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Vol. CXXXII, No. 1 February 6, 2009 Phillips Academy Trustees Few Girls Among Anticipate Endowment Presidential Losses Candidates

Trustees Cut Campus Rush and Adams Hope Renovations Budget by $6 to Close Gender Gap for Million Future Years

By JULIA DEAN By ALEX SALTON Phillips Academy’s Board Lower girls with an inter- of Trustees convened at their est in becoming involved in annual winter meeting last Student Council will soon have weekend primarily to discuss the opportunity to learn more the school’s budget plans for about the election process. the next fiscal year. At a meeting held last week Financial Aid for upcoming presidential can- The Board of Trustees ad- didates, only four of the pro- justed the financial aid budget spective 25 to 30 students were for the upcoming year. A large female. part of the budget will be used To address this lack of fe- to uphold the newly instituted male participation, Alana Rush, Need-Blind Financial Aid Ini- Associate Dean of Community tiative, ratified in November Service, and Malin Adams ’09, 2007. School President, decided to The Board plans to sup- plan an informational meeting port need-blind admission so for Lower girls to encourage long as the economy does not their involvement in Student decline any further. Council and other campus “If we stay where we are clubs. and things start to get bet- A. Levine/The Phillipian Adams said, “It is always a ter, we expect to maintain the After printing 30 issues of The Phillipian, Board CXXXI proudly gathers in front of Commons for their last pose. common trend that very few need-blind policy. If they dete- girls run for the position of riorate further, we may have to School President.” reevaluate,” said Steve Carter, He said, “Girls often feel Chief Operating and Financial CXXXI Bids Farewell to the Newsroom PA Seeks that the position of School Officer. President is a man’s job and, But Carter added, “Andover Removal Of although there are extremely still has the ability to take the ing Senior year. I’ve heard cited about getting much more well-qualified girls who would most qualified students that By JULIET LIU good things about the Great passionately involved in Gos- do very well if they entered, apply.” Lawn.” pel Choir. I’m going to divert YOutube Film they are discouraged to do so.” Endowment While most students cel- News Director Jack Dick- the passion I have here to my Adams said he believes this Andover’s endowment is ebrated on the Wednesday ey ’09, Executive Editor Zoe singing and swaying.” absence is a serious problem down by 22 percent as of De- night before Head of School Weinberg ’09 and Managing “I’m going to miss the ca- By TIM GHOSH “because girls are deciding not cember 31, 2008, according to Day, the new and old Phillip- Editor Annalee Leggett ’09 maraderie, the random hijinks to run for a variety of reasons. Amy Falls ’82, Chief Invest- ian boards packed into their will depart from their Up- and the occasional moments Phillips Academy deans The stereotypical ‘I don’t think ment Officer. newsroom. per Management duties along of seriousness that interrupt- have asked Michael Kontaxis the job is right for me’ is not a Falls presented the state of This week will be the with Lewis. ed said hijinks,” Dickey said, ’11, director of the film “Live true statement.” the endowment to the Board last for The Phillipian Board But CXXXI has altered the shortly before tossing a slimy Green or Die Hard,” to remove Ziwe Fumudoh ’10, one of of Trustees last weekend. A CXXXI and the first of many positions on Upper Manage- pretzel at Cora Lewis’s face. his film from YouTube, two the four Upper females who central focus of the meeting for Board CXXXII. ment for CXXXII. “I’ll miss the constant weeks after he was asked to attended last week’s informa- was to plan ahead in anticipa- Former Editor in Chief Dickey, Weinberg and Leg- stream of Diet Coke and the edit his film for violent con- tional meeting about the presi- tion for future economic hard- Cora Lewis ’09 will entrust the gett will leave Upper Manage- musty, mildewy smell of the tent before a film festival. dential election, agreed. ships. paper to former News Associ- ment in the hands of Managing basement,” said Leggett. “And Paul Murphy, Dean of Stu- Fumudoh said, “I don’t re- Carter estimated that the ate Tim Ghosh ’10. Editors Celia Lewis ’10, former [I’ll miss] the old, drunk jour- dents, said that he decided to ally know who the other lead- 22 percent decrease in the en- Lewis said, “I have full News Associate, and Benjamin nalists that wander down here ask Kontaxis after conferring ers of other campus clubs are, dowment is equivalent to about confidence in Tim Ghosh, who Prawdzik ’10, former Features sometimes late at night.” with cluster deans and Carlos but for the Student Council $150 million. The school’s last just said, ‘Thank god tomor- Associate. Juliet Liu ’10 will be at the Hoyt, Associate Dean of Stu- leaderships, it seems primarily official evaluation in June row is Head of School Day, or The three outgoing Upper helm of the News section, with dents. male.” 2008 placed the endowment else I don’t know how we’d Managers reminisced about the new position of Executive Kontaxis, a Pine Knoll resi- Rush suggested a discrep- at roughly $780 million. put out the paper.’” their time in the newsroom, News Editor. dent, said that he received an ancy between girls in leader- According to Oscar Tang Lewis said that she looks but were eager to pursue other CXXXII News Editors Me- email from Aya Murata, Pine ship positions for other clubs ’56, President of the Board of forward to a remaining year hobbies and catch up on sleep. lissa Yan ’10, former News As- Knoll Cluster Dean, informing and for Student Council. Trustees, 40 percent of the free of late-night deadlines “The only way that I am sociate, and Shane Bouchard him that the deans had decid- “I’ve seen so many strong school’s revenues come from and caffeine. able to recall concrete memo- ’10, former In-Depth Associ- ed that he should remove the females in other areas around the endowment. “I’m planning on join- ries of spring term is by looking ate, will replace Alicia Keyes video. campus. That’s why I was so “The endowment is a criti- ing the Art Club and reading at the front page of The Phillip- ’09 and Christine Choi ’09. Kontaxis said that he “de- cal asset for the school and it something other than ‘The ian,” Weinberg said. “It’s a mix cided to comply” because he New York Times Manual of of nausea, adrenaline and red wanted to “move on to [his] Continued on A4, Column 1 Style and Usage,’” said Lewis. ink on paper.” Continued on A5, Column 1 next film.” Continued on A5, Column 4 “I’m looking forward to start- She added, “I’m very ex- He said that the school was concerned about the way his film represented Phillips Inside News Academy. Head of School Day Tradition Began in 1991 Under McNemar “Obviously I didn’t want Dr. Jennifer Lawless to take it off YouTube, but [the addresses the lack of By KATE WIENER Isham Health Center. campus, said Quattlebaum. girls’ field hockey stick. decision] wasn’t completely females in political Ruth Quattlebaum, Instruc- McNemar continued to Chase said that the idea of Students and faculty can tor in Art History and School cancel a day of winter term using a field hockey stick to an- office. See A4 thank Donald McNemar for Archivist, said that McNemar classes in following years, ini- nounce a day off originated at Continued on A4, Column 1 yesterday’s Head of School created Head of School Day tiating the Head of School Day the Wheeler School, where she Day. in collaboration with Isham tradition. once worked. McNemar, former PA to help students regain their Barbara Chase, Head of “It was an all-girls school Headmaster from 1981 to 1994, health. School, continued the practice and [field] hockey was very im- PA Reflects on Sustainability canceled classes on February In the winter of 1991, “the when she began in 1994. portant,” said Chase. By JULIA ZORTHIAN 2, 1991 so students could have infirmary was filled to capac- Chase added a twist to the The Wheeler School prin- a health and recovery day, af- ity” due to a highly contagious tradition by appearing at din- cipal traditionally removed While a trayless Uncom- ily visible. ter an overflow of students in flu outbreak that engulfed the ner time in Commons with a his clothing until he was left mons has significantly reduced Julian Danziger ’11 said, “I in madras shorts and a shirt. the amount of food waste, think it’s unnecessarily incon- He would then unveil a field some members of the PA com- venient for students to have to hockey stick and announce the munity are less than pleased. put their things away and go cancellation of the next day’s With the Green Cup Chal- trayless. It doesn’t have to be classes. lenge entering its second week, so hard [to be sustainable], but Chase has since carried the environmentally friendly poli- it is.” tradition with her to Phillips cies such as separating food in Some faculty members Academy. The Andover class of Uncommons are cropping up have also found the changes 2001 gave Chase the stick she around campus. inconvenient. still uses today. Chase Potter ’09 is un- “I’m annoyed that I can’t Isham still has the most in- happy about the changes in use trays anymore. One plate fluence regarding the date of Uncommons. “I think [going of food is not enough for me. Head of School Day, Quattle- trayless] is ridiculous. We can But I do understand that it’s baum said. find other ways to save ener- more beneficial for the en- Diseases and germs spread gy,” said Potter. “Commons is vironment,” said Jacqueline quickly at a boarding school, one of the few places we can Latina, Teaching Fellow in and when the number of sick go to relax, and now it makes Chemistry. students grows, administrators me feel guilty about taking a John Rogers, Dean of Stud- set a date for Head of School tray.” ies and Advisor to the Head of Day, said Quattlebaum. Potter said that he found School for Sustainability, said She also said that the Com- sustainability difficult to as- he proposed the idea of tray- T. Ferguson/The Phillipian sess because the effects of not Students smile with Barbara Chase, Head of School, as she wields her field hockey stick. Continued on A5, Column 5 being sustainable are not read- Continued on A4, Column 3

Inside News/ A4-A5 Arts/ A6-A8 Sports/ B1-B3 www.phillipian.net The Phillipian A proposed summer community Arts breaks down the Gelb Email [email protected] project in Lawrence, Massachu- Boys and Girls Swimming im- Dance, sits down with YouTube prove to perfect 4-0 records. for subscription and Commentary/ A2-A3 setts is rejected due to financial star Casey McQuillen ’11 and restraints. advertising requests Ben Talarico ’11 reflects on being spotlights Kayden Guest Artist Dame Glennie. gay in a heterosexual culture. Princeton philosophy profes- sor Dr. Kwame Appiah discusses Alex Nanda ’11 identifies the cosmopolitanism and global ethics need for universal healthcare. tonight in Kemper. Features/ B4-B6 Features reminisces, roasts for- Please Recycle Phillipian Editorial/ A2 Alana Rush and Lisa Joel propose mer Editors Dai ’09 and Grober This In support of freedom of to revive student-faculty dinners. ’09 and introduces CXXXII. expression. A2 Commentary The Phillipian February 6, 2009

Out with the heroes... Volume Letters to the Editor CXXXI

NUMBER 31 “GCC Film Edited Before thia Efinger smacked less of “editing” so lulled into acceptance of rules and Cora D. Lewis Screened” (1/23) than “censorship,” and I was so taken regulations and giving up their power Editor in Chief aback not only by the fact that they that they listlessly stand by without To the Editor, were being acted upon, but that the acting, or at least actively questioning Schuyler J. Dickey Zoe A.Y. Weinberg Annalee E. Leggett director himself seemed to have been authority?” I certainly hope not. News Director Executive Editor Managing Editor I write this letter as an alumnus cowed into submission on the subject. Before writing this letter I spoke (class of 1978) in the entertainment Just because the specter of Columbine with Ms. Efinger, and she said that business who has been in a dozen or is so loaded (forgive the two allusions she’d been misquoted, that she only News Business Manager Christine Choi Production Director so films and who has produced even to the film), and so painful, it should referred to someone else who called Berol Dewdney Alicia Keyes Michael Discenza more. I’ve had to deal with issues of not allow a hysterical and overzeal- the film “Columbine like,” and that nudity, with violence, even with lan- ous response to be camouflaged as she never called the bare shoulders of Advertising Director In-Depth Photography Director guage, over and over again, from vari- assiduously guarding the safety and the girl in the shower “inappropriate,” Britt Peltz Emma Goldstein Sarah Sheu ous sides of each at different times. welfare of the students —at least with- and I must say that it calmed me down The Phillipian Online I had to pull my pants down and out questioning to what degree it si- quite a bit. Commentary Writing & Copy Director Carl F. Jackson “moon” once in Revenge of the Nerds, multaneously endangers those same It’s one thing for a film festival with Harrison Hart Erica Segall I mowed down hundreds of Vietnam- student’s intellects through an act of specific criteria to object to a film, but Head of Circulation ese soldiers with an M60 from a he- censorship. quite another for a school to take it Features Cartooning Director and Publicity licopter while screaming “Git some!” What alarms me most is that it upon themselves to demand such ed- Lawrence Dai Danica Mitchell in an unwatchable movie that doesn’t seems to be an enormous missed op- its. And while I can easily understand Eli Grobeo Emerson Stoldt deserve to be named, and in later portunity that the school and its staff, questioning the way violence is used Senior Associates Circulation years I’ve had to negotiate a nudity teachers, and students—collectively in this particular film — it’s something Arts Commentary: Charlie Dong Arun Saigal rider with Angelina Jolie’s manager, —were given to debate the matter. If everyone with a brain in my business Antoinette Oot Anabel Bacon Jacob Shack with what she would and would not this debate has been happening that’s frets over every time a script has vio- Bacon Sports: Patricia Yen have shown and how said parts would terrific, ignore this letter entirely, but lent sequences!—I’m only calling for Abby Levene Sports be filmed. I also write as a theater if it has not I would like to encourage the matter to be more fully debated. Matt Gorski In-Depth: Delivery producer and active supporter of a it from afar to take place now. I would However, calling a scene of a pretty Mai Kristofferson Sudhandra Sundaram Joey Atiba group of local high school theater stu- imagine many would rally to the sup- girl (full disclosure here: I know both Jim Ricker Brian Russell dents whose play was cancelled in my port of Kontaxis’ right to show his film her and her family, and think the world Connecticut town last year (I helped as it was originally intended. Others of all of them!) in a shower whose... oh get the issue to the New York Times, might say that the violence was em- my god... SHOULDERS were bare “in- ... in with the zeros! and in front of various other New York ployed in a too-sensationalist, per- appropriate” to me clearly crosses the Volume producers who gave the show a home haps even exploitative a manner. Still line from genuine concern to prudish- CXXXII and an even wider audience). others would then defend it, saying it ness or just plain silliness.

NUMBER 1 I have now both watched Michael was done in the style of a “spoof” of Questioning whether seeing a Timothy L. Ghosh Kontaxis’ film and read Timothy many of the teen horror films that we girl’s bare shoulders in a shower is Editor in Chief Ghosh’s article about the “editing” it parents so abhor —and done as well or “appropriate” or not is especially gall- Celia M. Lewis Benjamin R. Prawdzik received at various partys’ urging, and better than many of them! ing when the scene in question was so Managing Editor Managing Editor I must say that I am alarmed for the But this kind of spirited debate obviously the work of a young film- Andover community on a number of should happen. Is there not some lib- maker just paying earnest homage to eral—minded writer on The Phillipian News Commentary Business Manager levels. I don’t want to weigh in the a classic scene he’d no doubt studied merits of the film one way or anoth- staff who saw the similarities (in kind in film class. Thus, I was very relieved Executive: Juliet Liu Editorial Board Chair: Andrew Townson Shane Bouchard Jennifer Schaffer er beyond the very clever title, “Live if not scale) to the questions debated and glad to learn that Ms. Efinger said Melissa Yan Editor: Advertising Director Green or Die Hard,” as that’s between over the last election about some of that she never so questioned it, as it J. Sebastian Becker John Yang-Sammataro the director and his teacher, as well as the policies brought to the fore dur- truly would have been indefensible Arts the audience he intends (or intended) ing the Bush years, and how he and in my opinion. The decision to press Natalie Cheng Photography Directors The Phillipian Online to see it. What alarms me is that, from his administration defended them all for edits to the violence, on the other Hannah Lee Taryn Ferguson Raya Stantcheva what I gather (and I am hundreds of by saying that while they may have hand, while certainly defensible, is a Nathalie Sun Adam Levine miles away, and not in contact with effectively stripped various personal wonderful teaching opportunity that I Circulation/Publicity anyone there on any regular basis), freedoms from us that they were only hope some terrific PA thinkers take on Sports Copy Editors Paul Chan Jack Doyle the decision to edit the film and take doing so for our own greater good, and with gusto. Let the debate begin, and Courtney King Maggie Law out the shooting scenes seems to have safety? And isn’t there a more conser- have some fun with it!! Ben Podell Circulation Spencer Macquarrie Scott Cuthell been complacently accepted without vative thinker there who would take Cartooning Director any stir. up that argument and say that in some Respectfully, Features Delivery I am a parent of two boys in high cases the ends do indeed justify the Matt Salinger ’78 Billy Fowkes Melissa Ferrari John McKenna school, both of whom have several means, and that a quick and relatively President, New Moon Produc- B.J. Garry friends now at Andover, my niece is a painless act of cutting a few million tions, Inc recent graduate (and one time news pixels from a film could possibly help Managing Director, Film Finances editor of The Phillipian), and there’s save a life? Connecticut, LLC nothing that I understand and em- THIS is the kind of public debate Fear No Art pathize with more than valuing the I would hope to see and hear coming Editor’s Note: Over the past two weeks, Phillips Academy has challenged important safety of kids this age who are under from a school like Andover and a pa- Upon receiving this letter, The Phil- principles of our progressive education regarding freedom of speech. assault from so many sides; so I fully per like The Phillipian! Why isn’t the lipian carefully reviewed its interview This week, The Phillipian reports that administrators asked Michael understand the desire to avoid any- debate team scheduling such an event, notes. We stand by the quotes attributed Kontaxis ’11 to remove his film, “Live Green or Die Hard,” from YouTube thing that promotes the idea of stu- open to the public? My own belief is to Cynthia Efinger referring to the film because it “crossed a line that did not reflect the values of this boarding dent on student violence. But so too that the Andover community should as “Columbine-like” and her assertion school.” And what exactly are those values? do I see the need for an open airing of have been able to see the entire film as in the article that she found the shower With this move, the school seems more concerned with its image than such concerns, and an EQUAL valuing intended, and then debate its merits. scene inappropriate. The Phillipian with the student’s right to express himself - one of the values that allows of freedom of expression. But that’s just one person’s thoughts. has not been asked to run a correction this institution to flourish as a center of free thought. Some of the quotations used in the My overarching question is “where IS or clarification. Our actions, as students, and later as alumni, are all tied to the school. Ghosh article and attributed to Cyn- the debate? Have our children been We realize this; but we came to Phillips Academy in part for the very student freedoms that other schools don’t offer, including our right to push artistic limits. To the Editor, ing in it. Another famous PA alumnus proud of this bright shining young The Phillipian is entirely uncensored before going to press, but other James Spader ’78 starred in a huge talent, Mr. Michael Kontaxis. Like student endeavors on our campus - and now in the public forums of the I’m writing in appreciation of success called Sex, Lies & Videotape. Bobby Farrelly ’77 who made ‘Dumb internet - are not as fortunate. We do not take this freedom for granted; the front page article by Tim Ghosh Mimi Polk ’78 produced Thelma & and Dumber’ and Humphrey Bogart it is one of the greatest responsibilities and opportunities to learn from ’10 on the campus controversy sur- Louise about two divorcees who ig- ’18 who read the famous line, “here’s experience at this school. rounding the film “Live Green or Die nore the rules about not only guns, sex looking at you kid.” Kontaxis is already Andover should allow students to push their limits in all things. A Hard” directed by Michael Kontaxis and rock and roll, but also boys and causing the faculty to skate (Farrelly fundamental part of our education is learning where the line is, if only ’11, and Cindy Efinger’s faculty-made booze in a Buick. Andover keeps mak- was one of the most brilliant varsity through experience. And by drawing the line with the school’s image in response to refuse to screen his film in ing these great filmmakers! ice hockey goalies that the school mind, Phillips Academy is putting public relations ahead of students’ the Green Cup Challenge Film unless And Kontaxis is showing signs of has ever had ) and swim (Bogart was growth and development. all gun-shooting scenes (“violent con- early brilliance. “Genius is the light, kicked out for throwing a professor While remaining aware of sensitive sensibilities, we must not allow tent”) were edited out. Does this mean which illuminates the darkness.” into Pomp’s Pond) in circles around fear of backlash to restrict our freedoms as students. Phillips Academy bravo to the Andover community for —Thoreau his youthful scope and abilities. should embrace Kontaxis’s film as the product of an open-minded campus paying attention? Though America may be hooked Hopefully we’ll have a future filled with creative individuals who produce art and make bold statements My daughter Lucy Bidwell ’09 on action films as a perverse way to where Kontaxis’ kind of art will take fearlessly. was the girl in who was bare from the find escape and relaxation, for people us all places that we dream of going The Phillipian supports all students seeking to express themselves - in shoulders up in what Ms. Efinger also like Ms. Efinger and myself this does together, and he’ll even put Ms. Efin- print, music, online or in film. We urge the administration to take the time referred to as the film’s “ inappropri- not really help us relax. Though I ger to sleep with a smile. Or maybe to define the terms and conditions of Andover students’ involvement in ate” shower scene. She showed me the haven’t spoken with her, I feel the all- he’ll thank her when he gets his first expression before jumping to conclusions which will set the precedent for film in its entirety awhile back. When too-real tragedies of school shootings Academy Award for Best Picture. I’m years to come. I watched it, the same alarm-buttons in general have blasted apart our trust betting he gets that Oscar one day, if that triggered Ms. Efinger’s protective in academic innocence today. There- he keeps working at it; America is the STOP button to go off, also set off my fore, we’re committed to pull the land of Free Speech, and this little film The Phillipian Charter own maternal and personal alarms. maddening ripcord on being Mother was ten times better than just throw- The Phillipian is an entirely student-run, uncensored publication. It has faculty Yet I was amazed by not only how (instead of Moral-as in First Amend- ing a shoe at the President (Bush ’64). advisors, but the student editorial board makes all publication and business powerfully effective Kontaxis’s skill ment) with our kids. I had to remind Kontaxis is like a rangy young decisions. The Phillipian combined its 1950’s charter with the Quill and Scroll in film-making is, but how his sub- Lucy, this morning, how police sat in colt. He needs to be reminded early Foundation’s Student Press Rights Position to create the following operating ject matter went ahead in the film and the lunchroom with her older broth- of his own power, so he does not hurt principles: healed itself. er Jack’s public middle-school cafete- himself. And I think that’s exactly This spoof reminds me of today’s ria for weeks after an Oregon shooting what Ms. Efinger did for him. She kept 1) The Phillipian strives to maintain professional standards of accuracy, contemporary Bruce Willis charac- him in the gate when the race might objectivity and fairness at all times. had shaken the very core an inno- ter in Die Hard, and the timeless shot cent little town called Springfield. She have hurt him badly like Barbaro. Take 2) Staff members have the right to report on and editorialize about all topics, in the shower was as good as Alfred was too little to even know what had time, learn from this, and keep making events or issues, including those unpopular or controversial. Hitchcock’s classic scene in Psycho! gone on. And it’s not something we films. Yikes! (And that was my own daughter like to talk about. Like ‘Something About Mary’, 3) The Phillipian will not publish anything obscene, libelous, or detrimental to in the shower — and she was great!) Something About Andover just keeps the immediate material and physical stability of the school. When I was a student who froze So I showed the controversial back there too, it was hard to remem- on churning these fabulous storytell- 4) The paper shall not be subjected to prior restraint, review or censorship. film to my husband this morning. His ber I was under age 18, and what that ers and film makers out...I keep run- response was this: “Good film.” He meant. On one hand, I was encouraged ning into them every time I turn on 5) Staff members have the obligation to learn and observe the legal and ethical shrugged his shoulders and remarked to think outside the wide blue box and the TV or go to the movie theater. responsibilities expected of them as practicing journalists. that it would “definitely set off post- on the other hand I was slapped for Teachers: Please keep encourag- 6) The Editor in Chief assumes total responsibility for his/her publication. Columbine reactions among schools doing that. It’s our duty, as adults, to ing students like Kontaxis to flex his though,” and then he calmly went on look after you youngins...and to make art and to experiment well. I trust in The Phillipian welcomes all letters to the Editor. We try to print all letters, but because of space reading his Saturday morning New sure we keep each of you, safe with- his heart, his healthy sense of humor limitations, we encourage brevity. We reserve the right to edit all submitted letters to conform with print restraints and proper syntax. We will not publish any anonymous letters. Please submit letters by York Times. in our walls, from being fatally shot and I love his way with music. Yet, the Monday of each week to [email protected] or to our newsroom in the basement of Morse. The well-known television series by some perplexed looney goofball the tightrope between comedy and To subscribe, email [email protected], or write to ‘Law & Order’ produced by Andover who’s gone into stark evil mode and tragedy is a fine one. Keep the net out. The Phillipian, 180 Main Street, Andover, MA, 01810. All contents of The Phillipian copyright © 2009, The Trustees of Phillips Academy, Inc. Reproduc- alumnus Dick Wolf ’64 has captivated completely lost their way. Sorry, but tion of any material herein without the express written consent of The Trustees of Phillips Academy, much of America for most of this de- that does happen. Geri Pope Bidwell ’79 Inc. and the editorial board of The Phillipian is strictly prohibited. cade, and there’s sure plenty of shoot- That being said, I am particularly February 6, 2009 The Phillipian Commentary A3

Ben Talarico no identity crisis Michelle Ma humanitarian Defining the Gay Man Impartiality vs. Humanity

ast week, thousands of pro- The video in question is not about testors lined the streets of punishing the bombers or liberating Lcentral London. Demonstra- the people of Gaza from political op- tors sat in at the BBC headquarters in pression. Rather, it shows the real- Scotland. Both groups were protest- life disaster occurring in the lives of ing BBC’s refusal to air a video appeal the people of Gaza. The shock in their for humanitarian relief in Gaza. eyes as they return to the rubble and The world’s largest news broad- crumbled remains of what used to be caster made a controversial decision their homes is no different than that by not airing the Disasters Emergen- of the Hurricane Katrina victims. cy Committee’s short, three-minute So why does the BBC have a prob- video requesting donations to relieve lem with airing the appeal? the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. The It has aired similar appeals for news station’s argument is that it natural disaster relief and other na- cannot air the appeal for the sake of tional and global crises. One may political impartiality. argue that the nature of the conflict Political impartiality. That in Gaza is different, as the politi- sounds like a reasonable rationale for cal situation is hanging by a thread. a prominent news source like BBC. But news stations have aired simi- Millions of people around the world lar appeals for the politically loaded rely on its journalistic integrity to humanitarian crises in Darfur and provide unbiased coverage of global Congo. eing gay in a straight culture is nate pansy just because I’m gay? Would tually we find that we can’t hide it. This events. Of course, determining what’s not easy. he even give me a chance to show him fact causes much distress. But what about the 4,000 who unbiased can be a gray area in jour- B I am constantly bombarded who I was before he started to judge Everyone is responsible for this have lost their homes due to heavy nalism, especially for a broadcaster with stereotypes about what a gay man me? problem. At the end of the day, many shelling? Or the 1.1 million that are with such a widespread influence as should be like. There are people who I can also never push away the time people look at all homosexuals in the dependent upon aid to survive? the BBC. But at the core of the mat- define themselves by their sexual ori- my brother said to me, “Ben, there are same way. Electricity is not functioning in ter, human suffering is human suf- entation. Unsurprisingly, many of these two types of gay people. There are the First and foremost, the media is at 75 percent of Gaza. Power outages fering, no matter where alliances lie. people are not heterosexual. I am, how- normal gays, and the faggots. Both are fault because it is the messenger to the mean that perishables cannot be re- Furthermore, many of these victims ever, not one of those people. effeminate, but the faggots are espe- straight people who do not know any frigerated and shelf life is shortened. are children, whose only fault was Once people define themselves by cially bitchy. Ben, you are a faggot.” gay people. The media defines the gay The region’s water and sewage sys- that they had the bad fortune of be- their sexual orientation, they are cre- I will also never forget the GSA man in a straight world. tem is run on electricity, and a health ing in the wrong place at the wrong ating a stereotype that is hard to over- dance last year. I remember writing Gay people have the responsibil- crisis can easily ensue from contami- time. come. What does it mean for people to a letter to the editor, angry about the ity not to define themselves by whom nated water. An appeal for donations to buy define themselves by their sexual ori- fact that everyone dressed in drag. The they are sexually attracted to. Rather, Health clinics are damaged and blankets, food parcels, medicine and entation? Well, they are reflecting how dance’s theme of cross-dressing was they—we—have the responsibility to victims have nowhere to go. Casual- basic human necessities is not a po- the media portrays gay people. Even utterly offensive. Imagine a dance in define ourselves by what has made us ties have already amounted on both litical statement. It is a moral one. worse, they are reflecting the way that honor of African-Americans, and hav- who we are today. Gay people, just like sides of the conflict. More than 1,010 The BBC has abandoned its most ba- most straight people expect gay people ing people paint their faces black and straight people, have a responsibility Palestinians have been killed, and 13 sic humanitarian values. to act: feminine, sex-obsessed and gen- eat fried chicken. There would be an not to believe the current stereotypes Israelis. 412 of those victims were Some prisoners of war are being erally wimpy. uproar. in the media. children. treated by doctors and nurses behind Fortunately, Andover is an excep- However, the gay community is less Don’t believe me? I will tell you one Human suffering in Gaza is horri- enemy lines. These doctors are not tion to the problem. In fact, there is no assertive than it should be about the in- more story. Upon meeting my brother’s fying. Aid is imperative. That’s not a doing so because they are on the side other situation where I think the term accuracies of its stereotypes. They turn girlfriend, Shayna, I came across one of political stance. That’s a fact. Aid can of the prisoners. They are doing so “Andover Bubble” is more appropriate. the other cheek when in reality they her geisha dolls. I looked at it puzzled. only come with the help of humani- because they identify the need rather At Andover, there are quite a few gay should be demanding respect. It was a boy dressed in girls’ clothing tarian aid organizations and outside than the cause. people who do not define themselves Don’t get confused. This silence is and wearing makeup. sources. These organizations are People often get so lost in the by their sexual orientation. Rather, still discrimination. I am being judged I had no idea what gender the doll often underfunded and underrepre- mechanics of things, the facts and they define themselves by their -inter because of my sexuality. Where I go happened to be, which in retrospect, sented, and the only way to change figures, that they lose sight of the es- ests and experiences and countless and what I do is compromised due to was probably a silly question for an in- that is by gaining the generosity of sential. The public can distinguish other things. Even so, the stereotype is the fact that I am gay. animate object. Shayna then walked up the public through the media. That between a call for support and a hazy difficult to shake off. I have a theory that I know is true. behind me, noticing my quizzical look. is why an aid appeal like the one put partiality in a conflict. I remember coming out to my fa- It’s true because I’ve lived it. A lot of I asked, “Is it a boy or a girl?” She forth by the DEC is so important. In not broadcasting the appeal, ther. He knows a lot of gay people. I ex- gay men are afraid to come out because looked at me flabbergasted and said, In that sense, it is critical that the BBC has already taken a side. pected him to be wise about the subject they are fearful of being seen as effemi- “You’re gay, Ben. You should know that news sources broadcast such ap- They have chosen political “impar- of identity and sexual orientation. Yet nate. They are fearful because that is it’s a guy.” peals. What other way can we, stu- tiality” over humanitarian need. he immediately started discussing his not how they define themselves. But At that moment, I knew that my dents at Andover, learn of the dire That is unacceptable. gay friend who dresses in drag, as if he that is how they will be defined. fellow gay men and I had a long way to situation in Gaza? After other news Michelle Ma is a two-year Lower was a representation of all gay people. Some may claim that gay people go. stations in the UK such as ITV and from Walnut, California. I will never forget that moment. have an advantage. We can choose to Ben Talarico is a two-year Lower Channels 4 and 5 showed the short [email protected] Does my own father think that I am hide our identity. We can bury it and from Suquamish, Washington. video, donations to the DEC doubled suddenly going to become an effemi- pretend it’s not there. However, even- [email protected] to £1 million.

Thea Raymond-Sidel american woman Alex Nanda no expert Why Stop at First Lady? Everyone Deserves Health Insurance

ow many women do you attend Princeton University and power he yields as President with a know who get home too Harvard Law School. Following law 68 percent initial approval rating to Hlate to tuck their kids in ev- school, she was an associate at the fundamentally reform healthcare. ery night? How many women do you Chicago office of the law firm Sidley No matter the cost, no matter the dif- know who call and ask their husband Austin, where she first met her hus- ficulty, every single person deserves what’s for dinner? band. Such a woman is undoubtedly healthcare insurance. The working woman is no lon- an asset to the federal government in Claims of the great efficiency and ger an anomaly. She sees the world, her current position. high standards of the current system wrought with its modern quanda- However, the moment she are simply false. According to the ries, as her own personal challenge. stepped onto the threshold of the World Health Organization, America At a time when women and men are White House, the world perceived spends far more per capita on health- working side by side, each pulling her differently. She was no longer care but only ranks 37th in quality. their weight in the workforce, why is Michelle Obama; she was Michelle Corporate insurance giants who prof- it that the most prominent woman in Obama, wife of President Barack it only at the people’s expense pollute our country would incur the wrath Obama and first lady of the United today’s system. They are, after all, of the American public if she were to States of America. businesses. Their goal is to maximize do the same? With that position comes certain profit, not to protect the people ofa Who is the first lady? The term social and political power. But, as a nation by providing inexpensive, de- was coined at Dolley Madison’s fu- modern woman who is used to facing pendable coverage. neral in 1849, when United States the world’s many challenges, should To the naysayers, consider this. President Zachary Taylor used the Michelle Obama have to give up her We are the only industrialized na- phrase to describe her. Since then, own profession to support her hus- tion that does not provide universal almost every wife or partner of the band’s wave for change? healthcare. Some say it would be too President has been called this. As we segue into an important arack Obama is an ambitious puts it, we will soon a have a health- expensive, yet a research team from The first lady is a symbol of the new chapter in American history, man, and his stimulus plan is care catastrophe. Federal healthcare the Commonwealth Fund found that American woman and the American it is time to reexamine our values. Ban ambitious piece of legisla- can avert this. fulfilling President Obama’s cam- mother. She is a supporter, a helper As the most prominent woman in tion. His proposal attempts to solve The current healthcare system is paign promises for universal health- and a friend to all. But the definition the United States, Michelle Obama the short-term crises as well as ad- nothing but a burden for companies care would amount to $104 billion. somehow stops there. stands on the precipice of showing dress long-term issues. His bill has since health insurance for their em- Sure, that’s a lot of money, but would What should the first lady do all the world who the American Woman drawn parallels to the New Deal and ployees comes directly out of their you rather receive a tax break or com- day? During Laura Bush’s eight years can be. Mrs. Obama is a confident, will set the tone for the next four, and bottom line. Privatized healthcare prehensive and reliable healthcare? as First Lady, you could not say she intelligent and well-respected wom- maybe even eight, years. I’m no ex- also disadvantages the workers. While Be honest. was a full time mother. By the time an, worthy of the title she has been pert on economics, but it doesn’t take their employers have great discretion It is difficult to find a premier George W. Bush ’64 was sworn in, given. one to see that the bill falls short at in choosing healthcare planes, em- country that does not provide cover- their daughters were in college, and And yet, is that really enough? healthcare. ployees are helpless. age for all of their citizens. This is for certainly not living in the White Should a First lady simply settle for The healthcare system is broken— Sure, there are several companies good reason. By providing healthcare, House. the fact that her husband is the most nearly 46 million people are unin- that provide excellent health care we could all get through this recession Although some would say that important man in the free world? sured in the world’s most prosper- coverage—General Motors is famous with one less burden on our backs. Michelle Obama is in a different situ- Perhaps we should reexamine the ous country. But instead of reforming for setting a gold standard for health As Rahm Emanuel said, “Never al- ation, with two daughters in elemen- possibility that you should not have the system, Obama is merely sinking care insurance. It is unfair, however, low a crisis to go to waste.” President tary school, the time is ripe for the to abandon your own ability to affect money into existing and ineffective to ask other companies to follow their Obama should listen to his Chief of first lady to look for a job. change to become First lady. programs. Our President promised us example in this field. The current sys- Staff and must use the crisis to re- Michelle Obama has had her own Thea Raymond-Sidel is a Junior universal healthcare in his campaign. tem makes companies much less com- form our broken system and provide life, her own career and her own from Iowa City, Iowa. His package breaks his vow. As un- petitive. For instance, they have to healthcare for a nation. plans for the world. Raised on the [email protected] employment skyrockets in our reces- provide coverage when they could be Alex Nanda is a two-year Lower south side of Chicago, she overcame sion, the number of uninsured will buying more products for their store. from Shreveport, Louisiana. financial and personal obstacles to undoubtedly go up. As Paul Krugman Obama should use the tremendous [email protected] A4 News The Phillipian February 6, 2009 PA Asked Student to Remove Jennifer Lawless Urges Women to Run for Political Office

YouTube Film Last Year rector of the Brace Center, were the three main reasons periences of my life.” Kontaxis said that he still By APSARA IYER said, “[Lawless] is famous for why women do not consider Although she faced scru- Continued from A1, Column 5 has DVD copies of his film, her discussions about women running for office. tiny and criticism in the race, which is still posted on his “Women are just as likely to in politics. We came up with On family responsibilities, Lawless said that along the unexpected,” he said. production website, www.big- win an election for political of- the idea to invite her after her Lawless said, “Women are way she heard compelling sto- Kontaxis had previously bluenoodle.com. fice as men—there just simply name repeatedly resurfaced as working at least two jobs. They ries that made the campaign removed tags that would link A similar situation occurred are not as many female candi- a key speaker in this field.” do a whole day’s worth of work worthwhile. his film to the Green Cup Chal- last year while Marlys Edwards dates,” said Jennifer Lawless in Throughout her presenta- at their jobs and come home to Lawless described the 111- lenge or Phillips Academy was Dean of Students. Murphy a lecture on Thursday. tion, Lawless called for audi- another job.” mile walk she made across through YouTube searches, but cited it as a precedent for the Lawless, a professor at ence members to consider a When asked what she Rhode Island in the middle of he said that the film still had decision about Kontaxis’s film. Brown University and nation- job in politics, as it would al- would suggest in order to re- winter for her campaign. The over 2,000 views on YouTube. Clyfe Beckwith, Flagstaff ally recognized advocate for low women and men alike to duce female disinterest due to stories she heard from a pizza Murphy said that he had Cluster Dean, said that last year women in politics, spoke to determine important national family responsibilities, Law- shop owner and a soccer mom, not seen the film at its origi- the deans asked Joe Wilkin ’08 students and faculty at Kem- issues. less said she would implement among others, made her trip nal screening at the Green Cup to remove a trailer of his film per Auditorium this Thursday. In 2001, Lawless conduct- family-friendly legislature, unique. Challenge Film Festival, but “Catboners” from YouTube. Her speech addressed the core ed a survey of 4,000 men and such as day care centers in of- Maria Ferris ’09, a board watched the film on YouTube According to Beckwith, the reasons as to why women don’t women in professions that fice spaces. member of Women’s Forum, after meeting with the deans. film included scenes with fake run for office in America’s cur- naturally lead to a career in of- Lawless also found in her said, “It was enlightening to Murphy said that the violence guns and sword play, and view- rent social and political envi- fice, such as political activism research that women believed hear such a confident and ar- in the early part of the film was ers on YouTube did not know if ronment. or non-governmental political they were not qualified to run ticulate woman speak about “pretty jarring.” the violence was real. The lecture was part of a work. for political office. issues at are current and im- “The minute a student Wilkin said that after Beck- new initiative of guest speakers Lawless’s research led her According to her survey on portant.” posts something that’s tied to with contacted him, “I gave my hosted by the Brace Center for to conclude that family respon- men and women with the same Kira Wyckoff ’11 said, “It the school, the school is going defense, but it’s really what the Gender Studies. sibilities, perception of qualifi- political credentials, nearly 50 was interesting to hear why to have an opinion on if it’s ap- school says [that] goes.” Kathleen Dalton, Co-Di- cations and lack of recruitment percent of women claimed to women don’t run rather than propriate or not,” he said. “My first response was that lack the necessary qualifica- why they aren’t get elected.” Murphy felt that the school the guns and swords aren’t tions for office. But nearly 70 Malin Adams ’09, School had the authority to ask Kon- real,” Wilkin continued. “I percent of all surveyed males President, stressed how Law- taxis to remove the film. thought that that was the ma- believed they had the creden- less’s message was important “I think the school has the jor concern, but they were just tials. to Andover’s political positions responsibility to teach about more concerned with their im- The fact that only 16 per- as well. context and responsibility as a age.” cent of United States Senators He said, “As we are begin- community member,” Murphy Wilkin said that the ad- are female, coupled with the ning are elections for [School said. “And to the extent that it ministration’s biggest problem results of her survey, prompted President] it is evident that can, control things that are tied with his trailer was its promi- Lawless to write her book, ‘It there are more males than fe- to the school.” nent use of Phillips Academy Takes a Candidate: Why Wom- males, though a candidate from He added, “[The video] buildings, including the Me- en Don’t Run for Office.’ either gender would be equally crosses a line that doesn’t re- morial Bell Tower and Samuel In 2006, Lawless chal- likely to win.” flect the values of this boarding Phillips Hall. lenged the incumbent Con- Alana Rush, who is coordi- school.” “The movie I made was vi- gress representative of Rhode nating the election for School Murphy said that when a olent, and I know that the vio- Island. Although she ended up President alongside Adams, student decides to attend Phil- lence had a lot of faculty mem- losing by a margin of 3,000 vot- said, “Lawless’s talk was en- lips Academy, they must abide bers nervous,” Wilkin said. ers, she said the campaign was couraging. Hopefully more by “certain community stan- “And because I put it on You- B. Brodie/ THe Phillipian “one of the most rewarding ex- girls will consider running.” dards in a public forum.” Tube, it spread around pretty Lawless spoke to a packed Kemper Auditorium on Thursday. Andover’s Technology Ac- quickly.” ceptable Use Policy prohibits Wilkin said that he made “creating or propagating…ma- the film with students from Andover/Exeter Rivalry Extends to Conversation Efforts terial in any form…that reflects Phillips Academy and Andover adversely on the Academy.” High School “for fun,” and tee at Andover sent an email to conserve energy],” Shimazu spire me to turn my lights off at According to Kontaxis, he posted an edited trailer of the Continued from A1, Column 6 the PA community at the end said. home? No. Do I scrape my food did not use any school film film on YouTube. He said that of fall term asking for ideas on But Latina, also a house into the bins? Absolutely.” equipment or software to make trailer still includes scenes in- less dining. how to spend the money. counselor in Paul Revere, said, Some students offered ad- his film. side Phillips Academy build- Rogers wrote in an email to Rogers wrote, “We received “I haven’t noticed [a change in vice on how the school can ap- According to Murphy, the ings, but added that “it is kind The Phillipian, “This summer, more than two dozen good energy consumption]. I think proach sustainability. school is not concerned if a stu- of tough to recognize [the in- I recommended to the Senior ideas and are currently esti- people are always pretty ener- Graham Miao ’09 said, “I dent posts a video at home in side of the buildings] if you’ve Administrative Council that mating costs and benefits for gy conscious in this dorm.” think [the school’s] approach which they are not at all identi- never been to Phillips Acad- we consider a policy of tray- them and then choosing the Courtney Macdonald ’11 [to sustainability] might be fied as an Andover student, but emy.” less dining. Discussions about ones we will implement.” said, “[In Day Hall], our lights wrong. A lot of people are up- the situation changes when the Wilkin said that the school that recommendation contin- This year, Andover and Ex- are off all the time, and our set with [no more] trays. I’m student identifies with Phillips did not ask him to edit his ued during the fall until we had eter are competing head-to- proctors put up signs to remind okay with it, but I understand Academy. whole film. heard about and thought about head in the Green Cup Chal- us to turn them off.” that some people need them. the many different aspects of lenge. She added, “For the first I don’t think it’s a good choice this change. Then we decided Latina said, “I think com- time, when I’m done eating overall.” to adopt the trayless policy.” petition always helps motivate and there’s food on my plate, Katie Hess ’11 said, “I feel Rush and Adams Encourage “For some people, [go- students to get involved, and I’m like ‘I can finish this.’ I get like people address sustainabil- ing trayless] is an easy adjust- we want to beat Exeter.” really emotional [about the ity and understand the concept, Lower Girls to Take Leadership ment but for others it is quite Alec Weiss ’11 said that be- ort]. I see the food and I won- but don’t carry out the action. difficult,” Rogers continued. cause he does not care about der, ‘What could we do with all I’m not going to lie. Sometimes, continued. “I think people are willing to beating Exeter, he thinks the this food? With all this money? if I have a water bottle, I throw Continued from A1, Column 6 Michaeljit Sandhu ’09, Se- change habits if they believe challnge should involve better What are we doing?’” it out. Students are lazy, but we nior Instructor in PACE, said that it is part of a larger effort rewards. But Weiss, a day student, should be self-governing.” surprised to see the lack of fe- that reaching out to Lower girls that will truly make a differ- Some students have also said that the Green Cup Chal- Rogers wrote, “Overall, I male presence in this area of was a good idea. ence. I think people do not like taken measures to spike their lenge hasn’t greatly affected think people care about these campus leadership [Student He said, “I think Lower year to be inconvenienced if they energy usage before the GCC, his energy usage at home. issues a lot, but we are all used Council],” said Rush. is crucial in determining the di- think it is just for the sake of with the hope that there will be Weiss said, “As a day stu- to doing things in certain ways, Adams said that the meet- rection of your time at Andover, appearances.” a greater percentage decrease dent, it’s not so much of an is- and changing how we do things ing for Lower girls stemmed so it seems to be the ideal year Though trayless dining is from the baseline period. sue for me. Does [the GCC] in- is not usually easy.” from the presidential process, to help students chart their the most apparent change, PA Wesley Meyer ’11 said, “Be- but added that the meeting’s in- course for the future. More- has been working to improve fore Green Cup, many people tent was also to encourage girls over, it gives girls enough time sustainability in other areas. joke about taking the elevator to become involved in campus to get interested and passionate Stephen Carter, Chief Fi- every day to raise the energy organizations other than Stu- about specific leadership posi- nancial and Operations Officer, levels.” dent Council. tions and also to gain relative said, “The awareness of [sus- Carter believes that An- “If you look at Lowers who experience.” tainability] has been picking dover beats Exeter on the sus- are thinking about what their Sandhu described a “stellar” up. A lot of things we’ve done tainability front. next two years at the school girl as someone who “would were not noticed until now.” “Exeter’s done a lot of talk- might look like, it’s the ideal be passionate about creating For example, Phillips Acad- ing about [sustainability], but I time to get involved,” said change and willing to sacrifice emy recently installed new think we’re doing more about Rush. for others.” steamlines around campus, ac- it,” he said. Rush added that starting to He continued, “I think girls cording to Carter. “We have a more modern plan as an Upper would present are sometimes intimidated out As a result, the steam used power plant. We burn natural time constraints. of positions because of over- to heat buildings returns to gas; they burn oil. We’re much Rush also said that Lowers whelming numbers of boys the Office of Physical Plant at more energy efficient,” he said. might be more inclined to take who attempt to gain positions, a higher temperature, so An- Teruyo Shimazu, Instruc- advice from Adams than upper- so a stellar Lower girl would be dover does not use as much en- tor in Japanese and a house classmen. She said, “Through someone who likes bad odds ergy to reheat the steam. counselor in Paul Revere Hall, his experience, [Adams] can of- and wants to win.” Nan and Gerry Snyder ’53 said that she observed dorm fer guidance to Lowers.” Griffith said that she be- recently donated $25,000 to residents make posters to dis- In order to initiate the infor- lieved the word “stellar” was PA to support sustainability ef- suade people from using the mational meeting, Rush wrote somewhat misrepresentative. forts on campus. Rogers, Rus- elevators. an email to all PACE instructors She believed that any girl who sell, Carter and the rest of the “The girls have definitely T. Ferguson/ THe Phillipian asking for the names of “stellar shows a genuine interest and Sustainable Steering Commit- made a conscious effort [to Orie Idah ’11 sorts her ort in Uncommons. Lower girls” who “show poten- desire should be encouraged to tial for significant campus and participate in Student Council. community leadership.” The lack of girls in Student Linda Griffith, Dean of Council raises a larger question Joel, Rush Plan to Bring Students and Faculty Together at the CAMD and Instructor in PACE, of whether this absence of fe- said she believed the meeting male leadership pervades other Dinner Table With the Kitchen Table Project was a good idea because it ac- campus organizations. tively encouraged girls to be- Rush said, “I certainly don’t to share dinner with a faculty friend. nity to join the school congress, come involved with Student think there is a lack of female By MATHILDE GRACIA member of their choice. Inspired by the dinners mandatory for all faculty mem- Council. leadership around campus.” The Kitchen Table Project they are used to having with bers. “We want to make sure She said, “I think too of- Deidra Willis ’09, Senior In- Later this term, students aims to enhance communica- their students or teams, Joel that there are larger events ten we’re reactive. Proactively structor in PACE, said, “Today, and faculty will be able to bond tion between students and fac- and Rush hope “to create in a that students can attend,” said reaching out to people is essen- you hear a lot about a ‘strong over spaghetti and meatballs ulty in a personal setting. big community a sense of small Adams. tial.” woman’ or one that’s too with the Kitchen Table Proj- Rush said, “[A dinner] just spaces.” Rush and Joel encourage “With a lot of young people, dominating and ‘not feminine ect. provides an intentional op- Joel said that the dinners any students interested in such in order to dream something, enough.’ I think those issues Alana Rush, Assistant Di- portunity for students to go in would occur on Fridays and a project to contact them. They they have to see it. The earlier and viewpoints can reach down rector of Community Service, faculty homes, to maybe meet Sundays because “we want envisioned a larger scope of they can see themselves in one to the high school level, even at and Lisa Joel, Abbot Cluster someone they haven’t met people to have time to sit back this project for the future. of these roles, the more likely Andover.” Dean, created the project to before and eat a homemade and relax.” Many faculty members are this dream is to occur,” Griffith allow small group of students meal.” This project is funded by already enthusiastic and ex- “There are kids out there a $4000 grant from the Abbot cited about organizing special who say ‘I think that this per- Academy Association, awarded dinners. son might be really interesting last fall. Peter and Eva Cirelli, In- but I can’t figure out how I can Participants can tailor the structor in Music and House get to know her,’ so we think dinner to personal taste and Counselor, respectively, said it’s a good opportunity for stu- are invited to cook together or that they are eager to cook dents to get to know an adult order food. a Brazilian dinner for their who is not their house coun- The idea of a dinner be- guests, and Chad Green, Clus- selor,” said Joel. tween the faculty and the stu- ter Dean of West Quad North, These dinners will be dents is not a new one. In the said that he hopes to enjoy and held at the homes of faculty past, Student Council held a cook local food with students. members and will include six faculty dinner in Commons, The relationship between to eight students with one but when dining room moved students and faculty is well or two faculty. According to to Uncommons, the atmo- supported at PA. Kira Wyckoff Rush, an online system may sphere was less appropriate. ’11, a frequent attendee of the be implemented to allow stu- Malin Adams ’09, School Head of School’s Table, said dents to select their top three President, said that similar din- that these kinds of relation- choices of faculty members ners held in Uncommons last ships should be encouraged. with which they would like to spring had very low turnout. dine. Students will also be able Instead, the Student Coun- to request to be placed with a cil offers students the opportu- February 6, 2009 The Phillipian News A5 Princeton Philosopher Appiah to Speak Tonight Niswarth Adaptation in Lawrence, MA Rejected

By TOBI COKER By LIAM MURPHY cut in one place and add some- grams were based on the same place else,” said Merrill. foundations: community ser- Princeton philosophy pro- A Lawrence-based com- Merrill also said that the vice learning, social entrepre- fessor Kwame Anthony Ap- munity service program, a lo- 40 to 50 percent reduction of neurship and the challenge to piah will speak about his re- cal adaptation of the Niswarth financial aid for summer lan- create relevant solutions to so- cent book, ‘Cosmopolitanism: program in India, is the latest guage programs would make cial issues. Ethics in a World of Strangers,’ victim of the economic crisis. it difficult to justify adding a “I was really pleased with today in Kemper Auditorium at Peter Merrill, Head of seemingly new program. the excitement felt about the 7 p.m. Students can meet infor- World Languages and Chair of “It’s unfortunate that the idea,” said Rush. “There was a mally with Appiah prior to his the Global Perspectives Group, current economic situation has lot of support for this kind of speech and a faculty reception and Temba Maqubela, Dean to play a role in [the program]’s work.” will follow Appiah’s speech. of Faculty, recently rejected a ability to expand, but it’s sim- Rush said that this model Kevin O’Connor, Instructor proposal for a service-learning ply a reality,” said Merrill. based on the original Mumbai in English, proposed the idea project in Lawrence, Massa- “Ideally we would love to program would translate well to invite Appiah to speak. chusetts due to financial con- fund both [the India and Law- into a program in Lawrence. O’Connor said that Appiah straints. rence Niswarth programs]. “Because of the global na- is part of a Global Perspectives The Niswarth service- The Niswarth model is very ture of our program in India Discussion, which brings a se- learning trip to Mumbai, India powerful, and the Lawrence and the global citizenship skills ries of speakers to campus to was canceled this year due to program shows you don’t have that we teach, it was easy to discuss global issues. security issues after the No- to go 8,000 miles to get [the think about applying those “Phillips Academy is com- vember terrorist attacks in experience],” said Merrill. “We same concepts to a program in mitted to the idea of global ed- Mumbai. just didn’t want to have to go my own community, especially ucation for [Andover] students In response, Rajesh Mun- the ‘spin’ route, which would in Lawrence, where we already and I believe Mr. Appiah is the dra, Assistant Dean of CAMD, require long conversations on have connections,” said Rush. ideal speaker to enlighten our Chad Green, Director of Com- what would count as new.” “Global programming at a community about worldwide munity Service, and Alana Some programs abroad, local level [in Lawrence] is an issues,” said O’Connor. Rush, Assistant Director of including Pecos Pathways and obvious next step,” she contin- Appiah’s main message is to Courtesy of cccb.org Community Service, collabo- B.A.L.A.M., have retained their ued. analyze how people from dif- Caption rated to create a local version of funding from the Peabody Mu- The Niswarth program in ferent backgrounds can navi- phy and African-American O’Connor said that he be- the program that could operate seum endowment. India was designed “to expose gate across culture barriers and studies at Harvard, Cornell, lieves Appiah’s message applies in nearby Lawrence. The Niswarth program, on students to social problems in talk to one another. Appiah will Cambridge, Duke and Yale. directly to Andover students. Maqubela and Merrill de- the other hand, is funded by Mumbai,” said Rush, as well as talk about the differences and O’Connor hopes that Ap- “Philips Academy produces cided to defer the Lawrence Andover’s endowment, a sepa- to give students a skill set that similarities of the human race piah’s visit to Andover can the future leaders of the coun- program this summer, but not rate entity. can be put to use globally. and focus in on the dialogue generate discussion amongst try and global revolutionists. It necessarily for future years. “The cuts have been pain- Mundra founded the people use in social settings. students and faculty. is important for [students] to “It’s a program that we ful,” said Merrill. “The admin- Niswarth program in 2007. Appiah has a world of ex- “Mr. Appiah is one of the be exposed to the issues Mr. liked a lot,” said Merrill. “But istration continues to want to Since then, there have been perience when dealing with most important thinkers of Appiah explores and strives to the problem this year is that… minimize them and cut as little two summer programs and two cultural barriers and back- global ethics. I hope his mes- explain,” said O’Connor. off-campus programs are hav- as possible. But the suddenness winter programs. grounds. sage is well received by the stu- He continued, “[Appiah] ing funding cut or eliminated.” of the problem didn’t leave For three weeks last sum- Appiah is the product of a dents and can start a revolution strives to convey the message Merrill said, “[The eco- many options on how to cope.” mer, six Phillips Academy diverse family, with his father of thinking,” said O’Connor. of finding common ground nomic situation] has frozen Merrill said that the school’s students volunteered for a coming from Ghana and his O’Connor added, “I want with someone different from new programs, keeping them budget for need-blind admis- children’s rights program in mother from England. Before him to infuse within us a chal- you, and discussing the differ- from taking place. This pro- sions also placed limitations on Mumbai, India. Appiah became a philosophy lenge for people to re-examine ences in your culture, values, gram, coming across as new the financial aid budget for the The Andover participants teacher and Director of the their own assumptions about religions, race and maybe even programming, given the dif- Niswarth program. worked with their Indian coun- Center for Human Values at cultures and take on a new per- gender.” ficulty of telling old programs The Lawrence program was terparts from the Udayachal Princeton, he taught philoso- spective.” that funding was cut, would designed to incorporate three School in Mumbai, where they cause legitimate confusion and weeks of service learning with studied child labor injustices lead to misunderstandings.” local non-profit organizations through two educational non- Many co-curricular pro- and partnerships with students governmental organizations. 27 Members of Board CXXXII To Lead Paper grams have lost funding, in- in Lawrence, like the Mumbai Mundra and Maqubela cluding sports trips and the program. declined to comment about summer trip to Dijon, France. According to Rush, the the decision regarding the Continued from A1, Column 4 alie Cheng ’10 as Arts Editors. Michael Discenza ’09, Produc- “It would be awkward to Mumbai and Lawrence pro- Niswarth programs. Together, they will succeed tion Director, and Sarah Sheu Sebastian Becker ’10 will Charlie Dong ’09 and Nette ’09, Photography Director. take over for Harrison Hart ’09 Oot ’09. Erica Segall ’09, Writing & Trustees Finalize Next Year’s Tuition and Salaries as Commentary Editor. Jen- Uppers Jack Doyle, Maggie Copy Director, will leave the nifer Schaffer ’10 will assume Law and Spencer Macquarrie grammar nitpicking to Copy Carter. was to analyze the makeup of the new position of Chair of will step into the shoes of for- Editors Courtney King ’10 and Continued from A1, Column 1 “We’ve done a lot of work the student body and to see the Editorial Board. mer Sports Editors Matt Gor- Ben Podell ’11. over the past 14 years. We de- that it is what we want it to be, The work of In-Depth Edi- ski ’09, Mai Kristofferson ’09 In the Business and Adver- supports a substantial compo- cided that we could take a in terms of diversity, range of tor Emma Goldstein ’09 is an and Jim Ricker ’09. tising departments, Andrew nent of the budget,” said Falls. break,” said Carter. interests and socio-economic act that will literally be im- Resident pranksters Law- Townson ’10 will take over as Andover’s endowment runs These budget cuts give the interests,” said Tang. possible to follow, since the rence Dai ’09 and Eli Grober Business Manager from Berol on a trailing three-year average, Board of Trustees “the oppor- Fried said that the Admis- In-Depth section will meet ’09, former Features Editors, Dewdney ’09, while John which means that the percent tunity to plan more closely, and sions Office has been trying to its quiet death at the end of will leave the jokes to Billy Yang-Sammataro ’10 will re- of the endowment used by the time to make more permanent broaden the range of students CXXXI. Fowkes ’10 and B.J. Garry ’10 place Britt Peltz ’09 as Adver- Trustees for the fiscal budget adjustments for future years,” at Andover by gradually But former In-Depth As- on CXXXII. tising Director. has not yet been factored into said Tang. increasing the diversity of stu- sociate Hannah Lee ’10 will Taryn Ferguson ’10 and Raya Stantcheva ’10 will the endowment’s percent loss. Other budget cuts made dents’ regional backgrounds. not be without a section—she Adam Levine ’11, Photo Direc- take the computer and key- “The amount we take from anticipation of the endow- Other Business will join former Arts Associ- tors, will be the ubiquitous board from Carl F. Jackson ’09 the endowment is not immedi- ment’s 22 percent drop includ- The Board of Trustees also ates Nathalie Sun ’10 and Nat- campus paparazzi in place of as the brains behind The Phil- ately changed by a drop, but at ed a $500,000 reduction in the finalized student tuition for the lipian Online. some point in the future there Technology Department and 2009-10 academic year, as well Paul Chan ’10 will now will be a 22 percent decline and a $300,000 reduction in the as faculty and staff compensa- lead The Phillipian’s Circula- the amount that we get from school’s goods and services, in- tion. Congratulations, tion and Publicity, succeed- the endowment will be signifi- cluding food services and con- The increase in tuition 2009 Cum Laude Society Electees! ing Emerson Stoldt ’09. Scott cantly lower,” said Tang. struction materials. marks the lowest increase in 15 Cuthell ’11 will be at Chan’s “We’re trying to adjust our In December, Phillips years, “in recognition that all Christian Anderson Amanda Lin side in Circulation, replacing spending patterns before the Academy issued bonds worth families have been affected in Arun Saigal ’09, Jacob Shack whole effect of this 22 percent $40 million to keep Andover in one way or another by the cur- Robert Buka Jiageng Luan ’10 and Patricia Yen ’09. decrease hits us,” said Carter. a comfortable cash position. rent economic situation,” said Chelsea Carlson Julia MacNelly John McKenna ’10 will Budget Cuts Falls stressed the impor- Carter. manage delivery, replacing The Board of Trustees de- tance of cash in the endowment Faculty and staff compen- Christine Choi Alexander McHale Joey Atiba ’09 and Brian Rus- cided to cut the campus reno- because it allows for more flex- sation was not changed, since Cassius Clay Catherine McManus sell ’09. vations budget by two-thirds, ibility and freedom to experi- “there is enough money in the After printing 30 issues of reducing the $9 million previ- ment with other investments. compensation budget to keep it Alexander Cope Clare Monfredo The Phillipian over the past ously allocated for reconstruc- “We entered this [econom- constant, without jeopardizing Brendan Deveney Andrew Pohly year, Lewis said, “I think that tion projects to $3.1 million. ic] downturn with a very sub- any other funds,” said Carter. we’ve changed the paper and The Board of Trustees stantial amount of cash in the The Board of Trustees de- Emanuel Feld Erica Segall it’s changed us. And I’m proud made this decision “so that the endowment,” said Falls. cided to set an additional meet- Tony Feng Sophia Shimer of where we’ve both ended endowment stays as large as Despite the drop in the en- ing date on March 16, outside up.” possible,” said Carter. dowment, Falls said that the of their three annual meetings, James Foster James Tsay Looking to the future, The Trustees also decided endowment is well diversified in order to further adjust the Daniel Glassberg Parker Washburn Ghosh hopes to take CXXXI’s to reduce the physical renewal between different markets, in- budget based on changes in the legacy and raise the paper to budget, since Andover has al- cluding oil, real estate, hedge economy. Kwon-Yong Jin W. Henry Wilkin greater heights. ready undertaken two major funds and bonds. “We’re having an extraordi- Alicia Keyes Patrick Woolsey He said, “I want The Phil- renovation projects—Paresky Composition of the nary board meeting on March lipian to become more in- Commons and the Addison Student Body 16, and by then, the administra- Christopher Latham Edward Zhang grained in the community, so Gallery of American Art. Jane Fried, Dean of Admis- tion will have been working on Abigail Levene Y. Gerry Zhang when people want to know The cost of the Commons sion, also presented the Board some of the long term adjust- news about Phillips Academy, and Addison renovations have of Trustees with the analysis ments made at this meeting,” Tiffany Li Andi Zhou they’ll go to The Phillipian.” totaled $52 million, funded in of the Composition of the Stu- said Tang. part by the endowment, said dent Body Report, a year and The Board of Trustees also a half-long research initiative attended a celebratory dinner by a committee with adminis- reception, where they recog- trators, students, faculty and nized eight teachers who were staff. presented with accolades. “The purpose of the report

Head of School Day Still A Surprise

Continued from A1, Column 4 students would need a day off the most, said Quattlebaum, mons staff, the Athletic Office so a planned Head of School and cluster deans are aware Day would change its original of the date for Head of School intent. Day a few days before the rest Two years ago, two stu- of the campus. dents sent a fake Head of “Most teachers don’t know School Day e-mail by imper- [the date of Head of School sonating Chase. Day] until students know,” said Rebecca Sykes, Associate Quattlebaum. Head of School, remembered Nancy Jeton, Special As- the confusion that followed sistant to the Head of School, in the administration and the said that even Chase does not scramble to send another e- know the date for Head of mail making a correction. School Day far in advance. While Andover has since Quattlebaum said, “[Some] made certain that there are not faculty would like to see [Head breaches in the PAnet security, of School Day] built in [to the Sykes said she and other ad- schedule].” But she believes ministrators “haven’t changed that scheduling Head of School the practice of Head of School Day would take the fun out of Day…Students accepted the the predictions and surprise. prank and [the administration Administrators would also is] very trusting of the student not be able to predict when body.” A6 Arts The Phillipian February 6, 2009 Improv Workshop DramaLab Previews Under Lubianka Square and Electric Roses Micere Johnson Nikita Saxena ’10, director “It’s important to share and What do Jesus, loboto- Natasha Vaz and of “Under Lubianka Square” listen to actors’ ideas because a mies, gay lovers and human is very excited about tonight’s play isn’t just about the director ice cream all have in common? Natalie Cheng performance. She has some or how well the actors can act; Somehow, students managed concerns, as this is her first dra- it’s the whole group dynamic, to squeeze all of these top- malab. One of her concerns is how they act inside and outside ics into their work at the four Not sure what to do tonight? making sure that her actors ex- the play and how the director hour Improvisation Workshop Head of School Day has come ude a lot of energy at appropri- interacts with the actors,” she in Steinbach Theatre last Sun- and gone, and now the only ate times as it is this energy that said. day. things to look forward to are will “shape the play.” This play is a drama that The workshop brought out weekend events. Be sure not to “Of course I am excited to consists of two stories running a mix of students, from expe- miss tonight’s DramaLabs: “Un- be able to put my own spin on simultaneously. One story yis rienced actors to novices, and der Lubianka Square” directed this play,” said Saxena, “but I about Ross, played by Adam of course the Under The Bed by Nikita Saxena ’10 and “Elec- have to keep in mind that the Tohn ’10, who is in jail talking crew was in full attendance, tric Roses” directed by Joann actors will put their own spin on about the happiest day of his eager to sharpen their skills. Wang ’11. it as well.” She continued, “It is life with his wife, Sara, played The event was hosted by pro- important that as a director, my by Cassie McManus ’09. The fessional improvisation actor V. Kent/The Phillipian Under Lubianka Square image will go well with theirs. It other story follows Sara on the and Phillips Academy gradu- Tanner Efinger ’02 leads students in an improv exercise. “Under Lubianka Square” is vital that the director and ac- other side of the stage prepar- ate Tanner Efinger ’02, son of is a very powerful skit about tors work together.” Saxena has ing to leave him. On her side, theatre and dance instructor as The Comedy Store and the ternoon, the workshop never the shocks of culture clash. The been stage manager before, and Ross’ best friend, Darrell, played Mark Efinger. This is not the Improv Olympics, and open- dragged, and the energy in play brings up issues that most is eager to take the reins and by Jake Romanow ’10, is trying first time that UTB has invited ings for Drew Carey and Sarah the room increased with time. people have confronted—the make this her own. to convince her to stay, even improv troupes to help them Silverman. Even for those who were not ignorant American. An Ameri- Saxena chose this specific though he knows that leaving improve their techniques, but The workshop took on a theatrically inclined, the day can tourist is alone in Russia play because of one particularly Darrell is for Sara’s own good. it is certainly the longest last- very relaxed manner as Efin- had its benefits. and encounters a Russian sales- interesting line that says, “You “Electric Roses” is not your ing. Tanner and his troupe ger led the group through a “I didn’t really go into it woman. The tourist finds her silly, vapid American baby cow.” typical DramaLab. Wang said, are giving private workshops series of games and exercises for theatrical purposes,” said “intriguing” and tries to take “It was hilarious,” she “[I chose this play] because it to the Under The Bed troupe designed to teach the most Dominick Chang ’11. “I just a picture of her. This humili- laughed, “after I read the whole wasn’t so much of the sexual all week, ending with a col- critical skills of improvisation, thought improv would be a ates and infuriates the sales- play, I really appreciated its humor that so many DramaL- laborative show on Saturday. including the importance of great tool in life.” woman, Jackie Lender ’11, who message and thought it would abs use. [It focuses more on] the “I thought it’d be great if we communication, spontaneity Efinger said that if you’re is convinced that the tourist is be nice to share with others on universal idea of true love and could have this workshop for and awareness of partners. looking for a career in im- an ignorant, privileged, “girl/ campus.” how its supposed to be ‘hap- longer than we’ve had in the “In improv, what we’re prov, “don’t.” Yet he insisted woman.” The two argue back pily ever after,’ there’s prince past and open it up to the rest really looking for is a connec- that these skills have uses far and fourth about heavy top- Electric Roses charming and a princess and of the school,” said UTB head, tion between two people,” said beyond the call of the theatre. ics such as evil, poverty and This time, she’s going dra- everything is great, [except in Eli Grober ’09. Efinger. Favorites included His skills have been called education. Although the play is matic with “Electric Roses” by this DramaLab,] it’s a real cou- Efinger began his career the game Hitchhiker, in which upon by corporate law firms to packed with profound subjects, David Howard. No stranger ple in an abusive relationship here at Phillips Academy nine students were asked to play a teach them the skills of com- the actors do a great job of add- to DramaLabs—she’s not only even though the girl loves her years ago when he tried out for hitchhiker with a particularly munication, trust building and ing comical relief. The skit truly directed, but also acted in Dra- husband and has to leave for her Under The Bed in his lower odd characteristic that the spontaneity. “If you’re really opens eyes to how one’s actions maLabs before—director Joann own good.” year. “They didn’t accept me rest of the car gradually had good at improv, you can talk to are perceived by those living in Wang ’11 is back for a sophomore The theater classroom is Junior year,” he laughed. From to adopt. Another favorite was anybody.” other parts of the world. The show. Her multifaceted experi- sure to be filled with deep, there he has cultivated his the game Mirror, which fo- UTB member Andrew main theme seems to combine ence is obvious. She advised her thoughtful sighs from a riveted talent, practicing, he says “at cused on making two people Schlager ’12 said, “I think peo- the traditional saying, “knowl- actors, “Create a background audience. “Under the Lubianka least once a week for the past moving as one. ple will see a difference in the edge without goodness is evil, story of the character with the Square” and “Electric Roses” nine years.” His commitment Despite the major time type of shows Under The Bed goodness without knowledge is facts that we know throughout are not to be missed! has taken him to venues such commitment for a Sunday af- does after this.” weak,” with aspects of culture the script and make that charac- shock. ter [your own].” Jewish Cultural Weekend A Cappella Group International Food Fest Emma Goldstein ’09, presi- I’ll think of it more as a snack Apsara Iyer dent of Jewish Student Union, Serena Gelb rather than ‘dinner’ in the fu- invited the Brandeis Univer- ture…” Manginah, a Jewish a cap- sity a cappella group to par- Israeli pop and rap beats A vivid crimson concoc- pella group, wove intricate ticipate in the “second part” of pulsed through the George tion of beet soup filled “Rus- melodies together, awakening Jewish Cultural weekend. Washington mailroom, fused sia’s” table. A clump of white and entertaining the audience Goldstein explained, “I with a harmonious mix of sour cream floated in the cen- at the Jewish Student Union knew a few friends who were pungent, syrupy and savory ter of each plastic cup. The sponsored brunch this Sun- in the group and thought it exotic flavors. Upon entering shocking pink caused stu- day. would be a unique form of en- the festivities, students were dents to be cautious to sip the “The a cappella group was tertainment for the brunch.” greeted by two cheery hosts, soup, which was surprisingly marvelous, the lox delicious The Brandeis University distributing passports listing refreshing. and the crowd was enthusi- students major in subjects each food dish, as well as the In between yells directed astic,” said Richard Keller, ranging from biology to soci- country of origin and the na- at the stereo system blaring school physician at Isham ology to economics. Despite tion’s flag. Israeli rap, Emma Goldstein Health Center. The event, a their busy schedules as stu- There were six stands ’09, one of the coordinators bagel and lox brunch, is one dents, they manage to main- with free small samples of of the International Food that has been taking place for tain an impressive rehearsal their country’s cultural dish Festival, said, “We wanted to the past few years. This year, schedule—two to four times a available. As samplers, each do something different. This week for three hours at a time. is all part of Jewish Cultural V. Kent/The Phillipian for entertainment, Manginah visitor had a goal to try a dish performed their unique rep- It is no wonder that the dedi- from each country, filling the Weekend. We’ve done many Students at the workshop circle up for another helpful ertoire that combined Israeli cated artists achieved such a paper “passports” with color- different things in the past, improvisation activity. pop and traditional songs. professional performance. ful checks. Unfortunately, for such as having concerts (we Henry Field ’12, member vegetarians, the search for had an Isreali rock band three of the Jewish Student Union, meat-free dishes was difficult years ago), bringing in stand- agreed and said, “Even though as a majority of the dishes had up comedians and having they were college students meat. various speakers. It was all The Italian Songbook they were a great a cappella riety of emotions, from anger ers we are really expected to group.” and frustration to hope and be able to sound as if we were Manginah, meaning “melo- Stephanie Liu humor. Some were sung by the native speakers in whatever dy” in Hebrew, is certainly a fit male voice and others by the language, at the very least Ital- title for a group whose songs While most members of female; they switched after ev- ian, French and German.” had a distinct rhythm and feel- the school were preparing for ery two or three songs. In parts of ‘The Italian ing, melded by alto, bass, tenor the Gelb dance and other Sat- The two singers strode Songbook,’ one could sense and soprano singers. urday night activities, Phillips calmly onto the stage before a dialogue between the male The group of seven singers Academy voice instructors an audience sparsely seated and female voices. Combs performed songs ranging from Barbara Kilduff-O’Farrell and in the front half of the chapel. said, “There’s something of “Come Back” by an Israeli pop Allen Combs, accompanied Kilduff opened the concert, a narrative, but it’s not really group to a traditional “flag- stealing the spotlight with her cohesive…Some of [the songs] ship song,” “Amen.” Individual definitely answer each other.” group members arranged each The first poem in the col- of the songs; some songs fea- lection began with the phrase, tured soloists, and each had a “Even little things can delight distinct melody. us,” which set the tone for the “One of the things that was rest of the program’s “little unique was that they sang con- temporary songs in Hebrew as M. Lee/The Phillipian things.” Combs said about the Kenny Gould ’09 offers Declan Cummings ’09 a small bite. songs, “Each one is a gem in its opposed to the classical ser- own way.” vice songs,” said Elliot Hacker, Several songs portrayed Director of Finance. Among the represented very performance-based, and humorous personalities, re- Of the songs performed on nations was Iran. Its cultural this year we just wanted to try ceiving chuckles from the Sunday, two were in English dish, rangeenak, consisted of something new.” audience. The tenth piece, and the rest were in Hebrew. silky smooth dates, covered in She spun around, direct- Kilduff sang the last line brisk- While their songs are faith fluffy powdered sugar and an ing people to and fro before ly and threw her hands up: “I based, the group said that the intense array of sesame and explaining, “We wanted to am in love–but just not with cultural aspect of the club is other aromatic spices. “They make it fun by sharing culture you!” Song eleven expressed what brought them together. are superb,” gushed Micere through food, which was sure Kilduff’s desire for a lover who Coming from diverse back- Johnson ’10 as she scrambled to bring in more people. Today J. Curtis/The Phillipian is a musician. The postlude in grounds, they sing to learn for more. we were happily surprised; the piano imitated the sound more about Judaism and share The Ethiopian food stand we didn’t expect such a large The chapel resonates with Barbara Kilduff-O’Farrell’s the knowledge through the voice. of a violin played hesitantly dispelled a tangy, savory smell turnout. In the past half hour with little skill. Kilduff turned songs. of roast chicken that wafted we’ve run out of most of the by Christopher Walter on the clear, operatic soprano voice, her head deliberately to listen According to the group, through the air. The Ethio- dishes.” piano, gave a stunning inter- her German diction impecca- to her distant lover attempt- Manginah shares and performs pian Chicken was roasted in “I’m glad that I went,” said pretation of Hugo Wolf’s ‘The ble. Combs was just as engag- ing to play the violin, drawing songs at a variety of venues— spices and looked quite popu- Kerry Joyce ’11. “The food Italian Songbook.’ Their voice ing, his tenor voice passionate laughs from the crowd. weddings, on-campus events, lar. People pushed and shoved was really good…I wish there concert was held in Cochran with dynamic contrasts. Few students attended the events promoting interfaith as they clamored for more. was something more informa- Chapel at 7:30 pm. In addition to Kilduff and concert, and those who did tolerance, bar mitzvahs and In “Israel,” a scrumptious tive.” When asked why they Combs’ obvious talent, Wal- generally went to fulfill their music festivals. array of falafels, pita bread Calista Small ’10 agreed. chose to perform ‘The Italian ter was also an integral facet music class requirements. The performance was and hummus greeted stu- She exclaimed, “I felt like I Songbook,’ Combs said, “It’s of the show. Combs acknowl- Those who did not attend certainly memorable and the dents. For some vegetarian wasn’t really taught anything, one of these great monuments edged Walter’s piano accom- missed out on a night of sensa- audience’s response was posi- attendants, Israel’s falafels But the food was really good” of music... It’s a festival occa- paniment and said, “Mr. Wal- tional musical emotion. tive. Maggie Shoemaker ’12 were a pleaser. Michelle Ma The Festival was intrigu- sion to do the whole thing all ter is a master at playing this Combs said, “We always said, “It was interesting to ’11, a vegetarian, said, “These ing, although education about at once.” The work on this ma- repertoire. He and I have col- wish we could fill the house… hear how simply using voices are delicious—I wish there Jewish Culture was at a bare jor project took the duo sev- laborated countless times over But it’s a very intimate piece of of the people in the group, and was a greater variety of food, minimum. However, with the eral years of planning. the years.” music. In a way, it’s meant to harmonizing them [together], though!” while she munched constant chaos, it was under- Each of the forty-six anon- To perform a diverse rep- be in a smaller space…[to] be vibrant songs were created.” contentedly on her second… standable that there was not ymously-written Italian poems ertoire of vocal masterpieces, able to communicate directly Despite the “early” meeting or third… serving. She con- much time for learning. was translated to German and singers must develop a com- with the people.” time, at eleven, Katie Hebb sidered a moment before say- set to a short melody. Every mand of several different lan- ’12 said that “it was definitely ing, “Yeah, I’d definitely -at piece conveyed a diverse va- guages. Combs said, “As sing- worth getting up for.” tend again this year, though February 6, 2009 The Phillipian Arts A7 Mallets, Marimbas and Music Galore compared to the other Kayden to hear] make your perfor- Patrick Brady artists we’ve hosted over the mances a unique experience years. I hope she will appeal to for you and your audiences?” Leave it to the Phillips people on all levels.” Glennie’s performances Academy Music Department Regarding Glennie, are notorious for their unusual to find the only person in the “unique” seems like an under- nature and students will see world who made a career as statement. Born in Aberdeen- no less this weekend. Walter a solo percussionist and bring shire, Scotland, Glennie was expects Glennie’s lecture to her to Andover. Dame Evelyn introduced to music at an early be comprised mostly of ques- Glennie, the world-renowned age, even after becoming pro- tion and answers, with per- Scottish percussionist, will of- foundly deaf as a child. “From haps a showing of clips from fer a lecture tonight at 8:00pm the age of twelve, I saw the “Touch the Sound,” Glennie’s in the Timken Room and a school orchestra perform and documentary film, directed by concert on Saturday night at that was inspirational. From Thomas Riedelsheimer. 7:30pm in Cochran Chapel. that point, I was curious to Concerning her perfor- Glennie is able to visit An- learn percussion,” wrote Glen- mance this weekend, Glennie dover through the Bernard & nie in an email to The Phillip- wrote, “The repertoire will be Mildred Kayden Fund, which ian. varied, although the instru- was established to bring dis- When asked how being ments used [are] minimal. The tinguished artists to the Mu- deaf makes her performances concert will be based around sic, Theatre and Dance depart- a distinct experience for her- the marimba…I shall have my Courtesy of James Wilson/© Evelyn Glennie ments. self and her audience, she re- favorite instrument there, the An orchestra accompanies Dame Glennie in a previous performance. Christopher Walter, In- plied, “I have no idea, as I do snare drum.” structor in Music, has been an not know any different ways She also described her the world last year, or compos- “My teacher was excellent While the number of per- influential organizer of Glen- of performing…perhaps you plans for utilizing everyday ing 150 new works for solo and was the real driving force cussionists in the student body nie’s residency. He said, “We’re can ask [the same] question to objects as percussive instru- percussion. Additionally, Glen- in believing I could be a profes- is too low for a master class to really excited about her visit. yourself: How does being [able ments. “There will be a piece nie has received two Grammy sional musician,” she wrote. take place, Glennie would pre- Evelyn Glennie is truly unique for four flowerpots with nar- Awards: the first for her 1998 Walter mentioned that fer to speak to all types of stu- ration as well as a maraca and CD recording of Bartok’s Pia- merely having a guest artist dents. She wrote, “For me it is tape piece,” she wrote. “I am no Sonatas for Two Pianos and perform for students is not always a pleasure and honour interested in using small sur- Percussion, and the second for truly in spirit of the Kayden to perform for people, espe- faces for this concert rather a 2002 collaboration with Béla Fund. The opportunity to have cially young people, as I would than pieces that use a moun- Fleck, the American banjo vir- the artist available to lecture like for seeds to be planted in tain of equipment.” tuoso. and talk to students is most im- the hope that some may find a Glennie has often criticized On top of her eighty other portant to the Music Depart- part of the performance inspi- the public’s opinions on deaf- international awards, in 1993 ment. Previous Kayden artists rational or open some sort of ness. In “The Hearing Essay,” Glennie was declared Officer include Wynton Marsalis and thought process for their own she wrote that, “my hearing is of the British Empire, and in Denyce Graves, who offered development.” something that bothers other 2007 she was made “Dame master classes for students. people far more than it both- Commander” for her dedica- ers me. There are a couple of tion to music. Socially active inconveniences but in general as well, Glennie convinced the Upcoming Events it doesn’t affect my life much.” British government to invest It certainly didn’t stop her £332 million into music educa- from giving more than one tion, since so much undiscov- In the Area hundred performances around ered talent can be found with Courtesy of James Wilson/© Evelyn Glennie the help of a good teacher. Dame Glennie’s mallets fly across the marimba. Hannah Lee

Who : Gipsy Kings The first thing that Student Spotlight: When : Friday, February 20 comes to mind when at 7 PM listening to this Latin music Where : House of Blues in group is the desire to sit at Boston, MA a café off of a cobblestone Casey McQuillen ’11 Age: All pathway. The Gipsy Kings fuse traditional flamenco Songwriter Casey McQuillen ’11 is putting her talent to good use on an international scale, winning a fast-growing fan Who: Akon with pop music influences— base on campus and online. Whether she is recording acoustic covers, singing originals for her YouTube account (http:// When: Friday, February 20 their voices are distinct from www.youtube.com/caseyamcq), or performing with her band, her gentle voice and catchy melodies have kept her fan at 8 pm the mainstream voices of base wanting more. This dedicated musician sat down with The Phillipian to talk about her art, the songwriting process Where: Showcase Live in today; their music is a fresh and stage fright. Foxboro, MA combination of raw and Age: All melodic, a step down from raspy, yet full of vehement Q: How long have you been making music? Who : Sarah Bareilles passion. The guitar melodies A: I’ve been singing as long as I can remember, but I started playing the guitar in eighth grade. [Music has] just always When : Friday, February 20 are intricately inscribed with been something I’ve loved to do, ever since I was a little girl. at 9 PM guitar tapping, making for a Where : Paradise Rock Club musical paragon—sure to be Q: What is your songwriting process? in Boston, MA more exhilarating live. Age: All A: Usually I’m reflecting on something that happened to me or happened to someone that means a lot to me. Then, I start playing my guitar... I just run with whatever comes out. I don’t really plan [songwriting] that much because I be- Who : Blackstreet lieve that over-planned songs don’t flow well and don’t sound the way they should. When : Saturday, February 21 at 8 PM Q: How did you first start working with your band? Where : Showcase Live in Foxboro, MA A: I really wanted to get into Grasshopper Night this year and I figured my act would be better if I added more people. Age: All We [violinist Elaine Kuoch ’11, pianist Will Adams ’11, drummer Zack Fine ’11 and I] really clicked as a band so we stayed together. We usually take a song that I’ve written previously and the rest of the members add their own instrumental Who : Jesse McCartney parts to it. When : Friday, February 27 at 8 pm Q: Who are your music influences? Where : House of Blues in Boston, MA A: Alanis Morissette, Taylor Swift, Regina Spektor, Age: All Missy Higgins. Who: Mae Q: Have you sent your music out to any record compa- When: Saturday, February nies? 28 at 8 pm A: Not yet. I’m in the process of going to a recording Where: The Middle East Restaurant and Night Club studio in Medford [called Jewels Enterprises] to record in Cambridge, MA some of my best songs so I’ll be able to send them out to Age: All record companies. Who: Boston Symphony Did you know that, J.A. Q: How did you begin recording at Jewels Enterprises? Orchestra Housiaux, Instructor in When: Saturday, February Philosophy and Religious 28 at 8pm Studies, was actually A: Peter Ly ’09 interned at the studio in Medford this Where: Boston Symphony roommates with guitarist summer. I knew him from making the MMPC CD last Hall in Boston, MA Andy Ross from OK Go while year. He showed [Jimmy Jules], the owner of the studio, Age: All he attended Columbia? a couple of my tracks off the CD, and [he] really liked them, so he invited me to come in and record. Who: Fountains of Wayne with The Everyday Visuals The Language of (Acoustic) Color explores the Q: How many subscribers do you have? When: Saturday, February ranging dynamic of colors A: I think I have about 600, and I actually hit 100,000 28 at 9 pm in the natural world with views yesterday. I was pretty excited about that. Where: Paradise Rock Club breathtaking looks at in Boston, MA discombobulating patterns Q: Do you get a lot of feedback from viewers? Age: 18 and older and flamboyant tones. The Harvard Museum combines A: I get a ton of feedback. I probably get around 25 com- hands-on activities, live ments a day from people who are requesting songs for Who: Missy Higgins and displays, and video and me to cover or saying that they like whatever I’ve done. Justin Nozuka computer presentations, A. Levine/The Phillipian When : Saturday, March 7 at to help visitors gain some 6:30 pm understanding about how Where : House of Blues in the role of vivid colors and Q: What’s the weirdest comment you’ve ever gotten? Boston, MA camouflage are exhibited in A: I’ve had a couple people ask me to marry them which I think is funny. And I’ve had people get in fights on my walls Age: All nature. about whether the original artist or I am better at the songs. Who : OK Go Q: Do you prefer performing live or recording videos? When : Thursday, March 12 Ugo Rondinone’s A: Performing live. One of my favorite parts of performing is when people are talking before you perform and they just at 9 pm works acquire attention Where : Paradise Rock Club because of his ability to get quiet because they’re listening to your music. in Boston, MA extract emotion and insight Age: 18 and older from plain, seemingly basic, Q: Do you ever get stage fright? subjects. Upon entering the A: Yes, every time I perform I get really nervous. It can be really personal when you’re singing any type of music. Who: The Harvard Mu- lobby, Rondinone’s piece, seum of Natural History – “clockwork for oracles,” Q: Do you have any methods of dealing with this phobia? The Language of Color greets guests at the entryway. When : Through September A massive installation of A: I usually pick one person in the audience that I know is going to tell me I did a good job whether I did or not, and I 6th, 2009 52 window frames varying just focus on them and their reaction to it. (Laughs) It makes me feel better about it. Where : The Harvard Mu- in vibrant colors and sizes, seum of Natural History in line the lobby wall, evoking Q: Are there any crowd favorites? Personal favorites? Cambridge, MA contemplative deliberations A: People really like my songs “Walk Away,” “The World” and “Good Night and Goodbye.” Usually, my newest song is my of the plain, and its Who : Ugo Rondinone connection to the celestial. favorite at the time because I’m more connected to it. When: Through November The installation’s impact on 1st, 2009 the viewer is inevitable as Q: Where do you plan on going with your music? Where : Institute of Contem- the great size is completely A: As far as I can. I’d love to be a professional musician but if that doesn’t work out I definitely want to include music in porary Art in Boston, MA frontal. This is a piece that my life and in my profession. Center in Boston, MA makes viewers do a double Age: All take for reconsideration of Compiled by Micere Johnson the unapparent depth the piece represents. A8 Phillipian Arts February 6, 2009 Gelb Dance: Shake that Laffy Taffy first floor because it was refreshingly [having three floors] because kids also wanted to get groups that get King said, “The chaperones were cool,” said Gould. who want to rock out to ’90s don’t less attention on campus to want to a lot more laid back compared to last Rob Stevens The second floor hosted techno have to suffer through hip-hop and attend this dance with the ’70s, ’80s year, because they knew what to ex- and rave music. The strobe light, vis- rap. There are less awkward people ’90s, country and techno music.” pect [so they] could relax.” ible from Salem Street, flashed a beat because everyone can go to the floor Another attraction of the Gelb With a calmer faculty and a more For one epic night a year, the for the songs played by DJ Andrew they like.” dance was the seismograph, located excited student body, the Gelb dance school’s Gelb Science Center is filled Malin ’09. The techno floor was a hit According to Dzialo, the concept on the first floor. Measuring the seis- was a wild event. Having improved with strobe lights, sound systems among students and definitely had of the Gelb dance came up for that mic waves of the area, it demonstrat- from an already high standard of the and dancing students. This night the highest energy level, including very reason last year. ed how loud Andover’s dances are in last year, the 2009 dance was a huge was none other than last week’s Gelb a jumping mob in the middle of the He said, “The 2007-2008 board a way that only the resources of Gelb success. So, what does the future hold dance. floor. “The second floor was my fa- had been shopping around ideas could. “I saw the seismograph and for the Gelb dance? With three different floors each vorite because it had the best music,” to have four simultaneous dances it showed the readouts from earlier Boyd put it best, “Hopefully playing a different genre of music, said Courtney King ’10. around campus, but we were worried in the day compared to during the they’ll do the Gelb dance next year, the 2009 Gelb dance presented a dy- Scott Dzialo ’09, President of the about logistics and having kids trav- dance, and the difference was im- because it’s definitely the best dance

A. Levine/The Phillipian Students flood into steamy Gelb for the dance. Gelb Dance attendees rave and mosh on the 2nd floor. Students pump their arms to the techno beats. namic atmosphere. Each floor had its Student Activities Board and the per- el around campus so it was logical pressive,” said Alex Gray ’10. there is.” Not to worry, Boyd, because own devoted crowd, every person go- son person who brought the Gelb to hold this dance in Gelb. The idea The atmosphere around the dance according to Dzialo, “SAB is always ing crazy for the same kind of music. dance to Phillips Academy said, “My was proposed, it took off and quickly was significantly more laid back this open to new suggestions, but since Kenny Gould ’09 said, “The personal favorite was the techno floor, became a big deal.” He continued, year compared to last year. Last year, the feedback has been overwhelm- Gelb dance is a lot like Laffy Taffy. simply because we’ve had kids asking “The idea behind [the Gelb Dance] is the faculty was noticeably nervous ingly positive, I think we’re going to I don’t really like the banana flavor, for months for a totally techno dance. to draw as many people out of their about the possible consequences of a stick with what we have at the mo- but sometimes banana is the only The music was great, and I’ve heard dorm rooms as possible. We tried to dance in an academic building. This ment…hopefully we can make this a choice. It’s better to choose between nothing but good news about it.” attract the [group that attends most year, however, the tone was differ- yearly event.” cherry, grape and banana. The reason The third floor was probably the regular dances] with hip hop, but we ent. the Gelb dance is so great is because most crowded and featured Kyle and there’s different choices of music, so Kevin Ofori ’09 blasting hip-hop and you always end up with the one you R&B songs. Further away from the like.” entrance than the other two floors, On the first floor, the genre was this floor was virtually a sauna. Peo- JusticeNOW Does Coffee ’80s, ’90s and country. Zack Boyd ’10 ple left the floor with hair drenched DJed the floor, which was popular in sweat. The music choice was al- with people who wanted to relax and ways fresh, including songs like “Bal- Audrey Adu-Appiah enjoy the music of past decades. With lin” by Rick Ross, and resulted in a songs like “I’m Blue” by Eiffel 65 and large crowd. “It Wasn’t Me” by Shaggy, the first One thing that never fails to unite The biggest draw of the Gelb floor was laid-back and fun. the Phillips Academy community is dance is the three separate stories, Because of its close proximity to coffee. The community service club, and because of this, everyone found the entrance, the first floor was con- JusticeNOW capitalized on this real- their comfort zone. siderably cooler and less humid than ity for its annual coffeehouse. Glenn Stowell ’09 said, “I like the other two floors. “I enjoyed the “[The coffeehouse] has a dual purpose,” said Community Service General Coordinator Victoria Wil- marth ’09. “One is to get people in- volved in social justice issues—this Chinese New Year year we moved towards malaria, and the other half of it is to provide a fun, entertaining event for people and spread awareness about what Justi- Festival ceNOW is.” Hanna Gully ’09, JusticeNOW dents to brainstorm and write scripts. President, said, “JusticeNOW was for- T. Ferguson/The Phillipian However, the Chinese department Audrey Adu-Appiah mally called Center for Global Justice The Yorkies sing backup while Teddy Louis ’09 steps up for a solo. also funded the special Chinese menu but we’ve reworked the entire thing. in Uncommons for Wednesday and Each term has a theme—this term the fully involved both the audience and phen Levy ’09 lightened the mood of the Chinese scrolls outside of Samuel the performers. There was a variety the evening, reminding the audience What happens when you make theme is justice in the news, hence Phillips Hall. The evening included of student talent showcased, pre- of the impending Gelb Dance and ten to fifteen mere acquaintances put JusticeNOW. We’re focusing on cur- skits, videos and songs. dominantly poetry and music. launching into an acoustic rendition together a five minute performance, rent events…the conflict with Israel From ‘The Dark Ox,’ a Chinese in- A cover of Iron and Wine’s of Orson’s “No Tomorrow.” Casey in a foreign language? You get a fes- and Palestine, Obama’s inauguration terpretation of “The Dark Knight” to “Flightless Bird, American Mouth” McQuillen ’11 and the team of Avery tive mix of awkward singing or rap- and the Bush administration.” ‘Listen to What Mama Says,’ a music by Dominic Chang ’11, Julian Dan- Stone ’10 and Lily Shaffer ’10 per- ping, unintentionally funny skits, em- Gully said that JusticeNOW was video of Jay Chou’s song, there was a ziger ’11 and Charlie Danner ’11 was formed original songs on guitar. barrassing videos and—undiscovered more aggressive with fundraising this year. “Donations came from Star- the perfect accompaniment to cof- “I Have So Much Love to Give,” a bucks, Brueggers and Boston King fee-sipping and cupcake sampling poem by Charlie Walters ’10, remind- Café. The board baked the rest [of the in Underwood, while Joel Gonzalez, ed the audience of the importance of food].” his sisters and his friends brought a living fulfilling and loving lives. “Vic- The notable aspect of this is that livelier vibe with a soulful perfor- toria’s Secret is that she’s shallow,” all raised funds were donations, mance of “Impossible” by Christina read Walters, urging the audience to which differed from previ- Aguilera. Veronica Faller ’09 and Ste- stop subscribing to selfish, sex-driven ous years’ Center for Glob- or materialistic philosophies. al Justice coffeehouses. In an improvised per- Every ten dollars do- formance by Under the Bed, nated covered the cost Patrick Brady ’11 and Will of a bed-net treated with Adams ’11 created a scene insecticide, the most cost- inspired by the word “jus- effective form of malaria tice.” Their cries of “Justice prevention, from Noth- when? Justice NOW!” only ingbutNets.net to a third- reinforced the urgency of the world country. In addi- coffeehouse’s cause. tion, the ten dollars paid While past coffeehouses for education on malaria have been sandwiched be- and malaria prevention for tween the Gelb Dance and K. Song/The Phillipian the Dance Open, this year’s Justin Ku ’10 and his Chinese 220 class make the ladies swoon. the recipients. “In the time that JusticeNOW coffeehouse took center stage in Friday Chinese Yoyo talent? we’ve been here, we’ve wide variety of performances. night’s itinerary. “It all started last year with an already saved ten lives,” Kira Wyckoff ’11, one of Gong- “Underwood was packed. Abbot Grant” Travis Conley, Chair of announced one of the em- ming Yan’s Chinese 200 students, It was so full that people Chinese Language Department, said cees, Thor Shannon ’09, said that the students had free rein. were standing in the back the on the initiation of the annual Chi- after the third act. “No guidelines… Just be [in] Chinese entire time. People started nese New Year event, held Wednes- “[JusticeNOW] de- and under 5 minutes.” Sarah Stevens flooding in at 7:15 and by 7:30, day, February 28 in Kemper Audito- cided to work with Noth- ’11, the writer of ‘A Day at Andover,’ a the shows’ [start-time], the rium. Every Chinese class had to put ingbutNets because we skit about an admissions tour around house was full,” Gully said. together a performance to represent thought it was a really campus in Chinese also in Yan’s Chi- This schedule change their section in celebration of the good organization, and nese 200 class, said she asked tour certainly allowed more stu- Year of the Ox. Conley, who directed it’s a good cause that we guides stories about their tours and dents to stop by, listen to their the program, said classes they had haven’t been involved in exaggerated them for their skit. Her peers’ music and poetry and been preparing for the event since yet,” said Wilmarth. Addi- hopes were that “people from An- give money to help prevent the start of the term by getting stu- tionally, NothingbutNets dover [could] identify with it.” tied in with JusticeNOW’s malaria—all while enjoying Jenny Chen ’11, an actor from the theme from fall term, epi- fresh coffee. JusticeNOW same skit, said their intention was for demics. succeeded in raising $500 the skit to be funny. She said, “Hope- Aside from involving and saved 50 lives. Not bad fully people will laugh and will like the members of the club in for a Friday night’s work. it.” the fight against malaria, T. Ferguson/The Phillipian Although all performances were JusticeNOW also success- Charles Danner ’11 strums and sings his sweet tunes. in Chinese, there were subtitles with slideshows on a projector; mal- functions did occur during the per- formance of ‘Charlie the Unicorn,’ which prevented the subtitles from showing. Nevertheless, the rest of the show ran fairly smoothly. Conley said that the hardest part of directing this event wasn’t getting the students on task or time manage- ment but “the tech stuff.” Conley be- lieves that the most important part of holding a Chinese New Year festival is to “engage other cultures and share A. Levine/The Phillipian the Chinese culture.” Write for Arts! Max Queenan ’11 and Ben Morris ’11 master the Chinese yo-yo. ncheng x6622; hlee x6912; nsun x6946 Volume CXXXII, Number 1 February 6, 2009 SPORTSAndover Swimming Remains Undefeated Against Deerfield boys swimming girls swimming

Ofori ’09 Dives to Solid Performances Personal Best Lead Team to Victory

By Katie Hess By Alanna Waldman Phillipian Sports Writer Phillipian Sports Writer

Andover 107 Andover 99.5 Deerfield 79 Deerfield 81.5

With a win last Saturday In the first event of An- against perennial power- dover’s match-up against house and defending New Deerfield last Saturday, The- England Champions Deer- resa Faller ’11, Allie Hall ’10, field Academy, Andover Boys Captain Annie Glancy ’09 and a. levine/ THe Phillipian Kourtney DiPerno ’09 fights for the ball against a Brooks opponent, left. Riley Gardner ’10 battles her way through traffic, right. Varsity Swimming kept their Alanna Waldman ’10 won the undefeated season alive. 200 Medley by a dominating Andover swimmers set six seconds in a time of 1.56.71, Andover Rolls to Eight Game Winning Streak; out determined, and from setting the pace for the meet the time they dove off the as Andover easily swam away starting block for the first with an overall 99.5-81.5 vic- Team Earns Top Rank in New England event, the boys began rack- tory. ing up the points. The contest with Deerfield Worcester Academy 46-44. by-possession and quickly earlier in the season, Andover The relay team of Co- was the fourth meet of the sea- By Shannon McSweeney Though Worcester had broke down Worcester’s of- retaliated for its previous loss Captain Brendan Deveney son for Andover, and the win Phillipian Sports Writer beaten all of Andover’s past fensive rush. and demonstrated how much ’09, Curtis Hon ’10, Jimmy helped the team cruise to a opponents, Andover was un- As the team continues to it had improved over the Brenner ’10 and Co-Cap- perfect 4-0 record. Andover 46 fazed and “exploded out of the defeat challenging opponents course of the season. tain Steven Lee-Kramer ’09 Molly Levene ’12, Emily gates and built [its] lead quick- it gains more confidence in its After the exciting victory brought home first place in Timm ’11 and Lexi Moroney Worcester 44 ly,” said Megan Roberston ’11. strength and ability. Jasmine against Worcester, Andover the 200 Medley Relay. The ’11 swam a rigorous race in At the start of the second Hardy ’09 said, “Worcester went on to defeat Brooks team of Derrick Choi ’12, the 200 Freestyle following half, Worcester began to fight was a tough game that forced by a wide margin. Andover Larry Zhou ’09, Alex Smach- the opening event, and Levene Andover 75 back but Andover held onto us to play hard throughout in used the match against the lo ’11 and Asa Harrington ’09 finished strong with a time of its lead. Kourtney DiPerno order to beat them.” weaker opponent to specifi- trailed shortly behind for 2.05.08 to finish second place. Brooks 40 ’09 said, “We were able to Robertson also said that cally to polish its plays. Rob- third place. The meet was full of person- maintain a lead throughout Andover’s defensive game was ertson said, “With such a big In the 200 Freestyle, An- al bests for Andover, showing In its best game of the sea- the game with great compo- “the best we’ve played all sea- lead, we could iron out some dover’s Conor McAuliffe the consistent improvements son so far, the Girls Basketball sure. We really came together son”. of the smaller details that we ’10 surpassed the Deerfield made by individual swimmers team defeated Worcester, se- in the last two minutes to get “We were able to focus on will need to defeat stronger swimmer in the last few so far this season. In the 200 curing its spot at number one the win.” our own game with the other teams.” yards of the race, just barely Individual Medley, Glancy in the New England Class A Before the game, Coach team in mind, rather than With this win Andover pressing his fingers against locked first place with a per- rankings. Silversides encouraged the keeping our focus on Worces- continues its winning streak the touch pad before his op- sonal best of 2.20.39. Tina Kit After losing to Worcester girls to focus on “stopping and ter’s performance,” said Har- and brings its record to 11-2. ponent to secure a time of ’09 also swam a personal best in the first game of the season, scoring” throughout the game. dy. Andover came back to beat Andover worked possession- Having lost to this team Continued on Page B2, Column 1 Continued on Page B3, Column 4

boys basketball Andover Continues Improvement in Dominating Win Over Rivers

After bouncing back from a which came in the second half, By Blake Grubbs turbulent start to the season, while Khalid McCaskill ’10 Phillipian Sports Writer Andover’s 72-48 victory over scored 14 and Zach Burdeau Rivers School last Thursday ’09 chipped in with 12 points. Andover 72 marked its most dominating “As a team we are playing win so far this season. The much more aggressive,” said Rivers 48 victory is the team’s second Co-Captain Menelik Washing- straight win with over 70 ton ’09 of Thursday’s victory. points scored and its fifth win “We are passing the ball much Tilton 89 of its last seven games. An- better and knocking down our dover improves to a 5-7 record shots the way we should be.” Andover 56 as the team continues to gain Another important note b. brodie/ THe Phillipian strength. for Andover, who struggled Katherine Sherrill ’10 skates through open ice in the home victory against Exeter. Andover Boys Basketball is Thomas Palleschi ’12 led in at the free-throw line in the a new team. scoring with 17 points, 12 of beginning the season, was the Girls hockey 100 shot percentage from the stripe, sinking nine out of nine free throws. Riley ’10 Nets Game-Winning Great defense and early scoring was key in helping Goal Against Archrival Exeter Andover secure an early lead, game, Andover’s offense was number of forwards, shift- holding Rivers to just 15 points By Kyle Franco depleted without forwards ing between only two lines. in the first half. Andover went Phillipian Sports Writer Mari Walsh ’11 and Lauren “That was one of the hardest into the second half with a Glynn ’10, leaving the offense periods of hockey I have ever commanding 15 point lead. Andover 2 with only seven forwards. To played,” said forward Kellie “We had great defense from offset the injuries, defense- Walsh ’11. everyone, especially from Exeter 1 men Katherine Sherrill ’10 Trouble struck for An- [Brian] Sykes [’09] and Tyler returned to the lineup, al- dover in the third period [Bond ’10],” Coach Modeste lowing Avery Stone ’10 to when Exeter scored four said about the first half perfor- Andover 2 jump back into the offensive minutes into the period. mance. rotation. Stone’s presence With overtime likely, Ri- Andover entered the third Deerfield 0 was immediately felt. ley came to the rescue and quarter with even more confi- In the first period, de- buried the game-winning dence, and the team continued Girls Varsity Hock- fensemen Ann Doherty ’11 goal with three minutes and to control the pace of the game ey Coach Martha Fenton swung a pass to Sherrill, who twelve seconds remaining. as it increase its lead. The An- summed up Andover’s thrill- then threaded the puck to a Games against Exeter al- dover players went on a 13-4 ing victory over rival Exeter waiting Stone. Stone buried ways hold deeper meaning scoring run to start the half, in one word— “gutsy.” the puck in the back of the due to the nature of the ri- hustling even though they Katie Riley ’10 scored net, giving Andover the 1-0 valry, and this game was no were up by a great margin, and Andover’s second goal with lead to end the first quarter. exception. never letting back. just over three minutes re- Andover out-shot Exeter 6-4 “It was a great effort by Rivers got a few points back maining in the game to give in the period. the team. They hustled from at the beginning of the fourth Andover the 2-1 win. Avery In the second period, both start to finish, which made quarter while they were in Stone ’10 contributed An- teams remained scoreless. up for only having seven for- a zone trap defense, but An- dover’s only other goal as the The undermanned offensive wards,” said Fenton. team improved to 9-2-1. unit kept their heads up and a. levine/ THe Phillipian Continued on Page B2, Column 6 Going into the Exeter played hard despite the small Continued on Page B3, Column 1 Adam Skaggs ’09 fights for position under the basket. B2 Sports The Phillipian February 6, 2009 nordic boys basketball Tilton Andover Claims Fifth Proves Too Place Finish at Proctor chored the race for Andover, Strong By Ben Ho finishing in 28th place with a Phillipian Sports Writer time of 17:01. With three Andover skiers Andover Wins 5 of Cal Brooks ’11 battled hard finishing within seconds of Last 7 Games over the hilly 5k course at each other, they beat out more Proctor Academy and led the experienced teams like Putney Andover Nordic team to a sol- and Vermont Academy. Continued from Page B1, Column 1 id 5th place finish. Brooks’ im- Captain Berol Dewdney ’09 pressive performance secured paved the way for the girls, dover quickly adjusted and him a 9th place finish. closely followed by Mimi again pulled ahead. The conditions at Proctor Tanski ’11. Dewdney blasted Bond dominated the were perfect for skate skiing, through the course to an 11th Y. Watanabe/ THe Phillipian boards, and Co-Captain Brian a special skiing technique that place finish and a time of Colleen Flanagan ’10 soars over the bar in the pole-vaulting competition. Russell ’09 used his agility and uses diagonal skating strides. 17:16. knowledge to grab many steals Track The snow was hard-packed While Dewdney took off, throughout the game. and cold, providing a fast sur- Tanski used her power to On Wednesday, Andover face that led to lightning fast overcome her opponents. She traveled up to Tilton in what times. finished 13 seconds after Dew- Hetzler ’10 Wins 300 Meter was sure to be a tough game The course at Proctor was dney in 13th place. against a team with three play- one of the toughest Andover B.J. Garry ’10 said, “We ers of Division I college cali- has skied yet, as it had many went out there not knowing Sprint Despite Lack of Experience ber. arduous climbs and tricky how we would place, but the The expectations proved winding downhill sections. team put together a really in the 50, followed close behind es on Wednesday. She said, “We to be true, as the 89-56 loss Nevertheless, Andover went great performance.” By Katherine Ellinger by Maggie Law ’10 and Ziwe Fu- were all excited going into the marked the most points An- into the race seeking to im- Coach Robinson added, Phillipian Sports writer mudoh ’10. relay because it was right after dover has let up all year. prove over the past weeks rac- “The guys made a huge leap Andover Girls also swept the the 1000, so we didn’t have any “Their transition game es and clench an elusive top this race. Fleming and Block In Wednesday’s meet against 600, with Hatton taking first time to think about how tired we killed us,” said Coach Mod- five finish. put together great perfor- North Reading High School place, followed by Stassja Sichko all were. Despite our exhaustion, este, “they were a very quick With the boys race starting mances considering it was Cayla Hatton ’12 ran and won ’10, Julie Cachia ’11, Leigh James we came ready to compete.” and skilled team.” first, many of Andover’s skiers their first long skate race of all three of her events, break- ’11, Katie Ellinger ’12, and Eve Si- Even though many people Tilton’s leading player barely had time to put their the year.” ing a record and proving herself mister ’12. had left by the time the relay scored his 1,000th point for skis on as they arrived only 10 Looking to the future, Rob- as both a distance runner and a For the distance races, Billy runners stepped up to the star- Tilton in just his second year minutes before the start. inson said, “We are going to sprinter. Muran ’10 won the mile with tling lines, those who remained playing. Brooks led the way for be doing some really tough Another great performance a time of 5:15. In the two mile saw one of the most impressive The tough loss was not at- Andover in the first heat, fol- workouts in the coming weeks came from Joe Kruy ’12, who event, the longest running event come from behind victories of tributed to bad play by An- lowed by Ben Ho ’11 and Ju- as we prepare for Interschols. broke the freshman record for in each meet, freshman James the season. The fourth runner dover, but more so by its out- lian Danziger ’11 in the second We are going to try to help the 50 Hurdles. Hamilton captured first place on her team, Hatton came from standing opponent. and third heats, respectively people who don’t know how In the 300, several runners with an astounding time of behind in third place to win, “We lost a tough one, but Brooks fought hard to ski classic to improve their greatly improved their times, 10:46. running only three laps on the ultimately we played well, and throughout the race and fin- skills.” and some even set personal bests One of the highlights of the track. much better than last year,” ished with a time of 14:52 min- With the great snow condi- for the season. Newcomer Peter meet came at the end for An- Not having a meet for another Coach Modeste said. utes. tions the past few weeks An- Hetzler ’10 led the way for the dover, when Hatton, Sichko, week, Andover Track will look McCaskill led the team with Max Block ’11 crossed the dover improved drastically as Andover Boys, running a per- Willis and Ellinger teamed up to move into the speed portion 12 points, followed by Burdeau line second for the team in his the racers are getting a lot of sonal best time of 35.47 seconds. to run the 4 by 400 Relay. With of their workout. Next Wednes- with 11. first race for Andover. He shot valuable training time. In the 50, Chase Potter ’09 three of the four athletes be- day, Andover will face off in a Although it was a hard loss over the finish line in 23rd Andover continues with snagged second, followed close- ing distance runners, they were JV meet against rival Phillips to swallow for Andover, they place in 16:29, followed close- high expectations as it pre- ly behind by runners Jack Walk- only used to running one event Exeter Academy. In two weeks, are trying to put this one be- ly by Ho in 25th place with a pares to ski classic next week er ’09 and Matt Higgins ’10. each meet. Andover Varsity will look to take hind them and look forward to time of 16:38. at Kimball Union Academy. Andover Girls Captain Deidra The 4 by 400 Relay was the on Exeter’s varsity counterparts their next game at Thayer. Scotty Fleming ’10 an- Willis ’09 also took second place most impressive of Hatton’s rac- at their home track.

Boys squash Rhee ’10 Helps Andover Defeat Exeter With Come Back Victory

matches. games to three in the highlight By Elizabeth Oppong Andover beat Choate five match of the season. Jalan and Phillipian Sports writer games to two earlier this sea- Miao both won their matches son, and they were ready to two games to one. Zou, Meyer, Andover Boys Squash proved dominate this time. Andover and Chau all lost their hard their worth this week by beat- also expected to dominate fought matches, leaving the de- ing two of the top teams in New Westminster. ciding match to Rhee. England, Exeter and Milton. Jalan’s match against his Though Rhee was down two On Friday, Andover beat Choate opponent was the most games to one and down eight perennial powerhouse Milton exciting game of the day. The points to three in his final game, four games to three in a closely match began with Jalan leading Rhee fought back and earned contested match. two games to zero before his himself a victory in the pivotal Captain Graham Miao ’09 opponent fought back to tie the fourth game. With the strong A. Levine/ THe Phillipian Ben Morris ’11 takes a breath between strokes in a butterfly event. said, “Going into the match we games. In the fifth game, Jalan support of his teammates and knew we were the stronger at prevailed, pulling off an epic fans, he dug deep within him- the top two, so if we could win win. self to win in the fifth game and boys swimming two more out of the other five Last Wednesday, the team pulled out one of the most im- ladder positions, the victory faced their biggest rival, Exeter. pressive victories of the season. would be ours.” Andover defeated Exeter four Rishi Jalan ’09, Miao, Tony Andover Focuses on Interschols Zou ’09, Kyul Rhee ’10, Trey Meyer ’09, Hunter Schlacks ’10 and Anthony Chau ’09 were in After Defeating Rival Deerfield the top seven in the match. Jalan shakily began his Continued from Page B1, Column 5 McAuliffe and Brenner while taking third place. match but showed poise in the later took first and second In the last event, one of next three games by coming 1:48.75. Matt Mahoney ’11 place in the 100 Butterfly. Andover’s best relay teams back with his ‘machine-gun’ finished close behind. Andover continued to consisting of Mahoney, approach to top his very expe- In the 200 Individual dominate in the 500 Free- McAuliffe, Hon and Deve- rienced opponent. Medley, Hon snagged third style, where Mahoney easily ney ’09, turned in an amaz- Meyer and Anthony neu- place despite competition won first place, and Smachlo ing time of 3:18.18. tralized the losses of Zou, Rhee from some of Deerfield’s top grabbed second place. Throughout the meet, An- and Schlacks by winning solid swimmers. Deerfield triumped over dover dominated over Deer- matches. Lee-Kramer acheived a Andover in the next event, field, with the final score For the second time in a row, personal best of 22.68 sec- winning the 200 Freestyle being 107-79. the win came down to Miao to onds in the 50 freestyle, Relay. Although this win may decide the match in the crucial placing second. However, their two point have seemed like a battle to game. Splitting the first two Deerfield put up a tough addition barely affected An- spectators, James Martino matches 1-1, Miao overcame his fight against Andover dur- dover’s 83 point lead. ’09 said, “Our goal is to win opponent in a thrilling overtime ing the diving portion of the Deveney ’09 next claimed New Englands, not only to win in the third match to bring meet, but Kyle Ofori ’09 held a personal best time of 54.12 beat Deerfield.” his team to victory. his own. seconds in the 100 back- On Saturday, Andover Andover swept in its joint Diving gracefully and stroke, while his brother, Boys Varsity Swimming will match against Choate and West- putting on a show for all Conor Deveney ’11, picked gather at its home pool to minster winning both matches spectators, Ofori achieved a up second place. face the Hopkins School. six games to one. Spencer Rice personal best score of 175.90. The 100 Breastroke, the Hopkins, having earned an ’09 played at 8th on the ladder, Thomas Kramer ’11 added to last individual event, fea- 8-1 record this season, will in addition to the same seven the point total, coming in tured Zhou achieving a per- prove to be a tough oppo- players from Milton’s match, third place overall. sonal best time of 1:03.60 nent for Andover. as the team geared up for a b. brodie/ THe Phillipian very exciting round of Saturday Rishi Jalan ’09 gets low for a challenging return shot. February 6, 2009 The Phillipian Sports B3

girls hockey Girls Squash Fromkin ’09 Girls Squash Drops Earns Two in Tough Week Shutout previously canceled due to snow. By Tyler Jennings Nothing seemed to go the right Continued from Page B1, Column 4 Phillipian Sports Writer way for the girls this Tuesday, as Groton was able to sweep every The win against Exeter Lydia Smith ’09 once again Andover competitor. Although a comes three days after a very led the Girls Squash team to its couple of the games were close, close game at Deerfield. only win of the afternoon versus no one was able to finish off with After the long bus ride, a tough Middlesex squad earlier a win. Andover got off to a fairly this week. After losing the first Wilmarth said, “We had a re- slows start against Deer- of three games, Smith battled ally rough time adjusting to the field. With both offense and back against a tough opponent Groton courts and overall the defense struggling to make to take the game. match just didn’t go our way. We plays, the pressure fell on Other notable performances needed to play at our best to win goalie Alissa Fromkin ’09 to during the match came from this match and we didn’t.” Al- A. LEVINE/ THe Phillipian keep Andover in the game. Lauren Wilmarth ’09 and Chris- though no one was able to win, Julia Torabi ’12 focuses on the upcoming turn in a butterfly event. Andover’s seemingly dead tine Choi ’09, who both lost in the girls still have a positive out- offense, which was out shot 3 games. Although the other look going into the weekend. girls swimming 31-10 over the first two peri- games were close, no other team Looking ahead to the week- ods, finally showed signs of member was able to scrounge up end and the weeks to come, life at the end of the second a win. With a final losing score of the girls are heading to Yale to period. 1-6 in the match, Andover went compete in the three-day High MacRae ’11 and Johnson ’10 Take With three minutes left, back to practice with a new de- School Squash Nationals. This defensemen Doherty netted termination to improve. is going to be a very competi- her first goal of the year with In their second match of the tive tournament for the team First and Second Place in Diving a shot from the right circle week, Andover fared much bet- and they have high hopes for the on an assist from Riley. ter than it did in the previous weekend. With a break from swim- third. One of Andover’s three two competitions. Versus cross- Carolyn Brown ’09 said, “The Continued from Page B1, Column 6 ming, the diving competition In the 100 Freestyle, Morss shots in the third period, by town rival Brooks, the Girls Brooks match was fantastic for began with Kendall MacRae took second with a time of Riley, found the back of the Squash team swept the ladder, us. It is great to have such good with a time of 2.26.94. ’11, Emily Johnson ’10 and 56.55. The race was close be- net with the assist from Kait- winning every game that they momentum flowing as we head Peyton Morss ’10, swim- Whitney Glick ’11 diving for tween Morss and Pielock, the lin McInnis ’09 and Stone. competed in. into such a big tournament this ming the 50 Freestyle, touched Andover. After performing Deerfield opponent who won With an efficient offense With heavy pressure to win, weekend. I am so excited for na- only hundredths of a second six dives, MacRae placed first the event, but the finish only and outstanding play in the the girls were able to stay com- tionals.” behind a Deerfield swimmer with 230.75 points, Johnson motivated Morss further. net by Fromkin, Andover posed and not let their nerves Next week the girls will work to receive second place, but second with 197.45 points and “I know that if I continue survived the Deerfield on- get the best of them. As a re- to fine tune their skills until recorded a personal best 25.66 Glick fifth with 160.1 points. to work hard in practice, I can slaught and secured the 2-1 sult they were able to pull out a Friday when the face Nobles seconds. Andover also claimed the lower my 100 Free time by in- victory on only 13 total shots strong victory. and Greenough for yet another Both Mai Kristofferson ’09 top three spots in the 100 But- terscholastics and hopefully to Deerfield’s 41. Before the win could sink home match in this final stretch and Kerry Lanzo ’11 swam well terfly, as Glancy took first with beat Pielock,” Morss said. in, the girls headed to Groton of the season. and placed fourth and fifth, re- a time of 102.38, Julia Tora- to make up the match that was spectively. bi ’12 second and Waldman

wrestling Andover Wrestling Dominates Opponents in Quad School Meet

of the season or recorded team for three years. When By Kyle Leahy their first pin of the year. they were Lowers, the team Phillipian Sports Writer Will Park ’11 made his was just 9-10 in dual meets, varsity debut against Gov- but they came together at For Andover Wrestling, ernors, recording a pin after the league tournament and the hard work that they have escaping with time running over-achieved with a second put in all season paid off this out on a nine-nine deadlock, place finish.” past week. while Faiyad Ahmad ’10 re- He continued, “Over the Phillips Academy’s Wres- corded his first pin of the last two years, they worked tling team has been on a year. very hard in the off-season roll, going 8-1 since losing to Andover crushed Hyde and blossomed as a group, NMH, and beating Class A 67-6, and then proceeded to and have gone 30-6 in duals. rivals such as Loomis Chaf- cruise by Tilton with a per- This is their time to shine. S. Sheu/ THe Phillipian fee (41-30) and the hosts of fect score of 75-0. They have earned it.” Chris Kreider ’10 lines up a wrist shot in Andover’s win over Loomis. this year’s Class A cham- Multiple Andover wres- A sweep of the quad pionships Tabor Academy tlers won by forfeit against match-up was exactly what boys hockey (60-13). Tilton. Andover needed going into This past Sunday, An- The remaining wrestlers the Northern New England dover’s tough schedule con- recorded two pins and one Tournament this weekend. tinued when they hosted a regular decision. The confidence level Overpowering Loomis Victory is quad meet against Gover- The pins of Co-Captain of the team is high. After nors Academy, Hyde-Wood- Shaun Stuer ’09 were a high- Northern New Englands, stock and the Tilton School. light of the quad meet. Andover will travel to two Bittersweet With Deerfield Tie Andover recorded eight Andover’s leadership this end of the season tourna- total pins and dominated year has helped pushed the ments. Dyroff then stole the show along with Geary’s goal, both Governors en route to a 48- dynamic team thus far. These two tournaments, By Chris Cameron to close out the period, scoring the first and second lines were 30 win. Coach Gorham said, “This Class A’s and New Englands, Phillipian Sports Writer Andover’s next two goals. The very productive. Luke Duprey Andover then moved on team has great senior lead- are where Andover plans to first came on a nice redirec- ’10 and Brian Safstrom ’10 both to face Hyde-Woodstock, ership. Sam Dodge, Chris culminate a season of hard Andover 6 tion and the second came on added 2 assists. where Andover improved its Latham, Alex Gottfried, Ben work and determination a power play, capitalizing on a Andover achieved its goal bout total, gaining 10 pins Elder and Scott Sanderson, with a series of great perfor- Loomis 2 smooth pass from Mike Lozzi of coming out of the locker from a wide variety of wres- as well as Co-Captains Shaun mances from each member. ’09. room strong to start the game. tlers, some of whom either Stuer and Reid Mosquera, of the team. Andover 3 Andover followed up its ex- “We started off strong and re- wrestled in their first match have been the core of the plosive first period with a slug- ally took it to them from the Deerfield 3 gish second period. Loomis first drop of the puck,” said scored its only goal midway Hathaway. Two goal performances through the period, and held “We did a better job coming from both Captain Brooks Dy- Andover scoreless. out hard in the first period this roff ’09 and Garnet Hathaway In the third period, An- game,” said Dyroff, “but there ’10 powered Andover over dover got its swagger back as are still many things we need Loomis in a 6-2 contest on the team built on its lead with to work on.” Saturday. On Wednesday, An- two more goals. Shortly after On Wednesday, Andover dover tied Deerfield. the start of the final frame, made the trek down to Deer- Hoping to build on its im- Hathaway netted his second field to face a talented home pressive 12-2-2 record and goal on a penalty kill. team. Chris Kreider ’10 led the number one ranking in the Three minutes later, Josh scoring with a pair of goals, New England Prep League, Geary ’09 sent the puck past one of which was assisted by Andover took on Loomis at the goalie to put Andover up by Dyroff. home on Saturday. The team five. Loomis scored once more Safstrom added a goal of his came out and dominated before the end of the game, but own to bring Andover’s total to Loomis right from the start it was insignificant as Andover three. Stowell was solid in net, with a four goal outburst in eased its way to the dominat- but this was not enough, as the the first period. ing victory. teams played to a 3-3 tie after It only took Andover 1:19 The offensive explosion overtime. minutes to score its first goal gave goalie Glenn Stowell Andover will play both its as Ryan Heavey ’09 sent a ’09 a break. After saving 13 of games this upcoming week wrist shot to the back of the 14 shots, he was relieved by with the benefit of a home net. Only a couple minutes Eric Yoon ’11, who was solid crowd. The team will face a later, Hathaway increased between the pipes for the re- tough Belmont Hill squad this Andover’s lead to two with a mainder of the game. Friday. Y. WaTanabe/ THe Phillipian power play goal to the top cor- With Dyroff and Hatha- Duncan Crystal ’10 twists to get position over his opponent in the quad meet. ner of the net. way scoring two goals each, B4 Features The Phillipian February 6, 2009

I met Lawrence Dai in the autumn of 2004, during what he affectionately named his “wide stance phase.” One day he was mistakenly propositioning me for sex through a bathroom stall, The Hair: Dai just can’t the next we were best of friends. Funny how things work sometimes. abandon that old 4th grade There are quite a few things you need to know about Lawrence. You may have forgotten, bowl cut. for example, that he is the third most powerful kid in the school – the executive secretary. I have seen the notes he takes as he sits quietly in the corner during Student Council meetings, and they are damn good notes – notes fit for a king. You should know he has been intimate Either Dai has pink eye or with a woman, twice, and that it was glorious. Or at least, the video of it I walked in on him he’s creepily winking at you. re-watching seemed to be. You should know he is Features Editor (along with some freckled, Our money’s on both. home-schooled kid), so every unfunny Alex Moss article can be attributed to him. But these things, I suppose, are on the surface. To know Lawrence Dai we have to delve a little deeper, into the very core of his flabby belly which no amount of time using the Perfect Pushup will make go away. Actual Text: The Far East Lawrence is rich. Don’t let his Kids Large North Face and sob story fool you, the man is made of money. He gets haircuts. His printer prints documents. He owns shoes. Yet he insists he Dai’s zipper, which conceals is not a man of means simply to avoid the leeching masses. For this I say shame, sir. Shame. his true identity as the For all of his wealth though, LD is morally bankrupt. If stealing catchphrases were some- how transformed into an Olympic sport, Lawrence would certainly qualify before deciding greatest superhero from the he would much rather stay in the dorm and turn in assignments late than go to the Olympics. Midwest: The Wisconsin Another thing: Dai is a splendidly mediocre athlete, and proud of it. Try to get him to shut up Wombat! about how great he was at JV 3 soccer – it can’t be done. Inserting yourself into the Cluster Soccer All-Stars, Dai? That’s just sad. Seniors recently voted Lawrence into the top five 2009 students who’ve “Done the Most for The gut: A result of frequent Andover.” Puzzled, we made a list of the things he has ever done for Andover: Ryler Roller trips and Mrs. 1.) Starting false Head of School day rumors D’s famous “Dai Pies” 2.) Disliking Dean Murphy’s emails Mmmmm. 3.) Overflowing the waffle maker Oh, but he does STAND, and looks like a well-intentioned 12-year-old Asian boy, so he must be a nice guy. Fun Factoid: 95% of Lawrence It is because of this persona that you should never get into the same classes as Lawrence Dai’s muscle mass rests in his Dai. You won’t stand a chance. I’m pretty sure he is the only person I have ever seen turn a 72 thighs. into a 6 with his malleable face and shortness of stature alone. “Look at me, I work so hard. You can tell I am up late working by the amount I fall asleep in class. Please teacher, I need this, I need to go to Harvard. Have I mentioned I’m first generation?” Speaking of his looks, here’s something you learn fast about Lawrence Dai: don’t look at Note the abnormally low any of his many women. He is a jealous man, and will slice you. placement of Dai’s knees on Oh, and his whole Wisconsin shtick? The whole Midwest values, go Brett Favre, wow it sure is cold up here and what an eccentric place to be from and blah blah oh look a Great Lake? his legs. Strange. Perhaps All moose pooey. He’s from Miami. It’s all just a part of his elaborate plan to make semi- even alien-esque. awkward small talk with you until you are certain he likes you. Word to the wise: just because he points and says your first and last name when he sees you on the path, does not mean he respects you. He likely talks about you behind your back, in fact. Only a tenth of what should be written has been written, but I have to wrap this up. Thank Dai’s Urban Kicks: Despite you, Lawrence Dai. You may be a menace, constantly shirk responsibility, and morally def- their coolness, he can’t help ecate on The Phillipian every week, but at least you make things like this easy to write. Have but look goofy. fun in college, and always remember to keep it in your pants.

-Alex Moss

T. Ferguson/The Phillipian

Reasons Why CXXXII

I would like to preface this article with a declaration of my love and admiration for Eli Grober. Our friendship began on the first day of Will Be Superior to CXXXI kindergarten, when we both wore the same GAP t-shirt. My first reaction was to tell him that one of us had to change, but with his head of bright red hair (complete with rat tail), it was difficult to call him out on such a fashion faux pas. The relationship blossomed as we formed a Destination Imagination team that took the world by storm. We acted, we danced, we sang. 10. We print in Wingdings And one of us had the perseverance (and lack of interest in being “cool” in middle school) to continue with that passion. You know who it was? Eli Grober: theater producer, MATH 7800/2 student, nearly-Jamaican track star, Chinese (food) scholar, and Features editor. As I look back on my time as Features Senior Associate, I realize that I was much less an editor (to be an editor, one must spend more than one night a week in the news room… but then again, I am not the one being roasted here) and more a fly on the wall. Yes, I saw all of 9. CLewis 2.0: Better, the inner-workings of the creative machine that is Features. There was Lawrence Dai, always smiling, working hard, coming up with themed sections with almost Christ-like efficiency and skill, Stronger, Faster smelling good, getting dates, and angelically playing the lyre in order to raise the moral of the editors of other worse sections (like Arts, for example). Eli, on the other hand, was a bit of a loose cannon. Would he be in the newsroom at the appropriate time? The answer is possibly, if he 8. In-Depth will go from had already finished running eight miles, blocking a theater 520 production, and heading a conversation on “acceptance and diversity” at GSA, AfLatAm, Café, and Asian Society all at the same time. running one section per I suppose the question was always whether Eli would actually show up to the newsroom, or merely the sleep-deprived hologram that he often sent out to do his bidding. It was sometimes hard to tell. Some think that the ability to rattle off a witty quip or comment is a prereq- month to no sections per uisite to be a Features editor. Well, I’ve always known Eli Grober to be quite the outspoken activist, and never one to buy into stereotypes. Some call his jokes “Groberisms.” I prefer to call them “the thinking man with a lot of time on his hands’ riddle”… like the kind of joke month that you would only be privy to after finishing a two hundred foot long Popsicle. Eli, you are the best friend a guy could ask for, and one of hell of a Features editor. If you were offended by this article, I’m sympathetic, but can’t apologize. B.J. and Fowkes have already assigned me to do a roast of my dead grandfather next week. 7. Cleaner fingernails

Unbreakable ankles and The star shaped rip in powerful feet: Observe as the Grober’s hair: Varsity Spooning Team Logo Grober’s pants was two counteract one another. 6. The extra “I” Recessive Genes: 1, perfectly covered up by this Eli Grober: 0. Photoshop star -- thank God 5. Board position decisions were not influenced by sexual chemistry

4. Arts is also cut indefinitely... Just don’t tell them that

3. More reefers in the joint issue

2. GHOSH!

Grober’s face shows his stunned silence after he Grober’s fair skin makes A. Levine/The Phillipian The Pits of Death: Grober 1. They were taught by the best discovers the musical him susceptible to lots insists his hemp based The secret? 12 hours in the “Cats” is showing in of pesky sunburns. And deodorant works like a gym, four in the bedroom. Boston. charm. melanoma. February 6, 2009 The Phillipian FEATURES B5 A FeaturesFAREWELL Style WARNING: All Criers will be violated...sexually.

IN THE BEGINNING The day I turned four years old I went downstairs in our little house on Sometimes I wonder where it all comes from. Then I remember I’m theAnd very end of a dead-end street inSo Somerville, took outI, my favorite paciEli- Grober,TRANSFORMATIONS Biddreaming You, and it ends. Sleep-time isAdieu the only thing I look forward to any- fier from my clenched jaw and tossed the rubber chew toy in the trash. It I cut my hair during the fall of my lower year. Suddenly I had a girl- more. had lasted a couple months and I’d really enjoyed its time in my mouth, but friend. Then more girlfriends. Then boyfriends. Then I spent some time there were new things to accomplish – new things to do, and other places pretending to be asexual. Then I had some pretend relationships. Then STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS for the pacifier to be, such as the garbage can. My parents were astonished. some therapy. Eventually I compiled enough funny memories to use in a You got it. Go out there and show them. They have nothing on you. They didn’t know what to do. My dad gave me a high five, which knocked number of articles I wrote for the humor section from which I was denied What? You don’t think they’ll like the way you look? Go back to that mir- my fifty pound body to the floor. My mom bought me a congratulatory just months before. A few things I learned my lower year: ror. See? You’re dazzlingly handsome. No? OK, well, turn down the lights pound cake with extra chocolate frosting later that day, sparking a career in • Writing humor is like having sex (one reason I don’t understand it). a little, turn… turn… that’s it! Look at you! You got your lines down, chief? baked goods consumption that added a good hundred and fifty pounds to Let’s go over them. She says “Oh, Bobby, what’s to become of us all?” and that frame lying on the floor with a bloody nose. That’s when it all started. then you say what? What do you say? Damn it, what do you say? S**T! Eleven years later I entered Phillips Academy with hair down to my Five minutes to places! OK, do you have everything on? The pants! You’re shoulders, a beret on my head and no sense of humor. You think I’m kid- not wearing pants! Go get pants! OK, pants, check, make-up, check, mi- ding. I wouldn’t have been, and I’m not now. Days and weeks went by as crophone, check. What is that line after the thing she says? You are going I stumbled through classes confused and feeling misunderstood. I rowed to fail. This is terrible. Just don’t let them know you’re scared. Hide it. crew every day after school in the same clothes I’d worn to classes, and Strike a pose. There, that’s good. There’s someone looking. Stop striking then didn’t shower. I attended meetings of clubs where I was the only non- the pose. Stop striking the pose! Now, you are going to go out there on that senior and was confused when I was asked to leave. I went to the Ryley stage and you are going to be fantastic. Do you hear me? Fantastic! Stop Room to buy food, pretend I was friends with some people there, watch crying. Stop Crying! This isn’t a pity party, this is a musical! You have one other people dance and then leave. Then I found Lawrence. minute to get on stage, now fix your hair and go! Ridiculous.

A DIALOGUE IN CONCLUSION His short figure approached me from across the room. I’d like to take this paragraph to thank a few people. I’d like to thank my parents, for their genuine benign neglect of me for the past four years, Lawrence: Eli, what are you doing in lower left? and for pausing their lives whenever I ate stuff I shouldn’t have. I’d like Years later he began to refer to me only as “Grober,” a name I came to to thank Alex Moss and Sam Weiss. Alex – thank you for nothing. Sam – take pride in resenting. thank you for a friendship that has taught me more than any Idiots Guide to Life could teach me. I’d like to thank the board of The Phillipian, for at Me: Hey Lawrence. Hey, do you know if I could write for Features? times being pretentious, and at other times being overworked. I’d like to He stared unfazed at the line of hungry students. thank my cat, George, for his support through all of this. Couldn’t of done Lawrence: What’s the meal tonight? Is it chicken pot pie? I love chicken it without you, babe. Wait for me to get home before you start eating, OK? I’d like to thank any teacher I’ve ever had – you taught, I listened, and pot pie. Gives me the runs, though. Hey, hand me a tray, will ya? sometimes I even learned. I’d like to thank Day Hall, for being a warm Me: No, really, I want to know. I want to write. You have to concentrate, relax and make anti-Semitic jokes all at the place to hang out when I didn’t have any other friends. So all the time. And same time. finally, I’d like to thank myself. For such great articles. For such determi- Lawrence: Hey, not my decision. • As I grow older, so do my jokes. nation. For such gumption. For such good-lookingness. For such sauve- His eyes turned to watch as our classmate Andi walked by. ness. For such new adjectives. For such style. For such perfection. • One-liners are only funny if they actually are one line. Not two. Lawrence: Hey, Andi! Want to write for the newspaper? And it’s been fun. We’ve had our laughs. Many at my expense. But • Apparently being in a stairwell counts as an illegal parietal. Who I’ve had this section, this section known as “Features,” clenched in my My nostrils burned with anger and a hint of jealousy. knew? jaws for four years now, and it’s about time I went downstairs in this little Me: Lawrence, not funny. building, to the room at the end of the hallway of Morse and rip it out and • Sitting next to Sam Weiss in English class is the best experience any- throw it in the trash. The trash that is the next generation of Phillipians. Lawrence: You pronounce my name wrong dude. You’re doing it too na- one could ask for. sally. Due to space constraints and Upper Management suddenly • Sitting next to no one is not. Eli: What? deciding they deserve a farewell piece for some reason, • It’s too bad nobody watches Pokémon anymore. I’m just getting into Lawrence Dai ’09 will run his final goodbye next week. Yes, Lawrence: Andi! What d’ya say? it. you heard us. He’s sticking around for another week. As hard as • Also, one-liners are only funny if they’re funny. we try, we just can’t seem to get rid of him. So Long, Farewell, It’s Time for Us to Go... A CXXXI Reflection From Editor in Chief Cora Lewis and News Director Jack Dickey

Two words: Charge ahead. DF’ed. Imaging kept us on our toes – here’s and future of this illustrious publication. interest and breaking news. We read private DMC and Ratatat courtesy of Antoinette a tip, guys: hit refresh. Still, you phoned all Somehow, though, we made it to this day. conversations left in Word documents on Oot ’09. Cora, Zoe and Annalee assault- Jack Dickey ’09 and Cora Lewis ’09 our totos, even the Rubik’s cube. And the paper’s still here. There was the computer screens. We read private conver- ed Jack’s ears with Sufjan Stevens. Jack had not had more than a conversation in The vivacious and lovely Nina Scott time Cora slept on the futon [which prob- sations left in emails on computer screens. assaulted their ears with Miley Cyrus. passing before becoming two members taught us all the different ways whole ably, unfortunately, has the unredeemed We took trips to the police station and col- We spent an unhealthy number of hours of a four-person Upper Management on grains can ruin perfectly good snack food. children of Yoni Gruskin’07 all over it. - lected evidence. I guess that’s called re- watching some preternaturally talented Phillipian Board CXXXI last winter. Clad She also interviewed Muhammad Ali SJD] from 8 p.m. to midnight in the spring, porting. We fielded calls from Tracy Sweet Lowers perform “Oh, what a night” on fa- in jammies and a purple headband (Dick- once. Andrew Gully, who traded his ear- when no one woke her up, even though she and Nancy Jeton, avoiding “protocol” of cebook. We played air sax to “Who can it ey) and plaid shirts and preppy sweaters ring for a high-powered job on Wall Street swears she wanted them to. And naps on any kind. Cora received roses from her be, now?” (Lewis), the two would become – what? but still found time to make sure we didn’t Thursdays at 6. And in class. “grandfather.” Jack emailed with Cathy What are we? We’re not really sure. save all our reefers for the joint is- Rampell. We watched Amanda Things That Made Cora Sad: “Jun- Friends, after a fashion. In our first edito- sue. We’ll never forget to look for Lorber and her insubordinate gle Fever.” People missing deadline. Hav- rial, we wrote “We have this paper for 28 the squirrel. board on MTV’s “The Pa- ing to call Rich Eisert. Oxford commas. issues and no more.” Little did we know, Finally, all the other charac- per.” We had more drama than The server breaking on Thursday morn- that would be the first of many blatant, if ters we met along the way: Wheat Amanda Lorber and her board, ings and trying to find Sports’s layout at inadvertent, lies we would print. and Jarsky. Grandpa T and Andy but we were too lazy to let 2:45 p.m. Schofield. And Mr. Murphy – MTV know. [Lies! We spent People We Met we’ll miss those lunches. Well, that ridiculous week filming Things That Made Jack Sad: Men- Over the past 31 issues, we’ve broken Jack already did. ourselves and then Nette lost tioning the Phillipian Magazine. Kip Ful- bread with administrators, ne-GHOSH-iat- the footage. – SJD] “Deadline beck. Yield Machines. Baseline. Mercury. ed with letter-writers and allegedly edited Food We Ate week.” What is that? Therapeutic culture. Seltzer. Brendan De- alongside Zoe Weinberg ’09 and Annalee Surviving on food stolen We covered copper veney ’09. Danica’s caricature of Dickey. Leggett ’09. We know all too well that the from cluster munches (yard-long thieves, threatening graf- two of us could not put out the paper on our subs devoured in a single eve- fiti, students getting arrested, Thing That Made Scott Sanderson own. Okay, we could, but it would be an ning), brought by Emma Gold- rooms getting searched. We ’09 Sad: Incongruous sentence structure. Aaron Sorkin-filled polemic, a feat of ver- stein ’09 from JSU (something exiled the Exonian. [Law- bosity, overflowing with stories decrying orange that smelled and ended up rence, I still owe you $10. And Things That Make Jack and Cora the rise of anti-intellectualism at Andover in the dumpster outside Johnson that $90 in carnival fees. – Happy: Neutral Milk Hotel and R.E.M. and editorials asking to bring back the at 1 a.m.) and rounds of bombs CDL] We held forms, forums, (Who knew?) “Separating the stuff from Washington Interns program. The gram- from Captain’s, not to mention quorums and war-room strat- the stuff.” “Break’s over.” Putting refer- mar would be impeccable. [And I would six pizzas every Monday and in- egizing sessions in the news- ences to the Butterball hotline in ledes. put in abortion jokes. -SJD] Also, Jack dividual-sized Diet Cokes (they room and WPAA. We printed Making associates do manual labor. 31 is- only got a 700 on the SAT Writing section. do exist) made for two svelte phallic noses in In-Depth. We sues plus Commencement 2008. Looking Ask Cora about her scores sometime. physiques and healthy complex- cut In-Depth. Possibly libelous forward to a term above ground. So on whom do we rely? Jim Rob- ions. We’re in the best shape of articles appeared in Features. son, for one, who presides over the Eagle- our lives. We topped it off with We cut In-Depth. We had no Well, that’s our article. There – those Tribune with a firm hand and a kind heart, melted pints of ice cream from photos. We were only off by were our pros. Annalee, that was for you. even when confusing us with the Exonian the Roller and half-stale birthday $770K. We wrote a 1000-word You’ll only read the last line of this article and calling Cora ‘Cara’ well into spring cake most weeks. Lighting matches in a farewell article and put it in our last issue anyway. term. [For the record, Jim, differences basement papered with old Phillipians - Results of Lack of Sleep of the paper. between us and the Exonian: Julia Ryan, yeah, that was safe. Also the Christmas Jack’s terrible grades: A 59 on a Math Strong letter follows. my counterpart, was on the Varsity Field lights that are still up. Also safe. We love 580 test he thought he aced. A 0/15 on a Animals We Tamed Hockey team. I’m currently on Recreation you, Officer Greeley! You’re the man. Ex- Math 580 quiz he thought he aced. Not-so- A sick vole with no tail trapped in a Cross-country skiing. Also, where we have cept for that one time. Let’s not forget Lan- subtle advice from Cora’s teachers: “Do punchbowl and a live frog courtesy of Mike Discenza ’09, they have Google. tern breakfasts and the air of superiority you think I should drop down to Bio 540?” Lawrence Dai ’09. And once we hid The two had roughly the same number of and nausea we felt walking up from them. “Just drop Biology entirely. Do better in a dead frog in the coffee maker just original photographs this past year. And your other classes.” A 1 on a French es- to see the look on Annalee’s face. Millstein can’t make jokes but can send Sleep, Lack of say with “Quelle dommage” written in the The beast that was Commence- vindictive emails. – CDL] Don and Bart, It goes without saying that Jack and margin. Unfortunately, all of these were ment 2008 [Ah, yes, I remember Chet or Chuck, Kenny and Brenda, whom I got 12 hours of sleep per night - excuse real. it well! – SJD, Yeah, thanks for we never knew, all at the Trib – you caught me, per week. There were all those 2 a.m. all your help. – CDL] Reindeer our typos and that time we almost ran the phone calls and 4 a.m. emails, and over- Things That Happened (antlers). wrong A1. caffeinated chats outside Gelb or in WPAA, Somehow, in between diet cokes and Each week, we PDF’ed-as-in-Carl- in which we would each accuse the other emergency covenants, we put out this pa- Music To Which We F-Jackson ’09. And we EPS’ed. And Re- of irreversibly poisoning the past, present per. We dealt with plagiarism, conflicts of Listened: Annalee’s Run B6 Features The Phillipian February 6, 2009 THE CHANGING OF THE GUARD CXXXII WATCH THE HELL OUT, BECAUSE THERE’S SOME NEW KIDS IN TOWN!

Welcome to the 2008-2009 Edition of Features!

It comes jam packed with more jokes, more fun, and more NEWS tips on how to impress your man in the bedroom! SPORTS Last week, three Phillips Yan added, “If we had it our Unless you’re lacking a funny gene or have no eyes, then Under the leadership of One change that the new Academy students saw their hard way, we’d have no pictures or this is the place for you. Spencer Macquarrie, Jack editors plan to make involves work, perseverance, and months colors. No title either. Just a sad Doyle, and Maggie Law, The editing articles. of sucking up pay off. Executive death pit of grey. That’s the way Phillipian Sports section looks “When we still had CXXXI The new Phillipian board has finally arrived, Editor Juliet Liu and Editors Me- we like our news here.” boldly into the future, striving running the show, we’d edit ar- lissa Yan and Shane Bouchard Liu, Bouchard and Yan then and we’re here to introduce its members. to continue the age old tradi- ticles with a pen,” said Mac- say they are “excited” to run ar- laughed hysterically, went out- tion of their section: ridicu- quarrie. “Boring, right? Now, ticles that people will only read side, and burned small insects You know you love us. xoxo, Billy and B.J. lously generic and formulaic we’re editing purely with our the headlines for while using the with a magnifying glass. articles. All-American good looks. We bathroom. “We can’t wait to get think it’ll work out great. Even started as editors,” said Liu in a if it doesn’t, it’s all good, I have face-to-face interview with her- a perfectly symmetrical face.” self. “In fact, I’m looking for- The incoming editors are ward to writing our token weekly optimistic about the future of article on sustainability tonight.” the section. “Extra! Extra! Read all about “We’re really stoked to go it! Sustainability is great!” Liu out there and score a touch- added as she paraded around the down with our hard-hitting newsroom pretending to wave sports coverage,” said Doyle. around a copy of The Phillipian. “We’re putting runs up onto Yan, a former News Asso- the board and scoring points ciate, and Bouchard, a former with our promise to inform associate for the extinct woolly you about everything related to mammoth that was In-Depth, ap- Andover sports.” peared happy about their newly When asked if Doyle acquired positions. could speak in anything but “I’m happy, sure,” said sports clichés, Maggie Law Bouchard. “But what we need is answered, “No. He’s been like way more confusing graphs and this for a couple of weeks. We extraneous pie charts like we had T. Ferguson/The Phillipian M.Discenza/The Phillipian hope it’s just a phase, but it in In-Depth. I can’t just do plain doesn’t look like he’s pulling old articles, it’s too much excite- Shane and Melissa pose for a photo, while Juliet Liu ’10 Maggie Law ’10 emasculates her fellow Sports editors. massages and tickles the back of Shane’s head. out of it.” ment for me.” We also heard that she eats young children.

PHOTO & COPY STAFF ARTS Let’s just say this: “Arts” rhymes with “farts.” And “Paul Blart.” These are not coincidences. There is something very smelly about the Arts sec- tion, and it is not funny at all. Led by Natalie Cheng, Nathalie Sun, and Hannah Lee, the Arts section editors look to reach the “Five Readers Per Week” milestone by sometime this spring. Despite being criticized even by parents of current Arts writers as being “totally awful” and “embarrassing to their family names,” the Arts section is looking to reach across a wider demographic of readers. “We really took a diverse group of editors this year,” said CXXXI Arts editor Charlie Dong, refefering to the three teenaged, Asian females run- ning the section on the new board. The editors look to print the section in a white font on a pink background, and significantly increase the number of anime reviews and “How To” articles, the first of which being “How to Use Chopsticks.” Additionally, some were worried about the possibility of confusion be- tween Nathalie with an “h” and “h”-less Natalie. However, “h”-Nathalie T.Ferguson/The Phillipian M.Discenza/The Phillipian did not seem alarmed. From left to right, match the face to the respective drug. “As an infant, my parents always had ‘Arts section editor’ in their Carl Jackson ’09 will be taking a Phillipian Online PG year. A.) Heroin B.) Glue C.) Coke D.) Pot. Sorry, Raya. You’re good, but you’re no Carl F. Jackson. dreams for my future,” said Nathalie. “Well aware of the large number of Heading the new Photo staff of The Phillipian, Taryn Ferguson ’10 and Natalie’s in the section, they threw the “h” into my name to set me above If The Phillipian Board CXXXII were N*SYNC, these people Adam Levine ’11 look to use their new positions of power to their advan- the rest.” would be everyone but Justin Timberlake. People just don’t care tage. about them. And one of them would come out of the closet in People Ferguson looks to capitalize off of her PA 2009-2010 Varsity Football Magazine. Sideline and Locker Room Pass, while Levine looks to do the same with Advertising Director John Yang-Sammataro represents not only his All Access Field Hockey and Ice Hockey Combo Package. CXXXII’s quota for one guy with a hyphenated last name, but he is Additionally, the Photo team looks to add a lot to the newspaper itself. also now single-handedly responsible for those annoying ads about “We want a pop-up section,” commented Levine, “imagine taking a SAT tutoring and college application bootcamp. look at page five and being suddenly knocked in the face by Mrs. Chase’s Business Manager Andrew Townson would have an important field hockey stick.” job, if there was more business to be done for the paper than figur- Ferguson, who has much experience taking photographs for The ing out how much to tip the delivery guy when we order pizza to the Phillipian, attributes her success to her “parents, mentors, and some damn newsroom. good lighting.” Raya Stantcheva, the new director of Phillipian Online, will put Meanwhile, new Copy Editors Courtney King ’10 and Ben Podell ’11 only Features articles on the paper’s website, provided the “generous expressed their excitement to be proofreaders for The Phillipian in a small gift” we gave her doesn’t bounce. passage that demonstrated the extent to which they are familiar with the Last, and probably least, the trifecta of circulation and delivery, English language. John “Cupcakes” McKenna, Paul Chan, and Scott Cuthell. These “We is very ready to do this, said King. “Hopefully we go for fun time! guys will give hours of their free periods on Fridays to put papers We, know, lots about commas, period.s, and other puntuary markings? into our mailboxes and mail them to our parents. Without delivery ( . )( . ) he he. Most important about us is we lovvveee red pens. They and circulation, we would not be able to enjoy the Phillipian, on time, better than regular pens and stuff, right? And pencils too! Yah. Pencils T. Ferguson/The Phillipian every Friday. Unfortunately, with circulation and delivery under their lolz.” Hooray for fingers! [The original caption was removed by the control, the whole “on time” part might not work out so well. CAMD racism patrol.] COMMENTARY UPPER MANAGEMENT A warning to the faithful hands to work in creating The Phil- pants, or the strange fact that he is If Upper Management sometime, and try to tell me ized as a good person, caring Phillipian Commentary readers: lipian’s first ever pro-Iraq, re-elect always being hugged by a guy at were an animal, it would be that a clearly defined rubber friend, and lying, backstabbing for the next year, you will be de- Bush section. least one foot taller than him when a three-headed emu. With a flap is not visible. Don’t say I traitor. Ben enjoys writing, prived of your beloved “Prevent In welcoming C-bass into his seen around campus. Instead, we flowing mane. And venomous didn’t tell you so when Celia playing video games, telling his Global Warming” articles in the position, it was difficult for us to decided to ask him his thoughts on fangs. And the ability to shoot doesn’t show up next Fall. friends that he will always be Commentary section. Why, you decide whether to first mock his working down in the news room. laser beams from its talons. Finally, there’s Ben “The there for them but not coming ask? Jennifer Schaffer and Sebas- mini fro, super soft long sleeved “I like the low ceilings,” com- And wings. But it can’t fly. Sellout” Prawdzik. A former through, and probably stealing. tian Becker. They’ll put their tiny polos and adorable little khaki mented Bass, “I feel like I’m Like a penguin. Features writer turned serious He’s also illiterate. Good call, over five feet tall. It’s great. I can Tim Ghosh leads the way, person, Ben can be character- CXXXI. even reach the light switch down and looks to use his position there.” of power to reach out to the Jenn Schaffer, who recently set PA community in ways “no up a shrine to Rush Limbaugh in former Editor in Chief has.” the back corner of the news room When asked about his role at and has spent hours bent over in The Phillipian, Ghosh said the prayer, looks forward to continuing paper “takes a backseat only to her use of excessively long words his dedication to spreading the in an editorial which will certainly fads of brightly colored urban become a lot deeper. The Schaff- clothing and flat brims.” ster attempted to explain her goals As for Celia, we’re go- for the newspaper in an interview ing to state the obvious: she with Features. “The newspaper is is clearly Cora Lewis dis- a place for students to express their guised and unwilling to leave deepest emotions and strongest the newsroom. When was the opinions without having to deal last time you had a class or ate with community backlash. It really lunch with both of them? How is a beautiful thing.” about the cover-up of chang- Confused as to why anyone ing her position from Editor in would use the paper for anything Chief to Managing Editor on other than toilet humor and sex the new board so as to mask the jokes, the Features editors returned obvious? Still not clear enough A. Levine/The Phillipian A. Levine/The Phillipian to the corner to fart and giggle. to you? Why don’t you take a What is strange about this picture besides the giant candy Godspeed, Bass. Godspeed. look at the back of Celia’s neck cane, strange elf girl, and Prawdizk’s drunk face? Nothing.