Andover Students Assist Election Efforts of Bush `64

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Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts
Volume CXXVII, Number 20
October 29, 2004
Trustees’Weekend Yields
Approved Strategic Plan
KERRY ’95 SPEAKS TO
PHILLIPIANABOUT LIFE
ON CAMPAIGN TRAIL
School to Pursue Need-Blind Admissions
And a More Flexible Academic Program
By ELISSA HARWOOD
By DANIEL GABEL
After
her
speech
on
Wednesday, The Phillipian spoke
to Vanessa Kerry ’95 in route to
New Hampshire to continue campaigning for her father, Senator
John Kerry.
What do you think the role of
teachers should be in involving
students in politics?
I personally feel that teachers
should encourage students to get
involved at some level, whether it
is in politics or in their communities. Students are influenced by
the people they admire and
respect, and especially at a place
like Phillips, that includes teachers.
Is it okay for teachers to discuss their own political views?
If teachers are asked directly,
they should always answer honestly. Otherwise they should try
to stay impartial.
How was your experience at
PA affected by being a senator's
daughter?
My parents always raised me
with the idea that you can make
your own choices but at the end
of the day, you need to take
responsibility for those choices.
There was no need to rebel - I just
made choices based on who I was
and what I wanted to do. I actually felt the most room at
Andover - nobody really cared
about that stuff.
What issue was most important to you in 1995 and what
issue is most important to you
now?
In 1995, I was probably most
ardent about the environment, but
now it’s global health, which is
related because the environment
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Vanessa Kerry ’95 speaks to Kaitlin Alsofrom ’05 amidst the post-All-School-Meeting flurry of
students and photographers.
Vanessa Kerry ’95 Encourages
Student Involvement in Politics
By MEGAN EVANS
After speaking to millions of
viewers at the Democratic National
Convention and the MTV Video
Music Awards, Vanessa Kerry '95,
daughter of Democratic Presidential
Nominee John Kerry, spoke to an
audience of 1,200 at Phillips
Academy, discussing her experiences with her father's campaign.
Ms. Kerry's message was centered on a lesson she learned from
her two years of involvement in one
of the most heated elections in history: young people of America can
make a difference in the political
process.
“Your future is on the line, and
KHRUSCHEVSPEAKS ON
CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS
By ELIZA HARTRICH
Dr. Sergei N. Khrushchev, son
of the late Soviet premier Nikita
Khrushchev, provided the Russian
perspective on the Cuban Missile
Crisis when he spoke at Andover
last Monday. He called the Crisis
the “most significant and most
dangerous event of the Cold War.”
The Cuban Missile Crisis was
the seminal event of the Cold War.
The Democratic US and communist Russia battled for world
supremacy.
Dr. Khrushchev, a Senior
Fellow at the Watson Institute for
International Studies at Brown
University, discussed the facts and
myths of the Cuban Missile Crisis.
It began with the 1959 communist revolution in Cuba, during
which Fidel Castro seized power.
Dr. Khrushchev said his father,
Secretary General of the Russian
Communist Party from 1955 to
1964 and consequently lead policy
maker for the USSR, knew nothing of Castro or the revolution; he
did not even know whether Castro
favored the Americans or the
Soviets, until Castro, fearing US
invasion, asked the Soviet Union
for protection.
In his late 20s Dr. Khrushchev
lived and worked with his father,
B. Kaiser/The Phillipian
Sergei Khrushchev spoke on
the Cuban Missile Crisis at
the Cochran Chapel Monday.
SECTIONS:
The Phillips Academy Board
of
Trustees
unanimously
approved the recommendations
of the Strategic Planning
Committee during their annual
Fall Term meeting last weekend.
The product of 18 months of
planning by a committee of students, faculty, administrators,
and trustees, the new Strategic
Plan enumerates the Academy's
goals for upcoming years and
calls for a reaffirmation of
Andover's mission to educate
“youth from every quarter.”
The version of the plan
passed by the trustees during last
Saturday's
meeting
nearly
matches the original draft presented to them by the 13-person
committee. Among other objectives, it calls for the Academy to
pursue a need-blind admissions
policy, an increased rate of faculty compensation, and a more
flexible academic program.
“[The trustees] strengthened
the language to reinforce the
goal of admitting students without regard to financial need and
also added language to underscore the need for additional
funds to support the strategic
goal,” said Phillips Academy
Trustee and committee Co-Chair
Sandy Urie '70.
Ms. Urie said that the plan
will not cause any marked
change in the direction of the
Academy, but will seek to bring
a renewed focus to the school's
core values.
The Strategic Plan describes
its central aim as “to reaffirm the
mission of Phillips Academy to
be a school that educates outstanding youth from every quarter by effectively challenging
them to develop their potential
and to depart as thoughtful, versatile, responsible participants in
the global community.”
The full details of the plan
will not be available to the community until sometime next
observing first-hand his father's
thought process as the Soviet premier decided how to protect Cuba
without antagonizing the United
States.
Cuba declared itself a formal
ally of the Soviet Union, and
Khrushchev feared that if the
USSR showed itself unable to protect its ally, other potential allies
would flock to the proven protection of the United Sates.
Khrushchev eventually decided to station nuclear missiles in
Cuba, saying, “we will support
[the Cubans], but we will distance
ourselves from them.”
The United States was outraged at the presence of Soviet
missiles so near its own coast, and
demanded that the Soviets remove
them. Both sides threatened each
other with nuclear war, but neither
would yield. The tension reached
its peak in October 1962.
According to Dr. Khrushchev,
the Soviets had no intention to
begin a nuclear war. The USSR
did not have an adequate military
to defend Cuba and the United
States refused to listen to their
diplomatic appeals, leaving empty
threats as their only recourse.
These threats sent the United
States into an unprecedented hysteria, while the Russians remained
relatively unfazed. Russia, as Dr.
Khrushchev described it, has
always harbored an “enemy at the
gates” mentality.
The Russians did not consider
their new enemies, the Americans,
any more menacing than the ones
they had defeated in the past. The
Cuban Missile Crisis was, in Dr.
Khrushchev's words, “a headache
to the politicians, not the people.”
After 13 days of tense negotiations, the Soviet Union agreed to
remove the missiles from Cuba
and the United States agreed to
remove their own missiles from
Turkey and Italy. Both President
Kennedy and Premier Khrushchev
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whatever your political affiliations,
be involved, and you can affect a
change.”
She continued, “I took the risk
to be part of something incredible
and I fought for something I
believed in.”
However, she said that she is
“always under scrutiny” and has
had to learn a lot about politics. She
regaled students with humorous
anecdotes about gradually learning
the sign language associated with
power politics.
In response to an audience
question about the influence of
youth on the outcome of the election, Ms. Kerry cited the 1960 and
the 1992 election, in which young
people turned out in great numbers
and therefore made a great impact
in the election.
“It matters enormously that you
get involved because you can
change it; the energy, the activism,
the idealism of our generation… it's
incredible. Young people can
absolutely change the face of the
election. If you see the numbers on
Election Day, I fully believe we'll be
responsible for changing our leadership,” she said.
When asked why she got
involved in her father's campaign,
she said, “Everything I cared about
was at stake in this election and I
had a unique opportunity that I had
to take.”
Ms. Kerry took time off from
attending medical school at Harvard
to campaign for her father.
“My job is to be a surrogate…
pass his policies as well as show
him in the light of a dad,” she said.
However, this position in the
media spotlight has not prevented
her from carrying her own opinions.
She expressed disagreement with
her father's stance on gay marriage,
as she supports equal recognition
for all wanting to be wed.
Ms. Kerry opted not to share her
own opinion about whether or not
the war in Iraq was justified, quickly transitioning to Senator Kerry's
plans for the country still entangled
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Campaign Diary: Andover Students Assist
Election Efforts of Bush ’64, Kerry Campaigns
By GRACE HA
Canvassing
in
New
Hampshire, debating over the
radio waves, and selling campus
political magazines - Phillips
Academy students are gearing
up for an exciting election.
Clubs and organizations
across campus, ranging from the
Center for Global Justice, to
Frontline and Oxfam, have hosted forums to present all the different sides of hot election
issues.
Publications of “Frontline”
and “Point Counterpoint,” two
of Andover's political magazines, were released this week.
WPAA is airing political
radio shows every Friday night,
and the Young Republicans and
Young Democrats are hoping
that their last minute efforts will
help their respective candidates
on Election Day.
Young
Andover's
Republicans went canvassing in
New Hampshire last Sunday,
targeting undecided voters in the
nearby swing state.
The Young Democrats had
plans to visit New Hampshire
two weeks ago, but were unable
to go due to transportation
glitches.
For the Young Republicans,
however, transportation was not
a problem.
The trip was organized by
Nat Lavin ’07 in cooperation
with Bush’s presidential campaign.
Eager for the support, the
campaign sent an entire bus to
Courtesy of Andover Young Republications
Nat Lavin ’07 takes a break from canvassing homes in New
Hampshire this past Sunday.
help transport Andover students to convince undecided voters to
to New Hampshire.
join the Bush camp.
“We went door-to-door, askIshani Vellodi '06 explained,
ing residents if they were regis- “New Hampshire's really up for
tered, for whom they were going grabs, especially near the border
to vote, and if rides to the polls area with Massachusetts.”
were needed on Election Day,”
She continued, “I and my
said Nick Smith Wang '05, chair partner took 45 to 50 [random]
of the Young Republicans Club. doors, and eight to nine were
The Young Republicans tried undecided.”
SPORTS
FEATURES
International
Club’s
Food Bazaar featured
delicious treats from cultures around the world.
p.5
Flagstaff: The Remix
scored its first goal as cluster competition continued
this week. WQN leads in
the standings. p.12
Nate Scott ’05 is a “target” for the fashion police
in his favorite Halloween
costume. p. 8
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Arts: 4-5
While the Democrats may
not have made it up to New
Hampshire, they found ways to
show their support for John
Kerry without leaving the
Phillips Academy campus.
Thursday night, Young
Democrats Club met and
watched "Going Upriver: The
Long War of John Kerry," a documentary about John Kerry's
experiences both during and
after the Vietnam War.
The Young Democrats also
plan to host an election night
event, according to Head of the
Young Democrats Club Kevin
McCarthy.
For those members of the
student body that do not yet
identify with either party, campus clubs offer a variety of
opportunities to hear both sides
of the debate.
Every Friday night, WPAA
airs political radio shows
Situation Room and Partisan
Rapport 9:00 pm to 10:00 pm
and 11:00 pm to 12:00 pm,
respectively.
Situation Room, hosted by
John Gwin '07, Prateek Kumar
'07, and Pete Smith '07, holds
political debates, sometimes
including faculty guest speakers.
Partisan Rapport has four
hosts: Geoff Miller '05, Cassie
Tognoni '05, Elliot Beck '05 and
Nick Smith-Wang '05.
“Two conservatives, two liberals. Something's bound to happen,” the show's website brags.
Andover's first political
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News: 1, 6-7
week, when the plan, accompanied by an introductory letter
from Head of School Barbara
Landis Chase, will be posted on
the Phillips Academy website.
“The approval of the
Strategic Plan launches a time of
great promise,” Ms. Chase said
in
a
statement
to
the
Communications department.
“Building on the success of campaign Andover, we are able to
enter a new phase of greatness
for the school.”
The plan approved by the
trustees offers a general blueprint for the Academy's goals as
well as suggestions for implementation.
“The Report of the Strategic
Planning Committee offered preliminary implementation steps
for each component of the goal,”
Ms. Urie said. “The trustees
requested that more explicit reference be made to the need for
additional fundraising and also
asked the Head of School to
work with others at the school to
develop an implementation
plan.”
Throughout the remainder of
this academic year, members of
the faculty and administration
will work to develop a more specific strategy for implementation, which Ms. Urie and the
other trustees will review during
their January and April meetings.
During the fall meeting, the
trustees also reaffirmed the mission of (MS)2 and sanctioned the
contested proposal to begin
restoration of the Memorial Bell
Tower this spring.
MS(2), Math and Science for
Minority Students, is a summer
program open to racial minorities from public schools in urban
areas. First established in 1975,
the trustees dedicated a portion
of their time this weekend to
voice their continued support of
the program.
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Sports: 10-12
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Technology
Shawn Fu
Parag Khandelwal
Hip-Hop Hypocrisy
Sean Combs, also known as Puff
Daddy, has started an effort called
“Vote or Die” to register young people
to vote.
As I watched a documentary on
MTV featuring P. Diddy, David
Banner, and Xzibit, I noticed that their
ideas are riddled with fallacies.
All three of them went to different
ghettos in major cities and spoke to
locals about their problems. They
asked what the politicians could do for
them and their communities.
The people explained how more
funding for the local services, youth
programs, and schools would really
help.
But you have to wonder: how can
rappers drive up in their Bentleys,
check the time on their Rolexes, and
Arjun Sharma ’07
OPINION
walk the streets in $300 shoes, and at
the same time ask politicians for
money?
“...how can the rappers drive up in their
Bentleys, check the time
on their Rolexes, and
walk the streets in $300
shoes, and then ask
politicians for money?”
How can we take the “Vote or Die”
campaign seriously if its founder is
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College Visiting: Give Seniors a Chance
If Phillips Academy prides itself on readying students for college, then why have rules about college visiting and overnights
become so unaccommodating? How can the administration boast
about Andover's supportive college counseling system while preventing students from even visiting campuses before early application deadlines?
Throughout Fall Term, many Seniors, both athletes and non-athletes, would like to visit colleges before early applications are due
on either November 1 or November 15. Instead, many students feel
that, in addition to the hassle of missing classes, getting permission
in the first place has been more difficult than expected, and the only
free college visiting day is this Monday, which is also one of the
major early application deadlines.
Cluster deans only grant off-campus permission to students who
can use personal time in all of the classes they miss, making more
than one visit day next to impossible.
The situation is much different for recruited athletes. For them,
the school is much more lenient. According to Flagstaff Cluster
Dean Paul Murphy, the school does this on purpose because it recognizes the importance of official visits to an athlete's application.
Coaches could have an impact on final admissions decisions, making it extra important for athletes to take extra days to meet coaches.
But college visiting is important for non-athletes too. Some
Seniors were forced to apply to schools with binding admissions
policies before they were able to visit enough schools to accurately
choose a first choice college.
Dean Murphy also said that the school's strict college visiting
policies are a disciplinary precaution. He cited the possibility of
Seniors breaking school rules during the college overnight process,
pointing out that disciplinary action can only hinder students'
chances of college acceptance. Dean Murphy said that if a student
is attending a college overnight to meet a coach, the probability of
breaking Blue Book regulations in the process decreases significantly.
But if Seniors can't even be trusted to visit colleges, then clearly the school fails as a college preparatory experience. And if the
school thinks official visits lend themselves to rule-breaking less
then unofficial ones, they are living a convenient fantasy.
Strict visiting regulations don't protect students from themselves; they only increase the stress level of the already treacherous
college process. All Seniors deserve the chance to fully research a
decision that will affect them for the rest of their lives. Andover,
while you are busy preparing us for college, please give us the tools
and the freedom to choose the right schools.
J. Adler
disconnected from the people whom
he tries to influence?
The fact of the matter is that innercity youth should not rally behind
their famous idols if they are not actually helping to solve any substantial
problems.
Though artists like Puff Daddy are
trying to get people involved in the
American political process, they have
been hypocritical in the sense that they
burn millions instead of investing it in
communities.
According the VH1's “The
Fabulous Life of…,” P. Diddy has had
half-million dollar parties and multimillion dollar vacations. Most other
rappers are guilty of this also.
In the episode of “Cribs” that followed immediately after the documentary about ghetto conditions, Fat Joe, a
rapper and member of “Vote or Die,”
showed off his collection of sneakers,
including a pair of Nikes worth over
$5,000.
Eminem, famous for having been
raised near 8 Mile Road in Detroit,
owns a house worth millions of dollars
that covers enough ground to house
several trailer parks.
Instead of pouring money into
unnecessary luxuries , he could have
bought a comfortable house for himself and his daughter and put the leftover money towards helping others
who live like he used to.
In the song “Why” Jadakiss raps,
“Why they didn't make the CL6 with a
clutch?” The Mercedes CL6 has an list
price of $127,000 dollars.
If he were to put that money into
charity instead of using it to purchase
a flashy car, he would not have to ask
“Why they ain't give us a cure for
AIDS.”
If he had put that money back into
the community, then he wouldn't have
to ask “Why [people] can't get no
jobs?”
The point is that if the rappers and
celebrities put their money where their
mouths are instead of asking someone
else for the money, then maybe they
would make some real progress in
their communities.
A Crisis of Color
Racism. It's quite a loaded word isn't
it? Many people view racism as a relic of a
far-gone era of intolerance.
One would think that the white,
Christian majority in our nation would
have abandoned its fear of those different
from them.
Unfortunately, the demons of racial
ignorance and intolerance survive in our
nation today.
While people of every color are guilty
of racial ignorance and fear, some members of the white majority still seem to be
the most afraid of any challenge to their
economic and political stranglehold.
Through and through, my ancestry is
white, Christian, and mostly affluent. Few
things eat at me more than seeing my
Southern peers fearing the dwindling dominance of white people.
Many of my friends back home in
North Carolina speak bitterly of policies
like affirmative action, claiming that
minorities are “taking their spots” in college admissions (and don't pretend there
isn't a sizable contingent of like-minded
students at Andover.)
These friends and students didn't arrive
at these conclusions on their own.
Our generation's picture of race rela-
Dawson Gage ’06
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tions is very much the same as our parents',
but the once bold colors of racism are now
of a more pastel hue.
Last weekend I watched the movie
American History X, a story that delves
into the dark underground of a modern
“The struggle for
civil rights was the
Great War of race
relations in the
United States. Now
we have entered a
racial Cold War.”
white-supremacist movement. Derek, the
main character, is pushed vigorously down
the path of racial ignorance by his own
father, who convinced Derek that his
English teacher was secretly trying to
advance some kind of black-power agenda.
Sickeningly, Derek's father seemed to
think he was being a good, loving father
when he told his son to look out for more
of “this nigger bullshit”.
What's worse is that truth is stranger
than fiction; I've had more friends than I'm
comfortable admitting ask me questions
along the lines of “What do you mean you
and your dad don't sit around and tell racist
jokes?”
The struggle for civil rights was the
great war of race relations in the United
States. Now we have entered a racial Cold
War.
A vocal minority of white people in
our nation still subtlety embrace the ignorance of old; many of them put themselves
so firmly at odds with policies like affirmative action in order to combat a perceived
racial foe that simply doesn't exist.
At home, my own beliefs put me at
odds with many people of my own race.
This awkward middle ground can be a
little shaky at times; one of the reasons I
left home was because I was fed up with
racism at my old school.
However, I have realized that this
problem of racism is not solely prevalent in
my home state of North Carolina, but is a
sad reality manifested throughout our
nation.
Red Sox Win, Inspire Literary Greatness
By Miles Canaday
In the style of A. E. Housman
Is Bishop Streaking?
In their birthday suits?
I can't believe they did that.
They must be in cahoots.
And they did, the curse lifted and finally they are
free.
Victorious, celebrating, the soldiers, the fans and
me.
A Walk-Off Home Run
By Ted Deppe
for David Ortiz
Ay the 'Shop is streaking
They streak as men with gall
To tell th'entire West Quad:
The Sox have won it all.
By Anne Wernikoff
Not only the battle is won, but so is the war.
The soldiers in Red Sox overcame their demons
and banished the Bambino lore.
Their enemies with red wings as with black
stripes,
were no match for the spirit and heart of these
guys.
After the crushing defeat of one year past
They knew that this season the curse would lift,
at last.
With hearts of gold and Sox of bright red,
"Who's your Papi?" cheered the crowd, after
what Ortiz said.
The energy of the fans and the warriors from the
town of beans,
Nothing could stand in their way, the trophy
would be theirs, by any means.
This poem was found in Bulfinch after this year’s
ALCS with a note: “I wrote this poem last year
but David Ortiz has done it again. Celebrate
while we can!”- Ted Deppe
Your teammates scramble
from the dugout
to greet you at home plate
and, as you approach,
they start singing your song,
or, trying
to sing it
(few of them know
the Spanish lyrics)-most serenade you
with their own wordless
versions of the tune,
chanting meaningless syllables
that merge
with the crowd's din.
The camera
pans to the bleachers
where no one's going
as if unable to find words
for whatever's passed
like a dowsing rod
anywhere, and for once
the announcers
are silent.
over him. The stadium lights
shine on his cheeks
and he shakes his head
Enough to let the roar
and pictures tell the story:
the crowd's
as if he knows
this was just a game, and yet
something has happened
dancing in place,
everyone with their own
dithyrambic shouts of joy,
that's left him speechless.
All around him
people sing in tongues,
and yes, there's power
in a song
when everyone sings and
thirty-something thousand
variations on the hymn to joy,
while back on the field
believes the same words,
but better still
this anthem of chaotic praise,
the players
try now to look seriousthere's one more game to win
strangers and friends
finding their own
ways to celebrate:
to make the playoffs
but the crowd keeps cheering,
the Boston night
two nuns doing the merengue
in the aisle, a boy who can't
stop jumping up and down,
is filled with song, and the camera
returns for one last glimpse
of the weeping man,
and this one old man
quietly weeping,
his mouth opening and closing
his mute words
somehow necessary
in this chorus of praise.
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A Shroud Over the
Face of Democracy
In each generation, there has been
one dominating issue, either foreign or
domestic.
In the 1800's, it was slavery, and on
a broader scale, states' rights. During
the early 20th century, it was aggression in Europe. In the late 20th century,
it was the Cold War against the Soviet
Union. Now, at the beginning of the
21st century, we are faced with the
problems in the Middle East. Radical
Islam has taken root in what was once
the oasis of knowledge for the entire
world. That image has been replaced by
the burkhas that women must wear, the
explosions in Baghdad, and the fundamentalist control of governments
throughout the Middle East.
Now, through the influence of
Washington, Saudi Arabia has finally
started along the road to a free and tolerant society with the implementation
of their first national elections set for
Spring 2005. This was hailed as a
major success by Saudi reformers as
well as the Bush administration.
But last week, the ruling Saudi government through a monkey wrench into
this good news. The monkey wrench is
that women, who make up nearly 50%
of the population, may not vote in the
elections. This dilemma must be acted
upon by the Bush administration, and
possibly a Kerry administration.
Last Wednesday, I found out on the
Internet that women would not be
allowed to vote. It was with my
thoughts about this issue that I posed a
question to Ambassador Barbara
Bodine, Former Ambassador to Yemen
Prateek Kumar ’07
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(at the time of the Cole bombing) and
in 2003, the Coordinator for PostConflict Reconstruction for Baghdad
and Central Iraq. For those who were
sleeping during All-School Meeting, or
“We must show people in
Saudi Arabia what a democracy
is like, and convince women in
Saudi Arabia that voting is the
way for them to advance their
hopes and desires for the future
of their nation.”
simply not paying attention, my question was about how the United States
could actively be involved in pushing
for reform in the Middle East without
coming off as arrogant.
Ambassador Bodine's answer was
that we must listen to the reformers in
the government; that we should not
force our own plan onto the reformers
or the government, but rather, find a
reformist ally within the government
who could help push for change.
Obviously, the Bush administration has
done that to Saudi Arabia. The evidence is that there will be national elections for the first time.
However, it is also quite apparent
that there is still a lot of work to be
done, and this is where the issue of
women voting in the election comes
into the picture.
Since the declaration of national
elections was made during this past
summer, the Islamic religious reestablishment in Saudi Arabia has been
pushing hard for the exclusion of
women from the elections. Why is it
that the mothers, sisters, and daughters
of Saudi men cannot vote? Looking at
other issues, why can't Saudi women
travel without permission from a male
guardian? Why can't they get an education or a job without this permission?
The central problem is the same as
why the September 11th attacks
occurred: any fundamentalist sect of a
religion, whether the religion is Islam
or Christianity or Judaism, is oppressive against others that are different
than themselves. With fundamentalist
Islam in control in the Middle East,
free nations of the world must cooperate to destroy this stranglehold on freedom.
We must work with reformists in
the government. We must provide aid
to help build schools that do not teach
hatred against others. We must show
people in Saudi Arabia what a democracy is like, and convince women in
Saudi Arabia that voting is the way for
them to advance their hopes and desires
for the future of their nation.
If the Saudi people gain the power
of democracy, it will not merely be a
victory in the fight against fundamentalism, but a giant step towards a world
where both people and nations
acknowledge the importance of true
freedom.
B. Doyle
Not a Taxing Plan
J. Adler
With the presidential elections just
days away, leaders of the Democratic
Party are hoping to convince voters that
the economy is in a stagnant, recessed
state. They are hoping to portray John
Kerry as the man who will bring back the
years of Clintonian success.
However, what the liberal pundits neglect to mention is that during the past four
years, under the administration of George
W. Bush, the American economy has
grown steadily-despite an inherited recession and political uncertainty caused by
despicable acts of terrorism.
During the administrations of Ronald
Reagan, George H. W. Bush, and Bill
Clinton, the United States developed global economic hegemony, evident in every
region of the world. Under the Bush
administration, this superiority has grown
and America is recognized almost everywhere in the world as the sole economic
superpower.
Domestically, Bush has passed tax
relief bills that, contrary to popular belief,
help every citizen. Furthermore, homeownership is at a record high of 69.2 percent, after-tax incomes have increased by
more than 10 percent since December
2000, and unemployment rates nationwide
Sugarcoating a Sour Situation
George W. Bush '64 just can't figure
it out. In establishing a campaign depicting himself as a leader who is resolute in
his decisions, the President has somehow
been blinded from reality. Iraq is a mess
and President Bush refuses to acknowledge it. It is astonishing to watch images
on the Nightly News of the latest rounds
of American and civilian casualties, suicide bombings, and kidnappings, then
just hours later hear the President hail the
mission in Iraq as “an outstanding success” in the debate.
W. bet his entire reelection campaign
on the basis of preemption in Iraq. As a
result, he has not been forthright with the
American people about the situation on
the ground there. Dubya is more interested in taking suggestions on Iraq from
Karl Rove, his political guru, than he is
from his soldiers and generals on the
ground. Upon hearing the sound bites
from the President's campaign speeches,
one would be certain that Iraq has been
transformed into a Mesopotamian paradise. The reality could not be any farther
from the truth. If my opponents were to
accuse me of suggesting that Iraq would
have been better off had the United
States decided not to preemptively and
unilaterally invade Iraq, they would be
mischaracterizing my views.
The President believes that because
he has rid the Iraqis of Saddam's tyranny,
he has the mandate to say in speech after
speech that the Iraqis are living in a
utopian society. There is no doubt in my
mind that the majority of the Iraqis are
better off today than they were under
Saddam's rule, but that is not to say that
the state of affairs in Iraq is headed in the
right direction. However, in speeches,
Bush seems to overlook the thousands of
Iraqi civilians that have been killed or
maimed as the result of our invasion,
whether by the misplacement of
Coalition arsenal, or from the nearly
daily suicide bombings. Very rarely has
Yoni Gruskin ’07
OPINION
the president spoken about the civilians
from America, England, France, and
other nations that have been kidnapped
and beheaded. When the President does
discuss the beheadings and suicide
“This president sent the
bravest men and women this
world has to offer into
harm's way for reasons
proven to be inaccurate, yet
he will not take the time to
offer his condolences in
public addresses.”
bombings, he does it only in an effort to
tie the Reign of Terror of Iraq to the terrorism that claimed the lives of 3,000
American civilians (of course he neglects to mention that the terrorists and
jihadists only came to Iraq after the invasion). But worst of all, the President
avoids at all costs any mention of the
nearly 1,100 American soldiers who
have died. This President sent the
bravest men and women this world has
to offer into harm's way for reasons
proven to be inaccurate, yet he will not
take the time to offer his condolences in
public addresses.
Why? Karl Rove thinks that expressing his sympathies will hinder the
President's hopes for reelection.
This campaign has been designed to
repeat the mistakes of Dubya's father,
whose late concessions in his first term
led to defeat. Maybe President George
H.W. Bush didn't get reelected, but he
accomplished something that Bush and
Cheney '04 just can't understand: he
maintained his integrity.
So, as the campaign for the 2004
presidential election nears, George Bush
will do everything in his power to conceal the dire situation that exists in Iraq.
He will not mention the deaths, the widespread hatred for the American occupation that exist among Iraqis, nor the
futile political situation that the future
holds. He refuses to concede to credible
military experts like John McCain that
more troops are needed to secure the
country. Besides, that might alienate voters. Is our Commander-in-Chief more
worried about the well-being of the soldiers he sent to a war zone and the future
of Iraq, or about winning his bid for
reelection? George W. Bush's unfounded, pompously presented, and misleadingly rosy scenario of the situation in
Iraq seems to answer that question.
Conor Sutherland ’06
OPINION
have been steadily decreasing since the
onset of economic recovery following the
2001 recession.
With an economy of value greater than
$10 trillion, there is very little any president, Republican or Democrat, can do to
stimulate economic growth in the near
future. President Reagan, who had the
largest impact on the economy of any
recent president, cut taxes, encouraged the
Federal Reserve board to keep interest
rates high, and slowed government spending on domestic programs. But even
Reagan was only partly responsible for the
tremendous expansion in the economy
that began during his tenure and has continued through “Clintonian prosperity,” to
the present.
Stable oil prices during the Reagan
years helped keep inflation low. The
advent of corporate raiders forced
American companies to stay lean and
mean. The influx of immigrant workers
and the relative weakness of American
labor unions kept inflationary wage
increases in check. The expansion of free
trade policies in markets around the world
and the explosion in technology also contributed to a healthy U.S. economy
through the 1990s until now.
One of the most common misconceptions about the Bush administration's economic policies is that they caused the
recession of 2001. This notion is false.
Economic data from the months prior to
Bush's inauguration shows a severely
stagnated economy. According to the
Commerce Department's revision of economic data the annual growth rate of the
US economy in the last six months of
Clinton's presidency was a weak 0.8 percent.
For reference, the annual growth rate
for the second quarter of 2004 was 4.8 percent. Graphs of the percent change in GDP
and the percent change in employment
further support the assertions that recession had its roots in the final years of
“Clintonian prosperity” and that Bush's
policies brought the economy out of recession. In other words, the recession
President Clinton left behind has turned
into prosperity under George W. Bush.
Bush's most effective measures in
spurring economic growth have been his
tax relief programs. Contrary to liberal
spin, these tax cuts have benefited all taxpayers, not just the wealthy. During the
past four years, Bush has signed into law
four tax cuts. The most recent, the
Working Families Tax Relief Act of 2004,
was passed on October 8.
Due to the President's tax relief programs, a family of four with an income of
$40,000 will save more than $900 on their
taxes next year. Overall, 94 million
Americans will have a lower tax bill next
year, including 70 million women and 38
million families with children. The Job
Creation and Workers Assistance Act of
2002 provided tax relief to businesses and
taxpayers affected by the terrorist attacks
of Sept. 11 and included a 13-week extension on unemployment insurance. This act
has a projected tax relief of $41.9 billion
over the period 2003-2012.
The Jobs and Growth Tax Relief and
Reconciliation Act of 2003, a 10-year
$350 billion tax package - the third-largest
tax cut in U.S. history - temporarily
reduced dividend taxes, permanently
reduced capital-gains taxes, and increased
the child credit for most taxpayers. To support the middle and lower classes,
President Bush created a 10 percent tax
bracket, which provided much needed
relief for families earning under $14,000
per year. President Bush's continued commitment to lowering taxes has put money
back into the pockets of every American
and has helped to make the recession of
2001 one of the shortest in American history.
As President, George W. Bush has
done everything in his power to ensure the
prolonged prosperity and hegemony of the
American economy. He has kept governmental intervention to a minimum and his
tax cuts have helped millions of American
families and businesses to prosper.
As Election Day draws nearer,
American voters should consider the state
of their lives as consumers as well as the
state of the steadily improving US economy. If they know their facts, they should
ultimately cast a vote to extend the presidency of George W. Bush for four more
years.
S. Zhou
THE PHILLIPIAN ARTS October 29, 2004
4
A giant, green grasshopper.
“We had to cut
rather, a variety of production.
Hilarious emcees. Impeccable talent. a lot of amazing
numbers will grace
The producers wait in excited
Cornelia Wolcott
These are some of the thoughts that the acts to make a
the stage.
anticipation for opening night.
words “Grasshopper Night” bring to show that was
Along
with
Zegel said, “The audience will be
mind. Possibly the most talked about cohesive,” said the show's theater Seldin, the crew is rounded out by the at the edge of their seats from the
and popular event of the year, director and co-producer Abby Seldin other two theater producers, Chris minute they walk in. There are a few
Andover's Fall Term talent show will ’05. The program features students Zegel ’05 and Caroline Claflin ’05, acts you won't expect, and a lot of
make its annual
who have performed in tech
director
Anand
humor
is
appearance this
past Andover shows, such Swaminathan ’05, and music
[also] incorP a r e n t ' s
as The Yorkies and director Ben Heller ’05.
porated into to
Weekend.
“Angkst,”
but
also
Despite the stress of nonthe show.”
Grasshopper
includes many new acts. stop rehearsals over the
Claflin
Night is a disSeldin added, “it is by no course of this week and the
agreed enthuplay of PA's
means a closed show,” pressure of creating a show
s i a s t i c a l l y,
most talented
exclaiming
artists, perform“It's going to
ing in areas
rock so hard!”
ranging
from
Students
music to dance
cannot wait
to theatre with
f
o
r
some comedic
Grasshopper
interludes
Night either.
thrown into the
Lines for tickmix.
et sales packed the GW lobby,
Masters of Ceremonies
with many students camping
JeanMarie Gossard ’05 and
out with food and homework
Student Body President Daniel
hours before the ticket booth
Adler ’05 will be sure to “bring
even opened to save their
the funny,” promised Adler.
spots in line.
He and Gossard have
Those procrastinators who
invented all their own skits.
waited until the last day of
Along with the rest of the cast
sales were forced to slog over
and crew, they have put enorto the lobby at six in the mornmous amounts of time into
ing to line up for those few
rehearsals over the past two
remaining tickets. Although
weeks. Whatever they have up
the show is entirely sold out,
their sleeves, Adler and
the producers advise those
Gossard are making sure not to
who still wish to attend to
B. Kaiser/The Phillipian
give it away before this week- L to R: Juli Min ’05 sings with the new funk band After Hours; drummer Jason Duffet
come to Tang at least a half
end.
an hour early and put their
’05 plays with opening act The Muffaletta 5; hosts JeanMarie Gossard ’05 and School
The competition to get a President Daniel Adler ’05 work on their comedic timing in anticipation of this weekend’s names on a waiting list.
slot in this year's program was Grasshopper Night.
There are four performintense, even for Grasshopper
ances - Friday and Saturday
Night. Of the 60 acts that auditioned, meaning that there is no one type of act that lives up to its billing, the produc- at 7 p.m. and 8:45 p.m.
only 14 were chosen.
dominating the evening's line up; ers remain thrilled about this year's
wild explosion, his
W y n t o n
arms pumping vigorMarsalis, the great
Anna Ho
ously and face raised
jazz trumpeter, comto the ceiling so that
poser, and familiar
face on the Andover web site, once called he looked as if he were holding his breath.
The horns left the stage for “Soulful
jazz the “ultimate democracy.”
“Each person's musical contribution Bill,” a tribute to its composer James
provides a different spice in the soup,” Williams. Baughman’s piano solo was
explained Instructor of Music Peter beautiful and very emotional; he curled
over the piano with his head down and his
Cirelli.
Trombonist Cirelli and Instructors of feet braced sideways against the pedals,
Music Vincent Monaco (bass), Joel transferring all feeling into the keys.
The final piece of the night,
Springer (tenor saxophone), Bob
Baughman (piano), and Bertram Lehmann “Armando's Rumba” by Chick Corea, had
(drums) cooked up quite the soup in an electrifying beat, and sounded difficult
Graves last Sunday at the Faculty Jazz to play because of its syncopation and
intricate articulation. Lehmann and
Ensemble Concert.
Their 10-song program included five Monaco provided an additional element of
swing pieces, a swing waltz, two ballads, energy by clapping their hands on an
exciting and unexpected beat. “I really
and two Latin numbers.
“Broadway,” by Bill Byrd, Teddy liked the last one because it was so upbeat,
McRae, and Henri Wood was a swinging peppy and fun,” said Jill Ozzie ’05.
What was most astonishing about the
and happy tune while staying smooth with
a quick beat. Monaco’s solo was a pleas- concert was that almost all of the music
ure to watch - from his facial expressions, was improvised. This is common in many
he seemed to taste the music - while his jazz works, where only the melody and
deep notes reverberated at the back of the chord symbols are written and the rest is
open to interpretation.
ear drum and filled the throat.
So, how do you create a soup without
“I love the way Mr. Monaco looks
when he plays - his fingers just glide up specific ingredients? First, the ensemble
and down the strings,” said Andrew Hun looks at a song's “lead sheet,” which dictates its melody, chords, and length. Then,
’06.
John LaPorta’s swing “Two Part they decide which style they want to play
Invention in C Major” began with a fasci- the song in - perhaps traditional swing,
nating interplay between the sax and trom- modern bee bop, or Latin Bossanova.
bone - their syncopated contrast was like Next, they play the song once through as
the graphs of a sine curve and cosine curve written, then take turns improvising.
“[What] I enjoy most are those
on the same axis which converged at certain points in unison. Cirelli’s trombone moments when we really take note of what
solo was lyrical and soft, while Springer’s each other is doing, and play things we
sax solo sung with intricate scales and never planned to play,” said Cirelli.
The Faculty Jazz Ensemble began 15
trills.
The melancholy ballad “Shep,” writ- years ago, though the membership has
ten by Cirelli himself, provided a nice con- changed over time. Since most of the performance is improvised, the group doesn't
trast to the swing pieces.
Roberto Menescal’s samba “My Little rehearse regularly; generally, they have
Boat” featured an amazing drum solo by one rehearsal the week before a performLehmann. The melody began with a fast, ance, which only happen twice a year.
hip, drum beat leading up to Lehmann’s
other punch line.
Imagine a hotel
An cast of underon fire. Firemen
My Khanh Ngo
classmen provided
and swarms of
the
personalities
spectators rush to
the scene. The entire building is evacu- behind the characters- William Koven
’08 (Bob), Chelsea Woods ’07
ated, save for one room.
Somewhere on the 11th floor of this (Edwina),Nick Anshusetz ’08, and
hotel, two characters sit calmly at a Andrew Clay ’08 (firemen). Woods
table discussing building plans for a was especially entertaining in her
house. One of them is slightly intoxi- expression and use of body language,
cated. Two buoyant firemen join them, whereas Koven delivered the sarcasm
bringing along a violin for their of his lines with ease and great timing.
acoustic pleasures. Meanwhile the fire Clay, the bellboy and second fireman,
rages on, getting closer and closer to was wonderfully stoic as he informed
the couple of the impending disaster,
the room of these four occupants.
Last Sunday, the PA community and Anshusetz exuded a confident stage
enjoyed “The Still Alarm,” directed by presence throughout the scene.
Although this was their debut perLucas McMahon ’08 and written by
George S. Kaufman. A short and sweet formance at Andover, all members of
piece, “Alarm” depicted a surreal world the cast have had previous theatre
where the characters are absurdly experience. According to McMahon,
unaware of the amount of danger they each student was cast due to his or her
ability to work and understand the
are in.
Two old friends, Edwina and Bob, humor that they needed to communifinish their reunion just as a bellboy cate and share with the audience.
enters and unceremoniously announces Sunday's performance demonstrated
that a fire has started. They react with a this depth of their talents and showed
mix of measured shock and slight that PA's younger grades show real
bemusement, beholding the event as promise for the Theatre Department.
McMahon, though new to the
some sort of spectacle. Following some
witty bantering between the ignorant school, is certainly not new to theatre.
twosome, the firemen joined the scene, He has directed children’s theatre since
making a grand entrance, but proving fourth grade, and began to act years
to be equally as queer. At the end of the before that endeavor.
When asked about the difference
20-minute scene, the four players go
down “gloriously” amidst flames and between acting and directing, he
responded “They're black and white.
violin music.
“The Still Alarm,” as McMahon [They are] intertwined, however; [usuexplained, is the type of comedy “that’s ally] the director needs to know what
really controlled but really funny…not it's like to be on stage and how actors
over the top.” It had the impression of move around.”
Whatever McMahon and the rest of
the dry English drawing room satire
not seen everyday at Andover. A dis- this talented cast undertake in their
tinct laugh marked the acting, changing futures, we can only hope that they will
from a forced, excessively robust guf- be as successful as this theater classfaw into a deep, overdramatic sigh. room.
Irony and sarcasm dripped from every
MOVIES
BY
MATT
Surviving Christmas
Matt
Brennan ’05
Somebody
in
marketing
for
DreamWorks must have had a few too
many Stoli martinis at the last office
“brainstorm party,” because there is
absolutely no way any sober or sane person could convince his or her superiors to
distribute a Ben Affleck star-vehicle about
Christmas before Halloween.
Let me reiterate: before Halloween.
The movie (not film, the word I usually use, because this does not have the artistic advancement to qualify), Surviving
Christmas, tells the same old story with a
twist: lonely rich man (Affleck) attempts
to reconnect with real life at Christmas,
this time by offering $250,000 to stay with
the family (James Gandolfini, Catherine
O'Hara, Christina Applegate, Josh
Zuckerman) that now owns his childhood
home.
Sounds atrocious, right? Well, atrocious is much too tepid a word to describe
just how pitiful this movie is, ruining any
hope of humor, drama and emotion in general just by its premise, then rubbing salt in
the wound by making Affleck the main
character, who is supposedly responsible
for the best gags.
Affleck’s performance here borders on
painful: his comic timing barely out strides
that of a boulder; his manic energy could
suck the life out of any scene; and his
annoying physical presence is akin to
watching an epileptic seizure. Indeed, the
only films that even remotely suit him are
action flicks, because they require no talent whatsoever (either comic or dramatic),
but a willingness to make a fool of one's
self with disgusting overacting. At least he
has that.
Affleck’s bad acting notwithstanding,
the rest of the flick is awful. Gandolfini
(The Last Castle, The Sopranos) attempts
a Meet the Parents sort of “leave my family alone” humor, but he ends up as a dour,
confusing mess of fear-inducing dad and
comic dud.
Zuckerman, the center of way too
many masturbation jokes for one 90
minute period, may as well not exist, for
his character contributes nothing to the
movie, and Applegate’s entrance about
one-third the way through only succeeds
in slowing down the pace with useless,
limpid one-liners. Really, the only remote
success is O’Hara (but she's been much
better in films with good scripts, or no
script at all, like Best In Show or A Mighty
Wind), who has the only joke in the movie
that elicited even a giggle from any member of the audience. I won't ruin the surprise by telling you what it is.
So, what’s the point? The point is that
America is starved for quality mainstream
fare, the multiplex a veritable desert of
poor films. What law says that the average
American cannot, or will not, enjoy intelligent, witty, original and exciting filmmaking? Granted, I Heart Huckabees may
be a bit oblique, but films like Garden
State, The Bourne Supremacy, and The
Manchurian Candidate were all wellcrafted films that came out in the middle of
summer that were both entertaining and
vibrant. It is time for American moviegoers, whether snobs like myself or just the
average Joe who goes to the multiplex
three times a year, to stand up against the
greedy distribution companies who show
only rubbish in the suburban cinemas.
One look at the offerings at Lawrence
Showcase Cinemas this weekend will
reveal a true dearth of original and entertaining filmmaking: everything is either a
re-casting of something we all saw five
years ago or original idiocy. It seems like
the most famous directors these days are
not auteurs like Quentin Tarantino, Todd
Soldonz or Todd Haynes, but generic bigbudget Hollywood guys like Bruckheimer
and Cameron. Whatever happened to the
Great American Movie? Miramax’s “New
Golden Age of Cinema” campaign has
succumbed to Surviving Christmas (in the
running for worst movie of the year,) and
until films worth seeing come to suburbia,
I will still be waiting.
Overall Grade: 0
SHOWCASE LAWRENCE 1-6
SHOWCASE LAWRENCE 7-14
Friday Night Lights (PG-13)
12:30 | 3:30 | 6:40 | 9:30
The Forgotten (PG-13)
12:40 | 2:55 | 5:10 | 7:40 | 10:05
Ladder 49 (PG-13)
1:30 | 4:15 | 7:25 | 10:10
Napoleon Dynamite (PG)
12:10 | 9:20
Shall We Dance? (PG-13, No Passes)
1:15 | 4:00 | 7:00 | 9:50
Raise Your Voice (PG, No Passes)
4:10 | 6:50
Shaun of the Dead (R)
3:45 | 6:50
The Grudge (PG-13, No Passes)
12:10| 1:10| 2:45| 3:25| 5:00| 5:40| 7:25| 8:00| 9:50| 10:20
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (PG)
12:45 | 9:20
Shark Tale (PG, No Passes)
12:00 | 12:30 | 1:00 | 2:25 | 3:05 | 3:45
4:50 | 5:20 | 6:30 | 7:10 | 9:00 | 9:30
Surviving Christmas (PG-13, No Passes)
12:00| 2:20| 4:45| 7:10| 9:40
Team America: World Police (R, No Passes)
1:20 | 4:00 | 7:00 | 7:50 | 9:40 | 10:30
THE PHILLIPIAN ARTS October 29, 2004
5
decided to make
At a school
food
where the attendance
Paz Mendez-Hodes Canadian
because she wanted to
at an event can be
try something differpredicted by the type
of food advertised, the repeated success of ent.
“The International Food Festival is
the International Food Festival year after
year is inevitable. Judging by the amount one of the few times that people get to try
of food left after students came, ate, and things they wouldn't usually eat... I've only
left with painfully full stomachs, this had Nanaimo bars about five times.”
Their name comes from a tribe in British
assumption was confirmed.
Sixteen countries from five continents Columbia, and although these browniewere represented. The aim of the event like sweets are not an indigenous tribal
was, according to International Club food, they are distinctly local fare.
The Chinese-Taiwanese Student
President Stefanos Kasselakis ’05, “to
show diversity in eating, expand eating Association, or CTSA, brought exotic but
preferences, and also to give profit to the more familiar items to the Festival, which
included the ever-popular bubble tea and
club.”
Event organizer Mia Kanak ’06 esti- scallion pancakes. Although the drink is a
mated that some clubs made as much as new fashion in the United States, bubble
300 dollars. Nearly every booth sold out, tea was invented in Taiwan. The “buband at the end of the night the only intact bles” are actually made of combinations of
food item remaining in Underwood was a tapioca, sweet potato, cassava root,
caramel, and starch.
single pumpkin pie.
Arguably, food is the most ingrained
Gracia Angulo ’06, a new student
from Jamaica, agreed: “It was really fun part of all world cultures. The last piece of
to get involved with activities and I did get heritage that immigrants and their descento meet a lot of people.” She and Silke dants lose is always traditional cooking.
Cummings ’07 cooked one of the most The study of food can reveal much about
popular dishes of the festival: a Honduran the society where it originates: geography,
sponge cake soaked in a mixture of evap- customs, and values to name a few.
Although students won't learn everyorated milk, condensed milk, and cream.
Anna Ho ’06 sold a similarly sticky thing they ever need to know about
confection; Nanaimo bars from Canada. Bulgaria by eating stuffed apples, they can
In past years she has represented the share in a visceral experience of somePhilippines and China, but this year she thing inherent to a culture, food.
B. Kaiser/The Phillipian
(Top) Rajeev Saxena ’06 accepts applause from adoring fans; (left) Farah Dahya ’07 and Hasan Siddiqi ’07 dance;
(right) Parag Khandelwal ’06 and Vaishali Grover ’05 dance at the International Fashion and Talent Show.
C. Touhey/The Phillipian
The Diwali Festival, the celebration
of Hindu New Year, filled Kemper
Auditorium last Friday with the sound
of bagpipes and Scottish accents. No,
that is not a typo - a Scottish-themed
introduction by Masters of Ceremonies
Helal Syed ’07 and Ali Siddiqi ’05 set
the comic tone of the night, which
fused traditional Indian culture with
American pop culture.
The show, produced annually by the
Indian-Pakistani Student Union (IndoPak), began with an explanation by
Arjun Sharma ’07 of the significance of
Diwali, the “Festival of Lights.” Diwali
is based on one of the two major texts
in Hindu culture, the Ramayan. Over
2000 pages long and one of the lengthiest epic poems in the history, the
Ramayan is the tale of the first triumph
of good over evil in Hindu culture.
The epic in a nutshell: a King
named Ram creates a circle of protection for his Queen Sita to keep her from
danger in his absence. However, the
demon Razan, the antagonist of the
story, disguises himself as a beggar,
and kidnaps Sita after tricking her into
leaving her circle. Ram returns, is
enraged, and, with the help of the monkey god Hanuman, attacks Razan’s
fortress. After prolonged fighting, Ram
rescues Sita, brings her home, and there
is a great celebration of lights. Evil is
defeated, good reigns, and the Diwali
Festival is born.
Anna Ho
Hasan Siddiqi
The traditional segment of the program took to the stage following
Sharma's speech. Nandini Vijaykumar
’06 played the veena, an Indian string
instrument, in a duet with Parag
Khandelwal ’06 on the tabla, an Indian
drum. After their duet, Indo-Pak cohead Vaishali Grover ’05 performed an
Indian dance. Later on, representing the
United Muslim Association, emcees
Syed and Siddiqi joined Sami Ahmed
’07, Omar Siddiqi ’05, and Hasan
Siddiqi ’07 to perform a traditional
Pakistani song.
The pop culture side of the show
swung in with Rajeev Saxena ’06.
Saxena performed a dance to a modern
Indian song, “Pretty Woman,” amidst
catcalls of “Sexy-na!” and was joined
by Fahad Missmar '06 and an entourage
of young ladies towards the middle of
his performance.
Upper Fayez Jafarey’s skit came
next, and was something that provided
both strange and hilarious comic relief.
A semi-incoherent tale interspersed
with random snatches of song, the skit
was a spoof of Bollywood movies.
The plot: an Indian family with a
collective cocaine addiction comes to
America, where their grandmother dies
and two people get married. Along the
way, the father, played by Krishna
Gupta ’05, gets punched to death by
Anichya Gujral ’06, who is then joined
by his long-lost brother, Sami Ahmed
’07, whose only former purpose in the
skit was to crip-walk to indicate scene
changes.
Following the skit was Jafarey and
Khandelwal's entertaining performance
of “Welcome to India,” by Ludakrishna
and Vikram MC - a remix to Jermaine
Dupri’s “Welcome to Atlanta.”
Next came the fashion show, in
which pairs clad in beautiful Pakistani
and Indian attire struck glamorous
poses on the Kemper stage. Highlights
included the picking up and dropping
of Mgbechi Erondu ’06 by emcee Syed
and the David Ortiz handshake of
Abhishek Sripad ’07 and Hasan Siddiqi
to celebrate the Red Sox’s recent victory.
For the grand finale, dancers
trouped onstage for the Ras, in which
they danced and hit each other with
colorful sticks. The night came to a
happy close with a group bhangra, in
which every performer and some audience members took to the dance-floor
in a mass dance party.
Said Khandelwal, “Diwali is a time
to gather with your closest family and
friends, eat an epic feast, and be
merry.”
Vendors hawk their ethnic foods at last weekend’s International Food Festival.
This
past
English?!” And the
Saturday, following
show began.
Catherine Crooke
the
International
For the first act,
Food Festival, the
Todd Kwao-vovo ’06
International Talent Show offered its own and Mr. Graeme Griffith, husband to Pine
refreshing taste of global culture in a fun Knoll Cluster Dean Linda Carter Griffith,
and light-hearted performance that was took the stage in a captivating African
truly entertaining, if a little rough around Drumming routine. Mr. Griffith kept the
the edges. Hosted by the International basic beat as Kwao-vovo’s hands flutClub in Kemper Auditorium, the short tered, a blur, across his drum.
Junior Daniel Seo’s performance of
program began with a lesson in lanthe mournful Korean song “Boot-jap-goguages.
Emcee Mia Kanak ’06 ran onstage do” provided sharp contrast to the
clad in a beautiful silver kimono and African Drumming. Seo sang and
energetically burst into fast-paced accompanied himself on piano, stretchJapanese. Stefanos Kasselakis ’05, co- ing to impressively high pitches with
emcee and president of International heavy emotion.
In one of the most entertaining acts of
Club, wandered in, dressed incongruously in a ninja outfit. He addressed Kanak the night, Fahad Missmar ’06 and
seriously in Greek, his consternation Rashmi Bhat ’06 shook onstage to perapparent as he realized that she could not form an Arabic-Indian dance. Minor initial difficulties with their music and a few
understand his words.
Their hilarious dialogue accelerated rough edges during the performance were
as they switched from language to lan- quickly overlooked because the performguage, Chinese to French to Spanish, in ers were having so much fun. Adorned in
an attempt to communicate. Finally, colorful traditional clothing, they shook
Kanak cried, “English! Do you speak their chests and hips together, performing
some moves reminiscent of the “bootycall.” The audience loved it and filled
Kemper with laughs.
Next, Susan Ho ’06 sang a Chinese
pop song, dressed the part, as always, in
a funky skirt and blazer. After Ho,
Vaishali Grover ’05, performed an Indian
dance entitled “Bharat Matyam.” With
her beautiful red-gold costume and traditional music, the act provided an authentic insight into Indian culture and a
chance to witness a lesser-known art
form.
The final and best act of the show was
a rendition of English pop star Robbie
Williams’s “Let Me Entertain You,” performed by a band of international and
American students. The song was well
chosen; energetic, fun, and entertaining,
and brought the audience to their feet.
The International Fashion Show
made a great grand finale to the show.
Students paraded through Kemper wearing traditional clothing from around the
world; outfits from Honduras to China,
Thailand to Saudi Arabia. Each put their
own personality onto the catwalk, with a
traditional bow, a twirl, or Italy's leather
jacket and hair flip. Said audience member Nico Lanson ’07, “I thought that the
M. Sterling
costumes were amazing because, for me,
they distinguished countries’ cultures.”
THE PHILLIPIAN NEWS OCTOBER 29, 2004
6
Happenings on Campus
Final Strategic Plan: Product of
Trustee, Faculty, and Student Input
By FAISAL KASSAM
B. Kaiser/The Phillipian
Alex Malozemoff ’05, Ben Lasman ’06, and Nate Greenberg ’05 practice their Grasshopper
Night performance during Monday night’s rehearsal.
NOMINEE’S DAUGHTER Phillipian Talks Politics,
SHARES EXPERIENCES Education with Kerry ’95
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in war.
“The one thing I can tell you in
my heart of hearts is he is so committed to bringing our troops home
safely,” she said.
As the daughter of the candidate, Ms. Kerry was able to speak
frankly about John Kerry as a father
like any other, embarrassing his
daughter by donning a bright orange
hunting hat and cheering for her at
sports games at Andover.
“Having grown up with him, I
learned that he is a man of unbelievable integrity, unbelievable optimism and someone who has truly
said to me 'Vanessa, I hope you fight
everyday to make someone else's
life better,'” she said.
She named integrity as the most
convincing reason why an undecided voter should vote the Democratic
ticket this coming Tuesday.
“The concept of integrity means
telling the truth to the American people, fighting for the American people and that means believing that
this is a great country and everyone
who is a part of it is bigger than you,
greater that you, and that's who we
have to fight for,” she said.
She continued, “For the last 27
years I have had a father who has
held one rule always: always tell the
truth, and always do your best, and
always be a person of integrity, and
that's exactly who my father is.”
Beyond obvious familial relations, Ms. Kerry has made her own
name for herself, graduating from
Yale Suma Cum Laude and continuing on to Harvard Medical School,
where she became a Fulbright
Scholar studying health planning.
Continued from Page 1, Column 1
is directly tied to people's ability
to thrive.
How have you been able to
cope with the pressures of being
in the spotlight everyday, having
to look perfect and sound articulate all the time?
I definitely don't work at the
looking perfect part. Its something you have to be aware of but
not get hung up on. I am an extroverted, gregarious person with
my friends but a shy person in
public and it has been very difficult to deal with becoming public
property. I've definitely had to
adjust.
What is your relationship
with the Bush daughters?
I've only met them once.
How do you think your differing images reflect on your
fathers?
I think people will always
look at the kids to see who raised
them but I think it's a waste of
time to pit the Bush girls against
us. It's not about us.
How will your Fulbright
experience in London be affected
if your father is elected?
I arrived in London and there
was already an article in the
paper with photos, in the local
paper and the school paper - it
certainly changes my experience.
I worry about being a point of
interest, but that will impact my
life wherever I am
Have you spoken to Chelsea
Clinton about her experiences?
Chelsea
and
I
have
exchanged a few e-mails. She
just tells me to stay positive and
keep a sense of humor about
everything.
Have you given your father
any suggestions about how to
appeal to younger voters?
No. He gets it totally on his
own.
The Phillips Academy Board
of Trustees considered the
Strategic Planning Committee's
final report this past weekend.
First convened a year ago, the
committee’s members incorporated their visions into the recently
approved Strategic Plan, which
will play a significant role in
directing the school's resources
for the next five years.
In a process that began in the
summer of 2003, the Strategic
Planning Committee consulted
faculty, students and alumni in
order to establish the Academy's
strategic priorities for the near
future.
Similar planning efforts have
taken place periodically during
the last 20 years. This most recent
Strategic Plan is the Academy's
fifth since 1983.
However, unlike previous
Strategic Plans, the latest is
“more about adding value rather
than fixing egregious problems,”
said the Strategic Planning
Committee's Co-Chair, Instructor
in Philosophy and Religious
Studies Susan McCaslin.
“One thing that did worry us
as we began our work is that for
the 2003-2004 academic year, the
Financial Aid Office had a lot of
applicants that we couldn't admit
but wanted to admit,” said Ms.
McCaslin.
Accordingly, the committee
discussed the Academy's need to
emphasize the school's commitment to financial aid while
renewing its dedication to the
recruitment of a diverse student
body.
Ms. McCaslin said that much
of the committee's discussion
during its September meeting was
aimed at attracting more of the
most coveted admitted students.
“Everything followed from
what kind of students we want at
Phillips Academy,” said Ms.
McCaslin.
“Everything followed from
what kind of students we want at
Phillips Academy.”
-SUSAN MCCASLIN
She continued, “It's all about
the students we bring, the program we offer them, and the faculty that teach them.”
The tripartite Strategic Plan
addresses attracting and providing financial aid for a superior
student body, restructuring the
curriculum to provide a more
flexible but still broad liberal arts
education, and hiring and retaining a talented faculty.
The Strategic Planning
Committee, which met a total of
six times throughout the last year,
gathered information until this
past January.
They first sought the opinion
of students. Early last October,
the committee met with the
Student Council and the five
Cluster Councils.
“We put the councils through
the same brainstorming exercises
that the committee itself had
done,” said Ms. McCaslin.
Then, during a meeting late
last November, the committee
conducted a similar exercise with
the faculty.
According to Ms. McCaslin,
Both faculty and students agreed
that Andover's program was
“overloaded with too many
expectations and requirements.”
Although
the
Strategic
Planning Committee is responsible for drafting the school's
Strategic Plan, it is not responsible for its implementation.
The faculty elected three of
the five faculty members sitting
on the committee, Instructor in
English Jeffrey Domina, Dean of
Faculty Temba Maqubela, and
Ms. McCaslin, to their positions.
Several of the committee
members were appointed by the
administration.
The Trustees on the committee include Daniel Cunningham
'67, Molly Laster '56, Oscar Tang
'56, and Sandra Urie '70. Ms. Urie
served as the trustee Co-Chair
alongside the committee's faculty
Co-Chair, Ms. McCaslin.
Head of School Barbara
Chase and former President of the
Board of Trustees David
Underwood '54 sat on the committee as ex officio members.
Wang ’05 Examines Role of Ancient Women
By NAOMI JIANG
Although today's depiction of
human life 40,000 years ago is
centered around the dependence
of human survival on the hunting
carried out by men, Catrina Wang
'05 disagrees.
In her presentation “The
Invisible Breadwinners: The
Provisioning Role of Women in
Stone Age Europe,” Brace Center
Student Fellow Wang refuted the
common portrayal of the
Paleolithic era as a time in which
men held the primary responsibility.
“Women are rarely mentioned
in popular works of human evolution. Instead, they're assumed to
exist in traditional roles of mothering and home-making, while
men are implicitly or explicitly
depicted as leading the group,
feeding his family, and producing
the artifacts excavated millennia
later by archaeologists,” said
Wang.
Instructor in History and
Social Science and Brace Center
Co-Director Kathleen Dalton
said, “Historians assumed that
women couldn't do much because
they weren't able to look at
women's evidence objectively,
but it's now different.”
Wang explained that today, it
is generally believed that
Paleolithic men supported their
societies by hunting, creating art,
and making stone tools.
Wang, however, refutes this
view.
“Females never depended on
their husbands for subsistence,
nor did their reproductive role
hamper their dual role as family
provisioner,” said Wang.
Wang contended that the
importance and intensity of hunting, especially of big game like
mammoths, is rather exaggerated
as the recovered carcasses of such
animals indicate that they were
usually scavenged and not hunted.
Wang, refuting the common
perception that men hunted large
animals with spears, proposed
that, during the Paleolithic era,
people more frequently hunted
without weapons.
Men, women, and children
assembled and then surrounded
and stampeded subjects of prey.
Proof of this technique has been
found at a site where there are 21
even sized square pits each complete with a reindeer skeleton.
Despite the existence of hunting methods involving the participation of women, Wang downplayed the current emphasis of the
importance of hunting in
Paleolithic life and stated that the
gathering of edible plants played a
bigger role in survival.
Wang theorized the surrounding vegetation gathered by
women served as the primary
food source in Paleolithic communities.
According to Wang, the necessary role that women played in
providing for their families during
the Paleolithic era was largely
ignored for two main reasons: the
remains of animals from that time
are much more common than
plants and, although gathering
plants was more important, it was
E. Gelb/The Phillipian
Catrina Wang ’05 speaks on
prehistoric women.
not as glorious as hunting.
“From primate studies, ethnographic analogies, and a survey of
Upper Paleolithic technological
and environmental contexts, we
can say that prehistoric society
was basically egalitarian and, to a
limited extent, patriarchal,” said
Wang.
AndoverLife
BY WILL ALLEN
Since You Have to Eat Dinner With Your Parents...
EXPERT REVIEWS OF ANDOVER DINING, STORES, AND SERVICES
YOKOHAMA’S
BERTUCCI’S
ANDOVER INN
GLORY
VINCENZO’S
FRIENDLY’S
Laura Sciuto ’05
Marieke Sterling ’06
Brooks Canaday ’07
Melanie Kress ’05
Megan Scarborough ’05
Terrance Rubin ’05
Food quality: The food at
Yokohama's is phenomenal.
Everything from the sushi to the
veggies to the meat the cooks prepare consistently tastes fresh.
They have the traditional chicken
or shrimp or beef stir-fry, but they
also have specialty noodle dishes
and some interesting seaweed salads.
Overall recommendation: I
highly recommend Yokohama's as
a dinner option. Its only 10 minutes away from PA, and the delicious, inexpensive dishes are well
worth the effort.
Atmosphere and service: Fun
and low key, but not always the quietest. Service is not the best: getting seated and served can be a
process, and the waitresses are not
very friendly
Food quality: Nothing special,
but satisfying and perfect for what
you
pay
for.
Typical,
Italian/American cuisine.
Overall
recommendation:
Bertucci's is the best place around
for inexpensive and satisfying
Italian food. It’s perfect for an easy
meal out, but if you're looking for
something special, you might want
to go to somewhere more upscale.
Food Quality: The food is
incredible. It made me never
want to eat in Commons again. I
could live off of sporadic visits to
the Andover Inn. However, The
dinner menu is relatively limited.
Overall Recommendation:
Overall, I'd recommend the
Andover Inn for special occasions, like when you just got
more money put into your
account. With great food, an
easy location, but a stiff atmosphere and high prices, the
Andover Inn is a middling place
to go.
Atmosphere and Service:
Upscale, parent’s weekendish,
slightly pretentious atmosphere. The
themeing is great and the servers are
friendly, attentive, and conversational.
Food Quality: The food is creative and whimsical. The portions or
small, but the food is so good that
you don’t mind. The lobster mashed
potatoes are particularly tempting.
Overall Recommendation:
Great for the occasional upscale dinning experience or special date, but
the prices are too high for most
Andover students on a regular basis.
Food quality: Pretty tasty,
standard Italian fare. I really like
their cheese ravioli.
Overall recommendation: If
you hate sitting at a table in
Bertucci’s and having your
English teacher on one side and
your crush and his entire posse on
the other, Vincenzo’s is usually
less crowded with PA kids, and a
little on the calmer, more sophisticated side; plus it's on the second
level so you can watch all of your
stupid friends waiting outside for
half an hour at Bertucci’s.
Definitely worth a try!
Food Quality: Pretty standard American fares, with some
bastardized attempts at Mexican
cuisine. Same thing you would
get at TGIF’s or Applebee’s, but
closer and cheaper. The barbeque chicken strips are great.
Overall Recommendation:
It’s a lengthy walk from campus, but given the wide selection, relaxed atmosphere, and
low prices, it’s worth the trip. A
great place to eat out if you are
on a budget and want something
filling and predictable.
Avg. Price: $15-$18
Sciuto:
Phillipian:
Avg. Price: $14.00
Sterling:
Phillipian:
Avg. Price: $30.00
Canaday:
Phillipian:
Avg. Price: $30.00
Kress:
Phillipian:
Avg. Price: $20 - $25
Scarborough:
Phillipian:
Avg. Price: $10 - $15
Rubin:
Phillipian:
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THE PHILLIPIAN NEWS OCTOBER 29, 2004
PICTURE OF THE WEEK
PHOTOS FROM SPACE
PROVE EINSTEIN RIGHT
NEW PROPOSAL PLANS
SPY CHIPS IN TEETH
ASHLEE SIMPSON
EMBARRASSED ON SNL
An important aspect of
Albert Einstein's General
Theory of Relativity states that
rotating bodies in space - such
as the Earth - cause “fabric”
containing the three spatial
dimensions and the fourth
dimension of time to warp and
twist.
Erricos Pavlis of the Joint
Center for Earth System
Technology at NASA and his
colleagues observed two satellites orbiting the Earth. Their
report shows that the planets
did shift in space due to the pull
of the planet.
"As the Earth turns, it is
actually twisting space-time
with it. Near Earth, the twisting
is greater," explains Michael
Salamon, a physicist at NASA.
Einstein's theory predicts
that a nearby spinning body,
such as the Earth, will pull on
space and cause a gyroscope to
shift slightly on its axis.
Salamon said indirect evidence has been seen of framedragging, but this is the first
direct measurement. When it
was first predicted by Einstein
in 1918, there was no way to
make a measurement.
NASA launched a probe carrying four gyroscopes in April.
Scientists say that this will further validate Einstein's theory
by next year.
Dentalax, a French dental
firm,
is
putting
Radio
Frequency
Identification
Devices in false teeth.
RFID have most recently
been used to keep track of product inventories and are slowly
replacing the barcodes in many
stores.
The Food and Drug
Administration recently granted permission for doctors to
implant these devices in people.
Other organizations have
reported that the employment
of such devices for medical reasons poses health risks.
Dentalax, however, reports
that there is a "significant
advantage in deploying RFID
in the dental prosthetics manufacturing process.”
Dentists make an initial
mold of the patient's teeth and
send the cast to a lab.
Technicians then create a second cast into which they
implant a PicoPass chip. This
chip is able to store records of
all work carried out on the false
tooth.
The RFID Journal reports
that "throughout the prosthesis
manufacturing process, each
time an operation is carried out
on the prosthesis, that action is
recorded on the chip inside the
die by the technician using a PC
fitted with a RFID reader.”
Ashlee Simpson was forced
to stop one of her performances
during a showing of “Saturday
Night Live” when the sound
crew began playing a recording
of the wrong song.
“Saturday Night Live,” a
late-night variety show on
NBC, features comedy sketches
and musical performances, all
performed before a live audience.
Ashlee
Simpson,
the
younger sister of pop-superstar
Jessica Simpson, was promoting
her
album
“Autobiography.” She performed her first song “Pieces
Of Me,” without incident.
When she returned to the stage
to sing another song, the band
began playing “Pieces Of Me”
again.
The vocals began while
Simpson was holding her
microphone at her waist.
They were quickly silenced,
but the band continued playing
the song. Simpson, unsure of
what to do, made some exaggerate dance moves and then
left the stage. Simpson said
afterward, "I feel so bad. My
band started playing the wrong
song. I didn't know what to do
so I thought I'd do a hoe-down."
-Brad Colbert
Trustees Give Green Light to KHRUSHCHEV TALKS
Memorial Bell Tower Renovation CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS
Continued from Page 1, Column 6
“Recent challenges to programs with race-based admissions have caused many institutions to re-examine such programs. The success of (MS)2
over the nearly 30 years since its
inception underscores the continuing need for such a program,” explained Ms. Urie.
The trustees' approval of
plans to begin bell tower restoration this spring will set into
motion a $5 million construction
project that is not expected to be
completed until January of 2006.
Some members of the Class
of 2005 had expressed concern
that beginning the renovation
this spring would mean that the
noticeable campus landmark
ANDOVER STUDENTS
TAKE PART IN VARIED
CAMPAIGN ACTIVITIES
Continued from Page 1, Column 6
magazine, Frontline, co-sponsored an event with the history
department on Tuesday.
Titled, “Raising Our Voices:
of Youth
A Celebration
Involvement in Politics”, the
event featured co-authors Meryl
Levin and Will Kanteres, who
spoke
about
their
book
“Primarily New Hampshire: A
Year in the Life of Presidential
Campaign Staffers,” a photo
documentary that highlighted
youth involvement in the New
Hampshire primary.
The authors offered a brief
presentation before inviting
Phillips Academy student Nick
Smith Wang '05 and graduate
Rachel Sobelson '02 to share
their own political campaign
experiences.
While Sobelson, a Democrat,
and Smith Wang, a Republican,
represented opposite sides of the
political spectrum, both agreed
on the importance of youth
involvement in political events.
Sobelson said, “It's important
to keep the events going after the
election is over.”
She continued, “Hopefully
the energy will continue. It's not
about just the people who can
vote …the young and old are
getting together.”
Open broadcast of the elections will be held in Kemper on
election
night,
Tuesday,
November 2, from 7:30 to 9:30
pm.
The event will be co-sponsored by Young Republicans
Club and Young Democrats
Club.
would be missing during graduation exercises.
But the trustees nonetheless
approved plans to completely
disassemble the tower, repairing
structural damages and refur“The approval of the Strategic
Plan launches a time of great
promise. Building on the success of
campaign Andover, we are able to
enter a new phase of greatness for
the school.”
-BARBARA L. CHASE
bishing the tower's collection of
bells. Nineteen pre-existing bells
will be refurbished, 18 bells will
be replaced, and 12 new bells
will be added, significantly
expanding the carillon's range.
An electronic keyboard will be
installed at the tower's base,
from which the bells will be able
to be either controlled manually
or directed by a pre-programmed
mechanism.
“I am very pleased that the
reconstruction of the Memorial
Bell Tower will proceed and that
fundraising for this project,
while not yet complete, has
reached a level that allows construction to get underway,” said
Ms. Urie, who serves also as the
Chair of the Trustee Building
Committee.
Last weekend's gathering
was the first of three on-campus
trustee meetings that are slated
to take place this year. The
trustees will also convene in
January and April.
Continued from Page 1, Column 2
concluded that in nuclear war “you
will lose more than you will gain.”
Yet several misunderstandings
nearly prevented this peaceful conclusion to hostilities.
A Russian telegram proposing
the compromise was stalled in
London for six hours.
A compromise was reached
before a serious conflict developed.
In contrast with American
folklore, Dr. Khrushchev stated it
was both leaders' responsible leadership that prevented war, not simply Kennedy's diplomatic panache.
The peaceful resolution of the
Crisis was the result, Dr.
Khrushchev said, of both Nikita
Khrushchev and John F. Kennedy
realizing that it is “much better to
be balanced than brave.”
C. Touhey/The Phillipian
The moon is visible over Samuel Phillips Hall before
Wednesday night’s lunar eclipse.
CAMD Donation Enhances
Study and Research Center
By EMMA WOOD
A cozy, comfortable reading
nook with non-fluorescent lighting
and a comprehensive collection of
books about African Americans in
professional fields will become a
part of Andover's resources thanks
to Phillips Academy Trustee Bill
Lewis '74.
The Office of Community and
Multicultural Development will be
the home of the new collection,
which will be included in the
Oliver Wendell Holmes Library
catalogue.
Though the CAMD library has
matured slowly throughout the
past few years, it has only grown
large enough to require space on
the electronic database of OWHL
within the last year.
By adding their collection to
the library catalogue, CAMD
hopes to provide an easy way for
the entire community to access
their materials.
While the physical renovations
taking place in CAMD to accommodate the new collection are
minor, they will impact entire
atmosphere of the room.
The actual footprint will be left
alone, but there will be a significant increase in shelf space, more
comfortable chairs and softer lighting to compensate for the loss of
the wall lighting being removed to
provide space for the shelves.
Director of the Oliver Wendell
Holmes Library Elisabeth Tully
hopes that the new space will
accommodate students and invites
members of the student body to
come forward with any suggestions or ideas for the added collection.
Edwin Diaz '07, who eagerly
awaits the arrival of the new
books, said, “I think it's an oppor-
tunity for other ethnicities to get in
touch with African American history and I hope it will increase the
knowledge of our ancestry.”
Dean of Community and
Multicultural Development Bobby
Edwards emphasized the importance of the example set by of Mr.
Lewis' gift.
“The primary thing is not only
the fact that the gift was given in
the spirit of enhancing the access
to the African American culture,
but in Mr. Lewis himself, who
through his very generous and
important act of giving back, has
set an example of really living a
non-sibi life,” he said.
Mr. Lewis, a Phillips Academy
trustee, has demonstrated his devotion to the Academy through generous contributions of time and
money. Ending a 24-year career at
Morgan Stanley, Mr. Lewis recently joined the investment firm
Lazard.
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by Christian Vareika
FEATURES DAVID ORTIZ
My Halloween experiences
probably aren't like yours. In fact,
I'd bet you whatever your grandparents gave you for your last
birthday that they aren't. How do I
know what your birthday present
from your grandparents was? I
don't, but I'll bet it's pretty good.
Anyway, you would probably
take that bet, because hey, why
not, grandma and grandpa would
never know, right? Wrong. I'd take
about a dozen Polaroid's of me
posing with your present, scrawl
the words “YOUR GRANDCHILD IS UNGRATEFUL AND
DOESN'T LOVE YOU” on them
in black permanent marker, drop
them in an envelope, and send
them your grandparents' place in
Florida. What's that? Your grandparents don't have a place in
Florida? Sure they don't.
But I digress. My Halloweens
have indeed been strange. For
example, when I was nine years
old I dressed up as Ronald Reagan.
I wasn't a fan or admirer of the former President; in fact, the situation
was quite the contrary. When
someone asked me who I was, I
planned, I would respond: “I'm
Ronald Reagan. I drained all of the
money out of our country's social
programs and poured them into
irrational defense programs, all the
while banking on faulty economic
theories beneficial to my wealthy,
conservative base! No pun intended with the banking thing.” But, of
course, everyone recognized me as
Ronald Reagan, no one asked me
who I was, and my costume was a
complete failure. To make things
worse, a group of young hoodlums
descended on me and stole all of
my Halloween candy; they were
probably dirty Communists.
At age 14, I devised what was,
I thought, the perfect Halloween
costume. I would not wash my
face for a week while simultaneously engaging in as many oily
activities as possible, all in an
effort to develop the worst acne
possible by October 31st. So, after
a week of not bathing after athletic
activity, not washing my face
before bed, and rubbing cheeseburgers all over my face, my costume was finally ready. When people asked me who I was for
Halloween, I would reply, “I am a
boy enduring the vicious throes of
adolescence like a small wooden
ship being tossed about violently
from one massive, brutalizing
wave to the next in the middle of a
fierce, unrelenting sea. Obviously,
the sea is symbolic of life.” But no
one asked me what my costume
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Christian Vareika ’05 embraces his inner-Reagan. Whatever
you do, don’t ask him who he is.
was that night. In fact, no one even
talked to me (I attribute this fact as
much to my acne as to the odor I
developed from a week without
bathing.)
Freshman year, I decided, after
my epic failures in costuming, not
to dress up at all. Of course, about
400 people asked me what my costume was. (O irony, you are a cruel
mistress!) They also asked me why
I didn't dress up for Halloween,
what was wrong with me, why I
didn't have any Halloween spirit,
and why I hated America. Oh
yeah, and there was one girl who
asked, “Are you supposed to be
that kid Ryan from The O.C.?”
This question is even more amazing considering the fact that The
O.C. wouldn't begin for another
two years. If you are that girl,
please get in touch with me,
because you are totally psychic.
Wait, if you're psychic, you probably already knew that I wanted you
to contact me, and you haven't
done so yet. It's okay. I understand.
Being a psychic and all, you probably have a lot on your plate right
now. You're probably in Las Vegas
right now, betting big money on
sporting events, staying in penthouse suites, and drinking milk out
of wine glasses; that's what I'd be
doing if I were you, at least. But
seriously, I'd really like to know if
Bush is going to win the upcoming
election, because if he is I want to
book my ticket to Switzerland now
so I can get a good rate. So if you
could IM me just saying, “BUSH”
or “NOT BUSH” I'd really appreciate it.
Anyway, there it is, an
abridged
history
of
my
Halloweens. Abridged, you may
ask? Why, yes, it was abridged,
and thank you for asking. Your
curiosity is refreshing! Well, I didn't tell you about the time when I
was six and dressed up as a reindeer-what's that? You don't want to
know the rest of my Halloween
stories? But you asked if this article was abridged! Oh…you just
didn't know what abridged meant.
Oh…well, yes, I understand. Yes,
it is getting late. I should probably
be going, too. Okay. Yeah, I think I
have your number written down
already. I'll definitely call you.
Yeah. Take care. Bye.
by Nate Scott
FEATURES ORLANDO CABRERA
Halloween has always been
a special time for me. "Wow,"
you must think, "that may be the
most generic and boring start to
an article I have ever read."
Well, here at the Features section we abide by a formula, and
whenever you are writing about
a certain day or time period, it is
stated in the Features King
James Bible, Genesis, Special
Days, Vol. III, Verse 2, Line 24,
that you "must begin your article with, "[Insert special day
here] has always been a special
time for me."" Hey folks, I didn't make the rules, so don't hate
the player, hate the game.
Anyways, Halloween has
always been a special time for
me. In my youth sometimes I
would dress up and go trick or
treating with all my friends.
More often than not, however, I
would come to the realization
that I didn't have any friends,
which would account for the
year I put on a fur coat, painted
on whiskers with eye liner and
went trick or treating with my
mother. (Sadly, a true story.) So
I guess you could say that
Halloween wasn't so much a
"special" time for me, but more
of a "lonely" time.
So, what to do for
Halloween this year? I am
always torn by this question. I
am now 18 years old, meaning
that technically I am a registered
adult and, if need be, could be
called on to fight and die for my
country. Instead of doing that, I
find myself debating whether to
wear orange or red stockings to
complete my "Little Drummer
Boy" costume. You may find
that somewhat ridiculous, and
that OF COURSE I should go
for red, but I think the orange
actually compliments the overall motif of the costume. The
Little Drummer Boy is innocent,
but it's the 21st century here,
people, CMON!!!
J. Yi/The Phillipian
Nate Scott ‘05 spent all weekend working on his Ron Weasley
costume.
Ok, that was a little weird, I struggle! (I’d like to cite Lizzy
know. Actually this year I was Maxwell ’05 here, because it
looking forward to meeting was her joke first and I don’t
with some of my close friends want to get thrown out for plaand going trick-or-treating. By giarism.)
So, that’s my plan this year
close friends, I mean the Juniors
who don’t know what a loser I for Halloween. If anyone wants
am yet and have fallen for the to go trick or treating with me,
old “He’s a varsity athlete so he or knows a person who can take
must be cool” trick. Hahaha, care of Susan so I can be Baby
suckers. Anyways, Shirley, Spice, just give me a call at
Stacey, Susan, Desdemona and I x6982. Sorry to wax poetic here,
are thinking of dressing up (as Vanessa Kerry would say)
together as the Spice Girls. The but has anyone else noticed that
only problem is, I wanted to be in these crazy times girls just
Baby Spice but Susan called use Halloween as an excuse to
dibs! So now I’m stuck being dress up really slutty and look
Sporty Spice, and all the other hot? And has anyone else
girls get to wear really hot out- noticed how this is TOTALLY
fits and I’m stuck in sweatpants SWEET? Ok, just checking.
and a sports bra. Ahhh, the
Costumes Seen at Andover
10. Acne ridden, socially awkward student. Wait...that’s not a costume.
by Anthony Green
FEATURES MARK BELLHORN
There are lots of things that
scare me. I'm scared of death,
insomnia, and that squirrel that
always stares at me when I walk
out of Gelb. He knows. Anyway,
Halloween is a pretty scary
time, and a mind as feeble and
tender as mine can barely handle the atmosphere. That's why I
asked my uncle Jack, a World
War II veteran, how to handle
the various costumed characters
lurking around campus. “Boy,”
he said to me, “first you get
yourself a sharp knife. You've
gotta make sure that you keep it
sharp, cuz if it's dull you might
as well be bamboozled on the
spot.” After he said that he went
into shock so I decided to look
for answers elsewhere.
The next most logical place
to look for help in easing my
Halloween fears was a psychologist's office. I headed over to
Dr. Pride Brennan's office and
asked him his thoughts. “Boy,”
he said to me, “first you get
yourself a sharp knife. You've
gotta make sure that you keep it
sharp, cuz if it's dull you might
as well be bamboozled on the
spot.” Then I realized that
“Uncle Jack” was just a nickname for Dr. Pride Brennan.
Boy was I embarrassed.
The next place I looked for
help was the bar of the Ritz
Carlton in Boston. I had a little
trouble getting in since I'm not
21 yet, but I sang “Holiday” by
Madonna and put the bouncer in
a trance. Once I was in the bar, I
saw lots of lonely rich people
that obviously hated Halloween
almost as much as I do. I went
up to the loneliest, richest looking person I could find and
asked him what I should do
about my Halloween problem.
He turned slowly towards
me, a large mole on his upper
lip, and said, “Mmyyeesss, listen closely my good man. The
first thing you must do is find
yourself a good cutting instru-
ment…” I don't know whether
he was going to tell me to keep
it sharp, but I didn't want to find
out, so I went to Friendly's to
get a Fribble.
After much introspection, I
decided that the best way to
overcome my fears was to actually go trick-or-treating. After
all, I figured that staring right
into the belly of the beast would
do much more good for me then
locking my doors and screaming
every time my doorbell rang. I
J. Yi/The Phillipian
Anthony Green ’05 does his best Mark Bellhorn impression by
swinging drunkenly at a group of Uppers lying on the ground.
grabbed some sheets and a
garbage bag, fashioned a ghost
costume, and headed out.
I have to admit, stepping out
of the door was a little frightening at first. Everywhere I looked
there were tons of people with
more
hair
and
claws
than...than…some ugly person!
Hehehehe. Anyway, once I got a
hang of the whole trick-or-treating gag, things weren't too bad.
Before long I had three bags of
candy and a smile on my face,
until things changed…
Some guy came up to me
dressed up as a werewolf. It was
a pretty convincing costume,
with realistic drool, dark black
eyes, etc. He didn't speak
English, just snarled, and so I
figured he probably needed to
clear his throat. I invited him
into my house for a glass of
water and a green apple so that
he could talk again. You wouldn't believe it, but he really
abused my hospitality. It turns
out it wasn't a guy at all, but a
real werewolf, and it ripped out
most of my internal organs.
It's kind of funny actually,
since although I died, a scientist
incorporated my brain into a
robotic body. That's right, I'm a
robot. “But Anthony,” you
might ask, “if you're a robot,
then how come I've seen you
bleed and eat food in commons?” To that I might say,
“shut up…jerk.” Then you
might say that I'm being childish, but really I'm just trying to
avoid the question because I'm
not really a robot. You guys are
so silly.
9. No, I’m allowed to be outside this
Nathan Hale window at 1 a.m.
Seriously, officer, it’s part of my costume: I’m a window cleaner, and I
work the night shift.
8. A Giant Flu Vaccine. All the girls
will want you now!
7. Ambassador to Yemen, Barbara
Bodine.
6. Gerald, the three footed pony.
5. Heroin Barbie.
4. Flava Flav.
3. PAPS officer Wendy. Stun-gun not
included.
2. A Connecticut Yankee in King
Arthur’s Court!
1. A ghost.
THE PHILLIPIAN FEATURES October 29, 2004
by Matt Yeager
FEATURES TROT NIXON
Coming from a well-sized
public school in semi-rural New
Hampshire to Phillips Academy
has certainly been a monumental transition. The classes, the
environment, and the trends are
all substantially different.
At my old school, the only
language available was Proper
English, 'politics' was the reason
one couldn't drive their snowmobile to school, and Sex Ed
involved… Just kidding.
The Senior party has been
busted three times in a row during my attendance there, seriously. Three years ago, a partygoer shot a flare through a
neighbor's window. Two years
ago they called the police to tell
them the party was taking place
in a different town, but the line
was traced. And last year, well it
was held at the same place from
the previous two years.
In fact, the only time the
Seniors were successful was
when they traveled two and a
half hours away into southern
Vermont to pull off the party.
Canada is only an hour and a
half away.
So what does this all mean?
First of all, don't go to New
Hampshire to party, the cows
get upset.
Second… we, as in new students, have experienced a huge
change in our lifestyle during
these past few weeks. I, fortunately, have successfully survived this deadly change. But
for those still having troubles, I
have composed a list of useful
hints that have worked just fine
for me. So give it a shot!
And it goes a little something like this…
1) Pop that collar boy! If
not… I'll pop a cap in your
heiney.
2) Read Badman's article.
Maybe it won't help you, but he
needs more readers or he'll be
dropped from the paper soon, so
do me a favor.
3) If people ask you what
your parents do for a living, get
creative!
“Yeah, you know the shoe?
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Don’t confuse Matt Yeager ‘06 with aviation legend Chuck
Yeager, the first pilot to break the sound barrier.
by Gabe Worgaftik
FEATURES PEDRO MARTINEZ
At least once a month I get
lazy, and start writing articles
about the A-Team. Hopefully
this isn't one of those weeks, but
hey, we'll see. So I figured since
there isn't anything else going
on this week, I'd offer some perspective on my own life since,
hey, I never talk about myself.
Anyway, I was thinking about
writing an article reviewing the
courses I'm taking right now and
such, but then I realized I don't
want my teachers to hate me.
More than they do now.
So instead I offer a retro-
spective of sorts, some of the
highlights of my academic
career over the years, starting
off with a little man called…
English
Freshman fall was tough, as
I was too proud to take the
English as a second language
course I was placed in. Over
time I developed rudimentary
reading skills, and things went
uphill from there. Overall, I
would say that things were a
plus here, as I only based one
major assignment on the teachings of Mr. T (yes, I actually did
this.) Mr. T would go on to
appear in my English 200
papers a total of five times.
Lower year we had to read and
J. Yi/The Phillipian
Gabe desperately wants to be freed from Features’ tyranny to
become an Arts associate.
My dad invented it.”
Or…
“My mom designed the
Statue of Liberty, after she did
the Eiffel Tower”
Or, if all else fails…
“My parents work for the
CIA.”
4) Get an iPod, and if you
can't afford one, steal one. Hey,
it's not the music that matters,
but the look. Sometimes if you
put on white headphones going
into your pocket, you'll pass off
just fine.
5) If a kid going by happens to wipe out on his bike or
eat it going down a set of stairs,
give a little laugh, but don't
help.
6) Whenever you go to a
dance, hang out for about 15
minutes before you decide it's
lame and leave. Then go to
Ryley for about 15 minutes
before you decide it's lame and
leave. Repeat as necessary.
7) Get an authentic college sweatshirt. Remember, it
must be either Ivy League, have
an acceptance rate under 30%,
consist of at least one primary
color, or, if from California or
Texas, it must be made out of
98% cotton. People here are
picky.
8) When people ask
where you're from, try to
impress them…
“Yeah, I'm from the Bronx,
how 'bout you?”
“No, I was born in Russia,
you see, and then moved to
Australia when 10-years-old. I
now live in Spain, but will be
moving to Los Angeles in a couple of weeks. How about you?”
“I live in New Hampshire,
how about you?” (That's the
best!)
9) Learn to BS. Andover
has higher expectations and
more demands of your skills.
10) Get to know the squirrels, they can be your very best
friends.
And that concludes my
weekly article… I hope all new
students may use these helpful
tips to the best of their ability
during their assimilation into the
Andover environment. As for
me, it is now time to reminisce
over my day of joyous cow-tipping.
SPLAT!!!
analyze things, and that's were
the going got rough, plus I
killed a man, just killed him in
cold blood.
Spanish
Honestly, I have nothing but
good words for Raquel and her
gang of rowdy but lovable compañeros.
Math
For me math is a lot like
Rocky IV. I know, I know,
you're thinking, how could I
possibly relate drawing a bunch
of circles to the Italian Stallion
chopping down the Soviet
superman that was, and in many
ways is Ivan Drago, more or less
effectively ending the cold war
single handedly? Well it all
started when Ivan and his wife
(math-360) travel to the US
(Phillips Academy) to declare
Ivan eligible to contend for the
World Heavyweight Title (um…
my TI-83 maybe? No?) Ivan
requests a title bout against
world champion Rocky Balboa
(Andres Bobadilla '06), but his
former opponent and now best
friend Apollo Creed (Me) feels
slighted and challenges the
Russian to an East-meets-West
exhibition bout in Vegas
(Morse). Overconfident, Apollo
enters the ring dancing to the
soulful tunes of James Brown
(Elcodrive), but then holy crap!
Drago (math-360) kills Apollo
(me)! Rocky vows revenge and
then spends a while training in
Siberia and then he beats Drago
but not before Drago chokeslams the prime minister guy.
(Ok I'm not sure what that part
has to do with 360). Also,
Rocky has a robot, which is
pretty sweet.
Yeah, so I apologize to anyone who just read that. Sorry.
Biology
Though I didn't really like it
at the time, looking back bio
was pretty sweet. One time I
even got to go to a sewage treat-
9
by John Badman
FEATURES BAT BOY
I was born in the back of a
Chrysler minivan outside a
McDonalds in southeastern
Tennessee. When I came out a
Chihuahua named Phillip sitting
in the front seat ran back and bit
me in the left leg. That's why I
walk with a limp, and that's why
I am terrified of Chihuahuas.
Unfortunately, my birth and the
fact that I am wearing a
Chihuahua coat right now have
nothing to do with this article.
The other week I was walking
down Main Street toward CVS
because I needed to buy some
good, old fashioned sap chewing
gum. On the way I was reprogramming my calculator for the
next day's physics test, and was
wearing my favorite polo shirt.
Suddenly, I heard something like
a sewing machine roaring down
the street, and looked up to see a
cheap Honda packed with
teenagers.
The guys in the car were leaning out the windows, the driver
was beeping the horn, and they
were yelling profanities. One
seemed to stick out in my head as
I watched the 1987 Honda soar
down the road: “You PA
wussy…geek, loser!!!.” Hmm.
Luckily I was packing heat,
so I pulled out the bee bee gun in
my backpack and shot out their
tires. I have never seen a car light
on fire so fast, and flip so far. To
their mothers: I do not regret
what I did, and I just hope that
their recovery is quick, and that
they should have better sense
than to mess with a gangsta. Then
again, how did they know they
were messing with a Badman? I
do ponder this.
Well, after I watched the
motor vehicle flip and take out a
fire hydrant, I tried to think about
how it wasn't funny. Then I saw
the fire extinguish, and I rejoiced.
But it was funny, so I laughed.
Townies pack into cheap lowriders, fly down Main Street, and
try to act cool while they beep
and yell out the windows. You
know after they do a “hit,” they
high tail it home because their
mothers need the car to pick up
ment plant, which is more than I
can say about History. So there.
So now you know, I guess. I
think the lesson to be learned
here, is that sometimes things
look a lot worse when you actually write them down on a piece
of paper. Some other things I've
learned through this experience
would maybe be that Rocky IV
doesn't make for good analogies, or that I only mentioned a
member of the A-Team once,
which is pretty good by my
standards. Well, I've got more
than 550 words now, so I'm
going to go get some of those
tasty chicken fingers in Ryley.
Enjoy your weekends.
J.Yi/The Phillipian
75% of the country cannot find Spain on a map. John Badman
‘06 is in the majority.
the dry cleaning. You also know going to go with jack squat for
that they lose privileges when 300, Alex.
Townies talk a lot of smack
they are not home in time, and are
grounded for the night, and then and jazz, and say that their drivethey resort to hallucinogenic byes really are gangsta and
drugs. Then they wake up 30 sweet, which makes me wonder
years later in a gutter in central what they'd do in the hood. Cause
Boston with a hangover and an in the hood, when I hear a bunch
empty stomach, and a hungry of yelling and beeping, I hit the
Chihuahua named Phillip gnaw- deck with my hands over my
ing on their legs (HA! Phillip was head.
Some PA kids yell back,
related to my story). And then
they sell Phillip to a poor home- “clean my pool scum” and, “I
less man who just needs a friend. own you.” You really shouldn't.
How can a townie wake up in You see, it's more fun to just
the morning, look at himself in watch them drive by, watch them
the mirror, and think, “Word, yell, and watch them get really
check this out. I'm the man. I excited. Watch them high-five
think later today I'll call up Tim each other after the pass, and
and Henry so we can do some maybe, if you're lucky one even
drive-byes. Yeah, that's right, we gets overly excited and wets his
going to straight up trash on some pants, and the others throw him
PA losers. Those PA kids man, out of the car.
So the next time a townie
always working and being productive, we'll put them in their intimidates you, little freshman
place…” Their thoughts are only girl who starts crying after they
interrupted when they are told to drive by, just remember that you
make their beds and brush their go to Andover. You are better
than yelling profanities at others
teeth by their fathers.
If I truly am a “PA pussy,” I because they go to different
wonder what is it that makes schools. You are better than
them totally rad townie kids? that…but if you do have the
Maybe. But if they are so damn chance, yell something good
cool, why do they spend their back like, “sweet car man! Yeah,
Sunday afternoons driving an '87 Honda is sweeeet!! ^$*#er
around yelling at me? Do they ^&$&er!”
have anything better to do? I'm
Want people to laugh at
you for your humor and
not for your hairy neck and
opposable thumbs?
Write For Features
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The Beard of Zeus x6187
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THE PHILLIPIAN SPORTS October 29, 2004
10
Boys XC Outruns NMH,
Avenges St. Paul’s Loss
by Sean Hamilton
PHILLIPIAN SPORTS WRITER
Andover
NMH
20
36
Even with star runner Justin
Lee '06 not racing to prevent further injury to his
ankle, the Andover
Boys
CrossCountry team still
soundly defeated
NMH 20-36 at the
BOYS’ CROSS varsity level, and
COUNTRY
19-38 in the JV race
Saturday.
On
Thursday, Coach Stableford set
the team's goal in the varsity race
to score no more than 20 points,
and the seven Andover harriers
executed this plan to perfection,
scoring five runners before
NMH's second.
Andover knew that NMH
had a strong frontrunner who
would start the race fast. As predicted, the NMH runner took off
hard, but the Andover pack
began the race with a smart first
mile, remaining in control and
close enough to move up on the
lone NMH leader later in the
race. By the mile mark, five
Andover runners had left NMH's
second behind as they began to
close the gap to the leader. The
pack of Captain Jon Hillman '05,
Ben Bramhall '07, Idris Jatoi '05,
Seán Hamilton '06, and Chris
Donais '05 worked well together
through the rolling hills of the
second mile and slowly made up
ground on first place.
Hillman and Jatoi slipped
slightly from the pack in the
third mile, leaving three to chase
the leader. Hamilton led the
charge through the treacherous
terrain and caught the home
team's best with under a half
mile to the finish line. Donais
then took over responsibility for
the chase as he pulled ahead of
the leader as the finish line drew
closer. In a spirited finish,
Donais challenged NMH's best
for the victory, but was unable to
take him and crossed the line in
17:15, just seven seconds behind
NMH's number one. Hamilton
and Bramhall finished next at
17:21 and 17:32, respectively.
Jatoi and Hillman crossed
together in 17:48, rounding out
Andover's scoring five.
After three NMH harriers
finished, Andover's Geoff Miller
'05 came in at 18:29. David
Heighington '06, running in his
first varsity race, felt the quick
turnaround between the warm up
and the race and did not run as
well as he would have liked to on
the rolling hills.
In the JV race, Andover saw
more of the same success, as
Blue harriers took the first three
spots to secure the win. Jon
Weigel '05, continuing his inspiring climb from injury back to his
regular varsity place, took first
with a time of 18:47. Nate
Thomas '08 crossed next in
18:54, with a steadily improving
Greg Hsu '06 close on his heals.
Andover's dominance at the JV
level with three key harriers
nursing injuries speaks well for
the depth of the team.
Said Jatoi, "I felt the manner
in which the entire team ran was
tremendous given the training
prior to it. As we tune up and
focus on our final meets and
bring everyone back to health,
we should be a force to be reckoned with.”
On Parent's Weekend, the
entire Andover team will race
against Deerfield, a team with a
strong front-runner and a group
significantly further back.
Andover will need again to
wedge its own pack in front of its
foe’s for a victory.
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Gretchen Berns ’05 (right) keeps the ball alive for Andover. Parla Alpan ’06 (left) returns ahit from NMH’s front line during
Andover’s win over the Hoggers. Andover continued its success on Wednesday in a match against Cushing.
PA Girls Volleyball Tops NMH, Cushing
by Lucretia Witte
PHILLIPIAN SPORTS WRITER
Andover traveled to play
NMH on Saturday and came home
with a 3-1 victory. The set scores
were 30-24, 3015, 18-30 and
30-28.
On
Wednesday the
VOLLEYBALL
girls went to
Cushing and defeated Purple again
in four sets, with scores of 29-31,
30-12, 30-13 and 30-22.
Megan Winn '05 took control
of the situation partway through
first game with a string of 10
scorching serves, including 3 aces.
Winn's streak may have very well
won the girls the first set, considering their continued trouble getting
off the starting blocks in the past.
Andover maintained the offensive intensity Winn initiated and
took a strong 2-0 lead. After losing
the third game Andover easily took
the match in the fourth game.
Remarkable statistics for the
match include Winn's seven aces,
six kills, 20 assists, and two stuff
blocks. Captain Lauren Cantwell
'05 finished the match with ten
kills, while Captain Cassie
Tognoni '05 recorded seven, Jackie
Price '06 added six, and Gretchen
Berns '05 finished with five kills.
Andover rolled to a 3-1 victory
against Cushing, losing the first
game before taking the next three
games for the win. They pulled
together quickly though and took
the second and third games easily.
Once they were firmly settled into
play, Coach Beckwith began playing the non-starters until all players
had been in the game. The entire
S.Hall/The Phillipian
Carolyn Pollard ’07 takes control during a faceoff against Brooks earlier this season. Pollard’s goal against St. Paul’s with only
five minutes left tied the game and gave Andover the momentum it needed to topple a talented team.
PA Field Hockey Takes Down NMH, St. Paul’s
by Peter Dignard
PHILLIPIAN SPORTS WRITER
Andover beat a weak NMH
team 1-0 on Saturday, and then
traveled to Concord, New
Hampshire on Wednesday to
squeak out a 2-1 win over an
exceptional St. Paul's team.
Early into its game against
NMH, Andover could tell that its
opponent' was nowhere near as
skilled or powerful as the Lady
Blue herself, but Andover was
not able to take advantage of
Northfield's weaknesses.
The first half was punctuated
by disorganization and sloppy
play. Andover's forwards were so
flustered and uptight that they
were unable to put the ball into
Northfield's net despite numerous
chances.
In the second half Erica
Christensen '05 scored the gamewinning goal with just under six
minutes remaining in the game.
Jamie Harisiades '08 tallied an
assist on the play.
Goaltender Ale Moss '07 was
unchallenged by the Hoggers, and
her one-save shutout guaranteed
Andover's victory. Keeping the
ball away from its defensive zone,
Andover's Arielle Filliberti '07,
Alyssa Hill '06, and Annie Boylan
'06 also played remarkably.
After the game Caroline
Moore '07 said, “Our level of play
didn't reach its full potential, but it
was a good win. We are excited
about our upcoming games.”
Andover started slowly
against St. Paul's as well, dropping to a one-goal deficit only
five minutes into the game. The
unexpected blow was dealt when
a long diagonal pass in Andover’s
defensive zone ricocheted off one
of the Big Blue’s own players and
bounced into the goal. The
Andover defense was extremely
flat and disorganized, and was
fortunate to only give up a single
goal.
Determined to pick up their
hustle, Andover came out after the
break with all cylinders firing. As
Co-Captain Kelly Stecker '05 said
“We rallied in the second half and
used the width of the field to get it
up to their offensive zone. We
soon were able to execute on corners and score some much needed
goals.” Backed by Stecker's fantastic play and ability to control of
every loose ball on the field,
Andover dominated the possession battle.
With just five minutes left in
the game, Carolyn Pollard '07
took advantage of a scoring
opportunity and tied the game 11. The game ended in a 2-1 win
for Andover.
Said Moss, “We had a shaky
start, but in the end we got our act
together and finished in tremendous fashion”.
fourth game was played by nonseniors.
Price's seventeen kills headline
the match's outstanding numbers.
Throughout the match she hit 28
balls out of 35 that came her way.
Cantwell had twelve assists, as did
freshman newcomer Cassidy
Carpenter '08, and Winn had
eleven assists of her own.
Cantwell also hit eight aces and
made 24 serves out of 26 hit.
Atima Lui '08, proved it was a
good day for freshmen by hitting
six aces and making 23 out of 25
serves.
Tognoni said of Price’s performance, “We have started to
mesh really well and our newcomers are really adding strength to the
team. Jackie keeps getting better
every game, as it seems like her
hits get harder every time we step
out on that court. I'm really looking
forward to the rest of the season.
It's only getting better from here.”
Andover has now improved its
record to 8-2 in league, and is 9-3
overall.
Girls Soccer Silences NMH,
Crashes and Burns at Thayer
by Melissa Chiozzi
PHILLIPIAN SPORTS ASSOCIATE
Andover
NMH
4
0
Thayer
Andover
3
1
It was a week of ups and
downs for the Girls Varsity Soccer
Team, as they
won
their
Saturday game
to NMH with a
score of 4-0, and
lost
their
GIRLS SOCCER W e d n e s d a y
game to Thayer with a score of 31.
The first half of the NMH contest started out with Melissa
McDonald '06 in net and Kara
Hollis '07 keeping her offensive
position. Within the first ten minutes of the game, Rosie RaymondSidel '08 took control of the ball
and brought it up the field to score
the first goal of the game. Shortly
after, Katie Koh '05 received a
spectacular pass from Becca Howe
'06 and sprinted the ball up the
field to score Andover's second
goal and bring the score to 2-0.
Towards the end of the half,
Margaret Moore '06 scored her
first goal of the season to end the
half at 3-0.
As the second half started,
McDonald kept her position in the
goal. Andover's defense had a difficult half, as NMH's fast offensive
players had a number of scoring
opportunities. Despite the shots
from NMH, the Andover girls
managed to not let anyone score.
Within the last few minutes of
the half, scoring sensation Ali
Holliday '06 took the ball up the
field and scored Andover's last
goal and the final goal of the game,
to end with a score of 4-0. Captain
Jess Taggart '05 was thrilled with
Andover's performance, and commented, “Saturday's win served as
a prime example of the girl's soccer
team at its best. Despite a long bus
ride to NMH, we excelled with
composure and resilience throughout the game's entirety, and completely shut down our opponents.”
On Wednesday the girls took
on Thayer Academy. They started
off the first half with Julie Wadland
'06 back in goal. Within the first
few minutes of the game, Taggart
got control of the ball, and as she
was sprinting up the field, collided
with Thayer's most aggressive
offender. The collision resulted in
Taggart being escorted off the field
by an ambulance, and Andover left
one captain down.
After the loss of one of their
captains, the Andover girls had difficulty keeping their composure.
By the end of the first half, Thayer
managed to get past Andover's
defenders and score two goals.
After halftime, the girls
entered the game with Wadland
still in goal and a more focused
attitude. Midway through the second half Raymond-Sidel gained
control of the ball and made a perfect pass to Charlotte MacMillan
'05. MacMillan received the pass
and made a perfect shot, scoring
Andover's first and only goal of the
game, bringing the score to 2-1.
Within the last few minutes of
the half, one of Thayer’s best
offenders took a shot on goal, and
despite Wadland's admirable
attempt to save it, her injured hand
prevented her from doing so, and
the shot resulted in the last goal of
the game and a final score of 3-1.
The girls were disappointed
with the loss, said Holliday, “The
Thayer game was difficult. It was
hard when Jess [Taggart] got hurt
and had to leave, but we tried to
keep it together to finish out the
game.”
GO BIG
BLUE!
GOOD LUCK
ATHLETES
AGAINST THE
BIG GREEN
THE PHILLIPIAN SPORTS October 29, 2004
11
Waterpolo Nets a Win
Against NMH Hoggers
by Rush Martin
PHILLIPIAN SPORTS WRITER
Andover
NMH
8
4
Boys' Waterpolo notched up
another win at NMH this past
Saturday with
a final score of
8-4. In an
extremely
p h y s i c a l
rematch of the
WATER POLO
team's
first
win, the boys once again came
out on top.
After a tough loss on
Wednesday, the team trained
hard during the week’s remaining practices. They prepared for
what they knew would be a very
physical game. They went into
the game with hard-nosed attitudes and confidence in their
ability to win.
The game lived up to its
expectations right from the start.
With a lenient referee, NMH
was able to punch, kick and
scratch underwater. Despite the
unfair
behavior,
Andover
ignored the distractions and
played their game. They were
clearly the better team but last
minute mistakes prevented them
from jumping ahead. With goals
from Howie Kalter '07 and
Jamie Neuwirth '06, the team
entered the locker room with a
2-1 lead.
Coaches Hoenig and Fox
complimented the team on their
composure. They noted that the
referee was not going to be making all the right calls and that the
NMH team was clearly playing
dirty. They told the team to play
above it. They remarked that
complaining to the referee and
retaliating against the other
players was going to get the
team nowhere.
In the second half, illegal
play was even more evident than
before. Rivalries and trash-talking began in many situations and
Andover players became entangled with fighting NMH players.
Slowly, Andover was drawn into
the cheap play of NMH. Players
fought back and forth, exchanging blows and drowning each
other. After a time out, the team
regained focus and started to
play their game. NMH however
continued their rough tactics,
but when they realized that
Andover was no longer playing
into the fracas, they began to
yell at each other and their
coaches.
The Andover defense took
advantage of the NMH squad’s
breakdown
of
discipline.
Continuing to put pressure on
NMH's perimeter players, the
Big Blue kept many of the
Hoggers' dangerous shooters
from getting any opportunities.
With some exciting blocks,
goalie Chris Zegel '05 anchored
the defense with ten saves.
On offense, the team found
their rhythm. Even against a
solid PG goalie, they were able
hit the back of the net. Third
quarter goals by Jeff Zhao '06
and Ryan Ferguson '07 pushed
Andover ahead into the final
quarter with a 5-2 lead.
The fourth quarter was especially ugly. NMH gave a lastS. Hall/The Phillipian
ditch effort to leave their oppoJoey Furnari’s ‘05 offensive prowess helped Andover to rush past NMH in Saturday’s win.
nents as bruised as possible, and
Andover, disgusted by the cheap
play, just wanted to leave with
their victory. Even with kicks to
the throat of Jeff Cutts '06 and
elbows to the face of Zhao, leaving him with a bloody nose,
NMH had no chance for a comeTomorrow, the Big Blue
Northfield to score only one field Blue turned to a different Joey to
back win. This notion was
by Mac King
goal. The defensive line placed lead the team. Post-graduate faces one of its biggest chalasserted by the two goals of
PHILLIPIAN SPORTS ASSOCIATE
ample pressure on the NMH Joey Furnari '05 (formerly a wide lengers - the Big Green. The
Captain Rob Anderson '06. It
12 quarterback and denied him the out and a running back) got the Deerfield Football team is simwas clear that Andover was Andover
option of finding either of his starting nod at quarterback, and ply tremendous. It holds a 4-1
3
there to win a game of waterpo- NMH
starting wide receivers, who both proceeded to trample all over the record, only losing to NMH in
lo and not to wrestle each other
the first game of the season. But,
Following back to back loss- exceeded six-foot five inches. Northfield defense.
in the pool. When the whistle
About
Furnari,
Coach as coach Modeste put it, “That
blew, the scoreboard showed es in the past two weeks, the When the quarterback managed
A n d o v e r to pass the ball, cornerback Modeste said, “He played quar- was a blip.” Deerfield has a
what mattered most. Andover
Football Team Winston Shaw '05 did a remark- terback at his high school last strong offense and a talented runwon 8-4.
r a l l i e d able job of shutting down the year because someone got hurt. ning back who rushed for a
In preparation for the
Saturday after- wide-outs. Kicker Denys Levin He did a nice job then, and he did remarkable 300 yards on 40 carParent's
Weekend
contest
a great job this weekend. ries last week against Exeter.
noon to defeat '05 also punted extremely well.
against Deerfield, the team has
On defense, the Big Blue will
Unlike in some recent con- Because he can both throw and
North
Field
trained hard. With extremely
FOOTBALL
Mount Hermon tests, the offense complimented run, he contributes to the team in need to efficiently tackle its
difficult Monday and Tuesday
practices, they focused on con- 12-3. With just three games left the defense nicely. It succeeded a unique way. Right away it opponent and keep Deerfield's
ditioning. On Wednesday, with to play in the regular season, the in putting sufficient points on the gives us another running back in running back from playing as
an inter squad scrimmage, they Big Blue surged above the five- board and moved the ball well. In the backfield; last week it well as he did against Exeter.
applied their new speed and fit- hundred mark once more and addition, Co-Captain and line- worked out for us, NMH simply The game starts at 2:30 tomorrow afternoon. The Andover
ness to live game situations. The improved to a respectable 3-2 backer Evan Platt '06 absolutely wasn't ready for it.”
Running backs Jerrel Smith Barbeque society will be grilling,
dominated
the
Northfield
team is excited to play in front record.
'05 and Matt Ward '06 combined Blue Keys will be cheering, and
While the score did not indi- offense.
of a big crowd and hopefully
with Furnari for just under a col- if all goes well, the Boys in Blue
With
Joey
Lokitis
'06
sidecate
a
blowout,
the
Big
Blue
reach .500 for the season.
will be winning.
In reference to last week's clearly out-played its opponent. lined due to an injury, the Big lective 300 yards on the day.
contest, Captain Anderson '06 Although the Hoggers are known
said, “I am very happy with this for an impressive offense, NMH
weekend's results. The team did found itself struggling to put
girls and has not been as affected ished at least 20 seconds faster
by Emma Wood
not play down to NMH's level. points on the scoreboard.
PHILLIPIAN SPORTS WRITER
The Andover defense, which
as varsity. In the JV race, Emma than their previous races.
We ignored their cheap shots
Sharp was pleased with the
25 Wood '07 led the team with a time
and got a second win off their has had an up and down perform- Andover
squad. We showed that we are ance this season, turned in an NMH
32 of 23:31, finishing a second race and said of the course, “I
outstanding effort - allowing
behind Coravos, the last varsity thought that the race taught peothe better team, again.”
The Girl's Cross Country runner, and followed closely by ple that they couldn't rely on first
impressions to govern how their
Team continued its success and Co-Captain Allison Murphy '05.
In spite of the challenging race would be. There are times
remained undefeated Saturday in its course four girls managed to run you can work yourself up and
race against NMH, personal bests. Coravos, Rachel those who ran realized it wasn't
winning with a Reinauer '07, Janet Scognamiglio that bad. I think it was a great
score of 25-32. '08, and Becca Waldo '07 all fin- learning experience.”
After all, any kid who goes
Weisz has much more than fancy
Once again, almost
footwork and great passes across by Frodo can't be too bad of a
GIRLS’ CROSS
COUNTRY
all runners were
the middle to give to the school. guy.
given the chance to
race and the Lady Blue was represented well by the 18 girls who
competed. The NMH team did
not have enough girls to merit
two races, so the Varsity and JV
races were again combined yet
scored separately. The JV team
also maintained their impressive
success, beating NMH with a
score of 15-48.
The Andover girls began in
the front and held their ground as
Katie Faulkner '06 led the race
with a time of 20:46. Katherine
Adams '06 finished in second,
followed by an Andover pack led
by Debby Kuhn '05 that swept
sixth through tenth place. Becca
Waldo '07 and Sara Ho '08 ran in
together as Ho pulled away from
Co-Captain Anne Sharp '05 in the
last stretch. Rounding out the
Varsity race were Sharp and
Andrea Coravos '06, who crossed
the finish line together with a time
B. Kaiser/The Phillipian
of 23:30.
Aaron Weisz ’06 is one of the hardest workers on the Andover
so write for sports.
Though the girls won, it was a
Boys Varsity soccer team.
tough race for all of them. Not
manny x2655...pedro x6804...big papi x2594
only was the team particularly
tired as a result of the past three
weeks with a stepped up training
plan and increased mileage, but
the NMH course was the most
intimidating that the team had
encountered all season. From the
seemingly endless ups and downs
of the hills to the countless roots
vs. Deerfield
6:30
and muddy paths, it was an
incredibly challenging course.
Coach Nancy Lang said that she
was more worried about the footvs. Deerfield
2:00
ing and avoiding injury than the
vs. Deerfield
2:15
actual results.
vs. Deerfield
2:15
The line-ups, however, were
slightly
varied as the effects of
vs. Deerfield
2:30
two months of running six days a
vs. Deerfield
2:00
week began to catch up with the
vs. Deerfield
3:00
girls. Jen Downing '08, one of the
Blue's top varsity runners, could
vs. Deerfield
2:00
not compete on Saturday due to a
strained tendon in her calf, and
has been forced to take a couple
days off. Kendra Allenby '05 and
@Middlesex
2:45
Katie Morris '07, both varsity run@Middlesex
2:45
ners, also were not running this
weekend in order to recuperate
@Worcester
2:45
from the flu.
@St. Paul’s
3:30
The JV team, though experi@Exeter
3:00
encing the same difficulties, is
composed of a larger group of
Big Blue Football Knocks Out NMH,
Prepares for Showdown with Deerfield
Andover Girls XC Remains Undefeated
Weisz ’06 Tells His Love for Andover,
The Joy of Soccer, and Being “Frodo”
Continued from Page 12, Column 6
is making the Andover Varsity
Soccer team. Not only is this kid
a character, but he is also incredibly enthusiastic about our
school and our soccer team.
At Andover, where late
nights, no-sleep, and absurd
amounts of work have become
common, it becomes easy to
adopt a fairly negative attitude.
To talk with a kid this upbeat and
genuinely appreciative makes
one feel refreshed, to say the
least. Weisz-or should I say
Frodo-wears a smile and a full
head of curls wherever he goes.
This kid has an extraordinary
sense of humor, and is hilarious
to be around. Weisz is thrilled to
be a member of the Andover
Soccer team, but more importantly he is happy to be a member of the greater Andover community.
Athletically, Weisz is already
a gifted athlete, and over the next
couple years his talent will only
increase. But, as a center-midfielder for the Boys in Blue,
ATHLETIC S LATE
Friday, October 29
BV Soccer
Saturday, October 30
GV Field Hockey
GV Soccer
GV Volleyball
Football
BV Waterpolo
GV Cross-Country
BV Cross-Country
Wednesday, November 3
GV Field Hockey
GV Soccer
BV Soccer
GV Volleyball
BV Waterpolo
THE
CURSE
IS
OVER
CMYK
Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts
Volume CXXVII, Number 20
October 29, 2004
“Frodo” Talks Soccer, Ring:
Getting to Know Weisz ’06
by Mac King
PHILLIPIAN SPORTS ASSOCIATE
everybody followed.
Continuing on the theme of
getting to know the Andover soccer team, this week I decided to
interview Aaron Weisz. Better
known as “Frodo”, Weisz is a
two year upper who occupies the
room next-door to me in Foxcroft
and is one of the all around jolliest characters I have ever met.
Born and raised in Crystal Lake,
Illinois, Frodo plays center-mid
for the 5-3 Andover soccer team.
Weisz played JV for the duration
of last season, and was made a
member of the varsity squad
early this fall. Since he has
joined the team, however, Frodo
has consistently been seeing
more and more playing time, and
has been a large contributor both
on and off the field. As teammate and campus-dreamboat
Nate Kellogg '05 said of Weisz:
“He is one of the hardest workers
on the team, and his enthusiasm
makes us all play harder.” I
caught up with Weiz after a big
3-0 win over Cushing this past
Wednesday…
B. Kaiser/The Phillipian
John Tarson ’05 (left) sprints past a Cushing defender during his two-goal performance in the Andover Boys Varsity Soccer
team’s 3-0 victory over the Purple Pengins on Wednesday. Martin Donohoe ’05 (right) sends a pass upfield at NMH.
Andover Boys Soccer Frustrated Against NMH,
Shoots Down Cushing Penguins In Shutout Win
by Merit Webster
PHILLIPIAN SPORTS ASSOCIATE
Andover
NMH
Andover
Cushing
1
1
3
0
After suffering multiple disappointments in the past two
weeks,
the
Andover Boys
Varsity Soccer
Team needed a
win to keep its
hopes alive for a
BOYS SOCCER birth to the postseason tournament. On Wednesday, the team
turned around its performance
and coasted to that crucial 3-0
victory over Cushing. The Boys
tied with Northfield-Mt. Hermon
1-1 on Saturday.
Coach Bill Scott announced
before Wednesday's game that he
wanted to make changes in the
starting roster. Not only did his
decision provide the opportunity
for different players to demonstrate their abilities, but his strat-
egy proved to be a winning one.
The Big Blue took charge of
the contest early on. Fifteen minutes into the game, Alex Clifford
'07 took a hard shot on Cushing's
net off of an assist from PG John
Tarson '05. Once PA took the
lead, the Andover boys never
looked back. Cushing neither had
the ability to put up a strong
defensive front against the Big
Blue, nor an offense strong
enough to prove to be much of a
threat, as PA easily shut down the
Penguins.
In the second half, Tarson
proceeded to put two more goals
on the scoreboard: one off of a
header and the other after a
scramble in the goal box.
“The players who played new
positions stepped up to the challenge,” said TJ Thompson '06.
“This was definitely a big win for
us. We haven't had the most successful past four games, and this
victory was a big confidence
booster. The game was also a critical point in our season because if
we had lost, it could have killed
all chances for us to make it to the
tournament.”
On Saturday, Andover competed against NMH. The Big
Blue dominated the whole game,
and came close to scoring a goal
many times. However, the Boys
struggled to put the ball in the net.
“We did play pretty well but
we just couldn't score. I think we
hit at least four posts,” commented Thompson. “It was very frustrating for all of us.”
Despite Andover's enthusiasm and energy, the contest
remained scoreless at halftime.
An NMH forward took advantage
of an opening in Andover's
defense and scored a goal in the
second half. Seven minutes left in
the game, Andover got a penalty
kick and Mike Spiak '06 scored
the tying goal. The Big Blue,
however, left the game feeling
discouraged and extremely frustrated.
“Soccer is a brutal game. We
had constant possession of the
ball, but unfortunately we were
unable to score off of our many
chances. Essentially, it was just a
very disappointing game. We
deserved a victory but the odds
were against us and we could not
FLX Reverses Curse, Scores Goal As
Cluster Rivalry Enters Final Stretch
by Elliot Beck
PHILLIPIAN SPORTS WRITER
Cluster soccer is fun for
everyone, except for those people
who break
important
bones in
their bodies during
CLUSTAH SOCCER
the game.
Important bones broken in recent
memory:
Collarbone (Harry
Goldstein ’05), Fibula (Tom
Levesque ’05), Heart (Pine Knoll
’04-’05). Now, Harry’s collarbone has luckily healed since last
year, but Pine Knoll and Tom are
still suffering.
Despite these tragedies, cluster soccer has been going quite
well. Games between ABB,
FLG, WQN and WQS have all
been close, with no automatic
wins by any team. This keeps the
games exciting and the hearts
pounding. PKN and ABC have a
rivalry of their own, fighting for
5th and 6th place, with ABC trying to prove that yes, scrub teams
can beat other cluster’s main
teams.
Now, for individual highlights. Although he has a broken
leg, Levesque is leading the
league with 15 goals this season.
Yannick Janin ’05 is second with
14 goals, and Marc Asch ’05 is in
third with 10.
As in most sports, in soccer a
good defense is key. Any team
with excellent defense and above
average offense has a very good
chance at winning the title. This
theory has been proven this year
with the top 4 teams, and especially with WQN. WQS may
have the strongest midfield, ABB
the strongest single defender and
one of the best attackers in both
Alex Bois ’05 and Asch, and
FLG the best dribblers in the
league, but North has the best
overall defense. They do have
strong
offense
in
Ned
Henningsen
’05,
Alexis
Malozemoff ’05 and Janin, but
their defense is the key, with
strong goalie Julian Dames ’05
(imported from Germany’s finest
school of soccer) supported by a
vast array of strong defensive
champions.
For a counterexample to
WQN’s brilliance, there is FLX.
Their difficulty in winning has
been a direct result of their troubles with defense. However,
there is good news for “The
Remix.” Peter Nelson ’05 scored
their first goal of the season
recently, breaking a streak of
about 500 scoreless minutes.
As for the standings, the four
teams at the top are very close.
WQN is in the lead with 19
points, FLG is second with 18,
and WQS and ABB are tied for
third with 17. Every tie is 1
point, and every win is 2, so any
team can take first place at any
point in time.
S. Hall / The Phillipian
Louisa Rockwell ’06 fends off an agressive Anthony Reyes ’05
during a FLX vs. FLG battle.
follow through,” said AJ Charles
'07.
Although Andover has struggled in the past few games to play
its best, Wednesday's success will
hopefully be a turning point in the
Boys Soccer season. The team
still has the chance to make it to
the tournament, and after defeating Cushing, the Big Blue now
has confidence that it can perform
at a high level.
How did you start playing
sports?
I thought they were fun so I
played them.
Favorite
Professional
Athlete?
Coby Jones….'cause he is a
sick soccer player.
How exactly did you get the
nickname 'Frodo'?
It all began at Team Prepcamp last year, my first nickname was 'guns' cause I showed
up in a sleeveless shirt and I
showed up wearing football
cleats, like real football cleats,
not soccer cleats. Then later,
Chris Walters was like, 'you
kinda look like Frodo,' and he
began calling me Frodo and
Do you have any pre-game
rituals?
Yeah…I like to listen to that
Lord of the Rings song.
Favorite Sports drink?
Element.
If you could play any other
sport professionally what
would it be?
I would be a professional
ping pong player (pause) because
that's where the money is.
What's more important to
you athletics or academics?
Both the same, academics a
little more…. (pause) Yeah, definitely academics, actually.
Talk to me about the PA
soccer team.
We're working hard.
Did you play any other
sports growing up?
Basketball,
Tennis,
B a d m i n t o n
(laugh)…Professional
Badminton Circuit, now that
would be sweet!
Any future plans for soccer,
in college perhaps?
D-III in college, hopefully.
Over the last year what personal achievement are you
most proud of?
Making the Andover soccer
team.
His nickname is Frodo; he
listens to the Lord of the Rings
before every game; he plays
sports because they are fun; and
the achievement he is most proud
of (in his life!) over the last year
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Pitcher Church ’05 Gunning For Pomona
by Katie Faulkner
PHILLIPIAN SPORTS ASSOCIATE
Tom Church '05 is one of those
athletes who lives, sleeps, eats and
breathes for his sport. As Captain
of the Boys Varsity Baseball Team,
Church's passion and enthusiasm
for the sport have been a driving
force behind the Big Blue. This
fall, Church has been carefully
considering his many options for
college. To gain a perspective on
this process, The Phillipian met
with Church to learn more about
the recruitment experience from
one of Andover's top student-athletes.
Have you made any final
decisions on where you would
like to go to college?
“I went out and visited
Pomona in California and I decided this past weekend that that's
where I'm going to apply early. It's
a smaller, Division III baseball
school, which is what I'm interested in. It is sunny all year, it has
nice grass and it is close to the
beach. ”
How are you looking to combine your athletic talents and
your academic interests in college?
“I wanted to play baseball, and
that was really important to me in
choosing a school. I could have
applied to some bigger academic
name schools, but my athletic
interests limited me to smaller
schools. When you start looking at
Division I schools, the competition
for admission and scholarships is
more intense.”
Can you describe the athletic
recruitment process for a baseball player?
“No one in my family had
done anything with athletic
recruitment before, so the whole
process was really new to us. I had
no idea what to expect in terms of
where I could play talent wise. I
went to a tournament two summers ago, and there was a scout
program called Perfect Game. The
program invites athletes to showcases around the country where
scouts and coaches will analyze
the athletes' talents. Sometimes the
program will organize different
teams so scouts can watch the athletes play in a real game situation
with some tough competition.
There are coaches all around
checking out the talent and it's
really intense! The scouts are there
to watch athletes in a highly com-
petitive game where they can
show off their talents, and then
they write up evaluations on the
athletes and put them online. They
put out a report that says what an
athlete does well, how they can
develop, and at what level they can
expect to compete. Of course, you
have to pay them to do it.”
After looking at many different schools, what is your perspective of Division I athletic
recruitment versus Division III?
“Division I coaches are definitely more concerned with numbers. I can throw 83 mph, but they
can find someone who can throw
95, so they aren't immediately
interested in me. Smaller Division
three coaches need to sell their
school more, compared to an Ivy
League school where the school
sells itself, so they will spend a lot
more time talking with you and
telling you about their program.”
What are coaches looking
for when they interview an athlete?
“In a way the athletic admission process is more personal than
the regular process of admission
because coaches are really interested in getting to understand an
athlete and the athlete's goals. A
coach wants to know if the athlete
agrees with their coaching philosophies and also how the athlete's
talents would improve the team.”
What are you most excited
for in college athletics?
“I am really excited to be
around a whole lot of athletes who
are really committed to baseball
and who really want to work hard.
A lot of times when athletes are
younger, not everyone is willing to
put a lot of effort into the sport. By
college, you know those athletes
who are on a team really want to
be there. I am also excited to play
year round.”
Have you decided what you
would like to study in college?
“Pomona has a program that
combines philosophy, economics,
and politics. It's a really fascinating combination of course, and
after taking Economics this fall, it
sounds really interesting. So that
is my tentative plan.”
Do you have any goals or
plans for baseball after college?
“Well, my dream would be to
have the opportunity to play baseball in the Minor Leagues. I could
travel the country, make a little bit
of money, and play ball for a couple of years before returning to
work.”
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Tom Church ’05 will captain the PA baseball team this spring.