duelos y quebrantos Veritas Super Omnia Vol. CXXXIV, No. 23 January 6, 2012 Phillips Academy Elliott ’94 Selected as Next Abbot Cluster Dean deans serve six-year terms, a By ALEXANDER JIANG decision was made last year to extend Joel’s term until Jennifer Elliott ’94, In- the end of the 2011-2012 year structor in History and So- because two other cluster cial Science, will succeed deans were also leaving their Elisa Joel, Associate Dean of positions and the adminis- Admission, as the next Dean tration wished to avoid too of Abbot Cluster. She will much turnover. commense her six-year term During her time as clus- in Fall 2012. ter dean, Joel has noticed Paul Murphy, Dean of that “the pride students Students, notified Elliott of feel [about] living in Abbot the decision at the beginning cluster has grown over the of Winter Break. years.” Elliott said, “This is work Joel said that she will that I really enjoy doing. I’m miss working with so many excited to get to know Abbot. students. “To be able to “My colleagues in Ab- come to know 220 students bot have already been really is a great opportunity. I’ve welcoming. It’s going to be come to know kids I other- really fun to know the stu- wise wouldn’t know through dents, and I hope that will coaching soccer or advising” help to ease the transition a she said. little bit,” she continued. Year after year, Joel has Though she was once a consistently led her cluster student at Andover, Elliott in organizing Abbot Cabaret, acknowledged that the role Abbot’s annual talent show of a cluster dean has changed in the winter term. since her time, and she hopes “I’ve seen six years worth to embrace its new personal of these shows, where not J. QU/ THE PHILLIPIAN nature. only some of the really awe- Elliott ’94 will succeed Elisa Joel as Abbot Cluster Dean. “The cluster dean plays a some talent of Andover much more personal role in kids can be highlighted, but the lives of students now in also the behind-the-scenes Barbara Landis Chase terms of knowing kids,” said work,” Joel said. NADEEM Elliott. “I think my job every year Scholarship Established “When you really know is to make people realize that one of the many endowed for whom financial aid has MAZEN ’02 your students, it becomes the role of cluster dean, who- By JANINE KO scholarship funds that Phil- meant so much.” easy to deal with the big ever resides in it, is really ex- lips Academy offers to stu- The exact terms of the and the little details. I think cited to work with students.” Even as Head of School dents on financial aid. Barbara Landis Chase Schol- LEADS OCCUPY that’s my most important Joel said she feels confi- Barbara Chase graduates In an email to The Phil- arship will be determined in work, knowing the kids in dent that Elliott will success- with the Class of 2012, her lipian, Chase wrote, “ Need- coming months. my cluster and figuring out fully lead Abbot as cluster legacy will continue to help blind has always been a “I do not have informa- MOVEMENT how to help them navigate dean. “I could not be more students at Andover with dream of mine for Andover, tion about the criterion for life at PA.” thrilled that Mrs. Elliott will the new Barbara Landis so this program in my hon- students to receive support By JEFFREY TAN Elliott’s appointment be stepping into this role,” Chase Scholars Program. or is especially meaningful from Barbara Landis Chase concludes a selection pro- she said. Oscar Tang ‘56, President of to me. Also, it means that I Scholarship,” wrote James cess that was open to input Elliott stated that taking the Board of Trustees, an- Though the Andover will have the chance to learn Ventre, Director of Financial alumni network extends from the entire faculty. El- on the role of cluster dean nounced plans to create the about the wonderful stu- Aid, in an email. liott hopes to continue to will be a “big transition” the Chase Scholars Program across the globe, Nadeem dents who attend the school “However, I can confirm Mazen ’02 has returned to foster the same sense of from her current duties. in early December. and hold the scholarships. that similar to all scholarship community among students In addition to teaching The Chase Scholars Pro- a cause close to “home” as Nothing could be more grati- support at Andover, the Bar- the spokesperson for the in the Abbot cluster that Joel history, she is currently a gram will help further the fying or more fun than that!” bara Landis Chase Scholar- did. house counselor in Nathan legacy of Phillips Academy’s Occupy Boston movement. Tracy Sweet, Director of ship support is based on need As spokesperson, Mazen Joel’s term as Dean of Hale and coaches JV2 Field need-blind admissions pol- Communications said, “One and awarded accordingly Abbot Cluster began in the icy, which was established is the primary contact for of Mrs. Chase’s passions over to students whose families media questions about the 2005-2006 academic year. Continued on P4, Column 1 under Chase’s leadership in her tenure here, in addition qualify for financial aid.” Although most cluster 2007. The fund will become Boston protests. to so many other things, has The scholarship program Mazen has been an active been access for students. So will open with over $3.5 mil- participant in the move- establishing a scholarship lion in funding supplied from ment since its nascent Fried Named 15th Head of Brearley School in her honor seemed like phase in 2008. He has in- a fitting tribute to a leader Continued on P4, Column 4 vestigated the economic formed the Andover com- previous Head of School. meltdown and proposed By CONNOR FRASER munity via e-mail on De- Deborah Davis As- new economic strategies cember 15. cheim, Brearley Class of Efinger Joins Academy at to prevent another crisis. An all-girls private 1982, and Samara Epstein “I got involved early, school on Manhattan’s Cohen, Brearley Class of Charlemont as mostly because the people Upper East Side, the 1988, chaired the school’s organizing [Occupy Bos- Brearley School educates Search Committee and ton] had a similar ethos: girls from kindergarden worked with the school’s Head of School they were upset that the through grade 12. Board of Trustees. They would eventually retire from political process is sub- Fried said, “I was at- consulted the firm Car- By ANIKA KIM Phillips Academy. verted by wealthy people. tracted to Brearley’s his- ney, Sandoe and Associ- When he visited his house Wealthy people have an tory as one of the nation’s ates to narrow down hun- during its construction, Efin- unreasonable and unjust first college preparatory dreds of candidates before ger grew interested in the amount of access to poli- schools for girls, its excel- selecting Fried, according nearby Academy at Char- tics today.” said Mazen. lent K-12 academic pro- to a letter sent to Brear- lemont. When he found an “It’s not one dollar per gram, inclusive commu- ley students, alumni and advertisement for the Head vote. It’s one person one nity and commitment to trustees. of School position at Char- vote. There’s a very clear developing strong female While the Committee lemont, Efinger was thrilled. undermining of American leaders.” conducted its search, Dr. “The kind of quirks that I democracy.” “The legacy of asking S. DIEKEMA/ THE PHILLIPIAN Priscilla Winn Barlow, would define myself [with] is As spokesperson, Ma- girls to be the best ver- Hull’s predecessor, served pretty much what they had in zen said he recognized Fried leaves Andover after sion of themselves and to as interim Head of School the job description,” Efinger that critics of the Occupy 19 years. reach beyond the familiar and will complete the said. movement claim that pro- Jane Foley Fried, Dean was evident in every con- 2011-2012 school year in “I love the job I have; I testers are unfocused, un- of Admission and Assis- versation and class during that capacity. really do. I would not have employed individuals, but tant Head for Enrollment, my two-day visit to Brear- Alan K. Jones, Presi- changed were it not for the he argues that the partici- Research and Planning ley,” said Fried. dent of the Brearley Board fact that this job would use pants are well organized at Phillips Academy, will The school began its of Trustees, said “[Fried] more of me.” and enthusiastic. join The Brearley School search for a new Head of brings a wealth of experi- COURTESY OF THE NEW According to the com- He also noted that the as its 15th Head of School School in July 2011, fol- ence at an extraordinary HAMPSHIRE DAIly GAZETTE munity letter, The Academy Occupy movement was on July 1, 2012. Head of lowing the resignation of institution. As we did our Efinger graduated from at Charlemont formed its not solely concerned with School Barbara Chase in- Dr. Stephanie J. Hull, the reference-checking and Andover in ’74. search committee and began unemployment. research, we found time After 18 years of guiding its search for a new Head of Mazen said, “The num- and again she has been students through theater pro- School in June 2011. Char- bers are real. We’re not a transformative [force] ductions and classes, Mark lemont Trustees Peter Ste- being represented in a way Inside The PHILLIPIAN in students’ lives and in Efinger ’74, Instructor in vens and Win Healy led Char- that actually builds the Sam Green ’13 examines helping faculty and ad- lemont’s Search Committee, middle class or works to Commentary/2-3 career pressures in U.S.