Ghormley `00 Weighs the Meaning of Non Sibi Late

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Vol. CXXXVII, No. 10
Phillips Academy
Late Navy
SEAL Erik
Kristensen ‘91
Honored For
Service in
Afghanistan
Transcending
The Motto:
Ghormley ’00
Weighs the
Meaning of
Non Sibi
By SHARAN GILL
By HALEY SUH
Brave, compassionate and
selfless: these three words
encapsulated the spirit of
Lieutenant Commander and
Navy SEAL Erik Kristensen
’91. Kristensen was killed on
June 18, 2005 while rescuing
fellow SEALs members in the
Hindu Kush, when his helicopter was shot down by Afghan insurgents. The day of
his death is the worst singleday loss of life for U.S. Naval
Special Warfare forces since
World War II.
“[Kristensen] went beyond what he was required to
do at his rank. He didn’t have
to go running to the sound of
guns to meet the charge and
lead the rescue team. He did
that for who he was and because he cared so much about
the guys that he just got everyone together, jumped on
the nearest helicopter and
took off as a reaction force.
That was exactly who he was
— someone who cared more
about what needed to be done
for the people than about the
rules or how he could stand
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The Invisible Illness:
An Examination of Eating Disorders at Andover
By RANI IYER
It happens behind closed
doors. Students binge and
purge, “food-journal” and
skip meals. Eating disorders
manifest across all campuses, but their prevalence and
repercussions are rarely discussed.
Issues of body image and
eating disorders affect high
schools across the country.
According to The Phillipian’s
2013 State of the Academy
survey, nearly 15 percent of
Andover students — including 21 percent of females and
7 percent of males — have
had an eating disorder, and
60 percent of the students
here know of someone who
has suffered from one.
The prevalence of eating disorders on Andover’s
campus is 4 percent higher
than that of the average
high school, according to
the National Association for
Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders. In addition to anorexia nervosa and
bulimia, many students are
diagnosed with EDNOS, or
Eating Disorders Not Otherwise Specified, according to
Agatha Kip, Nutrition Counselor.
Senior Spring Fever Seminars Address
Sex Ed Gap between Lower and Senior Year
Senior Spring Fever, a
new pilot sexual-education
program for Seniors, was
launched by Amy Patel,
Medical Director at Isham; Andrea Orben, Health
Educator; Sarah Robinson,
Nurse Practitioner; and 19
other volunteer members
of the faculty and staff during the first three weeks
of Spring Term as a way to
enhance the current sexualhealth education offerings.
Inspired by the program
that Beth Buyea, Andover
Medical Consultant, created as former Medical Director at Northfield Mount
Hermon, the 90-minute,
non-mandatory seminars
revolved around a variety
of topics, such as healthy relationships, contraception,
sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and rape.
“People had questions
about even some of the basics. Either we are not getting [the message] effectively across the first time,
or they just need some reinforcement, which is actually more likely. Maybe
when they learned about
STDs when they were 14, it
just wasn’t on their minds
to even be engaging in intercourse or contracting STDs.
But, as students get older,
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Mihika Shridar ‘16 and other Lowers helped fertilize the Andover Garden for Non Sibi day.
Turn to A4 for full
coverage on the life
story of Erik
Kristenesen ’91
By HALEY SUH
more eating disorders,” said
Max Alovisetti, Director of
Graham House.
Students can self-report
an eating disorder, or Isham
may approach students after
concerned friends or faculty
members suspect they may
have an eating disorder, ac-
The spirit of “Non Sibi”
has stayed with Biz Ghormley ’00 long after she
graduated from Andover,
guiding her current work
as the Deputy Director
of External Affairs and
Development of Inwood
House, a nonprofit organization that helps teens
from New York City escape the cycle of poverty.
Ghormley returned to
campus to urge current
Andover students to truly
recommit to the meaning of Non Sibi and make
an impact on the lives of
the less privileged as this
year’s Non-Sibi Speaker
for All-School Meeting
(ASM) this Wednesday.
“You are some of the
smartest and [most] wellpositioned people in the
world, and you can make
change with your creativity, your compassion, your
intelligence and most importantly your support
for one another and your
determination. I hope you
allow yourself: ask ques-
it becomes a little bit more
practical information,” said
Patel.
Students at Andover
currently have sexual education during their Junior
and Lower years in Biology
100, Personal and Community Engagement (PACE)
classes and Physical Education (PE) class. Afterwards,
however, students don’t
have any opportunities to
further their understandings on sex, making it necessary for there to be a sexualeducation class for Seniors,
according to Robinson.
“If you have PE during Freshman Fall, for instance, all of a sudden it’s
Senior Spring and a lot has
changed. Someone could
have come out during that
gap of time, and things that
were relevant then are not
anymore. So now, given the
new situation, that student
really needs to think more
about the risk factors that
they are going to be facing. I
think it is important to close
the loop,” said Robinson.
Robinson also acknowledged that current methods
of sexual education, like PE
classes, were not adequate
in addressing the growing
needs of Andover students.
As Seniors make the
transition from Andover to
college, they are also transitioning to a new health-care
provider on campus. Rob-
INSIDE THE PHILLIPIAN
Commentary / A2 - A4
David Shin ‘14 responds to
Junius Williams ‘14’s article,
“The Perpetual Specter.”
inson and Patel hope to use
this new class to promote
self-advocacy in the Seniors
for when they meet with
physicians and care providers in college and beyond.
“[Eating disorders are]
often associated with highly
competitive people. And,
you know, in our culture
here, thinness is ‘in,’ being
overweight is frowned upon
and being fat is really looked
[upon] as the ‘worst thing’
possible…. So when you put
lots of competitive people in
one setting, you tend to find
Relay for Life Raises Over $45,000 for
The American Cancer Society
By HALEY SUH
Illuminated only by the
faint glow of the lanterns
lining the indoor track, 285
Andover students, faculty
and staff walked around
the Case Memorial Cage
last Saturday as part of the
American Cancer Society’s
“Relay for Life.”
Organized by Andover’s
Campuses Against Cancer,
Relay for Life is a community fundraising walk that
raises awareness and funds
for cancer research and support. This year marked Andover’s first year hosting the
event, and, as of April 30, 33
teams raised $45,429.08 to
be donated directly to the
American Cancer Society.
“I think the most powerful part of the event was
when two students spoke
during the Luminaria Ceremony. A student spoke about
losing her dad in eighth
grade due to cancer, and another spoke about losing her
grandfather. When the kids
spoke, they really expressed
gratitude because they felt
supported by the community,” said Elisa Joel, Associate Dean of Admission
and the faculty advisor for
Campuses Against Cancer.
The students’ speeches
were followed by “silent
laps” where all participants
walked around the Cage in
the dark.
After participating in
Brooks School’s Relay for
Life last year, Emma Kahn
’14 and Sophia Lloyd-Thomas ’14, Co-Heads of Campuses Against Cancer, decided
to bring the relay to Andover.
During the events, par-
Faculty Profile: Eugene Hughes
For Hughes, Teaching at Andover is
“The Best of Both Worlds”
By BENNETT
MICHAELS
21 [years old] at a public
school,” said Hughes. “I
went to France for a few
years after undergrad to
do a couple other degrees
there. Then I came back
and taught at a public
high school in Charleston, South Carolina for
four years, and then I decided to go back to graduate school. I’ve been technically enrolled at UNC
for a while, but I’ve been
writing [a dissertation]
part-time, as I’ve been
doing full-time jobs since
2009.”
Hughes
has
been
working towards his
Ph.D. for the last five
years. After defending
When Eugene Hughes
received a “C” in his first
French class in college, he
would never have guessed
that two decades later he
would be fully immersed
in the language. He is
now the Interim Chair
in French, married to a
French woman, teaching French and receiving
a Ph.D. in 16th-century
French literature.
Born and raised in the
small Appalachian town
of Picken, SC, Hughes’s
path to his Ph.D. was an
unconventional one that
has taken him around the
world.
“I was a teacher at
Eugene Hughes, Instructor in French.
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Campus
Relay For
Life
CAMD Office looks to
present “Diversty Dictionary“
in the Blue Book.
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Andover community walks
to raise money for the
Editorial / A2
Sports / B1 - B5
Features / B6
“An Overdue Diagnosis”
Boys Tennis
Spring
Sports
O.PICCHIONE/ THE PHILLIPIAN
ticipants were provided
with a navy ribbon to wear
in honor of David Benedict
’15, who was diagnosed with
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia on April 18, according to an email sent out to
the Andover community by
Head of School John Palfrey
on April 19.
“We felt that it was very
important to reach out to
him and figure out some
way to show support, so,
with his consent, we provided every participant with a
navy ribbon to wear during
the event. We also had two
poster boards where people
could write messages of
hope and support for him
and his family, and we will
be delivering those to him
soon,” Joel said.
A Closer look into Gregory
Wilkin, Instructor in English and Head Coach of
Varsity A Boys Tennis.
Features gets athletic.
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An Overdue
Diagnosis
Andover has an eating disorder. It is apparent in each dining
hall, and it echoes through Paresky Commons every time a student hesitates before reaching for a second portion. We are a culture of disordered eaters.
Eating disorders are defined by the American Psychology
Association as “abnormal eating habits that can threaten your
health or even your life.” The spectrum of what constitutes “disordered eating” is a broad one: self-starvation and self-induced
vomiting are clear examples of abnormal eating patterns, but
even instances of binge dieting, under-eating or skipping meals
are dangerous practices as well. Of course, some of these actions
are more common than others, and some pose a more immediate physical threat. Nevertheless, all forms of disordered eating
present serious dangers to the well-being of the Andover student
body, and it is our obligation as a community to address them as
such.
Unsurprisingly, disordered eating at Andover is a result of a
pervasive community trait — namely, the prioritization of palpable results within an achievement-based community. In a school
that prides itself on rigor, the needs of the physical body are often
eclipsed by academic and athletic demands. We have almost all
been guilty, at one point or another, of skipping dinner to finish
an assignment, dropping unhealthy amounts of weight for athletics or releasing stress through binge-eating.
Skipping meals and binge-eating as a result of commitments
are just one side of disordered eating at Andover. Just as severe,
Andover’s social culture has a role in the prevalence of disordered eating on campus. It is normal to hear of and see students
skipping meals before a dance or during the weeks leading up to
Spring Break. There is pressure to be thin, and the relative lack
of outliers to this pressure in our community only reinforces this
unspoken rule.
Yet paradoxically, it is also expected that we do not act as
though we care about our weight due to stigmas attached to eating disorders. Too many students consider eating disorders to be
a product of vanity, categorizing them as only pertaining to females and assuming that they are something done to impress. As
a result, healthy eating is often scrutinized; choosing to avoid the
pizza line or not to participate in the various forms of social eating on campus — munches, treats from teachers and snacks and
desserts — also results in negative social backlash.
This shameful culture surrounding eating disorders at Andover is one of ignorance, negligence and even trivialization. We
need to realize that eating disorders do not only pertain to thin
individuals or females or continuous habits. No matter how benign the reason, every skipped meal, every guilty 2 a.m. ice cream
bar and every snide comment like “she definitely has an eating
disorder” perpetuates a destructive culture that cannot continue
to exist at Andover.
As Andover students, we need to stop openly and implicitly
shaming our classmates and our friends. This is a call for every
member of the Andover community to look out for one another
and for ourselves. We need to start talking about this issue, and
we need to start now. We who suffer from disordered eating at
Andover are worthy of the community’s respect and attention,
and it is about time we recognize that.
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I
n a survey I recently
created and conducted of 63
Andover Varsity athletes, including every Varsity Captain, 33
responses were from females. Over
87 percent of female athletes who
responded said that they believed
sexism, defined as “boys’ teams
getting favoritism or priority over
girls’ teams or as male athletes getting treated like they are more legitimate than female athletes,” exists at Andover. Despite almost 42
years since the passing of Title IX
and 40 years of co-education, female athletes at Andover still feel
that they are treated as inferior to
their male counterparts.
One place where a gender divide is apparent is in regards to
Head Coaches at the Varsity level. Of the 16 male and four co-ed
varsity sports, every single one is
coached by a man. Of the 15 female
varsity sports, however, only eight
are coached by women. Thus, just
eight out of 35 — less than a quarter — of Head Coaches are female.
Every male athlete at Andover has
a male coach and therefore, a role
model to look up to, yet half of the
female Varsity athletes do not have
a female role model in their sport.
There exists a fundamentally
different expectation for female
coaches versus male coaches. The
abundance of male coaches compared to female is not acknowledged as a problem, and that is
a red flag in and of itself. Male
coaches are automatically accepted and respected by female teams
and it is viewed as socially acceptable for males to coach females,
but not the reverse. This problem
is not unique to Andover — for example, a “USA Today” article published on November 12, 2013, stated that there have been no female
head coaches in Division I men’s
basketball, and only three women
have become full-time assistants
on Division I men’s college basketball staffs. The article cites a lack
of women actively seeking coaching jobs due to the lack of female
role models encouraging others to
cross gender lines as a factor in the
lack of representation of women in
coaching positions.
Multiple other examples of sexism resulted from my conversations with both male and female
Varsity Andover athletes. Female
athletes talked about feeling unwelcome in the free weight area of
the gym by the male athletes. As a
result, many girls rearrange their
schedules so they can go to the
gym when male athletes are not
there. Another example brought
up is the boy’s locker room in the
gym. It just got completely renovated for somewhere between
$300,000 and $400,000, as reported by The Phillipian in September,
yet the article cites, “There is currently no plan to renovate the girls’
locker room.”
Problems of preference like
these are not unique to Andover
and, in fact, they are much bigger
than Andover itself. According to
an article published in the “New
York Times” on April 2, 2012, the
average salary of a coach for a
N.C.A.A. Division I men’s team
for any sport was $267,007 in
2010, while the average salary for
the coach of a women’s team was
$98,106.
The harsh reality across athletics at every level is that, as a whole,
people don’t support female sports
as much as they support male
sports. I do think that strides in the
right direction have been made
due to Title IX and actions taken
over the years by the athletic department. Though discrimination
against me as a female athlete is
no longer blatant, it is still present
every time I feel uncomfortable
lifting or every time I have a male
coach and my male counterpart
doesn’t have a female coach. After
40 years of co-education at Andover, it is time to open a dialogue
to work towards a solution for the
sexism that remains within the
Athletic Department.
Co-signed by:
Angela Batuure ’13
Laura Bucklin ’14
David Cao ’14
David Cho ’14
Henry DeRuff ’14
Greg Devlin ’14
Renée LaMarche ’14
Harshita Gaba ’14
Meghana Jayam ’14
Danielle Liu ’14
Jake Rauh ’14
Jack Wain ’14
Dan Wang ’14
Jen Kaplan ’15
Qiqi Ren ’15
Alice Ahn ’16
Payton Jancsy ’16
Vienna Kuhn ’16
Andy Manos ’16
Julianne Xenakis ’16
Janet Conklin ’17
Susan Yun ’17
Kate Wincek is a four-year Senior from Omaha, NE.
Beyond Excellence
Alessa Cross
L
ast Wednesday at AllSchool Meeting (ASM),
Chris Hughes ’02 publicized his struggles and lessons
learned as an Andover student.
Hughes emphasized Andover as
a school of great “intensity” and
“excellence.” Unfortunately, 12
years later to this day, a mentality
that equates success with tangible
results like leadership positions
and other forms of quantitative
success still exists. At Andover,
this culture that thrives on results
rather than the journey prevails.
The definition of success on
campus is far too narrow to encompass such an extensive student body with a diversity of interests and talents. In academia
especially, the obsession with
efficiency often overrides any
attempt at pursuing excellence
or fulfillment, two of the goals
Hughes actively encouraged. We
need to change this, as Andover
should strive for excellence in
the form of fulfillment in order to
achieve success.
To do this, we need to collectively broaden the way we interpret success. The competitive
nature that stems from the selectivity of a school is inherent and
inevitable. Despite this, the students here have immense flexibility in defining the school’s milieu.
Colleges, board positions, course
levels and grades all seem to define
our success at Andover. Instead,
we should learn to see success in
terms of our capacities, progress
and fulfillment, rather than our
results. Hughes even said his most
disappointing grade at Andover
was in English, despite it being his
favorite subject. If we had considered him a failure in English and
did not give him the acknowledgement he deserved for his efforts, we would have overlooked
the next Editor In Chief of “The
New Republic” and Co-Founder
of Facebook. This narrow view of
success that permeates many conversations I hear and participate
in on campus overlook potential
and opportunity.
Despite Hughes’s honest advice
and account of his experiences
here, I challenge his description
of Andover as a school committed to “excellence.” Unfortunately,
I have noticed that students here
are more devoted to efficiency
At Andover, this culture
that thrives on results
rather than the journey
prevails.
rather than excellence. At Andover, there is an immense pressure
to produce the best results in the
shortest amount of time. The focus is on short-term memorization rather than absorption.
Our definition of excellence
does not go hand-in-hand with
fulfillment.
As long as excellence is defined
by a “6” or a 500-level course,
most students will not take, for
example, a possibly more fulfilling 300-level elective or a “4” in
a more difficult class. I would like
to believe that excellence is syn-
onymous with fulfillment, but as
a current student here I unfortunately do not see this as the case. I
value fulfillment over an easy “6,”
but I have been taught by older
students here to take less fulfilling classes in order to achieve an
Andover ideal of “excellence,”
which in most cases is an honors
grade. This idea — that excellence
is important and that fulfillment is
some childish and unfeasible idea
— has been ingrained in my mind.
Thus, contrary to Hughes’ admiration for the school’s commitment to “excellence,” I believe it
has more often than not damaged
my desire for fulfillment rather
than motivate me.
I hope that we can reach a point
where we see each other’s success in our characters and stories
— and in the ideas we learn —
without feeling vulnerable to the
pressure of producing an efficient
result, most often being an honors
grade. At a school engineered to be
academically fulfilling rather than
conducive to easy grades, students
should seek fulfillment in every
challenge, rather than seeking circumstantial success. We define a
peer’s success based on grades, rumors and reputation. This school
should be a place to thrive and be
fulfilled without placing such an
emphasis on results. During our
limited time here, we deserve to
absorb all the knowledge and fulfillment we can without having to
be scorned for how the courses we
love will not look good “on paper,”
or are a waste of time for an “excellent” grade.
Alessa Cross is a two-year
Lower from Tokyo, Japan.
May 2, 2014
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COMMENTARY
A3
The Price of Discrimination
David Shin
I
n the April 18th issue
The Phillipian, I received
multiple responses to my
article, “On Discussions and
Diversity.” Though I would
love to address all of them,
I have decided to respond
to “The Perpetual Specter,”
written by Junius Williams
’14, a reasoned argument for
intentional racial diversity.
The goal of a race-preferential policy is not to make its
agents feel good about its intended benefits, but to produce results. An evaluation
of a policy must therefore be
based on empirical evidence
of its effects, regardless of the
rhetoric or good intentions of
its proponents. Despite the
claims made in the name of intentional racial diversity, the
limited benefits of this policy
do not justify its counterproductive consequences.
Proponents of race-preferential policies should take
care not to overstate the
benefits of racial diversity.
Williams cites personal racial experience to defend the
claim that “people of certain
races bring ideas and ways
of thinking to the table that
others could not.” However, I
feel that he fails to defend the
claim both in theory and in
practice. I will certainly agree
that experiences of race can
vary between racial groups,
just as they can vary within racial groups. Ideas and
thoughts, however, are human
— unlike experiences, they are
not limited to particular racial
groups. Despite our different
backgrounds, Williams and I
could very well agree in our
ideas about the treatment of
African-American males in
the context of law enforcement and public safety. When
we imagine ourselves to be
defined by our experience of
race to such an extent that
those of different races could
not possibly provide the same
ideas or think in similar ways,
we strengthen the constructed
divide between racial groups.
The distinction between experiences and ideas may seem
technical, but it has implications for the actual effects of
The inevitable
consequence is that
students of underrepresented minorities
— including those who
would have been admitted
without such a policy
— may be perceived
to have been admitted
solely because of their
race. This perception
stigmatizes students
in the eyes of teachers,
classmates and future
intentional racial diversity.
Though Williams insists that
“it would be foolish to deny
the benefits of bringing such
a wealth of experiences to
Andover’s intellectual table,”
he fails to provide evidence of
such intellectual benefits. “So
Much for Diverse Opinion,” by
James Jung ’14, published in
the April 18 issue of The Phillipian, highlights the critical
lack of ideological diversity
on campus. Andover is a classic example of racial diversity
failing to produce ideological
diversity — the kind of diversity that, according to Wil-
liams, “Andover desperately
needs.”
Empirical evidence more
clearly defines the benefits
of racial diversity. A statistical meta-analysis conducted
at the University of Arkansas
shows that the only objectively measurable benefit of
racial diversity is an increase
in students’ self-assessed level
of understanding of racial and
cultural issues. An improved
understanding of these issues
is no trifling benefit, but the
associated consequences of
intentional racial diversity
run counter to the policy’s
aims.
There should be no denial or
confusion on this point: the effect of intentional racial diversity is to admit more students
of under-represented minorities and less students of overrepresented minorities than
would otherwise have been
admitted. The inevitable consequence is that students of
under-represented minorities
— including those who would
have been admitted without
such a policy — may be perceived to have been admitted
solely because of their race.
This perception stigmatizes
students in the eyes of teachers, classmates and future
employers, which can lead to
an internalization of these notions of inferiority and doubt.
Panelists at the April 2 RaceGender Discussion expressed
concerns about the perception that some students would
be accepted to college more
easily because of their race.
The root of this problem lies
beyond social injustice or microaggressions — this problem
is a direct consequence of institutional racial preferences.
Intentional racial diversity,
whatever its intended goals
may be, systematically disadvantages under-represented
minorities. When students are
admitted despite lower academic qualifications for the
purpose of increasing racial
diversity, they succeed to a
lesser degree in academically
competitive
environments.
According to data released by
the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology (MIT), 28 percent
of black or African-American
students enrolled in 2003
failed to graduate, compared
to 6 percent of white students
and 4 percent of Asian students. The students of the 28
percent of black or AfricanAmerican students may very
well have been successful at
a more academically suitable
institution. A Duke University study examined the University of California system’s
removal of race-preferential
policies on all of its campuses. Though fewer students of
under-represented minorities
were admitted overall, these
students were better matched
to the academic rigor of their
campuses, and the total number of graduating under-rep-
Intentional racial
diversity, whatever its
intended goals may
be, systematically
disadvantages underrepresented minorities.
resented minority students
increased after the banning of
racial preferences in admissions.
Finally, racial preferences
are racially discriminatory.
Intentional racial diversity
assigns lesser value to certain candidates on the basis
of their race. Thomas Espen-
The Importance of
Facing History
Cem Vardar
Phillipian Columnist
Editors Note: Cem Vardar is
joining The Phillipian as a Commentary columnist.
O
ne of the most important lessons that I
have learned at Andover
is the significance of coming to
terms with my nation’s roots and
history. Prior to my experience
at Andover, facing my history objectively and taking responsible
action had been some of the most
challenging tasks that I had to
grapple with. Growing up in an environment that strictly adhered to
its national pride and the supposed
legitimacy of its actions in the past,
I found myself torn between my
nationalistic instincts and pressing humanitarian feelings. This socalled rift became more amplified
during my time at Andover.
Years of ideological indoctrination to which I was exposed in
my history classes taught me only
one side of the Armenian Massacre that occured in 1915. We were
taught that the forced displacement of millions of Armenian
a.dear/the phillipian
people was a wartime necessity
rather than something whose consequences we had a sense of responsibility to delve deeper into.
It was true to a certain extent
that the forced displacement was
meant to be a response to the interethnic conflicts in which a limited
number of Armenian groups participated. As students, however,
we never felt compelled to think
about the sheer tragedy of the 1.5
million innocents who lost their
lives. Although I remember the
times when I pondered about the
circumstances and consequences
First and foremost, I am a
human.
of this human tragedy, an inexplicable force from within held me
back from thinking freely and with
a true sense of impartiality.
My history classes and the diverse backgrounds of the student
body at Andover have compelled
me to think about these matters
from different perspectives. The
reality is that the world is not revolving around one individual,
group of people or nation. I immersed myself in other realities
and stories in which I had to look
through different lenses. In doing
so, I not only learned how to approach and evaluate issues critically and fairly, but I also came to
realize the importance of common humanity. Although I began
to realize the importance of my
own identity and origins when I
came to Andover, I also started to
disassociate my true self from the
things that my origins entailed. I
am not my country, my government, the Turkish flag or its national anthem. First and foremost,
I am a human.
It is important for us to remember that we are not only living in
a multicultural community at Andover, but also in one that shares
countless historical intersections.
This is an invaluable benefit to living in a diverse community as long
as we stay mindful of each other’s
pasts and work towards drawing
constructive lessons from them.
Remembering the past plays a major role in constructing our current
and future society, and so we must
maintain our sensitivity towards
other perspectives and listen to
every side of each story instead of
turning a blind eye. Although we
may find ourselves in disagreement with one another from time
to time, we are not in true discord.
Elsewhere, such discord would
stem from a lack of mutual understanding and empathy. Therefore,
while discussing cultural issues,
we must pay great attention to all
sides of history because only in
unity can these perspectives provide us with unerring objectivity.
My education at Andover, which
I consider to be an inseparable
combination of academics and
community, led me to a realization
that allowed me to establish both
critical thinking and a stronger
sense of identity. So on April 23, a
day of national sovereignty and the
celebration of children in Turkey,
I was overjoyed to hear the news
that our Prime Minister had become the first Turkish politician
to offer condolences to the victims
of the Armenian Genocide. The
following day saw the gathering
of hundreds of thousands of individuals, Turkish and Armenian
alike, to mourn the deaths of these
innocents. After such a long time,
I felt that we were finally doing
something right.
It was a great feeling to rejoice
this step of progress with my Armenian friends and to share our
hopes of a better future for both
of our countries and peoples. Our
shared history might hold deep
and haunting wounds, but it is our
obligation as a new generation to
heal them with an open heart and
an honest mind, which happens
only through self-acceptance and
collaboration. Our remedy is each
other.
Cem Vardar is a new Upper
from Instanbul, Turkey.
shade, a sociologist at Princeton University, finds that
— other background factors
being held equal — “to receive
I Finally, racial
preferences are
racially discriminatory.
Intentional racial
diversity assigns
lesser value to certain
candidates on the basis
of their race.
equal consideration by elite
colleges, Asian Americans
must outperform whites by
140 points, Hispanics by 280
points, blacks by 450 points in
SAT,” referring to SAT scores
out of a total of 1600 points.
The first page of our school’s
Blue Book outlines the institution’s “Nondiscrimination
Policy.” It is a value of this
community and of our society at large that one’s race
should not be held against one
in the pursuit of success — no
amount of muddy rhetoric or
talk of holistic processes can
disguise the fact that race is
being used as a factor to the
disadvantage of Asians.
At best, intentional racial
diversity extracts educational benefits from under-represented minority students
while stigmatizing them and
jeopardizing their academic success. It discriminates
against over-performing minority students, and this policy needs to end.
David Shin is a three-year Senior from Vancouver, Canada.
In Orbit
Sewon Park
T
he purpose of Earth
Day is to create and spread
awareness of an appreciation for the environment, therefore showing how important the
environment is. It is, in the “Earth
Day Network’s” own words, about
“uniting voices around the globe in
support of a healthy planet.” And
this year, contrary to what The
Phillipian’s editorial on April 18,
“Out of Orbit ” stated, Andover’s
community celebrated Earth Day
in the most effective way possible.
Sunita Williams, a former
American astronaut, talked about
her experiences in space at AllSchool Meeting (ASM) two weeks
ago for our celebration of Earth
Day. She holds the record for the
longest, single space ﬂight by a
woman. As reﬂected in “Out of
Orbit,” Williams was entertaining
and motivating when she detailed
her space expedition. The editorial
continued that, while being entertaining, many students and faculty
were left confused as to how her
presentation related to Earth Day,
as it was about her time in space.
Although the student body was
lucky to host “such an engaging orator,” our Earth Day meeting “did
not address many of the goals and
values associated with Earth Day.”
I disagree with this, as I saw this
year’s Earth Day presentation as
relevant and spot-on in celebrating
the holiday. The editorial stated
that we did not “use Earth Day as
an opportunity to educate the student body” about environmental
issues. But in fact, I believe it was
effective not to place the focus of
the ASM on the “problems” of the
environment. Unlike the board
of The Phillipian, I do not believe
having an ASM on the problems of
the environment is going to necessarily motivate anyone to help the
environment.
The conventional approach
to an Earth-Day celebration is to
have an educational meeting on
the negative effects of pollution,
climate change and global warming and on how we can stop these
factors from destroying the environment. During Fall Term, it was
proven how ineffective educational presentations are. From talking
to numerous students about the
ASMs by Bruce Anderson and
Noelle Eckley Selin that, as part of
the Kaleidoscope Series, focused
on environmental issues, it seems
that such a format is widely agreed
upon as dull and lackluster. Although the content was relevant,
many stated that they did not enjoy or learn from the meetings.
During Fall Term, we saw
how ineffective educational
presentations are.
Rather than lecturing us on how
terrible the state of the environment is, Williams gave a candid,
motivating speech, characterized
solely by her love for our planet.
Yes, it is imperative to increase
awareness of the negative effects
of climate change; however, we
have many opportunities to learn
about such topics. This comes up
time and time again, such as in biology classes and documentaries.
We even have clubs that are completely devoted to education on
environmental problems and the
conservation of the earth.
I remember very clearly when
Williams described the first time
she “gazed at Earth from space,”
calling it “overwhelming.” We all
listened closely as she described
the Earth as she saw it from space.
And by doing so, she was able to inspire students to help conserve the
world by reminding us about how
wonderful and amazing our Earth
really is. Instead of lecturing us
about the environmental problems
of the world, Williams pushed us
to remember how precious and
perfect our world is and realize
how important it is to conserve it.
Sewon Park is a Junior from
Hong Kong, China.
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May 2, 2014
The Phillipian
NEWS
Remembering
Erik Kristensen ’91
Bagpipes led the procession of Kristensen’s friends, family and Andover community members to Memorial Place.
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Erik Kristensen Models Compassion in Heat of War
COURTESY OF ADMIRAL EDWARD KRISTENSEN
Erik Kristensen attended the Naval Academy after his
PG year at Andover.
ity to always make room for
one more friend,” said MeContinued from A1, Col. 1
linda Page ’91 in a letter duroff and get away with not ing Kristensen’s memorial
engaging,” said Ryan Rico, service. The service, open
one of the Navy SEALs who to the Andover community,
attended the memorial ser- coincided with an exclusive
vice for Kristensen held on screening of “Lone Survicampus last Friday.
vor,” a movie adaptation of
Kristensen was flying Kristensen’s mission writwith a rescue team to find ten by Marcus Luttrell, the
four SEALs in danger in sole survivor of the fourthe Hindu Kush when their men SEALs team Krishelicopter crashed after it tensen attempted to rescue.
was shot down by a rocketKristensen graduated
propelled grenade. While from Gonzaga High School
he ended up giving the ulti- in Washington, D.C., before
mate sacrifice — one’s own entering a Post-Graduate
life — during combat, he em- year at Andover in 1990. Afbodied compassion and the ter graduating Andover in
“non sibi” spirit throughout 1991, he attended the Unithis entire life, even during ed States Naval Academy
his Post-Graduate year at and graduated in 1995 with
Andover.
Honors, receiving a BS de“He was a friend who gree in English and French.
was there always, who In 1999, he began teaching
would travel great distances English at the Naval Acadand overcome any obstacle emy.
to be there. I believe that
“Had he not been a
was [Kristensen’s] greatest SEAL, I think he would
gift among many: his abil- have been a great teacher.
He loved teaching English but [also] for the camarade- independence and ingenu“SEALs guys are the
at the Naval Academy,” rie that you get from being ity were visible during his most generous, thoughtful,
said Suzanne Kristensen, a member of the crew,” said SEAL training when he reflective and humble peomother of Erik Kristensen. Suzanne Kristensen.
would circumvent the rules ple you’ll ever come across.
His dream of becoming a
Kristensen’s
open- of some obstacles to finish That is why we are celebratNavy SEAL was achieved minded
friendships his challenge on time.
ing [Kristensen’s] life on
in 2001, when he completed stemmed from a lifelong in“[Kristensen] would ac- Non Sibi Day. We are hophis SEAL training as the dependent streak.
tually be willing to bend the ing that students would see
oldest in his class to gradu“He was very comfort- rules and go the wrong way these characteristic virtues
ate from the program. Ac- able in his own skin and down the Pacific Highway in [Kristensen] as somecording to his fellow SEALs, never really doubted him- and go around the obstacle thing to emulate, no matter
Kristensen approached his self. It didn’t make any dif- course, and we’d show up what their vocation is,” said
SEAL training with the ference to him what other ahead of time. The instruc- Harrison Flynn ’75, a board
same
open-mindedness people thought or what oth- tors would come tearing member of the Executive
and compassion as he had er people did. Whatever he around the course, irate that Committee of Andover and
the rest of his life, without chose to do, he pursued it,” we had beat the system and the Military.
regard for convention or su- said Suzanne Kristensen.
they didn’t know how we’d
Kristensen’s memorial
perficial hierarchy.
He was respected by done it. [Kristensen] didn’t service began at Memorial
“There’s usually that in- his SEALs teammates as mind leading the guys into Place, where students and
visible wall that keeps a re- a smart and daring leader camaraderie, and we were faculty recognized all Anspectable distance between who wasn’t restricted by proud of him for nVot stick- dover veterans who lost
an officer and an enlisted rules to achieve what had to ing by the rules and playing their lives with a moment of
student, but with [Kris- be done.
it by politics,” Rico said.
silence. Afterwards, Head
tensen], you were more or
“One of [Kristensen’s]
The remembrance of of School John Palfrey,
less on an even level. He was outstanding characteristics Kristensen’s life was a fit- Commander Rob Patrick
totally for his men, and that was that he wasn’t gov- ting start to Non Sibi Week- USN ’88, several SEALs and
kind of a selfless sacrifice erned by a certain mold. He end last Friday. Through his Kristensen’s parents, Admiabout being there for his allowed for a situation to actions, Kristensen demon- ral Edward Kristensen and
men is reciprocated by the dictate what was appropri- strated the essence of self- Suzanne Kristensen, spoke
loyalty we feel for him,” said ate — it didn’t matter to him lessness and captured the at Cochran Chapel.
Marcus Rivchin, a retired if it required bending the ideal of “non sibi,” transNavy SEAL.
rules a bit,” said Rico.
lated from Latin as “not for
“He would always be
Kristensen’s flexibility, self.”
open,
friendly
and approachable, and he had
a way about him
that made everyone around him
at ease and very
c o m f o r t a bl e ,”
said Rico.
Throughout
his life, Kristensen
valued
community and
friendship.
As
a versatile athlete and a lover
of sports, Kristensen pursued
lacrosse
and
crew at Andover.
“He fell in
love with [crew]
from the moment he was introduced to it
at Andover. He
went on to pursue it at the NaL.LUO/ THE PHILLIPIAN
val Academy, not Several formed Navy SEAL members spoke in the Chapel following Kristensen’s memoonly because he rial.
loved it so much,
“On that mountain ridge in Afghanistan, Erik made
the ultimate sacrifice for our Nation. He upheld the
unbending ideal of service and loyalty – to carry
out every mission, no matter how dangerous, and
to never leave a fellow SEAL behind. I am proud of
Erik’s service, and I am honored to have been his
Commander in Chief.“
-President George W. Bush ‘64
In honor of Kristensen’s death, President George H. W Bush ‘42
and President George W. Bush ‘64 sent letters of gratitude. The
letters were presented to the Andover community on Friday night
during Kristensen’s memorial service before the screening of “Lone
Survivor.” The letters are two of four that were recited at his service
in memoryof his character and service.
“Today it is said that we have no heroes. Not so!
We do have heroes, and Erik – an American of clear
purpose who put service ahead of self – is a hero
in every sense of the word. He unselfishly answered
the call to duty, serving with resolve and dedication
to the principles upon which this nation was founded.”
-President George H.W. Bush ‘42
May 2, 2014
The Phillipian
“Diversity Dictionary” Developed to
Guide Campus Discussion on Race,
Gender, Class and Sexuality
By ERICA SHIN
Following recent discussions on topics such as race,
gender, class and sexual
orientation on campus, the
Community & Multicultural
Development (CAMD) section of next year’s Blue Book
will feature a list of words
regarding privilege and diversity.
The “Diversity Dictionary” will aim to give students a vocabulary basis
from which they can discuss
diversity in all its forms.
CAMD staff, members of
the Equity, Access and Inclusion Committee and students
from Out of the Blue (OOTB)
are currently collaborating to
create this list which will include a variety of words from
many subjects, including
“heterosexualism,” “gender”
and “microaggression.”
“Part of the reason, I
think, that we don’t engage
across cultural differences,
across class differences we
can go on, is that we’re not
confident in our language,”
said Linda Carter Griffith,
Dean of CAMD. “The
thought was that it would be
helpful, in the section of the
Blue Book that talks about
CAMD, to have a brief glossary of terms that we’d like
every new student to have
some understanding of or
awareness of so that they
could engage in dialogue
about multiculturalism and
diversity.”
“In order to continue
with the discussion on campus regarding social change,
both within and outside the
“Andover Bubble” that accommodates people of varying identities, we need to
introduce incoming students
to the proper and respectful
terms for that discussion,”
said Alejandra Uria ’15, a
member of the OOTB committee.
In addition to introducing students to these terms,
the creators of the dictionary
hope to confront the problem
of students feeling afraid or
uncomfortable about participating in discussion because
they do not have access to the
language surrounding the
topic.
“[To] my students earlier
on in the year, I asked, ‘Does
everyone know the difference between sex and gender?’ Everyone did not know
that, and why do we assume
that everyone would know
that? Because they’re Andover kids, and they’re smart?
It’s an assumption. You get
into more trouble when you
make assumptions,” said
Griffith.
“We’ll start with microaggression, for example. Did
you know what microaggression was before this year?
That’s a word we expect everybody to know,” she added.
“We’ve really worked
to crunch this list, so this in
no way should be taking as
the list of terms we hope you
graduate knowing. This is
what we want you to know
when you come in,” said
Griffith.
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Sex Ed Working Group Looks
to Improve Sex Ed Class Enrollement
Through Better Scheduling
Continued from A1, Col.3
Additionally, with the
recent reliance students
have on the Internet, Robinson said that the program
hopes to eliminate the potential for students to gather
false information.
“The nice thing about
[these classes] is the access
to medical providers teaching these classes and having
really easy-going, friendly
conversations. I never felt
like I had so much access as
a teenager to a doctor or a
nurse practitioner who was
available to talk about these
things,” Robinson said.
“We know that there is
more to do. We think that
we need several more hours
every year over four years
to have the comprehensive,
age-appropriate, inclusive
health education program
or sex-education program
that we are striving for,” Patel said.
Patel acknowledges the
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Patel and Hoyt are two members of the Sex Ed Working
Group.
need to include day students, who do not benefit
from dorm talks about sex
and reproductive health, in
the sexual-education program.
“We want to make sure
that the stuff that is covered
in regards to reproductive
health care topics in that
setting can be reproduced
Patel Sites Andover Students’ Independence as a
Contributing Factor to Eating Disorder on Campus
Continued from A1, Col.5
cording to Kip. Isham, Graham House and Kip help
students suffering with eating disorders by treating the
mental, physical and nutritional aspects of their illness.
Students suffering from
an eating disorder meet periodically with their entire
“team,” including Kip, a Graham House counselor and
Isham representative, often
Sarah Robinson, Nurse Practitioner, or Amy Patel, Medical Director.
“I think there is misinformation about being kicked
out of school for having anything health-wise going on
with them. Often one of the
first things that I will say
to someone is, ‘I just want
you to know that you are
not going to be kicked out of
school,’ and you can see the
relief,” said Patel.
“[Taking medical leave]
depends on where the student falls on the spectrum as
to if in consultation with the
health care providers, the
parents, the student, outside
doctors, their own doctor, if a
student would be best served
taking a break from [Andover] so that they can be in a
healthier place,” she continued.
Patel said that Andover
students’ Type-A personalities, paired with their independence, could contribute
to the prevalence of eating
disorders on campus.
“We are a boarding
school. We want people to
be independent and making their decisions, and the
vast majority of our students
don’t have parents watching
over them and making sure
that they are eating, and so it
might take longer to actually
get diagnosed because there
isn’t somebody who is necessarily seeing that there is a
problem,” said Patel.
Survey
results
also
showed that campus stress
can affect the prevalence of
unhealthy habits. Seventyfive percent of students believe that campus time commitments negatively impact
their health, according to the
2013 State of The Academy
survey.
Laura Ippolito ’14 said, “I
think that the pressure here
really adds to eating disorders. There are these kids
coming in here with straight
‘A’s,’ never getting below an
‘A minus,’ stellar athletes.…
It’s all about control, and so
I think that students try to
grasp onto what they can
control in their lives by controlling their bodies.”
Though eating disorders
affect all students, girls on
campus are three times as
likely to have an eating disorder than their male counterparts.
Some students might not
notice that they have an eat-
A5
ing disorder, as instead of
having medically defined anorexia or bulimia, they have
an EDNOS.
“A certain number of
students ‘flirt’ with an eating disorder. But, if they’re
aware of it in time or someone catches it in time, they
can stop relatively easily. It’s
what happens after people
have gone through this for
years, which can happen,
and they put themselves in
increasingly more risk, medically,” said Alovisetti.
Within much of Andover’s campus, the “stick-thin”
body ideal prevails among female students, according to
Kip.
Jaleel Williams ‘15 said,
“In my experience, [Andover students] see food as this
double-edged sword. We’re
both like, ‘Ah, yes, I love
food!’ and ‘Ugh, fine, I guess
I’ll have that extra slice.’ It’s
almost like we’re relenting
to a defeat if you decide to eat
more food.”
Eating disorders and
body image on campus and
across the country are linked
to race, class and gender.
While 14 percent of white
students have had an eating
disorder, just over 10 percent
of black or Hispanic students
have had eating disorders,
according to the 2013 State of
the Academy survey.
“In African-American,
African and Latino culture,
food is viewed very differently. Historically, it was a sign,
coming from poverty, that if
you had money, you had access, you had food, then you
weren’t skinny. As a result,
that’s carried on, there’s
not as much value in being
skinny as in other cultures,”
said Linda Griffiths, Dean of
Community and Multicultural Development (CAMD).
Olivia Michaels contributed reporting.
in another place for the day
students who wouldn’t get
that in a dorm meeting….We
certainly want to make sure
that day student advisors
can talk to their advisees
about health issues, but the
more specific stuff may be
coming better from healthcare providers or health
educators at Isham,” said
Patel.
Patel and Robinson admit that the turnout of students was not as great as
they had originally hoped,
as Robinson’s class had only
eight students. They plan
to continue the program
next spring, however. One
of the areas for improvement in the Senior classes
will be generating a meeting time that would fit into
the schedules of the largest
number of Seniors possible.
“We’re trialing new ways
of disseminating health information. We have some
forums set up already, such
as Wellness Week, PACE
and the dorm conversations
that happen. We don’t feel
like we need to do this all
in the classroom. We don’t
need to do this in a seminar
format with 15 or 20 people
that you don’t know very
well,” said Patel.
Patel and Robinson hope
that there will be classes of
a similar size and nature
to the Senior Spring Fever
classes for Juniors, Lowers
and Uppers in the coming
month.
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Hughes Will Receive His Ph.D in August
Continued from A1, Col. 6
his 220-page dissertation
last week at University of
North Carolina, Chapel
Hill (UNC), Hughes will
be awarded his diploma
in August. His Ph.D. specifically focuses on the
works of Hélisenne de
Crenne. The UNC committee approved his dissertation last week.
Hughes
said
that
while he studied French
as an undergraduate at
Wofford College, his true
love of the language blossomed during the years
when he lived in France.
“I went [to France] for
the first time right before
my 21st birthday. It was
great to just be in a different culture. My French
was shaky when I first got
there, so that really got a
lot better very quickly. It
was really a life-changing
experience,” said Hughes.
Though
teaching
French is “like getting
paid to be a stand-up comedian” for Hughes, he
values the intellectual
interaction with his students more and brings
his
personal
experience into the classroom.
Hughes teaches sections
of French 300 and French
420 and is the newly
elected head of the World
Language Department.
“Earlier on, I was always the very vocal kid
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in class, but I was afraid
to make mistakes in
French. One day I realized, ‘This is like playing a part in a play or in
a performance of some
sort,’” said Hughes. “I
encourage even my more
timid students to realize,
‘Hey, you can make fun of
my accent. You can make
fun of what I’m doing.’
So I think [the best part
of teaching is] just seeing
that light bulb go on, the
eureka moment when the
student really gets it.”
Teaching at Andover,
however, was an unexpected opportunity for
Hughes.
“I found Andover on
the Modern Language
Association’s
job-list
website. I was working
at Allegheny College, and
I was in a one-year position, and Andover was
the only high school on
the list,” said Hughes.
“I knew I was interested [in the job] because
it allowed me to do really high-level academics
and teaching, but also to
coach and to work with
young people, which is
what I’ve been doing all
my life. This seemed like
the best of both worlds
for me.”
Hughes is involved
in a variety of different activities on campus,
including coaching JV
Football and JV2 Girls
Basketball, house counseling in Tucker House
and
helping
French
Club. On Tuesday nights,
Hughes can be seen at the
French table in Paresky
Commons,
conversing
with native speakers and
novices alike.
Despite his active
schedule, Hughes still
finds time for his passion for reading at Andover. Especially interested
in historical biographies
and nonfiction, he is currently making his way
through biographies of
each United States president in order.
“You can bring [the
biographies] into the cultural perspectives of the
class... If a student is having trouble understanding something about the
history of France or of a
French-speaking country,
then I can say, ‘Well, this
is just like what happened
in America at this time,”
said Hughes.
Though he is only in
his second year at Andover, Hughes is content
with his life here.
“It took me about 15
years to find my perfect
job. It’s a really good fit
where I can coach and
teach and be a house
counselor and do all these
things,” he said.
Biz Ghormely ’00 Stresses Power of
Storytelling in Catalyzing Change at ASM
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Biz Ghormley ‘00
tions, speak up, listen and
let the sun shine on you,”
said Ghormley to the student body.
“Andover has had a
huge influence on my
work. It opened my eyes
to my worldview and
challenged me to consider what had created it,
gave me access to worlds
I would otherwise have
not known existed and
brought wonderful people into my life. Andover showed me my own
capacity, determination,
perseverance and dedication to excellence,” she
continued.
Recounting her in-
volvement in Inwood
House leading marketing and fundraising initiatives to help teens,
Ghormley
emphasized
the power of storytelling
in bringing meaningful
change to people’s lives.
“Listening,
translating and curating stories
for different audiences
has allowed me to help
people be freed — literally — from jail. [It has]
helped us build partnerships with companies and
donors, helped us elevate
the expertise of people
who have been shunned
and help build a more just
world,” wrote Ghormley
in an email to The Phillipian.
“Storytelling for me
is not about creating sto-
ries, but bringing them
forward and presenting
them in ways that new audiences can be influenced
by the truth of people’s
lives,” she continued.
Ghormley also discussed this idea of worth
during ASM, highlighting the importance of expressing compassion and
respect to all people. “Our
work [at Inwood House]
has shown us something
I think you all know to
be true: teenagers deserve respect. Shaming
teenagers will likely lead
to defiance and pain, but
respecting
teenagers,
on the flipside, will help
them succeed. People of
all ages are worthy of
respect and compassion,
wrong answers or different experiences alike,”
said Ghormley.
“I like to work... based
on the simplest idea that
we all matter,” she continued.
In addition to her contribution to the development of Inwood House,
Ghormley also organized
a movement of Haitian
women
against
rape
in refugee camps with
Digital Democracy and
worked bilingually to investigate criminal cases
with the Bronx defenders.
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May 2, 2014
ARTS & LEISURE | A7
The Phillipian
Documentary Introducing Arts’ Film and Television Columnist
Depicts
Ben Del Vecchio
History of
the characters and how they’ve
Del Vecchio has also been sitions.
connected
with
them.
If
there’s
keeping
the tickets from all the
“I don’t want to take [writing
Sharan Gill
a place that you can read about movies he’s seen in the cinema about film and TV] too seriously.
it and that gives you some ideas since December. He currently It becomes too drab. Generally,
Graffiti
Growing up, Ben Del Vecchio about what you might want to has about seven and is looking if you’re writing about movies
Julia Donovan
“From spray-painted murals to
textured words and quotes, street
artists across the globe share a desire to be seen and to use the world
around them as a public canvas,”
said Rebecca Hayes, Curator of Education at the Addison Gallery of
American Art. Hayes, among other members of the Addison community and an acclaimed modern
artist, spoke at a “Screening and
Discussion” event celebrating the
expressionism behind street art.
The event introduced a temporary street-art-inspired exhibition
that will open in the Addison on
Sunday, May 4. Kicking off with a
screening of the film “Style Wars,”
the night captured the audience by
showcasing the passion, creativity and unique style behind every
piece of street art.
“Style Wars,” a 70-minute
long documentary made in 1983,
depicted the early stages of the
graffiti art movement that sparked
amongst struggling young artists
in the early 1980s. Set in New York
City, the film showed how teenagers used the colorful and unique
designs of street art as a form of release from their financial troubles
and as a way to make their mark on
the trains, buildings and subway
rails of their city.
“The film really shows how
these young teenagers who make
graffiti art are not vandals – they
are, in fact, artists,” said Hayes.
“They are thoughtful and premeditated in their creations. They
sketch out and plan their designs
repeatedly and carefully, and they
put a lot of thought into the designs they create.”
Covering trains and city walls
with words such as “seen” or
“free,” graphic designs of their
names, cartoons and scenic murals, the young artists depicted in
“Style Wars” strived to put their
signature artwork on as much of
the city as possible. The film captured the street artists’ thrill when
they were recognized for their
work by other artists, or when they
saw it themselves on a train passing by.
After the screening of the film,
a discussion about street art and
modern art, led by Chris “Daze”
Ellis, Artist in Residence, took
place in the Museum Learning
Center. Ellis, a former graffiti artist showcased in “Style Wars” and
a current abstract artist, is currently living on campus as an artist and
part-time teacher, who will have
pieces featured in the exhibition
on Sunday.
Ellis still uses elements of
street art, such as splattering and
color, in his pieces today.
“My art today is very stylistically different, but I still use some
of the things I learned back when
I was a graffiti artist,” said Ellis.
“Back then, we did what we had
with what was available. All we
needed was a can of spray paint
and the world around us, and we
could express ourselves. It was
simple, but we learned all the skills
we needed to become successful
artists.”
“I always loved using street
art to express myself,” continued
Ellis. “I always knew I was doing
something creative and expressive. There were thousands of us,
and we did street art for a number
of reasons. There was definitely
the mischief component — it was
not allowed by law, and we might
get in trouble if we got caught. But
then there was the passion and
the meaning behind it too. We did
it because we wanted to, and because we loved it.”
Ellis took the conversation in
the direction of whether street art
should be considered art, or simply vandalism. As shown in “Style
Wars” and discussed afterwards,
Ellis and other graffiti artists faced
opposition from society and authorities about projecting their
artwork across the city.
“There was a point at which
street art was considered to be
a nuisance to some people,” said
Ellis. “Few people realized that
there was a lot more to the art than
meets the eye. There is, in fact, culture behind it. There is meaning
behind it. People thought it was all
the same thing — vandalism. They
often didn’t realize that different
people had different signatures
and styles of work. There were a
lot of people who disagreed with
what we did, but I never had any
regrets.”
’15 loved sitting around the television with his family watching
“It’s a Wonderful Life” every
Christmas. As he grew older, Del
Vecchio realized that much of his
love for film and television had
come from their abilities to transcend boundaries.
He recalls hearing about how
his Chinese mother was exposed
to American movies, which later became a way for her to bond
with Del Vecchio’s Italian father.
“We all come from very different backgrounds, different
cultures, different countries,
but often where we overlap is in
movies and TV…. In terms of my
life, a lot of my conversations are
about TV and movies because
I think it’s a good way to one,
start a conversation, and two,
hear where people are coming
from, what they have watched. If
you can connect with that, then
you can learn something about
them,” said Del Vecchio.
Del Vecchio will be using his
passion for movies and TV to
write an upcoming column for
the Arts & Leisure Section of The
Phillipian. Through his work for
The Phillipian, Del Vecchio hopes
to bring the same sense of community to his readers.
“I just hope [the column] provokes some of the discussions
that I love having… spending
45 minutes sitting down with
a bunch of people who like a
show and talking about how excited they are or talking about
talk to someone about or how
you feel about the show and how
to raise that issue with someone
else — as long as you can see a
web branching out — that would
be awesome to have that kind of
influence,” said Del Vecchio.
Since he watches such an
array of movies and television
shows, Del Vecchio’s favorite
ones are always changing, but
many of his most beloved movies
remain childhood favorites, such
as “The Princess Bride” and “It’s
a Wonderful Life.”
“A lot of the TV and movies that I like are related to my
childhood. So ‘Princess Bride,’
one of my favorite movies, that
came from watching it every day
when I was home sick. My sister
watched it when she was homesick, so I watched it as a kid,” said
Del Vecchio.
The walls of Del Vecchio’s
room are covered with fliers and
movies posters, including one
from “The Hobbit.”
“My favorite poster is actually
like a keepsake. I went and I saw
‘The Hobbit,’ the first one. It’s an
okay movie but it was exciting
because I saw it at midnight and
I went with a bunch of friends
and it was very exciting. We saw
it in IMAX, and they gave out
a set of four posters, so I have
two of those up in a corner. It’s
the stuff that means something
or brings back a memory that’s
more memorable to me on those
walls,” said Del Vecchio.
Senior Spotlight:
Ali Decker
Chloe Lee
Though she is now an accomplished vocalist, Ali Decker
came to Andover intending to
pursue piano and visual arts.
“As an artist, going from a
pianist to a singer felt natural.
As a pianist, any shy person can
play an aggressive piece. But as a
singer, it has to be in you to play
such a character or part. That is
what is new and different, but I
like this aspect of it. Sometimes
I wonder what would have happened if I hadn’t come here and
had stayed with the piano,” said
Decker.
Since she began singing in
her Junior Spring, Decker has
made her mark on Andover’s
music program. In Fall Term of
her Lower year, Decker joined
Fidelio, Andover’s classical
singing ensemble.
On Sunday, Decker displayed her natural talent and
showed off her ability to portray versatile characters in her
Senior Recital.
To the delight of the audience, Decker switched between
a monotone male voice and high
female voice in her rendition of
“Taylor the Latte Boy,” by Zina
Goldrich. A modern piece with
colloquial language, Decker
changed her singing from soulful to exciting and fun. Using
exaggerated hand motions, she
portrayed a flirty girl admiring
an oblivious waiter.
“The lyrics are very cute
and ‘punny’ — my favorite line
is: ‘So many years my heart has
waited! Who’d have thought
that love could be so caffeinated?’ I found [the song] because
I watched a YouTube video of
Kristen Chenoweth singing
it, and I included it because I
thought it was hilarious,” said
Decker.
Over the course of her career
at Andover, Decker says Christopher Walter, Instructor in
Music, has served as a mentor.
“He is so sweet, and I feel like I
can depend on him to calm me
down or even excite me when I
am having a down day. I really
respect him,” she said.
Claire Park ’16, a member of
the audience, said, “Ali is truly
an amazing performer. She incorporated classical pieces as
well as fun more modern ones
into her diverse repertoire,
which made it very enjoyable.
My favorite was ‘Taylor the
Latte Boy’ because even though
the language was more colloquial, Ali performed it very musically and theatrically.”
After the intermission, Decker continued on with several
pieces from musicals, including the “Music Man” and “The
Secret Garden.” “How Could I
Ever Know,” from “The Secret
Garden,” showed the mournful,
evocative side of Decker’s voice.
“It Was a Lover and His
Lass,” a poem from William
Shakespeare’s “As You Like
It” arranged by Roger Quilter,
brightened the mood. Decker’s
voice was light and sweet as it
went up to reach the high notes.
“For my entire recital, I tried
to have a mix of fast and slow,
sad and happy. I don’t know that
many musical-theatre songs, so
basically I chose a good balance
of fast and slow songs out of the
small repertoire that I already
knew,” said Decker.
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Decker performed a mixture of classic and modern pieces.
forward to growing the collection with more visits to the movie theater in the future.
Those planning on reading
Del Vecchio’s column should not
expect formal and tense compo-
or TV, it’s fun. Movies and TV
are there for entertainment, so
if you have a written piece on it,
it should also be entertaining.
Some wit. Some banter. Jargon,”
said Del Vecchio.
L. LUO/THE PHILLIPIAN
Ben Del Vecchio ’15 hopes to foster discussion about film and TV.
Josh Kim ’15 Serves
Violin “Feast”
Kalina Ko
While planning his violin recital, Joshua Kim ’15 arranged his
repertoire to resemble a formal
dinner. He designed his performance like a three-course meal,
starting with a welcoming “appetizer,” before going into a darker
and heavier “main course” and
wrapping the recital up with a
lively “dessert.”
Kim performed the recital last
Friday in the Timken Room, accompanied by Harvey Wu ’14 and
John Gibson ’15, both on piano.
Kim began the evening with
“Sonata for Violin and Piano in
E-Flat Major” by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart as the “appetizer,”
accompanied by Harvey Wu ’14 on
piano.
The first movement consisted of a series of rapidly ascending
and descending notes. Mozart’s
use of repeating motifs contributed to the welcoming feel of the
piece. The second movement was
much slower and calmer. Kim and
Wu played much of the music in
unison, giving the piece a simple,
tranquil feel.
“What I liked most about the
first pieces was that [Kim] showed
his passion for it. Both [he] and his
accompanist were really into it,
and it really gave the pieces body.
[They were] full pieces with a lot
of motion, and I can only imagine
what kind of dedication it takes to
give pieces like that such excellent
delivery,” said Alex-Maree Roberts
’16.
Next, Kim performed “Sonata
for Violin and Piano No.7 in C Minor” by Ludwig van Beethoven as
the “main course” of the dinner.
“When listening, the audience
ought to feel that there is no sense
of comfort, and even the performer feels very uncomfortable. This
is because Beethoven is always
stretching things to the extreme
— [such as] the dynamics and the
tempo,” said Kim.
Kim portrayed the contrast in
dynamics and tempo through his
movements and facial expressions.
When the piece was somber, his
slow swaying simulated the feeling. When the piece accelerated,
Kim’s face showed extreme concentration, expressing the urgency
of the music.
“My favorite piece was Beethoven’s Sonata for violin and piano
because it incorporated a lot of different techniques [and emotions],”
said Claire Park ’16, a member of
the audience.
The “dessert” and final piece
Kim played was “Liebesleid,” by
Fritz Kreisler.
Though the piece’s title translates to “Love’s Sorrow,” it had a
very lively, flamboyant mood created by “glissandos,” a musical
technique where the performer
slides between two notes.
“[The glissandos are] intended
to add ‘sass’ to my sound. It’s the
most comical and lyrical music
ever written. And therefore it is a
lot like eating dessert: short and
sweet,” said Kim.
Although Kim began playing
the violin when he was five years
old, he did not become serious
about it until ninth grade.
“I think classical music is ingrained so much in history, and it
reflects humanity and the changes that humanity has experienced
over many centuries and in that
way it is a very important tool for
us to evaluate what it was like back
then because music can say things
that words cannot,” said Kim.
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Kim played works by Mozart, Beethoven and Kreisler.
A8 |
Arts & Leisure
ARTS & LEISURE
May 2, 2014
The Phillipian
Steps Towards a Cure:
Andover Community Embraces “Relay for Life”
Tiffany Bauman &
Peyton McGovern
Walking around the track
all night might sound grueling,
but the luminaria bags fueled
participants to continue. Other
forms of entertainment, such as
food, chair massages, an inflatable gladiator game and music,
made those who participated in
the “Relay for Life” event last
Saturday say that it was not only
worth it — it was also fun. Students were careful to keep the
cause in mind throughout the
night, however.
Relay for Life is the largest
fundraising movement in the
world, amassing participation
from more than 5,200 United States organizations. Team
captains gather members, fundraise and walk for 24 hours to
mimic the idea that cancer never sleeps. Because of Saturday
sign-in, however, Andover participants could only walk until 11:00 p.m. The walk helped
raise awareness for cancer, and
proceeds were donated to the
“I think the event was even
more successful and powerful
than we could ever imagined,”
said Lisa Joel, Associate Dean
of Admission and advisor to
Campuses Against Cancer, the
student club that organized
the event. “We hoped it would
be a start of something that we
would grow in the years ahead,
but we never would have imagined over 300 people and over
$40,000.”
Support of student performers contributed to the event’s
success. Included in the night’s
events were performances by
the Yorkies, Azure, Under the
Bed, Hypnotiq and Alec D’Alelio
’14.
One of the crowd favorites
of the night was a performance
from the Yorkies, who sang a
cover of “Stand by Me” by Ben
King. The song’s message of
dedication was particularly relevant to the event.
“I think ‘Stand by Me’ was
perfect for the occasion,” said
Nathaniel Redding ’16. “The
whole idea of Relay for Life is
to show support for those who
are currently in the fight against
cancer and to remember those
who lost their lives because of
it.”
Half way through the event,
all participants paused and
gathered in front of the stage
for the Luminaria Ceremony, an
event honoring survivors and
victims of cancer.
The crowd was silent as
D’Alelio walked onto the stage
to perform Passenger’s “Let
Her Go,” a folk song that emphasized appreciating what you
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Participants decorate luminaria bags with messages for loved ones lost to or suffering from
cancer.
have before it is gone, during perform at such a meaningful of Hypnotiq, said that it was rethe ceremony.
event.
warding to be able to perform
D’Alelio’s passion on stage
“[Joel] originally came up to at an event that contributed to
reflected his enthusiasm to me asking if I would perform, a good cause, while also having
and I jumped at the opportuni- fun.
ty to involve myself in such an
“Even though a lot of peoincredible event,” said D’Alelio. ple stopped walking in order
“‘Let Her Go’ seemed perfect. to watch our performance, you
The song’s lyrics are incredible could still feel the togetherness
in that they are so simple, yet in the crowd,” said Sanchez. “By
manage to be relevant to every- our last song, the crowd was
body who hears them in a dif- going crazy. After we finished,
ferent way.”
someone came up to me and
Following the most solemn told me that they wanted us to
moment of the night, Azure dance longer.”
lightened the mood by perEmma Kahn ’14, Sophia
forming their signature upbeat Lloyd-Thomas ’14, Amy Morin
mashup “Broar,” a combination ’14, Helen Leahy ’14 and Julia
of Sara Bareilles’s “Brave” and Boyd ’16, who are on the board
Katy Perry’s “Roar.”
for Campuses Against Cancer,
“We decided on ‘Broar’ be- helped make the event possible.
cause we thought it was an in“We were blown away by the
spiring song, which was per- overwhelming support of the
fect for an inspiring event,” community,” said Kahn. “The
said Esther Cohen ’14, an Azure [money] that we raised is a remember who had a solo in the flection of just how many peoperformance. “We were singing ple here at Andover are affectafter the silent lap and ceremo- ed by cancer, and being able to
ny, so we wanted to help make partner with and donate to such
people hopeful while still re- an incredible organization realspecting their emotions.”
ly broadened our Non Sibi imAt the sound of a sudden pact.”
burst of music and the sight of
“I think what was awesome
12 students warming up their was that so many people came
dance moves on stage, a crowd together,” Joel said. “There
rushed to the middle of the were students, faculty and staff,
track to get a good spot for the faculty children, parents, and
event’s last performance, one by I even saw some dogs there. I
would say it was a successful
E. KAUFMANN-LADUC/THE PHILLIPIAN hip-hop dance group Hypnotiq.
Jada
Sanchez
’15,
Co-Head
event.”
A “Relay for Life” team dons purple attire, including tutus, to show their dedication to the cause.
Art Collaboration Channels Non-Sibi Spirit
Tiffany Bauman
“My brick is going to live
next to me on my bed at home,”
exclaimed a girl from the Lawrence Boys and Girls Club when
a teacher asked her what she
wanted to do with her newly-decorated brick.
The decoration project was
part of a Non-Sibi Weekend
collaboration between Andover, Lawrence High School, the
Lawrence Boys and Girls Club
and Chris “Daze” Ellis, Andover’s Edward E. Elson Artist in
Residence, all of whom came
together to create an art installation made of a collection of
decorated bricks.
The day kicked off with introductions and short stories
about each participant’s name,
including a hidden meaning, a
nickname and a story attached
to the nickname.
Ellis, who goes by “Daze,”
explained that he chose his
“street tag” by trying different
combinations of letters until
something stuck. He showed
images of his name on subway
cars, explaining that his career
began with graffiti art on the
streets.
Students were then given a
mini-lesson and model on how
to create graffiti lettering, including ideas for details and
styles. Writing prompts such as
“I am from…” and “If I ruled the
world, I would…” were handed
out to spur ideas. Each participant was then given a brick to
decorate. The goal of the project was to show the influence
of graffiti as publicly displayed
writing and to inspire students
to think about the power of
words and symbols. The designs
on the bricks included flowers,
names and words meaningful to
the artists.
In the late afternoon, members of both the Andover community and the public gathered
to see the unveiling of the finished bricks. Students placed
their bricks together and created a single organized sculpture
that incorporated everyone’s
brick.
“Looking at [all of the bricks
together] was cool because, although each table had their
own arrangement and we each
had our own brick, the combination [of our work] is pretty
amazing,” said Ryan Miller ’14.
“It really impresses me the way
they all complement each other.”
Students,
teachers
and
guests gathered in a circle to
exchange opinions and discuss
the newly-created art installation.
“[This project was] really
about people coming together and going through the same
process to create something
that was beautiful in the end,”
said Megan Gatton ’17. “You’re
working with other people
from all sorts of different backgrounds and age groups to create an end product that didn’t
have your name on it.”
“It’s important for Andover students to recognize that
it’s not just Non Sibi, a day of
service, because it’s a required
activity,” said John Little ’15.
“It’s a day you enjoy, and you do
it with a great group of people
you wouldn’t originally have
interacted with. Students need
that to get out of the ‘Andover
Bubble.’”
Christine Jee, Education Associate for School and Community Collaborations at the Addison, also contributed to the
discussion of community.
“We like to think of it more
as a community gathering than
a community service day,” Jee
said. “The [Addison Gallery of
American Art is] really lucky
to work with all these different
communities, [and bringing]
them together at one place at
one time is really special to us.”
Richard Gorham, who teaches at Lawrence High School,
works at Andover and volunteers at the Boys and Girls Club,
ended the discussion by stating
how exciting this moment was
for him to see all of these communities come together as one.
“Our goal today was to use
art to build a community, and
communities don’t just happen.
They have to be built,” Gorham
said. “Just look around the circle right now. We have a wide
range of ages and personal
backgrounds, and yet each of
us had a brick. Our bricks are
of equal size and equal importance. If we were to take any
of the bricks out, our pieces
wouldn’t be as good.”
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Head of School John Palfrey’s decorated brick depicted Andover’s motto “Non Sibi.”
B5 F.I.T.
B2 CYCLING
Read about FIT and Instructor Chris Collins on B5.
Andover Track and Field
out-ran, out-jumped and
out-threw Milton last weekend.
Photos by Olivia Picchione (left) and
Jessica Schmitt (center and right)
THE PHILLIPIAN
Volume CXXXVII, Number 10
Bulens
Scores Four
in a
Struggle for
Victory
SPORTS
May 2, 2014
Posorske’s
6-0s Lead
Andover
Sweep
By Noah Belser
PHILLIPIAN SPORTS WRITER
By Peter Hahn
Andover
5
Deerfield
12
Andover
9
Tabor
Title IX
16
Finding himself in front of the
net, Tim Bulens ’15 scooped up
a dangerous rebound from Foster LeBoeuf ’15. Bulens dodged
two long poles, stepped in close
and finished off the play to give
Andover Boys Lacrosse the first
goal of the game against Deerfield on Saturday.
Andover, however, could not
continue the momentum as it
lost 5-12 to a very strong Deerfield team, the third-ranked
team in New England by “laxpower.com.” On Wednesday, the
team dropped another game as
it fell 9-16 to Tabor.
After jumping out to a 2-0
lead with goals from Bulens
and Ian Maag ’14, the team was
stalled by penalties and lack of
possession in the second quarter.
“They won every face-off in
the second quarter, we almost
never had possession and they
put in seven goals,” said Will
Bergstein ’16.
Deerfield
capitalized
on
man-up situations as well, and
jumped out to a 7-2 lead at halftime.
The pounding continued in
the second half. LeBoeuf had
two goals in the third quarter,
but Deerfield’s offense found
a way to score three more and
widen the gap. Bergstein scored
the last goal for Andover in the
fourth quarter, but it was not
enough.
“Penalties and bad transition defense killed us, we
played very well when at even
strength,” said Clark Perkins
’14, who plays goalie.
Deerfield ended up scoring
ten of its 12 goals while in manup or in transition and, after securing a lead, continued to frus-
J.SCHMITT/THE PHILLIPIAN
Will Bergstein ’16 goes head-to-head against a Brewster defender.
trate Andover’s offense.
to be a tough opponent, and we
Deerfield attackers Tim Ed- started off hot. But then we just
monds ’14 and Harrison Lane broke down. They went on a big
’15 spearheaded their offensive run, and that one quarter kind
end, creating difficult match- of lost it for us,” said Captain
ups for the Andover defense.
Austin Gaiss ’14.
“[Edmonds] was really good
The team went into the Tabor
for them. He is a really good game looking to recover from
feeder and a dangerous shoot- the crushing loss, but could not
er,” said Perkins.
play to its full potential.
Edmonds is committed to
Bulens had an impressive
play at Harvard, according game, tallying up three goals
to InsideLacrosse, and Lane and two assists, and his play
is committed to play at Dart- was augmented with goals from
mouth, according to BostonLax. both Gaiss and LeBoeuf.
“We knew they were going
For all its offensive produc-
tion, however, Andover fell
behind in the game and let up
16 goals. It was a hole that the
team could not climb out of.
Perkins said, “It’s a process.
We have to continue to learn
from our mistakes and rebound
for the next part of our season.
We have the potential to be a
great lacrosse team.”
With just five games left in
the regular season, Andover’s
record barely stands above .500
at 6-5.
Andover
9
Exeter
0
Andover
9
BB&N
0
Neither Phillips Exeter Academy nor BB&N could steal a single
match from Andover Girls Tennis
in its respective games last Saturday and Monday. Successive
6-0 wins from Number 1 Reagan
Posorske ’17 were the highlights of
the two matchups, of which Andover Girls Tennis won 9-0.
Due to inclement weather on
Saturday, the team played on local
indoor courts at Cedardale Club.
As Saturday exemplified, some of
the team’s hardest challenges this
year have come from weather issues.
“Our biggest challenge is having
to battle with the elements,” said
Posorske. “The wind and temperature outside have definitely affected some of our games.”
Posorske’s prowess also contributed in the doubles arena. She won
both of her doubles matches, one
with Madeleine Mayhew ’15 (8-5)
and the second with Co-Captain
Camille Price ’15 (8-1).
“I think the strongest point this
season, so far, was that we swept
both Exeter and BB&N back-toback. I am so proud of our team
for doing such an amazing job, especially during those two games,”
said Posorske.
The two wins extended Andover’s seven-game undefeated
streak with less than half of the
season to go.
Isabella Haegg ’16 said, “Each
win fuels us to keep pushing harder, in practice, in our workouts and
in our matches, so we can keep up
an undefeated record.”
“Having such a strong and supportive team takes a lot of the pressure off in our individual matches
as well. We always know we have a
teammate one court away who will
cheer us on and push us to perform
our best,” she added.
The team will go up against Milton at home on May 7 and will play
a tournament at Kent on May 10.
COACH PROFILE GREGORY WILKIN
Guardian of an Era: Gregory Wilkin
By Isabella Haegg
The sport of tennis flourished
in 1980. The year marked not
only the centennial of the prestigious U.S. Open, but the establishment of a dynasty in tennis at
Andover.
Gregory Wilkin, current Boys
Varsity Tennis Coach and Instructor in English, joined the
Andover community in 1980.
His impact was immediately apparent as he led the Girls Varsity
team to an undefeated season.
Although Wilkin’s coaching
ability and values remain sharp
to this day, the sport is nearly unrecognizable from the way it was
played 34 years ago.
When Wilkin started, the
courts, located in the parking lot
beside the Smith Center, were
made of uneven “Har-Tru” clay
that required near-constant watering and sweeping. Rackets
were usually made out of wood
or stainless steel and made a
booming sound when the ball
was hit flat.
However, one thing remains
the same: “Tennis is the greatest
sport ever invented,” said Wilkin.
Wilkin has a rich tennis background to back up his 15-year
certification as a Professional
Tennis Registry professional. He
was the Captain and MVP in tennis at a Catholic boys’ school in
Buffalo, NY and played two years
of college tennis at Wadhams
Hall College before playing at
Yale during his Junior year.
The tennis fanatic and English
teacher has also authored a biographical novel on British tennis player Bunny Austin called
“The Rabbit’s Suffering Changes.” His passion for both tennis
and writing can consistently be
seen in his vivid write-ups of the
team’s matches on the Andover
website.
Wilkins made the transition
to coaching Boys Varsity Tennis
after taking a few years off from
Andover. He has remained the
Coach for the past 25 years.
Under his leadership, the team
has won four New England titles:
1989, 1990, 2011 and 2013.
The team has grown in repute
and is now invited to tournaments hosted across the country, such as the New England/
Mid-Atlantic tournament in
Maryland (NEMA) and the National Invitational in California,
a far cry from Wilkin’s earlier
years of coaching.
“We used to play college Junior Varsity teams, since it wasn’t
always easy to arrange good
matches for our good players.
Now we schedule matches with
our traditional rivals, as well as
those other prep-school teams
that report having strong teams
and want to play us,” he said.
A key to the team’s success has
been its doubles prowess, setting
Continued on B5, Column 1
Greg Wilkin has been the Andover Boys Tennis Coach for over 25 years.
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May 2, 2014
The Phillipian
SPORTS
TRACK&FIELD
Come-From-Behind 4x400 Victory Anchors Milton Sweep
By Chiraag Gohel
In the final lap of the
4x400-meter relay, Andover was
behind Milton Academy. With
the crowd cheering alongside
him, Matt Fischetti ’14 grabbed
the baton, chased down Milton’s
anchor and left him in the dust
en-route to a 4x400-meter-relay
victory and a near 50-second lap
time.
Fischetti’s
come-from-behind victory wrapped up Andover Boys Track and Field’s 10696 win over Milton. The team
also defeated St. Paul’s School
and Lawrence Academy, which
scored 28 and eight points, respectively. This Andover win
comes on the heels of a crushing
loss to Phillips Exeter Academy
two weeks ago.
“Personally I thought the meet
was a great success. Despite the
less than ideal [weather] conditions, everyone got focused and
performed exceptionally well,”
said Fischetti, who also placed
first in both the 110-meters hurdles and 300-meters hurdles.
Ralph Skinner ’16 added, “After being beat by Exeter, it was
good to see myself and the team
get back to our feet with a win on
Saturday.”
Andover Girls Track and Field
also took first place in the quad
meet with an overpowering
133.33 points. Milton finished
second with 89.33 points, followed by St. Paul’s and Lawrence
28 and 8, respectively.
Peyton McGovern ’16 won the
Girls’ 1500-meter once again.
McGovern set a personal record by once again breaking the
five-minute mark. McGovern
currently holds the fastest time
among Merrimack Valley high
school athletes this season.
Camille Little ’16 also continued her success. Little sprinted
to victory in both the 100-meter
and 200-meter dashes for the
second week in a row.
Caroline Shipley ’16 placed
SOFTBALL
Girls Fall 2-1 in
Three Scrimmages
Evelyn Tackett ’15 was part of the 4x400-meter winning team that recorded a time of 4:17.1.
first in the 400-meter for the
second time this season. Shipley
placed second when Andover
raced Exeter on April 19.
Parker Tope ’16 won the
800-meter for the first time this
season and rookie Deyana Marsh
’17 won the 100-meter hurdles.
On the Boys side, the meet
had a dramatic flair. After bolt-
overall, including three pre-season games in Florida.
In three separate two-inning
scrimmages, Andover lost 11-2
Andover
2 and 4-1 and won 3-0.
Victoria Bergeron ’16 and Jen
North Reading
11 Kaplan ’15 added multi-hit games
to the effort, but Andover’s ofAndover
1 fense overall failed to produce
runs, and was outscored by a
North Reading
By Fadzi Gambiza
4 combined 15-6 over six innings.
Co-Captain Ravenne Nasser ’15
pitched well, throwing a shutout
Andover
3 in the third game to converted
Andover
20
catcher Bergeron.
North Reading
0
On the transition to catcher, Taft
10
Mother nature did not cooper- Bergeron said, “The other catchate this week, as Andover Girls ers have been really helpful by
10
Softball’s games — one against teaching me the fundamentals. Andover
Tabor, one against BB&N and two It’s definitely a work in progress,
8
against Phillips Exeter Academy but, each day that I catch, I gain Governor’s
on Saturday and Wednesday, re- confidence and am excited to see
Following last Wednesday’s
spectively — were rained out.
what the rest of the season holds.”
On Thursday, the team renewed
The team will face off against thrilling victory in double overits rivalry against North Reading Worcester at a home game on this time, Andover Girls Lacrosse
High School in its third meeting Saturday.
looked to keep its momentum
of the regular season and sixth
rolling this week, winning 2010 at Taft on Saturday.
Andover displayed its offensive dominance against Taft,
and winning by such a wide
margin was impressive for a
team that had a rough start
(0-3 record) in the beginning of
the season.
Andover was able to get
their offense rolling with goals
from Captain Nekele McCall
’14, Caroline Garrity ’15 and
Olivia Cabral ’14.
Andover came out one step
ahead of Taft from the beginning. It won the face-offs, gathered the loose balls and pushed
the game’s tempo whenever it
saw a fast break opportunity. In
the second half, Andover maintained its dominance.
On Wednesday against
Governor’s Academy, Andover
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was able to hold off a late game
Jen Kaplan ’15 added multiple hits over six innings.
surge to keep their winning
streak going.
McCall and Garrity started the
scoring in the first half to put
Andover on the board early.
McCall nodded two quick goals
and Garrity got one of her own,
but this was all the offensive
production Andover would
be her toughest competition as the see in the first half. The team
By Payton Jancsy
season continues.
trailed 3-4 at halftime.
Ian Whittall ’14 lead the Boys
In the second half however,
Coming down to the deciding team, sprinting his way up the final Andover found its rhythm and
sprint, Co-Captain Zoe Chazen ’14 hill to a fifth-place finish. He finwas head to head with her Gould ished only five seconds behind the
Academy archrival. In the Girls second place finisher with a time of
Group A Cycling race last Wednes- 59:37 on the 20-mile track.
day, Chazen fell to a last minute push
“If Ian had attacked earlier he
from her opponent but still clinched could have finished with an even
second place in the highly competi- better time. We were very passive totive race.
day, we did not do a lot of attacking,”
“To be honest, the race was pret- said Nick Swenson ’15.
ty boring until the final climb. A few
Andover Boys captured four of
girls and I tried to launch multiple the top 15 spots as well in the Boys A
attacks to separate from the pack, Group in its race hosted by Holderbut each attempt failed, so it came ness this Wednesday.
down to the final climb. UnfortuLogan Blaine ’14, Co-Captain Sean
10th
nately I wasn’t able to outsprint Me- Burkitt ’14 and Swenson finished
lissa [Seib, Gould Academy ’15] at the 10th, 13th and 14th, respectively.
top of the climb, but I am hoping to
“All four of us were in the pack for
work more on my sprints as the sea- most of the race, and that is always a
son progresses,” said Chazen.
good sign,” added Swenson.
Chazen beat Seib in last week’s
Andover will race at White Mountime trial and expects that she will tain School on May 7.
By Sam Zager
ing into first place duringr the
100-meter dash, Ryder Stone ’14
saw a silhouette of a St. Paul’s
sprinter in his peripheral vision.
Stone, however, using his 5’10”
and 205-pound build, surged forward in the last ten meters to net
first place for the Andover Boys
Track and Field team last Saturday at Milton.
On the distance Boys events,
Keton Kakkar ’15 won the
800-meter and Ralph Skinner ’16
won the 3000-meter.
After a dominating victory, Andover will head down to Loomis
in order to take on Loomis Chaffee and Northfield Mount Hermon this Saturday.
GIRLSLACROSSE
Mid-Season Turnaround Yields Wins
CYCLING
Chazen and Whittall
Clinch Top 5
Amy Morin ’14 scored in the second half of Andover’s victory over Governor’s.
pulled ahead of Governor’s.
Cabral, Garrity and Amy Morin
’14 each added their own goals,
while McCall notched three
more goals for a total of five for
the game.
With a little less than ten
minutes left in the game Andover found itself up 9-6. With
the game still close enough,
Governor’s picked up their
tempo and searched for some
late game heroics.
With under three minutes left,
Governor’s quickly scored on
two fast break goals bringing
the score dangerously to within
one point.
Garrity put an end to any
hope Governor’s had by rocketing a shot past the goalie’s head
with a couple minutes left,
pulling Andover up 10-8. This
goal completed her hat trick,
and Andover was able to seal
the win.
This Saturday, Andover will
look to continue its winning
streak as it travels to Tabor
Academy.
May 2, 2014
The Phillipian
SPORTS
B3
BASEBALL
Keepers of the Diamond:
The Baseball Mangers
By Victoria Bergeron
L.LUO/THE PHILLIPIAN
Tommy Lane ’15 holds a 1.68 ERA in his last three appearances.
Salvadore, Lane and
Hamel Combine inVictory
By Pranav Tadikonda
Andover
3
Brooks
1
With Andover in need of a
strong ending to an otherwise
well-rounded
performance,
Andy Hamel ’14 toed the rubber
in the bottom of the seventh and
promptly struck out the three batters he faced to give Andover a 3-1
win over Brooks.
In addition to Hamel’s pitching,
Tim Salvadore ’15 and Thomas
Lane ’15 combined for another
strong performance. Lane threw
two scoreless innings, lowering
his Earned Run Average over his
last three appearances to 1.68.
The win was Andover’s first
since April 12, when it defeated nationally ranked DeMatha
Catholic on a walkoff blast up the
middle from Kevin Superko ’14.
Against Brooks, Andover took advantage of a strong pitching per-
They feed the baseball machines. They shag fly balls. They
keep score. They have been
the backbone of two consecutive Central New England Prep
School Baseball League Championship teams.
These standout members of
Andover Baseball are managers
Mikaela Rabb ’14, a three-year
Senior from Nashville, TN; Poonam Kamdar ’14, a three-year
Senior from Andover, Mass.; and
Sarah Eikenberry ’16, a two-year
Lower from Andover, Mass.
“The managers do a lot of
work behind the scenes that is
both recognized and appreciated by all of the guys. They truly are awesome girls,” said Matt
Whalen ’16, who plays middle
infield.
Kamdar, a returning manager,
is the veteran of the group. She
took Eikenberry and Rabb under
her wing at the start of the season and has introduced them to
the world of Andover Baseball.
“I had never seen a baseball
game before this spring. I have
already learned a lot about the
game in general, but it has been
difficult. The players always
laugh when I ask where home
plate is or how to make a baseball diamond,” said Rabb.
Throughout practices, the trio
of managers keep time, chart
pitchers, work the bucket during
batting practice and engage in
numerous other tasks.
“Our role on the team is to help
out in any way that the team sees
fit during practices and games,”
said Rabb.
During games, Eikenberry
works the scoreboard and Kamdar keeps the book.
Rabb films each practice and
game in stunning quality and
refers to herself as “the Steven
Spielberg of filmography.”
Before each home game, the
managers also raise the American flag and the Andover Flag
behind center field.
“The raising of the flags before games has been a big tradition throughout the history of
Andover Baseball, and it is the
manager’s duty to keep it alive,”
said Kamdar.
The trio agreed that team camaraderie and inclusiveness are
the best parts of Andover Baseball.
“All of the guys have really
strong team spirit. They are all
so excited to play and always
very supportive of one another,
which creates a really positive
and fun atmosphere,” said Kamdar.
“[Head] Coach [Kevin] Graber
makes a big effort to ensure that
we feel like a part of the team
and invites us to all of the team
bonding events at his house,”
said Eikenberry.
“My goal for the managers is
to have an exciting, engaging,
fun and active experience at
our practices and games. I want
them to feel like they are a part
of the team. They are always on
the move and are such an important part of what we do. They
are a super important aspect of
the team in my eyes,” said Graber.
formance and plated just enough
runners to grab the win over a 1-8
Brooks team.
Andover’s offense, which has
only scored eight runs in the last
four games, tallied eight hits and
three runs in the first five innings
of the game, giving Hamel a small
cushion before the final inning.
Despite the win, the players still
have their sights set on a greater
goal—more offense. Andover has
been held to three or fewer runs
in its last six games, but the players are looking to buck that trend.
“Our pitchers have been doing a
great job keeping us in games, and
it’s about time we give them some
run support, and soon those close
games will come our way,” said
Payton Jancsy ’16.
“When you let teams that grind
out games hang around, they
sometimes get the confidence
they need to come back, but luckily, our pitchers were able to shut
them down,” he continued.
Andover will play Groton on
Friday and Exeter in a doubleJ.BECKWITH/THE PHILLIPIAN
header on Saturday for a chance Sarah Eikenberry ’16, Poonam Kamdar ’14 and Mikaela Rabb ’14 are the Baseball Managers.
to improve upon its 2-7 record.
Strikeout, Lights Out: Own the Mound
With the help of Andover Varsity Baseball Pitcher Robbie Cerulle ’17 and Catcher Sam Zager ’15, Phillipian Sports Writer
Howard Johnson ’17 brings you the most three commonly thrown pitches so you can up your baseball knowledge as the
season starts to pick up.
Reporting by Howard Johnson ’17. Pictures taken by Darian Bhathena ’16.
Fastball
“If you can throw your fastball hard and place
it well, it will be your primary pitch,” said Cerulle. There are two different ways to grip a fastball:
4-seam and 2-seam. In a 2-seam fastball, you grip
along the horseshoe, whereas, in a 4-seam fastball, you place your fingers across the horseshoe.
The 4-seam fastball is your fastest pitch that you
should be able to use in any count. The 2-seam is
an effective complement that compensates for a
slight loss in velocity with increased movement,
making it more deceptive and effective for pitchers with only average arm strength.
Curveball
The 12-6 curveball grip is similar to that of a
2-seam fastball, but your fingers should be directly next to eachother. When throwing the ball,
you want to make a backwards “C” with your
hand and snap your wrist towards the ground
on release to generate a tight, downward spin.
Staying on top of the ball is crucial to throwing
a good curveball in order to get good consistent
break. The tight spin will create a sharp and late
break that makes it extremely difficult to hit.
With practice, your curve soon will be dropping
into the box and baffling batters.
Circle Change-Up
To throw a change-up, make a circle with
your thumb and pointer finger, centering the
baseball between your other free fingers and
nestling it against your circle. Repeating the
same arm action and arm speed is the most
critical aspect of the change-up. The idea is
to fool the hitter with a pitch that looks identical to your fastball coming out of your hand
but is in fact slower and will drop off the table
as it reaches the plate.
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SPORTS
May 2, 2014
The Phillipian
Photo of the Week
GIRLSCREW
Redemption
on the
Merrimack
By Savannah Mastrangelo
Captian Nekele McCall ’14 is Andover Girls Lacrosse’s leading scorer.
BOYSVOLLEYBALL
Andover Falls to First-Year Exeter Team
By Viraj Kumar
Andover
3
Wilbraham
1
Andover
0
Exeter
3
In the absence of star player
and Co-Captain Alex Tamkin
’14, Andover Boys Volleyball
disappointed against a newly-formed Exeter team.
In a double header last Saturday against Wilbraham and
Exeter, Exeter was the dominant force, despite that this is
its first year on the volleyball
circuit.
“We came out in the first
game tired, and we lacked energy. Throughout the day we
played more slowly than we are
used to,” said Thayer Anderson
’15.
“This week we were missing
our top player, [Tamkin], so
while we tried to be aggressive,
we knew that one of our key
pieces offensively was missing.
We played a sound, offensive
game. Unfortunately, we did
not do as well as we would have
hoped,” said Oli Chernyk ’15.
Against Wilbraham, Andover
secured a 3-1 victory.
Andover trailed slightly in the
beginning at 10-12, but eventually found itself up 24-20. The
team had slight difficulty capitalizing on the set point, dropping four consecutive points
before winning the set 26-24.
In the second set Andover
was once again trailing, but
Kade Call ’14 and Andra Gusman ’14 served the team to a 2520 victory.
After losing the third set 2521, Andover looked to rebound
in the fourth as it quickly
sprung to a 12-3 lead. Wilbraham was unable to reach Andover in time, and Andover took
the fourth set by a commanding ten points, along with the
match.
Exeter and Wilbraham played
out their game immediately after, putting a halt to any of Andover’s momentum and leading
to a slow start its match against
Exeter. Exeter beat Wilbraham
3-1.
“I think that after the first
match, the window between
the two definitely caused us to
come out very poorly against
Exeter, and is probably a lot
of the reason why the match
slipped away from us,” said Anderson.
Careless mistakes and miscommunication saw the score
jump to 9-16 in the first set.
Suffering from the long break,
Andover let the first game slip
away 16-25.
A small 5-3 lead in the second
set looked promising for Andover, but it was quickly swept
away 7-9 to 9-16. Exeter’s strong
game kept Andover from regaining the lead, and the score
once again mounted to 16-25.
Chernyk said, “Anytime that
you are not playing your best
volleyball, morale can sink, and
it’s on us to fight that, and keep
playing,”
With the match on the line
Andover surged back against
Andover’s G1 exploded out of
the starting line and gained speed
as it slowly pulled away from an
overmatched Boston Latin crew.
Crossing the finish line a whole 24
seconds before its opponents, G1
dominated the race. The resounding victory was no surprise, as G1
had also beat Boston Latin by 24
seconds in the preceding race.
G2 and G3 raced against Boston
Latin’s second boat in the second
heat. G3 came out on top, inching past G2 by a mere 1.4 seconds.
Boston Latin was left in the water
as it finished over 20 seconds after
Andover’s boats.
During the rematch with Boston Latin on Saturday, Elizabeth
Kemp ’15 cited Andover’s experience as a key factor. Kemp said,
“We were together as a boat for
another week, which really helped
us find our rhythm and swing together.”
“We tried to take ‘non sibi’ to
heart this week, and I think that
our motto especially applies to
crew. We’re all working for each
other and for the team — giving it
everything we have,” she added.
Now that the team has improved its sprint, it has been focusing on the body of the race.
Consistently throughout the race
will be crucial in the team’s upcoming matchup against St. Paul’s
this Saturday.
On the improvement, Kemp
noted that there is still work to be
done. “This week, we are working
on going high with our strokes per
minute while still feeling the boat
run underneath us with full pressure,” she said.
Amanda Krakauer ’15 added,
“Our team is getting a lot better.
We just had our five-minute erg
test, and our scores are getting
significantly higher. Basically our
main goal for our next race is simple: to be faster.”
The team knows that it will face
teams much more competitive
than Boston Latin in the final half
of the season.
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Alex Kwon ’14 helped serve Andover to victory over Wilbraham.
Exeter. Although the team still polished, and we were able to
lost 22-25, Andover was able to take advantage of that. Exeter
perform closer to its standards played with a lot of energy; they
in the final set.
played like they wanted to win,”
“At times I felt that our en- said Chernyk.
ergy level was abysmal, and we
Andover will face Choate and
need to pick that up. Though NMH at home on Saturday.
Wilbraham had a pretty athletic
team, their skills were very un-
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GOLF
Hot Streak Cools Down at Newport
By Cam Kerry
At the Newport Invitational
last weekend, Andover Golf tied
for fourth out of nine teams
with archrivals Exeter and
Loomis.
Seven points separated Andover and the two second place
winners, Tabor and Taft. Andover overtook Tabor (7-5) in its
first match of the season, but
was unable to replicate the success at Newport.
After taking 5th, 5th and 4th
in 2010, 2011 and 2012 respectively, Andover took second last
year. Deerfield took the honors
in 2013 and once again this year.
Hotchkiss and Salisbury were
also in attendance, finishing in
the last two places of the tournament.
Tyler Tsay ’15 paced the team,
shooting a 76, three points off of
the winning score. During last
year’s invitational, Tsay boasted
an impressive score of 74.
Ellie Blum ’15 and Alexa Tsay
’17 rounded out the top three,
coming in with a 85 and 80, respectively.
“It was a really nice course.
It was in superb condition,
especially for the weather at
the time, which was cold and
windy,” said David Todd ’16,
who shot an 89 while playing in
the Number Five spot. “Overall, it is a great opportunity to
play against some schools that
we don’t always get to play
against.”
Rob Devaney ’14 continued
his solid play, hitting an 80.
Captain Kavan Canekeratne
’14 previously described the renowned Rhode Island course as
the hardest the team will face
this season. The site was the
host of the first ever U.S. Open
and U.S. Amateur Open in 1895,
but, for all its prestige, it is not
the most favorable to play on.
Located on the water, the
course is subject to interfering
wind and the conditions of the
day added some difficulty.
“It was a difficult day, a little
misty, but the scoring conditions were good. Tyler [Tsay]
and Alexa [Tsay] played well,
but Deerfield was a little too
tough,” said Coach Brian Faulk.
“We are going to have our hands
full this weekend. The Deerfield match is obviously a big
match. I’m looking for our best
effort of the season. We can do
it; they are beatable.”
The team has matches versus
Dexter Southfield and Deerfield. Deerfield defeated Andover 9-3 last season, one of the
team’s two losses. Andover’s
match on Wednesday versus St.
Mark’s was canceled due to predicted rain.
May 2, 2014
The Phillipian
SPORTS
BOYSTENNIS
FIT
Underclassmen take
Doubles Title
At Tournament
Building Movements:
By Isabella Haegg
With a match point ahead of him,
Junior phenomenon William Way
’17 stepped up to the baseline and
fired off an ace to clinch the match,
claiming the doubles title in the
number two bracket at the New-England Mid-Atlantic Invitational
Tournament.
Way and partner Jonathan Jow
’16 took the only titles for Andover
Boys Tennis in the tournament. The
duo won two super-tiebreakers on
the way to the top, one in the semi-finals and the other in the finals.
“Way and Jow had a very effective
strategy going. Way used his power
to keep his opponents glued to the
baseline, so Jow could finish off
with the easy volley,” said Co-Captain James Heaney ’14.
Andover Boys Tennis endured
the 12-hour trek to Baltimore, MD,
to compete at NEMA this weekend.
The team ultimately placed fourth
amongst 12 of the region’s top teams
after finishing in second-place last
year.
“We met or exceeded our expectations at NEMA. Our performance
was very close to being as good
as last year’s second-place finish,
where we also had lots of players playing on the last day,” wrote
Coach Gregory Wilkin in an email
to The Phillipian.
The tournament had a different
format than what the team is used
to playing. No players were allowed
to overlap for singles and doubles,
altering Andover’s lineup.
Heaney played number one singles, followed by Christopher Kralik ’16 at number two singles and
Michael Huang ’15 at number three
singles.
Co-Captain Henry Kalb ’14 and a
healed Dan Wang ’14 joined forces
for number one doubles. The pair
fell just short of the title after losing
10-8 in a third set super tiebreaker
against the top seeded team in the
finals.
Andover faced more of a challenge in the singles brackets.
“We were a little banged up going
in this year, with some sore backs
and arms and ankle injuries, but the
boys fought hard and played well,
using their strengths very intelligently,” said Wilkin.
Heaney took on the most skilled
opponents thus far in the season. He
faced five and four-star competitors,
according to “tennisrecruiting.com.”
“In my singles matches, I tried to
grind really hard, which did bother
my opponents somewhat, but ultimately I probably should have been
more aggressive to overcome their
power,” said Heaney.
Kralik had a close loss to the top
seed in the number two singles
bracket. He avenged this loss with a
streak of success in the consolation
rounds.
Huang also lost a close match to
a player from Balitmore’s Gilman
School, who would go on to win the
tournament. He recovered quickly
and was able to secure wins in the
consolation bracket as well, thanks
to his weapon of a forehand.
Closer to home, but without Kalb
in the singles lineup, Andover fell
4-3 to Exeter last Wednesday.
Wins from Heaney, Kralik, Kalb
and Huang gave Andover the doubles point, but the team could not
continue the momentum in singles.
On the other courts, the players
struggled with keeping their focus
during the entire match.
“We played poorly and didn’t take
advantage of our opportunities. We
could have made better use of the
wind and won more deuce points,”
said Heaney.
With this in mind, the team will
focus on match play and consistency in practice as it prepares to take
on St. Paul’s this Monday.
Wilkin apart from other coaches.
“He encourages us to be aggressive at the net in doubles,
which was something I never did
before coming to Andover,” said
Co-Captain James Heaney ’14, a
four-year varsity team member.
During practice, Wilkin emphasizes serves, volleys and
overheads, promoting a fastpaced game where players can
hit with power and confidence.
Wilkin also provides invaluable knowledge of Andover’s
opponents’ strengths and weaknesses thanks to his many years
of experience.
When it comes time for com-
By Andreas Tonckens
Lacrosse
Austin Gaiss - Notre Dame 2018
The Andover native is headed to
South Bend for the 2015 school year
after a four-year Varsity career as
an attackman for Andover Boys Lacrosse.
Nekele McCall - Harvard 2018
E.KAUFMANN-LADUC/THE PHILLIPIAN
Chris Collins coached at Groton and Belmont Hill before coming to Andover.
By Peter Hahn
If you stroll into Borden Gym
anytime between 3 p.m. and 6
p.m., odds are that you will see a
group of students exercising under the tutelage of Chris Collins,
the Instructor for Fundamentals
in Training (FIT).
With impeccable posture and
a muscular six-foot frame, Collins
came to Andover after working as
a coach at Groton and Belmont
Hill. He holds a degree in Exercise Science Physiology from
Bridgewater State University.
The afternoon class Collins
teaches at Andover, FIT, is a
group workout that he designed
for students to improve their fitness over the course of a term.
“It doesn’t matter to me
whether they are Varsity athletes
or beginners. What matters to me
is that they are willing and want
The team has amassed a
strong and loyal alumni network,
with players coming in from all
over the map for tennis reunions
and to support the current team.
“This is one of the keys to continuing the high level of achievement. [Our alumni] help spread
the word and get terrific scholar/athletes to come here,” said
Wilkin.
To even those who have never picked up a racket, Wilkin has
one last piece of advice he instills in his Varsity players:
“My theory… is that it’s never
too late to learn something new
in the game.”
to learn, improve and do things.
You see improvements if people
genuinely want to do things,” said
Collins.
Collins stressed that each student’s progress is completely in
his or her own hands. “There has
to be an effort from both sides. It’s
the idea that maybe you can’t do
a certain exercise right now, but
hopefully if we work together,
they can get there,” said Collins.
“I look at a training and I want
it to be purposeful, thoughtful
and, most importantly, adaptable.
I only have a certain amount of
space, a certain amount of time,
and a certain amount of equipment to design something that
meets all those criteria,” he continued.
When he first started working at Andover, Collins separated each new FIT class into three
groups based on ability. “I used a
quick test, a movement screen of
sorts. And each group would work
on what pertained to them based
on what I saw,” said Collins.
The program functions differently now, however.
“Now things are a lot more generic, so [there is] no separation
into groups. I think this is due
to the fact that there are similar
dysfunctions. I’m looking for improvements in more basic movement patterns now,” said Collins.
Collins said this shift in organization is not necessarily due to a
decrease in student fitness.
“I wouldn’t say it’s a decline in
ability, but there are less efficient
movements now. I think it’s because people don’t do it as often,
we are more sedentary in general
now. There isn’t nearly as much of
a need to run, lift or walk as much
as we used to. At the end of each
session, I want people to be able
to perform a movement, and I
want to see that it is efficient,” he
said.
The offensive anchor of the
Girls Lacrosse team, McCall will
take her talents to Cambridge next
year as she figures to be an crucial
piece on the Crimson Squad.
William Young - Notre Dame
2018
Will Young, the defensive backbone of Andover Boys Lacrosse, is
joining teammate Gaiss at Notre
Dame for four more years on the
turf.
Crew
Colby Fagan - University of Virginia 2018
The Co-Captain of the Girls
Crew team, Fagan will continue
her decorated rowing career as a
Cavalier in Charlottesville, VA, at
the University of Virginia.
Softball
Kasey Hartung - Bates 2018
Captain Fagan will cap off her
successful Andover career (three
Big East Championships) and move
on to the diamond at Bates College
in Lewiston, ME, next year.
Baseball
Andrew Hamel - Stevenson 2018
Once the gem of the rival Central Catholic pitching staff, Hamel
will go from anchor of the Andover rotation directly to the Stevenson University diamond next
year.
Chris Hohlstein - Davidson 2018
The three-year Varsity infielder
and current Captain is shipping
down to Davidson College to play
Division I baseball close to home
in North Carolina.
Kevin Superko - Georgetown
2018
The
Post-Graduate
from
Wellesley, Mass., is moving on to
play baseball at Georgetown University in Washington DC, meeting up with Andover grad Curtis
Pomeroy ’12.
BOYSCREW
B2 Continues Undefeated Streak as B1 Struggles
By Victoria Bergeron
Track
Jonathan Arone - University of
Chicago 2018
Indoor Track Co-Captain Jonathan Arone is headed all the way
out to the Windy City to run track
for the University of Chicago next
year.
Andover Boys Crew B2 raced past
Boston College High in 4:56.9 to extend its winning streak to four races.
The boat beat BC High, the reigning
Second-Boat New England Champions, by six seconds. Andover also
defeated Brunswick and Salisbury
last Saturday on the Merrimack River.
“It was the boat’s best race of the
season and the best race of my Andover career so far. We all locked in
together perfectly and produced an
insane amount of power. We were
really proud of our performance,”
said Jake Taylor ’16.
B2 Seniors Cooper Hurley ’14,
Scott Simpson ’14 and Andrew
Vallejos ’14 spearheaded the victory, accompanied by Jack Lane ’15,
Dylan Norris ’16, Jake Taylor ’16,
Nick Faulkner ’16 and Alex Cao ’16.
The coxswain was Christina Schoeller ’16.
B1, however, fell for its third
straight week. The team finished
less than two seconds behind a
speedy Brunswick team. Andover
Spring
Sports
Recruits
PHILLIPIAN SPORTS SENIOR ASSOCIATE
The Mastermind Behind Tennis Stars
petition, Wilkin is a very supportive figure whatever the circumstance.
“[Wilkin] is always very positive, and he rarely gets frustrated
with us even when we are off of
our games. He always believes
we can win, no matter the score,”
said Co-Captain Henry Kalb ’14.
Under Wilkin’s leadership,
the Andover tennis program
has birthed such players as Trey
Meyer ’09, Captain of the 2013
DIII NCAA Championship-winning Williams College team, and
Moustapha Diop ’89 and Ousmane Diop ’90, Senegalese Davis
Cup doubles players and Hall of
Fame inductees at Oberlin College.
COMMITTED
The FIT Program at Andover
COACHFEATURE
Continued from B1, Column 3
B5
Matt Fischetti - Johns Hopkins
University 2018
Track Captain Matt Fischetti
will keep on running all the way
to Division III Johns Hopkins
University where he will look to
showcase his versatility on the
track for his college career.
Golf
Kavan Canekeratne - University
of California San Diego 2018
The four-year Senior and one
constant
on the golf team over
B1 will look to break its three-meet losing streak against St. Paul’s and CRI.
the last four years announced
lost momentum in the final stretch sprinting drills this week to improve Nico Robertson ’15, Rome Arnold ’14 his commitment to UCSD this
of the race after starting its sprint at its 1-3 record, said Sevastopoulo.
and JS Dackiw ’14.
past Wednesday as he figures to
the 500-meter mark.
B1 was led by coxswain Jake Rauh
Andover will race against St. help contribute to the team in his
Marc Sevastopoulo ’15 said that ’14 and pulled a 4:49.1.The rowers on Paul’s and Community Rowing In- freshman year.
B1 lacked physical endurance and B1 included Rob Irvin ’15, Ben Haw- corporation (CRI) this Saturday at
sprinting ability during the race. ley ’15, Sevastopoulo, Captain Grant St. Paul’s.
The team will conduct rigorous Bitler ’14, Chandler Washburn ’16,
L.XUAN/THE PHILLIPIAN
B6
THE Phillip-ESPN
FEAT.SPORTS
Not April, 2014
Spring Sports
Tennigolf
BY ALEX
LEIBOVITZ
G.RU/THE PHILLIPIAN
The minions throw shade on some local sk8r boyz.
Roller Derby
BY ALEX DZIADOSZ
You know spring has arrived when every guy who
has ever held a lacrosse
stick grows his hair down
to his shoulders. While they
start looking like chicks, I’m
wheeling actual babes like
crazy. How you may ask?
Three words, amigo: Roller Derby Champion. Every
spring term the school holds
a ruthless roller derby around
campus. We are talking high
speed rollerblading at its finest. Me, I’ve been training for
years, I am the son of the great
Blades Stingleson so I have a
reputation to live up to, and
no hot blonde can resist the
defending champ, yours truly.
The course starts at the bell
tower and bombs down Main
Street. Guys are tossing bows
left in right; it’s a bloodbath.
I was lucky to just come out
alive last year and as I made
that final turn and strolled in
front of Paresky Commons,
with the breeze in my hair and
gliding up my spandex suit, I
felt like a goddess. Some say
rollerblading isn’t a real man’s
sport; tell that to my Victoria’s
Convent model girlfriend.
You think you have
swag? Then read no further, you have found your
kind of sport: tennigolf is
the essence of swag.
For starters, tennigolf
is super challenging, so
anyone who plays it (i.e.,
me) has bragging rights.
Anyone can hit a golf ball
with a tennis racquet, but
it takes true skill to hit a
tennis ball with a golf club.
That’s probably why we
don’t have Varsity jackets:
we’ve surpassed jackets
and moved into monogrammed seersucker suits.
BY JAMES FLYNN
With more free time to
play games, the students at
Andover are beginning to
play “Slap the Cell Phone,”
that classic 1900s game.
The game older than
sliced bread involves two
players: the Slapper and
the unsuspecting Slappee. The Slapper takes his
cocked, rigid hand and
swings it at speeds up to
100 mph. This momentum
knocks the phone out of
the hands of the poor Slappee, who is warned only
by the Slapper’s war cry,
“Slap Phone!” Even teachers get involved in the
fun. Mr. Englishteacher,
Instructor in Mathemat-
TOP TEN
Ways to Get Out of Sports
9. Organize a strike,
and only stop when
the LAX team gets a
bagpiper. #Deerfield
8. Actually get injured.
7. Tell the department,
“I would prefer not to.”
#Bartleby
6. Do a rain dance.
5. Pretend you are in
‘Theatre,’ which is
apparently a sport...
4. “My pinky hurts.”
BY CHIRAAG
GOHEL
Spike ball is a game
played with two teams
of two players (known to
themselves as “Spikers” and
by others as “Try Hards”).
The game is played as each
team attempts to smack a
ball onto a small net. This
can be done either by passing the ball to a teammate
or by dramatically diving
for incredibly easy shots in
order to impress the single spectator. The game is
meant to be played during
the springtime, specifically
during cut classes and then
during the classes you cut
after that.
This year’s Varsity Spike
Ball team will be led by
none other than Onliewares
Tanks ’14, a Post-Graduate
spike ball recruit who has
descended from many of
the spiking legends of past
generations. Some say he
even descended from the
first legendary spiker himself: Broseidon.
However, the season is
off to a slow start. During
practices and games, faculty and students have occasionally mistaken the spike
net for a mini trampoline
and have then proceeded
to jump and break the net,
therefore killing all and any
spike vibes for the coaches,
the player and the single fan
watching. Shame on you for
killing the spike vibe.
Slappin’ da Cell
FEATURES PRESENTS
10. Fake an injury.
Speaking of suits, you
can always pick out a tennigolfer because they are
easily the most stylish kids
on campus. They combine
all the cultured elegance of
golf attire with all the pretentious tennis chic.
If you are not yet sold,
just wait for a tennigolf fun
fact. You wouldn’t guess
it, but most tennigolfers
can actually lift over 60
pounds with their pinky
toes. No other sport gives
you that kind of foot definition.
That being said, if
you’re interested in tennigolf, you might want
to start lifting with your
swag-muscle first. The
workout is intense.
Spike Ball
ics, shared some insight
about his experience with
the game. He said, “I went
down to the lawn, and noticed some foolish Juniors
gripping their phones
loosely. There they were,
gabbering away, completely unaware of my slow yet
steady pace behind. I waited for my chance patiently, and then boom, one of
them sneezed. I seized
the moment and slapped
R.ECTENNISDUO/THE PHILLIPIAN
four phones down in one A local pick-up spike ball game in the “lib.”
swing! Their tears over
their cracked screens,
hopefully of laughter, really brightened my day.”
cuse me… Ultimate “Disc.”
Although screen replaceBY
TIFFANY
If this isn’t you, then
ment bills are increasing
you
might be stuck as an
by the day, “Slap the Cell
BAUMAN
“Ultimate
loser.” Little
Phone” has taken the camLet’s
be
honest
here:
Timmy
’17,
who
can throw
pus by storm.
frisbee on its own is only shade but not a disc, bitfun 40 percent of the time. terly commented on the
The rest of the time it’s Frisbee tryouts last week,
either way too windy, or “Just because you put the
the person you are play- word ‘ultimate’ in front of
ing with applied way too it doesn’t make it a sport.
much cocoa butter lo- Have you ever heard of
tion. Frisbee is the sport ‘Ultimate
Underwater
designed for those kids Basketweaving?’ No, you
with athletic potential, haven’t. Frisbee shouldn’t
but whose parents forgot be a sport. My dog can
to put them in sports as a do it.” Features reportchild.
ers have since learnt that
If you can manage the Timmy was recently cut
“whip” and “snap” with- from JV3 Ultimate and
out looking like a wannabe was forced him to join the
Miley, then Ultimate Fris- 5 p.m. FIT class all by his
bee is your calling. Oh, ex- lonesome.
Frisbee
C.ELLULITES/THE PHILLIPIAN
Uppers take a break from work to slap da cells.
Badminton
BY SASHA NEWTON
Did I just hear somebody say, “what is badminton?” Well, I was about to
explain it, so it’s funny
that you should ask!
The sport of badminton is notorious for its
unique footwork and diverse players. First described in the book “Shuttlecock Volleys on the
Forecourt” by B.A. Khand,
this silly racket sport requires players to prance
lightly on the court, not
unlike the Cupid Shuffle.
Imagine a ballerina-esque athlete leaping into
the arms of a lover. If this
doesn’t paint a clear portrait, think about the form
of a jackrabbit jumping
with a racket in hand.
Now imagine a combination: bingo. Where did
this silly, silly goose of a
sport acquire its unique
name? Historians have
long debated its origins,
but to date the most reasonable theories are either
1) from English mint,
whose essential oils were
used in the first-made English rackets or
2) a background in
Nordic countries where
players used broken mittens as racket covers.
3. Contract Swine Flu.
2. ’Tis not merely a
flesh wound!
1. Stakeout with
Features.
L.OCALSTRIPPER/THE PHILLIPIAN
Rob and all of his friends playing badminton together!
T.EETHEDEEDOWNTHEWELL/THE PHILLIPIAN
The “Ultimate Disc.”
Four Square
BY PAYTON JANCSY
When you have six
hours of homework on a
beautiful Sunday afternoon, what better way to
spend it than at the library.
. . terrace playing four
square.
In a way, the game is
similar to the evolutionary
concept of “Survival of the
Fittest”: each square carries its own stigma, stereotype and microaggression.
Starting from the bottom, the last quadrant contains the remnants of each
and every single pair of recessive gene ever found at
Andover. It is famous for
not having changed since
the game’s invention: this
is where you find the giggly
girls, the introspective in-
tramural players, the nerdy
nerds, the dweeby dweebs.
The second square
contains the JVers, some
of whom spill into the
so-close-yet-so-far
third
square. If you can get this
far, now you’re in for the
real challenge: the hunks.
The players residing
the top square generally
consist of the D1 bound,
2.5 GPA handsome young
athletes. These so-called
“jocks” quickly rise on the
ladder, and are a pain to
play with, literally. Their
hits are painful, even on an
emotional level. It sucks
when the top squarers play
for too long and tears are
shed. Click below to take
an online “What Square Do
YOU Belong In?” quiz and
share it to annoy all of your
Facebook friends!

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