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Let’s get a little bit rowdy. www.phillipian.net Veritas Super Omnia Vol. CXXXVI, No. 22 November 8, 2013 Phillips Academy SEX ED New Wellness PROGRAM Center BEING Named for RE-EVALUATED Sykes By RANI IYER STAFF REPORT Twenty-eight percent of Andover students have Head of School John had sex, 42 percent have Palfrey announced last Fri- engaged in oral sex and 20 day that the new wellness percent are in committed center will be named after relationships, according Becky Sykes, former Asso- to the The Phillipian’s 2013 ciate Head of School. State of the Academy sur- The Board of Trustees vey. Despite metrics that unanimously voted in sup- indicate a high number of port of the building dedi- students who are sexually cation on Friday morning. active, no more than seven Palfrey announced the hours of a student’s Ando- naming of the Rebecca M. ver career is dedicated to Sykes Health and Wellness sex education. Center at the Trustee, Fac- Although no concrete ulty and Alumni Council plans have been made Dinner to a standing ova- for a full sex education tion. course, Andover’s Sex Ed- “I was shocked and ucation working group—a immediately dissolved in group of faculty created tears. My husband and last spring to discuss po- EKAUFMANN-LADUC/ THE PHILLIPIAN Mrs. Chase had to remind tential changes to the sex Ben Andresen ’17 flaunts his Andover spirit on Exeter Geek Day. me to breathe. The an- education curriculum at nouncement was totally Andover—is currently unexpected and beyond evaluating and crowd- my wildest dreams,” wrote sourcing improvements Sykes in an email to The to Andover’s sex ed pro- Trustees Engage Students and Alumni for Strategic Plan Input Phillipian. gram. Construction of the Andover students who versation with students ning process was the focus formation,” said Corinne wellness center, intended enter as Juniors or Lowers By ERICA SHIN and alumni. of several presentations Field ’83, three-year to promote both emotional receive sex education in “This past weekend and meetings during the alumni trustee and Stra- and physical health educa- one class of Physical Edu- School governing bod- was one of the most jam- weekend, including a joint tegic Planning Committee tion, will begin in Septem- cation (PE), three Lower ies congregated on campus packed ever in terms of session of the Board of member. ber 2014 and is expected to Personal and Community this weekend for the Fall events, meetings, recep- Trustees and the Andover “We’re really asking finish by December 2015. Education (PACE) classes, Trustees’ Weekend. tions and more casual op- Development Board. you where you would like It will be located on Sa- Biology classes and dorm The Board of Trust- portunities to engage with “[Strategic Planning] to see this school in three lem Street between Benner meetings about room vis- ees, the Alumni Council, students, faculty and fel- is a very transparent and or five years,” she contin- House and Bulfinch Hall. its, according to Dr. Amy the Andover Development low alumni,” said Tracy collaborative process, and ued. Sykes, who received Patel, Medical Director of Board (ADB) and the An- Sweet, Director of Acad- what we really need right Isham Health Center and nual Giving Board (AGB) emy Communications, in now is for students in par- member of the Sex Educa- each convened individu- an email to The Phillipian. ticular to take very seri- Continued on A6, Column 1 Continued on A6, Column 4 tion working group. ally throughout the week- The Strategic Plan- ously the request for in- Students who enter end to explore the develop- as new Uppers, Seniors ment of the new Strategic Plan, discuss the construc- ADAPTING TO DIVERSITY WITHIN DIVERSITY: tion of the Rebecca M. Continued on A6, Column 1 Sykes Health and Wellness Center and engage in con- CAMD Meets Needs of Changing Student Demographics which has nearly doubled By RYAN BRIGDEN & from 14 percent in 1992 to 8 Schools to Share Online Arabic KAILASH SUNDARAM 27 percent in 2013, accord- ing to Aya Murata, Advisor to Fifteen minutes after Asian Society and Asian and And Water Resources Courses the Asian Society meeting Asian American students. started, the chairs that lined When there were a fewer Paul’s School, Lawrencev- the table in Ada’s Room of number of Asian students, By THOMAS CHOI ille, Choate, Deerfield Paresky Commons remain students of Asian heritage and Hotchkiss, met in the unfilled. The few occupied felt that Asian Society was As part of the Eight spring of 2013 to discuss seats belong to the six board the next best thing to clubs Schools Association’s the needs of its member members, who cast periodic of specific Asian sub-groups (ESA) initiative to create schools. At the end of these glances at the door. that they might better iden- shared courses, Andover meetings, the schools de- Despite much publicity— tify with, according to Mu- A s i a n hopes to offer its students cided to address their posters, emails and word-of- rata. However, as the sub- Society’s inability online classes in Arabic dearth of uncommon lan- mouth—Asian Society has demographics within the to identify the “needs and and Global Water Resourc- guages and their desire to seen a steep decline in atten- Asian student population interests” of the growing es during the 2014-2015 incorporate travel in the dance over the past decade. has grown, their needs have Asian and Asian Ameri- school year. curriculum. This decline comes in varied. can demographic reflects The ESA, which in- Two students from the face of an increase in “When you are talking a growing problem that cludes representatives the number of students that about 27 percent of students the Community and Mul- from Andover, Phillips Ex- identify as Asian, Asian- identifying as Asian, Asian range in what the needs and eter Academy, North- Continued on A4, Column 4 American or mixed- American and mixed heri- interests of these students Continued on A4, Column 4 field Mount Hermon, St. heritage of Asian descent, tage Asian, there is a huge are going to be,” said Murata. Andover Alumni Council Honors Distinguished Graduates Hafsat Abiola ’92, George nal list of recipients. Thus Church ’72 and Frank Stella the award is “by alumni, for Hafsat George Frank ’54 received the Alumni alumni,” as school admin- Award of Distinction at a istrators play no role on the Abiola ’92 Church ’72 Stella ’54 ceremony last Friday. alumni-only selection com- The award “recognizes mittee, said Jennifer Savino, By STEPHEN By MADELEINE By JANINE KO and honors alumni/ae of Director of External Rela- MORELAND MAYHEW Phillips Academy or Abbot tions. Academy who have served Several years ago, Mi- Hafsat Abiola ’92 will Remembering the late On Friday afternoon, with distinction in their chael Schmertzler ’70 and not shake hands—she will nights spent in the Evans Frank Stella ’54 watched the fields of endeavor,” read the Al Blum ’62 came up with hug. She will not answer science labs attempting to school pass him by from a award’s statement of pur- the idea for the award after her phone or check an email increase the size of venus fly- metal wicker chair outside Special pose. seeing an “opportunity to during conversation—with traps, George Church ‘72 at- the Andover Inn. By the look The award serves as an look at the greater Andover eager ears, she will lis- tributes much of his scientific of the half-finished cigar he invitation to the alumni re- family and to celebrate some ten. Hafsat Abiola will not success to his time at Andover. held in his left hand, he had The Exonian cipients to return to campus of the alumni and what they mourn; she will share, she Church is an influential been watching for a while. not only for the ceremony, are doing in their profes- will inspire. professor at Harvard Medical The earthy smell clung to his but also to interact with sional lives,” said Savino. Abiola’s visit to cam- School professor as well as an words even after the cigar’s Pullout students. Abiola spoke at Savino believes that one pus last Wednesday was interdisciplinary scientist in smoke had dissipated. All-School Meeting last of the most important as- twofold—she was this the fields of biology, chemis- Stella is a leading abstract Wednesday and also visited pects of the award is the year’s Finis Origine Pendet try and mathematics. He is a artist. His Wikipedia page See B1-B8 numerous classes during invitation for the alumni to speaker and also a recipi- recipient of this year’s Ando- will tell you that he is one her stay. Stella taught a mas- return to campus not only to ent of the Alumni Award ver Alumni Award of Distinc- of the “most well-regarded ter class for art students on receive the award but also to of Distinction for her work tion. postwar American painters Friday. interact with the students. as a world-recognized civil Church is most commonly still working today,” that his Selection for the award “It was a very important rights activist known for his co-discovery work in abstract expression- begins with a nomination part when they constructed Abiola founded the of the first instrument for ism and modernism is pio- open to all alumni. Sev- and designed the award, Kudirat Initiative for De- reading and writing DNA se- neering, that he was awarded eral dozen nominees will and it is definitely the most mocracy (KIND) to contin- quences.