The Friar's Lantern—September 2018

EDITORIAL:

UNITY AND BROTHERHOOD

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Brotherhood is a key component to Malvern but more can be done to ensure unity amongst the community.

Three students from Malvern Prep's varsity lacrosse team have commited to Lafayette University after extensive recruiting.

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Freshman Survey

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Another year means another freshmen class. See the results af our 2018 Freshman Survey and get the scoop on the class of 2022.

Jake Hornibrook, one of the most sought after offensive linemen from Malvern Prep, makes commitment to the Cardinal.

Meet the new advisory team for the Friar's Lantern as the first issue of the 2018-2019 school year is released.

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AP Policy Update 2018-2019 Af ter las t year ’s AP c hanges, t he administration has instituted two more addendums to the AP policy.

Evan Waitte ’19, Michael Harrington ’19 CONTRIBUTOR, ASSIGNMENTS EDITOR oming into this year, several seniors in social studies teacher Mrs. Harriet Lappas’ AP Government class were excited to hear that they no longer had to take their AP tests. These exuberant smiles were soon replaced by looks of dismay when she further revealed that all AP classes would have to take a final exam.

According to Assistant Head of School for Academics Mr. Patrick Sillup, all AP classes have been asked to take some form of summative assessment.

“We asked other classes to take a 20 percent final. Some teachers choose to break it as 10 percent and 10 percent, midterm [and] final…your grade should reflect a summative experience,” Sillup said.

The reasoning behind these decisions makes a lot of sense according to Lappas.

“You can’t expect to take the highest level course a school [offers],” Lappas said. “The rigorous work needs [to continue] from September until graduation, not from September to January. The truth is we are doing you a disservice and are not preparing you for college if we let you slack off like that,” she said.

Lappas wants her students to be prepared for college, and she thinks that an exam will help keep students on track and away from senior slide.

“If you slide from January to June of your senior year, you’re not going to be ready for college next semester,” she said. “If we

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Brother hood is one of the core values Malvern holds as a community. Lately, however, the connection between students, faculty, and administration has felt disjointed.

Editorial Board he efforts put forward by school executives to strengthen unity on campus are having the opposite effect of their intention, causing a break in the union between students and adults on campus.

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Fr. Hagan O.S.A. joins Board of Trustees Father and Board of Trustees Member Robert Hagan wears many hats: from being the Villanova team chaplain and Associate Athletics Director, to becoming a member of the Board of Trustees at Malvern.

Steven O’Meara ’19 SOCIAL MEDIA EDITOR agan’s story is different from most, starting as a lawyer, he eventually changed his life vocation to become a significant religious leader on the campus of Villanova University.

Born in Drexel Hill, Hagan attended O’Hara and Villanova, then going Widener Law School to become a lawyer. Later on, he had an understanding that changed his life.

“I used to think that a calling was something real radical, like Saint Paul was knocked off his horse. The call is more subtle, it could be more like a whisper, or a recurring thought in your heart,” he said. “I kind of came to realize that maybe God wasn’t knocking me off my horse, and was just tapping me on the shoulder.”

Hagan did not realize what God had intended for him until after practicing law.

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AGE (Aug ust in ia n, Globa l ly Awa re, Entrepreneurial) Blocks are organized periods for grade-wide communication to address issues and topics specific to each grade. During one of these AGE Blocks, the Class of 2019 was split up into small groups in a classroom and left without teachers. Students were instructed to write their current thoughts about the school year on the wi out teachers. Students were instructed to write their current thoughts about the school year on the whiteboard.

The AGE Block has the same intention as many of the changes implemented: to encourage unity.

When looking back on the activity, however, many students find it ironic that instead of discussing different issues, students simply wrote down a list of grievances. The very thing that tried to instill unity is what students united against.

Regardless of the brotherhood, none of us are exactly the same. As long as we remain individuals there will be differences between all students. But funny as it is, it’s sometimes easier to relate to each other when we band together to talk about things we don’t like.

Examples like these are becoming more prevalent on campus. We have found that amongst the many changes that have come to Malvern over the years, a divide between students and teachers, as well as administrators, has become a common theme.

It can be said that a fair amount of the senior class is opposed to the daily morning Chapel services, a program designed to bring classes together. Not because of the time spent in the Chapel itself, but because it prohibits seniors from coming into school later if they have first period open.

This isn’t a feeling that is exclusive to the senior class. A petition was circulating campus around the time schedule changes were made last year. One managed to amass 250 signatures and even made its way into the hands of the administration.

Rarely will you find a group of people, likeminded or not, that agree so wholeheartedly on a topic. What was hoped to be accomplished with Chapel in the mornings was to start off each day

with a sense of togetherness. In reality, students and faculty now have opposing agendas on what the beginning of each day should look like.

The Editorial Board believes that changes without students’ consideration is preventing the goal of campus-wide unity from being met. However, the root for inciting these changes is centered around brotherhood.

Malvern is built on the idea of creating a community of brothers for students. But unification shouldn’t stop there. The community includes all the teachers, coaches, students, and everyone who contributes to campus.

The brotherhood is supposed to tie us back to that community regardless of where someone is in life. We imagine that’s the idea behind the new mantra, “Friar brotherhood, forever in our hearts.”

But the case is, when an issue is presented and isn’t openly discussed, a group of people can and will unite against it.

Another example is class ties. They will create unity between each class, yes, but not between grades. A student can now visibly identify another student by their tie, and if they don’t match up, they can disassociate.

In some ways, decisions made for students stretch to those off campus as well. Dress code changes don’t just affect students. They also cause a ripple in individual Malvern families who suddenly have to purchase new uniforms. Now, a senior can’t pass down a polo to his younger brother, which could have financial consequences.

Unity, by definition, is also very nuanced; it is not always a conscious decision. Friars sometimes bond simply by cracking jokes in the hallways.

Occasionally, the brotherhood just happens and doesn’t need to be forced at all. The Brotherhood Ceremony puts students on the right path, but from there, unity between students may just fall into place. And without the need for changes to instill brotherhood, then there is no divide between students and teachers.

Malvern has incredibly strong values, and a lot of them are derived from unity. But that unity was never meant to come from a place of negativity.

The Editorial Board finds that the need for

brotherhood is just as important as Malvern advertises. But it needs to be met at both ends with both educators and pupils willing to see past the obvious barriers.

Changes like these were never meant to damage the relationship between students and administration. It’s obvious that school officials have the best interest of the students in mind.

Leadership positions like the Student Council and even the new disciplinary advisory are supposed to help keep the interests of the student in mind when a change in policy arises. However, we still feel as if student voices are going unheard.

Students are naturally going to find a reason to complain. There isn’t going to be any “getting it right,” unfortunately. But there is merit to some arguments. Some teachers do quietly side with students, so the unease about some of the changes is not exclusive to students.

That is why it is in all Friars’ best interests to be open to the brotherhood. Students need to be willing to have open discussions on campus topics, even if they view them as “inconvenient.” The interactivity of the campus allows for deep connections between students and teachers. We believe that teachers should allow for those connections.

Good examples of this do already exist. Fr. Reilly recently opened up blocks of times during lunch periods where students can schedule to meet with him. The Editorial Board thinks that this is a great idea and should even be expanded upon. If students could have times to meet with different department heads, then that could allow for focus on issues particular to subjects. This could also apply to the moderators for clubs on campus.

Everyone at Malvern believes in the ideals of the brotherhood. There is no reason why they should be discouraged. However, students make up a majority of the brotherhood, so if those encouragements suddenly get in the way of that integration, the intended group of Malvern students feel isolated. With clear reason behind a change, and the support of every group on campus, then Malvern can live a true definition of unity and not just a brotherhood. ◊

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"Unity, by definition, is also very nuanced; it is not always a conscious decision.

Friars sometimes bond simply by cracking jokes in the hallways.

Occasionally, the brotherhood just happens and doesn’t need to be forced at all."

New contributors are welcome throughout the school year. The Friar's Lantern staff meets twice each week at 7:45 a.m. in Duffy 118. Please contact any member of the staff listed below for the most up-to-date meeting schedule.

Editors in Chief Chase Bennett '19 Alex Haylock '19

Managing Editor Ryan Maher '19

Assignments Editor Michael Harrington '19

Section Editors Friar Life

Joe Lister ’21, Jack Guardiola '20

Sports

Garrett Hallinan ’19, Kyle Leonard '19

Media & Culture Luke McClatchy ’19

Social Media Editors Steve O'Meara '19 Stowe Milhous '19

Photography

Ethan Surocvik '19

EDITORIAL BOARD All editors

ADVISERS Mrs. Kathryn Wolstenholme Mrs. Suzanne Sweeney Ms. Leah Thompson

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PERSPECTIVE

Interning at IMC Over the summer I interned at IMC Construction, the company in charge of building the new Center for Social Impact Gavin Canzanese ’19 REPORTER n June 10, I was sitting on the top bunk of my eight-person room in New Orleans when I read an email from Dan O’Rourke, a Senior Project Manager at IMC Construction.

He emailed another Malvern student and me to see if we wanted to intern at IMC for the summer.

After explaining that I would be on a service trip for several more days, I accepted and sent my résumé over. After more emailing and an interview at their office based in Malvern, I earned the title ‘Production Intern’ and was officially a paid employee of IMC Construction.

At their office, I went through the orientation process as any other employee. In fact, I sat with three other new hires as we went through an entire day of initiation. Despite being just an intern, I was treated with the same respect as anyone else.

Throughout the day, I learned about IMC and met with many

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CONTRIBUTORS HENRY HAGUE ‘19 SAMMY SCHUTZ ‘19 EVAN WAITTE ‘19 COLIN HUESTON ‘20 JACK JOGERST ‘20 RYAN KENNEDY ‘20 PAT MURPHY ‘20 NICK GIANGIULIO ‘21 GAVIN SIDHU ‘21 HANS KIERNAN ‘21 JACK RILEY ‘21 THOMAS WANG ‘21 LUKE GUENTHNER ‘22 MATT HESS ‘22 BRENNAN OFFSHACK ‘22

important people related to the company. Once the initiation was over, I was given my own desk space, computer, and monitor. I primarily worked under Project Manager Dan Rosato, whose main job was to coordinate and oversee the Malvern Prep Center for Social Impact building, or CSI building for short.

Over the next few days I learned what it takes to work at IMC. As an intern I took on small tasks at first, such as data entry in Microsoft Excel. However, as the weeks went on I was given more responsibility.

This responsibility included talking to subcontractors directly, creating and designing Excel sheets for meetings, and using Procore, which is a construction management software.

The best moments working at IMC were attending and contributing during meetings on Malvern’s campus, as well as speaking with new people. It was a great experience to play an active part in the construction of the new building, and to see all of the past, present, and future stages.

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to all of the new members of our staff who contributed this month. We appreciate your effort and hard work. The Friar's Lantern is always open to new members joining the team.

The workers in their respective trades were extremely knowledgeable and never hesitated to share their expertise with me. I learned so much about the construction world and it’s an experience I will never forget.

In the end, the information I amassed is invaluable. I learned the ways of a 40 hour work week, and how to navigate having responsibility much bigger than myself. I loved working at IMC and I believe I’ve grown as a person because of it.

I encourage everyone to embrace opportunities that arise. This entire process started with an email from Malvern’s counselling department. I simply reached out, hoped for the best, and in the end was greatly rewarded. ◊

DESIGNERS/PHOTOGRAPHERS PAT MALONE ‘19 IAN LEBANO ‘21 NOAH BUSCAGLIA ‘22 BEN FRANZONE ‘22 MATT HESS ‘22

NEWS IN BRIEF MP Golf Team travels to Ocean City, Maryland • Malvern’s returning JV and Varsity players travelled to Ocean City, Maryland for an overnight trip to prepare for the season. On Thursday, August 23 the Friars played a course called the Links at Lighthouse Sound, followed up by two rounds of golf on Friday at GR War Admiral and Eagles Landing.

Back to School Night • Malvern parents experienced what a regular day feels like for their sons during Back to School Night on Thursday, September 20. Parents went through all eight class blocks with each block lasting ten minutes. This night provides parents with the opportunity to meet their sons’ new teachers for the school year and learn what each class will entail.

Marine Bio Trips • Not too often is there more than one field trip for a given class in the span of a week, but Dr. Fry’s Marine Biology class went on two field trips the week of September 17. That monday, the Friars went to the Delaware Estuary and met with Malvern alumnus, Dr. Moody ’93, who informed them about the importance of protecting the shorelines. Three

days later, students of the Marine Biology course went to the marshes of Delaware and ran tests.

Center for Social Impact Construction Progress • Construction is steadily progressing as the year has began.

During September, the groundbreaking ceremony occurred, highlighted by a prayer service and school photo via drone. A crane is currently in the middle of the site which stands tall above campus and reminds students daily that they need to walk to O’Neill for their science classes.

M.E.C.O. • The first of the retreats, MECO 122 has happened. It started on Thursday, September 27 at approximately 6 p.m. The students came back the night of September 30, very tired and happy to have the next day off for professional development.

Father/Son Golf Outing • The yearly outing took place at Kimberton Golf Club on the afternoon of September 26. If Malvern fathers and sons missed it, be sure to try to come next

year and enjoy some golf and bonding time.

Student ID Cards • On October 4, all Malvern buildings began utilizing the key card system to enter any building on campus. The cards also serve as a student ID, and all faculty, staff, and students must have their key card with them at all times. An email from Malvern Communications indicated what times the students' key cards would allow acess to different buildings on campus.

Class Ties Now Available • Class ties, which students must wear for Mass and special events, are now available in the campus store. They can be purchased for $20.00 using your lunch pin number.

AGE Block • During the first AGE Block of the school year on October 4, the senior class gave presentations on their junior service trips to the current junior class. Juniors sent the last page of the information packet that was emailed by Mr. Del Pizzo on October 8. Juniors then selected their trips on October 10. ◊

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Mrs. Katherine Lee From sculpting ceramic bowls to frying up Kimchi, find out what the new Visual Arts teacher at Malvern can do.

Mr. Jim Friend After serving the Church one way or another throughout his entire career, Mr. Jim Friend begins another chapter of his service amongst the Augustinians at Malvern.

Thomas Wang ’21, Jack Guardiola ’20 CONTRIBUTOR, FRIAR LIFE EDITOR s Malvern’s Executive Director of Advancement, Mr. Jim Friend is looking to make an impact on the school.

Friend has his degree from Rosemont University, however that wasn’t the first college he chose.

“I went to West Chester University, and then Rosemont College. I think my education prepared me to be a pretty good communicator,” he said. “I was a Communications major and then at Rosemont I got a master’s degree in English and Publishing.”

Friend enters the Malvern community not as a teacher, but as the Executive Director of Advancement, a new position that entails a lot of work. He will oversee three departments, Admissions, Marketing, and Development, all falling under the umbrella of Advancement.

“What I want to do is work with the teams and find new resources for those teams, provide some training. And also for myself, to get out there and raise funds for the school.

I’ll be working closely with Father Reilly, I’ll be working with the alums and the parents to raise money. I’ll also be working closely with admissions and trying to recruit students,” Friend said.

Raising money for the Malvern fund is another important part of Friend’s job. For his first year, he has set an ambitious goal.

“We’re setting a really aggressive goal with the Malvern fund this year: we want to raise a million dollars. We haven’t done that in a while,” he said.

At his old job, The Faith in the Future Foundation, Friend was the Chief Development Officer, and oversaw the development of several schools in Allentown.

“I [worked] at The Faith in the Future Foundation.

What’s interesting about Faith in the Future [is that] it was the first foundation to ever have a management contract with the archdiocese to outsource the management of the school system.”

He came to Malvern after hearing about the job opening from an old friend and mentor, Rev. Dennis Harten, O.S.A. “[Rev. Harten] was telling me that Father Reilly had come to Malvern Prep and mentioned that they were looking for an Executive Director of Advancement, and he said ‘you really should think about that.’”

What really drew Friend to Malvern was its community.

“I saw it as a neat opportunity to reconnect with the Augustinians and be a part of a school community.

When you’re at the diocesan level, you work with a lot of

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Mrs. Michelle Cleary Mrs. Michelle Cleary always wanted to teach math. When she heard about an opening at Malvern, its sense of community drew her in.

Brian Szipszky ’20, Jack Jogerst ’20 REPORTER, CONTRIBUTOR rowing up in Delaware County and attending Cardinal O’Hara High School in Springfield, Cleary was familiar with Malvern and the community that surrounds it.

She had a passion for math from an early age and continued to develop it as her education progressed.

“I always wanted to be a teacher,” Cleary said. “I always loved math, so it’s always been what I’ve wanted to do.”

Her excitement for math was evident even in elementary

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MR. JIM FRIEND school, but you don’t really get to be part of any one community. I worked for students, served students, but I never really saw students. I didn’t get to go to a school mass or connect with students.”

In his free time, he began a podcast called “Advancing Our Church”, which can be found on advancingourchurch.com.

“It was just my own personal hobby. I got to interview some priests, some people that worked in the Church. I thought it would be an interesting way to put information out about the Church to help people who are trying to move it forward through stewardship, leadership, and advancement.”

Friend also has hobbies outside of his professional life.

He enjoys golfing and watching superhero movies with his son.

“I used to collect comics when I was a kid, so it’s kind of fun to see all of the heroes come alive now that I’m older and I get to enjoy it with my kids.”

Even as a new member of the community, Friend is already involved in student life.

“I sat in on a M.E.C.O. team meeting, and I’m actually going to be part of the retreat team for M.E.C.O. I’m excited to be a part of it.”

In addition to his new job at Malvern, Friend is looking to serve the Church in a new and different way.

“I applied for the Diaconate. I am interested in being a Deacon in the Church. If I get accepted, that’s something I will start sometime in 2019.”

Friend is excited about his future at Malvern Prep.

“I’m looking forward to getting to know the community, I’m looking forward to my first M.E.C.O. retreat. I’m looking forward to helping to make a difference. I only take a job if I feel I can make an impact on the school in a positive way.” ◊

Chase Bennett ’19 EDITOR-IN-CHIEF rs. Katherine Lee is the new Visual Arts Teacher at Malvern Prep and loves to do more than just teach.

She is currently heading the Middle School arts class and the high school ceramics class for the Fall of 2018. Although she has been teaching the course a short time, Lee already adores Malvern.

“It might sound cheesy but I really do love it here,” Lee said. “The whole culture is something I really appreciate and look up to. The traditions of the church, the beautiful campus to just roam around in. I was considering bringing my bike onto campus if that’s even possible. Everything is just really beautiful.”

Even though Lee has already grown fond of her new job, she wasn't raised here. She’s originally from Philadelphia, where she was raised by her immigrant parents.

“I grew up in Northeast Philly.

My parents immigrated there from South Korea in the late 80s and I really enjoyed that area of Philadelphia,” Lee said. “I went to Upper Dublin High School so I moved to the suburbs for about four years, and then I went immediately back to the city.”

Although Lee enjoys her time at Malvern Prep, she prefers the city over the suburbs.

“The suburbs kind of scared me, they’re so quiet compared to the city,” Lee said. “I moved back and Malvern is actually the first time I’ve been to this area outside of Philadelphia. I stick to the city if I can.”

One of the reasons Lee finds the city so enticing is the diversity, something she feels that suburbs lack.

“It’s such a diverse area especially since a lot of immigrants tend to settle there so there’s a lot of Filipino families, a lot of Latinx families, a lot of Korean families and we all kind of created a safe space for us,” Lee said. “I felt very uncomfortable in the suburbs because of the diversity factor was so much less.”

After high school, Lee attended Temple University to pursue a MBA in

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MRS. KATHERINE LEE ceramics. Soon after, Lee attended Moore College of Art & Design to receive her masters. Lee originally didn’t want to become a teacher but rather an artist.

“I started getting my teaching certification sort of like as compensation with my dad,” Lee said. “If you’re in a conservative Korean family and you want to go to art school, they’re like ‘no’ because it’s really dangerous career wise.”

However, after receiving her license, Lee soon began to appreciate teaching.

“I got a call for a teacher interview that I didn’t even apply for, I guess it was from student teaching, they saw me, they just wanted to bring me in for an interview,” Lee said.

“I remember my first job offer I cried and not because I was happy but I was scared because I was like ‘do I really want to do this?’ That was five years ago and I love it now.”

Besides teaching, Lee enjoys the simpler things in life or as she puts it “general living.”

“I have an amazing family of animals at home that I love to hang out with,” Lee said. “I have two dogs, two cats, two goldfish, and a gecko and they’re all crazy because they’re all adopted.”

Lee also enjoys cooking traditional Korean dishes and leaving the American dishes to her husband.

“I started cooking ‘kal-guksu’ at home which directly translates to knife noodles because it’s homemade noodles that you cut with a knife,” Lee said. “I also enjoy anything stew or soup related, there’s a great soup that uses kimchi in it and that was my favorite dish growing up.” ◊

school.

In addition to this, the change in scenery for Cleary has her “When we graduated from eighth grade my school actually thinking about the upsides of an all-boy school. gave us back the letters we wrote to Santa in first grade,” Cleary “Being at an all-girls school the last couple of years we obviously said. “I wrote on my Christmas list that I haven’t had a football team, so I’m really excited for wanted a math book from Santa.” some of that kind of stuff again,” she said.

Cleary’s desire to teach led her to pursue Outside of the classroom Cleary is passionate it in college and graduate school. about many things other than mathematics and “I went to undergrad at La Salle teaching. These passions include her family, the University, and I got a double major in beach, and the outdoors. math and education,” Cleary said. “Then I “I love spending time with family, I’m from a big got my master’s from Villanova, which was family, one of four. My husband is one of five, and we in math.” have one daughter right now. We do a lot of family Cleary then taught at Notre Dame parties and events things like that,” Cleary said. “I Academy in Villanova for four years before like going down to the beach as much as I can. My MRS. MICHELLE CLEARYin-laws have a shore house, so I go down there as she read about a job offer at Malvern online.

“A lot of my former students at Notre often as I can. I also love being outside and hiking.”

Dame had brothers that go to Malvern and still do, so I knew Cleary says her move to Malvern has been very smooth about the community,” Cleary said. “I was just looking to see what because of the wonderful community. else was out there, pushing myself a little bit more as an educator, “The community here is incredible. Everybody, including the trying to see what I could do. When I saw that this job was open students, not just the faculty and staff, has been so helpful with online, I applied.” making the transition so much easier.” ◊

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Mr. John Scudder Although it is his first year as a full time employee at Malvern, Scudder has been a part of the Malvern community for a large part of his life.

Kyle Leonard ’19, Gavin Sidhu ’21 SPORTS EDITOR, CONTRIBUTOR oming out of college, Scudder took a part time job to help coach kids in the Malvern swimming program. 33 years later, Scudder is now the head coach of the Malvern Swimming Association.

Scudder is originally from the Media area. Along with his parents, he has one sister who lives in Orlando, Florida.

Scudder has loved swimming since he was a kid. After performing well at Penncrest High School, he continued his swimming career for four years at the University of South Florida.

After receiving a political science degree, he worked for Sears in a management position in their auto center.

It was during this time that Scudder established his first connection with Malvern. Shortly thereafter, he was offered a part-time job by Mr. Paul Hornsleth.

“When I got out of school, one of the girls I used to swim with’s mother was involved [at Malvern] with Paul Hornsleth, so she started the swim lesson program here, and then I got to know Paul,” Scudder said. “Paul offered me a job about 33 years ago, so I’ve actually been here as a coach, mostly part time, for about 33-34 years.”

After 15 years, Scudder went back to school at West Chester University to earn a teaching degree. Having just retired, he spent 18 years teaching while maintaining his job at Malvern.

A couple years back, however, Scudder decided that he needed a break from coaching to prioritize his three children.

Scudder takes great pride in saying that all three of them have swam with Malvern Swimming Association.

“I took a couple of years off to raise my family of three [kids], all of whom have swim here and two are still swimming here,” Scudder said. “I came back to work here about maybe six years ago, so this is kind of my second around with Malvern swimming, and then retired from teaching and became the full time coach here.”

During his time here, Scudder has come to appreciate the

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environment Malvern has provided him over the past 33 years, to make sure they are goal oriented, so wherever they are in the especially when he went through a tough period in his life program, they’re trying to get better and reach whatever goals recently. they have,” he said.

“It’s the family. My wife, about three years ago, faced breast Scudder is optimistic about what the upcoming season holds; cancer, and the whole Malvern team got together and did SignUp though they lost some seniors, he sees a lot of young talent ready Genius and made meals for us. But even going back further than to step up. that, I feel like I was raised here when I got out of college by “We have graduated three of our top kids, and they were steering me in the right direction, making good choices, and the leadership of the team. One thing is building new leaderfacilitating the values Malvern has here. So I feel like it’s a fabric ship because we have a young team. The other thing is we have of who I am,” he said. quite a few new swimmers who have come over Formerly, Scudder only had to take responthrough our relationship with Coach Schiller over sibility for certain groups of swimmers. That has at Chester Valley, and a couple other places. Just changed with his new position. getting these new kids into our program, watch“When I was part time, I only was responsiing them do better, and see how they excel,” he ble for coaching certain age groups. Now, I have said. pretty much the whole group. We have about 118 According to Scudder, the head coaching kids in the program, and I can pretty much get position for MSA has only opened up one other around and see all of them,” he said. time, so he feels fortunate to be in the position he Since he is now the head of the Malvern now holds in the Malvern community.

Swimming Association, which is separate from “I feel really lucky to be here. This position Malvern Prep’s swim team, Scudder is the leader has only opened up a few times,” Scudder said. of each facet of the program. The Malvern “I just feel real lucky that the timing of it worked MR. JOHN SCUDDER out for me that I could retire from teaching and Swimming Association is a club sport; while some Malvern kids swim, a lot of the swimmers come take the full time job here and work with some from other schools. great people who I’ve known for a long time, and work here at “I write all the practices, and go through with the direction Malvern with all the people I’ve known from the past. Everyone’s of the program as far as having to teach the kids on the swim real friendly here.” team. I’m also a MSA manager, so Nikki [Hinsdale] and I work Swimming truly is Scudder’s passion, and he is proud of each close together and we make decision about the swim clinic, which of the kids he has been able to coach in the past who have gone is a little different than the swim team. And then the Learn to on to succeed.

Swim program, so I kind of have my hand in all three of those “When you look up at the All-American board, I know a lot pieces,” Scudder said. of those kids. I coached those kids,” Scudder said. “Now, when Scudder’s coaching philosophy tries to provide a fun environ- I look at them in their professional lives, it’s really rewarding to ment for the swimmers, but he makes sure to concentrate on their see them excel in their professions.” ◊ success when needed.

“I try to be firm. I try to make the kids have fun, and I try

Ms. Metty Vithayathil After teaching freshman theology last year, Ms. Metty Vithayathil has made the move to eighth grade English as the next step in her career.

Joe Lister ’21, Ryan Kennedy ’21 and exposing the students to FRIAR LIFE EDITOR, CONTRIBUliterature they haven’t read and TOR hopefully they can get excited ithayathil hasn’t always been a about; as well as looking forteacher, but she’s still comfortable ward to working with them on in the classroom. their writing,” she said.

“I taught law students and graduate Keeping students engaged students, and I did a teaching fellowship in the classroom can be diffiafter practicing for a couple of years… cult, but Vithayathil has a plan working with law students at Villanova,” to channel student’s energy into she said. new and interesting material.

While Vithayathil has taught theol“Choosing literature that I ogy before, she’s taught English in the think they will enjoy, and then past. “Teaching students how to write creating opportunities in the and read closely is what I’ve mainly done MS. METTY VITHAYATHIL class for them to engage with in the classroom,” she said. it in different ways to keep the Although she is currently teaching in the Middle class active… that’s my first trimester goal,” she said.

School, Vithayathil previously taught in the Upper “Then as we move forward in the next two trimesters School. we’ll look at how, within an English class, we can “I think there was a big difference between work- engage with the larger community.” ing with the older students at Malvern and the ninth Engaging the larger community around Malvern graders,” she said. “I think eighth graders might have will be an important part of Vithayathil’s lesson plan, the same type of energy in the classroom… it’s about as the class’s main project will revolve around just finding ways to channel that energy.” that.

However, Vithayathil believes there are some “Their research project is a proposal [so] the midsimilarities between older students and younger ones. dle school [students] can have a social impact,” she “Working with students to improve reading, writ- said. “They’ll be looking at various issues such as ineqing, listening and speaking skills, there are a lot of uity in education, they’ll be looking at homelessness, parallels,” she said. they’ll be looking at displacement.”

Vithayathil is enjoying her new role, including Vithayathil works a lot with students, but she her new co-workers. knows what she loves the most.

“I’m enjoying the faculty I’m working with in the “[My favorite part] is just being in the classroom Middle School, and I am really enjoying the students with students and thinking [how] I can most effecthat I am getting to meet,” she said. “I really like tively present material to them and engage them,” [working with the eighth grade team]. It’s a really she said. ◊ enthusiastic team, they have a lot of great ideas.”

While Vithayathil does enjoy the eighth grade team, she enjoys teaching even more. “[The opportunities are] really in the classroom

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Ms. Bethany DeWitt The deciding factor for Ms. Bethany DeWitt coming to Malvern was its amazing sense of community, which made her feel right at home.

Garrett Hallinan ’19, Pat Malone ’19 SPORTS EDITOR, REPORTER rowing up in West Chester, Pennsylvania, DeWitt grew up with a strong faith and a passion for sports, which helped her fit right into Malvern.

“Every year, we would have a swim meet here [Malvern] when I was at Rustin, so I was able to check out campus,” Dewitt said. “It feels like it is a college campus, which is really cool and very different from my high school experience.”

Although she played so many sports: basketball, softball, soccer, lacrosse, and swimming: the latter is what DeWitt decided to go with in college. After four years at Rustin High School, DeWitt went to the University of Pittsburgh for her undergraduate degree.

“I liked Pitt a lot because of the size of the school,” she said. “I wanted a big, city feel and I was interested in going to the football and basketball games. With athletics too, I felt like it was going to be a really good balance between swimming and their academic programs.”

Shortly before coming to Malvern Prep, DeWitt finished her master’s degree in School Counseling from West Chester University.

“It was a relatively quick turn over, but I am really excited,” she said. “While it has been really overwhelming with having so many buildings to navigate, everyone is willing to help, [which] makes that

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Aside from being a counselor at Malvern, Dewitt plans to be a coach for the swimming team.

“I have been talking to Mr. Schiller about [coaching the swim team], and I am willing to see what else the community has to offer at Malvern and how I can help students,” she said.

During the freshman orientation, DeWitt connected with the students before school.

“A lot of the Adelphia members during the freshman orientation were very helpful to me,” DeWitt said. “As a whole, that group was very supportive, helping the freshmen and also the new teachers, myself included.”

She looks forward to getting more and more acclimated to the Malvern community.

“I am very excited to be at Malvern this year,” DeWitt said, “and I am very open to meeting everyone so feel free to stop by and introduce yourself.” ◊

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are going to hoodwink or fool the system, then everyone loses.”

Behavior like students sleeping during their exams doesn’t send a good message to teachers, according to Lappas.

“We have kids with pillows sleeping in the exams. Clearly, what does that say for what I’ve done all year? I sit at my kitchen table every weekend for hours preparing what we are going to do… it’s a terrible feeling,” she said.

Sillup thinks the decision to institute finals sends a message to colleges.

“I think attaching a final to it because we already do that in other academic settings sends [the] signal that we take it very seriously,” he said.

The second change to the AP policy allows students to freely choose if they would like to take their AP exams. The final exams are required, but not their AP counterparts. According to Sillup, this change came directly from student feedback.

“Many students said make them optional, ‘let me choose if I want to go for that external credential.’… I believe it should be a student’s decision and we need to support and create conditions for that,” he said.

Other than these two adjustments to Malvern’s AP policy, Sillup has been thinking of other possible future addendums that could help Malvern students best use AP classes. He has talked with several faculty members including Lappas about possibly removing a student’s AP credit depending on the circumstances.

“My wonder has been what would it look like, not this year, I’m not even saying that this will happen next year, but what would it look like to say ‘yes you’ve earned the right to put [AP

credits] on [your transcript],’ and that’s fantastic, but you have to finish strong,” he said.

In Sillup’s example, there would be negative consequences for students who don’t finish strong.

“We would have to call the institution and tell them in this example, that unfortunately the initial transcript you received is no longer accurate,” Sillup said.

Several students like junior Tommy Bevevino stand in opposition towards the addition of AP final exams and the extra work that entails.

“I just don't think it makes any sense. It is an AP class, so you're supposed to be following the AP curriculum in order to be able to take that test, and that has always served in place of a final,” Bevevino said.

Bevevino also thinks that the studying that comes with these extra finals will be too much.

“We are already going to be studying enough for our other finals and AP tests. These are also not staggered like the AP test themselves, so this will cause more time to be spent on studying,” he said.

Bevevino feels that students and parents will be unnecessarily burdened by these new final exams which he feels will do little to incentive students to learn.

“I think a final isn’t going to change the fact that kids care so little about education that they are sleeping through the AP test,” he said.

According to Bevevino, he, as well as his classmates, feel that they are being disincentivized to take these higher level

classes. Other students like senior Ashton Canavan have a different perspective on the policy.

“I think it makes a little bit of sense because the school was forcing kids to take APs even though they couldn't get credit for those APs [at] the schools they were going to, so for the seniors I think it makes a little bit of sense,” Canavan said.

Bevevino feels that this policy was poorly communicated.

“Yes it is the same material, but it is redundant to take that final when the real final is supposed to be the AP test. No one offered any explanation. It was just brought up on the syllabus and not even the teachers really knew why,” he said.

Students on the other side of the aisle, like Canavan, critique the policy instead of the AP system as a whole.

“I think there should be a test exemption for someone who say has an A average in the class. I think that will motivate kids to push through that senior spring slide,” he said.

As a senior, Canavan thinks this will impact his classmates that decide to embrace the senior slide.

“I think that it will be similar to [the] current senior slide during the spring. It is a thing that kids don't do as well in the spring semester of the senior year as they have in the past, but I don't think it will be as significant as most people think,” he said.

While the AP policy may be controversial, it resembles a new style of academic policy being implemented on Malvern`s campus. Although the student body is divided, students may see more similar policies enacted in the coming years. ◊

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law as much as I wanted to make sure I was following God's plan for me,” he said. “My father passed away my senior year of high school. He had a brain aneurysm, went to bed one night and never woke up. That was a very painful and difficult experience but to be honest, in a way it was one of the great gifts my dad had ever gave me. It really showed me early on in life how short life is.”

Other priests he knew also showed Hagan a glimpse into the life of a priest.

“I met some Augustinians here, like Father Peter and Father Maguire, and I used to think that priesthood would be sitting in church with your hands folded all the time, saying all your prayers,” Hagan said. “Then I was meeting these guys like Father Reilly who are running schools and being chaplains and involved in people's

lives, I kind of started to see priesthood as more of a broadway of life to really help people.”

Hagan is the team chaplain for Villanova’s basketball program and has been for 14 years. He is also currently the associate athletics director and helps oversee the sports medicine, but his job is deeper than just the title.

“My role in a lot of ways, is to be a listener,” he said. “You’d be amazed if you just be quiet and build a relationship of trust, how you can discover what’s going on in a student-athlete’s life.”

Hagan has one memory that will stay with him forever.

“We played a game in the NCAA tournament in 2016 on Holy Thursday… I said ‘guys, this is Holy Thursday. Jesus taught us that life isn't about being served, it’s about service, and he washed the feet of his disciples, and we can do that,’” Hagan said.

“Next thing you know, Coach Wright takes off his sock and shoe and I washed his feet and then Coach Wright washed Archie’s feet, and Arch washed Josh Hart’s Malvern’s new cashier is looking forward to what the year holds feet, and Josh washed and embracing the Malvern community Kris Jenkins’ feet, and Kris washed Daniel Sammy Schutz ’19, Chase Bennett ’19 Ochefu’s feet, then CONTRIBUTOR, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF they washed the rs. Holly Shavney is the newest memmanagers’ feet, ber of the dining staff at Malvern and then the walkhas already brought great atmosphere ons’ feet, and they to the Malvern community. washed the assisShavney is currently working as a cashtant coaches’ and ier in Stewart Hall. She has been at Malvern their wives’ feet. since April of last year after a job opportunity Ev e r y o n e g o t in the dining hall opened up. “I’ve been here their feet washed since the end of last year,” Shavney said. because we say Although she’s been here a short time, within our team Shavney is already optimistic about her role that our roles are on campus. different, but our “[The best part about working at Malvern] status is the same,” has to be the people. Everyone seems really he said. nice and the culture seems like a really good He believes that place to be,” Shavney said. one main characterisMRS. HOLLY SHAVNEY Shavney currently lives in West Chester, tic has led the Villanova but originally grew up in Drexel Hill. After something part-time while my kids were basketball team to have so graduating from Upper Darby High School, in school, so it worked out perfectly,” said much success. she attended Delaware County Community Shavney.

“I really believe, and we College, where she was interested in a career After Shavney interviewed, she deterhave said it often internally in health. mined Malvern was the place for her. as a team, that our humil“I got my associates [degree] at Delaware “When I came in for the interview, it ity is our strength. Humility County Community College for health,” Shavney seemed like the perfect fit, the schedule was isn't something that you see said. “I was initially going to go into nursing but good, Tom [Gray, Director of Food Services] on the front page of the New changed my mind.” was great,” Shavney said. “It just felt like it York Times or on Sports Shavney, a mother of three, also spent would be a good fit.”

Illustrated, but you have a time looking for part-time jobs that could fit Shavney is excited to be apart of the lot of people who have not her limited work schedule.

Malvern community and looks forward to a sat on the bench since third “I actually was looking online just for great year. ◊ grade. Everyone wants

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to start, everyone wants the points, everyone wants the dunk on Sportscenter, everyone wants to be a ‘star’. But if you have a bunch of individual stars, you don't have a team,” Hagan said.

For Hagan, being team chaplain is a very important role in both his life and the life of student-athletes. He does not take this position lightly.

“It is a very privileged position to accompany these young men and to see up close how hard they work and to see how much they juggle and multitask,” he said. “They have to get all their academics taken care of. The travel, the film, the study, the bus rides, the late hours, and to see the way they represent us on this world stage, and a coach who is really concerned about them as men, not just as players.”

Hagan joining the Board of Trustees is due to Prior Provincial Michael Di Gregorio’s, O.S.A., impossible situation of being at all t h e different Augustinian schools at once.

“I serve on the Council of Augustinians.

That's a leadership group that helps administration for our order. Our Provincial is the overseer of all that, Fr. Michael Di Gregorio.

As a result of his position, he is a defacto member of all of the boards of all the institutions that we have,” he said.

He is very familiar with the Malvern Prep community, as he was at the 2018 graduation and has many friends from Malvern. “ I have fr iends of mine, peers who went to Malvern, and I also have friends whose sons went to Malvern. And of course the kids we get here at Villanova from Malvern are just a wonderful representation of what's going on in that school. There's a spirit, there's a brotherhood, there is strong academics, there is community, there are Augustinian values,” Hagan said.

Throughout Hagan’s many career paths he has been able to offer advice on how people should look towards the future.

“Life isn’t a dress rehearsal, make it count. Do not to be afraid of our time ending on this Earth, but for the days we have on this Earth, are we really doing what our passion is, where our heart is,” Hagan said. ◊

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Fr. Thom retires from teaching after nine years at Malvern After suffering a stroke this past January, he has decided to retire to focus on his health.

Chris Ayres ’21, Hans Kiernan ’21 REPORTER, CONTRIBUTOR ost students and teachers were shocked when they found out that Fr. Thom Meehan O.S.A. had suffered two strokes on January 23. However, after coming back to live on campus, it seemed as though everything would soon go back to normal.

Fr. Thom was rushed to the hospital after suffering from two strokes at the beginning of 2018. He had enough strength to get his phone and call Director of Mission and Ministry and fellow friar, Fr. Chris Drennen O.S.A. “We were getting ready to have prayer, so I was awake,” Drennen said. “He could not make it downstairs, so I immediately called 9-1-1.”

The ambulance took him to Paoli Hospital, where it was confirmed he had suffered two minor strokes.

“It was scary, but I tried to keep calm because I wanted him to be calm,” Drennen said. “I had originally thought it was a stroke, though I was hoping I was wrong.”

After spending a few weeks at Bryn Mawr Rehab, Fr. Thom briefly returned to campus on February 1, before moving to St. Thomas Monastery on Villanova University’s campus. During his absence, some teachers needed to fill in to teach his classes.

“Fr. Cassidy, Mr. Zagursky, Mr. Legner, and myself all stepped in to fill his place,” Drennen said. “Then Ms. Vithayathil became available to teach long-term and we were glad to get her.”

However, Vithayathil is currently teaching eighth grade English, so another teacher had to be found to fill her role. Luckily, Malvern found a solution.

“Before Fr. Thom’s decision was made, there was talk about the possibility of having a student seminarian come,” Fr. Reilly stated. “Brother Bill was on his way to ordination, so this is almost like a internship for him.”

Even though he is new to Malvern, Brother Bill has made a strong first impression with the community.

“I don’t know [Brother] Bill all that well, but he seems like a great addition,” ninth grade Biblical Studies teacher Mr. Dave Zagursky said. “It seems like his students really

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like him and enjoy his class.”

While Brother Bill has been welcomed into the Malvern community, it will be difficult to replace someone who has impacted the school like Fr. Thom has.

“We lost Fr. Thom, who has been here for a while, and have Brother Bill to fill in,” Zagursky stated. “He

President Billy Carlini ’19 has set his goals for the year and is already working towards checking off his list.

Joe Lister ’21 FRIAR LIFE EDITOR arlini has a lot on his plate, working on everything from revamping the Student Council’s social media to planning upcoming tournaments.

However, Carlini’s number one priority is making his final Malvern Spirit Week memorable, which will include dress down days, the Pep Rally, and much more.

“Jimmy’s Barbeque will be back, [students will] be able to vote on the themes of dress down days,” Carlini said. “The Pep Rally is going to be special.”

For Carlini, Spirit Week is not just a special time for the student body, but also a time for the Student Council to prove themselves.

“We’re excited for that whole week leading up to [Homecoming], we think that’s going to be a big week for us to make our name as Student Council,” he said. “I think our biggest accomplishment will be Spirit Week.”

For Carlini, Student Council’s time to shine will come during the Pep Rally at the end of Spirit Week.

“We’re trying to rev up school spirit, we’re trying to get more rowdy at the Pep Rally,” he said. “We’re trying to make the feel of the gym like what you feel in the stands during

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has big shoes to fill, but I think he seems like a great guy for the job.”

Head of School Fr. Donald Reilly O.S.A. mentioned that Fr. Thom greatly misses Malvern and being on campus.

“Thom’s commitment to the students at the school is strong,” Reilly said. “He misses the place, as a teacher it’s hard to make this adjustment.”

Although he is not on campus anymore, Fr. Drennen said that students are welcome to visit him.

“On weekends he is usually around and they have a visiting parlor where people can come and some people have already stopped by,” Drennen stated. “I know he really appreciates [having visitors].” ◊

“Student Council is only as good as the rest of student body ma kes it . So you r cooperation will make it a great year."

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games.”

To increase student spirit, Student Council has talked to multiple members of the student body about getting more involved.

“We have talked with kids from freshmen to seniors who are comfortable with a microphone in their hand, some theatre kids who we know they’re funny and comfortable with a mic in their hand to make our school spirit,” Carlini said. “One kid I’ve spoken to is Aidan White, who would be really, really fun.”

However, for Spirit Week to be a success, Carlini needs the support of Malvern’s students.

“Student Council is only as good as the rest of the student body makes it,” he said. “So [their] cooperation will make it a great year.” ◊

Homecoming Games: Soccer: 10/20 vs. Friends Central - 12:15 p.m.

Football: 10/20- vs.

Episcopal Academy 1:30 p.m.

10/20- vs. The Lawrenceville School - 1 p.m.

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the side door that’s closer to the parking lot. This year we completely changed the time and place we surveyed. We worked with the Ninth Grade Academy to incorporate the survey into orientation, which all freshmen have to attend. We hope to make this the new way we conduct the survey, as it lead to the best results possible.

Each year, we alter the survey questions to make the overall survey as relevant as possible. For the most part, however, the survey stays similar so that the results are comparable to previous years.

The current seniors, Class of 2019, were the first class to participate in the survey. We were curious to see what would happen if we surveyed the same class with the exact same question. So come graduation time, we hope to administer a Senior Survey and compare the results. Make sure to take a look at the first Freshman Survey to see how the seniors have changed over the years. You can find the results to this, and all the surveys on our website, lantern.news.

e conducted our fourth annual Freshman Survey for the Class of 2022. Instead of conducting it during the summer book sale, we held it on August 29, during the freshmen orientation. This way we were able to survey 100% of the freshmen class for the first time. Thanks to the freshmen for letting us be a part of their introduction into Malvern.

We’d also like to thank the Ninth Grade Academy Team who helped and supported getting the most accurate results to date.

We used to administer the survey during the book sale, but there were many variables of that we couldn’t control. For one, not all the freshmen would even come to it. We were also set up at the entrance of Stewart Hall, when you could leave out

Please read all of our commentary and these survey results as “based on the surveyed freshmen.” Last year we only surveyed about 60% of the freshmen. Now, you can look at the results as a summary of the entire freshman class.

According to this year’s survey, only around 82% of the freshman class is caucasian. This may seem weird to say “only” but compared to last year’s statistics, we determined that 94% of the class of 2021 was caucasian. African American students were the second highest polled ethnicity at 6%, followed by Asian and mixed ethnicities at 4%. Surprisingly, this seems to be the first time we have seen such an improvement in diversity since the Board of Trustees approved a plan in 2013 to have 20% diversity by 2020 within Malvern.

WHAT ETHNICITY ARE YOU?

The most popular music genre for 16-24 year olds as reported

by Statista is Pop. Hip-hop ranks third on their list but tops ours.

We are not the least bit surprised by this information though seeing as hip-hop seems to be everywhere around adolescents. What is surprising is the fact that there is one freshman who decided that Christmas music is OK to listen to at all times of the year. Christmas music is Christmas music for a reason.

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE GENRE OF MUSIC?

Math is usually a popular subject amongst the Friars. Our very own Fr. Flynn is claims to be a “math guy.” English and Language courses are tied for second place at second place so not everyone will be having fun at the Calc Ships, but you’ll love Mr. Roper.

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SUBJECT?

This question is used to see how Malvern students feel where their income lies without the use of concrete numbers. The surrounding suburbs and counties of Philadelphia are said to be the more affluent areas in all of Pennsylvania. So 59% of the class identifying as upper middle class and 11% answering as upper class sounds just about right. According to County Health Rankings and Roadmaps, the median income for Chester County is $83,775.

HOW WOULD YOU CHARACTERIZE THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS OF YOUR FAMILY?

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We are happy to report that 94% of the freshman class has never smoked marijuana but we are disappointed that the other 6% of you have. Smoking marijuana may seem like a fun thing to do because of how popular social media accounts or movies portray it but we strongly encourage you do not try the drug. From this point on, you will only be offered the drug more and more as high school progresses and it is not the question you want to be saying “yes” to. Say no.

HAVE YOU EVER SMOKED MARIJUANA?

It’s not surprising to most that the top three sports to top this list are football, basketball and lacrosse.

Malvern has a very strong athletic presence in all three of these sports as you probably already know and we’d like to keep it that way. For the four of you that don’t plan on playing a sport, don’t be afraid to try one out or explore extra-curricular activities as an alternative for an after school commitment.

DID YOU COMPLETE YOUR SUMMER READING?

This comes as no surprise that around 93% of Malvern’s class of 2022 identifies as either Catholic or other Christian denominations.

This technically is lower than polled last year as the class of 2021 was determined to be 97% Catholic or other Christian denominations.

HOW WOULD YOU IDENTIFY YOUR RELIGIOUS BELIEFS?

Tobacco is a dangerous drug that’s sole purpose is to sink its teeth into its next victim to become addicted.

Do not smoke cigarettes or cigars.

Cigarettes are extremely dangerous and cause all sorts of health issues that lead to a poor quality of life. Smoking will not make you cooler and it is not the thing that everyone is doing. Cigarettes are addictive and are never worth the life-altering effects of a mistake in high school.

HAVE YOU EVER SMOKED A CIGARETTE OR CIGAR?

There was a noticeable drop off in the amount of students that claim that they have never had an alcoholic beverage (84% down to 77%). Obviously the consumption of alcohol as a minor is illegal but we are also not naive here and are aware that there will be instances where this will occur. We ask of you to play the role of a big brother and make sure that you help your brothers if they find themselves abusing alcohol. Although we don’t condone the consumption of alcohol, if it is a decision you choose to make, knowing your limits and looking out for others are extremely important and we encourage you to know or do both.

HAVE YOU EVER HAD AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE?

96.7% of the freshman class has never taken an illegal drug or a prescription drug not prescribed to them. This is good, but needs to be better. Taking drugs that are not meant for you is a very dangerous situation. Taking illegal drugs is especially not worth it, they are illegal for a reason.

If you are taking either of these, please stop. Help is available.

HAVE YOU EVER USED AN ILLEGAL DRUG OR PRESCRIPTION DRUG NOT PRESCRIBED TO YOU? According to a report by the American Academy of Pediatrics, screen time for adolescents should be limited by the amount of free time they have. This screen time includes social media, streaming videos or listening to music. A study by Common Sense Media determined that adolescents spend around six hours a day using social media, often times reaching nine hours a day. We are not professionals but something isn’t adding up here freshmen.

Don’t fret, social media isn’t that bad for you as long as you separate time for work and time for screens.

HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU SPEND ON SOCIAL EACH DAY?

Things are looking up for the basketball team, as almost 90 students in the freshman class of 121 are as tall or taller than the national average height of about 5’5”. For those freshmen not included in that group, don’t worry. It’s okay to be on the shorter side.

HOW TALL ARE YOU?

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Once again, we find them majority of the freshmen class is from Delaware and Chester County. There is actually a decrease of the amount of kids that live, in and around Malvern. However, we continue to have a single kid who commutes all the way from Lehigh. Seriously though, how are you doing that?

If you know, you know.

WHAT IS YOUR ZIP CODE?

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Football takes the cake on this one, as 58% of freshmen say that they most enjoy watching guys toss the pigskin. The next closest favorite was basketball at just 12%. Make sure all of you catch a Malvern football game! If you haven’t heard, we kind of have a good team this year...

The freshman class appears to stay on top of their reading and not procrastinate on summer work, as just under 75% of the class had their summer reading completed

by Freshman Orientation. For those freshmen that hadn’t completed the reading, hopefully procrastination did not come back to bite you and you completed the reading by the start of classes.

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Alumnus of the Issue: Antonio Del Pizzo ’11 One of Malvern’s very own return to campus as a teacher—and is working alongside his father.

Alex Haylock ’19, Nick Giangiulio ’21 EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, CONTRIBUTOR s students set up for band class, Mr. Antonio “Tony” Del Pizzo taps his foot and tunes a guitar, already humming the melody of the music and cleaning up after one of his classes.

“I’ve always had an interest in coming back and honestly the opportunity happened extremely fast and it was a fast process,” Del Pizzo said. “It kind of just happened.”

Del Pizzo has returned to his alma mater this year to teach middle school music, and work alongside his father, Emanuel Del Pizzo, to help with high school bands. However they’ve been working together for years already.

“We work a lot of weekends together too. And we've also had a painting company summers ago,” his father said. “So I've been working for a long time. It's actually a lot of fun.”

Del Pizzo also believes that working with family is a little more complicated than regular colleagues.

“You're going to disagree with people, so being respectful when you do is this most important thing, you know. And sometimes when your family take things personally so I try not do that,” Del Pizzo said.

Emanuel also thinks that working together won’t be too much of a hardship, especially with Tony’s work ethic.

“We kind of know each other pretty well,” he said. “And I think he's a really good worker. He really puts his nose to the grind...and I'm kind of the same way. So it seems to work out.”

Although Del Pizzo seems okay working with his dad, his father thinks that it won’t be as easy as he thinks.

“He tolerates me,” he joked.

Although he works closely with Emanuel, Del Pizzo teaches his own sixth, seventh, and eighth grade classes on the basics of music composition. He hopes that his students will learn what it takes to become a musician.

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“The classes I teach are general music for [middle school]... what I want to accomplish is for [students] to have a basic understanding of what music is,” Del Pizzo said. “And to give them the opportunity to ask questions or dive deeper into any music knowledge that they already have.”

Before students can start creating their own music, Del Pizzo thinks that they first must understand the rudiments. “Before we do that, I really want them to have a basic understanding and a solid foundation of what music is… bass, harmony, rhythms, all that,” he said.

The senior Del Pizzo thinks that teaching middle school is a challenge, but that his son will have to prepared for it.

“I think he’ll do great. At least from what I've seen so far… I mean, talk about getting your feet wet, [with] being thrown into middle school,” he said. “If you can teach middle school you can teach anything. I used to teach middle school, and it’s a different kind of energy.”

Even though he agrees on its difficulty, Emanuel thinks that his son is already prepared for the job. “I don't really think it's a hard job if you're cut out for it,” he said.

Del Pizzo also offers his students the opportunity to make their own music outside of the bandroom.“I also bring seventh and the eighth graders into the recording studio and we work on songwriting and how to build songs and the different technology aspects of that,” he said.

Tony likes teaching middle schoolers because it is a chance to start new with a student no matter what school they previously attended.

“They’re pretty much blank slates,” he said.

“The thing is with middle schoolers you get new students at every grade level.

And all of them are coming from different schools and have different backgrounds [with] music,” Del Pizzo said.

Tony also knows that some kids will come with previous knowledge, so he has to make sure all of his students are on the same level.

“Obviously, there are going to be those who have more experience. So I want to bridge that gap and get them all the same [level]... it's my job to make sure that we all get up to speed to what to what they should be learning,” he said.

Although Del Pizzo is unsure, his father truly thinks that his son has a career in education. He also thinks that being an alumnus will help teaching at Malvern specifically.

“There are problems you have to deal with every day, because you know, kids,” he said. “But he’s gone to school here for seven years so he kind of knows the drill.”

Outside of Malvern, Del Pizzo is attending graduate school at Saint Joseph’s University trying to further his education. “I really enjoy continuous learning and it has really shaped me to realize that I would like to be a part of this educational process,” he said.

Tony has been fascinated with the of modern leadership which is another reason he decided on additional education. “I’m in grad school for organizational development and leadership. Mainly because I’m really fascinated with different leadership styles,” he said.

“I definitely think to be a teacher means to be a leader, and that definitely correlates to what I’m doing now.”

Tony thinks that Malvern lives up to its name of “preparatory” school. He found that the curriculum at both Saint Joseph’s and Duquesne University, his four-year college, were not difficult for him.

“From what I can say Malvern fully prepared me for college,” he said. “When I got to college I found [it] to be pretty easy, and that wasn't the case for a lot of my friends. “I don’t find [graduate school] really challenging either.”

Del Pizzo attributes his ease in school to the values Malvern centers itself around.

“The sort of the core foundation that Malvern has really helped me think the foundation that I had here helped me to know how to study, to write, and how to succeed in school,” he said.

One of the biggest changes Del Pizzo has noticed about Malvern is that changes to campus.

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Del Pizzo has also noticed the way Malvern readies its students has been changed to make more students adaptive and prepared for future jobs. “Being innovative and creative is on of the biggest differences I’ve noticed here,” he said.

One of the things Del Pizzo didn’t expect when he returned

to Malvern is what it would be like returning as a teacher instead of a student.

“It's really interesting to see the other side of it… being a student and then coming and being a teacher, you really see what the teachers go through, how hard they work to make sure that we get the best education that we can get,” he said.

Between his musicianship, his career goals, and his history with Malvern, Del Pizzo hopes to have a great new experience at his alma mater. His father thinks that his talent with music will make him an even better co-worker.

“Well, he's an enormous talent, so I have a lot of respect for him as a musician,” Emanuel said. “I think he knows that. And I think he respects me as a musician… so it’s a lot of fun actually [I think] it’s because we’re kind of on the same plane again, when it comes to understanding music and our approaches to music and that sort of thing.”

The only thing that Del Pizzo isn’t sure of is what the long term looks like for him. However he is optimistic.

“I can't always say what the future is gonna be,” he said. “But, I would say that Malvern is going to be in it." ◊

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Kyle Leonard ’19, Stowe Milhous ’19 Hornibrook, the starting quarterback for the SPORTS EDITOR, SOCIAL MEDIA EDITOR University of Wisconsin and Malvern alumnus, oming into Malvern, Hornibrook measured was there for him every step of the way. up at 6’1,185 pounds; now, he stands at 6’4, “He definitely helped make things more 275 pounds, and is the key cog to Malvern’s simple. I remember giving him a call one night offensive line. His size and performance on the and him saying ‘Go where you want to go, don’t field attracted 25 Division I scholarship offers. let anybody pressure you. Wherever you go, it’s Hornibrook’s impressive list of offers were gonna be a good choice, and wherever you go headlined by his three finalists: Wisconsin, you’re going to love it’,” Hornibrook said. “He Clemson and Stanford. After visiting and talk- helped me the whole time.” ing with the coaches out at Stanford, Hornibrook Senior Luke DiGiacobbe, who has known felt it was the perfect fit for him to continue his and been friends with Jake since middle school, academic and football career. is really happy for Jake and speaks highly of their He was really excited when Stanford made friendship. their offer; at the same time, this was when his “He’s always been a jokester. He’s always been recruitment really skyrocketed. At one point, he really funny. He’s a really good kid,” DiGiacobbe received four scholarship offers within 24 hours. said. “He knows his rights from wrongs and he’s “Stanford was my f irst big time offer,” a good decision maker. Obviously being commitHornibrook said. “I would say Northwestern and ted Stanford now, he makes good decisions. Just Stanford, and then I got Clemson and Wisconsin, a good kid.” so that’s probably when it started to pick up.”

DiGiacobbe believes that Hornibrook made According to Hornibrook, there are differ- the perfect choice in choosing Stanford. ent ways football players, specifically offensive “I think Stanford’s probably the best fit Jake linemen like him, get noticed in the recruiting could have. I know he was between Clemson, process.

Stanford, but Stanford’s the best school he was “There’s a lot of camps, and they do 1 on 1s; looking at,” DiGiacobbe said. “There’s always there’s usually no pads, so it’s a aspirations and dreams to little different than an actual go to the NFL, but if that “I think Stanford’s game situation. College coaches doesn’t work out, he’s going probably t he bes t can see your footwork and how to Stanford, he’ll be fine. It’s fit Jake could have. you move, and that’s mainly the pretty awesome.”

There’s always biggest part. How you move, Gueriera was also not suraspirations and dreams to go to what you look like, and also prised by Hornibrook’s choice. the NFL, but if that your game film is a big part of “I think that with an doesn’t work out, he’s it,” Hornibrook said. opportunity like that to go to going to Stanford, Head football Coach Dave Stanford, it had had to be high he’ll be fine. It’s pretty Gueriera plays a big role in his up on his list. I was excited for awesome." athletes’ recruiting process, him,” Gueriera said. “I think - Luke Digiacobbe '19 helping them out with making that the combination of footconnections and deciding on a ball and academics is extremely fit. hard to compete with.”

“I usually talk between the Another big component in college and the player until there’s a relationship his college decision was the world-class academics that’s forged between the player and the recruiting Stanford offers. coach. Then, I give my opinion,” Gueriera said.

“I like the academic piece because our fam“I make sure that the kid, the players, ask all the ily values academics a lot, so I think that fits me tough questions that they need to go over before pretty well,” Hornibrook said. “I’ve always had they make the decision. So a lot of behind the an interest in academics, so I’m excited about scenes stuff.”

Stanford.”

Gueriera was one of the first to know that Not only does Stanford provide Hornibrook Stanford was really interested in Hornibrook. with exceptional academics, but Hornibrook is “The person who just fell in love with Jake also looking forward to new opportunities. the first time he saw his film was his offensive “A whole new experience [awaits me] out in line coach from Stanford, and his name is Kevin California. Everything’s going to be different, I’m Carberry,” Gueriera said. “He has an NFL pedi- going to meet new people. It’s gonna be pretty gree, so he was an NFL coach, an NFL player, fun,” he said. and when he saw Jake’s film, [Jake] jumped off the Before heading out to California, Hornibrook screen to him as a kid he wanted to have.” has a few goals for his senior season.

Hornibrook paid two visits out to Stanford.

“Just be the best leader I can be, set a good After the second, he felt like Stanford was a great example for the younger guys, and lead the team fit for him. Ultimately, the people there played a to the Inter-Ac title, and hopefully go undebig role in his final choice. feated,” Hornibrook said.

“I would say the coaches and the type of playDiGiacobbe sp ea k s for t he re st of ers on the team made it easier,” Hornibrook said. Hornibrook’s family and close friends in hav“When I went out there for a second time, stayed ing full confidence that he will achieve success overnight with some players, it seemed like there at Stanford. were a lot of great guys on the team that I could “He’s just a really good kid and I’m really fit in with.” happy for him. I know he’s going to do great Picking a school was not the easiest process things.” ◊ for Hornibrook. Thankfully, his brother Alex

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Lafayette Lacrosse lands three Malvern commits Strong academics and promising athletics attract three students in three weeks.

Ryan Maher ’19, Luke Guenthner ’22 MANAGING EDITOR, CONTRIBUTOR ith a new coach and an exciting energy around an up and coming program, seniors Evan Lotz, Gavin McGill, and Sean Rushton decided to join in on building a strong class of incoming Lacrosse freshmen at Lafayette.

The three senior Friars had been heavily recruited by new Lafayette head coach Patrick Myers, who has been in contact with the three seniors, along with Malvern Lacrosse Head Coach John McEvoy.

“I dealt mostly with the coaches. I spoke to the virtues of whichever kid we were talking about, why he would be a good fit, and answered any questions they had,” McEvoy said. “Sometimes the conversation starts with me with these things, but this coach really liked these three guys. He really wanted them.”

Because the Lafayette team is looking to build their program, the recruiters were looking for players in all positions. As a result, they approached Evan Lotz, who mainly plays attack, Gavin McGill, a midfielder, and Sean Rushton, a long stick middie, a position that is defensively focused.

McGill began his lacrosse career in first grade, playing for the Collegeville Cougars. McGill has played other sports over the years, such as football, soccer, and ice hockey but always had a fondness for lacrosse. McGill has always put more energy and time into lacrosse, and knew that he had a future playing it.

“Lacrosse has always been my favorite sport. I always knew I wanted to focus on just lacrosse because it has always been my favorite to play,” McGill said.

McGill was recruited by other competitive programs like Boston University, Drexel, and Amherst, but what Lafayette was promoting to him grabbed his attention.

“They just got a new coach, and he really is supposed to turn this program around,” he said. “It’s really exciting and I can’t

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wait to be a part of it.”

Rushton was intrigued by many factors, but the one that stood Both Lotz and Rushton had a similar attraction to the idea out to him the most was the culture that was being created by of having a chance to build upon this program. McEvoy spoke this recruiting class and the team at Lafayette. to this point, commenting that having this mindset speaks to “The program is growing, and I wanted to be a part of that these three seniors. new culture that I was feeling. I love the coaching staff and I love “Because of the small size of the school and the fact that they the school,” Rushton said. are going to be a part of a program that is building itself up, it will These three seniors have one more year with Coach McEvoy give them avenues to step up as leaders I would hope,” McEvoy and the lacrosse squad, and McEvoy believes that what this year said. “They play a big role here for us, and hopefully they can step holds for these three players will set them up to be prepared for up for them when the time comes.” college lacrosse.

Lotz is a lifelong lacrosse player, beginning to play at age five.

“These guys play in an environment now that will get them By seventh grade he was playing for the MESA Fresh club team, ready for [college lacrosse] for sure,” he said. “All three will have and getting noticed early by recruiters. a big role to play for us this year, which should prepare them for “I’ve always put a lot of extra time and effort into lacrosse Lafayette and for the Patriot League for sure.” ◊ compared to other sports with extra training and workouts,” Lotz said. “I’ve known that I wanted to play colTHREE FRIARS ONE COMMIT • Seniors Gavin McGill (left), Sean Rushton (middle), Evan Lotz (right) have all lege lacrosse because it was my best sport.” taken their talents to Lafayette. / R.MAHER There were a lot of things that Lotz enjoyed about Lafayette that he couldn’t find elsewhere.

“The academics are amazing, the social side of it is great, the lacrosse team and where the coaches head is at totally convinced me, and the location is close to home,” Lotz said.

“I love the thought of staying local.”

Rushton started the sport at an older age than McGill and Lotz, but knew very soon that this was the sport he wanted to continue with.

“I played football until freshman year and really liked it, but decided that I wanted to stick to the sport I wanted to play in college, and that was lacrosse,” he said.

The All-American Dream Not many people can say they have played at Wrigley Field, one of baseball’s most historic grounds, but senior Chris Newell experienced this amazing opportunity in August.

Garrett Hallinan ’19, Colin Hueston ’20 SPORTS EDITOR, CONTRIBUTOR rom being on Malvern’s Junior Varsity baseball team as a freshman and having some struggles, Newell worked harder than anybody to earn his selection as an All-American.

“Baseball is a sport filled with failure, so you really need to learn how to handle adversity if you want to be successful,” Head Coach Fred Hilliard said. “I think Chris’s struggles accelerated his maturity and development because he figured out very early how to work hard, be humble, and never be satisfied with his abilities because there were players ahead of him.”

Newell is a strong baseball player in all facets, which makes him stand out among others.

“He has plus tools in the five categories that baseball scouts assess players: defense, speed, arm strength, hit tool, and power,” Hilliard said.

Along with strengths in these five key parts of the game, Newell has a positive outlook and wants more than anything to win.

“Chris loves to win and hates to lose,” Hilliard said, “and he is one of those guys that seems to always be ready to step up and help us find a way to win a ballgame whenever there’s a crucial moment.”

One of Newell’s closest friends and teammate, junior Gavin Grande, has known Newell for a good portion of his life. He has seen the hard work and progression that Newell has put into making himself the dominant player that he is today. “[Newell] is definitely someone I look up to,” Grande said. “We work out together every day, so we push each other a lot.”

Grande recalls a specific play from the AllAmerican game, which he spent watching with his friends.“[Newell] hit a hanging curveball, and it was about to be a home run and the kid robbed it. Everyone who was at the watch party got up and was going crazy and then that kid jumps up

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HEY BATTER• Senior Chris Newall steps up to plate at last year's Inter-Ac Championship game against Springside Chestnut Hill. / A. HAYLOCK

Coach Haus named to U.S. Men’s National Lacrosse Team Over the summer, Student Support Advisor and assistant lacrosse coach Will Haus, who also plays Major League Lacrosse for the Charlotte Hounds, was named an alternate before being called up to the travel roster to participate in the 2018 World Lacrosse Championship in Israel.

Brian Szipszky ’20, Patrick Murphy Haus had been playing in Major League ’20 Lacrosse (MLL) for the Charlotte Hounds REPORTER, CONTRIBUTOR after being selected with the third overall he tryout process for the national pick in the 2015 MLL Draft out of Duke lacrosse team is a strenuous process University, where he was a two-time national that takes years. Malvern assistant champion. He says the transition from the lacrosse coach and middle school athletic college game to professional lacrosse was a director, Will Haus was named to the travel difficult one to make. roster from an application pool of hundreds “I’d say the first tryout process coming of players. out of college, where you’re used to practicing Prospective players go through multiple every day, to MLL, where you don’t, was the tryouts and training phases, where they are hardest part,” Haus said. “You don’t practice evaluated until the travel roster is filled. during the week, because everyone has jobs.

“Everyone sort of So you show up Will Haus applies for it and then to practice Friday "I still enjoy lacrosse, it’s somepeople are selected night, and then have thing I have a passion for, and until that passion runs out, I’ll a game Saturday. from the hundreds continue to play, as long as my that apply, where it gets And so that f irst body lets me.” down to 80,” Haus said. tryout process was “Then there is a tryout pretty difficult in process from there. Then from the 80 [play- terms of getting your body used to it, getting ers] it gets cut down to 44, which is the prac- blisters all over.” tice roster. And then from those 44 there was After a few seasons with the Charlotte another tryout that was in January before this Hounds, Haus began the tryout process for past summer down in Florida. And that was the national team, where he was named an sort of just another training camp tryout ses- alternate before an injury gave him a startsion, and they made the actual travel roster ing spot. from there.”

“Myself, I was the first alternate, so I Haus was named to the team as a short didn’t make the original 23,” Haus said. stick defensive midfielder, a position that “There happened to be an injury, and then Malvern head lacrosse coach John McEvoy from there, I was plugged into that first slot. likened to an offensive guard in the NFL. So that was surprising, I didn’t expect some“They play more than really anybody one to get hurt.” does, it’s really valuable,” McEvoy said.

Haus’s brother and MLL teammate “Everybody needs one bad, but no one really John was also named to the U.S. travel rosknows who they are. They don’t get paid a lot ter to Israel. John attended the University of of money, but they’re really valuable. So that’s > PAGE 15 the role he plays.”

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2018 Varsity Football Preview Malvern’s Varsity Football team has high expectations for this season on the gridiron.

Water Polo has a different approach this season After graduating a strong senior class last season, the team must adapt to a new starting roster and senior leadership.

Ryan Maher ’19, Jack Riley ’21 MANAGING EDITOR, CONTRIBUTOR hen asked about his approach to the season, Head Coach Jay Schiller responded, “Our goals for the season are to improve with each and every practice and each and every game, it's going to be a rebuilding year with the loss of our seniors.”

Senior captain Brennan Robinson has been on the team since freshman year and sees potential in learning from the team’s defeats.

“On the Water Polo team, we practice what is called ‘Kai Zen.’ This is the embodiment of getting better. Every chance we get we want to improve,” Robinson said. “Our main goal for the season would be to get better every practice, every game, every tournament.”

There are many players returning from last season. However, Schiller believes that three players, with varying skills, will help the team this year.

“Brennan Robinson is coming back as a senior and as the captain and is one of the ones with the most experience, junior Jack Cassidy with his swim speed and his experience, and junior Jake Caulfield who is the starting goalie for the team,” Schiller said.

Robinson was described as being one of the better defenders on the team, while Cassidy is more of an offensive force. “Both guys are really good at what they do,” Schiller said.

Malvern has a tough schedule ahead of them this season, but he believes the team can remain competitive if they work together.

“Our toughest games will be any that we do not work as a team,” Schiller said. “Our hardest teams in the Inter-Ac like Haverford and Germantown Academy both have some of the strongest teams in years. Outside of the league, teams like Wilson High School, Upper Dublin High School, Brunswick, Gilman, and Loyola are all traditionally very good schools with very good aquatics programs.”

Coach Schiller sees the potential in the

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GOALKEEPING • Junior goalie Jake Caufield clears the ball after intercepting an opponent's throw. / A.HAYLOCK

water and looks forward to helping each athlete grow.

“We are a very young and inexperienced at the varsity level, and this team reminds me of teams we had 12 years ago when we were trying to build our program. We have a great bunch of kids, and I am looking forward to coaching them and helping them become greater student-athletes.”

The team has already had a couple of games this season and has seen a lot of growth already within the squad.

“As many people know, we graduated a very large class of seniors last year, leaving our small team of 18 with much to learn and experience,” Robinson said. “As the only captain, and only senior returning from varsity last year, I see the team with a lot of potential and experience.

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I still talk to those guys every day. There were five or six of us on our travel team that I’ve played with before, so I am especially close with them.”

One of Newell’s favorite parts about the game of baseball is getting the opportunity to meet new people.

“This summer I was able to meet people from all over the country and throughout the world,” Newell said. “I met kids from the DR, who I started to play with, and basically just making connections throughout the country, meeting people, learning who they are, what they’re about.”

Newell learned many lessons from being part of the All-American team, one being the importance of humility.

“Around here, you could say that I am considered the best,” Newell said, “but being in those you are going against those big dogs. You are not the big dog anymore, so it is humbling and pretty cool to be able to compare yourself to big-name guys.”

Newell looks forward to his final baseball

season at Malvern, with a few objectives in mind.

“I want to go out with a bang,” Newell said. “Three goals we have every year: win 30 games, win the Inter-Ac, and win the State Championship. I want to take it one game at a time, really let it soak in.”

Already, Newell’s had a brilliant baseball career, but this is just the beginning.

“No matter what happens just knowing that either way I will have somewhere to go next year whether it will be UVA or if I get selected into the draft, I will have somewhere to go,” Newell said.

Newell is the type of player any coach would want on their team, not only for his athletic abilities but his perseverance.

“What makes Chris one of the best baseball players in the country is that he outworks everyone,” Grande said. “He is the hardest worker on the field.” ◊

Cole Cherian ’22, Brennan Offshack ’22 REPORTER, CONTRIBUTOR s summer comes to a close and fall begins, the Malvern Prep football season is underway. The team has loads of talent.

Led by Head Coach Dave Gueriera, and coming off of an Inter-Ac Championship season going 5-0 in the league, the Friars feel that they have a target on their backs.

“This year, everyone is trying to knock us off of the hill,” said Head Coach Dave Gueriera.

He also says the friars are the “hunted” team of the Inter-Ac. The players on the Malvern Prep football team have been hard at work throughout the summer.

Official practices began on August 13, although most players started to prepare before then. According to Gueriera, there were two

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“mini camps,” and a series of four practices that many players attended in June and July.

The schedule for this year is tough, with matchups including Lasalle College High School (Malvern W 35-23) and Berks Catholic High School (Malvern W 42-32), along with the regular five Inter-Ac league games.

“Each team we play this year has different strengths, all of them will present different challenges.” says Gueriera.

Senior linebacker, running back, and wide receiver Keith Maguire has high expectations for this year’s team.

“This year we have the best team I’ve been on at Malvern,” said Maguire. He expects “nothing less than an Inter-Ac championship this year.”

Gueriera expects a lot of some key players on this year’s roster, including Keith Maguire, Lonnie White, Drew Gunther, Quincy Watson, and Jake Hornibrook.

Sophomore Lonnie White, also believes in this year’s team.

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DOWN IN FRONT • Jake Hornibrook of the Varsity football team puts in work for the season. / A. HAYLOCK

Cross Country Update Cross Country is looking to have another great year for the Friars.

The team is ready to go and has plenty of motivation for the competing season.

Henry Hague ’19, Andrew Sposato ’19 CONTRIBUTORS ith big hopes in competing to win the league and state championships, and even taking some kids out to national level tournaments to compete, cross country has some lofty goals for the season.

“We have a lot of new faces this year,” Head Coach Mike Koenig said. “We are really excited for this season and what’s to come.”

Despite having a young team, this year’s Cross Country team has exciting potential.

The varsity squad of seven features one senior, Anthony Papa, two juniors, Jack Guardiola and John Giordano, two sophomores, Collin Hess and Sam Bevevino, one freshman, Zach Brill, and an eighth grader, Drew Brill.

With a year under their belt, Koenig is confident that the new guys, will be ready for serious competition.

“Yeah, the team is young,” Koenig said, “but once some of these new guys get some experience under their belt, I think we’ll be in a good position.”

Even though most of the team is either young or new, there are still many experienced runners who are ready to go. Between the potential and the experience, the team has the key components to meet their goals.

Co-captain Cruz Sigala ’19 agrees with Koenig, saying he also has high hopes for the new members. “[This season] is going pretty well so far,” Sigala said. “We have a lot of new kids and they all have great potential.”

Haverford, Germantown Academy, and Germantown Friends all have good teams, but Koenig has hopes to beat them in the state meet. Winning the state meet is a goal that he definitely thinks is possible, and the team will hope to strive towards that.

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opportunity to build upon themselves. Even the less experienced guys are eager to compete.

“As a team I honestly expect us to win the Inter-Ac,” said senior Anthony Papa.

Along with the team hoping for collective success, members of the squad also set goals for themselves along the way.

Papa commented on the subject by saying, “Personally, my goal is to break the 18:30 mark and maybe even reach 18 minutes.”

Beyond the league, there may be plans to bring one or two runners to the Foot Locker Regional Competition. This is a much larger scale meet than states and presents an opportunity for some runners to get noticed on a collegiate level as well as preparing them for the toughest of competition. Runners on the team such as Zach Brill and Collin Hess were mentioned in talks of competing on a regional level.

Overall, the team looks to achieve great success again this year.

“I expect [the team] to have great success this year,” said Sigala, “especially after winning the league last year. We have a lot of good runners, and I’m hoping we will compete well.”

The team may consist of many new faces, but there are certainly some high hopes for the year. Koenig has a strong system and believes that by putting in the right amount of hard work and dedication, the Friars will excel this year and for years to come. ◊

HUDDLE UP • The cross country team gathers for a huddle before their meet against Episcopal Academy on September 20. / A. HAYLOCK

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SPORTS

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Athlete of the Issue: Will Redden ’20 Listed at 6’6”, 300 pounds, Will Redden is a powerful force that can make an immediate impact on the Malvern football team.

Stowe Milhous ’19, Colin Hueston ’20 SOCIAL MEDIA EDITOR, CONTRIBUTOR n inside look at Malvern students’ different opinions on the Nike and Colin Kaepernick situation.

On Wednesday September 5, 2018, Nike released an ad campaign featuring controversial figure Colin Kaepernick in a commercial with the slogan “Believe in something. Even if it means sacrificing everything.” Before anything involving Nike ad campaign began, Kaepernick

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COLIN MCDONNELL '19 “Colin Kaepernick, to be completely honest, didn’t sacrifice everything… I think for Nike it was a fantastic move, and here’s why: if you look at the history of a lot of things that are very popular in today’s culture, a lot of them have stemmed from African-Americans.

For instance, if you look at rap music right now, it is topping the charts… but ten years ago there was no rap in the top 10 on iTunes. I think it was a great move for Nike. Even though the commercial was a cool commercial, it didn’t really symbolize what Colin Kaepernick did and his movement. I think it was a very good business decision for Nike, and I’m not going to stop buying Nike.

I’m not really a Colin Kaepernick fan. I think what he’s doing is really cool and interesting, as it’s put a lot of light on the Black Lives Matter issue and police brutality in America. With that being said, it has been extremely controversial, and kneeling for the flag has offended and disrespected a lot if people.

With Nike’s target consumer, I think it was a great move for Nike to do that.”

had been in the national spotlight after kneeling during the National Anthem before several of his games with the San Francisco 49ers in the NFL. People of all ages, throughout all social media platforms, and all sides of the political spectrum, have taken their own stance on the topic. With all this variation of opinion, we decided to look at this issue from the perspective of different Malvern students.

TIM BROGAN '20 “I think it was a bold choice on [Nike’s] part to pick him as their spokesperson, especially with the controversy regarding his protests.”

KYLE WASHKALAVITCH '19 “I’m pretty sure their sales went up, so the marketing thing worked. If it’s for making more money, you might as well.”

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BRENDAN TAYLOR '20 “I think that Nike can do whatever they want, as they are obviously a free enterprise business. However, I think that in terms of their partnership with the NFL, that could affect it.

Also, in terms of [Nike] making long term money I don’t think that it was necessarily a smart move because if they were to lose that NFL sponsorship, the Kaepernick money will not make up for that.”

“There’s nothing wrong with anthem protests. There’s nothing wrong with using your platform to stand up for social justice issues that happen in a community.”

“I don’t necessarily agree with [Nike’s decision to use Colin Kaepernick in ad campaign], but it’s for marketing purposes, so I guess it’s smart on their part. But, I’m not a huge fan of it.” ◊

Louis Franzone ’19, Jacob McGraw ’19 REPORTERS oming to a new school and joining a new team can be a daunting task for anyone, even when you’re already the biggest kid on campus. It was no different for junior Will Redden. However, his love for football and support from his teammates and family made the switch much easier.

Redden believes that his love for football is what really sets him apart from other players and helps him improve on the field.

“I love the game,” Redden said. “I don’t think a lot of people truly love the game like I do.”

Aside from his love for the game, Redden credits Head Coach Dave Gueriera and offensive line coach Jeff Carroll for helping to improve his mentality and skills.

“I have a tendency to back pedal in my pass blocks,” he said. “Coach Carroll’s been helping me stay confident and keep a certain demeanor.”

The dedication to improving shown by Redden has been acknowledged by his coaches and has shown on the field.

“He’s a sponge, he picks everything up” Gueriera said. “Never makes the same mistake twice. He’s definitely made the offensive line better.”

Most kids have been playing their whole life and have gotten to where they are over years of practice, but this is not the case for Redden.

“I started in eighth grade,” Redden said. “I played flag football my whole life but my dad didn’t want me to play tackle until I was older.”

This didn’t stop him from becoming one of Malvern’s starting offensive tackles.

“We’re a much better line when he’s playing,” fellow teammate Buck Walsh ’19 said. “He stepped right in and we play great together.”

Coach Gueriera agrees. “He’s been a great addition and he’s fit in great too,” Gueriera said.

“It’s been great having Will here.”

Gueriera has also been impressed by Redden’s skillset.

“He’s athletic and really coordinated for his size,” Gueriera said. “That was kind of surprising to me but it has been a good surprise.”

Along with playing football for Malvern,

Redden will throw shot put in the spring.

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6'6", 300 POUNDS • Junior Will Redden pictured after practice before their game against Berks Catholic. / A. HAYLOCK

“I’m gonna throw for the track team,” he said. “I threw at Kennett too.”

Redden is quite happy he made the switch from Kennett High School.

“I wanted to get a better education as well as be on a better team,” he said. “I feel like I get better opportunities at Malvern than I would at public school.”

Being part of Malvern’s football team has helped Redden adjust to Malvern.

“Coming to a new spot, he’s been trying to find his sea legs a little,” Gueriera said. “But he’s been finding a way on that front and as a junior he’s not afraid to be a leader.

Expect to see big things from Redden for the rest of the season and into next year. As a senior, and with a whole year under his belt, he’ll be a leading force for Malvern football. ◊

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Maryland, where he was a three-time AllAmerican midfielder.

“We played together in high school, he was two years older than me, and then we went our separate ways in college,” Will said. “Then we got back together in MLL, so it’s fun playing with him. Getting to play with him on that level, on that stage, it’s awesome.”

Haus described the experience in Israel as something he’ll never forget.

“Getting to know everyone on the team was awesome. Then there was the opening ceremony, where we played the first game against Iroquois that night, and we had a big crowd because everyone stuck around,” Haus said.

“I’ll never forget coming out of that tunnel,

ALEX O'BRIEN '19

and there’s fireworks shooting off, and they’re playing this techno club music, and I had no clue what was going on, so it was definitely a pretty unique experience.”

Haus now balances his job at Malvern with his lacrosse career—both for the national team and for MLL—and working towards his master’s degree in school counseling.

“It’s a lot, but at the same time I really enjoy everything I am doing,” Haus said. “I enjoy working here, working with you guys, working with all the kids, that’s fun to me. It’s almost easy. And then obviously I still enjoy lacrosse, it’s something I have a passion for, and until that passion runs out, I’ll continue to play, as long as my body lets me.”

McEvoy notes how humble Haus is, despite his long list of achievements throughout his lacrosse career.

“He’s just an extremely accomplished guy.

But I think with his humility and his demeanor no one really knows just how accomplished he is,” McEvoy said. “The world team is just one more feather in his cap full of them.” ◊

SEPTEMBER 2018

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Two English teachers and a Design guru try their hands at lighting the Friar’s Lantern

Friar

Deep in the recesses of Duffy, two English teachers, and our Marketing and Communications Project Manager dive into moderating a student newspaper madhouse as a new school year dawns.

Trying something new every month.

Kathryn Wolstenholme, Suzanne Sweeney, Leah Thompson ADVISERS When we agreed to advise the Friar’s Lantern, we were told it was a lot of work. We were told it was a huge commitment. We were told we would have to be a little crazy. Why not we thought? It’s not as if we don’t each already teach a course overload or have tight project deadlines, why not add an all-consuming, soul-crushing amount of work?

The answer is obvious, we did it for the money. Up to this point, we’d calculate the stipend to roughly run about $1.50 an hour (and it’s only October…).

Jumping into advising the Friar’s Lantern has been a bit like taking a blindfolded leap into the deep end of a public pool not knowing exactly what awaits below.

Is there water down there? Or horror, is it mostly pee and sweat? Or “Oh joy, is it a cool, refreshing, buoyant splash that will lift one’s soul and offer a renewed sense of faith in the world?”

We’re leaning a bit into both. There is plenty of sweat (mostly pouring off Alex Haylock’s fevered brow as he hustles around the newspaper office), there is also plenty of refreshing buoyancy watching bright young

men take pride in their work, collaborate, and create something where there was nothing.

The staff meets twice a week to pitch ideas, write stories, and organize interviews.

As new moderators of The Friar’s Lantern, we didn’t quite understand the meaning of “organized chaos” until that fateful first day of school. It felt as if we had been transported out of the Duffy computer lab and onto the trading floors of the NY Stock Exchange. We officially entered into the unknown odyssey of The Friar’s Lantern.

Old buddies chatted and laughed. Editors yelled out pitches as someone updated the spreadsheet projected on the whiteboard at the front of the room. New reporters were assigned stories as old reporters agreed to mentor them. The conversations flip-flopped between introductions and pitches, to class schedules and summer break.

And the moderators, well, the moderators, sat back and watched. Impressive indeed, it seemed as if they were the experts.

After our first production weekend together, new moderators, with a fresh set of Editors-in-Chief, were

able to get a better handle on what to expect and the students also gained a better perspective on the responsibility and leadership required.

At the expense of mixing our metaphors here, we jumped on this crazy train that had long ago left the station. We hopped on and are holding on with a mix of terror and enthusiasm (see previous metaphor, pee and refreshment).

The team is an embarrassment of riches and we are truly blessed to work with some of the most talented and motivated students on campus. We are dedicated to bringing important news to our readers, honing students’ writing and reporting skills, relying on student leadership, and genuinely enjoying witnessing a product come to life. ◊

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LANTERN.NEWS @friarslantern1 OCTOBER ATHLETICS Soccer: 10/9- @ Germantown Academy 10/12- vs. William Penn Charter 10/16- @ Springside Chestnut Hill Academy 10/18- vs. The Haverford School 10/20 vs. Friends Central (Homecoming) 10/23- vs. Episcopal Academy 10/26- vs. Germantown Academy 10/30- @ vs. William Penn Charter Water Polo: 10/9- @ Germantown Academy 10/12- vs. William Penn Charter 10/13- @ Gilman School 10/18- vs. The Haverford School 10/20- vs. The Lawrenceville School (Homecoming) 10/23- vs. Episcopal Academy 10/26 vs. Germantown Academy 10/30- @ vs. William Penn Charter

Football: 10/5- @ Avon Grove 10/12- @ William Penn Charter 10/20- vs. Episcopal Academy (Homecoming) 10/27- vs. The Haverford School Golf: 10/10- @ *Episcopal Academy Inivitational Tournament 10/16- @ *William Penn Charter Invitational Tournament 10/23- @ *Sunnybrool Golf-Course- Bert Linton Individual Golf Championships 10/23- @ * Waynesborough Country ClubRyder Cup 10/29- @ * White Manor Country ClubPAISAA Golf Championships *All Inter-Ac Teams Participate

GOOD LUCK FRIARS!

Cross Country: 10/10- @ Germantown Academy 10/22- XC Championships @ Belmont Plateau 10/27- XC PAISAA Championships @ Belmont Plateau Sailing: 10/7-@ Corinthian Yacht Club of Philadelphia 10/14-@ Corinthian Yacht Club of Philadelphia 10/21-@ Corinthian Yacht Club of Philadelphia 10/28-@ Corinthian Yacht Club of Philadelphia Rowing 10/13-@ Navy Day Regatta 10/19-21-@ Head of the Charles Regatta 10/27-28-@ Head of the Schuylkill