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Inside the Phillipian revive Vol. CXXXIX, No. 14 Veritas Super Omnia MAY 27, 2016 Jennifer Elliott ’94 Forum Held Refects on To Discuss First Year Potential as Dean of Civil War Students Memorial CECELIA VIEIRA TIFFANY CHANG Sitting contentedly under an Though the Andover cam- image of the Armillary Sphere pus boasts memorials dedicated in the middle of the busy Dean to alumni who fought in World of Students Office, Jennifer El- Wars I and II and the Korean liott ’94, Dean of Students and War, Andover has yet to install Residential Life, gave off the im- a single memorial dedicated pression that she had been in the to the Civil War, wherein doz- position for years. ens of alumni fought on either Over a year ago, Elliott met side of the war. Gathering in news of her appointment to the T.RYNNE/THE PHILLIPIAN the Freeman Room last Friday Dean of Students position with Seniors cheer in celebration of their last ASM. night, students, faculty mem- a mixture of excitement and bers, and alumni discussed how nerves. This summer marks the Andover could incorporate a end of the first year that Elliott Civil War memorial into cam- held her position after she was All-School Meeting Honors pus and the ethics of honor- officially appointed on July 1, ing soldiers who fought for the 2015. Graduating Seniors and Retiring Faculty Union and those who fought for As the Dean of Students, El- the Confederacy. liott has worked with the Cluster “Three memorials to Phil- Deans and Raj Mundra, Assis- classroom, of course – but also Peter Hahn ’16 reflected upon lips Academy alumni grace the tant Dean of Students, to tackle WILL ENNIS on every playing field, every one his experience with Bardo as his southern side of our campus, day-to-day student issues, train and ANDIE PINGA of the dormitories… and so many teacher for English 100 four years testimonials in brick, stone, and student leaders, help in the Stu- different aspects of the culture ago and this fall in Rosebud, one mortar to those who gave their dent Activities office, and assist The ringing music of the here on campus. Our faculty of Bardo’s Senior English elec- lives in military service to the with building the new Health Handbell Choir welcomed Se- members here devote literally tives. Bardo is a 35-year veteran nation in the wars of the 20th and Wellness curriculum. El- niors as the Class of 2016 cheered 24 hours, seven days a week for of the English Department, and and 21st centuries. No such me- liott’s first year in the position its way into the last All-School much of the year to the task of in- hopes to spend his time post- morial exists, as of yet, to the was characterized by increasing Meeting (ASM) of the school struction and task of connecting retirement relaxing and writing. dozens of alumni who fought conversation about the meaning year – and its last at Andover. with all of you. This is an enor- “Although I would have and died during the American of healthy, consenting relation- The final ASM celebrated the mous gift and I very much hope deemed myself a lost cause, Mr. Civil War,” wrote Christopher ships. graduating Seniors and retiring that everyone in this chapel rec- Bardo never gave up on me. Ev- Jones, Instructor and Chair in “I’ve done a lot of work with members of the faculty. ognizes what it is.” ery essay I handed in came back History, in an email to the An- [Maureen Ferris, Director of Head of School John Palfrey The retiring faculty members with pages upon pages of careful, dover community. “The absence Risk Management] in thinking expressed his gratitude for the include Seth Bardo, Instructor handwritten feedback. Looking of such a memorial is conspicu- about our policies and protocols embarking faculty in his opening in English; Kathleen Dalton, In- around the classroom, I could ous... There are few campuses... around preventing sexual assault remarks. structor of History and Social see all of my peers had received a in the eastern United States that and also navigating cases and “In this particular job, I get to Science and former Co-Director similarly throes of comments on do not have some monument concerns around sexual assault,” see the enormous devotion that of the Brace Center for Gender their work. So, yeah, Mr. Bardo to Civil War soldiers. Now [we said Elliott in an interview with our faculty put into aspects of Studies; Marc Koolen, Instructor roasted me [Junior] year,” said have] taken up consideration of The Phillipian. their teaching,” said Palfrey in in Biology; and Christopher Wal- Hahn. such a memorial.” his opening remarks. “By teach- ter, Instructor in Music. ing, I mean what happens in the Speaking in honor of Bardo, Continued on A3, Column 1 Continued on A3, Column 1 Continued on A3, Column 1 The Impact of Global Tragedies On International Students Baseball, Softball, and Track Championship do more, except [to] realize that JP RAMOS international tragedies are as and MAE ZHAO important as American trage- Victories: A6-A7 dies or like Western tragedies... When al-Qaeda led a ter- I think that a lot of people forget rorist attack that broke out at that,” said Dia. a restaurant that Malika Dia Dia is one of twelve students ’17 frequently dined at with her who shared stories about the friends and family back home time they’ve had to deal with Harriet Beecher Stowe’s in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, a tragedy back home during a last January, Dia found it hard meeting co-hosted by The Phil- to cope with the situation while lipian and International Club. Legacy at Andover maintaining her life at Andover. A common issue brought up “[She] ignored several… so- “Initially [I felt] fear, but at the meeting were the difficul- ABDU DONKA cial restrictions or expectations. it was a very detached sort of ties of staying in contact with emotion or something that I and LARSON TOLO She loved to host social gather- friends and family despite the ings and would host holiday par- could push away because it was physical and, sometimes, emo- Harriet Beecher Stowe’s not directly in front of me. It ties even when this practice was tional distance. legacy as a historical figure at frowned upon by her peers. I have was more like, I’m scared be- “Being an ocean away means Andover remains quite notable cause I know that other people the sense that Harriet Beecher that there is a time zone differ- today, and her legacy began when Stowe did not care much for the are scared but I didn’t feel like ence,” said Jennie Guo ’19. “The she arrived on campus in 1852. T.RYNNE/THE PHILLIPIAN rigid rules and social norms of I was in personal danger… I time that you can actually com- Characterized by her willingness Max Huang ’17 is from Beijing. the seminary. She encouraged all [wished] I was there, I just wish municate with your parents is to challenge social norms and her I could say something to them of her children – boys and girls – very restrictive and because my saster Relief Association (PAN- commitment to the abolition- to work hard, travel, write, and that was more than like ‘I’m sor- parents are busy people and An- DA). ist movement, Stowe embodied ry’ because I didn’t go through speak their minds,” Elliott con- dover is pretty busy, it is hard “Following the earthquake many of the principles the Ando- tinued. it,” said Dia in an interview with to coordinate a time, so I find in Sichuan that happened a ver community values today. The Phillipian. During her time at Andover, that I have less time to talk with few years ago, students were Stowe, an American abolition- Stowe became a known voice in “I don’t know what exactly them.” just paralyzed. They could not ist and author, resided in mul- [the Andover community] could the fight against slavery. Having Expanding upon Guo’s re- function really in class and they tiple locations around campus. completed the last installment of flection, Max Huang ’17 shared were coming to me and they First living in Samaritan House, “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” in March of the struggle of finding time to were asking what they could she finished her time at Ando- 1852, Stowe described her time stay updated with events occur- do,” said Torabi. “We sat down, ver in present-day Stowe House, in Andover as one of happy days ring back home in the midst of along with some other faculty which was later named after her. and hope. Andover’s intense academic en- members joining this initiative After the Stowes left campus, the In a letter dated May 5, 1892, vironment. and we created PANDA, which house was converted to a dormi- Stowe wrote to a friend, “Your “Although there is commu- has come alive several times, tory. note reaches me this lovely nication that exists through such as when the tsunami hit “Harriet Beecher Stowe was a spring morning, a pleasant re- the Internet, the work and the Japan,” said Torabi. courageous forward thinker who minder of the happy days of long activities that go on here take She continued, “What was challenged gender roles and used ago in Andover. My life there, away the free time that I usu- beautiful here is that students her writing to understand her was a pleasant one, full of work ally have to check things on the and faculty worked together, we world, process her experiences, and of hopes to be realized.
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