Dan Koh ’03 Running for Congress in Massachusetts’ 3Rd District
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always check the roof VOL. CXLI, No. 2 Veritas Super Omnia FEBRUARY 9, 2018 SUPER BOWL SUNDAY: Eagles vs. Patriots New Renovation Plans for Pearson Hall RACHEL CHANG & ZAINA QAMAR In this week’s Letter to the Editor, Head of School John Palfrey announced a change in the plans to renovate Pear- son A, a classroom in Pearson Hall, for the Academic Skills Center (ASC). With the new plan, Pearson A will remain in its current state and used for E.SCHEER/THE PHILLIPIAN courses, the ASC will replace Jake Zanazzi ’18 created the ‘Save the Tang Institute in Pearson C, Pearson A’ petition, which has over and the Tang Institute will tem- 930 signatures. porarily share Pearson D with out to me in a variety of ways… the Classics Department before I got involved personally, and relocating to the Oliver Wen- a number of people came to dell Holmes Library (OWHL) see me. I met with the Classics following renovations. Department, I met with [the “[The original plan to ren- Office of Physical Plant], I met ovate Pearson A] was some- thing that was working its way S.ALSHAIBA/THE PHILLIPIAN through the [planning process], Continued on A7, Column 1 Students gathered in Susie’s last Sunday to watch the Philadelphia Eagles and New England Patriots vie for the and a number of people reached 2018 Super Bowl championships. The Eagles won 41-33. See the bottom of A5 for student reactions. Dan Koh ’03 Running for Congress in Massachusetts’ 3rd District Phillipian. voters throughout the district, it’s ZACH MOYNIHAN & Koh, a descendant of Korean clear that people are fed up with ABBY RYAN and Lebanese immigrants, is run- this administration’s recklessness. ning his campaign on a five-point We need real, forward-looking Democratic candidate Dan platform, which includes support solutions to make sure that the Koh ’03 is running to represent for universal healthcare coverage, American Dream is alive for gen- the Third District of Massachu- debt-free education, clean energy, erations to come. That’s why I will setts in the United States Con- gender equality, and combating advance a progressive agenda,” gress. A former Chief of Staff to the opioid epidemic. continued Koh. Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, Koh Koh wrote, “My family immi- A group of students from the officially opened his campaign of- grated to the United States from PA Democrats Club (PA Dems) at- fice on Saturday. Korea and Lebanon. They became tended the campaign office open- “I was thrilled to see so many millworkers in Lawrence, mem- ing. The office is located on 28 friends, family, and supporters bers of the military, and doctors. Chestnut Street in Andover. at the official launch of our cam- They lived the American Dream, Miriam Feldman ’18, co-pres- paign headquarters in Andover. and as a result, their Korean-Leb- ident of PA Dems, described how COURTESY OF DAN KOH Andover is where I first developed anese grandson has the chance the club connected with Koh’s From left to right: Nell Fitts ’18, Junah Jang ’20, Dan Koh ’03, and Miriam my passion for public service. This to be the congressman from his campaign. Feldman ’18 is where I grew up, it’s where I hometown.” “Dan Koh is an alum of [Ando- Andover were opening to see if students were not only able to ex- went to school, and I could not be “But, right now, the American ver] himself, and he has a couple there were any people from Ando- perience a campaign launch but more excited to open up our first Dream is under attack by a Pres- of people working on his cam- ver who wanted to go down and were also exposed to the issues campaign office here,” wrote Koh ident who doesn’t understand paign who are from the school. attend the event,” said Feldman. in an email sent by Communica- As part of the partnership what makes this country great. They reached out to us when his Continued on A7, Column 3 tions Director Justin Curtis to The Based off my conversations with campaign offices in downtown with Koh’s campaign, Andover Investigating Student Learning Disabilites in Andover Academics can take six weeks or more. ZACH MOYNIHAN Brown is one the students who works with Davison to sort out academic needs. Brown be- Sofie Brown ’18 says that gan working with Davison in her math has always challenged her. Junior year, prior to her diagno- In middle school, she was told sis. to wear glasses so that she could “[Davison] knows all the rules see numbers with more clarity. It and regulations of everything took years of faulty conclusions perfectly, and she’s always made before Brown was properly diag- sure that I’ve had the forms, that nosed with the learning disabil- I’ve had the accommodations, ity known as dyscalculia, which and I’ve had the time I needed. R.PREM/THE PHILLIPIAN makes arithmetical calculations If I forget meetings, she bends Sofie Brown ’18 is diagnosed with difficult. over backwards to make a time dyscalclia, which makes it hard for At Andover, students with to reschedule so that I can get her to solve math problems. learning disabilities work with the academic help that I need,” the Office of Student Disability said Brown. expand [upon].” Services to receive appropri- Mae Zhao ’18, who has been According to Zhao, the sup- ate accommodations to meet diagnosed with ADD, created port that clubs like DyAd and M.CALLAHAN/THE PHILLIPIAN their needs. In order to receive DyAd last year. DyAd, which is DREAM offer is important be- accommodations, students are an acronym that combines the cause having a learning disability Emily Ortiz ’19 and Erin Vasquez ’19, members of Alianza Latina, fundraise required to submit documenta- on campus can sometimes lead for Puerto Rico during lunch. names of learning disabilities tion in adherence to the school’s Dyslexia, ADD, and ADHD, is to isolation. Zhao thinks that at Documentation Guidelines, in- a support and advocacy group times others don’t understand Pie the Head of School: cluding a statement from a li- for students with these learning the amount of effort it takes for censed professional. disabilities. The club also hosts students with disabilities to do This process can take any- workshops relating to learning well and their need for different Raffle Raises Money for where from a day to over a disabilities. methods of studying. month, depending on the nature Zhao was inspired to form “Even though we might be Puerto Rico of the disability. Throughout DyAd when she noted a level of able to get through the academ- this time, students meet with hesitance in students to talk to ics fine, we might be able to do various reasons. First, I have wit- Patricia Davison, Director of the their teachers about their aca- well in class, there’s this isola- STEVE NAM nessed the destruction and dev- Academic Skills Center and Co- demic needs. tion that I felt from other people & ALEX PARK astation firsthand and felt moved ordinator of Student Disability “For me, it was more just like because they just didn’t really to help out. Second, I have noticed Services. [ADD] was something I’ve al- understand the amount of effort Do you want the chance to that many people around here “I work closely with students, ways struggled with when I was it takes to do as well as others. “pie” Jennifer Elliott ’94, Dean have really forgotten about the evaluators, parents, the Medical first here, and I felt as I learned People with learning differences, of Students and Residential Life, event. Even though it has been Director, Director of Psycho- to figure out what to do and what we study completely different- or Head of School John Pal- four months since the hurricane, logical Services, and all of my not to do, I saw other students ly. We need to isolate ourselves frey? Students will be able to buy a lot still needs to be done on the colleagues to implement appro- that were also going through the and be in a quiet space, and it’s three-dollar raffle tickets at Pares- island, and it is a cause that can’t priate and reasonable accom- same thing, and I felt like I want- that isolation, that difference in ky Commons every Monday until be forgotten,” said Romero. modations for students with all ed to create an environment that studying, especially at a place the end of this term, and two lucky Gordon Paiva ’20 expressed types of disabilities,” wrote Davi- would help students with learn- like Andover where studying is winners will be able to smash a pie agreement with Romero. Ac- son in an email to The Phillipian. ing differences,” said Zhao. a huge part of our lives. You can in Elliott and Palfrey’s faces at the cording to Paiva, there is a lack of Davison helps students de- DREAM, which stands for feel really isolated,” said Zhao. first All-School Meeting (ASM) awareness surrounding the level termine their most beneficial “Disability Rights, Education, Zhao continued, “Why am I of Spring Term. Organized by Se- of devastation that remains in the course of action for academic Activism, and Mentoring,” is the only one who has to isolate bastian Romero ’20 and Alianza country due to inadequate news accommodations, such as re- another club on campus that ad- myself in silent all the time? Latina, this fundraiser seeks to coverage. ceiving extended time on as- dresses disabilities.