wo ai ma yue ma ai wo for Ch out az h tc a Goodnight W & Goodluck Veritas Super Omnia Vol. CXXXIII, No. 29 February 4, 2011 Phillips Academy ADMINISTRATION BASEBALL AND CANCELS CREW RESUME CLASSES SPRING TRIPS Over Twenty Inches Trips to Help Prepare Of Snow Force Teams for Spring Term School To Close Competitions By JUSTIN STACHTIARIS AND CONNOR FRASER By RAEVA KUMAR Cheering and group hugs Andover’s Baseball and broke out across campus Crew programs will begin midday Tuesday when stu- their season early with team dents received an email from practices and games during Rebecca Sykes, Associate this March’s spring vacation. Head of School, announcing These are the athletic trips Wednesday’s classes were to occur since spring of 2009, cancelled for the next day when they were suspended due to a snowstorm. due to the economic down- “The snow day was basi- turn. cally the greatest thing of all- Twenty Andover baseball time,” said Drew D’Alelio ’12. players, including eight re- Uday Singh ’12 said “It turning varsity players, will was awesome. I spent most travel to Cocoa, Florida to of my time sledding and just play ten games in the Cocoa hanging out with friends—a Expo during the last week of great break in the middle of spring vacation. winter term.” Kevin Graber, Head Var- The snow day occurred sity Baseball Coach, said, when more than 20 inches of “Within the past decade, the snow accumulated over cam- B. BRODIE / THE PHILLIPIAN Andover baseball teams with pus on Wednesday, February Donaldo Melendez and other Commons workers commuted to campus Wednesday at 6 a.m. despite snow closure. the most successful record 2. have all played this preseason The fourth snow day in 30 tournament, so the idea of years on Wednesday marked Male Faculty Organize Andover Men’s Group for taking the trip was never far the first class cancellation from my mind.” due to inclement weather “When the administration conditions at Phillips Acad- Student Discussions on Manhood at Andover came to me and gave me the emy since February 18, 2003. green light, I called the trav- Wednesday’s schedule interested faculty peers, who Andover Men’s Group allowed behind them. However, el agent that same night,” he moved to Friday with peri- By DENNIS ZHOU then helped organize and for unprecedented exclusion students soon led the forum added. ods 1, 2 and 7 meeting, while facilitate the forum. Faculty of females. The forums will into multiple, diverting Many members of the Thursday classes remained A group of entirely male who attended included continue to only admit male directions that touched on crew team will stay in a ho- as scheduled. students and faculty gathered Andrew Housiaux and Mike students and faculty until the differences in merit and tel during the last week of Before issuing the snow with mixed expectations for LeGaspi, Instructors in participants agree to open competition between the spring vacation in order to day, Rebecca Sykes, Associ- Andover Men’s Group’s first Philosophy and Religious the discussions to the general sexes. row on the Merrimack River. ate Head of School, and Paul informal forum, this past Studies, Jeffrey Domina and public. As the meeting concluded, “[The practices are] open Murphy, Dean of Students Tuesday. David Fox, Instructors in Manshel said that in the and Residential Life, selected Founded by faculty, English, Geoffrey Tanner, future the forum intends to Continued on A8, Column 1 Continued on A8, Column 1 faculty and administrators to Andover Men’s Group aims Instructor in Chemistry, Chris facilitate discussion between collaborate in order to create to provide opportunities for Capano, Director of Student both male and female a plan of action. men to collectively deliberate Activities and Tony Rotundo, members of the Andover In these meetings and the meaning and significance Instructor in History. community. “But, as a means conference calls, they con- of being male in a welcoming Over 50 students attended to that end, having Andover sidered the likelihood of and relaxed environment. the first meeting, which Men’s Group be completely See A6 For More Alexander Manshel, operated unofficially and male is critical. If students Teaching Fellow in English, separately from the school. aren’t expressing their true Continued on A6, Column 1 originally fielded the idea to The unofficial nature of opinions, we’re not going to Information on Snow get as far as we’d like in that dialogue.” Days at Andover Peabody Welcomes Back Work Duty Students Faculty members started the discussion with a prompt As it Enters Final Stages of Renovation on distinctions of gender between various locations on campus and the reasons By CONNE CHENG Wenyu Cao Present Research Students and faculty re- To Public As ISS Finalist turned to the Robert S. Pea- CORDERo ’12 body Museum of Archaeolo- By CHENA FARHAT gy after the museum received ESTABLISHES its Certificate of Occupancy Wenyu Cao ’11 will pres- portunity to carry out inde- this past Friday. Though the ent his research on bipartite pendent science research museum has not officially re- NON-PROFIT graphs to a group of judges in projects over the summer. opened to the general public, Washington, D.C. this coming Finalists of this competition classes and work duty groups March as one of the finalists are then given the chance to now can return to the mu- ‘Schools Helping Schools’ of the Intel Science Search present their research to the seum as it wraps up the final Organizes Interscholastic (ISS) competition. public. stages of renovation. Fundraisers Cao was chosen as a final- Cao enrolled in the Re- Planned renovations in- ist this past week. search Science Institute pro- cluded the addition of a sec- The ISS competition, gram at Massachusetts In- ond stairwell, a wheelchair- By SCOTT LIVINGSTON which is recognized as one stitute of Technology (MIT) accessible entryway and of the most distinguished this past summer, where he handicap-accessible rest- Gabriel Cordero ’12 has science research programs worked with an MIT gradu- room to the building. Once established another tax- in the nation, provides high the renovations were in prog- deductible philanthropic school students with the op- Continued on A5, Column 1 ress however, renovators also organization, Schools decided to add new light fix- Helping Schools (SHS), on tures, renovate the second campus. floor ceiling, refurbish floors Cordero, who was inspired and repaint walls. Y. wataNABE/ THE PHILLIPIAN by the educational depravity Malinda Blustain, Director Renovations included a new handicap-accesible entry path. of his hometown Cancun, of the Peabody Museum said, Mexico, spearheaded this “It’s a beautiful, beautiful library and the light levels and space to the room. effort with the help of space. By [the] time [renova- in the first-floor classroom Because the building’s Zachary Sturman ’12 and tions are done], we’ll be very were insufficient as mea- hardwood floors were dam- Kastle Jones ’12. glad to reclaim our building. sured by the town inspectors. aged during renovation pro- Schools Helping Schools’ It will have taken a long time That was an aftereffect [that] cess they will be refinished. purpose is to improve and it was very much of a wasn’t foreseen initially.” Currently the museum the quality of learning by mess here, but it will be cer- Wall sconces were placed is reorganizing some walls providing resources to tainly worth it.” in the new stairwell, and the and repainting the interior, schools in need just recently Many light fixtures were old fluorescent lights in the a “long overdue,” process ac- acquired a non-profit status changed in the building library and art deco lights cording to Blustain. with the help of an Abbot though their replacement had in the classroom downstairs “There are some parts of Grant. not been part of the original were both replaced by bright- the building that probably This non-profit status renovation plan. er pendant lights. haven’t been painted for at now gives students the “Lighting was a big ad- The renovation team de- least 60 years,” she said. “It’s opportunity to organize justment [to the plan] along cided to restore the library’s a big job to paint this build- fundraisers to provide a the way,” explained Larry original ceiling, which had ing.” strong financial basis for the Muench, Director of Facili- been covered up by acoustic Y. CHOI/ THE PHILLIPIAN ties. “The light levels in the ceiling tiles, to add height Continued on A7, Column 1 Continued on A5, Column 4 Cao worked with MIT graduate students over the summer. Inside News/A5-A8 Features/B6 Sports/B1-B3 http://phillipian.net The Phillipian Snow days past and present at Features stumbles upon An- Former Hockey Coach Chris Email [email protected] Andover. dover’s bsst-kept secrets. Gurry receives lifetime for subscription and advertising achievement award. requests or subscribe online at Commentary/A2-A4 phillipian.net/subscribe Boys Basketball pulls out a con- Students respond to the recent vincing win over Worcester. snow day. Arts/B4-B5 Arts reviews different Green Please Recycle Cup Challenge videos. Editorial/A2 This Phillipian Analyzing the consequences of this week’s snow day. A2 COMMENTARY The Phillipian February 4, 2011 Volume Letter to the Editor CXXXIII NUMBER 29 To the Editor: munity. This egregious mistake sug- high school. The Abbot Academy as- Jatytsiah Zorbacchus gests a certain carelessness and lack of sociation generously gave me the op- Princess of Armenia While I was thrilled that The Phil- appreciation for the Ambassador, espe- portunity to bring the Ambassador to lipian’s front page featured an article cially when one considers how avoid- campus, and Ms.