Friends’ Central School FVolume XXXVI Issue III 1101 City AvenueCUS Wynnewood Pennsylvania 19096 November 2010 Edition In This Issue.... Peter Seidel’s Milkboy Art Show By Alex Flick ‘12 Page 2: Q/A with As studens, we the visual imagery of are often so caught light when it’s seen Kristen O’Dore up with our own through colored lives that we forget plastic or water. He’s our teachers have been interested in this Page 3: their own life goals, subject for almost separate from our 15 years. Mr. Seidel Powerhouse 2010 education. But as has received positive Review many of us know, Mr. feedback from Seidel, our creative visitors, and of course art teacher, is an he says he feels great Page 4: Senior accomplished artist about it. Although as well. His recent he also said that he Sibling Preview exhibition, at Milkboy would be happy with Coffee on Lancaster any reaction, positive Ave. in Ardmore, has or negative. Page 6: Boys’ and attracted the eyes of In the future, Mr. many visitors, all very Seidel hopes to have Girls’ Basketball interested in his work. more exhibits. But he Preview This is Mr. does not know where Seidel’s second show or when these will at Milk Boy. His first be. However, I hope Page 6: Phoenix in show, during April of that when they do 2008, was so popular happen, we manage to the Phast Lane that the owner asked take time out of our him back. His show schedule to support featured work done his work. mostly in the last Check out “Bubble Soap #2” -- “It is a composition of four carefully arranged bottles of colored bubble year and a half. His the photos of his soap. Each bottle contains its own figure eight shaped, built-in bubble wand attached to paintings explore paintings on the FCS the lids. The surfaces of each clear bottle also possess many raised hemispherical dimples to prevent dropping it with slippery hands. The bottles are overlapped in such a manner still life, focusing on website. that the back lighting coming through the colored fluids creates unexpected new colors and transparent color and shapes. That is my main interest in the subject.” - Peter Seidel What’s Cooking? Behind the Scenes of the Cafeteria dining hall is what to serve each day. The staff By Julia Lynn ‘14 goes through a 4 week menu cycle, always including Friends’ Central favorites such as When you hear “move on down to dino-nuggets, chicken pot pie and pizza. Pizza Kathy”, and “I can take someone down here”, day has become a consistent Wednesday you think of the Friends’ Central dining hall, routine in the dining hall. Chris Rosenbaum’s but there is a lot more to the dining hall than idea behind a Wednesday pizza day instead those famous lines. While speaking with Chris a Friday pizza day, is that most people tend to Rosenbaum, the dining hall manager, I eat pizza on Fridays as an “easy dinner.” learned about future plans for the dining hall, Making pizza day a Wednesday assures that FCS food favorites and basically what goes you don’t have pizza twice in a on behind the scenes. day and serves as a good “middle of the week In the kitchen, there are a lot of break” for the staff. This is one of the most decisions to be made relating to vegetarian popular traditions in the dining hall. dishes and healthy food choices. Chris and Chris is always trying to improve the the staff have been trying to serve healthier variety of food in the dining hall, so he shared choices by ordering favorites from Panera some possible long term ideas with me. He Bread, a local chain restaurant. The dining has found that the students like it when they hall also never serves two fried foods in one get to prepare the food themselves, such as what they want themselves, which makes it more likely there day, not only because of their limited fryers making their own waffles and cutting their is something that appeals to them. Chris isn’t promising and oven space, but also for health reasons. own bagels. Chris’s idea is to create a make anything, but is still trying to make his ideas happen over the Their policy is “if we would not serve it to our your own salad and make your own sandwich course of the next year at Friends’ Central. Chris spoke very children, we would not serve it to the school.” station. He feels that the stations would be highly about the dining hall and its staff. “We think about Another decision that is made in the very successful because students could pick quality and taste in everything we do here,” he said. Page 2 NEWS November 2010 Black Student Forum Jewish Culture Club noted in its assemblies for African- American History tions about Jewish people. We want to learn about By Hilda Njanike ‘13 months but has also gathered By Sami Resnik ‘12 the importance of tolerance from the many times the Jewish people have been oppressed. We want to In the middle of a a reputation with other BS bustling cafeteria, I sat down In past years many have tried to create a discuss acceptance of all faiths, and examine a rich clubs from schools around the Jewish club here at FCS. Some have been successful, culture that is one of the oldest on this earth. So, if with 3 presidents of the Black Main Line for throwing the and some have not. This time around, Jeff Horow- you thought that the Jewish Culture Club was go- Student Forum to discuss best dances. Despite its myriad itz and I, Co-Presidents, feel like we’ve started ing to be lighting candles and chanting in Hebrew, their club’s goals and impact accomplishments, the club is something that is compelling and new. The Jewish its ok, Jeff and I understand. But that’s not the on the Friends’ Central striving towards completing Culture Club is not what you think it is. It is not whole shtick. Some of our plans include educating community. These presidents more service within the just a club for Jews to hang out and eat challah. Jeff the community about Judaism in a fun way, hosting are Katrina Knight, Melanie school and also “educating our and I want everyone to know that this club is open a fun assembly about Judaism, or having a Jewish Chalmus, and Imani Shell. Aja community” by way of such to anyone. A lot of people think they know exactly food tasting day. Now that you know what this club Thornton, the final president, things as the bulletin board in what Judaism is, and what Jewish people believe in. wants to do, check it out. You won’t be sorry! was unable to join us. the cafeteria. Well, we want to challenge the preconceived no- BSF was created The organization’s in order to represent the efforts also extend beyond Latino Student Forum black student body, though the campus limits; last year in The Latino Student Forum (LSF) has Along with the other club presidents, Pedro it welcomes members of the hopes of improving the different ethnicities too. high hopes for this year, the club’s first. I spoke Rangel and Jordan Lucoff, Cynthia invites all community outside of Friends with Cynthia Valdez, the club’s president, about to the bi-weekly meetings. In her words, “We’re Many of the issues they focus Central, BSF was able to sell on, such as “racism among the LSF’s purpose and goals for this year. LSF trying to make LSF legit this year.” The club bracelets benefiting homeless wants to inform members and the larger FCS meets Thursdays at 8 every other week in Ms. African-Americans and ghetto shelters. For the club’s actions stereotypes” are inclined community about Hispanic culture, which Soccorro’s room. Come out to the meeting. encouraging peace among is vibrant and growing in the United States. Hispanic food will be provided! towards black culture, but humanity, future plans they also wish to “explore the involve charities for Haiti. different sides” of each. The The presidents are working Q/A with Kristen O’Dore club is special to them for hard to insure that this year is just this reason: the ability successful, but they realize that the athletic trainer for North Penn High School. to “connect with people in requires them to “participate By Jack Kornblatt ‘13 other grades that we usually in other schools’ events” wouldn’t talk to and hear their and gather “more active, I recently sat down with Kristen JK: What would you say is the most common views on similar issues.” The committed members.” O’Dore, head athletic trainer at Friends’ injury you deal with, day to day? club’s presence is most heavily Central. We spoke about her interests and long- term goals, as well as her reflection on the 3 KD It depends on the demographic. In Middle AIDS Walk 2010 years she spent at FCS. School, I primarily deal with Patellfemoral Pain Syndrome, more commonly known as growing Jack Kornblatt: What is your job here at pains. In high school it is typically By Ian Cruiess ‘14 Friends’ Central? spontaneous injuries like ankle sprains. On Sunday, October 17th, Friends’ Central students Krisen O’Dore: I am a certified athletic trainer, JK: What would you say is the best way of participated in the Philadelphia AIDS walk.