans. Director and Curator of the Lamont Gal- thought that if the library were to host this mugged and murdered, Jones captures the lery. Te edit-a-thon coincided nicely with event again and there was a larger turnout, attention of a man named Kilgrave. Kil- the current Lamont Gallery exhibit “Rep- the event could be more focused on femi- grave uses his power of mind control and resenting Feminisms.” Rohlof said, “We nism instead of how to edit Wikipedia. Be- makes Jones his personal slave. One day, thought this [edit-a-thon] was a good way cause this was the frst year Exeter hosted he orders Jones to kill an innocent wom- to refect the exhibit.” an edit-a-thon, Kostina felt that the event an. Te trauma of the murder fnally frees Ayers believes that Wikipedia’s large relied heavily on teaching the participants Jessica from his spell and she escapes. platform allows women to ensure that how to edit and use Wikipedia, as opposed Trish Walker also has a difcult back- women and other minorities are not mis- to actually being able to apply these skills as story. Her mother abused her and forced represented or underrepresented in ency- a tool for activism. her to become a television star. Trough- clopedias without facing obstacles. “You Rohlof and Scanlon plan to hold simi- out the course of the show, Walker fnally don’t need credentials or a specifc back- lar events in the future, maybe even on dif- frees herself from her mother’s control ground to make it better,” Ayers said. ferent themes. “Tere are a lot of Wikipe- with Jessica’s help. She later becomes the Upper Andrea Liu also commented dia projects other than Art+Feminism so star of a hit radio show. Walker tries to on how the ease of editing Wikipedia di- maybe we could connect [one of these proj- always help others and ofen encourages rectly translated into the feminism aspect ects] to events that are going on in campus,” Jones to be a hero. of the event. “Te thing about Wikipedia is Rohlof said, citing Climate Action Day as Malcolm Ducasse becomes Jones’s that ofen times you don’t realize that there an example. She said, “We’d defnitely like neighbor, and the mind-controlling Kil- are people behind the screen that make so to try it another time to and see if we can grave forces him to spy on her. Afer Jones many changes to it,” Liu said. She noted generate even more interest.” realizes he is a spy, Ducasse is freed from Courtesy of Google THE EXONIAN LIFE THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 2018 9 StaffSpotlight Aykut Kilinc By VIRGINIA LITTLE and he broke his leg during a race. Kilinc enjoys VERONICA CHOULGA going to farmers’ markets and to “cook, Staf Writers freeze, pickle and jam whatever is available.” During winter term, 13 Roman history He boasts that he makes the best hot sauce in students dressed in white togas gathered in New England and enjoys watching slow, de- the Latin study to watch their instructors pressing movies and history documentaries. reenact the historic scene of Julius Caesar’s Kilinc’s teaching style combines dif- assassination on the Ides of March in 44 fcult subject matter with humor, the latter B.C. As the class fell silent, history instruc- of which he sees as a way to connect better tor Aykut Kilinc, playing the part of Brutus, with students. Acknowledging himself as stepped out from the shadow of the doorway an introvert, Kilinc understands the im- and approached Julius Caesar, played by portance of humor at the Harkness table. Latin instructor Nicholas Unger. With a “Being sarcastic and being funny helps me dramatic fourish, Kilinc’s Brutus stabbed get out of my skin and be someone else,” he the unsuspecting Caesar, earning a round said. “I don’t think I would be exaggerating of applause from the students. when I say that students tend to think that Throughout four years at Exeter, I am kind of funny in class, so that’s helpful Kilinc’s talents in the history department for me because it’s a sort of performance.” and on campus have greatly benefted the He uses humor as a tool, “and that makes it school community. Born and raised in Eva Carchidi/Te Exonian easier for me to engage with students and Turkey, Kilinc pursued undergraduate I got so lucky. I felt so blessed.” help students improve their writing skills to teach.” studies in Turkish, European and Islamic Kilinc was an important addition to the and to provide advice on student papers. Students have responded well to Kilinc’s history before moving to New England history department at the time of his arrival, Kilinc has broadened his history interests classes and teaching style, stating that his in 2000 to pursue further studies. Tese as no current history instructor had such a to include Greek and Roman history, and classes are tough but fun, and that he expects studies culminated in earning a master’s deep background in foreign policy. He es- he just returned from co-leading a spring rigorous Harkness participation. Lower degree and doctorate in American history pecially enjoys working with international break trip with the Classics Department to Grace Ferguson took Kilinc’s Medieval and foreign policy at the University of New students. “I can understand the difculties Rome. “It is just a breathtaking, magnifcent World history course during prep spring Hampshire in 2014. His master’s thesis re- they may be having,” he said, noting that he city,” he said. and appreciated his support both in and out viewed Turkish-American foreign relations had been an international student for ffeen Kilinc’s fellow instructors in the his- of the classroom. in the 1920s, and his Ph.D. dissertation on years before coming to Exeter. tory department praise his individuality “He made the classes really interest- U.S. foreign policy toward Cyprus during Outside the classroom, Kilinc has been and the work he’s done to bring attention ing with stories about his travels,” she said. the 1960s and 1970s dealt with the limits of deeply involved in several activities, includ- to the Syrian crisis. “He’s a great colleague, Ferguson credits Kilinc’s guidance of her American policy during the Cold War. Dur- ing advising the Model UN club. Working knowledgeable, eager, enthusiastic,” history class participation for improving her abil- ing his graduate studies at UNH, he taught with the Karam Foundation, a non-proft instructor Michael Golay, who is collaborat- ity to contribute to discussions. “I met with undergraduate courses in Middle Eastern organization seeking “to restore the dignity ing with Kilinc on an advanced U.S. history him about my Harkness participation. We and American history. and quality of life for people afected by course during the spring term, said. “I like talked for a while, and it really encouraged Kilinc credits his undergraduate teach- conflict by eliminating barriers,” he was his candor. He’s not shy about speaking his me to start talking and to put my ideas ing with his desire to pursue a career in edu- instrumental in bringing Syrian refugee mind. His point of view is individual to him out there; and not just in the classroom,” cation. Exeter frst caught his attention when students to Exeter Summer School as well as and quite refreshing.” Ferguson said. he met Dean of Faculty Ethan Shapiro, then bringing awareness on campus to the Syrian Now in his fourth year at Exeter, Kilinc Lower Pepper Pieroni shared Ferguson’s the Academy’s Director of Summer School. crisis. Kilinc is also one of the history teach- playfully calls himself a “senior.” He spends sentiments, noting that in her frst history “Exeter had been on my radar for about a ers who, along with English instructors and his free time with his son, Jonah, his wife class at Exeter, Kilinc’s Medieval World year and a half,” Kilinc said of when he frst under the guidance of English instructor and a rescue greyhound dog named Omar. history course, “he always made sure that came to the Academy. “And then as I was Alex Myers, piloted and continues with the Tough nine-year old Omar is rumored to his students were in a good mood before fnishing my Ph.D., there was an opening, work of the Writing Center, a joint venture be “part tiger,” the Kilinc family adopted him starting class. His jokes were funny enough and I just jumped at it. I applied for it, and by the English and history departments to when he was two and a half years old afer to turn the entire day around.” Music Review: Music Review:

“Myth”By ALAN WU “Anything”By JOHANNA MARTINEZ Life Editor Staff Writer

You know that Wilco documentary across a whole scale instead of in sixths. On Thursday, Feb. 15, KOTA the was mostly produced by KOTA himself. “I Am Trying to Break Your Heart?” By the time lead singer Victoria Le- Friend released an Extended Play (EP) His self-production combined with his Well, it’s a great film, and it happens to grand’s husky contralto enters the equa- entitled “Anything.” Throughout the ten laidback flow and seemingly effortless detail the creation of one of my favor- tion, an entire world has been created tracks, KOTA the Friend showcases his rhymes make his music stand out among ite albums, 2002’s “Yankee Hotel Fox- within “Myth.” And after about two fresh, soothing R&B style. The EP fea- current artists. trot.” There’s one scene in particular minutes, just when you think you’ve tures a grand selection of different art- In his new EP entitled “Anything,” that I will never forget: Wilco is in the got this whole thing figured out, Beach ists, including Childish Major, Angel KOTA the Friend discusses a large range studio, recording what would eventu- House vacuums out the song’s atmo- Haze, Sylvan Lacue and Hello Oshay. of topics often seen as “too heavy” for ally become “Yankee Hotel Foxtrot,” sphere in favor of urgent vocals and These artists and KOTA collaborated to rap albums. Unlike most other rappers, and their late guitarist Jay Bennett is four repeating open chords. “Myth” create an EP that both feeds the soul and KOTA focuses on expressing his feel- explaining how they’re using ambience does eventually return to its original makes you want to dance. ings and sending more profound mes- and synthetic noise to construct the formula, but it’s already changed. The KOTA the Friend is a relatively un- sages. He does so while still maintaining track “Poor Places.” keyboards are more pronounced. The known rapper. With mainstream artists a tranquil atmosphere for the listener. “A lot of times when you’re playing, vocals are double-tracked. The guitar is including Migos, Lil Pump and Kendrick The twenty-three year old rapper focus- if you don’t have any, like, sonic land- sparser. And it all eventually melts away Lamar taking over the top spots on the es most of the EP on sharing what love scape behind you, everything turns into for a guitar solo that doesn’t sound like Billboard Hot 100, up-and-coming rap- means to him and how it has affected a folk song,” he says. a guitar solo. Those discordant noises pers like KOTA don’t get the attention his life. KOTA also raps about alcohol- Next thing you know, Bennett is from the opening? They’re all but irrel- that their music deserves. ism, depression, loneliness and coming kneeling on the floor by his propped evant by the end of the song. Although fairly new to the game to terms with one’s inner demons. He up Les Paul guitar. And, like a musi- “Myth,” more than anything, is and competing for popularity, KOTA is enjoys being transparent with his audi- cal shaman of sorts, he’s holding an Beach House’s thesis statement. The already making his voice heard and has ence and knows that some of his follow- electric egg beater against the guitar’s band has spent their entire career per- rapidly gained a following. His chilled ers can relate to what he raps about or fretboard, generating a textural, atonal fecting the sound of weighty, wounded out beats and mellow bars have changed feel a strong connection to his profound hum. dream pop. Across six studio albums, the image of rap music and tested musi- lyrics. “Anything” is truly music for the Watching that scene literally they have continuously dealt with the cal boundaries. soul and makes the listener feel more changed the way I experienced music. I transcendent and the ineffable, cap- Growing up in Brooklyn, KOTA was complete and understood. used to think that some core element— turing the paradoxical emotions that heavily influenced by the abundance of Through releasing this magnificent a melody, a lyrical refrain—was “the we experience but can’t explain. The artists who created and set the rules for EP, KOTA had one mission in mind: song” and that everything else was just massive in the intimate. The warmth in hip-hop and rap music. Among his many to bring attention to authentic lyricists superficial flavoring. But after seeing sadness. The “Bloom” in the dark. With influencers, KOTA is perhaps most in- and disrupt popular trends. Artists like Wilco deliberately create landscapes “Myth,” and the rest of the album it fluenced by Nas, 2Pac and the Notorious KOTA often go unappreciated, yet they out of scraps of sound, all of my be- occupies, Beach House has sharpened B.I.G. This comes through in the way continue to push the industry forward. liefs were obliterated. In reality, there their songwriting, making songs that he spits bars of rap on all his tracks. It KOTA cares little for trends or main- is no distinction between the sonic are simultaneously hookier and wispi- is this fusion of different rapping styles stream attention; his top priority is mak- landscapes and the core elements of a er. Even for all the musical changes and and beats that make him so unique in ing music that people genuinely enjoy, song. There is one thing and that thing subtle layering, “Myth” is as accessible the industry and lend his ability to lure and not always because they are told it is inhabited by many other things, and as it is indefinable. listeners. is “popular.” KOTA’s desire to rap for when I start to listen, my experience as That’s why Beach House is the only KOTA first made waves in the music the people instead of conforming to the a listener becomes a part of that thing. contemporary band that consistently industry in 2016 with his album “Palm stereotypes of hip-hop and R&B music Taoists call this perceptual paradox captures the ineffable. They combine Tree Liquor.” Like the majority of his make this an EP which deserves to be lis- Taiji, which roughly means “supreme individual elements that normally albums and EPs, “Palm Tree Liquor” tened to all spring and into summer. polarity.” Think of an object and its don’t go together and unfurl them as shadow. Your brain delineates the two overlapping tides of sound. The crests as separate things, but they’re entirely and troughs of those tides and the pat- interdependent on each other’s exis- terns they form sift into unfounded tence to form a complete phenomenon. places between conventional emotion. Does this make sense? No? Ok, I’ll try That’s why their music reminds you again. of a memory that doesn’t exist. That’s Beach House’s fourth album why you feel painfully alone yet warm- “Bloom,” released in 2012, begins with ly embraced. It’s just how Beach House a song called “Myth,” which opens writes songs. with a pair of discordant noises: (1) a It annoys me when music listen- spray paint can sound loop, and (2) a ers criticize Beach House for lacking bell sample. Then, after five seconds, in musical development. Beach House Alex Scally’s reverb-drenched guitar finds great depth in stability. And arpeggios enter the mix. But then, a frankly, other bands haven’t even come hanging tom/floor tom drum pattern close to approaching the corner that complicates the rhythm. Buried deep in they occupy. Nobody writes songs like the mix, a glistening keyboard begins this. No one understands sonic land- to double the guitar, playing the same scapes like this, not even Wilco. E-major/C-minor chord progression No one does but Beach House. 10 THE EXONIAN LIFE THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 2018

SeniorSpotlight Cameron Najafi

By JACOB FEIGENBERG and and senior Alex Renaud in Soule Hall. LOUIS MUKAMA Sharing a two room double, they then Staf Writers had the idea to put the beds in one room and make the other into a “pad” where Unmistakable among a crowd of they could hang out, do homework and Exonians, with his towering stature and read. iconic man bun, you may find senior Renaud described Cameron as one Cameron Najafi drinking a warm cup of the most disciplined students on cam- of blueberry rooibos tea or watching the pus: he gets sleep and yet is also focused rich red and yellow sunsets over campus. on classes and extracurriculars. They He enjoys studying in the silence of the currently are in the same English class Phillips Church or the solitude of the and are diving into the works of Herman fourth floor in the library. Hesse together in a Religion 999. Hailing from Phoenix, Arizona, Sakata praised Najafi for both his in- Najafi came to Exeter searching for the tellectual endeavors and his mindfulness “best high school in America” and kids in everyday life. “Cameron’s deep dedica- his age who were “curious, passionate, tion, immersion, thoughtfulness, into all and motivated.” So what would make of these aspects of life and learning—the a school the best in the nation? His way they all inform and multiply for answer: natural peanut butter and Taco him such a constellation of perception, Reina Matsumoto/Te Exonian Tuesdays in the dining hall. awareness, knowledge, purpose—is truly Najafi is in love with the connec- dense readings on architectural practices Najafi’s impact on the commu- unique and far-reaching,” Sakata said. tions he’s made at Exeter. “I like hav- of particular firms based in Denmark, nity goes beyond his passion for the “I’m looking forward to his continued ing interesting conversations, hearing the U.S. and Japan,” Sakata said. outdoors. His adviser, Amadou Talla, work with me here during spring term; people talk about themselves and what In addition to his passion for archi- praised Najafi for his curiosity and intel- as well, of course, what he will provide excites them,” he said. Najafi recom- tecture and mindfulness, Najafi enjoys lect. “Cameron is a wonderful advisee,” to communities globally in the coming mends taking risks during high school. hiking, city-wandering and free-riding. Talla said. “He is a highly intellectual years and decades.” “Talk to someone you haven’t talked to “I feel that each person does their little individual and an avid learner. When we Building on his value of being in before, ask a teacher for out for lunch, part to contribute to cultural change in get a chance to talk one on one, we dis- tune with one’s self, Najafi, offering email someone who inspires you. Re- an organization,” he said. “Maybe mine cuss topics ranging from neuroscience to words of wisdom to lowerclassmen, lationships are beautiful, and if there’s was to push Exeter just to relax a little sustainable architecture and philosophy, said, “Don’t get sucked into the whole one thing Exeter has, it’s open, amazing bit more, enjoy life—sunsets, lamppost and it’s all to Cameron’s credit.” mindset that you have to do this or that people,” he said. light on the snow, ruffling of the trees—a Talla, describing Najafi as “both to get into a good college or look smart As the captain of “Varsity Yoga” and little bit more, you know?” kind-hearted and open-minded,” com- or whatever. Do what you love. Really. co-head of Buddhist Meditation Club, To ensure he and many others will mended Najafi for his presence within The world doesn’t need more people Najafi is dedicated to a lifestyle of mind- continue to be able to enjoy the great the dorm. “He has positive and genuine who follow the normal and the rules—it fulness. “We first met as members of the outdoors, Najafi was part of the Climate interactions with my family whenever needs disruptors, ‘different’ people.” Climate Action Day committee,” said Jon Action Day planning committee last he is in Dow House,” Talla said. “After Upper Yadwiga Tedeschi, one of Sakata, Najafi’s piano teacher. The two year and is currently an E-proctor. He we meet in my study, he always makes Cameron’s good friends, encapsulated coordinated a workshop on sustainable leads an “art and engagement” project sure to greet them, and he never leaves Najafi’s presence on campus. “With architecture. “I got to know him further where students make “art installations without a smile and a heartwarming: ‘Ñu Cameron, philosophy, ecology, spiritual- because we are both practitioners of to engage the campus with issues of sus- fanaan ak jamm!’ which means “have ity aren’t merely reserved to class hours Buddhist meditation. And then, last fall, tainability”; take, for example, the box a peaceful night” in Wolof, one of the but become inextricable parts of life I was his faculty adviser for his Senior arch between the pillars of the Academy national languages of Senegal where my itself,” she said. “He is one of the ele- Project that interfaced architecture, Building this past fall. His passion for art family is from. I think that’s amazing.” ments of Exeter that makes me rejoice social design, environmentalism that in- has transitioned into his Senior Project, Najafi is in his third dorm in two in having come, and though it is my first volved extensive research trips together “Holistic Architecture,” which Najafi years after returning from a term abroad year here, I feel I have a made a friend to New York City and Cambridge in or- describes as “creating a social sculpture in Spain. His room in Knight House was whom I will be able to turn to for many der to carry out site analyses, as well as in the minds of Exeter students.” filled, so he moved in with close friend years to come.” Big Red Goes Green By ANNA CLARK, JULIA GOYDAN and MOLLY CANFIELD Contributing Writers

Who doesn’t love ice cream? PEA nomically feasible for the small New not been formally classified as a car- nians and Exeter townspeople alike. students and townspeople of Exeter England chain—Stillwells has recently cinogen yet, there have been studies At least two businesses in the town sure do, as they flock to Stillwells Riv- already had to raise prices. that link styrene exposure to a greater of Exeter (D2 Java and Laney & Lu) erwalk Ice Cream on an unseasonably Styrofoam, officially known as chance of suffering from leukemia and already have made the switch to com- warm Wednesday afternoon in Febru- expanded polystyrene foam, is made lymphoma. pletely biodegradable containers, but ary. As we joined the crowd for our from low density polystyrene, formed The solution is not as clear-cut as the high prices that result from this share of moose tracks and mint choc- from a mixture of styrene (C8H8), de- simply making the switch from styro- switch mean that their products can olate chip ice cream, something was rived from fossil fuels such as oil and foam cups to those made from a bio- only be consumed by those who can nagging at our conscience: while we natural gas, and other compounds. As degradable material such as paper, afford them. This connects to a broad- patronize Stillwells on a regular ba- it is an effective, lightweight and strong however. For paper cups to be able er tension between environmental sis—indeed, this was our second trip insulator, it has many applications and to withstand moisture, they need to sustainability and socioeconomic this week—our consumption meant is used in everything from ice cream be coated with polystyrene, another status. For example, many families that more and more styrofoam cups cups to pipe and building insulation. derivative of fossil fuels. Accord- would be happily give up their Dol- were filling up landfills across the According to a 2014 Boston Globe ar- ing to the same Boston Globe article, lar Menu meals for organic fruits and East Coast. Some experts estimate ticle, 680 pounds of greenhouse gases the energy needed to produce 10,000 vegetables; however, the high cost of that styrofoam takes 500 years to fully are released per every 10,000 styro- of these paper cups is equivalent to these healthier, more sustainable food decompose, while others argue that it foam cups produced. As stated above, burning 542 pounds of coal, as op- options are often simply too high for can never fully break down. With sty- it is not biodegradable, meaning that posed to the 450 pounds it would countless households across the Unit- rofoam filling up to 30% of our land- each year, styrofoam takes up more take to manufacture 10,000 styrofoam ed States to afford. Many other fami- fills each year, the vessels that house and more space in our landfills, con- cups. In terms of raw materials, nearly lies, though, lack the education neces- our delicious dairy treats could be tributing to the growing challenge of twice as much water is needed to cre- sary to understand the environmental deadly for the environment—and for managing our waste sustainably. In ate paper cups than styrofoam. What impacts of the foods and products ourselves. So why does Stillwells con- addition to adversely affecting the en- to do? The situation grows more com- they purchase as well as the means to tinue to serve their ice cream in styro- vironment, styrofoam has proven to plex when we take into account the shop sustainably. foam cups? harm our health as well: according to economic and humanitarian factors in Clearly, there’s more than one When we reached the front of the the Environmental Protection Agency, our community. side to this story. In order to see real line, we mentioned our concerns to chronic exposure can lead to central While initially we hoped that tangible progress, we need to raise the woman behind the counter. She nervous system dysfunctions, such as Stillwells would eagerly accept our awareness for the environmental side was simultaneously sympathetic and depression and peripheral neuropa- proposal to switch from styrofoam to of this story, while encouraging com- discouraging. She encouraged us to thy. For the over 90,000 workers who biodegradable cups, we soon realized munity discussion of our responsibil- contact her manager, but said that interact with styrene on a daily basis that this issue was much more com- ity to address both the humanitarian several people had brought the envi- and for the millions of consumers who plicated. Implementing this switch and environmental aspects involved ronmental issue to her before and that face the risk of eating food into which would cause Stillwells to raise its in our quest for sustainability. she did not think the switch to bio- chemicals have seeped, these health prices, making their delicious dairy *Stillwells now offers paper cups degradable products would be eco- effects can be deadly. And while it has treats out of reach for many Exo- for an additional ten cents. UPCOMING

ASSEMBLY EVENT GABRIELLE 2018 NEUROSCIENCE CALVOCORESSI LECTURE SERIES Friday, Assembly Hall, 9:50 am Saturday, Forum, 9 am

EVENT EVENT ANGIE THOMAS PASSOVER SEDER Tuesday, Assembly Hall, 7 pm Friday, Powell Hall, 6 pm THE EXONIAN THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 2018 11 ExonianSports ATHLETES OF THE WEEK: OAH SCH MILIO ARAKEY ByN MAI HOANG Ahours at the gym practicing &volleyball with E K & CHRISTOPHER SUHR him, because he didn’t have anyone else to Staf Writers practice with. Two days into spring break, Asch also texted Nguyen to congratu- Every Wednesday at 1:30 p.m., the late him on making the volleyball team. members of the boys’ varsity volleyball Nguyen expressed his gratitude towards team can be found practicing tirelessly in Asch’s proactiveness. “He told me about the Love Gymnasium, taking turns digging the team dynamic and how I could help the balls served by their captains, seniors the team improve, even just by doing the Emilio Karakey and Noah Asch. Karakey little things,” Nguyen said. holds onto the ball with both hands, be- Echoing these sentiments, prep James fore leaping into the air and giving the Keeling described the captains as playing a ball a strong and sturdy smack that sends key role in building a sense of community it straight to the other side of the net. on the team. “It defnitely feels like more With a smile on his face, he paces the gym of a team sport here; there is more of a foor, watching the newest members of the connection,” Keeling said. He has stayed team—preps James Keeling, Nam Nguyen, late with the captains multiple times to Kilin Tang and lowers Dylan Shen, Lucas work on his serve and Keeling expressed Grandison, and Colt Delaney—hone their his appreciation for Karakey and Asch’s skills. willingness to “be there early and [staying] Tis is Karakey’s third year on boys’ late supporting others.” On his frst days of varsity volleyball while Asch is beginning practice, Keeling was paired up with Asch his fourth and final year on the team. for warm-ups and he recalled receiving “a During their last term at PEA, the pair is little tip for every single shot in a positive leading the team, which won 11 out of their manner.” 14 games last season. Upper Sam Michaels praised the cap- Asch was a member of the team when tains for serving as integral components they frst won the New England champion- in boosting the team’s morale. “When the ship in 2014-2015 and making history for team is lacking energy and it’s quiet because Big Red volleyball. Since then, the team we’re down, they never fail to pick the team JaQ Lai/Te Exonian has won three championships in a row, up and lead us to victory,” he said. “Tey’ve beating Northfeld Mount Hermon two served a key role in our victory as libero our rotations, and we’re all a bit rusty, but during that set and having the other team years ago and Choate Rosemary Hall last and outside hitter in the starting lineup.” once we get that down we should be good rush the court, only to have the ref call a year for the titles. Similarly, Walker commented, “Emilio and for the season.” net infraction both times.” Both seniors are highly respected Noah are very encouraging to everyone Meanwhile, Asch looks forward to Asch reserves high ambitions for the players on the court. Lower Kerick Walker and they always make practices more fun.” being “a mentor for those underclassmen upcoming year. “I am looking forward distinctly recalled moments last season Karakey felt thrilled and honored on the team this year.” Like other seniors to upholding our reputation as a league when Karakey performed spectacular feats, when he found out about his captainship. and captains before him, Asch aims to be powerhouse for men’s volleyball,” he said. such as serving fve or six aces in a row. For this year, his goal is to work on creating “a role model for the younger players on With Asch and Karakey’s leadership, team More importantly, the captains are best a team cheer and other methods of main- the team and give them a player they aspire members look forward to a successful known for caring deeply for each member taining a high level of positivity. “Tat’s to be like come senior year.” Asch further year, and possibly the fourth win in a row on their team, especially the new recruits. the key to doing well this season,” he said. notes that playing volleyball competitively at the New England Championship. Asch According to Nguyen, Karakey and Asch He is also looking forward to the team’s can be “an emotional rollercoaster.” Asch said, “Although we are a young team, I am are “incredibly patient with the new players frst game, which will take place at North- recounted the highly competitive New confdent that we will get back to an elite [...] and always help out wherever they can.” feld Mount Hermon School this Saturday. England Championship during his prep level through hard work because it is clear Nguyen recalled that even though it “We need to get our rotations down,” Kara- year where the team only won the ffh set that everyone wants to get better in practice was Karakey’s senior fall, he spent countless key said. “It’s been a while since we learned 20-18 “afer thinking we lost two times every day.”

GV Lax Opens Season with Scrimmages

Upper Chandler Jean-Jacques looks to catch a pass. Diana Davidson/Te Exonian

By CAROLINE FLEMING & Tough the frst couple games started mages, especially during the last game. “We – the team will be looking to build upon CHARLIE VENCI of for Big Red, the team soon found its were doing a better job in the midfeld than their rich history of success. Last season, Staf Writers groove and went on to end the day with we had been, we were pressuring more and the team’s games were flled with highlights. A Lincoln-Sudbury high midfielder a definitive win against Sudbury. Senior we had higher energy,” Kraus said. Tey had a 10-9 OT win against Deerfeld, charges past the restraining line toward Vivienne Kraus explained how the team Hillman also expressed her belief on a sweet revenge afer a loss the year before. Exeter’s goalkeeper. Senior and co-captain abandoned their sluggish beginning, say- aspects the team performed well in. “We Tey won in a dramatic fashion, down 7-9 Anna Reaman declares her presence with ing, “We got of to a slow start, but by the defnitely did a good job of fnding each with 45 seconds to go in the game. With two a soaring “I got ball!” and charges up to last game we had picked it up, [becoming] a other on the feld and making heads up plays quick goals, Big Red forced an overtime and confront the player while still covering her more cohesive team.” Lower Dennesha Rolle on the fy. It was nice getting to play afer a then copped a win. However, the climax of defensive mark. Te opposing player at- agreed with Kraus and explained how she fun, long few days in Florida with the team last season was E/a on home turf. Te girls tempts to pass the ball past Reaman, but out “felt more confdent afer the tournament.” last week,” she said. Senior Margaret Kraus dominated the entire game and won 11-4, of nowhere, she extends her stick out and An important aspect of these early added, “One of our strengths is defnitely leaving Andover in a chilling loss. snatches the ball from Sudbury’s possession. season competitions is the identifcation our speed. We’re defnitely going to focus As for this season, there is a lot of time Hauling the ball towards midfeld, Reaman of strengths and weaknesses in the team’s on that.” lef and the team is gearing up for greatness. develops yet another ofensive opening for gameplay for them to analyze and improve Vivienne Kraus elaborated on positive Hillman expressed her excitement about this Big Red. upon in practices. Rolle expressed her belief highlights from the matches. “In the last year’s team, a relatively juvenile one. “I’m Last Sunday, the girls’ varsity lacrosse that it would be benefcial for the team to game, there were a lot of moments that looking forward to seeing how the younger team competed in a four game pre-season “work on settled ofense and communica- would have gone on our highlight reel. kids on our team do, especially because we tournament at Lincoln Sudbury High tion all over the feld. We also should spend [Senior] Charlotte Polk and I had a really have a young team this year,” she said. “A School. Each game lasted 20 minutes and time working on defensive rotations and good time cheering on our teammates on lot of our team is going to have to emerge remained unscored. Deviating from the the settled ofensive plays.” Upper Bella Hill- the bench. Anna Reaman had a really sick on the feld and step up into positions that normal 50-minute and scored games, these man shared similar sentiments, adding, pick. [Senior and co-captain] Lauren Arkell they’ve never played before.” scrimmages allowed the team to prepare “Te teams brought a lot of competition killed it in the midfeld. It was just nice to Coming of of preseason in Florida, for a grueling season ahead by garnering to the feld and each game was a hard fght see everyone working together a little bit the team remains in good shape. Tey had experience through game simulations. Ad- for our team. Te tournament for our team better and a little more smoothly,” she said. a lot of fun in the Sunshine state and got a ditionally, from game to game, head coach showcased what we need to work on for With some playing action under their lot done in preparation for the season. At Christina Breen mixed and matched the our season, particularly ball movement and belts, the girls are focused on achieving an the moment, everyone is elated to be back. combination of players on the feld. Tus, smarter plays.” undefeated season this year. With a near per- According to Rolle, “I’m excited to see every uninjured member of the team was Members of the team highlighted areas fect record of 16-1-1 last season – their sole how much the team can improve and learn able to receive playing time. in which the team excelled during scrim- loss against Noble and Greenough School throughout the season.” 12 THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 2018 ExonianPhoto March for Our Lives 2018

Photographs by Reina Matsumoto