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Rest in Peace, Protoman www.phillipian.net Veritas Super Omnia Vol. CXXXV, No. 19 October 12, 2012 Phillips Academy Oct. 19 Classes Cancelled For Full-Day Faculty Meeting at 9 a.m. on Friday morning, By JANINE KO according to Temba Maqube- To make room for a full- la, Dean of Faculty. All non- day faculty meeting on gover- interscholastic sports next nance and decision-making, Friday have also been can- Head of School John Palfrey celed. announced on Tuesday that “It’s going to be a very all classes would be canceled open discussion. This is the next Friday. first of its kind—as far as I “This is the beginning of know—in the past 20 years, a new administration both where we stop classes [for in terms of my service as the a meeting] and let students Head of School and Peter sleep,” Maquebela said. Currie [’74]’s term as Presi- Palfrey made the final dent of the Board of Trustees, decision on Monday night to and one thing I’ve been want- cancel class after consulting ing to do is to have a few hours senior administrators and to talk about governance and other faculty members. decision making, which is to “[The decision] was in part say to review how decisions out of a sense of this being a get made at the school,” said stressful fall, and there was Palfrey. “This is a topic that value in taking a little bit of a every academic community break right after midterms,” talks about periodically, and said Palfrey. it’s a healthy and good thing “Mr. Palfrey wants to to do that.” open the funnel as wide as Palfrey said he also want- possible to different ideas [and ed to give students a break wants] everyone on the fac- at the end of midterm week, ulty to bring different ideas,” S.MORELAND/ THE PHILLIPIAN which begins on Monday. said Maqubela. “And once The Andover campus shines on Thursday after a rainy start to the week. Midterm grades are still due you open the funnel with the most democratic way of do- ing things, [Palfrey] will be Keilburger Encourages Global Non Sibi able to challenge all the ideas Students Participate in Sixth and capture them before he makes his final decision about In All-School Meeting Presentation Annual Non-Sibi Day how governance should oc- cur at Phillips Academy.” By JANINE KO new students were finished choosing projects. Approxi- Palfrey said, “As a lawyer & EMMA MEHLMAN By SYDNEY ADAMS and former law professor, & JEFFREY TAN mately 70 spots were avail- able for returning students, I’m very interested in the me- When Craig Kielburger chanics of decision-making For the sixth annual Non although less than half of was 12 years old, he dis- these spots were filled, ac- and understanding very care- covered a passion for so- Sibi Day, Andover students fully who sets the agenda, and alumni participated cording to Cueto-Potts. cial justice after reading The most popular proj- how can you advance an idea, an article in the “Toronto in service projects across how does it flow properly the country and around ects this year included the Star” about the death of project at the Lawrence through the decision-making Iqbal Masih, a 12-year-old the world last Saturday, in chain. I think that’s a good honor of the school’s “not Boys and Girls Club and former child laborer from the Thompson Island trip, thing to have.” Pakistan who had been for self” motto. This year, the day of service was not which involved landscaping shot after speaking out work on the island, located against child slavery. required for returning stu- Nix Named dents. in Boston Harbor. After learning of Ma- Z.GALLAGHER/ THE PHILLIPIAN Cueto-Potts said that sih’s story, Kielburger Because Non Sibi Day Director of Keilburger urged students to get involved in service. fell on Columbus Day week- Non Sibi Day will not fall called together the 11 oth- on Columbus Day week- students to take the initia- “The single greatest end this year, many food Finance er members of his seventh end next year, though the tive to bring about change challenge that the world and farming projects were grade class and planted Community Service Office and become meaningful faces is that we’re raising closed for the weekend. A the seeds for what would has not yet decided wheth- leaders, regardless of their a generation of passive by- total of 12 service projects later become the non-prof- er participation will once ages. standers. And basically... were available to students, it organization Free the again be required of all stu- “When we built [Free all of these issues in the compared to 25 projects last Children, with the goal of dents. the Children] we were world—environment, lack year, according to Monique bringing children out of In addition to uniting in high school. People of socio-economic devel- Cueto-Potts, Director of slavery and poverty. the farthest reaches of the laughed at us and said we opment, poverty, environ- Community Service. Due to Kielburger, this year’s Andover community in a were young, naïve and ide- mental degradation—[they limited space, the Commu- Non Sibi speaker, spoke at day of service, Cueto-Potts alistic and would never are] not beyond human nity Service Office required All-School Meeting (ASM) said that Non Sibi Day also change things. In fact, capabilities,” he said in a the participation of only the on Wednesday about his serves as an introduction to people said so often that question and answer ses- 361 new students. involvement with Free the Andover’s community ser- we were idealistic that we sion following the ASM. Returning students Children and about youth vice program for new stu- picked up that label and we were allowed to serve as participation in global dents. wore it with pride,” said project leaders on a volun- community service. “There was the added T. JOHST/ THE PHILLIPIAN Kielburger in his speech. Continued on P6, Column 1 teer basis or to sign up after Kielburger encouraged goal of having [the new Andrea Nix students] realize that the Junior and Lower Class Representatives Elected Community Service Of- By IAN WHITTALL fice exists and that we not To manage Andover’s only run Non Sibi Day... complex budget and oversee but also 40 weekly and the day-to-day financial op- Perez ’16 and Rossi ’16 Lowers Choose Doran ’15 monthly programs. Hope- erations of the school, An- fully, the kids who went to drea Nix joined Andover on Selected To Lead Juniors And Golkari ’15 for 2012-2013 Cor Unum [a community October 1 as the new Director meal center in Lawrence, of Finance. Doran and Golkari were Mass.] to serve a meal on Working in the Comptrol- chosen from a pool of six Non Sibi Day now get into ler’s Office, Nix will oversee By ANDREW YANG finalists, which was nar- the loop and start going to the school’s operating and rowed down from 14 origi- Cor Unum throughout the capital budgets as well as The Class of 2016 elect- nal candidates. The six year,” she said. payroll and financial state- ed Marcello Rossi ’16 and candidates each delivered a “Being able to actually ments. She will also work Theodore Perez ’16 as its speech in Cochran Chapel share the knowledge that I with the Investment Office, Junior Representatives for on October 1, and the final have and use it to help other faculty, administrators and the 2012-2013 school year. results of the election were people, was really great,” the Board of Trustees to or- After two rounds of announced on October 3. said Henry Curtis ’15, a new ganize the financial aspects online voting, final elec- Attendance at the speeches Lower who participated tion results were released was not mandatory. Continued on P5, Column 5 Continued on P4, Column 5 on October 2. After a pre- Doran and Golkari, liminary round with 17 both new to Student Coun- candidates, the top six can- S.DIEKEMA/ THE PHILLIPIAN Z.GALLAGHER/ THE PHILLIPIAN cil, hope to improve inte- didates gave speeches to gration of new Lowers and Stott Plans to Reinstate the Junior class in Borden Theodore Perez ’16 and Sina Golkari ’15 and increase class unity with Gymnasium. Attendance at Marcello Rossi ’16 Arthur Doran ’15 class events and apparel. the speeches was not man- “I think the first pri- Original Landscape as said that he plans to carry datory. ority is [organizing] an a notebook with him, and By PHOEBE GOULD To become an eligible on-campus event to get members of the Class of & ANIKA KIM Manager of Grounds candidate, each student everyone together. Later 2016 can approach him to and Equipment Manager submitted a platform and a on in the year, we’ll have write suggestions for what To represent the Class at Phillips Exeter Acad- 100 signature petition from an off-campus event,” said the Junior Reps should of 2015 for the 2012-2013 emy, in order to be closer their classmates. Golkari. bring up in Student Council school year, the Lowers to his home in New Hamp- Perez’s platform One of the on-campus meetings. selected Arthur Doran ’15 shire, according to Heather stressed his willingness and Sina Golkari ’15, both Thomson, Senior Manager to involve his classmates returning Lowers, as their for Operations and Mainte- in Student Council. He Continued on P4, Column 1 Lower Representatives. Continued on P4, Column 3 nance.