Wrapping paper? www.phillipian.net Veritas Super Omnia Vol. CXXXV, No. 25 November 30, 2012 Phillips Academy Campaign for Andover Hits $300 Million Goal Early was instituted in 2008. The By CHRIS LI campaign has eliminated the need to support the After seven years of need-blind policy with tu- fundraising, the Campaign ition increases, according for Andover reached $302.7 to Peter Ramsey, Secretary million to surpass its initial of the Academy. goal of $300 million. According to the press “The Campaign for An- release, the campaign has dover: Building on the Sur- provided $92 million for est Foundation” was initi- student scholarships and ated under the leadership financial aid, an amount of former Head of School far larger than the funds Barbara Landis Chase and for any other single cam- Oscar Tang ’56, former paign priority. President of the Board Head of School John of Trustees. More than Palfrey said, “[The cam- 16,000 donors, including 65 paign] is absolutely about percent of Andover alumni, our admissions policy, have donated or pledged to which is something that the campaign. truly sets us apart from The money raised will other schools… that is the go toward the endowment key element.” to support compensation “As much as the dollars for faculty and staff, finan- matter, the campaign is cial aid, academics, campus demonstrating the support maintenance and renova- that Andover has among tions, off-campus experi- the alumni and parents. ential learning programs And that support is being S.MORELAND/ THE PHILLIPIAN and educational outreach demonstrated by both huge Captain Eddie Ellis ’13 pushes through a defender for the puck at Andover Boys Hockey’s home opener. programs, according to an and wonderful contribu- Academy press release. tions as well as by small, The main priority of and absolutely just as won- 2013-2014 Academic Calendar Change the campaign was to sup- port Andover’s need-blind Continued on P4, Column 1 Calendar Revisions Pass with New Calendar Will Align admission policy, which 120-68 Faculty Vote Andover With Peer Schools in 2013, after which Thanks- Exeter, Deerfield, St. By EJ KIM giving Break begins, accord- By RANI IYER Paul’s and Choate cur- ing to a preliminary outline rently run on an equal- Beginning in the 2013- of the 2013-2014 academic Following a 120-68 fac- trimester system that See Page 4 for Fall 2012 2014 school year, Andover calendar that Rogers and Re- ulty vote in favor of a new Andover will implement will run on a calendar of three becca Sykes, Associate Head calendar proposal, Ando- next year. Andover will terms of equal length, with of School, e-mailed to stu- ver’s 2013-2014 academic join these schools in end- Abbot Grant Recipients Thanksgiving Break marking dents and parents. After a calendar will more closely ing Fall Term just before the end of Fall Term. two-week long Thanksgiving resemble those of peer Faculty voted 120-68 in fa- Break, Winter Term classes schools Phillips Exeter Continued on P5, Column 5 vor of equalizing term lengths will begin on Friday, Decem- Academy, Deerfield Acad- between November 14 and ber 6, and continue until Win- emy, St. Paul’s School and November 16, according to ter Break starts on Thursday, Choate Rosemary Hall. John Rogers, Dean of Studies. December 19. Winter Term Shuman Admission Center Break-In and The new schedule will classes will then resume on FALL TERM consist of 11-week-long tri- Tuesday, January 7. Next year, Fall Term at mesters, according to Rogers. Thanksgiving Break will Andover will end on No- Theft Lead to Car Chase and Arrest Each term includes an end-of- increase from a length of 10 vember 22, before Thanks- the building, according to contacted several members term Extended Period Week. giving Break, according to By LAUREN LUO Thomas Conlon, Director of the Admission Office to Fall Term is projected to Continued on P5, Column 1 an e-mail from John Rog- of Phillips Academy Public assess what was missing. end on Friday, November 22 ers, Dean of Studies. A man has been charged Safety (PAPS). After seeing They found that a laptop val- with breaking into the Shu- broken glass near the build- ued at more than $250 had Peer School Calendars man Admission Center and ing’s entrance, Leahy was been stolen from the office, stealing a laptop computer Sept. 11 Nov. 16-26 Dec. 8–Jan. 2 End of Year preparing to call PAPS when according to the Newbury- Andover at around 2 p.m. on Friday, he encountered the man, port News. 2012-2013 June 6 November 23. After the who said, “You scared the The Andover and Law- Sept. 10 Nov. 22–Dec. 5 Dec. 19–Jan. 6 theft, he allegedly led offi- Andover crap out of me,” according to rence Police attempted to June 5 cers from four local police “Newburyport News.” pull over O’Neil’s car near a 2013-2014 departments and the Mas- The man claimed to be Denny’s Restaurant in Law- (Draft) sachusetts State Police on a looking for “Mike” and fled rence but failed. State Police car chase, according to the to a red minivan outside joined the chase once O’Neil Sept. 5 Nov. 20-26 Dec. 15–Jan. 2 “Newburyport News.” Shuman, according to Con- pulled onto Interstate 495 Choate May 30 Darrin K. O’Neil, 47, of 2012-2013 lon. The man then drove east northbound. Newburyport, Sept. 7 Nov. 16-25 Dec. 20–Jan. 6 Newburyport, Mass. was down Salem Street towards Amesbury and State Police Deerfield May 31 arraigned in the Lawrence Route 114, according to An- officers ultimately ended 2012-2013 District Court on Monday, dover Patch. the chase in Newburyport Sept. 7 Nov. 20–Dec. 2 Dec. 19–Jan. 3 November 26, according to Leahy took a picture of by using “stop sticks,” strips Exeter June 6 2012-2013 Andover Patch. He has pled the man’s license plate be- laid across the road that de- Sept. 11 Nov. 17-25 Dec. 12–Jan. 3 not guilty to charges of lar- fore calling 911 to report the flate car tires. St. Paul’s June 6 ceny over $250, malicious break-in. Based on Leahy’s Police arrested O’Neil at 2012-2013 destruction of property over Sept. 7 Nov. 16-26 Dec. 12–Jan. 13 photo of the license plate 3:52 p.m., according to An- Hotchkiss $250 and breaking and en- and descriptions of the vehi- dover Patch. They brought 2012-2013 May 30 tering into a building dur- cle and the suspect, the An- O’Neil back to Andover for September October November December January ing the daytime with intent dover Police issued alerts to booking. The laptop was re- 0 30 60 90 120 150 to commit a felony. He is surrounding towns and the covered and returned to its Vacation Fall Term Second Semester Winter Term ( for Hotchkiss ) being held on $2,500 cash State Police. owner on Monday, accord- bail, according to the “New- The Andover Police also ing to Conlon. Andover Andover Choate Deerfield Exeter St. Paul’s Hotchkiss buryport News.” A pre-trial surveyed the premises and “[The perpetrator] was conference is scheduled for found that various doors in- probably looking to take Thanksgiving & December 20. Winter Break 35 3531 28 21 29 35 side the building had been whatever [he] could, some- Days Off Bill Leahy, Director of slightly damaged from at- thing [he] could sell quick- Admission, reported the tempts at forced entry, ac- ly,” said Conlon. Total Days incident to the Andover cording to Conlon. One 153 156 167 157 203 186 183 Police at 2:13 p.m. after en- of Classes individual office was suc- Continued on P4, Column 1 countering the suspect in G.CAMERON/ THE PHILLIPIAN cessfully broken into. PAPS INSIDE The PHILLIPIAN Nyamwaya Hopes to Dispel Misconceptions About Africa Through His Teaching Africa and through a book like this, students get a By EJ KIM chance to get another sight of Africa,” he said in an in- Drawing from his own terview. childhood memories of Ke- Nyamwaya taught at nya, Elly Nyamwaya, In- several schools in Kenya structor in English, strives and Tanzania before com- to share the various cul- ing to teach at Andover. He S. DIEKEMA/ THE PHILLIPIAN tures of his continent with Palfrey carols with the Chorus and Fidelio. moved to Andover from his students at Andover. Kenya with his wife and Now in his fifth year at EDITORIAL 2 three children in 2007, Andover, Nyamwaya seeks after a colleague in Kenya “Final or Not?” to include texts about Afri- suggested he consider ap- ca in his curriculum, such COMMENTARY 2-3 plying for a job at Andover. as “The House at Sugar “I came to Andover in Sean Logan expresses CCO’s view on new calendar. Beach: In Search of a Lost particular and the United African Childhood” by States in general because Helene Cooper, a memoir NEWS 4-6 of a combination of sev- about the Liberian coup of eral factors... including a M.LEGGETT/ THE PHILLIPIAN New lighting installed to prevent crosswalk injuries. 1980. desire to take advantage Elly Nyamwaya, Instructor in English “Stories [in the me- of greater professional and this, you feel energized as be a “classroom practitio- SPORTS 7-9 dia] that get filtered from educational opportunities a teacher,” said Nyamwaya ner,” someone who teaches Africa are typically grim Sports previews winter teams. [and] naked adventurism,” in an interview. students to become not stories of famine, political wrote Nyamwaya in an e- “In Tanzania, the ad- only more knowledgeable turmoil, diseases etc.