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Football Team Fights Hard, Nearly Reaches Bowl in Special Gillette Showdown

Photos Courtesy of Jamie Mazzio-Manson

By Liam Foley Panel Staff Belmont Hill football players were offered a once in a lifetime opportunity to play at one of the most incredible venues in US sports history for the last football game of the season. The game, the last of many seniors’ careers, was relocated from Russell Field in

Fresh Pond to Gillette Stadium, home of the New England Patriots. Team members, dressed up in shirt and tie, arrived on the Hill well before the 2:30 bus departure, eager for their opportunity to play on the same field as their NFL heroes. The buses were greeted at the gate

by Gillette Stadium employees who helped lead the team to their locker room. After taking a moment to reflect on the fact

that they would be playing a game at Gillette Stadium in just a few hours, the team enjoyed a short period of free time taking pictures on the field and warming up. Nearing the 6:30 start time, the team prepared to play the game of a lifetime in the stadium of their dreams.

Belmont Hill performed exceptionally well in the first half of the game. The team’s defensive line was dominant against the

Reflecting on the New Building

Arielle Blacklow

By Betsy Kim & Michaela O’Connor Panel Staff As progress on the LubinO’Donnell Center for Performing Arts, Athletics, and Wellness (LOC) rapidly advances, students can spot visible additions to the building almost every week. What started as a blueprint six years ago has now

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materialized into a massive, almost monumental structure that towers above Winsor’s classic red-brick building. Current Winsor students have grown so used to construction that it may be difficult for some to think of daily school life without envisioning a familiar yellow crane and orange-jacketed construction workers. The origins of the building, however, can be traced back further than many students may

remember. Six years ago, architects from D.C., Bowie Gridley Architects, visited Winsor to survey the school, assessing a myriad of factors, including Winsor’s location, the design of the current building, and the opinions of students, faculty, parents, and alumni.With this assessment in mind, Winsor began to move forward in creating a master plan for the campus. dfdfdf Continued on page 5

run and the secondary held Governor’s quarterback to just two completions in the first half of the game. On offense, captain and quarterback Harry Kraft performed well under pressure, and the team converted on a few crucial plays.

Belmont Hill scored first as Harry threaded the needle to freshman wide receiver Jackson Bobo and Bobo held on for an excellent reception. In the sec-

several books, his talk focused on his most recent, Drinking Water: A History.

Professor Salzman began his talk by chronicling his journey through Belmont Hill and how his career path developed afterwards. He found interests in law, public policy, human rights, and environmental policy. He then began his discussion of drinking water, providing several issues surrounding the difference between how it is handled locally, and how it is handled in international communities. Professor Salzman mentioned that not every area in the world is lucky enough to have clean, flowing water on demand, describing an ongoing debate over whether water should be treated as a human right or a marketable good.

Professor Salzman then went on to trace the history of drinking water, from Biblical times to Ancient Rome to present-day South America. He explained the differing philosophies regarding water throughout history, including how different civilizations treated the importance of water and how it should be transferred. He detailed some

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EBOLA IN THE MEDIA

Is Ebola being portrayed irresponsibly?

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By Faith Danglo & Sea-Jay Van der Ploeg Panel Staff Has the media been covering the Ebola outbreak responsibly? Or has the news been a source of unnecessary hysteria and

Salzman, ’81, Stars In Sherman Lecture Series tal policy. Although he has published of the work that he has been involved in

By Sreehaas Digumarthi Panel Staff Since 1999, the Sherman Lecture has become an annual Chapel tradition at Belmont Hill. The Chapel is made possible thanks to the generosity of the Nalebuff family, Dr. and Mrs. Edward Nalebuff and their son Barry Nalebuff (BHS ‘76), who named the lecture series after veteran math teacher and Lecture leader Mr. Sherman. Each year, the Sherman Lecture aims to provide the students with a speech in math or science, given by an expert researcher, often an alum, who is often at the head of their field of study. This year, Professor James Salzman continued the Sherman Lecture tradition with a fascinating talk about the history of drinking water.

After graduating from Belmont Hill in 1981, Professor Salzman went on to Yale College and then Harvard University. At Harvard, he was the first student to ever graduate with joint degrees in engineering and law. Currently, he is a distinguished professor at Duke University, specializing in law and environmen-

ond quarter, Governor’s managed to sneak through Belmont Hill’s defensive line for a touchdown on 4th and goal at the 1 yard line. Captain Evan Chaletzky added 6 points on two field goals through the narrower than regulation size uprights, (the width of an NFL goalpost is 18 feet 6 inches whereas the width of a high school upright is 23 feet 4 inches.)

and also explained the current international reforms that are being enacted to solve the growing problems regarding water. As more and more people are struggling to gain access to water, especially in developing countries, it has become increasingly important to sort out the issues surrounding the distribution of water around the world in order to make sure that every human has access to water, while still upholding the economy and business behind the water industry.

Towards the end of the Chapel, Professor Salzman also asked the audience about the first example of water as a marketable good, offering an autographed copy of his book as a prize. Fifth Former Callen Morris correctly answered that holy water is the first known example of water being sold, winning the signed copy of Drinking Water: A History.

Overall, the talk given by Professor Salzman proved to be a fascinating and engaging lecture about the history of drinking water, adding to a rich tradition of Sherman Lecture chapels.☐

panic? The Panel has set out to investigate how reliable the news coverage of Ebola has been over the past few months and whether the media has exaggerated the effects Ebola could have on the U.S. ddddContinued on page 8

Winsor Senior Runs Marathon for Ms. Minkoff

Arielle Mitropoulos

As growing individuals of the twenty-first century, Winsor students are strongly encouraged to fight for the causes that are dear to our hearts. Next spring, Arielle Mitropoulos ’15 will do just that by running the Boston Marathon in honor of Winsor’s beloved Ms. Minkoff, who passed away of liver cancer in July of 2013.

Panel staff Caroline MacGillivray ’15 and Betsy Kim ’17 sat down with Arielle for a short Q&A.

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Melvoin Academic Center Dedicated and Opened After Year of Construction

by John Paul Champa Staff Writer On November 20th of 2013, a frigidly cold Wednesday morning, the Belmont Hill community gathered in the hole, which used to contain the Howe building, for the groundbreaking ceremony of the planned Melvoin Academic Center. Given the magnitude of the project and the ambitious schedule, many were skeptical of the “middle of the 2014-2015 school year” completion date; however, on November 7th of the following year, students and faculty assembled again, although this time to listen to the dedication of the newly completed, impressively designed, and well-constructed building looming over the quad.

Board ChairJon Biotti ‘87 commenced the ceremony with his impression of Chevrolet’s Rikk Wilde’s bumbling presentation at the World Series the previous week. He wanted to ensure the attention of all students given the significance of

this important event. Then came the more serious aspect, as Mr. Biotti reminded us that the time, effort, and money put into this project was not a donation, but an investment: an investment in our education and our future. It is now our responsibility to earn a return on that investment, making the building extra-special for all members of the school community.

Mr. Jeff Drucker ’90, Chair of Facilities and a member of the Board of Trustees, then spoke of this project as “a bricks and mortar example of the school’s motto: Working Together.” The construction team managed to design and construct a 23,000 square foot building over the footprint of the 8,000 square foot Howe Building. They not only managed to build this building but they also made it fit seamlessly into the academic quad. While the Melvoin Academic Center is architecturally and visually superior, there are also significant improvements in space and technology. The new building has eleven

classrooms (compared to the seven of the Howe Building), and three homerooms/ study halls: the Cameron Family Study Hall, a traditional study space for Form I; a Form II reading room-style study hall; and the return of Melvoin Commons for Form III, a lounge on the first floor that overlooks the quad. The high tech Innovation Lab is great for robotics, including 3D printers, a milling machine, and a vinyl cutter. There are also four offices, a conference room and a faculty workroom.

During Evan Chaletzky’s turn at the podium, the senior Class President spoke of the time capsule that is buried next to the entrance to the new building bearing the plaque, which reads “Commemorating the opening of the Melvoin Academic Center//Placed here in November 2014 to be opened in May 2065”. When the current senior class returns to Belmont Hill on the 50th reunion of their graduation, they will unearth the capsule and reminisce about the wonderful years and memories of their

time at Belmont Hill. The items enclosed in the time capsule include: two letters (one from Dr. Melvoin, the other from Evan Chaletzky), a brick from the old Howe building; a list of facts of modern day life, a #34 football jersey signed by the entire football team. The jersey belonged to the late Charlie Kenney ‘06, a 25-yearold army officer who died just before his deployment to Afghanistan in 2012.

To bring the ceremony to a close, Dr. Melvoin spoke of gratitude. He quoted John Grady ‘66, an alumnus and trustee, saying, “Gratitude unexpressed is not gratitude at all.” He encouraged us all to be grateful and take the time to say thank you. The dedication of the building to Dr. Melvoin is an expression of gratitude from the entire Belmont Hill community.

We are grateful for his 21 years of outstanding leadership, his dedication and commitment to the students and faculty and his continued example of a life filled with passion, integrity, and hard work. ☐

Three Students Attend Island School Exchange Program in the Bahamas Chase Johnson ‘00 Reminds Belmont Hill of Importance of Veteran’s Day

By Alexander Santangelo Staff Writer For Veteran’s Day this year, Captain Chase Johnson ‘00 came to speak at Chapel about military service and sacrifice.

Prior to joining the Marine Corps, he attended Duke University, majoring in History and minoring in Italian. Upon introducing Captain Johnson to the school, Dr. Melvoin read an excerpt from a letter he received from Johnson about his decision to join the Marines. Johnson wrote that as he was interviewed and offered positions to be a junior analyst at various Wall Street investment firms, he could not help but feel that taking the offers would be the path of least resistance in life. He decided that he wanted to work in an environment where graduating from Belmont Hill or Duke did not matter. Therefore, Johnson decided to join the Marines, and since then it has made all the difference in his life.

Johnson’s overarching message of the Chapel was “get to know a veteran”.

He explained to students that through knowing a veteran, students will be able to make educated decisions in the future on when it is appropriate to go to war. He stressed that veterans have firsthand experience of warfare, and that by understanding what veterans have to say, people will have a better sense of the costs of war. Johnson went on further and detailed that less and less of the U.S. population have a connection to a veteran and

that there is not an even distribution of veterans across racial and political party lines. Johnson sees it as problematic that the veteran population is becoming smaller because he fears that people will make decisions about war without knowing what actual war is really like.

Johnson also described the military campaign in Afghanistan, giving a vivid description of Camp Leatherneck, the major international coalition base in the Helmand Province, Afghanistan. He recounted the camp as a “drop-down city” that was separated into different sectors based on nationality. Johnson explained that the war in Afghanistan is not a classic war with a distinguished enemy, but rather one where it is not exactly clear who is friend or foe. He outlined that Marines’ jobs in Afghanistan was more than just armed engagement with the enemy, but rather that their role consisted of patrolling, observing, “breaking bread” with the locals, and learning the peoples’ problems. Marines also trained Afghan security forces so that in the future they will be able provide stability to Afghanistan on their own.

Captain Johnson’s speech truly captured the students’ attention and helped them understand just how important military service is. Coming away from Chapel, students hopefully have accepted Captain Johnson’s challenge to get to know a veteran so that when they inherit this country, they will understand the real consequences of war. ☐

by Matt Bracken & Gus Lamb Staff Writers The Island School is located in Cape Eleuthera in the Bahamas. Founded in 1998 with the goal of conserving the local wildlife, it offers an alternative education for high school students looking to diversify their academic experience. It is most common for students to live on the island for one school semester; however, a two-month program during the summer is offered as well. The Island School provides regular classes, such as English or History, but has the significant benefit of using its unique location as the school for science classes.

“They had some sciences that were similar to Marine Bio or Biology at Belmont Hill,” says Fifth Former Will Cannistraro, who went to the Island School during the spring semester of last year, “but a lot of them had more time outside, like scuba diving during class time.” However, it wasn’t just the classes that made the Island School unique. “My favorite experience was probably the 8 day kayak trip, where you go around most of the island in a kayak, and camp out at night,” said Cannistraro, “Those are with really small groups, and that was just a really fun time.” Overall, Cannistraro had a very positive experience at the Island School. “I really liked it, I really enjoyed my time there, and I think it was important to experience a semester away from Belmont Hill, and I would definitely recommend it to sophomores and juniors.” Fourth Former Cam Gordon was also very laudatory of his semester long Island School experience last fall, specifically the class types. “In my math class we would learn math about the resources around us, like how the solar panels and the wind propeller worked, or about the aquaponics system, and even tried to find ways to improve it.” For advice to kids considering the Island School, Cam said, “Easily the best thing that kids can do with their lives. You

have experiences and opportunities that no one else has. I made some of my best friends here and would do anything to go back.”

Will Ryan, a member of the Fourth Form, attended the Island School over the summer. “In the sense that during the summer you are away from school, the Island School has the opportunity to teach you things outside of Math and English and focus on the core curriculum of the Island School.” The courses that Will chose to take on the island were Tourism and Development, Marine Ecology, and Food Systems.

Besides the many exciting courses he was able to take, one of his favorite parts of the experience was the opportunity to meet so many different people. “The students ranged from two fellow ISL students, two boys from Africa, a girl from Canada, and a few from the Bahamas,” he explained. Will also loved working with the research academy on the Island, called the Cape Eleuthera Institution. There, he became great friends with the researches and took part in many experiments, such as dissecting eels and looking at deep sea isopods. “No matter what you choose to do, these programs give you an incredible opportunity to break it up. It’s very easy to let school be school and regret going to it each day, but whenever you go to one of these programs it is a whole new experience. It definitely provides you with an opportunity to grow and to learn things that you never would have at your normal school environment.” When asked if he wished he had done anything differently during his time at the Island School, Will responded strongly, “I have absolutely no regrets. It was a great time….

I am still in touch with all 50 students from the summer. You make friends faster than you would at a normal school. To any student who is applying to these programs, talk to someone who has been there. We have a lot of Island School alums here and its very easy to contact alums of other programs.

No one knows the programs like them.” ☐

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Senior Noah Levine Writes from CityTerm in New York City Casino Debate Stirs ing to a Yankees game. I might spend Fri- correlate dialogue and debate, emotion and

By Noah Levine day night at an immersive Filipino musical felt sense, as well as selection and interpre- Up Student Advocacy Staff Writer After 5 years at Belmont Hill, I felt like I needed a new experience. I spent the fall of my Junior year toiling away at school while one of my best friends seemed to be learning just as much as I was, but while having the time of her life at CityTerm.

She, along with Ms. Schmunk, encouraged me to apply because of the incredible opportunity that CityTerm offered. Just months later, I’m writing this article while hanging out in my room with my roommate and absolute best friend, Arlo (who lives on a farm in Wisconsin), just having gotten back from a local rap concert in the city. Talk about having a new experience.

At CityTerm, a semester-long program in New York City, we practice experience-based learning. Everything we learn becomes immediately applicable through our city trips. We spend around 4 days of the week in the city, doing anything from meeting with and providing food and clothes for the homeless to go-

and then spend Saturday walking around Lower Manhattan, before heading to East River State Park for their weekly food festival that offers, in my humble opinion, the best view of the majestic skyline.

CityTerm, however, offers much more than the obvious perks of living in New York. Several questions plague my yearly course load at Belmont Hill: how are these classes relevant? Will these actually help me through the rest of my life? With a few exceptions, I have found them largely irrelevant and not serviceable to me in any real, tangible way. I recognize that some skills are taught by means of other more esoteric topics, such as learning mathematical thinking through learning how to factor. However, I felt that the way some of my classes were being taught actually emphasized the learning of factoring and lost sight of the real benefits of taking the class. At CityTerm, our classes teach us neither how to read Shakespeare nor how to write a 5 paragraph argumentative essay. Rather, we learn to distinguish/

tation. We learn to suspend judgment, practice empathy, and always be aware of our own goggles: the way we see the world and why.

A summary of what I’ve learned or how I’ve developed while away from Belmont Hill would be too nuanced to even attempt to describe. Words are approximations, mere attempts to capture the “uncapturable.” If I were to create a metaphor to explain at least a small portion of how I feel, however, I would say that the world is a classroom, and therefore we are always students. When the bell rings and classes are over, when nobody is giving you homework or telling you to button your top button, you are still in class. We have a responsibility to ourselves and to those around us to try to understand our vastness. Walt Whitman, when criticized for contradicting himself, once said, “Do I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself, I am large; I contain multitudes.” I look forward to contradicting myself when I come back for my Senior Spring at Belmont Hill. ☐

Didier Lucceus ‘16 Chronicles French Study Abroad Experience

By Didier Lucceus Staff Writer Much like the 5 stages of grief in the Kübler-Ross model, I feel as though my arrival in Rennes, France, has occurred and is still ongoing in five stages. The five stages of grief are denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. These five stages created by Kübler, parallel what I call the five stages of arrival: realization, indifference, denial, familiarity, and, eventually, acceptance. For clarification, I am in no state of grief, as I am currently living in France and experiencing something incredible, which is incomparable to my normal life in Boston. The first stage, realization, began before my actual arrival in Rennes.

Immediately after finishing packing, the notion that I was leaving the United States and everything I had there hit me like a punch to the throat. I had tried flouting the idea that I would be gone for a full nine months by binge watching Scandal on Netflix or spending my last fleeting moments with friends. The feeling of accomplishment when Ifinished my packing was ephemeral, as the realization soon hitting me that I was not packing for a trip, but rather for life for a full nine months. I did not sleep at all that night, as I was kept awake by all my “lasts,” my last breakfast at home, my last shower at home, and my last night in my own bedroom.

The next day came a roaring wave of indifference; all of the emotions I had felt the day before had simply dissipated. I left the house, rode in the taxi, said goodbye to my mother, and boarded the plane, all with internal indifference. While I was incredibly excited for the months to come, my face was painted with the according emotions for each action. Expressions of excitement and politeness were carefully crafted on my face when meeting my soon to be classmates for the year, and a look of worry when my heavy bags finally had to be weighed. Surrounded the faces of new American teenagers, all in the same position as me, I hugged my mom goodbye, my face meticulously concealed my inner feelings of indifference.

I was simply neither excited nor saddened to be leaving for France to spend my junior year of high school abroad. For the hours leading up to departure and while on the plane, I was like an empty Fabergé egg, a perfectly manufactured exterior and interior of neutrality, of nothing, and in my case indifference.

The feeling of indifference soon seceded into the sea of the five stages upon arrival, and just as quickly as one stage had passed, another came: denial. According to the Merriam Webster medical definition, denial is “a psycholog-

ical defense mechanism in which confrontation with a personal problem or with reality is avoided by denying the existence of the problem or of reality”. After I had arrived, there was little to no chance of my rejoining my former life in the United States, and I treated the first few weeks as if I were simply on a school trip: reluctantly speaking French, taking photos of almost everything I saw, and speaking loudly in the street amongst other SYA students.

I was–and sometimes still am–blatantly touristic. Every hour or so I would exit the realm of my own mind and look around at the gorgeous French architecture, smell the French bread and cigarette smoke, and try to understand the sound of French chatter. In these now sporadic moments I would simply exclaim, “Wow, I am actually in France.”

While a seemingly obvious statement would arouse laughter from my friends, it was for me, a manifestation of the third stage of denial. Everything around me felt, and truly was, foreign, compared to my home city of Boston. There are no Red Sox or Pats jerseys, no Dunkin Donuts, and no family. I looked at life with my host family as a foreigner would, marveling at the ritualistic wiping of dinner plates with bread or simply ignoring their rapid French conversations. The cause of my personal shock of arrival lies in my inability to grasp the reality that I am actually in France, and will be for the following nine months.

The transition from the third stage to the fourth stage of arrival, familiarity, is unclear to me. As I wander amongst the smoke that is denial, I find patches of fresh air, moments of comfort in a world I formerly found partially incomprehensible and nothing more than novelty. I still have those out-of-body moments where I am overwhelmed by the sensory aspects of my new surroundings, when I can only marvel at my situation. While these tendrils of denial still exist I find myself finding like through the shroud of smoke. I can now find the light switch of my room at 6:00am. I’ve begun to find a rhythm in my daily walks to school, and while I’m definitely not used to a ten-hour school day, I am definitely learning how to pace myself for each day. My definition of the term familiarity–in the context of the five stages of arrival–is not “finding aspects of life in the United States in my new life in France,” but rather “finding comfort in aspects of my new life.” I have been able to find this comfort in little things, in being able to eat French bread everyday and in having the opportunity to spend time with students who have the same goals as I do. This definition and attempt at assimilating into French society is what I hope will segway into the fifth and final stage of arrival,

acceptance. This stage of acceptance is where the Kübler-Ross model of the Five Stages of Grief and my twist on that model meet.

In the Kübler-Ross model, the acceptance stage is accepting the reality, counteracting the denial stage, and ultimately accepting the norm of the death of a loved one. Similarly in the “Luccéus” model, accepting the reality is the existence of a different reality: finding complete comfort in what was once foreign. Memorizing melodies of the day which once felt like sight-reading. I find myself nowhere near reaching acceptance. The Kübler-Ross model states that acceptance stage is not necessarily reached by all, and I believe the same concept is true. So what, I’m missing Junior Prom or Varsity Track? I’m experiencing my new life to the best of my ability despite the feelings of indifference or fear I once felt. While I may never truly move past the mixture of denial and familiarity which I feel now, I believe that regardless of where I fall on this model that this year will be an incredible learning experience. Who says shock has to be a bad thing? ☐

By Alexander Afeyan Staff Writer

On Tuesday, October 28, just a week before Massachusetts voters went to the polls, four Belmont Hill students sat on the stage of the Chapel to debate Massachusetts’ Question 3, more commonly known as the Casino Question. As moderator Pat McNamara explained, a “yes” vote would approve a law stating that no casinos or other such gambling establishments be allowed in Massachusetts, while a “no” vote would support casinos that are currently being built in the cities of Everett, Revere, and Springfield. The casinos are owned by big Vegas players, like Steve Wynn; additionally, local casino chain Mohegan Sun is looking to expand to the Bay State. Sixth Formers Chris Bracken and Ben Wanger represented the “no” vote, while Fourth Formers Seamus Clair and Alex Czarnecki advocated the “yes” vote. Mr. O’Leary started the chapel with a quick explanation of the plan for the event, then introduced McNamara, who opened the debate floor by posing questions about the potential benefits and detriments of casinos.

The Sixth Formers on the “no” side brought up the interesting points, detailing that casinos would increase revenue to repay the recently incurred debt of the recession, as well as provide construction jobs and more permanent employment at the restaurants and hotels that go hand-in-hand with the casino industry. The Fourth Formers countered that, though these casinos would temporarily boost construction jobs, there are other industries that would create longer lasting occupations in Massachusetts.

Furthermore, they added that casinos have been proven by studies to lead to increased drinkingrelated crime, and that casinos almost always take business from the surrounding area’s restaurants.

As rebuttal, the “no” side questioned the validity of the studies, and emphasized that any job created was a new job, regardless of longevity.

Both sides made compelling arguments about the standing of casinos in the state of Massachusetts in the short fifteen-minute chapel. A highly divisive question, early polls showed a split electorate, with no clear winner prior the election. In the end, the people of Massachusetts voted “no” on Question 3, paving the way for the opportunity for casinos to show if they will be beneficial to the state. ☐

Carl Dawson ‘72 Honored at MAP Dinner

By Yohannes Mezgebu Staff Writer “Every man is capable of being a dad but not every man is capable of being a father,” said Senior Deven FergusonPerez as he neared the conclusion of his powerful poem. The room was silent until he uttered the last word, and then a roar of applause erupted, as one by one everyone stood to give him a standing ovation.

This year’s Multicultural Alumni Partnership Dinner was off to a great start.

Following Deven’s performance, Dr. Melvoin introduced the evening’s keynote speaker, Professor David Wilkins of Harvard Law School. Prof. Wilkins, whose son Brian joined Form I this fall, advised current Belmont Hill students to become “social engineers for justice.”Afterwards, former Belmont Hill faculty member and one-time Director of Community & Diversity Mr. Bynum stepped to the podium. He proceeded to introduce the night’s honoree, Mr. Carl Dawson, who in 1972 became the first black student to graduate from Belmont Hill.

He remained humble as he received the 2014-2015 MAP Award, standing behind the podium and delivering a short and concise speech. After expressing his shock and gratefulness for being selected as the recipient of the MAP award, he then turned to face all the students in the

room. He asked “What was my legacy in the school? Was my personal legacy bigger than just myself, or was there really more to it than that?” After short anecdotes explaining the day-to-day obstacles he and his black peers faced when first entering Belmont Hill, Mr. Dawson referenced a line from the song “Proud CrowdPride Cried” by Ferron. “But I guess that’s like wondering what’s a point to a Line.”

He then went on to describe his interpretation of his legacy. He said, “With this legacy comes a responsibility. No matter where you fall in the progression, those who came before, whether you are an alum, senior or first former, we collectively have a responsibility to those who come after us to continue to set an example and show them the way, and for those of you who follow, you have an equal responsibility to those who came before and opened the doors to maintain that legacy of success, that’s what it’s about. As I stand here tonight and I receive this award I couldn’t be any prouder to be a point on that line and a part of that growing legacy of success.”

After the speech, when asked about how he felt about his son, Eric Dawson, being the first black legacy at Belmont Hill, Mr. Dawson smiled and said, “Proud as a parent and proud as an alum, it’s just disappointing that it has taken 43 years for it to happen.” ☐

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The Winsor Community Remembers Mayor Menino

By Helen Sayegh Panel Staff Thomas Menino was the 53rd mayor of Boston, otherwise known as the man who gave us snow days. However, Menino was infinitely more than his title and duties; he was a father, grandfather, a proud Bostonian, and a tireless advocate for his people.

Born and raised in Boston, Menino knew the city inside and out. He grew up in Hyde Park and resided there with his wife Angela Faletra until his death on October 30. After being diagnosed with an advanced form of cancer in March 2014, he decided to terminate further treatment and spend more time with his family--his two beloved children, Susan and Thomas; and six grandchildren.

Menino was also Boston’s longestserving mayor. During his 21 years of service as Mayor, he “left a huge impact not only on the city of Boston, but on the people within it,” in the words of Emily Glicklich ’17. In April 2006, he helped set up the Mayors Against Illegal Guns Coalition in an effort to increase public safety.

In 2012, Menino fought against Chick-FilA’s plan to open in Boston due to its outright opposition to same-sex marriage.

In a letter to the president of Chick-Fil-A, Menino wrote, “There is no place for discrimination on Boston’s Freedom Trail and no place for your company alongside it.”

“We will always remember and be grateful for his support of Winsor’s vision to be an enduring part of this great city.”

beaconbroadside.com Mayor Menino addresses a crowd at Faneuil Hall Menino’s supportive presence was head would be clear, and later even made also felt during the aftermath of the Bos- several rousing speeches for the city. “We ton Marathon bombing, a time of great are one Boston,” he said. “No adversity, no shock and sadness for the city. Even though challenge, nothing can tear down the resilhe had undergone surgery a few days ear- ience in the heart of this city and its peolier, Menino refused painkillers so that his ple.” Lillie Ketterson ’17 commented, “The

Students Shine At Study Abroad Programs

By Kiran Butte & Talia Ruxin Panel Staff Have you ever wanted to escape your everyday Winsor routine of school, sports, homework, and (very little) sleep? Winsor is a great community, but imagine spending a semester or two at a school in a completely different environment with unfamiliar teachers and students. That opportunity is what a few Class VII students are experiencing right now.

Every year, representatives from semester-away and year-away programs present their programs to the sophomore class. They come with beautiful slideshows and brochures, highlighting the experiences of a nontraditional semester or year away from Winsor. The semester programs represented include Cityterm in New York City, the Mountain School in Vershire Vermont, and the School for Ethics and Global Leadership (SEGL) in Washington, D.C. Winsor has also recently had students participate in School Year Abroad (SYA), a year-long program in China, Italy, Spain, or France.

Taking the risk to spend a year, or even a semester, away from the familiarity of Winsor challenges students to adapt to a new

academic format, make new friends, and to form a community away from Winsor.

Caroline Nahill ’16 is attending SEGL in D.C. during this fall semester. At this program, Nahill says she has “the opportunity to interact with and learn from a group of kids from all over the country.” She believes that these diverse interactions have allowed her to gain a “new perspective”.

When asked for one of her favorite aspects about SEGL, Nahill replied, “We have the opportunity to see 3-5 speakers per week all under a certain weekly case study.” So far, Nahill has heard speakers from case studies ranging “from the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict to gun laws and the 2nd Amendment.”

500 miles from her classmate in Washington, D.C., Eliza Beebe ’16 is enjoying life in the mountains at the Mountain School.

Beebe remarked that her favorite experience was on her first day when she “harvested potatoes for 2 hours on top of a beautiful hill with my environmental science teacher and then... ate those potatoes for breakfast the next day.”

Compared to her experience as a day student at Winsor, Beebe finds that “living with your best friends and with your teachers is...completely different.” The heavy time demands

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of “snuggl[ing] with [her] roommates” and academics can be difficult, but Beebe describes her overall experience as “amazing.”

Iona Forrester ’16 traveled all the the way to Europe for SYA in France, where she is living in Rennes, a small university town in northwest France. Forrester’s favorite part of SYA France so far is the bond she has formed with her host family. “I have only been here for a two months so far,” she said, “and I am already very close with my host sister and parents!” Forrester has also noticed significant improvements in her French during her stay. “I take five classes in French, and I talk to my host family solely in French, so I am constantly thinking about French,” she explained.

Although she has been living in France for more than two months now, Forrester says that it feels like “a day” since she has arrived.

Nahill, Beebe, and Forrester are courageously expanding both their social and academic comfort zones by immersing themselves in new environments. They have embraced the opportunities and challenges associated with living in a new place with new people. The Winsor community wishes the best for these girls and looks forward to welcoming them when they return. ☐

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way [Thomas Menino] handled the Boston Marathon bombing was incredible and inspiring. In the times when Boston needed him the most, he always came through.”

He also helped create 4,000 new jobs and fostered a greener Boston. “I used to live in Boston about two decades ago, just before Menino was elected,” remarked a Winsor parent. “I remember that trash and litter were all around the city streets. Now, Boston has been called one of the greenest cities in the U.S. I’m grateful that Mayor Menino’s efforts to improve Boston have created a nicer, cleaner, and safer place in which my daughter can attend school.”

Stationed in the heart of Boston, the Winsor community grieves the loss of Menino. Many Winsor students have had the chance to meet Boston’s longest-serving mayor, such as Junnat Anwar ’16, and some even served on his Mayor’s Youth Council, including Dorian Gordon ’14. “He was just a really nice guy. He was so involved with the community, and he took a genuine interest in the people and their welfare,” Anwar remarked. Reflecting on the Mayor’s passing and his tie to our school, Ms. Stettler herself said, “We will always remember and be grateful for his support of Winsor’s vision to be an enduring part of this great city.”

“Without a doubt, he defined and embodied the Bostonian spirit,” added Ketterson. Though he will be missed, Mayor Thomas Menino will never be forgotten. ☐

Ms. Feldman: Admissions Officer by Day, Author by Night

By Alexa Lyons Panel Staff Students who give tours to prospective students may know Ms. Feldman from the admissions department. However many students may not know that Ms. Feldman is a published author! Her first young adult novel, No Alligators in Sight, came out in September 2013, and her second book, On the Way to Everywhere, recently came out this September. When asked about what Winsor girls would enjoy about her books, Ms. Feldman said, “The main characters in my books are teenage girls trying to find out what’s important to them. I think girls at Winsor and girls everywhere are trying to do the same.” No Alligators in Sight is centered on two children, Lettie and Bert, who travel from Cape Cod to Florida in order to get away from family problems and to find better lives for themselves. On the Way to Everywhere is especially relatable to Winsor girls, since its protagonist also attends an all-girls school. This coming-ofage story focuses on a teenage girl, Harry, who does not fit in at her school and who is frustrated with her monotonous daily life.

Due to her unhappiness, Harry struggles to figure out what she wants to do in her future. Both of Ms. Feldman’s novels have received excellent reviews and recommendations online. One reviewer on amazon.com said No Alligators in Sight was “a poignant story with humourous sprinkles mixed in.

[It] had me laughing, crying, and holding out hope.” In addition, Ms. Feldman is currently working on a third novel about three homeschooled girls living in upstate New York who want to discover more about the world. Students and teachers can find Ms. Feldman’s books in the Winsor library, and her novels can also be found in some local libraries as well as in print and ebook form on amazon.com. The Winsor community congratulates Ms. Feldman on her most recent publication and looks forward to the release of her next novel!☐

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Next, Winsor hired a group of architects from William Rawn Associates (WRA) and contractors from an assortment of designing and construction companies.

Architects from WRA faced multiple difficulties involving the expansion of a small urban school. According to project architect Randy Wilmot, in order to fit the building into its urban backdrop and prevent it from overwhelming other surrounding buildings, “[minimizing] the immense size of the building while stretching the building out” to the maximum was imperative. Winsor’s Director of Facilities and Campus Projects John Crompton compared the expansion of Winsor - a small urban school - to “trying to build a building on a postage stamp.

When you think about it, the old gym was about 13,000 square feet and the new building…is more than 10 times as large.”

Challenges were met not only in designing the building but also in obtaining appropriate building materials. Mr. Wilmot explained the painstaking process of choosing the right colors and textures, and described his journey to a quarry in Germany for just one stone. He said, “For the Brookline Avenue façade, the school decided that the building should have a strong urban form using a warm cream/ beige colored limestone. In order to get just the right stone that exhibited both a good range of cream/beige… we had to make quarry to Germany.” Both Mr. Wilmot and Mr. Crompton also emphasized the unconventionality of a building that functioned

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as both an arts and athletics center. “Not an easy assignment when you think of all the bouncing balls thumping off a gym floor... and the quiet solitude needed to practice a specially challenging Mozart piano piece,” Mr. Wilmot stated. The LOC not only pulls off an incredible acoustical feat in providing the space needed for arts and athletic activities but also allows adequate space for either quiet study or collaboration. Ms. Stettler added, “I think that socialization, community building, and friendship will be

Winsor Celebrates Diwali By elizabeth roe & priya shukla panel Staff Bright candles are lit in every window of the house, family and friends gather together in a colorfully decorated house to celebrate another year, and elaborate mehndi designs (henna) cover the hands of many women.

tation of wealth and prosperity in the next year. Although Diwali is not technically the Hindu new year, Indians use this day to celebrate the past year and pray for success in the upcoming year.

Many individuals in the Winsor community celebrate Diwali within their own families. In order to teach non-Indians about Diwali, ASIAM held

really well supported by all the additional places for it. Also, there will be quiet spaces for people to have quiet conversations that aren’t necessarily social but are serious.”

With the LOC about 70% complete, Mr. Crompton, Mr. Wilmot, and Ms. Stettler shared similar hopes for the LOC’s future impact on the Winsor community. Mr. Crompton remarked, “[The LOC] will allow all Winsor girls to expand their Arts and Athletics experiences in ways that could not happen before.” Mr. Wilmot shared the same

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Yousafzai Wins Nobel Peace Prize By elizabeth roe & priya shukla panel Staff

Traditional clay lamps and candles lit up during Diwali Every year, usually around early November, Indians all over the world celebrate one of the most important traditional festivals: Diwali. A Hindu festival based on the ancient Sanskrit epic, The Ramayana, Diwali celebrates the return of the divine Prince Rama, his wife Sita, and his brother Lakshmana to Ayodhya after they have defeated the evil King Ravana. The return of Prince Rama signifies the victory of good over evil, and light over darkness.

Indian families place candles in their windows to “welcome” Prince Rama and Sita back home. Since Diwali acts as a start to a new year, many people also associate Diwali with the Hindu goddess of wealth and prosperity, Lakshmi.

These lit candles also welcome Lakshmi into the house, and symbolize the invi-

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an open meeting during lunch on October 22, the day before Diwali. Girls of all backgrounds were invited to come and learn about the festival. Many girls left the room with mehndi tattoos on their hands and a newfound understanding of Indian culture. Similarly, in Bollywood Club, members watched a Bollywood movie while getting henna tattoos, bangles, and bindis (the traditional red dots on some Hindu women’s foreheads).

A few years ago, there was a school-wide celebration of the holiday in which Bollywood club, with the help of Mr. Didier, hosted a lunch with Indian food and gave out bindis, as well as henna tattoos in the cafeteria. Next year, ASIAM and Bollywood Club hope to join forces in order to host another school-wide celebration of Diwali. ☐

feelings about the LOC’s versatility, saying, “The LOC will serve all Winsor girls; whether a budding musician, thespian, dancer, or varsity athlete in ways that will support who you choose to become.” Lastly, Ms. Stettler noted that she is “looking forward to how substantially [the new building] will transform the experience for Winsor students.”

She said, “I’m really excited about not only supporting the programs we already have, but watching the student experience grow and get even better than it already is!” ☐

In the U.S., access to a quality education is a right every citizen has, regardless of his or her gender, race, or social class. Winsor, and other institutions like it, value girls’ education greatly and strive to provide girls with the best schooling possible. However, education for girls is hardly a priority in many eastern countries, and in some countries, it simply does not exist. Malala Yousafzai, a 17 year old woman from Pakistan, came face-to-face with this injustice when the Taliban began attacking schools in her area and forced them to shut down.

Outraged, Malala sought the help of her father, Ziauddin Yousafzai, and gave speeches at schools and press clubs throughout Pakistan about the importance of universal education. She also started a blog for BBC, where she wrote about the oppression of the Taliban she and her village faced every day. Yet just as Malala became a well-known activist for women’s rights and education, she also made herself a target for extremists who disagreed with her belief in gender equality. On October 9, when Malala just 15, she was shot three times by a gunman from the Taliban as she boarded her school bus in the northwest district of Swat, Pakistan. The shooting left her in critical condition, but after months of intensive care, Malala fully recovered.

She continued her schooling in England

and resumed advocating for the right to education for people all over the world.

To recognize her efforts to promote the importance of girls’ education, the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded Malala Yousafzai the Nobel Peace Prize this past October. This makes her the second Pakistani to win the prize and the youngest recipient since its creation in 1901. Malala shares the honor with Kailash Satyarthi, an Indian children’s rights activist. Pakistanis and Indians, the majority of whom are Muslims and Hindus, respectively, share an infamous tension that stems from their religious differences and the violent partition of India that separated these two groups.

The Norwegian Nobel Committee acknowledged the historically tumultuous relationship and saw this shared award as a symbol of union. They stated in the official announcement, “The Nobel Committee regards it as an important point for a Hindu and a Muslim, an Indian and a Pakistani, to join in a common struggle for education and against extremism.”

Winsor girls often take the quality and accessibility of their education for granted, but it is people like Malala Yousafzai who remind us how lucky we are and how important it is to stand up for what we believe in. She endured threats and an attempted assassination, yet she remains firm in her position as a leader in the movement of female education rights.

Malala’s ability to rise from oppression and make a difference in the education of women is a major step forward. ☐

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Students Approve of Recent Schedule Reform Ranking Our Local Lunch Spots

By Matt Reppucci Panel Staff Belmont Hill values tradition; sometimes that can make the school a bit averse to change.

Nevertheless, over the last two years, change has become the new status quo. Old buildings have new names, a new building has been completed, and this fall a new schedule was implemented, overhauling students’ academic experience for the first time in many, many years.

The Board of Trustees, in conjunction with several faculty members, opened discussions about schedule reform two and a half years ago. Every five years, the Board articulates goals which they hope to achieve during the next five years, and this time around, there were certain goals that would not have been attainable under the old schedule. Therefore, the 18-month-long project of revising the schedule, the governing force of life at Belmont Hill, fell into the hands of the Dean of Studies, Mr. Grant.

Mr. Grant, and his co-chair Mr. Feldman, led a committee comprised of the academic department chairs, along with Mr. Bradley, Mrs. Hamilton and Mr. Armstrong. Their goal was to slow life down at Belmont Hill by having fewer assignments, while being more efficient with time in class. Mr. Grant explained the committee’s approach to this project as, “figuring out the box we are building then fitting the schedule in it,” and in order to do so he visited many other schools that use long blocks, such as Deerfield, Fenn, and Rivers, in order to fully understand the effectiveness of extended classes. Based on nearly four years of research about schedule reform, New Jersey school Montclair Kimberley Academy found that actual teaching time could be increased by eliminating passing time between classes. According to Mr. Grant, this insight “was the driving force in moving us in the direction that

we did” and so Belmont Hill’s new long-block schedule was born.”

After deciding the schedule’s general parameters, Mr. Grant worked with Mr. Feldman to make everything fit. Mr. Feldman’s previous scheduling experience at Milton Academy gave him “an indication of potential solutions or potential pitfalls for various scenarios” throughout the process.

This perspective was invaluable to Belmont Hill’s reform process; as Mr. Grant put it, Mr. Feldman was “really adept at the logic behind schedules and identifying how they work by visualizing ideas into a plan.” Their fruitful collaboration involved a series of brainstorming sessions where Mr. Grant would present a hypothetical scheduling problem and ask Mr. Feldman “if he could figure out a way to fix it and fit it into x, y, or z.”

Feedback so far has been mostly positive, says Mr. Grant, noting how some courses are built around activities that work “perfectly” in the long blocks.

This sentiment is backed by Mrs. Montanaro, Doctor Wachtmeister, and Mrs. Hamilton, among others. Mrs. Montanaro says that “language classes switch up activities a lot anyway, and with a little creativity we are able to create variety in the classroom which leads to a better and more in-depth understanding of the language.” Mrs. Hamilton is also “quite excited” about the change, explaining that, for English classes, the longer blocks allow the period to be broken up into “chunks of about 20 minutes.” Those extra minutes enable more one-on-one instruction and editing time, supporting students’ writing process and ensuring they leave class with a clear understanding of the task at hand.

Doc Wachtmeister appreciates the added lab time built into longer blocks which better prepares for the inquiry and lab-based courses, especially Biology and Chemistry.

There are some concerns from a teaching perspective which could cause problems as the year goes on. The language depart-

ment is worried that immersion in the language will be hindered by the fact that the class only meets four days a week instead of five, and the teachers of fact-based AP classes are not sure whether they will be able to cover all of the material by the end of the year. As some architects of the new schedule have pointed out, however, online resources such as Lingt Language sites allow teachers to make sure their pupils are speaking foreign languages even on days when their class doesn’t meet. Still, at this point, the jury is still out on whether these issues will arise in the long run.

The reduced number of class days has also raised student concerns about an uptick in nightly homework. Tuesday and Wednesday nights have certainly become easier with the new schedule, but many students agree that Monday and Thursday nights have become more difficult. Another complaint has been that weeks have become top-heavy for the Upper School, as most classes give tests on either Monday or Tuesday (and occasionally Friday) due to the mid-week long blocks. “The predominant concern is that students taking multiple advanced level courses were subject to biweekly ‘frontloading’, where students would be faced with an amount of work that parallels final exam preparation -but every two weeks,” says Form V student Parker Hall, one of the student body’s representatives on the Academic Policy Committee (APC), a committee looking to incorporate student feedback into the formation of the school’s academic policy. However, Mr. Grant ensures that these issues will be addressed, with an entirely new test day rotation taking effect in the second semester. “We feel we’ve been responsive to this and are really making adjustments so students can reach their highest levels of success on assessments.”

Despite some bumps in the road, the new schedule has generally been warmly received by students and faculty members alike.☐

Hill. You can order almost any sub your heart desires and expect an absolute treat, but its chicken parm and meatball subs are truly Now that seniors have the world class. It’s also a mini-mart, freedom to escape campus for a and sells a huge selection of chips time, we often leave to eat lunch and other snacks to complete your during the day. Students can select midday meal. Although it does not from a number of local options, and have any seating inside, it is still an the debate over which establish- excellent option for take-out. 4.5/5

ment is the best remains a heated

topic of discussion. Thus, we at the Greg’s House of Pizza Panel have decided to taste-test One of the most underrated restauand rank all of the local favorites. rants on this list and in Belmont Cen ter, Greg’s offers a variety of options, Ma Magoo’s including subs, pizza, calzones, and Although geographically the most even burgers. Only a few minutes’ distant from Belmont Hill, Ma Ma- drive from campus, its prices appeal goo’s range of options makes it a to a student’s budget. Its distinguishcampus favorite. It’s menu features ing features are the steak and cheese pizza, subs and sandwiches, but the sub and pizza slices, but you can’t go chicken-finger subs are the menu wrong with anything on the menu. highlight. Whether you slather with There is usually no line and tables are honey mustard or buffalo sauce, always available, so you can enjoy a you never regret ordering this deli- nice quiet meal inside the restaurant cious feast of chicken and indus- or take anything for take-out. 4/5

trial-strength condiments. That is, unless you have to go to a hard Comella’s practice right after. Unfortunately, Comella’s is a great option if you because of its extreme popularity, don’t have any taste buds. We’re jokthere’s often a wait to order and its ing, but it truly is one of the most cramped space makes it a good spot overrated restaurants around Belfor take-out instead of eat-in. 5/5 mont Hill. Its prices may win over some fans, but the pizza cannot Chipotle compare to Greg’s or Ma Magoo’s in Chipotle is a great option for lunch terms of taste. With a large cheese as it’s quick, convenient, and cheap, pizza at only $5 though, it is a very but not your typical fast-food. High popular choice among students. quality and locally sourced ingredi- The availability of tables inside ents drive its Mexican-food based is also a draw to some, but many success. Burrito bowls with torti- times the food doesn’t hold up. But lla chips on the side are especially if you want a lot of bang for your popular with Belmont Hill students, buck, Comella’s is the way to go. 3/5

and it is easy to see why. A combination of chicken, brown rice, pinto Nick’s Place beans, salsa (mild or spicy), and Nick’s has a very similar menu to sour cream is just about unbeat- Greg’s, but the prices are a bit higher able. The distance from Belmont and food quality a bit lower. It ofHill may deter some from sneak- fers calzones, pizza, subs, and sanding out during their free period wiches, a pretty typical menu for to this canteen, but it is definitely these types of restaurants that doesn’t worth the trip. As Sixth-Former distinguish itself in any way. It’s also Liam Foley says, “I like Chipo- in Belmont Center, but fairly far tle.” So do we Liam, so do we. 5/5 from good parking spots. There are usually a multitude of tables open.

D’Agostino’s However, it still offers decent food Arlington’s premier sub shop, at an ok price, so in a pinch it’s not a D’Agostino’s is just down the street bad option; just don’t expect a banand a few minutes from Belmont quet of delicious sustenance. 3/5☐

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Sick Days: The Moral Dilemma of Going to School Versus Staying Home

By Jason Fischman Panel Staff We have all had the experience of waking up in the morning before school to a sore throat or a fever, and have been forced to decide whether or not to stay home for the day. There are advantages to both options, and there is no correct decision, but both choices will have short term repercussions for the next few days. By electing to stay home, you are given time to rest and recover, along with preventing further spread of the sickness within the Belmont Hill community. However, taking a day off from school is not easy, especially in the older forms. Students who miss a single day of school typically have to make up one or more assessments, and catch up in every single class by meeting the teachers during free periods. The

other option is to go to school sick, suffer through the day, and avoid falling behind. This school of thought also causes problems though, because diseases are spread, students perform poorly, both academically and athletically, when sick, and many ailments only get worse when not treated.

Mrs. David, the head nurse, says, “It is a constant battle with kids who don’t want to miss school when they are sick, because a lot of the time it is best for those kids to stay home.” Mrs. David then went on to say how, overall, Belmont Hill students are not taking enough sick days.

That fact is not surprising, considering that the effort required to catch up after a missed day of school seems to dwarf the potential benefits. Tests must be made up, teachers need to be met with to review the material gone over in class, coaches do not like when

kids miss practices, and it is far too easy to fall behind. By missing a single day of school, a student may have to spend the entire next week struggling to catch up. This is especially a problem if someone has a test in the near future and they do not want to

miss class before it, leading to students pushing themselves to go to school when they clearly should not. Also, when students drag themselves to school feeling sick, they are not usu-

ally very efficient, and will often not retain anything they learn.

However, long term, for the health of the overall student body, staying home is better for everyone. Students who come to school sick risk spreading the illness to classmates and faculty members, and one of the key steps to recovery is rest. Also, many students will not see a doctor immediately because they do not want to miss school, even though that is often the fastest cure if it is an ailment that a simple antibiotic will stop.

“Taking a day off, even if it is just a mental health day when you’re a little sick, is usually best for you and the people around you,” said Mrs. David. Mental health days were another point Mrs. David emphasized, saying that sometimes a day of rest is the best thing for a student, especially if they are exhausted and stressed, because that is when one is most likely to

get sick. The one area that Mrs. David does not tolerate, however, is students who continually miss days when they have difficult tests, so as to give themselves more time to study. “It is a consistent problem for some students here who always seem to be sick when they have tests,” she said.

Overall, there is no right thing to do in terms of staying home sick or going to school.

Some students prefer fighting through their illness and going to school, while others believe it is more beneficial to focus on recovery. Although it may be easier in the long run to go to school and avoid falling behind, it is typically more harmful to the general community as the disease spreads. Either way, both options should be considered depending on how sick one is, but if you are actually ill, you should stay home from school. ☐

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Mayor Menino and His Legacy as a Bostonian Political Figure

By Michael O’Neill Panel Staff My most vivid memor y of Mayor Menino is not of his standing behind a podium, or shaking the hands of constituents, or even his nowfamous “Varitek splitting the uprights” slip-up. Instead, I recall my trip to Boston Calling in September of last year.

Bat for Lashes had just finished her set, but before Local Natives could take the stage, Mayor Menino shuffled out, microphone in one hand, cane in the other. He talked briefly about how excited he was to finally give Boston “the music festival it deser ved” and reminded ever yone to be smart and safe. He then introduced the next band and, smiling the whole way through, returned backstage. Even though his health was known to be failing at that point, and he had little knowledge about any of the day’s performers, Mayor Menino still wanted to show up the event, because that’s the kind of mayor he was.

Though the specifics will differ, thousands of Bostonians have similar stories to tell of how Mayor Menino mingled with his populace; about 57% of Boston’s population are estimated to have personally met the Mayor.

Born and raised in Hyde Park, Mayor Menino connected with his people so well because he knew where they were coming from. He was the longest-ser ving mayor in the city’s histor y, and in July 2013, the Boston Herald reported that he had a remarkable 82% approval rating among Boston citizens. His political legacy is a long one which has transformed Boston over the past two decades: he took stands against illegal gun ownership and for marriage equality ; he oversaw numerous construction projects throughout the city, including the “Big Dig” and the redevelopment of the South Boston waterfront; he encouraged Bostonians to be more environmentally responsible, pushing for increased levels of cycling and recycling; finally, under Mayor Menino’s watch, crime fell significantly. Left, right, or center on the political spectrum, it is undeniable that Mayor Menino was the guiding force in shaping the city of Boston as we know it today, and we owe it to him to honor his memor y.☐

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Student Debate: Breakfast vs. Dinner New segment! In this issue of the Panel, we are debuting a feature debate between Form V students Jay O’Brien and Gabe Schmittlein. After the Panel is released, a poll will be sent out to assess the student body’s views on the topic at hand. These results will be published in the subsequent issue along with a brand new talking point. So without further ado, we present the inaugural debate—Breakfast versus Dinner. Now we’re cooking!

Team Breakfast

By Gabe Schmittlein Staff Writer The eternal question rages on and on: what is the better meal, breakfast or dinner? Since the beginning of humankind, fiery debates have been held on the topic, and these debates have been relayed to us through various records and documents. In the times of the ancient Roman Empire, it is rumored that Julius Caesar and one of his senators,

certain that the argument for dinner will include some reference to “quality over quantity,” and that is something that I cannot argue with–dinner has more depth than breakfast, and it may not even be that close. On the other hand, a famous idiom goes “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” which begs the question, is there a point at which meal diversity becomes simply excessive and unnecessary? Let me ask you, would you rather have a three man rotation

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Brutus, argued endlessly on the issue, eventually leaving Brutus no alternative but to murder Caesar, for the dictator refused to name breakfast as the national meal. In Paris, during the first stage of the French Revolution, the Estates-General reportedly came to an impasse when the Bourgeoisie and Clergymen found that their views on the pivotal subject, breakfast or dinner,

Let me ask you, would you rather have a three man rotation of pancakes, French toast, and Belgium waffles, or a six man rotation of several less impressive but more varied dishes? I know I’d take the dominant 1-23 punch, even if it means starting them twice as often. were dreadfully different, forcing the Bourgeoisie to create the Tennis Court Oath, which was, fittingly, drafted over a nice breakfast of chocolate croissants. Most recently, documentation has shown that the famed East Coast vs. West Coast hip hop rivalry was actually started when Tupac and Biggie Smalls engaged in an argument on the matter, but tensions were eased when both Dr. Dre and Nas agreed that breakfast was the better meal and decided to collaborate on a new album.

However, that historical exposition only gives you examples of instances where breakfast reigned supreme over dinner, not a comprehensive argument for why breakfast is the better meal.

So, I’ll give that to you now. I’m

of pancakes, French toast, and Belgium waffles, or a six man rotation of several less impressive but more varied dishes? I know I’d take the dominant 1-2-3 punch, even if it means starting them twice as often. This extended metaphor which would have made Shakespeare proud helps illustrate the fact that in terms of main dishes, breakfast at least holds its own against dinner.

Meanwhile, it is the sides to the main meal that allow breakfast to shine. A star-studded cast featuring bacon, sausages, hash browns, home fries, and even fruit (a large improvement over veggies) separate breakfast when compared to the more mediocre side options that dinner has to offer. Why settle for some cauliflower and Brussels sprouts when you could be chilling in the land of strawberries and pineapple? Healthy and tasty–it doesn’t get any better than that.

Finally, it is my belief that breakfast has a set of intangibles or an x-factor, if you will, that distinguish it from the tiresome conformity that can be associated with dinner. While dinner is an obsessed formality, breakfast provides a refreshing contrast with its casual feel. Additionally, breakfast is significant in its effect on the rest of the day and I fear that you “dinnerpeople” are missing out on an explosive start to your day. I want to finish this essay by asking one question of you readers: if dinner is the better meal, why is it that we have breakfastfor-dinner, but not visa versa?

Answer me that Jay O’Brien…

You can’t. Discussion. Over. ☐

Team Dinner

By Jay O’Brien Panel Staff After spending upwards of nine active hours working up a mental sweat in the classroom, or physically perspiring out on the sports field, there is nothing I look forward to more than sitting down at the dinner table at the end of the day and devouring numerous helpings of food. Dinner time is a place for discussion with family members, as one explains the events that took place earlier in the day; however, I am not here to discuss the magical camaraderie forged at the dinner table, but rather, why dinner meals are exponentially superior to the meals offered by breakfast. While breakfast certainly has big names on their roster–pancakes, waffles, eggs–it lacks the depth offered by dinner. While I will discuss later in the article the specific meals that truly make dinner the best in all the land, there is no doubt in my mind that the different varieties that dinner offers, whether it be fish, meats, sandwiches, soups, or pasta, make the final meal of the day the clear number one.

Over the years, dinner has built its reputation on the plentiful yet quality dishes seen on a nightly basis. Looking at the many sub-sections of dinner, one can’t help but be overwhelmed by the large number of possible combinations of appetizers, sides, entrees, and desserts. Starting with appetizers, certain meals like buffalo wings, mozzarella sticks, nachos, and sliders serve as excellent intro-

there is meat’s slightly less popular brother: fish. While fish is less filling than a steak, meals like swordfish, lobster, bass, and salmon can not be taken lightly in this matchup. Fear not, the beatdown on breakfast is not over yet, as dinner once again offers another offensive powerhouse: pasta meals. Spaghetti, ravioli, ziti, lasagna, and pizza are all meals that are derived from our Italian friends from across the pond, but have quickly become ingratiated in American culture.

Even if someone is not in favor of the meals I have already listed, there are other popular alternatives like soups, salads, and the all important takeout meal from P.F. Chang’s. Winner, winner, chicken dinner.

Looking at the many subsections of dinner, one can’t help but be overwhelmed by the large number of possible combinations of appetizers, sides, entrees, and desserts As if dinner wasn’t great enough, some intellectual genius decided to add sides to the entree, thus allowing for great options like rice, corn on the cob, fruit, french fries, rolls, and mac and cheese. Finally, the fact that society has created a category of foods known as desserts is the icing on the cake–literally. Pies, cakes, brownies, cookies, and ice cream are almost guaranteed to add a few inches to your waistline, but in the short term, the enjoyment that derives from these sugary sweets is most definitely worth it. Checkmate.

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Once the appetizer plates are empty, it’s time to devour the golden goose: the entree.

The number of combinations can be overwhelming, but one tends to stick with the core entrees once it comes time to eat. Meat is certainly the star of this team, where foods like hamburgers, steak, ribs, chicken, and turkey have helped make dinner a household name throughout the world. Next,

While providing an overview for the different categories and subcategories of dinner, it seems blasphemous that one would even question dinner’s position at atop the power rankings. Breakfast certainly has some heavy hitters, but once you analyze the depth offered by dinner night in and night out, it becomes apparent that dinner is the true heavyweight champion of the world. ☐

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Winsor Students Reflect on the Ebola Epidemic continued from page 1 Although the news has emphasized that Ebola is a dangerous and life-threatening disease, it has propagated several fallacies about the virus. The Ebola virus, which causes hemorrhagic fever or bleeding, spreads through direct contact with bodily fluids such as breast milk, vomit, and saliva. Yet, major news outlets have encouraged speculation that Ebola could eventually become airborne. News sources, such as Fox and CNN, have yielded headlines such as “Ebola Airborne: A Nightmare That Could Happen” and “From Pigs to Monkeys, Ebola Goes Airborne” and have examined the possibility of transmission through sneezes, domestic animals, and even pools. Yet, there is no evidence that suggests Ebola will become transmittable through the air anytime soon.

Anthony Fuaci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases stated, “Everything we know about this virus is that it is transmitted by direct contact with bodily fluids.” According to Fauci, even if the virus were to mutate, “very, very rarely does it completely change the way it’s transmitted.”

Today’s Ebola coverage also has

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skewed public perspective regarding the likelihood of an imminent outbreak within America. Even within the Winsor community, the concern about an Ebola threat has influenced the daily lives of several students.

For instance, Maddy Batt ’15 explained, “I had to change my route to school for a while because my parents were worried merely walking through the hospital where my mother works would expose me to Ebola.”

Although many have entertained thriller scenarios reminiscent of the film, “Contagion,” a major Ebola outbreak in the U.S. is highly improbable. The most threatened countries, such as Liberia and Sierra Leone, had a weak health care system prior to the outbreak, which exacerbated the onset of the virus. According to the World Health Organization, while the average fatality rate of an Ebola case is 50 percent, the average fatality rate of an Ebola case in African countries such as Uganda, Sudan, and Zaire is upwards 80%.

Meanwhile, compared to the around 13,000 reported cases in West Africa, the U.S. has had only four reported cases of Ebola. Three out of the four infected patients who contracted the virus due to direct medical inter-

action with Ebola patients were contained not improving understanding.” We urge the in well monitored isolation to ensure their Winsor community to look beyond easy emorecovery. As reported by NPR, in cutting- tional impulses and instead, to educate ouredge facilities, such as Emory University selves, to evaluate critically the source of our Hospital, American patients reside in special information, and to search for what the meintensive care units, which include amenities dia ultimately should be serving us--an unsuch as a negative air pressure system that derstanding of the cold, hard facts. Only then filtrates pathogens from the patients’ rooms. can we proceed to spread awareness and proBy contrasting the U.S.’s resources with vide support with confidence and certainty. ☐ those of more underdeveloped nations, we soon realize how prepared we are for a possible Ebola outbreak.

Accordingly, the media should emphasize Ebola’s more severe threat to the West African population instead of creating unnecessary worry and panic in the U.S. In the words of David Redlawsk, director of a recent New Jersey citizen poll, “The tone of the coverage seems to be increasing fear while Ebola in New York inspires media attention Whatsupwhatson.com

Kaci Hickox’s Quarantine

By Caroline Hearle & Juliet Isselbacher Contributing Writers Is Kaci Hickox, the nurse who returned from West Africa just last week, a hero or a villain? The nurse served as a volunteer tin the fight against the massive Ebola outbreak. Although she tested negative for the disease and did not display any symptoms, which one must have to be contagious, Hickox was instructed by Maine health officials to isolate herself for three weeks.

She brought the case to court, and the judge ruled in her favor, condemning the limitation of an individual’s constitutional rights without valid scientific justification. The judge urged people to be wary of the “misconceptions, misinformation, bad science and bad information being spread from

shore to shore,” and commended Hickox for her work in Africa. Paul LaPage, the governor of Maine, claims that Hickox’s is risking her safety by leaving her house, saying, “her behavior is really riling a lot of people up, and I can only do what I can do. And we’re trying to protect her, but she’s not acting as smart as she probably should.”

However, many support her, expressing concern that the three-week quarantine and the stigma of society that it represents will discourage people from lending aid. Without aid, efforts to eliminate the disease will be severely impaired. Therefore, supporters reason that by imposing restrictions on health care workers, we could be actually facilitating the disease’s spread across the globe. Samantha Power, the US ambassador to the United Nations, predicted, “These kinds of Washingtonpost.com restrictions could

dissuade hundreds, if not thousands, of skilled volunteers from helping stop Ebola’s spread.” She then asserted, “These volunteers are heroes to the people they help, and they are heroes to our own countries. They should be treated like heroes when they return.” Clementine Perry ’18, conceded that taking every precaution was probably important for immediate security in American society, but she also argued that those quarantined “should be given benefits to make it less disruptive to their lives.” Another Winsor freshman who requested that she remain anonymous asserted, “the way that they are quarantining this woman is inhumane.”

Although none can deny that Kaci Hickox possesses heroic qualities, for she readily responded to this humanitarian crisis, some condemn her for the attention that she has directed towards her individual court case and the public concerns she has caused as a result. They argue that she should strive to protect the lives of her fellow American citizens by quietly agreeing to be quarantined because her refusal could potentially put public safety in jeopardy. Governor

Chris Christie, one of Hickox’s main adversaries during her fight to revoke the quarantine, reminded the government that, “Folks got infected in Texas because they were behind, and we’re not going to have folks infected in New Jersey and other states in this country. Governors ultimately have the responsibility to protect the public health and public safety.” A Winsor freshman agreed that “even though she tested negative, it is her duty to protect American as well as African citizens by submitting to authorities.”

People who volunteer to devote themselves to preserving African society are heroes. However, we must take every precaution to protect our society from Ebola, even if science does not necessarily compel us to do so. Therefore, healthcare workers should be treated with extreme respect and compensated by their employer during the time during which they are quarantined, to minimize disruption in their lives. Although Hickox is a hero for her work in Africa, she has no right to challenge the state authorities that have the obligation to protect American citizens. ☐

Renee Zellweger’s New Look

By Hailey Fuchs & Brigitte Schmittlein everyone’s attention when she walked the red carpet at the Elle Women in Hollywood Panel Staff Awards for the first time with a dramatic We’ve all read the criticism and ob- change in appearance. New York City docjectification of women’s bodies in maga- tor Janet Prystowsky told the media it was zines like People Magazine and US Weekly. likely that Renee had had a brow lift, eyelid While celebrities may have their own rea- lift, and facelift. Dr. Brian Glatt, a plastic sons for getting plastic surgery, pressure surgeon from New Jersey, told the press from the media plays a big role in the high that aside from a chin implant and the number of celebrity plastic surgeries. A continued use of botox, the rest of Renee’s Beverly Hills plastic surgeon, Dr. Renato facial changes seemed to be due to weight Calabria, estimates that about 40% of ac- loss. Renee didn’t comment on the issue tors from 25 to 30 have had plastic surgery, directly; however, she did say: “Perhaps and that a shocking 90% of actors over I look different. Who doesn’t as they get 45 have also undergone such procedures older?! Ha. But I am different. I’m happy.”

(Eonline.com). Furthermore, plastic surSome Winsor students agree that gery actually becomes a vicious cycle as Renee Zellweger deserves the right to celebrities feel the need to get plastic sur- a private life. Erica Hootstein ’16 said, gery because of the media’s criticism, and “What’s the big deal? People can get plasthen the media once again censures celeb- tic surgery if they want. It’s their body, and rities after they have changed their appear- the media shouldn’t make such a big deal ance. Stars that experienced extreme media about it.” Hootstein asserts that Zellwebacklash to plastic surgery include Michael ger’s surgery is a personal decision, and Jackson, Bruce Jenner, Tori Spelling, and the media’s negative attention is unjustithe most recent victim: Renee Zellweger. fied. On the contrary, an anonymous stu Renee Zellweger recently captured dent said, “Plastic surgery can definitely

A “Before” and “After” photo showing the change in Renee’s appearance be dangerous, as going under anesthesia at any time can have disastrous consequences.

The media’s criticism of Zellweger’s plastic surgery could deter some girls from getting cosmetic procedures and putting themselves at risk.” Evidently, some Winsor students believe that the media’s disparagement of Zellweger could have some positive consequences and is justified.

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Renee Zellweger’s negative attention for getting “too many” procedures or for the outcome of her appearance is undeserved and unjustified. While the media has the right to analyze anything, the media’s response is just another example of pop culture magazines and news stations trying to control women’s bodies. You do you, Renee. ☐

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Apple CEO Comes Out

By Isabelle Bastian Panel Stafff “I’m proud to be gay,” wrote Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, in his coming out essay published in Bloomburg Buisnessweek on October 30. Cook had been open about his sexuality to family and coworkers but didn’t announce it publicly in order to maintain his privacy. He chose to come out publically now because he realized, “if hear-

ing that the CEO of Apple is gay can help someone struggling to come to terms with who he or she is, or bring comfort to anyone who feels alone, or inspire people to insist on their equality, then it’s worth the trade-off with my own privacy.” The media has responded positively to his coming out, but there was some international tension when a statue of Steve Jobs in Russia was taken down soon after Cook’s declaration.

Cook is especially inspired by Martin

Luther King Jr.’s famous quotation, “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?”’ He recently posed this question to his home state as he advocated for equal rights for L.G.B.T. people during an Alabama Academy of Honor Event. Cook is the first openly gay CEO of a Fortune 500 company, and his coming out marks a major step in the fight towards equal rights for L.G.B.T. people in work environments. As a recent study by Human Rights Campaign shows, 53% of L.G.B.T men and women have not come out at work.

Many people feel coming out is unprofessional or fear discrimination or harassment from their coworkers. Now that Cook has come out, he has shown other L.G.B.T. people that one can have a successful career and be openly gay. His actions bring a new wave of confidence to the L.G.B.T. community. If an L.G.B.T person can be the CEO of Apple, it sends a message that anyone with any gender identity or sexual orientation can succeed at whatever job he/she strives to have.

Sophomore Alexandra Farina, a member of GBSTA club, further expands on this idea, saying, “I think that his coming out is not necessarily the biggest part of this--the fact that [the CEO of Apple] is actually advocating for the community is the most important aspect because he is using his place as a powerful figure for the good of L.G.B.T. people.” Rebecca Koppel, Class VII head of GBSTA, agrees, adding, “Wanting to show

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Having celebrities who come out or express that they are allies shows society that it is a normal thing, and these people we regard as great embody exactly what someone may be ashamed or insecure about. Hopefully, this event and many others will help to build pride in the [L.G.B.T] community.”

Cook’s actions are one step to gaining equal rights for L.G.B.T people, but we still have a ways to go before we can achieve true equality in the workplace. Only 15 states and the District of Columbia have passed laws which prohibit discrimination on the basis of gender identity, and only 21 states and the District of Columbia prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation. Because such a prominent businessman is advocating for equal rights, other businesses will have to stop ignoring the discrimination towards L.G.B.T people and start making a stand either for equal rights or against it. If businesses are publicly discriminating against equality for people with different sexual orientations, L.G.B.T people can use their buying power, which is approximately $790 million, to not support that business. In this case, L.G.B.T people will have more control.

Cook’s coming out can force businesses to support both L.G.B.T employees and customers. Apple CEO Tim Cook has truly made a difference for L.G.B.T people by advocating for the equal rights of all people. ☐

Students Speak Out Against Assault ment has started to take action. In January of 2014, Obama formed the White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault, hoping to “strengthen and address When an issue is really important to compliance issues and provide institutions you, how far will you go to spread your mes- with additional tools to respond to and adsage? Emma Sulkowicz, a Columbia Univer- dress rape and sexual assault.” This task sity student and sexual assault survivor, has force is part of a wider federal movement gone to great lengths to communicate her to bring awareness about sexual violence on story. Since September, Sulkowicz has carried American campuses. As part of this effort, her 50-pound mattress with her on campus the United States Department of Education in a campaign called “Carry That Weight.” released a list of seventy-six “higher educaThe project predominantly serves as a protest tion institutions with Open Title IX Sexual against sexual assault on campus, but it also Violence Investigations.” The list of seventydoubles as her senior art thesis. Emma refus- six holds many “big name” schools includes to stop until her alleged rapist is dismissed ing University of California-Berkeley, Harfrom the university. Sulkowicz hopes to raise vard College, and Dartmouth College. The awareness about the prevalence of sexual as- purpose of the investigation is to guarantee sault on college campuses and draw attention that, in accordance with federal law, schools to colleges’ leniency when responding to this are ensuring equal opportunities between pressing issue. Her poignant movement has the sexes and offering appropriate supreceived substantial media attention and port to women who are sexually assaulted. lots of support both on and off campus: as So ultimately, what can we take away Sulkowicz herself noted, “so far, students I from the story of Emma Sulkowicz? Obvihave never met before have helped me car- ously, the statistics about the prevalence of ry it,” and that is “a sign that people care.” sexual violence on campuses and the subSulkowicz has publicly blamed Co- sequent inaction of these very colleges are lumbia for its negligence in handling her case depressing. Yet, in Emma Sulkowicz’s persisand its ultimate refusal to expel her rapist, tence and determination, we see an example adding that “they’re more concerned about of an empowered woman who noticed a their public image than keeping people safe.” problem and took action against it. SulkoIndeed, many colleges have recently received wicz is clearly willing to go to great lengths attention for shirking their responsibility to to stand up for what she believes in and to investigate sexual assaults and keep cam- draw attention to her cause−and, as a result, puses safe. As the statistics report, every 21 she has gained the support of the public. In hours, there is a rape on an American col- fact, her bravery and outspokenness have lege campus, and 1 in 4 college women will inspired many other similar movements. be the victim of sexual assault during her Carrying the Weight Together, a studentacademic career (Clevelandrapecrisis.org). run non-profit aiming to support survivors Yet, despite this devastating reality, a Senate of sexual and domestic assault, organized the bulletin recently reported that 40% of the National Day of Action earlier this year. Durcolleges and universities surveyed have not ing this day, students in universities across conducted any sexual assault investigations the world carried their mattresses and pilin the past five years. Accordingly, as US Sen- lows in solidarity with Sulkowicz. Students ator Claire McCaskill noted, schools seem have also worn red tape as part of a “No Red to be either “in denial” or “incompetent,” Tape” campaign to highlight the negligence concluding that “after years of pressure, too of colleges. This support reveals that people many of our institutions of higher learning are embracing her message that the protecwon’t take sexual assault seriously.” These tion of all women is necessary. The story of statistics suggest that, as Sulkowicz claimed, Sulkowicz’s resistance reveals the promisschool administrations are unresponsive ing possibility of a future in which we can to student complaints and are not taking openly talk about the atrocity of sexual asproper measures to limit assaults on campus. sault and take action against its prevalence.

However, as discouraging as the statis- Sulkowicz is truly a role model for women tics may seem, in the past year, the govern- and a paragon of feminist empowerment. ☐

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Entrepreneur Mira Mehta ’02 Makes Tomato Paste and Social Change

From 2008 to 2012, Mira Mehta ’02 lived in Nigeria, working for the Clinton Health Access Initiative. As she travelled around the northern part of the country, she noticed vast numbers of tomato fields--and, lying abandoned in those fields, vast numbers of rotting tomatoes.

Yet she also learned that Nigeria was importing enormous quantities of tomato paste, which is a staple in its cuisine. “I figured,” said Mehta, “there had to be a way to connect these two pieces: supply of tomatoes and demand for paste.”

How can a country that spends nearly $50 million a year to import tomato paste waste so many tomatoes? It is a question of resources: Nigerian farmers simply do not have the technology to store or transport large quantities of tomatoes. As a result, a shocking 50% of their tomato yield goes to waste. Moreover, a lack of Mira Mehta tomatojos.net fertilizer and equipment, high-quality seeds, and knowledge of best growing practices limits both the number and quality of tomatoes produced.

By Maddy Batt Panel Staff Enter Tomato Jos, the for-profit social enterprise co-founded by Mehta. Tomato Jos Tomatoes are not the first thing that works with smallholder farmers “to make them comes to mind when one thinks of entre- expert tomato growers” and then buys their propreneurship. Yet for one Winsor graduate, duce to make tomato paste, which Mehta calls a they have proven to be the key to her busi- “proudly Nigerian product for the Nigerian marness--and a catalyst for positive social change. ket.” They give farmers better seeds and fertilizer,

teach them how to grow and harvest crops more efficiently, and provide them with a guaranteed buyer whose prices remain consistent and fair.

As a result, rural farmers make more money on a higher-quality, more abundant crop; consumers have access to a product that matches foreign imports in cost but exceeds it in quality; and the Nigerian economy is therefore less dependent on those same low-quality foreign imports. The impact on the farmers is especially profound; Mehta estimates that Tomato Jos can quadruple farmers’ incomes, an increase that allows them to make valuable changes such as increasing their land size or sending their children to school.

Education, which has made an enormous difference for these farmers and could do the same for their children, has also been invaluable for Mehta. She believes that her time at Winsor prepared her well for her current work. “Winsor was one of the most challenging environments I’ve ever experienced in my life,” she said. “The amount (and difficulty) of academic work is not trivial, and it’s often combined with...rigorous extra-curricular activities. Learning how to manage your time and how to perform and deliver across so many different channels is a skill that lends itself very well to being an entrepreneur.” Winsor did not, of course, prepare her for everything; among the things she

has learned along the way are the importance of testing one’s ideas and finding good mentors.

Tomato Jos represents, in one sense, classic entrepreneurship. Mehta spotted a problem, thought up a creative solution, and got to work. Yet Tomato Jos goes further--her solution benefits not just her own company, but the multitude of farmers she works with and the consumers who purchase her product. As Tomato Jos continues to grow, so will its powerful impact on the farmers of Nigeria. ☐

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Thirst For Life: Heather Stevenson ’02’s New Venture

By Maddy Batt Panel Staff Soon, a new business will be offering Bostonians its take on that most sought-after combination: treats that are both healthy and delicious.

Thirst Juice Co., founded by Heather Stevenson ’02 and her husband, is a juice and smoothie bar in the financial district of downtown Boston. In classic entrepreneurial style, Stevenson and her husband quit their jobs at New York law firms to found the company. Feeling unfulfilled by law, Stevenson sought work that would enable her to help others; through Thirst, she encourages people to live the healthy lifestyle that she embraces. For Stevenson--a vegetarian, serial marathoner, and finisher of a fifty-mile ultra-marathon--Thirst is both a venture into entrepreneurship and, it seems, a way of life.

Thirst Juice Co.’s main products include made-toorder juice and smoothies, bottled lightnightjuice, and artisanal soups, and parents. com nearly everything they serve is vegan

and gluten-free. In New York, these kinds of establishments are practically “on every corner,” according to Stevenson; however, despite Bostonians’ increasing awareness of healthy living, she feels that no juice and smoothie bars have quite taken off here. She hopes that Thirst will fill that space in the market, and ultimately wants to expand to further locations within the Boston-Cambridge area.

Though Stevenson was new to entrepreneurship, many of the skills it required were familiar to her. For instance, her law background proved invaluable; it helped her negotiate contracts, and she also feels that entrepreneurship and law share a need for combining big-picture and detail-oriented thinking. Winsor, too, played a role in preparing her for entrepreneurship. Though she also attended Columbia University, Stevenson stated unequivocally that Winsor was the most important part of her education. The school taught her to think for herself, and, she said, to “really be willing to challenge people.” That skill was crucial in her venture into the food industry. It gave her the confidence to challenge and ask questions of everyone she interacted with in her endeavor to make Thirst the best and the most successful that it could be.

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hopefuls among Panel’s readership? “Ask for help,” she urges. “Ask early and often.” Stevenson found that reaching out to acquaintances or friends of friends expedited their process hugely. If they had not learned to make use of the “loose connection,” Thirst may never have gotten off the ground.

Future entrepreneurs, take note: with a bit of help and reams of dedication, Winsor women can satisfy their thirst for truly meaningful success. Stevenson’s venture proves that, when combining pragmatism and passion, it is possible to profit both as a professional and as a person.☐

The economic market is a veritable m it has come to signify a field of opportunity. guished from other business ventures by the ex the higher risk undertakings it involves--has y hold names: Mark Zuckerberg or Bill Gates, f successes that have lent entrepreneurship its g mentally, its reputation comes from the indep Whatever its source, this culture of day’s brightest minds--including those of W Winsor and Belmont Hill alumni have fo nizations to national security firms to yog traordinary success. Here, we place a spotli mont Hill alumnae who can count thems

Victoria Bondoc ’77 Founds Company and Serves Country

By Natalie Sayegh Panel Staff At the heart of America’s greatness is its guarantee of freedom—freedom that is made possible through the efforts of service members who put their lives at risk to defend the nation. This principle lies at the core of the work of Victoria Bondoc ’77, founder and president of Gemini Industries Inc., which provides technical and management services to the Air Force, Army, special forces, and several federal agencies to support high priority National Security objectives. The company operates on the conviction that members of the Armed Forces deserve the “latest technology, the best execution plans, and the brightest, most dedicated thinkers to assist their efforts.” Such services, says Bondoc, are the least we can provide given the immense sacrifices made each day to protect our country: “I certainly am not prepared to fly that F-22 fighter, and you won’t catch me parachuting into Pakistan any time soon. So it is the least that...I can do.”

As a high school student, Bondoc admittedly never anticipated a career in national security (though she did enjoy a

brief stint as a guard in her class IV play).

Yet even so, she maintains that Winsor had a notable impact on her future accomplishments, equipping her with certain fundamental skills that have proved invaluable to her work at Gemini. Winsor’s atmosphere pushed her to develop the discipline and work ethic that she has found to be the single, most essential ingredient for accomplishing one’s goals.

Now, nearly 40 years later, it is evident that these skills have served Bondoc well in her business ventures. Gemini has reached over $300 million in sales, continually receives new contracts, and is performing work that is deeply important to the Armed Forces and to the nation. Through her experience, Bondoc has gained a valuable insight that she offered to Panel’s readership: success is ultimately achieved not through any innate personal qualities but rather through hard work and unwavering persistence. She reflected, “After almost 30 years in business… it is clear that I am not exceptional, just stubborn. Never giving up and refusing to lose have been at the heart of any success I have achieved over the years.” Everyone, claims Bondoc, inevitably faces challeng-

es in life—everyone “falls down or gets knocked down…again and again”—yet the choice to “get up, think about what went wrong, and get back in the game” is “what seems to separate the successful [from the unsuccessful].” She acknowledged that doing so can be hard, but she gave some concrete advice: “focus on the solution…not the problem”; avoid complaining about

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how “it’s not your fault” or “it’s unfair,” and instead “develop and execute a strategy” that will allow movement forward.

Ultimately, Bondoc is an inspiration in her commitment to helping the nation, and for her message that perseverance and a positive outlook are key elements to success in any field.☐

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Belmont Hill Alumnus Nick Rellas, ‘08, Develops Drink Delivery App

By William Treanor Panel Staff Today, you can order just about anything online and have it delivered to your front door. Amazon, Netflix, Dominos, and countless other websites and apps have made it possible to buy anything your heart desires, whether it be clothes, books, video games, or even pizza without ever leaving the comfort of your home. So why not liquor?

In 2012, Belmont Hill Alumnus Nick Rellas asked that same question, and the unique idea for Drizly was born. “What we’ve tried to do is find a better, more convenient way to buy alcohol--something that’s smart, reliable, and user friendly,” Rellas explained. He and his cofounder Justin Robinson created the app and website shortly after graduating from Boston College together. Now in nine cities (including Boston), Drizly continues to rapidly expand into new markets and new products, as it becomes the premier method of buying alcohol online.

The tools for creating such a successful business truly developed back in his Belmont Hill days,

said Rellas: “Building a business is so much more than just an app. It takes a long time to do this, which requires patience, problem solving, and leadership, and that really started in high school for me.” Critical thinking skills is especially an area in which he continually calls on his Belmont Hill experience. Rellas said all of his Belmont Hill teachers were instrumental in developing his problem solving prowess (as well as many other abilities needed in running a business) but highlighted certain faculty members for their special support; Mr. Bradley, Ms. Gettings, Mr. Collins, and Doc Stearns especially influenced him. Belmont Hill instilled in him the desire to learn as much as possible, a mindset which he encourages to others. As he explains, “I would advise kids to always be reading. It’s a huge part of anything you want to do in life, just that curiosity to digest more and more is critical.” And as any Belmont Hill student taking an English, history, or language class will certainly tell you, we as a community read all the time.

So, how does Drizly work? It boasts an app and accompanying website that allows you to order any beer, wine, or liquor from a local liquor store and have it delivered to your doorstep within 40 minutes. Anything the store offers, whether it’s a six-pack of Bud Light or a $90 Napa Valley Cabernet, is available at the same price it is in the store.

There are no price markups, and only a $5 delivery fee in some cities (which, unfortunately, includes Boston). This works because Drizly never handles the alcohol or is involved in the transaction at all, so the liquor store supplies the product and receives all the money from the sale. Drizly acts as a sort of middleman: it connects the store to the customer, and only requires the liquor store to pay it a monthly licensing fee for its services. The partnership benefits both sides immensely, as Drizly brings in monthly gains and the liquor store links with new clients. Many people are not comfortable with entering the physical location of a liquor store, for multiple reasons (such as the inconvenience of being difficult to get to and the violent or sketchy nature of the people and areas around them), and thus leave the purchase of alcohol to someone else.

Women and older folk often fit into this category, but the demographic Rellas says they try to target is men in their 30s and 40s, who can be big drinkers but are less inclined to actually go to a liquor store. Drizly makes it incredibly easy, convenient, and safe for anyone over the age of 21 to buy their own supply. Nick continued with this sentiment, saying, “There’s over one hundred billion dollars in liquor sales in America, and almost none of it is in delivery. Drizly, hopefully, will continue to take over more of that while at the same time ex-

panding it.” To counteract the purchase of alcohol by underage drinkers, Drizly uses its own Mobile Forensic Identification Registration, developed

by Rellas and his cofounder. It expertly distinguishes fake IDs from real ones, and ensures that the liquor store is selling to someone of legal age.

Drizly also has the complete approval from state alcohol laws and regulations. The reason many businesses that must be regulated by the state do not have much of an online presence or delivery service while almost every other industry does is that government law can be very complicated, confusing, and sometimes contradictory.

So, setting up an online service that meets and upholds all regulations is extremely difficult. To work around this problem, Rellas and the workers of Drizly purposefully seek out state legislators and regulators to ensure that their company’s procedures are within the letter of the law.

It is an idea so simple and obvious, yet completely original and highly profitable. A trademark in entrepreneurship and innovation, Drizly would not have been possible without Nick Rellas and a Belmont Hill education.

Right now Drizly is in nine cities: New York, Boston, Austin, Seattle, Chicago, Denver, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, and Washington D.C., and is looking towards rapid expansion in 2014. ☐

exact number of shirts wanted would be manufactured. The class fund would still receive the majority of the sales, and the overall profit would probably be higher than it would be under the old method.

Spring says that collaborating with schools on projects similar to this example is one of the major goals of GearLaunch. “We want to try and become the exclusive manufacturer and distributor of all ISL clothingandothergearinthenearfuture,”hedisclosed.

In an effort to make this happen, Spring has offered an extra percentage of the profit to anybody using GearLaunch with a belmonthill.org e-mail address.

Schools aren’t the only ones making and selling products via GearLaunch. Many individuals with sizeable followings on Instagram, YouTube, and other online media offer commodities to their fans through the site. As Spring explains, “we typically approach people with between 50,000 and 150,000 followers, and about one-fifth of those we speak to sign up immediately. We allow them to monetize their following in a safe and secure way.” In the future, Spring hopes to land clients with even larger online fan bases.

So how did Spring come up with this idea in the first place? After graduating from Georgetown but before going to UNC’s Kenan-Flagler Business School for his MBA, Spring founded a menswear company, through which he partly focused on making customized gear for groups and clubs.

“I noticed three primary complaints from customers: the requirement of cash payment up front, the inability to gauge demand ahead of time, and the

logistics hassle of making and transporting customized products. I founded GearLaunch to solve these problems.” The timing of the project could not have been better, either, as the social commerce industry (i.e. commerce that utilizes social media and user-submitted products, as GearLaunch does) has exploded recently, growing at an incredible rate of 93% year over year. The business remains small, with only five employees (including Spring himself) on the payroll, but is ready to expand greatly over the next few months; GearLaunch has already received significant investment funding from several high-profile CEO’s as well as the founder of Zazzle, another company involved in mass customization.

WhilebusinessschoolobviouslytaughtSpring much of what he knows about the entrepreneurial world, he doesn’t downplay Belmont Hill’s role in this regard either. “My time at Belmont Hill taught me how to find creative solutions to issues and encouraged me to think independently,” he says. He also noted how the academic rigor of Belmont Hill made time management an essential skill to have, and made it far easier for him to adapt to the collegiate level of work.

Spring offers advice to any current Belmont Hill students interested in entrepreneurship: “Never be afraid to pursue your goals,” he declares, “do it now, don’t wait and play it safe. The fun of starting a business is that you can chart your path through the experience, and that you don’t know exactly what lies on the road ahead. If you have good ideas, and you have passion, you will be successful.”☐

Personalize Gear with Thatcher Spring’s GearLaunch

By Michael O’Neill Panel Staff

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minefield. However, for droves of Americans, . The business of entrepreneurship--distinxceptional personal initiative it requires and yielded high returns for a number of housefor instance. Perhaps it is their high-profile glamorous reputation; perhaps, more fundapendence it offers or the daring it requires. entrepreneurship is claiming some of toWinsor women and Belmont Hill men. ounded everything from nonprofit orgaga studios, and many have achieved exight on just a few of the Winsor & Belselves among the Zuckerbergs of today.

Much is said about how well Belmont Hill prepares its students for successful careers postgraduation. One alumnus justifying that reputation is Thatcher Spring, Class of 2000, whose startup company GearLaunch is poised to become one of the major players in the production and distribution of custom apparel and goods for the foreseeable future. Started in San Francisco last January, the company allows users to personalize shirts, mugs, canvas bags, and several other kinds of gear. The creators can then start campaigns via GearLaunch’s website to promote & sell their products to their target customers, setting sales goals and streamlining the process of selling custom merchandise altogether.

To demonstrate just how GearLaunch works, let’s look at the example of Belmont Hill’s beloved Loop t-shirts. As it stands now, the Loop heads each year have to come up with a design for the shirts, send that design to a custom clothing manufacturer and order a specific quantity, then sell them by hand to students on campus. With GearLaunch, this operation would become much easier. The Loop heads would simply design the shirts, possibly with help from GearLaunch’s inhouse design team, set a price, and link students to the campaign’s page on GearLaunch’s website. Students could place their orders there, eliminating the need for hard-to-manage cash transactions, and the

Current Students Albert Caldarelli and Ishaan Prasad Create Own Apps

By John Driscoll Panel Staff Lots of students have passions outside the classroom, and for Sixth Former Albert Caldarelli and Third Former Ishaan Prasad, technology, specifically apps, are what pique their interest.

Both students credit computer games and other video games that they played as children for sparking their interest in online technology, as sites like Game Salad and Scratch originally provided a gateway for them to begin to develop their own games and apps. “From there, it just developed. I got into bigger things, and after talking to different people who were already involved with building apps, I started collaborating with them until it all culminated with the release of my own app.”

Albert cited a desire to create an app that was fun, easy to use and kid friendly, and after working with another developer who had an expertise in artistry and graphics, the two teamed up and decided to build the apps Monster Music and Monster Music Pro. With the apps, which Albert wrote all the codes for, users can combine pictures of animated monsters, each of which plays a distinct sound when you click on them. Users

can them combine them in different orders, creating miniature songs that they can then play and share with their friends. “What we wanted was for it to be a bridge between traditional education and something for younger kids to enjoy so they could develop a passion at a young age. I know for my partner and I, we both developed our passion for technology and apps at a young age, which is how I got involved with it in the first place.” Likewise, Ishaan also found his passion for games and apps as a child, and focused on creating apps that had educational value and were also fun.

After volunteering at an Indian school, Ishaan had the idea to develop a “matching card game” for the iOS store, and also used his talent as a developer to create the campaign app for Curt Myers, a young Belmont Hill grad who ran against Democrat Frank Smizik in Massachusetts’ 15th Norfolk district. This collaboration between current Belmont Hill students and alumni is not uncommon, as Albert has also been working with recent alumni Josh Lee ‘13 and Robert Sayegh ‘14.

As Heath Ledger said as the Joker in Batman, “If you’re good at something, never do it for free”, and Albert and Ishaan have used their talents for developing apps in an entrepreneurial

manner as well. Albert originally began developing his apps after his partner entered a competition for young developers, and Ishaan is in the midst of competing in the Young Entrepreneurs Competition, where students collaborate to create a startup company and a business plan for the company. Microsoft, the sponsor of the competition, offers thousands of dollars for the winning plans, but Ishaan also has high hopes for the success of his other apps, which have collectively been downloaded over 20,000 times in 75 different countries. Albert’s apps have also enjoyed great success in America and abroad, and Monster Music has been especially popular in Russia, though Albert is not quite sure why. Critics also love Albert’s and Ishaan’s apps, as Monster Music was named an “editor’s choice” app in Australia for a month while Ishaan’s card matching game was the number one children’s educational app. Between the free and paid versions of the Monster Music series, the apps have garnered nearly 50,000 downloads.

Maybe as impressive as the success that Albert and Ishaan have enjoyed is the fact that nearly all of their knowledge of developing and coding was learned outside of Belmont Hill.

“There aren’t a lot of avenues you can take at Belmont Hill to focus on technology, and I hope that in following years it will be available for students, but in the meantime, students really have to take initiative on their own and put a lot of time and effort into whatever path they decide to follow.” Fooling around with the technology and learning by doing is vital, according to Ishaan and Albert, who also said to not get frustrated if you struggle at first, because after a while it will start to click and pay off in the long run. “The key is to fake it until you make it, but I would also love to see Belmont Hill offer AP Computer Science and other computer related courses, because the demand is certainly there and it is tough to devote all that time outside of school.”

Belmont Hill has always tried to be “ahead of the game” when it comes to technology, so it is surprising to find out about the lack of options for students who are interested in computer science and developing apps. Still, with the recent formation of the programming club and talks of adding an AP Computer Science course in the future, students will soon have ways to follow their interests, and maybe dabble with entrepreneurship while doing so. ☐

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Fall Collage Concert Displays Incredible Jazz, Orchestral, and Rock Music

By Armin Thomas Staff Writer On Friday, November 7, the instrumental ensembles of Belmont Hill gathered in Hamilton Chapel to perform their pieces in the first of four concerts this year. This concert marked the directorial debut of Mr. Matthew Glenn, who is filling in during Mr. Fiori’s sabbatical year.

Mr. Glenn’s opening comments were followed by an orchestral performance, led by new and promising third former Austin Kwoun serving as concertmaster. The orchestra presented a marvelous interpretation of the “Variations on a Theme by Haydn” by German composer Johannes Brahms.

Next, solo violinist Ray Hunt delighted the audience with a movement from a sonata in F major by George Frideric Handel, which proved to be another crowd-pleaser.

The Belmont Hill Trio followed him to the stage . Comprised of pianist George Hu, cellist Spencer Kim, and violinist Austin Kwoun, the three musicians collaborated on the dark and stormy first movement of the Piano Trio

in D minor by Felix Mendelssohn. Profoundly moved by the performance, the audience rose to its feet in appreciation.

The Middle School Jazz Band shifted the musical tone with a rousing performance of Boston’s beloved Neil Diamond classic “Sweet Caroline”.

As the evening proceeded, the caliber of performances continued to impress, alternating between soloists and group performances, classic and modern. Third former and violist Coleman Walsh virtuosically played a Largo from a Sonata in G major by Italian composer Benedetto Marcello.

The petit upper school Jazz Combo returned the focus to modern compositions with a rendition of the Nat Adderley classic “Work Song,” featuring Mr. Glenn on guitar. The crowd was treated to solos by David Yellen (alto sax), Jack Richards (alto sax), William Weiter (tenor sax), Sean Rayment (guitar), Lucas Jurgensen (piano), and Scott Jackson (drums).

Third Former Nicholas Gallo’s violin interpretation of a Gavotte from Ambroise Thomas’ “Mignon” was delightful. Next came the Middle School Rock Band, with a fine per-

formance of early ‘00’s rocker “Seven Nation Army” by The White Stripes, featuring vocals from Theodore Why. The evening’s final act was presented by the Upper School Jazz Ensemble, playing Horace Silver’s 1960s favorite, “Song For My Father”. Scott Jackson laid down the beat once more, and Mr. Glenn, demonstrating his mu-

sical versatility, switched from guitar to alto saxophone. Soloists Ethan McIlhenny (tenor saxophone) and Armin Thomas (trombone) superbly interpreted the piece’s groovy vibe. The audience was rapturous. Then, after the requisite bows and closing remarks from Mr. Glenn, the 2014 Fall Collage Concert passed into history. ☐ Bill Mahoney

The Upper School Jazz Ensemble closes out the show with “Song for My Father.”

Taylor Swift Changes Image in 1989: For Better or for Worse?

By Brendan Pulsifer Panel Staff For the past decade, the music industry has been in quite a funk. Album sales, both physical and digital, have decreased markedly each year. In 2004, the #1 album could easily sell 300,000 copies in one week; in 2014, however, the top album can only hope to make it to 150,000.

When Taylor Swift, the most successful female country artist of the 21st Century, announced the release of her fifth studio album, 1989, professionals in the industry predicted that Swift would sell 600,000 copies at most in a week. Although that is an extraordinary amount, it wouldn’t even come close to touching the sales of Taylor’s last album, Red, which sold 1.21 million copies in its first week.

Leave it to Taylor Swift to prove everyone wrong. Within the first twentyfour hours of its release, 1989 managed to sell a whopping 400,000 copies. In its first week, the album sold 1.29 million copies, the most copies sold in a week since Eminem’s The Eminem Show sold 1.3 million in 2002. With 1989 going platinum, Taylor Swift is now the only woman to have three albums sell one million in their first week. Even though 1989 marks Taylor’s exit from country music and transition into pop music, it is evident that she has not lost her loyal fan base.

The numbers aside, Taylor managed to create a well-crafted fifth album.

Lyrically, 1989 is very similar to her last four albums – ten songs are about boys, two are about partying, and one is about a nasty ex-friend (rumored to be Katy Perry). Sonically, however, the album departs from violins and the twang of acoustic guitars usually associated with her country roots. A transition out of an artist’s comfort zone can be make or break – recall how Lady Gaga’s ARTPOP flopped after Gaga attempted to find her voice in EDM. With the help of the most accomplished executive producers in the business, Max Martin and Shellback, Taylor, unlike Gaga, managed to keep–and even expand–her fan base.

Only two songs on Taylor’s new album fall completely flat: “I Wish You Would” and “Out of the Woods.” Besides those, the remaining tracks live

up to Taylor’s name. “Shake It Off,” released in August as the first single, is the song of the fall for good reason; its catchy saxophone and drum beat along with its care-free manner appeals easily to listeners. “Shake It Off ” sets the tone well for 1989 – Swift is not trying taking herself too seriously, but rather making the music she wants. She even parodies the media’s portrayal of her as a crazyex girlfriend in the second single from the album, “Blank Space”: “Got a long list of ex-lovers//They’ll tell you I’m insane” and “Boys only want love if it’s torture” (she has to be joking, right?).

Most interesting of all is how Tay-

“Enchanted,” and “Holy Ground” to name a few.) Although 1989 fills its quota of fun party songs and angry vengeful melodies, it provides no heartfelt symphony. “This Love” attempts to deliver a meaningful message, but the significance gets lost in the heavy production and unjustified length. Even “Clean,” the stripped-down, closing song on the album and a duet with British singer Imogen Heap, can’t evoke the same emotions that the sincere and relatable “Teardrops” can from almost a decade ago.

1989 marks a developmental shift in Taylor’s career. It is unlikely that country stations will want to play Swift’s

Executive Editors John Driscoll Caroline MacGillivray Natalie Sayegh William Treanor

lor manages to make 1989 wholly her own sound while borrowing the styles of other artists. She sings in a way similar to Lorde in “Blank Space” and “Clean,” with many deliberate sighs and sparse production. An imitation which appears even more often is of Lana Del Rey, whose sultry manner is directly echoed on possibly the strongest track from the set, “Wildest Dreams.” Even the lyrics don’t appear to resemble Swift; they allude more to a dark, sexy Lana: “I said ‘No one has to know what we do, His hands are in my hair, his clothes are in my room.’” As she started to do in Red, Swift is clearly maturing from an innocent teen into the twenty-four year old she has since become.

The biggest disappointment of the album is the absence of a ballad that renders the listeners speechless. By no means is writing a slow showstopper an easy task, but Swift has penned one or more for each of her previous albums (“Teardrops on My Guitars,” “White Horse,”

Arts Editors Brendan Pulsifer Abigail Simon Sports Editors Joanna Chen Liam Foley Photo Editors Kiran Butte Alexa Lyons Jamie Mazzio-Manson

Backpage Editors Andres Cordoba Myles Walsh

new songs since she now appeals to a new audience of pop listeners. But the change isn’t bad – it’s just different. 1989 shouldn’t leave listeners wondering why Taylor didn’t make another charming country album. Stability is boring, and exploration into new genres allows Swift to share her talents with a new audience while maintaining the majority of her old fans. Although 1989 might not be what listeners had in mind, Taylor Swift uses her extraordinary talents to produce a quality pop album and shows the industry that she can sustain a long, diverse career.

Make sure to also check out Winsor’s review 1989 on page 14! ☐

Editors-in-Chief Maddy Batt Michael O’Neill Online Editors Sreehaas Digumarthi Bibi Lichauco

Assistant Editors Chip Daley Jake DeCaprio Victoria Farina Jason Fischman Betsy Kim Mack Perry Helen Sayegh Brigitte Schmittlein Caitlin Weldon

Copy Editors Matt Reppucci Sea-Jay Van der Ploeg

News Editors Sreehaas Digumarthi Lilla Gabrieli Opinion Editors Hailey Fuchs Jay O’Brien Faculty Advisors David Hegarty Stephen Murdock Thomas Wensink Sarah Wolf Juliette Zener Graphics Editor Arielle Blacklow

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Diary of Anne Frank

Macbeth

By Sebastian Themelis Staff Writer

By Brendan Pulsifer Panel Staff After their success with The Diary of Anne Frank, the Middle School actors departed the theatre and gave way to the Upper School actors who are fervently preparing for their production of Macbeth, set to go up on November 21 and 22 at 7:00 PM and November 23 at 2:00 PM. For the past three months, Belmont Hill and Winsor thespians in grades 9-12 have been rehearsing four days a week to turn Shakespeare’s script into a real story.

Macbeth opens in 1500’s Scotland, where the war captain Macbeth has defeated the Norwegians and gained immense respect of King Duncan. A series of unfortunate events occurs, however, beginning when three witches correctly predict that Macbeth will become Thane of Cawdor, and eventually King. Conflicted, Macbeth turns to his wife, Lady Macbeth, who only presses him to pursue his ambition and kill Duncan to usurp the throne. The witches’ prediction comes true when Macbeth is crowned king, but Macbeth soon becomes paranoid, and his dark desires cannot be controlled. As the play progresses, Macbeth turns from a benevolent general into a vicious slaughterer that needs to be stopped.

Evident from the themes of death, guilt, and vaulting ambition, Macbeth is by no means an easy play to put on. A chief struggle for the majority of actors is the amount and complexity of the lines.

“The character of Macbeth is very layered,” says William Galligan, who plays the title role. “I have spent a lot of time trying to nail down the minute intricacies of Macbeth and his character development, and

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I hope to convey his psychological disintegration throughout the play as best I can.”

Rebecca Koppel, who portrays Lady Macbeth, finds not the lines but channeling her character’s identity the most challenging: “Identifying with Lady Macbeth is like trying to become a sociopath. That balance between human guilt and the hunger for power takes a lot of energy to achieve.”

It is incredible how Director Ms. Robison came to Belmont Hill only three months ago and managed to gather a group of talented actors to excel in one of the most challenging plays ever written. Not only is she putting on Shakespeare’s play, but she also is creating her own twenty-first century interpretation of Macbeth by using modern music, such as Britney Spears and Nirvana, and dressing some characters in modern clothing.

Ms. Robison’s hard work, along with Mrs. Kaplan’s and Ms. Gettings’s tireless efforts, have not gone unnoticed, and students really appreciate the hard work of all those who are helping push the show to its zenith. “It has been a pleasure having Ms. Robison as a director,” says Student Head of Theater Christian Dolan. ☐

On a chilly Saturday afternoon, as many were getting ready to travel to Gillette Stadium for the varsity football game, a group of dedicated middle schoolers were preparing to put on a rousing, emotional performance of The Diary of Anne Frank.

Directed by Mr. DiResta and Ms. Zener, this play is based off of a true story of the Frank family, who moved to the Netherlands from Germany after Hitler came to power. When the Nazis invaded the Netherlands, Mr. Frank smartly decided to hide himself and his family in the attic of the store where he worked. They also took in another family, the Van Daans, who helped them survive and adapt to the Netherlands. The show explores the juxtaposition between these two families, who are isolated in the attic, trapped in a confined space and the insanity occurring just outside its walls.

This production of Anne Frank also featured a very impressive set. The tech crew, led by Ms. Gettings and Mrs. Kaplan, designed and produced an authenticlooking set, which effectively gave off the feel of a dark, isolated attic.

Many first time middle schoolers came out and gave acting a try in this show, but the theater vets also took part. Mr. Frank was played by Macdony Charles, Peter Van Daan was played by Jack Hene-

han, and Mr. Van Daan was played

by Colin Vallas. Teresa Lawlor took on the main role of Anne Frank, Emily Hart played Mrs. Frank, and Mikayla Chen was Mrs. Van Daan.

To any other students who are considering trying a theatrical production, Mr. DiResta highly recommends it, saying, “Your high school years are an extremely critical moment in lots of ways. To have the chance to develop a voice and presence on a stage is an incredibly worthwhile opportunity, because whether you do public speaking in the future, management, or just to build self confidence, working in the theater helps to develop all these skills.” Reflecting on his own high school years, he remarks, “I myself was a pretty shy kid before I started doing theater, and if it wasn’t for theater I wouldn’t have decided to be a teacher.” ☐

Panel Editors Spend a Weekend in Artist of the Issue: Jamie Mazzio-Manson New York for Student Press Workshop

By Ben Rush Staff Writer

If you have ever taken an admissions tour at Belmont Hill, then you know that the goals of Belmont Hill is to urge students to have new experiences, discover their passions, and carve their own path. Jamie Mazzio-Manson has found his way to being well rounded in both the sports and arts departments.

He has acted in numerous plays in his time at Belmont Hill, including productions of The Solid Gold Cadillac, Macbeth, and Arsenic and Old Lace. By his own admission, Jamie “can’t sing” so he prefers to act in traditional plays rather than musicals, but he did enjoy his role as “Jud” in the musical, Oklahoma, above all of his other roles.

While Jamie focuses on his acting roles, he must also balance his other roles with The Panel as well as the yearbook. Panel Editor Michael O’Neil, shared that, “Jamie plays a pivotal, albeit sometimes unheralded, role in The Panel. He takes and/or gathers most of the photos we include in each issue, and since a story often isn’t really complete without visual aids, his job as photo editor is an incredibly important one.” Ms. Gettings, the yearbook faculty advisor notes that, “Jamie has been a very engaged Yearbook editor, and even

though we are just getting started, I like his inclusionary style and team building skills.” So how does he balance it all?

Jamie found support: “Mr. DiResta has [supported me], by encouraging me to keep up the play and balance all the other extracurriculars I do.” Although Mr. DiResta has never actually directed a play with Jamie in it, he was able to mentor him through advisor meetings, giving Jamie the extra push to do the play while helping him manage the workload. Mr. DiResta says, “Jamie really works well with others, and can just create a new character when he acts, and he likes a place to do just that.”

Ms. Gettings witnesses Jamie’s talents firsthand: “He has always brought strong energy and performance to the drama program, but he has grown so much as an actor in the last year, I hardly recognized him when he tried out this fall. It’s been wonderful to watch him progress and I can’t wait to see his performance in Macbeth.”

Jamie plays Macduff in the Shakespearian drama on November 21st, 22nd, and 23rd. His involvement in theater and artistic extracurriculars, not to mention athletics, should serve as a model to upper schoolers and middle schoolers alike and certainly make him deserving of this edition’s Artist of the Issue. ☐

By Mack Perry Panel Staff NEW YORK - “The absolute rocksolid foundation of writing is this: all humans are equal. No one knows what will happen next.” This opened a lecture entitled “The Music of Writing”, hosted

by Rolling Stone magazine co-founder Michael Lydon, one of many distinguished speakers at this fall’s Columbia Scholastic Press Association’s conference. Held at Columbia University’s Morningside Heights campus in uptown Manhattan, the day-long conference hosts students from all over the country and presents multiple workshops on a variety of journalism-related issues, offering tips and skills on how to write and run a high school newspaper. The eight Panel staff members had the opportunity to ask questions of experienced writers and teachers, hear from acclaimed guest speakers, and catch a glimpse of other high school papers from around the nation. Each member attended five 45-minute long workshops of their choosing; workshops ranged from “Writing about Pop Music” to “How to Write the Perfect News Lead”. “The seminars we attended gave us great tools that we will apply to better our own newspaper,”

says Editor-In-Chief Michael O’Neill, “personally, my favorite workshop was ‘How to Fight For Free Speech’, which informed students of the ethical and legal rights they have in the newspaper.”

A staff favorite seminar, named “We All Know the Score, Now What?” was hosted by Houston Rockets beat writer Jenny Dial Creech. The NBA reporter dished out advice on how to angle asports article, instead of merely scripting the typical “here’s the record, here’s their best game” piece.

“Take every opportunity that is given to you,” she encouraged. “Think like a fan and an expert.” The workshops were spread across the Columbia campus, giving students a wonderful opportunity to get a feel for the university’s buildings, library, and quad.

Along with chaperone Mr. Hegarty, the Panel staff arrived in New York City a day early. After watching the Patriots soundly beat the Broncos from a Times Square restaurant, the boys ventured out into the metropolis for a nighttime walk. After the conference the boys had the chance to explore downtown Manhattan, near Madison Square Garden and Fifth Avenue, taking in one last piece of the city before heading home to Boston. ☐

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Winsor Girls Reflect: What are We Thankful For?

By Caroline MacGillivray, Isabelle Bastian, & Emma Pan Panel Staff

all of these cultures have found a way to celebrate their thankfulness. Despite the geography and time separating these celebrations, they all share the same essential focus on family, love, and gratitude. So what are people thankful for in a little all-girls prep school in the middle of Boston? Here are some of the responses we got from the students and teachers of that school, the Winsor School, when asked this very question.

We are grateful for the essentials of life:

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It’s almost that time of the year again, when the leaves are turning from green to gold, and our hearts take a moment to appreciate the beauty of the world around us. Soon, the leaves will mature to orange, reds, and browns, and descend to blanket the Earth. As the leaves accumulate so, too, does our appreciation, culminating in the holiday we call Thanksgiving. The importance of giving thanks is recognized in many cultures around the world; from the Moon Festival in China to the Ancient Roman harvest festival called Cerelia,

“I am thankful for food on my table, good health, clothes on my body, a roof over my head, and a bright future ahead.”

- Rani Balakrishna ’21 “My cat, my college counselor, Netflix, Boloco, and my bed!”

- Katherine Hintlian ’15

“I am thankful for all the differences I see each and every day!!”

- Ms. Coren

We are appreciate things that might differ from the norm: “[I am thankful for] theatre geek friends who I can obsess [with] about theatre.”

- Gloria Ho ’18 “I’m thankful that it’s socially acceptable to wear pajamas to school.”

- Anonymous “I am really grateful for the new online archives of both the Oxford and Vatican City libraries. They tell us so much about our history, and now all of these sources are available easily and freely to historians all over the world.”

- Ciara Downey ’15

We strive to live fully and to enjoy the pres- We are thankful for all our opportunities: ent every day: “I’m thankful for the wonderful student “Since I’m in junior year now, I’m starting performances--plays and concerts--we get to realize that the time I have left is slipping to enjoy.” away quickly. Realizing that has made me

- Ms. Schultz really grateful for having [the friends I’ve made] right now.”

“I’m thankful for the new building and all

- Michelle Walsh ‘16 that it will offer us in sports, arts, and other

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extracurriculars.”

-Anonymous

We students love our teachers: “I am thankful for the wonderful teachers and wonderful students at Winsor who have supported me and encouraged me through the years, shaping me into the person I am today.”

-Pallavi Krishnamurthy ’16 “I’m thankful for my teachers who show their faith in my ability to do whatever I set my mind to as a student and person.”

- Audrey Bloom ’17

And, most importantly, we are all thankful for each other: “I am always thankful for my friends, who always cheer me up when I am down.”

- Betsy Kim ’17 “I am thankful for having the opportunity to teach such motivated students. This challenges me as a teacher every day, which in turn motivates me. Thank you!”

- Ms. Baudis “I am thankful for a job I love to come to every day.”

- Ms. Parsley ☐

A talented band featuring our very own Felicia Brady-Lopez experience in music, the group determines who should sing lead as well as who should play what instruments based on the song.

Being in a band while also being a Because Winsor students usually see their teachers in a classroom environment, it is teacher can be very busy, but the rest of Porch often hard to imagine them doing anything be- Party Mamas knows what it is like for Ms. sides teaching; in fact, many of our teachers have Brady-Lopez; three out of the four other memother hobbies and occupations that they pursue bers of the band teach music as well. They have beyond Winsor. One of these faculty members a flexible rehearsal and performance schedis Ms. Brady-Lopez, an experienced and talent- ule that allows the band to grow and progress ed Winsor fine arts teacher, who teaches Classes while letting the members continue to teach II, III, and IV general music, along with more music. Although it can be very hectic at times, specialized courses in the Upper School. How- Ms. Brady-Lopez says the support of her famever, Ms. Brady-Lopez not just a teacher; she is ily and the experiences she has with her band a bass and accordion player and is a vocalist in members make Porch Party Mamas a success. her very own band called Porch Party Mamas. “I love collaborating with the awesome women Porch Party Mamas is a five person in Porch Party Mamas,” Ms. Brady-Lopez said, “They are excellent female band consisting of Jane Grondin, “‘We believe that playing in the band en- musicians and evKsenia Mack, Ka- hances our teaching and that our teach- eryone contributes ideas and helps detrin Peterson, Kelly ing enhances our performing’” velop the songs.”

Riley, and our very own Ms. Brady-Lopez. The band was formed Being in Porch Party Mamas also ensures around seven years ago when Riley asked some Ms. Brady-Lopez can continue learning and of her musician friends to join her in one of growing as a musician and teacher, another her solo performances. “We had so much fun reason why the experience is so valuable to playing together, that we decided to form the her. She explained, “We believe that playband,” said Ms. Brady-Lopez. Since then, Porch ing in the band enhances our teaching and Party Mamas has been writing and perform- that our teaching enhances our performing.” ing all types of music, without conforming to Balancing a band and a teaching one genre. Ms Brady-Lopez explains, “Instead career at Winsor must not be easy, but Ms. of focusing on a particular style of music, we Brady-Lopez makes it look effortless. Her write songs or arrange covers that bring out love for the music makes her busy schedule the best in our playing. If we like it, we play it, well worth it. The Panel and the rest of the no matter what the style is.” There is also no Winsor community cannot wait to see what lead singer in Porch Party Mamas; because comes next for the Porch Party Mamas and each member has extensive knowledge and wishes them the best for their future music. ☐

By Kiran Butte Panel Staff

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Taylor Swift: 1989 Review

(or at least that is what we feel like, you may have other feelings). Regardless of its hits and misses, 1989 attests to Swift’s Taylor Swift’s new album, 1989 , uncanny ability to move through any has been released, and fans are thrilled. genre. What has worked for her in counIt starts with “Welcome To New York,” try also works for her in pop a light-hearted song that has been music because Swift has trashed as a newcomer’s idea of the never identified as just Big Apple, and admittedly, the crita country musician ics have a point. It is somewhat shalor a pop musician. low because it describes specifics of Overall, Taylor Swift the city, but when Taylor sings, “The is one of the first lights are so bright, they never blind supposed “country” me,” one gets the feeling it is not just musicians to have the about New York but also about the guts to successfully come universal experience of being someout and say that she wants where new and exciting, making it interstatemusic.com to write pop music. We, along the perfect upbeat tune for when with her millions and millions you need some cheering up! Then of fans, are right behind her. comes her second most popular Buying the album on iTunes is single on her new album, “Shake It definitely worth the investment, Off.” The song, a mixture of Pharor even just purchasing your farell’s “Happy” and the refrain to vorite singles. Bonus: Swift’s con“Shake it Out” by Florence + The troversial music video for one of the Machine is catchy. Very catchy. singles on 1989 , called “Blank Space,” As in, don’t listen to it before is definitely worth 4 minutes and 33 bed, because it’syour-night’sseconds of your life. Come on, who sleep-is-at-risk catchy. Another would not want to see Taylor smash a hidden gem that has not had as gorgeous vintage Cobra with a golf club? much fame is the single, “Style,” Make sure to also check out Belmont Hill’s a lively and flirty song that makes review of Taylor Swift’s new album 1989 on you feel like you want to walk a runway page 12! ☐

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From Cooking to Crafts: Autumn Activities to Enjoy

By Jane Wrenn, Olivia Brasher, & Isabel Isselbacher Contributing Writers Happy Thanksgiving! For all of you thankful for fun and food, what better way to spend your holiday than baking and decorating? Here is a delicious Tarte Tatin recipe and a pumpkin recycling tutorial to help make your Thanksgiving even more spectacular. Enjoy!

Tarte Tatin Recipe:

The crust: 3/4 cups flour 1/4 cup cake flour 2 tablespoons sugar 6 tablespoons chilled butter, diced 2 tablespoons chilled vegetable shortening 1/4 cup extremely cold water

2. Slice each halved apple into thin wedges, and toss in a large bowl with lemon juice, zest, and 1/2 cup sugar. Cover and then drain after macerating for 20 minutes.

syrupy, remove the pan from the heat.

4. On a floured surface, roll the chilled dough into a circle, ¼ of an inch thick and 1-inch larger than the top of the pan. Drape 3. In a 9-inch skillet, melt butter over high dough over apples, pressing dough between heat. Stir in the remaining sugar and cook apples and the inside of the pan. Create four until sugar melts completely and caramel- small slits on the top of the dough. Bake in pan until the crust has lightly browned izes. Remove pan from heat and arrange apple slices in an elegant pattern on the car- and crisped, about 20 minutes. After letting amel. Return pan to medium-high heat and cool 10 minutes, quickly turn the tart over onto a serving dish, and serve warm with cook for about 25 minutes, covering pan after 10 minutes. Every few minutes, press ice cream. down on the apples and baste them with the juices and caramel sauce. When the caramel Recipe loosely adapted from Julia Child, Julia’s Kitchen Wisdom, Alfred A. Knopf, 2000 sauce and apple juice have mixed and are

Pumpkin Recycling

Do you have leftover pumpkins from Halloween that you were planning on throwing away? Well, don’t rid your home of these orange seedy squash plants just yet. Uncarved pumpkins can serve as a great autumn-esque decoration for your Thanksgiving celebration. Here is how to create a fabulous sparkly Thanksgiving pumpkin.

1. Make sure your pumpkin isn’t rotten

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and spray it with bleach to preserve it. This step may only be necessary if you are planning on decorating them later; if you are decorating them immediately, the next step should prevent rotting.

Acquire a sufficient amount of Elmer’s glue. It may be helpful to pour out the glue into a dish for this step. Use a paint brush to carefully coat the pumpkin in a thin layer of glue, avoiding the stem.

Sprinkle glitter over the pumpkin or roll the pumpkin in a plate of glitter. Set out to dry. Gold, orange, and brown metallic glitter are nice for Thanksgiving.

The filling: 6 Granny apples, cored, peeled and halved 1 lemon, zested and juiced 1 ¼ cups sugar 6 tablespoons unsalted butter

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Instructions: 1. Place flours, sugar, and butter in a food processor. Pulse 6 times. Add shortening and turn on the processor. Add ice water.

The dough should look crumbly but hold together when pressed. If it is dry, add a little more water. Transfer dough to a floured surface. Form into a ball, wrap in plastic wrap, and refrigerate for 45 minutes. When you take it out it should be soft enough to roll out A picture of Apple Tarte Tartin but not so soft that it sticks to the counter.

Some fun ways to spice up your pumpkin: • Paint on stripes, polka dots, or other shapes with glue and sprinkle glitter, then paint the remainder of the pumpkin in glue and cover in a different color of glitter.

• Paint your pumpkin white before steps 2 and 3 to make the glitter pop.

• Decorate flat 3 inch mini pumpkins and place them around a cornucopia for a cute Thanksgiving centerpiece. ☐

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Tutorials: Scrunchies and Headbands

By Serena Pellegrino & India Robert Contributing Writers Scrunchies As winter sports begin this November, take 15 minutes to add some funky ‘80’s flair to your after school practices with these fun and very comfortable homemade scrunchies!

Headbands Whether you do a Winsor sport, play, or any other school activities, wearing a hair accessory that will keep your hair back is always a necessity. Forget Lululemon headbands! You can now make one of these simple headbands in no time.

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Materials: • 2 strips of fabric 28” long and 2” wide • 1 strip of elastic 1” wide (adjust length as necessary) • A sewing machine or a needle • Thread • Scissors Steps: 1. Take the two strips of fabric (wide ribbon can be used as well) and put them together so the patterned sides are facing each other.

2. Sew the strips together along both sides but leave both ends open. If you are using a sewing machine, use the zig-zag stitch. If you are handsewing make sure the stitches are secure.

3. Turn the fabric tube inside-out so the right side faces outward.

4. Feed the elastic through the fabric tube by attaching a safety pin to one end of the elastic and pulling the safety pin through.

5. Bunch up the fabric tube so that some elastic is exposed on both ends.

6. Hand sew the two ends of the elastic together very securely.

7. Now hand sew the two ends of the fabric tubing together.

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Materials: • Stretchy band of fabric • A pin • Scissors • Measuring tape • A needle • Thread • Iron and ironing board (Extra) Steps: 1. Take the elastic band (preferably one with an interesting pattern or color) and wrap one side of it around the back of your neck.

2. Connect both sides of the band on the hair above your forehead (where you would normally wear the headband).

3. Slip the band off of your head while keeping the pin intact.

4. Use a measuring tape to measure about ⅓ of an inch more elastic, and use scissors to cut the band there.

5. Begin to prepare the needle and thread for sewing.

6. Remove the pin, and make small, precise stitches where the pin was to connect the band.

7. Make a knot to secure the thread, and cut it using scissors.

8. An additional step you can take is flattening out the extra ⅓ of an inch onto the rest of the headband using an iron and iron board. However, this is not absolutely necessary. ☐

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Enron Play Preview

By Isabel Griffith-Gorgati & Saphia Suarez Panel Staff This fall’s Roxbury Latin-Winsor Play is an enticing production of Enron, which puts an ironic spin on one of America’s most famous corporate scandals. As Jeffrey Skilling transitions into the role of Enron’s CEO, power dynamics flare up, leading the company to take outrageous risks that lead to its bankruptcy.

Erik March ’17, who plays the role of Enron’s egotistical CEO in this production, believes that “there are two major aspects of Jeff Skilling which set him apart from virtually everyone else at Enron: his intellect and his delusions. Both of these traits lead to the success and downfall of Enron.

They initially enable him to play the market and eventually lure him into a false confidence, which brings the company to its demise.” The play bears relevance in today’s national discussion about cor-

porate greed. Corporate greed drives the characters and ultimately brings Enron to its knees. Furthermore, in this specific setting, the play draws attention to another important current issue: sexism in the workplace. The few women who hold high positions in the industry are consistently undermined by their male counterparts. Claudia Roe, played by Dana Hall student Marisol Getchell ’15, is locked in a battle for power with Skilling, and sexualizes herself in an attempt to gain footing in Enron’s competitive atmosphere.

Winsor students Clayre Attisani ’15, Saphia Suarez ’17, Maddie Latimore ’17, and Isabel Griffith-Gorgati ’17 make appearances as a range of characters, including news reporters, traders, stock analysts, and senators. Maddie Latimore described the play as “filled with a good mixture of humor and seriousness.” On November 21 and 22 at 7:30 make sure to come see this timely and satirical production and get a glimpse into the inner workings of this notorious energy company scandal, which sheds light on modern-day issues. ☐

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XC Finishes Strong in Championships

By Jake DeCaprio Panel Staff For many cross country runners, the fall sports season started back in June with a long, hot summer of training. Under the leadership of Coaches Trautz, Kirby, Vailas, and Rice, as well as Captains John Power and Alex Hall, the team put in an additional ten weeks of hard training throughout the fall in the forms of track workouts, hill runs, long distance runs on the road and in the woods, and post-run core workouts. In getting stronger both physically and mentally every week, the team set its sights on a place at the top of the ISL and NEPSTA Division One. On a very cold and wet November 1st, all XC Harriers travelled to Governor’s Academy in Byfield, Massachusetts for the 2014 ISL Cross Country Championships. Unfortunately, a number of the team’s expected-to-be top runners, such as Yohannes Mezgebu and Captain Alex Hall, remained injured and were unable to compete. Regardless, the teams still did well. Varsity took seventh in the ISL, and JV took sixth. Everyone ran hard, and some of the runners had outstanding performances: top runner John Pappo (Form III) took tenth place overall in the Varsity race, with a time of 17:41; and William Weiter (Form V) took

tenth in the JV race, with a time of 19:34.

For the top nineteen runners, the season culminated with a strong performance in the NEPSTA Division One Championship Race at the Hotchkiss School in Lakeville, Connecticut on November 9th. Both the Varsity (Top 7) and JV (#8-19) teams overcame rivals that had beaten them earlier in the season, such as St. Mark’s School and Milton Academy. At the New England Championship race, the Varsity team took eighth place, and the JV team took sixth place, defeating seven and nine teams, respectively.

Again, John Pappo had an impressive time of 17:13, taking 19th place in a race of 104 excellent runners from around New England, including seven of our own.

Though next season will entail the loss of many senior runners on the team (Captains Alex Hall and John Power, Chris Folsom, Chris Duckworth, Will Malloy, Chad Larkin, Ned O’Leary, and Yohannes Mezgebu), the potential remains for a championship season with a strong group of returning runners from this year’s Junior, Sophomore, and Freshman classes who will comprise much of next year’s Varsity Squad. Assuming that they will continue to put in hard work and improve over the next summer and fall seasons, the team expects another very strong Belmont Hill Cross Country season next year. ☐

HOCR Excites BH Community

By Jack Richards Staff Writer As I walked onto the crowded Belmont Hill boathouse dock, with the smell of hot apple cider floating through the brisk, windy air, I could feel the competitive spirit of the Head of the Charles all around me.

It was the morning of Sunday, October 19, the second day of the largest rowing regatta in the world, and boat after boat could be seen speeding past the dock to the finish line around the bend of the river. With over 10,000 rowers taking part, with nearly 80 boats per event, the Head of the Charles is an enormous competition; it proved especially so this year, the 50th celebration of the original races. Both sides of the river were packed with spectators, and crowds of rowers could be seen mingling with those who knew little about the sport.

Always a fun and exciting event, the Regatta was even more so this year since two Belmont Hill boats raced. Current juniors and seniors, having trained throughout the fall, took part in the races in an 8 and a 4+ (8 rowers, 1 coxswain; 4 rowers, 1 coxswain). These boats both had the honor of racing against rowers from the prestigious Eton College in England, who had been hosted by Belmont Hill rowers over the weekend. The 4+, even with two mishaps on the crowded course, placed 24th in their race, while the 8 ranked 63rd. Although not rowing for Belmont Hill, but rather for the Cambridge Boat Club, senior Jamie Mazzio-Manson even took on the difficult task of racing the Head in a single, placing 25th in his event.

On the previous day, Coach Richards rowed a very impressive race with his Masters 4+, seizing victory in that event; painfully, the crew missed their own course record from last year by just 0.3 seconds. Coach George rowed quite well too, seizing 2nd place in his Brown Alumni 8. Coach Stone, a coach for

the crew team in the spring, and husband of Winsor’s Coach Stone, won in the Veterans’ Single race.

Although the Head of the Charles is about the rowers, it was very nice to see how many students and faculty alike came down on both Saturday and Sunday to cheer on their classmates and enjoy the event.

Special thanks to the kitchen for catering the event, as Belmont Hill showed great support for its athletes who partook in such a special occasion, further cementing this tradition in Belmont Hill history. ☐

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Homecoming a Success Despite Mixed Results vs. St. Sebastian’s

By Liam Foley Panel Staff

On October 11th, Belmont Hill celebrated its annual homecoming with admirable efforts from its varsity football, soccer, and cross country teams. Belmont Hill’s soccer and cross country teams each won their competitions but the football team fell short to a good Saint Sebastian’s team. The Loop was unable to celebrate the cross country team, which managed a 20-43 victory against BB&N because, unfortunately, due to campus construction, the team runs its home races at a course in Fresh Pond. The varsity soccer team powered past Saint Sebastian’s for a 2-1 victory with goals from both captain Emmett Gordon and center midfielder Filip Flenhagen. Belmont Hill’s defenders, Chris Bracken and Will Treanor, played a commendable game in front of goalkeeper and athlete of the issue Eric Rolfs.

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struggled to hold onto the ball and ultimately lost their game 41-10. The football team scored its first touchdown in the second quarter when defensive end Benny Wanger blocked a punt on Saint Sebastian’s own 22 yard-line and Charlie Durbin recovered it in the endzone. Belmont Hill would score again just minutes later thanks to an interception by Seamus O’Donovan, setting up a field goal by captain Evan Chaletzky. The game really unravelled for Belmont Hill as Saint Sebastian’s scored three touchdowns in the final minute of the second quarter. Unfortunately, Belmont Hill was unable to come back from the deficit. The football players responded to the disappointing result by continuing to practice intensely the following week. Although the football team was not victorious, the soccer and cross country teams each brought home the victory and helped to make Homecoming enjoyable for the alumni, students, and fans who attended the events. ☐

Under Armour Athlete of the Issue

Our Athlete of the Issue goes to senior varsity soccer player Eric Rolfs. He has been a member of the varsity soccer team for two years, finishing as a starter for the team at the end of the 2013 season then starting every game in 2014. He finished statistically as the third best goalie in the league, letting in just 15 goals (1.04 per game) over the entire season, and recording a remarkable 5 shutouts. Not only did Rolfs show up consistently for every game, he displayed his best performances against the league’s leading goal scorers. “Eric came up with some huge saves for us this year and was able to keep us in games, especially against tough opponents,” said captain Josh Fischer.

Rolfs’s best game of the season came in a grueling match against a very respectable Rivers team. Rivers’s All-American forward, Trevor Davock, entered the game with an astonishing 5 goals through 3 games and would test Eric’s goalkeeping all afternoon. However, faced with shot after shot, Rolfs denied the barrage and came out on top. Even when Davock had a one-on-one breakaway Rolfs robbed a goal with an amazing kick save that kept Rivers from the win.

Asked about how he is able to deny so many of the league’s top forwards from their goal-scoring ways, Eric humbly replied, “I really just try to mentally prepare myself before the game. These players can really give a keeper a tough time. I’m just glad I was able to play well and keep our team in some of these big games.” His stellar season has certainly put him in contention as one of the best goalies in the Independent School League. As for the rest of the year, Rolfs will take the winter season off from sports and pick back up again as a catcher for the baseball team. ☐

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Belmont Hill Varsity Scoreboard Team

Record

Football

5-3

Cross Country

12-6

W 20-43 vs. BBN W 22-34 vs. Milton

John Pappo John Power Chris Folsom

8-4-3

W 2-1 vs. BBN W 2-0 Vs. Brooks

Emmett Gordon Josh Fischer Chris Bracken

Soccer

Notable Results W 17-14 vs. BBN W 35-6 vs. St. Paul’s

MVPs

Evan Chaletzky Harry Kraft Ian Arthur Jack Tamasi

Belmont Hill Football Finishes Strong with Game at Gillette

By Bennett Rush Staff Writer Have you ever watched a Patriots game and wondered what it would be like to play down on that hallowed field? Have you ever expected to see your classmates names in lights? The Belmont Hill Varsity Football team can tell you first hand about having their names in lights and playing on the Gillette Stadium field. While the team ran into some disappointments this year, the season ended on a high note.

The adversity started with St. Sebastian’s at Homecoming, Saturday, October 11th. The game was back and forth from the start; Seb’s scored first and then Belmont Hill responded quickly by taking a 10-7 lead. However at the end of the first half, Belmont Hill struggled to maintain possession of the ball, and two fumbles later they were down 28-10 at halftime. Unfortunately, Belmont Hill could not gain any momentum thereafter and the unrelenting St. Sebastian’s team ended the game with a final score of 41-10.

The next week, following a cancellation, the team scrimmaged against Andover High School and both Varsity and J.V. players saw the field during that match-up.

However, the following week, in a shootout against Lawrence Academy, the team suffered a close defeat. Lawrence appeared unstoppable from the start, but Belmont Hill quickly turned around and was right back in the game in the second half. They fought back and decreased Lawrence’s lead to 28-

21, but then the game took a turn for the worse and Belmont Hill took the 42-28 loss.

Under the lights at St. Paul’s, the weather was unforgivingly cold and rainy, but Belmont Hill was not hindered by this adversity. They quickly shut out all hope that St. Paul’s had for a close game, taking a 21-0 lead at the half with touchdowns from Matt O’Neal, Charlie Durbin, and Harry Kraft. The stormy game finished with a 35-6 win for Belmont Hill.

The Monday before the last game of the season, the team received some exciting news. The team would be playing their final game of the season against Governor’s Academy at 6 PM at Gillette Stadium on Saturday. The game started with Belmont Hill in control when Harry Kraft connected with Jake Bobo in the end zone, and Even Chaletzky added to the scoreboard with field goals of 34 and 24 yards. Governor’s came out strong in the second half, however and made a praiseworthy comeback. While the team was ultimately disappointed in the outcome of the game, a 27-15 loss, no one could deny how special the experience was.

The team ended the season with a 5-3 record but they fought hard during those losses. While the team clearly started the season with the hope of a better record, the Varsity Football team stayed true to the Belmont Hill mission and continued to give their best efforts no matter the circumstance. Though a couple of the games just didn’t quite go the way the team wanted them to, playing at Gillette was amazing for all involved! ☐

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The Football team huddles before their game against Governor’s Academy at Gillette

The varsity soccer team enjoyed a successful season with an 8-4-3 final record

Soccer Team Caps Off Successful Season

By Chip Daley Panel Staff The varsity soccer team had a strong overall season, ending with a final record of 8-5-3 (8-4-3 in ISL play). After an auspicious beginning to the season with wins against accomplished opponents such as BB&N, Groton, and St. Pauls, the team showed great potential for a title run. After such a great start, the Belmont Hill faced a tough and athletic Rivers team, a game which proved to be one of the biggest their season. Goalkeeper Eric Rolfs had his best performance of the year, keeping the team in the game after Al Zenati found the back of the net in the first half. Despite a hard fought team performance by Belmont Hill throughout the game, Rivers was able to get a goal of their own, causing the game to end in a 1-1 draw. “Although we obviously wanted the win, I was extremely proud with the team effort we put together and this game really showed the potential we had as a squad,” remarked Rolfs.

As the season rolled along, the team took care of business against some weaker opponents, losing only one out of their first seven league games to a skilled Nobles team. “At this point, everyone was healthy and we had discovered our team chemistry and were playing well together,” said co-captain Josh Fischer. The next matchup against Middlesex would prove to be a make or break game for the team’s season.

Middlesex sat just a point behind Belmont Hill’s varsity team in the standings and would pass the squad with a win. After going down 2-0, the team fought hard to

catch up to the talented Middlesex players, yet did not have quite enough time to even the score, losing the game 2-3.

After this game, the team would be plagued with nagging injuries, eventually leading to the loss of both captains, Emmett Gordon and Josh Fischer.

The team was forced to play without their leading goal scorer and defensive specialist for the final 5 games, including the toughest matchups of the season against the top two finishers in the league, Lawrence Academy and Milton.

Despite the absence of Gordon and the eventual loss of Fischer, Belmont Hill played some of its best soccer against a very technically skilled Milton team, ending Milton’s chances at a league title and proving to still remain among the most capable squads in the league.

Finally, in the biggest game of the season, the varsity team traveled up to Groton to take on 1st place Lawrence with hopes of ruining another team’s season. With an early goal from Swedish phenom Filip Flenhagen, the boys jumped out to a quick lead, sucking the life out of the 1st place powerhouse. However, Lawrence was able to tie and eventually take over, winning 2-1 and going on to clinch the league title.

In the final game of the season, all the seniors (Spencer Anton, Chris Bracken, John Driscoll, Filip Flenhagen, Josh Fischer, Emmett Gordon, Reed Junkin, C.J. Layton, Josh Pradko, and Eric Rolfs) took the field for their last high school soccer game ever, securing a win, and capping off a successful season for the Belmont Hill varsity soccer team. ☐

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Fall Sports Wrap Up Varsity Cross Country Record: 5-0

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Varsity Field Hockey Record: 7-4-1

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Winsor Varsity cross country was undefeated this fall season with a record of 5-0 Highlight: Winsor travelled to the Williston-Northampton School for the annual Shaler invitation and finished a stunning second against many top NEPSTA division I teams. Winsor then placed a strong third in the EIL league meet and the NEPSTA division II meet.

Quotation: Nicole Cerulli ’16 remarked, “The younger members of the team really stepped up and contributed to a very strong team performance overall! We can’t wait to see what we can do next year!” Jenna Gustafson ’15

Highlights: The Varsity team won a streak of wins against competitors such as Thayer, Bancroft, and Portsmouth Abbey.

The girls enjoyed other memorable experiences of the season, such as singalongs during warmup, lengthy group texts, and the seniors’ special, embroidered headbands on Senior Day. Quotation: Sea Jay Van der Ploeg ’15 said “By the end of the season, the vast individual improvement among all members of the team was remarkable, and as a group, we demonstrated our ability to play great, cohesive team hockey. I am most grateful for how the team has evolved into a closeknit family, there for one another to celebrate our highest points and to Chanel Mathews ’ 17 provide support during our lowest.”

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Varsity Soccer Record: 3-9

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Highlight: Varsity 4+’s bronze medal at The Textile River Regatta and the first varsity 8+’s 4th place at The Head of the Housatonic was hard earned.

This year was also the fiftieth anniversary of Head of the Charles, and the team was very happy to participate and place well in such a high-level regatta.

Quotation: Captain Bibi Lichauco, ‘15, said, “I am really proud of how the team finished the season. It’s amazing how quickly the past two months went by, and in that time everyone improved her fitness and technique immensely, all while solidifying our dynamic as a team.”☐

Highlights: The best moment was the last game against NCDS. The defense was rock solid, Goalie Madison Lehan ’18 made a number of phenomenal saves to keep the game close, the midfield and offense possessed the ball well, and Maddy Batt ’15 scored the winning goal off of a free kick.

Quotation: Grace Eysenbach ’16 remarked, “Our senior day win against NCDS was a great ending to a successful season. The team was definitely sad to see the season end, but returning players are looking forward to building on these improvements next year.” Varsity Crew

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As the weather gets colder, Winsor sports heat up

By Talia Ruxin Panel Staff

The new gym? Beating Dana? Just playing again? Winter sports season tryouts began on November 10th, and Winsor upper school students tried out for the hockey, basketball, swimming, or squash teams.

This year’s captains for the 2014-2015 season are especially excited for the season.

Led by co-captains Allison McGuirk ’15 and Addie Robertson ’15, the Varsity Hockey team aims to “bring a sense of persistence and having fun no matter the way things go,” this season, according to McGuirk. Coaches Justin Desorgher and Krystyn Elek will coach their first Winsor season this year, and according to McGuirk, the team is “really excited to welcome” the new coaching staff, said McGuirk. The captains are also excited for the number of girls trying out for hockey this year. McGuirk noted, “our numbers should make the season a lot of fun!” The hockey team, who finished 4-7 in the EIL last year, anticipates

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close competition with rivals Dana Hall and Portsmouth Abbey. After showing progress in each game last season, this year’s team is poised to improve significantly this winter.

The varsity basketball team, led by co-captains Erica Rosenthal ’15 and Kathleen Hart ’15, is excited to carry on the team spirit from last season. Rosenthal remarked, “I want us to just continue our growth from last year; looking from my sophomore year to junior year, we improved a ton, going from the bottom of the [EIL tournament] B pool to being in the A pool.” Rosenthal also commented on the team’s strength, noting, “when we work together and actually become a team, that’s when I think we play the strongest.” The team finished the regular season 10-10 and hopes to facilitate a strong team dynamic among the returning nine girls and the new players. Hart remarked, “We have so much potential, and I cannot wait to just get started.” The team will compete again this year in the Greenfield Holiday Tournament at the Stoneleigh Burnham School. Hart commented, “I’m

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also very excited for Greenfield, as always, because of the bonding. I think our team has a bunch of great girls I can’t wait to spend this upcoming season with.”

After an exceptionally impressive season, varsity squash aims to carry the momentum from last year to the 20142015 season. Last year, the team went undefeated in the regular season, winning 18 matches and defending their EIL title for the fifth year in a row. Because of the team’s dominance in the EIL, Winsor will face several NEPSAC Division I powerhouses during the regular season, including Deerfield Academy and Saint Paul’s School. Co-captains Adrienne Conza ’16 and Junnat Anwar ’16 remarked, “We are really excited about the [Division I] matches because they will be very challenging, but also a great learning experience.” Conza and Anwar hope to continue the “amazing supportive atmosphere” of the junior varsity and varsity teams so that “everyone feels included in our big squash family.” The team is also “super excited” for

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the Winsor squash courts, which will overlook the Boston skyline on the top floor of the Lubin-O’Donnell Center for the Performing Arts, Athletics and Wellness.

Last season, Winsor Varsity Swim culminated its season with a second place finish at the EILs championships with 434 points, just 56 points behind rival Dana Hall. Fueled by this close loss, the Winsor swim team is committed to working hard both in the pool and out. Tri-captains Bibi Lichauco ’15, Arielle Mitropoulos ’15, and Charlotte Borden ’15 lead the 2014-2015 team and “are prepared to up the fitness level this season by getting in more yards every day and working on core strength, which can only make us go faster,” as Lichauco remarked. In addition to the physical work, the captains also strive to foster “a positive and encouraging team dynamic” and to continue the “positive energy” inspired by last season’s captains at meets with lots of cheering in all events.

Good luck to all the Winsor sports teams this winter! ☐

Giovanna DeVito ‘16

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Miles for Mimi: Featured Athlete Arielle Mitropoulos ’15 Senior student runs Boston marathon in honor of Mimi Minkoff continued from page 1

the Marathon, particularly those who ran in honor of a specific cause. When Ms. Chase told me about the team with whom she had run the Boston Marathon several times, The American Liver Foundation’s Run For Research team, I knew this would be a perfect fit. Ms. Minkoff died of liver cancer so it would be a fitting tribute knowing that all the proceeds of the fundraising would support finding a cure for all liver diseases, including cancer.

The American Liver Foundation’s mission is to support patients with all liver diseases and to fund research to find a cure. Over 23,000 Americans die of liver cancer each year in the United States, so if I can help one person in the process, I know I will have been

Describe what Ms. Minkoff meant to you.

“It is truly impossible for me to explain how much Mimi Minkoff meant to me.

More than just a teacher, she was a mentor and a friend. She was someone I knew I could always talk to and rely on. From the beginning of my time at Winsor, in seventh grade, I forged a connection and a relationship with her that I did not have with any other teacher, and I was able to confide in her and seek her guidance on many academic and non-academic issues. My relationship with Mimi Minkoff is one that I will treasure for the rest of my life. All I can say is it’s not very often

at least three-four times a week, along ity. If you’re a charity runner in the with cross training, since I’m on the 2015 Boston Marathon, you have to be varsity swim team and I have practice accepted to a charity team and raise a minimum of $5,000.” every day.”

Do you have any specific How long have you been goals for this race? training for this mara- “Personally, I don’t have any specific time I’m aiming for. I just want to finthon?

“I started running this summer. How- ish!” ever, the truly grueling runs will begin What in November.”

do you hope to accomplish by completing What were some of the rethis marathon? quirements to qualify for “I just hope to raise money for and awareness about all liver diseases, most this marathon?

“For the Boston Marathon, you must either be 18 years old, have qualified for a previous marathon, or chose to run for charity. Clearly, because I will in life that you meet someone like her.” successful.” only turn 18 at the end of March, only Why running? Why this What are you doing for a few weeks before race day, I would not have run a previous marathon: specific tribute? your training?

“I have always admired the people “I’m probably going to start running thus, I could not meet the first two conditions, so I chose to run for charwho took the time to train and run

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of all, do something that Ms. Minkoff would have been proud of.”

Arielle’s campaign is called “Miles for Mimi.” Please donate!

For more information about Arielle Mitropoulos and her decision to run in the Boston Marathon, go to winsorpanel.org. ☐

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World Series: Giant Victory for the San Francisco Giants but the playoffs were an exciting end to the 2014 season,” says Diana Faust ’17.

Underdogs that they were, the Royals became the fan favorite this postseason.

Manager Ned Yost boasted in a press conference that his unheralded Royals had captured the hearts of enthusiasts across America. Going into the Series, the Royals had not lost a playoff game since last century. Viewers everywhere wanted to see the Royals, who have underperformed

By Christina Bulkeley Panel Staff Major League Baseball’s 110th World Series left an unforgettable impression upon viewers everywhere with the San Francisco Giants winning it all in game seven over the Kansas City Royals. This Fall Classic marked the Giants’ third world series since 2010, while the Royals made their first October appearance since 1985. Their three title in five years proved the Giants’ dominance over Major League Baseball, creating what has been widely referred to as a dynasty.

Early in the season, few predicted that either team would go to the World Series, let alone win it. In late May, just two months into the season, only 15 of a panel of 44 experts gathered by ESPN predicted the Royals would make it to the postseason, and just 23 thought the Giants would.

Of these experts, none predicted the Giants would win the pennant. Additionally, only one thought the Royals would make it, only to lose in The Series.

Naturally, the unlikely pair made for a World Series full of unexpected twists.

This was only the second time ever that two Wild Card teams made it to the World Series. The Royals, revered for their speed and clutch hitting, had only four of their starting nine players born the last time their team reached the World Series. Additionally, no player out of the Royals’ starting nine players has ever won a World

In late May, just two months into the season, a panel of experts gathered

by ESPN predicted the Royals would make it to the postseason and just 23 thought the Giants would.

Giants hug it out after victory Series with any team. Giants ace pitcher Madison Bumgarner told the media, “You don’t necessarily have to have [experience], but it certainly don’t hurt when you do have it,” acknowledging the two World Series rings already in his possession.

Bumgarner, who had an incredible series, entered game seven in relief after starter Tim Hudson gave up two runs and

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was knocked out early in the game. He held the Royals scoreless throughout the remainder of the contest, though he gave up a hit that allowed left-fielder Alex Gordon to make it to third with two outs in the ninth.

The third base coach controversially did not send Gordon home, filling the minds of baseball fans everywhere with “what if ’s.”

I really wish the Royals had won,

for so long, take home baseball’s most prestigious trophy. As Diana Faust points out, however, this postseason was filled with ups and downs, and the World Series summed up all the drama of America’s favorite pastime into seven tense games.

Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane has said for years that the playoffs are too small a sample size to effectively judge an entire season; they are largely luck. This World Series proved Beane’s point: these teams were so evenly matched that the Giants just barely came out on top.

Baseball is a frustrating sport because the playoffs are so affected by chance; yet, the postseason is too exciting not to watch. ☐

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He likes to mix it up

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The Lower-Schoolers were distraught last Wednesday to find that the Seniors had eaten all the Oreos.

Mr. Murdock went fly fishing last weekend.

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Missing: one soccer field. Please return by March 30, 2015.

With less than 200 days until graduation, the Class of 2015 has begun to think about writing college essays.

Forget Starbucks and their red holiday cupsthe Seniors now operate on a B.Y.O.B. basis: Be Your Own Barista!

Confirmed: the Juniors have graciously shared the contents of a certain locker in their homeroom. It may or may not be food-related.

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