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A Public Forum for News, Opinion, and Creative Thought of The Governor’s Academy OCTOBER 10, 2008 VOLUME 50, ISSUE 2 IN THIS ISSUE: Spotlight: Mr. Falconer EDITORIALS uncommon intensity. He spent by Lindsay Mackay ‘10 Power of Appearance 2 an entire year in Belize and Virtual Reality 2 A living example of hard work Guatemala, living with host leading to the achievement of one's families who coached him one- OPINION dreams can be found in the person on-one on his Spanish for six Ten Reasons Why 2 of Mr. Jake Falconer, a new faculty hours a day. Mr. Falconer says Check-In 3 member who is teaching Advanced that his time in Central Placement Spanish Language, America really “helped NEWS Spanish IV Accelerated, and two immerse” him in the Spanish China Going Sour 4 sections of Spanish III. Though he culture, as well as serving as The DNC 4 is highly skilled in Spanish, Mr. an optimal method for learn- Organic Garden 5 Falconer did not start learning it ing a language. until he was much older than the When he returned to the SPORTS students he teaches. United States, Mr. Falconer got Red Sox In The Classroom 7 In high school, he studied a teaching job at the New The Catch heard ‘Round The French, not Spanish, and spent his Hampton School in New World 7 university years in France. He got Hampshire, a private boarding The Truth About The his undergraduate degree in histo- school much like The Recruitment Process 5 ry. He then began his career in busi- Governor's Academy. He had ness, working for a travel conglom- always been interested in FEATURES erate, EF Education, which brings teaching and was finally get- Spotlight on Mr. Falconer 1 Spanish students from around the ting to do what he wanted to Ms.Jackson Moves to Ghana 1 world to the United States for a do. At the New Hampton Health Center Policies 4 year of high school. He felt that School, he taught both history The Riddler 5 business was not the right job for and Spanish for eight years Special Olympics 5 him, though, and decided to try and served as the head of the Dear Advisors... 6 something else. World Language Department Starry Night of Summer 8 It was at this point in his life Mr. Falconer in his Spanish class for six of those years. Last year, Geek Beat Photo by Abby Wallman ‘10 9 that Mr. Falconer decided to pur- he took a one-year sabbatical Fashion 10 and sue the Spanish language with an Continued on Page 6 REVIEWS Kelly’s Korner 10 Movie: Nights In Rodanth 11 Ms. Jackson Moves to Ghana Movie: The Dark Knight 12 to Ghana. visiting at least once a year for the university, Mrs. Jackson by Katie Reilly ‘11 As a photographer, Mr. the past ten years. Mr. Jackson will be the Director of Reggie Jackson visited Ghana was also the recipient of a Communications and Mr. BACK PAGE Associate Director of in the 1970s to photograph the Fulbright Scholarship in 2000 Jackson will serve as Dean of Birthdays 14 Communications Ms. Christle which gave him the opportu- International Programs, Sudoku 14 Jackson left for Ghana, West nity to teach and conduct organizing exchange pro- Coming Soon 14 Africa this week with her research in Ghana for a year. grams with colleges such as husband to spend two years Having enjoyed it then, they Simmons, where he is current- working at the African are both eager to return. ly a professor, and Emerson. University College of Although they have made Mrs. Jackson and her hus- Communications. frequent visits, working in band are both looking for- "People in Ghana live off Ghana at the University ward to the experience of liv- This issue of The the land," explains Ms. College of Communications ing in a foreign country and Governor is printed on Jackson. "They are self-suffi- was not something either Mr. working at the university 30% recycled paper. cient and rarely waste any- or Mrs. Jackson had planned there. "Although we've been thing." Ghana's west coast on. It was on one of their trips there many times there is still was known as the "Gold that they met the president of more to see and experience. Coast," named after the large the university, Kojo Yankah. I've never been to Mole amounts of gold found there. Yankah shared with them his National Park or to the Boti The mining of gold brought ideas, offering them both jobs waterfalls," says Mrs. Jackson. slaves to the area and Ghana and they eagerly accepted the As the date of their depar- became very significant in the Ms. Christle Jackson at work in opportunity. "I think you need ture approached, Mrs. Jackson slave trade, she explained. Boynton to be open to experiencing admitted to some anxiety. Many of the slave forts are Photo by Abby Wallman ‘10 new things and be able to rec- "Yes, I'm nervous because still standing today. Although ognize opportunities like there is so much to orchestrate most have crumbled through- slave forts. He became this," said Ms. Jackson. but I'm more excited than out the years, a few remain instantly interested in Ghana "Luckily, I am in a position in nervous." and serve as town halls and, and wanted Mrs. Jackson to which I can take advantage of surprisingly, Bed and be able to experience Ghana it." Breakfast inns. It was these in the same way that he had. The university's campus slave forts that originally The Jacksons have been tak- lies outside the nation's capi- drew Mrs. Jackson's husband ing trips to Ghana ever since, tal of Accra, in Adabraka. At Send to: Send Op/Ed THE GOVERNOR 2 Editorial: Virtual Reality A Public Forum for News, Opinion, and Creative Thought of The Governor’s Academy If you flip to MTV these days, chances are you won’t see OCTOBER 10, 2008 VOLUME 50, ISSUE 10 anything related to music. The meaning for the “M” has long Editors-in-chief: Kayla Jenson ‘11 been forgotten and the memory replaced with platinum Julia Blanter ‘09 Sports: John Damianos ‘12 Will Kavanagh ‘09 Connor Helfrich ‘11 Joe Monteforte ‘10 blondes looking for their first jobs and going out to coffee. No Gabriella Riley ‘09 Gabriella Riley ‘09 longer do people want to see scripted television where inter- Back Page: Katie Reilly ‘11 Managing Editors: Lindsay Grant ‘10 Jen Migliore ‘10 esting things can happen . Instead the issues that are tackled Dylan Press ‘09 Aboubacar O. Diagne ‘11 are m and ordinary. The dialogue is no longer clever and the Jen Migliore ‘10 Cr eative Writing: Ariel Shapiro ‘09 Katharine Brine ‘09 Annie Quigley ‘10 Bryce Johnson ‘09 topics discussed are pedestrian. Rachel Cabitt ‘12 What caused this surge in popularity of reality television? Sports: Greg Rooney ‘11 Photography Editors: PJ Lin ‘09 Mr. Jeff Kelly Just ten years ago it was sitcoms such as Seinfeld and Friends Abby Wallman ‘10 Katharine Brine ‘09 that reigned supreme. The trend in part seems due to the lack Maiki Kaneko ‘09 Staf f Writers: Elizabeth Cieri ‘09 Bonnie Xia ‘09 Anna O’Neal ‘09 of real life lived by the viewers. Editorial Advisor: Luke Montoni ‘10 Over the past 10 years, technology has become, in a sense, Ms. Judy Klein Lindsay Mackay ‘10 a cage. Keeping its users indoors and away from real situa- tions. Why physically do something when you can use a key- Editorial: board to do it? The library has been replaced by Spark Notes and Wikipedia. The gym has been replaced by advanced The Power of Appearance all-in-one home exercise equipment. The night spot has been replaced by eHarmony. And most notably, eBay has replaced appealing president is elected. So where did Last year, when research for English the department store. But being able to do everything easily essays was a priority, something came up on this student find enough facts to back up that from home has its draw-backs. No longer do people get face to the computer screen: a student actually ques- appearance matters so much? Of course, tioned if FDR would be president today before people meet, they quickly judge one face contact or physical interaction with each other. because of his appearance. This student another on physical appearances but that is This void had a quick fix though. Just put other peoples' believed that because of his wheelchair, FDR human nature. Although appearance seems real life situations on TV so that too can be something accessed would lose this decade's presidency. Is like it matters now, it is only because there from home. Make it so all of life can be lived from within the appearance really that important to our soci- are so many magazines and television shows living room. Rather than help a friend cope with their parents' ety today? On October 6, The New York that illustrate physical appearances more divorce, just tune in to Life of Ryan and watch him deal with his Times produced a chart relating heights and than radio shows ever could. So, should weights of former winning presidential can- important debates be restricted to radios crisis and watch HIS friends help him. Don’t even bother didates. Of the 43 presidents, 17 of the win- only, to keep our judging nature from moving out of your parents' house and getting your first ners were taller than their opponents, eight restricting our decisions? What would hap- apartment .