Interview with Brad Corrigan EDITORIALS Never Seen a Place Like It Before
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A Public Forum for News, Opinion, and Creative Thought of The Governor’s Academy MAY 1, 2008 VOLUME 49, ISSUE 10 IN THIS ISSUE: His Music is the Message: Interview with Brad Corrigan EDITORIALS never seen a place like it before. by Coby Newton '09 and Perry Eaton '08 AP Exams 2 Gov: Could you describe the dump? Forgiveness 2 Brad Corrigan, formerly of Dispatch, and BC: A hundred acres of burning filth. now with his own group, Braddigan, visited You know, I think Nicaragua is the sec- OPINION campus on Friday, April 24, to perform in the ond or third poorest country in the Best Selves 2 Student Center. Following is an interview Western Hemisphere. Roughly 65% or From Talking to Typing 3 70% unemployment. About 200 families Where Do YOU Stand? 3 with him that evening. Gov: What is your message through they squat in the acres of squalor and when that truck comes in they just scav- NEWS music now and how has it changed since Beyond Byfield 4 you were with Dispatch? enge for metal, copper, anything. It's the Food Price Crisis 5 Brad Corrigan: I think it's pretty most toxic place I've ever been. Basically, The Beijing Olympics 5 much the same. [It's] really about find- they live in shanties right inside this ing your dream, finding your heartbeat dump. Wild dogs, cows, smoke, burning SPORTS for whatever you're supposed to do, filth, absolute twilight zone craziness. Bryce’s Banter 8 making sure you fight for it at whatever Gov: During the show, you spoke Interview with Coaches 9 cost. The world isn't really wired to about Ileana, the girl who got you out of encourage people to dream…if you your cab and basically changed your life. Braddigan in Student Center FEATURES know people who know how to dream Who is she and what has she done for Silent Lunch 6 Photo by Coby Newton ‘09 and fight for it, they're the ones who give you? Dear Advisors... 6 raised some money for an orphanage BC: It was probably my tenth or Commencement Speaker 7 other people hope and freedom to do the down there in the capital city, Managua. twelfth trip that year, and I had been Citizenship Questions 9 same . .That's pretty much where we're In one of our earliest trips, we took a tour Geek Beat 10 at, using our gifts well. hanging around the orphanage with the Spotlight on Mr. Abusamra 10 Gov: Could you tell us about your from the wealthiest neighborhoods to the kids and then we would go into the Unsolved Histories 11 experience in Nicaragua and your web- poorest ones. And you can't even imag- dump, but roll up the windows, lock the Mother’s Day 13 site to benefit the children there? ine how huge the homes are, it's beyond doors, and hide behind my camera I Never Knew 13 BC: Our website is www.loveligh- what you can imagine, and right next to because that's all the courage I had. Word Roundup 13 tandmelody. org. That flowed out of a it is just chaos. So we slid down the hill Finally this little girl knocked on the win- couple trips to Nicaragua after having and ended up in a trash dump. I've dow, and I turned around. There was REVIEWS Continued on Page 7 Movie: 21 12 Movie: Where in The World Is Osama Bin Laden? 12 ‘Karibu’ to Kenyan Guests Movie Options 12 came. lege of their own private Chemistry and SAT prepara- by Katie Reilly ‘11 Christine, 16 years old, room. Jasper, eighteen, comes tion. He explains that while BACK PAGE goes to Kenya High School, an from Alliance High School, an he had taken Economics, Birthdays 14 Two students and a all girls boarding school. The all boys boarding school. English and Chemistry back Angles of Perception 14 teacher arrived in Byfield living arrangements there are While here, both students in Kenya, “The Economics two weeks ago as partici- not exactly what we are used wasted no time creating a class is much more complex pants in the second year of here.” Jasper also adds that the Academy's exchange pro- while Biology and Business On April 21, Earth gram with two schools in the were his favorite classes back Day, The Governor east African country of Kenya in Kenya, his favorite subject put out a call for . They have traveled a great after taking it here is English. Earth Day sayings. distance in order to experi- Jasper and Christine are They are placed ence the culture and meet the also active participants on throughout this unique people who live in the sports teams. Christine has paper. Try and find United States. One student, all 15!!! joined the JV girls’ tennis Jasper Lubeto , has traveled team. She had played tennis all the way from Kisomeo, in previously in Kenya in both western Kenya, where he has middle school and high lived all his life. The other school. Jasper is playing visiting student, Christine Christine, Ms. Margaret Onimbo, and Jasper Photo by Ms. Jackson lacrosse for the first time. He Atieno, is from Nyanza, shared that this is the first Kenya. Both students are to here. “Freshman and soph- challenging course load. time he is playing a sport with studying as juniors at the omores do not have their own Christine is taking English, so much equipment. “Back in Academy for the remainder This issue of The rooms,” explains Christine, Biology and Ceramics. Kenya, the games were sim- of the academic year and are “There are long rows of beds Although she had taken pler and required less equip- Governor is printed on managing to take classes 30% recycled paper. where they sleep in one large English and Biology back in ment” says Jasper. while adjusting to the many room” about the size of the Kenya, Ceramics was some- Jasper and Christine also differences between the cul- back portion of the dining thing she had never tried offered up the differences ture they are now a part of hall. Juniors and seniors, before. Jasper is taking between their school back and the one from which they however, do have the privi- Economics, English, home and Govs. Both Jasper Continued on Page 9 Send to: Send Op/Ed THE GOVERNOR 2 Editorial: Forgiveness: A Most A Public Forum for News, Opinion, and Creative Thought of The Governor’s Academy APRIL 10, 2008 VOLUME 49, ISSUE 9 Difficult Task Editors-in-chief: Features: Staff Writers: Sean Andrews ‘08 Jen Tomich ‘08 Perry Eaton ‘08 “Forgive, sounds good. Forget, I'm not sure I could. Anna Perocchi ‘08 Coby Newton ‘09 They say time heals everything, but I'm still waiting.” These Claire Shin ‘08 International Affairs: Anna O’Neal ‘09 Jen Tomich ‘08 Claire Shin ‘08 Dylan Press ‘09 lyrics from the Dixie Chick's song “Not Ready to Make Nice”, Taylor Angles ‘10 acknowledge that the act of forgiveness is one of the hardest to Managing Editors: Editorial Advisor: Jen Migliore ‘10 Bryce Johnson ‘09 Ms. Judy Klein Annie Quigley ‘10 commit. When one has been wronged, it can leave the victim Lindsay Grant ‘10 emotionally hurt and less trusting of the perpetrator. The neg- Photography Editors: Production Advisor: Katie Reilly ‘11 Julia Blanter ‘09 Ms. Christle Rawlins-Jackson Aboubacar Okeke-Diagne ‘11 ative effects of a personal attack are instant and enduring, but Carlota Caicedo ‘09 Zoe Mackay ‘11 the reasons behind it may take longer to be brought to light. Will Kavanagh ‘09 Sports: Bryce Johnson ‘09 The Governor's Academy was recently visited by News: Mary Morrissey ‘10 author Jeanette Walls, who, in her memoir, The Glass Castle, Gabriella Riley ‘09 portrayed how she was treated by her parents and peers with a remarkable lack of care. She was forced by her alcoholic Editorial: father and self-centered mother to live in poverty. She slept in cardboard boxes and was constantly moved around the coun- AP Exams: To Be or Not to Be try. The girls at her school refused to associate with her as she What are major events in May? A formal purposes. Those who desire acceptance to the was dirty and smelled “a tad funky” as a result of her situa- dance, spring concert and a lot of AP exams. most demanding colleges may gladly take AP tion. Despite profound pain caused by her parents' decisions, After completing AP (Advanced Placement) exams. However, students who take AP cours- she still found it in her heart to love her parents and offered courses, which are college-level courses wide- es, yet think they are not prepared for exams, them shelter in her own home. When Walls spoke at TGA, she ly recognized as the best, most challenging, may not want to waste their time and money discussed how, as an adult, she approached her mother con- and most rigorous courses high school stu- on insanely long and costly AP exams. For cerning her manner of child-rearing. Her mother replied, “I dents can take, students have to take national example, a student who spends a whole year AP exams developed by the College Board. studying AP Biology might not feel confident did the best I could.” It seemed that Wall made peace with her TGA requires students who have taken AP or comfortable taking the AP Bio exam, not parents after understanding their lack of poor intentions courses to take AP exams at the end of the because he or she has not failed to do their toward their children.