Welcome, Trustees! Veritas Super Omnia Vol. CXXXI, No. 11 May 2, 2008 Phillips Academy Trustees To Finalize Budget At Meetings This Weekend BY JULIET LIU The Phillips Academy Board as the cost of goods, services, of Trustees will assemble this energy and facilities, have now weekend for discussions chiefly been factored into the frame involving the finalization of next of the budget since the winter. year’s budget and the details of The Trustees will vote on the the ongoing capital campaign. all-inclusive budget by the end Oscar Tang ’56, President of of the weekend. the Board of Trustees, said that The Board will also discuss the Board plans to spend the the feasability of fundraising for majority of its time determin- the capital campaign currently ing the priorities of the capital in progress. campaign. Amy Falls ’82, Chief Invest- Other topics scheduled for ment Officer, will present an up- discussion include the results date on the current condition of of the recent admission cycle, the endowment. Based on these the integration of the Peabody numbers and the fundraising Museum of Archaeology into of the campaign, the Trustees Phillips Academy curricula and will decide what percent of the the direction of the school’s $800 million endowment Phil- outreach programs, according lips Academy should withdraw to Nancy Jeton, Special Assis- for budget spending. tant to the Head of School. According to Jeton, the At this annual spring meet- Board of Trustees will hold ing, Andover’s Finance Com- a working session about An- mittee will present the Board dover’s institutional priorities M. DISCENZA/ THE PHILLIPIAN of Trustees with the full details with members of the senior ad- On Wednesday, all students filled out the Youth Health and Risk Behavior Survey, a national survey compiled by Dartmouth of the proposed budget for the ministration, including Barbara College and modified for Phillips Academy. The school conducted a similar survey about five years ago. next fiscal year, which begins Chase, Head of School, Stephen on July 1. Carter, Chief Financial Officer, In January, when the Trust- and Temba Maqubela, Dean of PA COLLEGE Fan ’09 Wins Medal for Chinese Brush Painting ees last convened, the Board Faculty. medal was of a monkey, Fan’s fa- “She encouraged me to par- discussed the major constitu- During this working session, FAIR HOSTS 150 By JANE THOMAS vorite Chinese painting subject. ticipate,” Fan said. “I know that ents of the budget — financial the Trustees and administration Fan recently invented a new [the Foundation for Chinese Per- aid, faculty and staff compensa- will determine how the school UNIVERSITIES Jennifer Fan ’09 won the gold method of drawing monkeys forming Arts] has a lot of activi- tion and tuition. will allocate funds garnered and silver medal for the Annual from a head-on perspective. ties and performances, but I have In the winter, the Trustees from the capital campaign “in Students From All-American Chinese Brush An international student never been a part of it before.” voted to increase tuition for the terms of sorting through priori- Neighboring High Schools Painting and Calligraphy Com- from Hong Kong, Fan said, “I’m When Fan saw the results 2008-2009 academic school ties,” said Tang. petition, awarded by the Foun- really excited for my talent to online on March 21, she imme- year by five percent. This deci- Also Attend The Trustees will discuss dation for Chinese Performing get recognized, and I hope it will diately called her mother, who sion raised boarding students’ “the resources that we will need Arts. inspire more people to want to lives in Hong Kong. tuition to $39,100 and day stu- to support the capital campaign BY TRISHA MACRAE The competition received learn more about Chinese art.” Fan said, “It was 2 a.m. in the dents’ tuition to $30,500. and to support those priorities,” For Uppers, the advent of over 360 entries from eight Fan submitted her work to morning in Hong Kong, but she In addition to raising the Tang continued. spring represents the begin- states. the competition after receiv- was really excited as well. I told tuition, the Trustees increased “It’s always a balancing act ning of an exhausting year of According to Fan, the win- ing encouragement from her Mrs. Torabi and some of the oth- the budgets for faculty and between competing priorities, schmoozing admissions of- ning painting depicted a crane in mother’s friend, who saw an ad- er teachers and I was really ex- staff compensation. The faculty competing needs. That will be a ficers and filling out college front of a background of leaves. vertisement in The China Press cited and happy the whole day.” and staff salary budgets were big discussion item,” said Tang. applications. The painting that took the silver newspaper. Fan is the president and increased to $18.7 million and The campaign is still in its This past Monday evening, $13.6 million, respectively. students and parents perused Continued on A7, Column 1 Smaller components, such Continued on A7, Column 3 the offerings at the annual Phillips Academy Spring Col- lege Fair in the Case Memo- Former Poet Laureate Pinsky Speaks Before rial Cage. Over 150 colleges, rang- Packed Auditorium; Teaches Master Class ing from the University of Aberdeen in Scotland to the By TAVIE ABELL that he writes in meter to prove age place or object. University of Wisconsin in that he can. “We came from somewhere; Madison, were present at Poetry is an oral phenome- “Every poem that’s any good everything came from some- the event. Representatives non, according to Robert Pinsky, rhymes; it might not have end where,” he said. from each college staffed the former US Poet Laureate. rhymes,” Pinsky said. “Here, lis- Although he admitted that their schools’ tables, passing “The poem is something that ten,” he said, unnecessarily, as few people remember these out promotional pamphlets, happens every time someone all ears and eyes were already seemingly mundane stories, he T. FERGUSON/ THE PHILLIPIAN says it,” he said, in front of a fixed on him, and then demon- encouraged audience members Continued on A6, Column 3 Fan plans to raise $1000 for a health clinic in rural China. filled-to-capacity Kemper Au- strated rhyme motifs in a few to become vessels for the stories ditorium on Friday. poems. of their ancestors. “When I read a poem aloud “Are the sounds not effec- Pinsky’s visit was made pos- 300 Participate in Annual Day of Silence by another poet, my body be- tive?” he challenged. sible by the Sandra Isham Vree- comes his medium, my voice, Before reading his famous land Memorial Fund, which Protesting Hate Against LGBT Students his instrument,” added Pinsky, poem, titled “At Pleasure Bay,” sponsors a visiting poet each who served an unprecedented Pinsky cited his hometown of spring for a poetry reading and on this day in order to recog- ing the day for the wrong rea- three years as Poet Laureate Long Branch, New Jersey as a master class. By MELISSA YAN nize the LGBT teens across sons. Some people used the day from 1997 to 2000. He now a source for his interest in his- Jonathan Stableford, Chair the nation who are forced to be to get out of class early or just teaches at Boston University’s tory. The poet said that he often of the English Department, and The campus seemed quieter silent. They shouldn’t need to not participate in class, which I Graduate School of Writing. traces history through both the Kevin O’Connor, Instructor in than usual last Friday. stay silent.” think undermines the day.” Pinsky, who has been fea- human beauty and the suffering Students protested discrimi- Joel Camacho ’08 said, “This Chen continued, “It’s good tured on The Colbert Report and that are wrapped up in an aver- Continued on A8, Column 1 nation against lesbians, gays, bi- year, I didn’t speak from the for people to at least try to stay The Simpsons, read his work at sexuals and transgenders by re- end of first period until 6 p.m. I silent, but I think mouthing de- the lecture with thought-pro- maining silent during the 12th didn’t find it very hard, since I feats the purpose. I guess you voking, humorous commentary, annual National Day of Silence. really wanted to show my sup- expect that some misuse of the and interacted with the audi- Nearly 300 Andover stu- port for the gay community. It day will happen, but it really ence in a casual and encourag- dents signed up in Commons to depends on how important the made me lose respect for some ing manner. He also taught an take the vow of silence. Though issue is to you. All in all, staying people.” English master class during not everyone who signed up quiet is a small price to pay to Brenna Liponis ’10 felt dif- sixth and seventh period. eventually participated, Frank support the cause.” ferently. “No matter what a per- During the event, Pinsky Tipton, Faculty Advisor for Gay, Though enthusiastic, some son’s motives are, staying silent asked the audience to get in- Lesbian and Bisexual Issues and students were disappointed by still raises awareness for the volved and ask him questions. Instructor in History said he some participants’ motivations. cause.” “Applauding is nice, but it felt the Day of Silence achieved Vivian Chen ’10 said, “I be- The Day of Silence was doesn’t get you off the hook. I its goal of raising awareness. lieve the Day of Silence is a founded in 1996 by students like to make you work,” he said.