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GOSSELIN Former Friar on life in Major League Baseball.

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ALUMNI IN ART: RAY WARMAN Alum’s experience and perspective on diversity at Malvern

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EDITORIAL: ADDRESSING THE TRANSGENDER QUESTION What should Malvern do when facing the inevitable?

DIVERSITY EFFORTS ONGOING

ON GUNS Does the 2nd amendment provide safety or cause second guessing?

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What is it like to experience Malvern from the minority perspective?

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Malvern to implement new senior theology curriculum next year Seniors now must take a full year of Theology for the 2016-2017 school year Sean Ward ’17 REPORTER tarting next year, Malvern will require four full credits of theology, instead of the previous three and a half credit requirement.

The change was made in order to expose students more fully to Catholic teaching, according to Theology teacher Alex Haynie.

“We are a Catholic School, and we have a responsibility to teach theology for four years,” Director of Augustinian Identity Fr. Christopher Drennen, OSA, said.

Drennen said he isn’t really sure how four, full years of theology got lost in the shuffle of the Malvern curriculum in the past.

According to Haynie, every school in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia is required to teach four full years of theology. Although Malvern Prep is located in the Philadelphia Archdiocese, the school is independent and not part of the

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But according to Head of Upper Mr. Ronald Algeo, the changes were made to comply with the bishop's curriculum requirements and to reflect Malvern’s Catholic identity.

Instead of a single semester of theology senior year, Drennen said students will take four separate quarter long classes: Comparative Religions, Ethics and Christian Service, Faith and Reason, and Human Love and the Divine Plan.

The classes will be taught by current senior Theology Teachers Mr. Rick Poce, Mr. Larry Legner, and Haynie.

Haynie has a very positive outlook for the new system.

“I’m very excited for the new curriculum,” he said, “and I think that theology is an important subject that should integrate into all of our lives.” > PAGE 4

Danny Malloy ’18 ARTS EDITOR alvern has formed a committee of faculty members to review the format of Advanced Placement classes at Malvern.

Advanced Placement classes, or APs, are college-level courses that give students an opportunity to earn college credit depending on their AP test score and college's policies.

One faculty member on the committee, AP Government teacher Mrs. Harriet Lappas, said that the main focus of the group is to figure out why students take AP classes.

To solve this problem, the committee sent out a survey to juniors, seniors, and parents. After the data for the survey is collected, A team of the committee will then present teachers the information to the Malvern is looking administration. at possibly Lappas explained one of the removing the main questions the survey focused GPA bump for on was the grade point average boost AP courses and the AP classes provide. For example, making it the the difference in GPA from an “A” same grade in an Honors class to an A in an AP weight as an class is up from a 4.2 to a 4.3.

Honors class.

“Are you taking [the class] to help your GPA?” Lappas said. “As educators, we would love to think that the reason that you guys take AP courses is because you have a love of the subject matter, and you want to study something more in-depth.”

However, as an AP teacher herself Lappas knows the reality of the situation.

“I know which students just took my class to get the GPA bump,” Lappas said. “They are not working as hard, they are not as interested, and it really drags the class down.”

Lappas said that the team is looking at possibly removing that GPA bump and making it the same grade weight as an Honors class.

Junior Luke Matzke would not be open to the change in GPA. “It would remove all incentive to take an AP class for me,” Matzke said. “I would be very disappointed if this GPA change happens because I feel entitled to the boost since I have already worked hard enough to be in these APs.” Along with this, Head of the Upper School Ronald Algeo said > PAGE 4

Football season opener at Georgetown cancelled Friars were set to play at Georgetown University but the Inter-Ac didn’t approve.

Henry Malone ’17 REPORTER ead football coach Mr. Aaron Brady was set on getting the Friars to play a game in another major stadium for the second straight summer on August 27, 2016, but the Inter-Ac wasn’t having it. “ We were going to play a game at Georgetown University because I used to coach there, but [the Inter-Ac] had a vote and decided that we couldn’t play that early,” Brady said. “[August 27th] is supposed to be a scrimmage date”, Athletic Director Kurt Ruch said.

The Inter-Ac set that date as a scrimmage date prior to the scheduling of the Georgetown game. “We went to the league for clarification,

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you’re not allowed to play a game, it had to be a scrimmage”, Ruch also said.

The football team’s trip to Chicago last year was a huge success. The team got to visit the Professional Football Hall of Fame and played at Soldier Field, home of the Chicago Bears.

“The game against St. Rita’s was a nice tune-up for us to get ready for the season,” Sean Grady ’17. “The trip was also a good bonding moment for the whole team to grow closer.”

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MAJORITY: Caritas and unitas DISSENT: Potential transgender students should transcend gender The question of how we will treat a transgender member of our community not compromise Malvern’s is now 'when' rather than 'if.' values

Editorial Board Nina is still the same person that we sat next If a student at Malvern decides to change their gender, Malvern’s core ick came to Malvern freshman year. He to in class a day earlier - nothing has changed. values should not change. plays football in the Fall, loves to do the She is still friends with the same people. She Musical in the Spring, and participates still participates in the same activities.

Editorial Board a coeducational school or making a special in robotics in the winter.

If Nina wants to stay, and she thinks it igh school is a time for students to exception.

The decision wasn’t easy. It wasn’t impulsive is what is best for her, we should let her stay. increase their own individuality and In all likelihood, Malvern will not become a and it wasn’t a stage.

Asking her to leave would strip her of her comwork to find themselves. For some stu- co-ed school any time soon. Making an excepNick announced during his junior year that munity of people who care to help her through dents, this process could potentially manifest tion for a single student is not right either if it he now identifies as a female. the transition. itself into a gender change. alters the purpose of our school.

She wants to go by Nina, and be referred to The Augustinian values of veritas, unitas, The issue of a student changing their genIf a student changes their gender identiwith the correct gender pronouns. and caritas are more important and intrinsic to der identity from male to female fication, the community should What should Malvern do?

Malvern than a rigid "all-boys" while at Malvern is a pressing accept her. However, we should After all, Malvern is an all-boys policy. and inevitable one. also strongly encourage her that Catholic school.

The Augustinian Malvern’s identity as an all The best way to We should not forget our if she truly felt that way, then she When we have the brothervalues of veritas, boys’ school would not change avoid problems is Augustinian values of veritas, should go to an all girls or co-ed hood ceremony and every stuunitas, and just because we lovingly accepted to keep Malvern unitas, and caritas. Being a school. dent signs the book, we accept caritas are more one student who is transgender. a truly single-sex Catholic school, we would still— If Malvern were to make an them into the brotherhood. That important and If you look so strictly at the defischool. and have the responsibility to— exception and let her stay, we acceptance and investment in intrinsic to Malvern nition of Malvern as an all-boys love any student at Malvern who would be giving a special privithe students is not contingent than a rigid “allschool you are forgetting that the comes out as transgender. lege to someone solely because on their intelligence, athletic boys” policy. number one priority of this issue We should care for a transgender student they are transgender. Since we are not treating ability, race, or socioeconomic is the health and wellbeing of and she should still be a part of the community. this person like a non-transgender girl, we are status. The same should apply Our faith teaches Nina. Our faith teaches us love However, we need to stay true to the mission of undermining her new self image. for gender. us love and and acceptance, and we need to the school as a single-sex institution.

Being the only female student at an all-male Controversy around acceptance, and put it into practice.

As the dissent side of this editorial, we school could potentially be a problematic situatransgender people has become we need to put it If Malvern forced her to would still accept a new gender and name as tion for both the transgender student and male national news. With Caitlin into practice. leave, she would have to start her well as treat a Malvern student changing gen- students socially, educationally, and emotionJenner’s change and acceptance life over again at a new school, ders as a female. ally. The best way to avoid problems is to keep of the ESPN ESPY Courage where she will have to deal with Part of that acceptance, is treating a Malvern a truly single-sex school.

Award, it went viral. Her primea community that may not have Malvern student who comes out as a transgenThe most important thing is that we rememtime ABC special with Diane Sawyer drew 16.9 the same love and respect for her. der girl the exact same as we treat someone who ber our Augustinian values. We need to support million viewers.

The feeling of brotherhood does not occur was born a girl and still identifies that as a girl. a potential transgender student. The community President Obama became the first president overnight. It takes time to develop trust and Part of Malvern’s core values is that we should keep in contact with her if she changes to even use the word “transgender” during his love for 119 other boys. But once that feeling are intrinsically an all-male school. If we schools— the brotherhood can transcend the 2016 State of the Union. is there, students would be willing to fight for have a female student attend, we are either physical boundaries of the campus. 4 The conversation is local as well as national. their peers. 4 This past month, Conestoga’s student-run newspaper, The Spoke, published an article on the issues faced by three transgender Conestoga What we did easily agree on, however, is that students, including peer acceptance and bathroom guidelines. conversation must begin.

Our Editorial Board did not reach a Even within the Inter-Ac, a student at consensus on how Malvern should deal with Agnes Irwin, an all-girls school, now identifies We need to start dialogue about this as male, forcing them to create a transgender transgender students. We were split on a 12-2 dilemma now - before it has a name, a face, policy. majority-dissent. and a life paused in the balance between Malvern isn’t just a school - it ’s a community. isolation and acceptance.

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Strategic plan discussed at town hall Feeney admits guilt of unlawful behavior Faculty, staff, Board Members, and alumni discussed Malvern’s future with Malvern student After almost ten months since her dismissal in May 2015, Feeney was sentenced early on March 7, 2016.

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Justice Bennett ’16 EDITOR-IN-CHIEF ormer Director of College Counseling and Assistant Swim Coach Mrs. Emily Feeney, 41, was sentenced to five years probation and 15 years as a registered sex offender, after admitting unlawful conduct with a student.

On March 7, 2016, Feeney EMILY FEENEY MALVERN COMMUNICATIONS pleaded guilty to charges of corruption of minors and indecent assault without consent of other, according to court documents.

“I think the good thing is that there was an admission of guilt... explicitly of unlawful behavior,” said Head of School Mr. Christian Talbot. “There was a clear and transparent process to address this problem. I think from a process standard, things went as well as they could have.”

Talbot said there are clear and unambiguous policies in the Employee Handbook that were in place before this incident. “We are paying attention to them now, and there’s a spotlight on them now – I think we are just noticing something that was always there, but there’s nothing new,” he said.

“I think it was something that forced us to pay attention very carefully to not just the relationships between students, which we take really seriously,” Talbot said. “It also made us more mindful of the situation more broadly speaking.”

Talbot denied any settlement discussions between the school and the defendant.

Talbot said that there have been no procedural changes as a result of this case. Malvern's policy of prehire background checks and safe environment training for faculty and staff that must be renewed every three years will continue.

“The only additional piece is that... now we have a reason to talk about [safeguards and procedures] more frequently,” he said.

As of today, Feeney has paid $3,710 in restitution for the student’s ongoing counseling treatment, $200 in fines, and $250 for a DNA test.

According to philly.com, the student’s father said the counseling cost is for lasting damage to his son and the family.

During her five-year probation, Feeney must notify her Probation Officer before leaving the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, according to general rules found on Chester County Court of Common Pleas website. Other conditions of probation include notification of any change in employment or residence.

Feeney will also become the sixth woman of the 376 currently registered sex offenders in Chester County.

The Chester County Sex Offender Program carries out risk evaluations to determine the supervision requirements for offenders, from weekly visits to monthly visits, according to the program’s website.

Part of Feeney’s sentencing requires that she have no unsupervised contact with minor, teenage boys under the age of 15, no contact with children between ages 15 and 17, no contact with the victim or his family, and continued therapy.

This conviction is separate from a civil suit between the student and Malvern Swimming Association (MSA), where Feeney also served as a coach, according to Talbot.4

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Nick Li ’17 SOCIAL MEDIA EDITOR eventy-nine people attended the town hall meeting on March 8 in Stewart Hall to discuss the state of education at Malvern Prep “It's always about the student in the learning process,” Fr. James Flynn OSA said at the town hall. “They're learning because there's something that has to be done, and they're going to be the ones to do it.”

Of the 79 attendees, 28 were faculty and staff and 11 were Board Members. Among the topics discussed included the state of Malvern’s strategic plan and where the school is headed in terms of facilities and enrollment. Alumnus Ryan Murphy ’11 was a guest speaker.

Malvern Prep is nearing the end of a strategic plan that began in 2009. The plan will run until June 2016. Board Chairman Mr. Steve Cloetingh cited that strategic plan as producing the “best results seen in 50 years.”

As part of the plan, Malvern Prep has implemented a block schedule to offer students more time for collaboration, discussion, and group learning.

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Tommy Pero ’17 FRIAR LIFE EDITOR alvern’s Student Council is working on more events for the rest of the year and helping to prepare next year’s Student Council.

St udent C ou nc i l i s pl a n n i n g a D-Schedule sports event for April. Student Council President Alex Freud said they are leaning towards indoor soccer but nothing is definite yet.

On Friday, March 18, the Voices for Veterans fundraiser to benefit the Travis Manion Foundation took place. Malvern’s Student Council worked with Villa’s student council to plan the event, which included a

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Talbot, reactions to the block schedule have been both positive and negative. He said the schedule allows for more time to dive deeper into knowledgeable discussions and projects, and the reduced classes per day reduces the work burden on students every night. However, the imbalance of time due to the new schedule makes it difficult for teachers to be consistent with each class, he said.

In addition, the plan called for a stronger college counseling process, better Human Resources for the faculty (Malvern did not have an HR department until last year), and an increased endowment and decreased debt.

For the future, Malvern Prep plans to focus its efforts on community, academic innovation, and financial sustainability, according to the Town Hall presentation by Cloetingh and Talbot.

In order to improve the aspect of community, Cloetingh said Malvern plans to “align our values to our increased academic rigor.”

Another part of community that demands focus is diversity inclusion. This includes training and professional development for faculty and board members. The main goal for a > PAGE 6 dance and talent show, throughout the year.

Freud said in the past that he wanted to create a partnership between Malvern and Villa’s student council to pass on to future generations of Malvern and future students.

“We’re hoping it’ll go well and then next year, they’ll have to decide — the new executive board — if they want to continue doing it,” Freud said before the event.

The new Student Council Executive Board for the 2016 to 2017 school year was announced on Monday, March 8. The new Executive Board consists of the following juniors: Rich Heany will serve as President, Alex Reber will serve as Vice President, Marc Nowlan will serve as Secretary, and Justin Titchnell will serve as Events Chair.

Both Nowlan and Titchnell ran unopposed. Juniors Ryan Franks and Jack Pettit also ran for president, but were not elected to a position.

Freud and the current student council are already working with next year’s leadership “We had a meeting with [the new Executive Board] the other day,” Freud said.

“We kind of scheduled for next year. We just kind of ran them through what to expect. I’ll know they’ll do big things next year.4

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Alumni Feature: Mr. Joe Davis '90 P'21 Global Chief Economist at Vanguard credits Malvern with teaching him how to craft an argument and write. those items in the future, or try to spend time studying today “When education was still a lecture-based format, I also recall and potentially earn a greater salary way off in the future. at Malvern being fairly interactive,” he said. “I think Malvern Or do I not work as hard in school and have more free was ahead of its time, and I think it’s continuing to be ahead in time now, but that may have negative impacts on one the classroom.” later in life,” Davis said. “Economics Davis answered questions posed by many stugives you an example of a number dents about whether they will use the skills they of those, but everyone implicitly Where the world are learning in high school. or explicitly is making those economy is going, “For all of those at Malvern wondering ‘Am I decisions every day.” the more one ever going to use math?’ ‘Am I ever going to use D a v i s , w ho onc e can have strong writing?’ I’d say in most fields you’re going to use served as Editor-in-Chief mathematical both,” Davis said. “Where the world economy is of The Blackfriar Chronicle, and writing going, the more one can have strong mathematical said that the most critical and conceptual and writing and conceptual thinking skills, the skill that a student can thinking skills, the better one’s going to be prepared for the future develop is the ability to better one’s going global workplace that everyone’s going to be a form a cogent argument. to be prepared for part of.”

That’s exactly what he says the future global According to Davis, these skills will become Malvern prepared him to workplace that more important in the future. do. everyone’s going “The easy jobs are going away, they’re being “One of the things to be a part of.” automated, so the need to have critical thinking in t h at I c a me out of any field was always important, but now it’s going Malvern with when I to be a minimum requirement going forward,” he graduated – I found I was said. “They are the skills I’m looking for when I better prepared than many of my other col- hire someone, and schools like Malvern I think are doing a good lege classmates, because I was able to craft an job of preparing for it.” argument and write,” Davis said.

Davis said that on top of critical thinking skills, he looks for He said that these skills did not come easily passionate, hard working individuals when hiring new employees. to him, but he remains proud of the improvement He encouraged students to get involved throughout school. he made. “I still use both those skills in my day “Your experience will only be as beneficial as involved as one job,” he said. is… just pick something you think you have a passion for,” Davis Davis remembers his teachers fondly, includ- said. “Excellence and satisfaction is not doing the minimum, it’s ing Mr. Ostick, Mr. McGuire, Fr. Flynn, and Mr. actually doing the maximum.”

Legner. “The caliber of many of the teachers I He said that when he hires, a potential employee’s demonhad at Malvern was similar to the caliber I saw in strated passion and work ethic are crucial. college,” he said.

“I don’t necessarily care about what school they went to or “What was common amongst all the teachers what major they had - more so, I care about the passion they have that I had was their passion, their commitment, for the topic, their willingness to do hard work, and if they’re a their vocation for the teaching… that’s what makes collaborative and team player,” Davis said.

Malvern special,” Davis said. “That sort of enthu“I’ll take someone who’s hardworking and passionate over siasm is contagious, that’s a key characteristic of someone who is ‘smarter’ any day of the week,” he added. a good teacher.”

After all, making the impossible possible takes a lot of comDavis believes that Malvern has been ahead of mitment. 4 its time for longer than the current trends in 21st century education.

Ethan Rowley ’18 REPORTER he way he describes it, the career of alumnus Mr. Joe Davis seems almost impossible.

“In simplest terms, people expect me to see the future,” said Davis, who serves as Global Chief Economist at Vanguard.

Davis is Chief Economist at an investment company that manages over $3 Trillion in assets, spread over more than 20 million investors.

In his typical day, Davis tries to “outperform the market, [have] discussions on interest rates, [the] federal reserve, other central banks and how we may position the funds,” he said.

“There’s a management component where I may be having one-onone or group meetings with my team,” he said.

Davis’s team consists of 60 people stretched across 5 time zones, including offices as local as Malvern, or as far as London, Australia, and Hong Kong.

Davis said he first developed his interest in economics at Malvern, where he was in the first AP Economics class Malvern ever offered.

“AP Economics was fairly new nationally,” he said. “So it really got me excited about Economics.”

Davis later earned his BA from St. Joseph’s University and his doctorate in macroeconomics and finance from Duke University. He currently serves on Malvern’s Board of Trustees.

He said that the one thing that every high school student should understand is the importance of tradeoffs.

“Life is about tradeoffs. It’s one of the principles of economics,” he said. “We make them every day.”

Davis described some examples.

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>SENIOR THEOLOGY, 1 Drennen is also looking forward to the new curriculum. “It will lead to good discussions, and give students more opportunity to reflect on different subjects,” he said.

However, several current juniors, who will be the first to experience the new curriculum, are not as optimistic.

Junior Zach DeStefano dislikes the new curriculum, and thinks that it will deal with matters that students have previously covered. He also thinks that it restricts students’ ability to customize their schedule.

“For strong academic kids with many AP's and double classes, the one-semester theology curriculum requirement allows these students to take creative classes or health,” he said.

Junior R.J. Napoli said he understands the reasoning and value of implementing four full years of theology, but wishes that students had been given more notice for the schedule change.

“I feel that what they’re doing by not grandfathering in the junior class, or even the sophomore class, is punishing the people that planned ahead,” Napoli said.

Napoli said he had his curriculum planned since freshman year, and had planned to take a English semester class next year. Now because of the new curriculum, he does not think he can do so.

However, according to Drennen, rising seniors who had planned to take an elective for mandatory credit next year will have some flexibility because they didn’t know it was coming.

In an email to the student body Drennen said that since the full-year theology is a new requirement, it will not conflict with requirements for the class of 2017. He instructed students who may still need a semester of Computer Science, Health, Physical Education, or Arts to discuss this with him.

“We are going to make sure everyone graduates,” Drennen said with a chuckle. “Having a student not be able to graduate because of the sudden change wouldn’t make any sense.” 4

>AP QUESTION, 1 another change could be removing the AP label itself. He explained how the current AP classes work.

“Right now, the AP is really run by the College Board,” Algeo said,” he said. “The College Board gives you very strict deadlines and timelines to cover so much content, and then take the test at the end of the year.”

Algeo said that students do not need to take an AP class to take an AP test for that subject. So, removing the AP label from the class would allow teachers to have more freedom in the curriculum while still preparing for the AP test.

Schools in the area like The Baldwin School and The Haverford School have already been using this type of system the committee is considering. Mr. Neal Cousins, Director of College Counseling at Haverford, was the cochairman of the committee that removed the AP classes in the 2006-2007 academic year.

“We did a three year study on this with the department chairs and faculty,” Cousins said. “It wasn't something where we just wanted to jump into without thinking through it.”

During the study, Cousins and the committee spoke with hundreds of the common colleges that their students attend. They found that less and less colleges are giving credit for AP tests.

“AP was never used for placement for admissions, they were used for placement once you get to college,” Cousins said. “And now, what was used as a placement tool has also gone away.”

At Haverford, classes are not named AP, but an advanced level course has an asterisk next to the course name, denoting that it is the hardest course in that subject. The GPA bump is still there, and students have the

APS IN THE INTER-AC SCHOOLS THAT OFFER AP CLASSES

Germantown Academy Episcopal Academy Springside Chestnut Hill Academy William Penn Charter School Agnes Irwin School Academy of Notre Dame de Namur Malvern Preparatory School SCHOOLS THAT DO NOT OFFER AP CLASSES

The Haverford School The Baldwin School SOURCE: SCHOOL WEBSITES

option whether or not to take the AP test at the end of the year as well.

“As far as the AP test, students still sit for them,” Cousins said. “A lot of our kids do not, because they know that colleges really don't care about AP courses.”

Cousins described traditional AP classes as a “forced march across a curriculum,” with little time to explore topics further because of the imminent AP test. Since the classes had the AP label removed, Cousins said that this allowed the classes to go much more in depth than before,

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Friar Life Physics students develop new technology from scratch AP Physics Electricity and Magnetism’s new project could have far reaching implications.

Ben Yankelitis ’16, Rohan Jhunjhunwala ’18 EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, CONTRIBUTOR hen will complex electrical circuit diagrams, complicated differential equations, and infinitesimally small values actually matter?

How about when you are posed with creating a new piece of technology on your own?

Mr. Mike Koenig’s AP Physics Electricity and Magnetism class is currently working on making three projects based around their knowledge of circuits.

Every second semester, Koenig has his physics students do a project to so they can “work with their hands and do something practical.”

The class of nine seniors divided into three groups. The groups are respectively working on a solar phone charger, a rain activated retractable awning, and a scanning device to lock and unlock a safe with a cell phone.

The students pitched all of these ideas these themselves. “Each of the groups had a specific area they were interested in,” Koenig said.

SENIOR STEVE VANOMMEREN CONNECTS THE SOLAR PANEL AND BATTERY USED TO POWER HIS SOLAR PHONE CHARGER./ B. YANKELITIS Seniors Steven Van Ommeren, Alexander Mankowski, and Sam Li are creating the solar phone charger, with the hopes of leaving it outside on Malvern’s campus for use The second group composed of Zac Chan, Mike Bunn is coding both the arduino and card on the by anyone.

Flanagan, Ben Koo and Justice Bennett phone. He will make an app that you could download on The device is powered by a solar panel are creating the automatic awning for the your phone to then use to unlock the doors. that charges a battery. Once the battery is table on the patio outside of Stewart Hall.

This same technology and method is used for the charged, it runs its power through a circuit The main aspect is an arduino (small Apple Pay and other mobile payment functions.

“It is one of the that has a USB input, where a charger can computer that can read code and send These projects also help the students with project manbest examples be plugged in. The phone could be charged signals) that will have a sensor to detect agement skills, according to Koenig. of the type directly from the solar panel, but the group if it is raining. If the sensor is wet, the “Loosely, this is the model you follow for a project [in of education used the battery and circuit to provide a arduino will start sending power to a bat- engineering] - going through the proper steps, including [Malvern is] trying faster output of charge. tery to power a motor to open and close execution, purchasing products, working with a budget to move to,” he “There’s things that we have learned in the umbrella. and communicating with a supervisor,” he said. said. “These guys class like capacitance, voltage, and current In addition to wiring a circuit, this The students are also having fun along the way. are doing projects that we can see in this,” Van Ommeren said. group has to code the arduino. “I’m loving “It definitely breaks the monotony of lectures in class that actually Additionally, they are working to conit,” Chan said. and gives us something to do on our own and with our address a need.” struct a case that allows sunlight to reach The final group of Matt Heisler and hands,” Li said. the panel, but protects the technology from Chris Bunn is enlisting the ideas behind Science Department Leader Kevin Quinn also sees -Mr. Kevin Quinn its surrounding environment such as rain.

Apple Pay to use near field communication the benefits of the project.

Science Department Leader The group is currently in a testing (NFC) to lock and unlock doors.

“It is one of the best examples of the type of education phase assessing how much battery the The near field communication occurs [Malvern is] trying to move to,” he said. “These guys are charger could provide the Malvern students who wants when a card in your phone transmits very short signals. doing projects that actually address a need.” 4 to study outside during an open period. According to Van An arduino on the door knob will receive the signal with Ommeren, they are trying to make it waterproof and the an NFC shield, an external attachment to the arduino and USB input easily accessible. unlock the door, using a small motor.

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which better prepares them for college courses.

“When you enroll in college courses, there is not going to be as much breadth, but you will be going much deeper into the text and into the subject,” Cousins said. “I think our students are doing a lot more exploration, they are doing more creative exercises, they are doing a lot more alternative assessments and exercises, and I think that those alternative exercises are really helping our students.”

Cousins said that it took a full year of talking to colleges and researching after they implemented the classes to

get them up and running effectively. However, once they did, Haverford found that the college admissions process was not affected at all by their change.

“That year, our college results were just as strong,” Cousins said. “Since that time, we have not seen it impact our college admissions. In fact, a lot of colleges appreciate the fact that we are offering classes that students can dig into in greater depth and explore.”

Malvern parent Cathy Preston said that the change under consideration by Malvern would be a step in the

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right direction because it is more in line with studentcentered learning.

“My understanding of an AP course offered at the high school level is that there is a large amount of material covered superficially and there really isn’t time to delve into the subject in depth,” Preston said. “I am not sure how this benefits the student to foster creativity or critical thinking.”

However, Matzke would not be as pleased with a modification. He had one question for the Malvern administration to consider: “Why change something that doesn't need to be changed?”

Lappas has a message for students like Matzke who are hesitant for change to happen. “This is coming from how to make your educational experience better,” she said.

Despite all of the discussion, Algeo said that there is no motive to get rid of the traditional AP system anytime soon.

“It is just a conversation the school is looking at and getting as much information from students, parents, and the community,” Algeo said. “What serves our students the best?" 4 What do you think about the possibiity of AP changes at Malvern?

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Friar Life

Friar student journalism has 84 year history Mastheads and titles have changed, but many of the challenges and benefits of journalism at Malvern have been consistent since the 1930s.

Tommy Pero ’17 The name comes from the Augustinians’ nickname. They are FRIAR LIFE EDITOR called the “Black Friars” because of their black colored robes. he publication of a magazine by any high school is of vital But the name wasn’t the only change that came in ’96. Fr. Wood importance, for it stimulates independent thinking and wanted an authentic newspaper feel, so he choose a cheaper paper develops journalistic ability in those who are so inclined,” that didn’t last as long as the heavier paper on which the Cynosure Charles L. Ford ’32 penned in the was printed, according to Simpson.

1932 edition of the Malvernian.

“Fr. Wood was a stickler about In 1932, Ford was a senior things,” Simpson said, “which was founding member of the first great because he really tried to make ever student-run newspaper it professional looking. I think he did at Malvern Prep: The Friar’s a nice job leading us in that.”

Lantern. Today, The Friar’s Forty years later, The Blackfriar Lantern is the name of the online Chronicle lives on. It moved from companion and social media for the bottom floor of Tolentine to the the Blackfriar Chronicle.

Duffy Center in 2014. With the proFord’s message is still congression of technology, the paper is sistent with the mission and purable to integrate more graphic design pose of The Blackfriar Chronicle and connectivity. today, but student-run journalThe publication is now linked to ism has changed over the last 84 The Friar’s Lantern website, mpfriyears. arslantern.com. The Black friar The Friar’s Lantern was Chronicle expanded to the internet in run out of Austin Hall before the 2012-2013 school year, but they College stress is not a 21st century phenomenon. the building was restored. The did not start the ball rolling.

October 1985 BFC newspaper eventually changed In 2011, Brian McDonough ’12 its name to the Cynosure. However, Mr. Stewart, Mr. McGuire, decided he wanted to create an online blog for Malvern in partnerMr. D’Ascenzo, and Mr. Simpson all did not know why it changed ship with a student at Episcopal Academy. They hoped to create a its name. network of blogs throughout all of the Inter-Ac schools.

“The word Cynosure means center of attention, brilliance,” “At the time I just thought that it would be an easy way for stuDirector of Development and 1981 Cynosure Editor-in-Chief dents really to display their skills, their writing skills, their media Mr. Victor D’Ascenzo said. “We skills, in a platform that was user really wanted to make sure that friendly, and a little bit more up to we were advocates of what the date with our time than a newspaper,” newspaper was supposed to do— McDonough said. not what we wanted to do, but McDonough decided to name what the paper was meant to be.” the newest Malvern news outlet The t wo main purposes “The Friar’s Lantern” as a tribute to of the Cynosure, according to Malvern’s first newspaper.

D’Ascenzo, were to be the central However, McDonough and othplace where students get inforers soon struggled to link their blog mation about the school and the plan to other schools. voice of the students. They were “It was tough getting in touch not afraid to cover controversial with all the heads of communications topics to fulfill these purposes. at each school,” McDonough said. “I “We would find opportunirealized that I want to really focus ties that if we felt that there was on Malvern’s website — the Friar’s an issue that was important to Lantern at Malvern — because it has the student, that we would put a huge potential to grow, and to grow it in the paper,” D’Ascenzo said. into its own entity.”

Current head lacrosse coach Mr. John McEvoy covered student “That was always tricky because The Friar’s Lantern and Blackfriar council events in the March 1986 BFC. you want to have a fine balance.

Chronicle continued on their separate You of course wanted the administration to like you, but you also paths until about a year after the Friar’s Lantern was founded. wanted your classmates to say that's a fair representation – or no “[Current BFC adviser] Ms. Plows came to me and said, ‘what that's not a fair representation.” if we take the Chronicle and blog and bring it together and make it Eight years after D’Ascenzo graduated, the Cynosure was one new staff writing both for print and online?’” Former Malvern refreshed. The adviser at the time, Director of Communications and Fr. Edson Wood, wanted to redeFriar’s Lantern adviser Mr. Frank fine the paper’s identity.

Luzi said. “From that point in the “[Fr. Wood] wanted some2012 - 2013 school year is when we thing that meant more to Malvern kind of took it in the direction that than the Cynosure. You could ask it has grown to today.”

20 kids to define that word— I Soon after the merger, Luzi left don’t think anybody knew what Malvern for a different job and the it was. I still don’t know what it new coalition continued under the is,” Director of School Counseling guidance of Plows. and former Blackfriar Chronicle “Leaving behind the blog and A ssista nt Ed itor M r. Pau l the newspaper was the hardest part Simpson ’86 said. of leaving [Malvern],” Luzi said. “I In 1985, Fr. Wood wanted saw the potential of what it could the name to be something that become and what it has become the connected better with Malvern. last couple of years.”

He came up with a couple choices McDonough is pleased with how and presented them to the editors The Friar’s Lantern has turned out. and they picked “The Blackfriar “I’m extremely happy [with it],” Interesting question in the March 1985 BFC. Chronicle.” he said. “In a way it’s grown even What would you think, today?

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>TOWN HALL, 3 strengthened community is to create an environment that feels “inclusive and unified,” Cloetingh said.

The second goal of improvement in the strategic plan is Malvern Prep’s academic innovation.

Malvern wants to ensure that its academically rigorous approach is both explorative and experimental.

Talbot cited the new Social Entrepreneurship class an example of this.

A key aspect of academic innovation is establishing strong relationships with colleges and corporations for feedback and partnerships. Some colleges that Malvern has established relationships with include the University of Notre Dame, Villanova University, and the University of Delaware. Through the new college counseling department additions, Malvern aims to establish more partnerships and key relationships with colleges.

The third facet of the strategic plan is financial sustainability. An area that Malvern especially wanted to address was its affordability. According to Cloetingh, this school year, Malvern only increased the tuition slightly. The main point of the tuition increase is to provide more resources for faculty, staff salaries and financial aid.

Cloetingh said that Malvern is also focusing on enlarging its endowment. Increasing the endowment will allow for the institution to funnel its money into more operations. The greater the endowment is, the less pressure there will be on tuition increases. Going forward, tuition will still receive attention in the next strategic plan.

Head of School Christian Talbot is very proud of where Malvern is, in terms of operations and academics. He said education needs a global perspective, and cited that 167 current students have participated in the Global Exchange Program. However, the current and future state of learning, according to Talbot, revolves around problem solving.

Much of problem solving is addressed through the STEM/STEAM programs. These programs place special emphasis on science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics. In order to progress in these areas, Malvern Prep has brought in Siemens to discuss the future of STEM learning and what that looks like.

Ryan Murphy ’11 spoke more on the importance of the STEM program. Murphy, who was a lifer at Malvern, attended the Rhode Island School of Design for college. During college, Murphy worked with IBM and Microsoft on design and traveled to India to work on design projects. He has also worked with the World Economic Forum to rethink the whole basis behind personal data.

To advocate STEM, Murphy was able to speak in front of Congress and former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi about the STEM program.

Currently, Murphy is working with f he firm SYPartners in New York City to work on the XQ Super School Program to rethink and redesign the American high school.

“Malvern will be a model for what it means to be Augustinians and leaders,” said Murphy in conclusion. “If I have faith at the center, then everything else will be driven from that.” 4 further than I expected, so I’m really proud of it.

The Friar’s Lantern has expanded its reach to social media. It joined Facebook in 2012, Twitter in 2013 (@ friarslantern1), YouTube in 2014, and Instagram in 2015 (@mpfriarslantern1).

In 2015, Malvern students received notable recognition for the work they did on the paper. The Pennsylvania School Press Association rated The Blackfriar Chronicle as one of the top five school newspapers in the state, and coEditor-in-Chief Justice Bennett was named Pennsylvania Student Journalist of the Year.

The Blackfriar Chronicle is collecting and digitizing any Malvern newspaper prior to 2011. Go to this story’s page on The Friar's Lantern to see some of the previous issues.

We are still in the hunt for Volume 1, No. 1 of The Blackfriar Chronicle. If you have that copy or any other issue that you would permit us to scan, please contact Tommy Pero at tpero70@malvernprep.org. 4

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Friar Life Meet Malvern’s next Student Council President: Rich Heany ’17

Diversity efforts take “multi-facet approach”

Junior Rich Heany will serve as Student Council President for the 2016-2017 school year.

Building a genuinely diverse student body, faculty, and staff takes time, training, and commitment.

Tommy Pero ’17 FRIAR LIFE EDITOR n Monday, March 7, Malvern announced Junior Rich Heany had won the Student Council election and will serve as president for the 2016-2017 school year.

Juniors Ryan Franks, Jack Pettit, and Alex Reber ran against Heany, but Heany came out victorious. As per the voting procedure, Reber will serve at the Vice President next year because he received the second most number of votes.

Heany came to Malvern as a freshman from Rosemont School of the Holy Child in Rosemont, Pennsylvania. He is a member of the National Honor Society, the football team, and the SpeakUp Student Committee.

Heany knew from the start of this year that he wanted to have leadership roles at Malvern. “[Running for president] was something that I really wanted to do going into this year. I wanted to run for MECO leader as well as run for president, but I missed the MECO leader meeting,” he said. “Looking back on it, I really regret not being there and not running. After that, I had a conversation with Fr. Flynn.

Heany’s conversation with Fr. Flynn was the driving force behind his desire to run for Student Council President.

“Fr. Flynn took me out of football practice and asked me why I didn’t apply to be a MECO Leader. He seemed really upset,” Heany said. “After that I said to myself, ‘He expects me to be a leader, and I am a leader, so I have to use the leadership that God gave me.’”

Heany plans to use his God-given gifts to make changes going into next year.

“First things first would be the Senior Lounge,” he said. “Next, we’re going to try to find more ideas for dress down days, because we raise money for a bunch of different

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Michael Harrington ’19 REPORTER any questions surround the diversity policy of Malvern, which aims to make Malvern a more diverse and inclusive community.

Malvern has started the process of improving diversity on campus through a Diversity Initiative, spearheaded by School Psychologist Dr. Dorothy Sayers and Director of Diversity and Assistant Director of Admissions Mr. Patrick Williams. Efforts include admissions strategies, faculty and staff training, and student programming through the Diversity Awareness Club.

“We are trying to hit it from a multi-facet approach. You want to work with the students and you want to work with the faculty and staff,” Williams said.

Williams’ main role is the recruitment and retention of students of color. He focuses mainly on racial and socioeconomic diversity.

“If students have He described his role as “doing more outa teacher similiar reach, marketing Malvern to more areas where to them or the there is higher levels of that racial ethnic and same race who socioeconomic diversity, to entice these families they can relate to look at Malvern when they otherwise may to, it would help not have.” out. If there were To improve diversity from an admissions diverse teachers in standpoint, Malvern has begun work with two the building, that organizations, Steppingstone Scholars Inc. would open kids’ and A Better Chance Program. Both of these eyes and change organizations bring promising inner city stutheir thought dents to Malvern’s attention. process.”

“They identify strong academic candidates -Rashon Lusane ’16 that have to be nominated by their teachers in the 3rd or 4th grade,” Williams said. “They bring them up through a program for three years and then try to get them enrolled in the great independent schools that we have in the area.”

“We'll have at least one, if not two students students from those programs attending in the ninth grade and hopefully one in the middle school [next year],” Williams said.

Another component of the diversity initiative, faculty and staff training, will make sure that teachers and faculty are able to work in the classroom with students from any background. Some faculty are currently involved in SEED training – which stands for Seeking Educational Equity and Diversity – with plans for this program to grow.

Williams, Sayers, and School Counselor Mrs. Carissa Casey attended leadership training for SEED in the San Francisco area last summer.

“It was a nine day intensive training, and we've come back and started the first cohort of teachers going through that local training,” Williams said. They are currently leading 17 teachers through a local ten-month training session.

School Psychologist Dr. Dorothy Sayers coleads these SEED sessions. She also moderates the Diversity Club and helps Williams with other matters regarding the Diversity Initiative.

“I don’t really “The goal of [the SEED sessions] is evenhave someone I tually to have all of our faculty and staff go can talk to who through that experience,” Sayers said. “That might be able to experience in itself will help inform curricuexperience the lum and how we hear stories and understand same thing, so I’m people’s different perspectives, so that should always wondering impact the work that happens in the classroom.” is it just me or this The Initiative not only works with teachers something other and faculty, but also with the students through teachers deal with.” the Diversity Awareness Club. According to -Mrs. Vernice Mulcahy their mission statement the goal is to “promote education of ... diversity and to create a community that is accepting and embraces those different from oneself in the spirit of brotherhood and unitas.”

The Diversity Awareness Club hosts a variety of events from Open Mic Nights, Movie nights, and HUGS, in addition to collaboration with other schools in the area.

According to Williams, the club is going to take students to the White Privilege Conference occurring in April of this year in Philadelphia.

The conference’s website states that this four-day conference “examines challenging concepts of privilege and oppression and offers solutions and team building strategies to work toward a more equitable world.”

Williams attended Malvern, so he has experienced what it is like to be a student of color at Malvern. He can relate to students of color like senior Rashon Lusane, who are the most visible examples of diversity on campus.

“If you are a minority, no matter where you are at, you’re always going to feel a little different in some situations,” Lusane said. “I have my group of friends and I mostly keep to myself, so I don’t really have those problems.”

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things. [We want to] try to raise school spirit. We’re trying to make sure things like the fall play — make sure everyone’s going there and it’s sold out every night. As well the art show — get more attendance there, and also school student sections for sports games.”

Heany plans to increase advertising for events to get more attendance and raise school spirit. He is considering a grassroots approach of going around to homerooms the day of events as well as flyers and more Facebook event pages.

The Winterfest dance is also a question heading forward, but Heany is open to bringing it back if students want to attend.

For an overall goal for next year, Heany plans to keep it simple.

“I just want to make — especially our senior year — and everybody else’s year the best year they’ve had at Malvern,” he said.4

Some Malvern statistics shared at the March 8 Town Hall More online at www.malvernprep.org/TownHall

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Friar Life Malvern accepts “Good Seed, Good Soil” award from Romero Center

Malvern’s interactive energy revolution

Romero Center Ministries commemorated their 11-year long partnership with Malvern at the 16th annual Romero lecture.

CHIEF INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER

A look at energy consumption on Malvern’s campus, innovative techniques being implemented to increase sustainability, and how to help current efficiency.

Tyler Pizzico ’17

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ave you ever wondered how Malvern’s 103 acre campus operates on a day-to-day basis and still remains efficient?

Well, Malvern has an abundance of eco-friendly methods, appliances, and strategies to help keep cost down and productivity up, according to Mr. Theodore Caniglia, Director of Finance & Facilities, and Mr. Jeff Kinney, Director of Facility Operations.

LEGNER ACCEPTS AWARD FROM O’NEILL, REYES / D. MALLOY

Danny Malloy ’18 ARTS EDITOR n March 17, Head of Christian Service Larry Legner accepted the “Good Seed, Good Soil” award from Romero Center Ministries on behalf of Malvern’s 11-year participation in the Urban Challenge.

Based in Camden, New Jersey, Romero Center Ministries “provides Catholic education and retreat experiences inspired by Archbishop Oscar Romero’s prophetic witness,” according to its website.

One of those retreat experiences is called Urban Challenge. For 3 days, junior Malvern students stay in Camden, one of the poorest cities in the United States, according to Legner.

“We give [the juniors] an experience to learn about other less fortunate people so they can realize on their own that they are people just like us only they were born into a different situation,” Legner said. “We try to educate the Malvern juniors through speakers and hands on experiences “There was a time when that we really have been blessed and because there was no chance of that we have a moral obligation to use our that we would be gifts and talents to help God's poor.” able to take all of the Patrick Cashio, Executive Director of students out of school Romero Center Ministries, said that the for a weekend. But “Good Seed, Good Soil” award is presented [Legner] pushed hard, to schools who participate in the Urban and at some point in Challenge program. He said Malvern was the transition, the school nominated this year because they have come administration grasped the longest. the concept.” “[Malvern has] been a part of our mis-Mr. William O’Neill ’63 sion, bringing in 1,300, 1,400 students in the past 15 years, which is a phenomenal accomplishment.” Cashio said. “We appreciate that partnership.”

William O’Neill MP’63 presented the award. He said that Legner has “transformed” the Malvern Christian service program with the integration of Urban Challenge.

“There was a time when there was no chance that we would be able to take all of the students out of school for a weekend,” O'Neill said. “But [Legner] pushed hard, and at some point in the transition, the school administration grasped the concept.”

The award was presented at the 16th annual Romero Lecture at Rutgers University. Teresa Reyes, one of the Urban challenge associates, explained what the night was all about.

“We have a topic that is a current issue, and we present a speaker who will elaborate on that,” Reyes said. “We want to recognize some of the individuals and organizations that support us in our mission.”

The speaker was Father William Byron, SJ, who talked about participation, one of the ten principles of Catholic social teaching, and how Catholics have a moral obligation to vote in the upcoming presidential election.

Legner said that he was honored to receive the award but stated the award was not for him.

“Out of all the groups who spend a weekend with them, [the Romero Center] chose Malvern to receive this honor,” Legner said. “The award is not for me but for all of us-- the thousands of students and faculty who have spent time loving and sharing ourselves with the wonderful people of Camden, New Jersey.”4

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“There are a ton of things the community can do. Something as simple as shutting the door behind you rather than propping the doors open or remembering to close the window so the thermostat doesn’t have to work harder could be a huge help.”

Mr. Theodore Caniglia

The maintenance team has been periodically replacing old light bulbs that have gone out with new LED bulbs. “These LED lights are more expensive,” Caniglia said. “However, in the long run they are extremely beneficial and increase efficiency drastically. They have a 30-year warranty so if they ever go out, we can replace them for free.”

Moving forward, LED lights will be used in new buildings and structures.

“We already are reforming the lighting system here at Malvern,” Kinney said. “In fact, when the new learning commons was built, we used all LEDs. These T-8 bulbs are just a much better buy than the T-12 most schools still have, which actually have traces of mercury in them. 75% of the

T-12s are gone.”

Many Malvern classrooms now have sensors which turn off the lights in an unoccupied room.

“Sometimes the placement is tricky,” Kinney said. “We’ve had instances where the lights turn off when a teacher is still working at his or her desk.”

Although it is not a perfect system, with minor adjustments and sensor relocation, the system could help reduce Malvern’s energy consumption tremendously.

Have you ever wondered why the lights are on at Duffy at 10 PM? Although some rooms on campus see little activity throughout the school day, most of Malvern’s campus is under constant exposure to students, athletes, faculty, and programming. For instance, Duffy houses the school plays and many outside events.

Once practices and performances are over, the cleaning staff must come in. With Malvern’s campus closing at 11 PM and opening at 4-5 AM, it is hard to limit energy consumption throughout the day.

That is where the Malvern community must come in to help.

The administration is doing their part by replacing those old light bulbs, setting up a contract for natural gas until 2020 at all time low prices, and even experimenting with solar power for the future.

“There are a ton of things the community can do,” Caniglia said.

“Something as simple as shutting the door behind you rather than propping the doors open or remembering to close the window so the thermostat doesn’t have to work harder could be a huge help.”

The science department is also actively anticipating the future of energy at Malvern.

Currently, new campus buildings are in the early planning stages.

“One of the things that has been an absolute with the science department in particular is the new building or renovation, whatever it may be, must exemplify what we talk about in our classes,” Science Department Leader Mr. Kevin Quinn said.

The science department has come up with a mission statement relating the Augustinian values of Veritas, Unitas, and Caritas to scientific literacy, global citizenship and sustainability, and scientific curiosity and responsibility, respectively.

“It is important to realize that we are a global community and that we can have global impacts. The human species has transformed this planet in ways that weren’t imaginable a hundred years ago,” Quinn said. “We have a responsibility to be stewards, so that is why we care about teaching not only what sustainability is but what it looks like in practice.”

Another thing that the science department has done is talk to the architects about not only making the building a place for learning, but making it a place to learn from.

“Every building on campus has an infrastructure to it that is largely behind closed doors and rooms with no windows. You don’t see the water systems, or the circuit panels, or the HVAC unit,” Quinn said. “Well we want to flip that on its head... We want students to be able to go and see the inner workings of the building.

For example, we have talked about having an accessible rooftop where students could see something like the graywater collection system in use.”

However, Head of School Mr. Christian Talbot explained that although the Science Department are consultant to the architects, they are not decision makers. “If we do move forward with the building project, final decisions will be made by the Board of Trustees and me within the context of balancing our priorities with what we can afford,” Talbot said.

So what can we do now?

“We can start using the recycling cans more,” Quinn said. “It is as easy as that. We don’t have to use a plastic or styrofoam cup every time we need water. We can use reusable bottles.

Also when we are in the cafeteria we can be mindful of how much food we waste. It might not seem like much, but when we waste food we also waste the energy used to transport that food and the time that went into processing that food. Everything we do leaves a carbon footprint that unfortunately continues to get bigger and bigger.”

““We have a responsibility to be stewards, so that is why we care about teaching not only what sustainability is but what it looks like in practice.”

Mr. Kevin Quinn

The biggest thing students can do is be proactive. If the administration sees that enough students are concerned with the school’s sustainability, it will be inclined to make some changes, according to Quinn.

“The science department is only one department at the school and a lot of us care about sustainability because it's tied in with our curriculum,” Quinn said. “But it is much more authentic if the student body becomes involved. That is a real catalyst for change moving forward.”4

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SPORTS Donaghy back and ready to play

Haines works towards national CrossFit Games

Despite being sidelined during his junior year with a back injury, Franklin and Marshall commit Jarrett Donaghy ’16 is back and ready to win again.

Evan Haines ’19 has found his niche in a unique sport.

Patrick Ferraiolo ’17 SPORTS EDITOR ccording to 3D Lacrosse R e p or t , s e n ior Ja r r e t t Donaghy is 5 foot 7 and weighs 150 pounds who is a “ground ball and transition machine.” He plays tremendous on-ball defense.

“He’s just a real competitive kid who brings his ‘A’ game every time he steps onto the field,” varsity lacrosse coach Mr. John McEvoy said. “He just plays hard all the time. In practice, he just takes every drill we do seriously; he is probably that way in life too.”

Jarrett is the starting defensive midfielder and a captain, along with JARRETT DONAGHY / J. FAUNCE seniors Adam Goldner and Kyle Anderson. on his spine. Multiple years of playing “He plays short stick defensive lacrosse, basketball and other sports midfield,” McEvoy said. “That’s a wore the L3 down, which was already role where offenses try to pick on under extreme stress. One particular guys like him. They play acted as the straw are constantly coming that broke the camel’s after you.” back.

“He’s just a real Playing short-stick “I have been competitive kid defensive midfield is playing with a stress who brings his ‘A’ one of the toughest fracture on my L5 game every time he positions in lacrosse, my whole life, so the steps onto the field. and McEvoy looks for ‘discomfort’ feels norHe just plays hard a particular set of skills mal to me,” Donaghy all the time.” in players. said. “When I wake “The criteria we up, I can usually feel -Mr. John McEvoy look for are competiit, but I wear a brace Varsity Lacrosse Coach tiveness and athletiwhen I go to bed and cism, with an attitude do other things to try of ‘I will not get beat,’ and he defi- to cope with it.” nitely has that,” he said.

Jarrett describes the pain as Ja r ret t com m it te d to t he someone constantly jabbing him in University of Franklin and Marshall the back. during January of his junior year.

“I couldn’t even put my shoes on Everything seemed to be going in the morning. I had to move around extremely well, but just a few short it, because if I tried to do anything months after his commitment, Jarrett with it, it would hurt even more,” he suffered two stress fractures on his said. spine.

Jarrett started physical therapy It ultimately ended his season. immediately and kept it up for three After complaining about back months. pain after the first game of the year, One of the key problems for his McEvoy shut him down for about back trouble was the tightness in three weeks, and asked him to go see his hamstrings and his glutes. Both a doctor. That’s when he heard the muscles are connected to the back, news. and they were so tight they were pull“I went to the doctor and he said ing down on his back.

I had two stress fractures in my L3 “There is a lot of basic stuff [durand two stress fractures in my L5,” ing physical therapy],” Jarrett said.

Jarrett said. “He said that I would “There were these stupid stretches be done for the year, I would be in that I really hated doing, but it ended a brace for three months, and go to up making me a lot more flexible.” physical therapy for three months.”

The injury did not just hurt him The injury has been building up physically. “It felt like something that his whole life, and during the first you loved was taken away from you week of lacrosse practice last year, it in a matter of a week,” Donaghy said. finally caught up to him.

“There were times where I would “My brother and I were both born just go home and not feel like doing with stress fractures on our L5’s,” anything at all,” Jarrett said. “I Donaghy said. “Doctors think that’s would see my friends just having a what contributed to so much stress on catch, and since I was not allowed to my L4, which ended up giving way to be involved in physical activity, not two stress fractures on my L3.” being able to join in just stunk.”

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Kyle Leonard ’19 REPORTER he first three words that you see when you go to Crossfit’s website are “Forging Elite Fitness.”

Freshman Evan Haines must like that slogan, because he is one of the few people who have the audacity to take on the challenge Crossfit presents.

Haines recently took part in a CrossFit competition in Miami and is currently working to qualify for the CrossFit Games in Los Angeles.

The CrossFit Games is the biggest Crossfit event in the world. In this competition, they test the participating athletes and try to determine “the fittest person on Earth.”

Haines is currently involved in the first stage of this process.

“The first step is 5 weeks of training,” he said. “[Crossfit] releases a workout every Thursday, and the top 20 go to in each region go to regionals.”

Haines also said that if he does well enough in the part of the qualifying process he is in, he can go straight to the CrossFit Games and skip regionals. If he is top ten in the world, he would go straight to the Games.

This is no easy task, however.

Many people have probably heard of Crossfit, but don’t really know what it is. According to Haines, “Crossfit is combining all different gym movements into a workout.

Instead of just doing your normal pushups, situps, pullups, etc., it’s combining all of these exercises into one thing.”

According to the CrossFit website, all CrossFit workouts are based on functional movements that derive from gymnastics, weightlifting, running, rowing and more.

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>FOOTBALL, 1 allow junior transfer Nick Maras to participate in Inter-Ac play in the 2015 season.

The team was disappointed by the news about their game. “We were all really excited to play another game like the Soldier field game, and the fact that the Georgetown game got cancelled upset a lot of us,” Grady said.

They are, however, staying positive and still look forward to the opportunity to play another game before most other teams will.

The game scheduled for that day will be a scrimmage against Gilman at home, according to Brady.

CrossFit workouts employ a constantly varied approach to training, driven by recording data in order to build measurable intensity.

“It helps to have an athletic background,” Haines said.

Haines is very passionate about Crossfit. He said he got into it because of his brother, senior Brian Haines, who started just a year before he did.

According to the Malvern Strength website, Malvern Prep became a non-profit CrossFit facility in 2007. The school uses CrossFit principles in sports team training, and is one of only four non-profit school CrossFit sites.

Mr. Erik Miller, head of the strength and conditioning department here at Malvern, was a huge part in bringing CrossFit to Malvern. He was introduced to it by a student back in 2006, and he was very impressed with what it had to offer.

“It totally destroyed me; I struggled big time,” Miller said. “Then I thought, ‘There’s something to this.’ Then I started to get into it a little bit.”

Mr. Miller also incorporates some of the movements that CrossFit promotes in workouts with Malvern students.

“I definitely use some of those elements, but I don’t incorporate a specific Crossfit workout where the workouts change constantly,” he said.

When asked about Evan, Mr. Miller had nothing but encouragement and support for his road to the Crossfit Games.

“Evan works his tail off; he’s very good, and I’m hoping for the best for him,” he said. “I always keep up to date on the scoreboard/leaderboard and see how he’s doing.” 4 Unfortunately, they will not be playing at a big time venue. This should be an interesting matchup for Coach Brady and the Friars.

“It would have been a great opportunity to play at Georgetown,” Mike Fay ’17 said. “However, another game will be scheduled for that date, and I believe we will be just as excited for that game.”4

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Rugby team to compete Winter Sports Awards in Ireland The Malvern rugby team will spend their spring break on the other side of the pond.

Mike Droogan ’16 SPORTS EDITOR alvern recognized its athletes’ achievements during a D schedule assembly in the Duffy Center. Representatives from each team summarized their season.

The school gathered to celebrate a season that saw a 1,000 point scorer in Will Powers ’16, a 4th straight Inter-Ac Champion in the Swimming and Diving team, and two wrestling national champions in Mike Beard ’18 and Seth Janney ’17.

Swimmer and United States Military Academy Commit Aaron Salinas ’16 concluded the ceremony with a reflection on his athletic experience at Malvern and and a closing prayer.

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Varsity Squash

Varsity Ice Hockey

Varsity Wrestling

Sportsmanship Award: Jimmy Faunce ’16 Most Improved Award: Kevin Roussey ’16 MVP: Tommy White ’17 All Inter-Ac: Tommy White

Fr. James Flynn Award (Leading point scorer): Joey Abel ’16 Best Defender: Joey D’Elia ’18 Sportsmanship Award: Skyler Davis ’16 Most Improved Award: Christian Ostrowski ’17 MVP: Matt Hollingshead ’17

Inter-Ac Wrestler of the Year: Michael Beard ’18

JV Squash RUGBY AT SCRIMMAGE / J. MAGARGEE

Tommy White ’17 REPORTER a l v e r n’s R u g b y Te a m w i l l b e comp et i n g at the International Rugby Championships in Ireland during spring break. They will be playing against kids from different countries, all of which take Rugby very seriously.

“These guys have been playing their whole lives,” says head coach Matthew Boccuti, “whereas we just picked it up in high school.”

The team will leave on Thursday, March 24, and will be in Ireland for ten days. They will arrive at Dublin, have a few training sessions, and will have a match.

They will only be in Dublin for a few days. The team will then drive up to Galway, and do the same thing there. They will have a few training sessions and have a game.

After that, they will go to Limerick and play Gaelic Football.

They will travel back to Dublin after that and fly home from there.

“We are taking twenty-one guys,” Boccuti said, “so having those guys there for a week plus will be a big experience for the team.”

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right before their season opener, so it is going to be a great help for the team.

“Just having them practice for that long together and then play three games back to back, is going to be really developmentally important for the team,” Boccuti said.

Not only will the team grow in terms of skill level, they will also grow as brothers.

“This trip is going to bring 20 to 25 brothers tighter,” Athletics Director Mr. Kurt Ruch said. “It will help them as they go through their next couple of years at Malvern.”

The Friars will have seniors Matt Heisler and Alex Galilea leading the team through the tournament. The junior group, Jack Ludin, Luke Stratton, Sean Kelly and Kyle Hegarty, will be behind the team every step of the way, possibly becoming future leaders of the team.

“We are looking pretty good,” Stratton said. “It’s not going to be an easy competition, but I think we are going to do alright.”4

> DONAGHY, 9 good that came out of one of Jarrett’s low points at Malvern.

Throughout this whole time, the Head Coach of Franklin and Marshall offered his support and said that this would not affect his recruitment.

With more time on his hands, Jarrett’s grades also increased.

“Since I was hurt, I took out all my frustration in the classroom and tried to get Distinguished Honors,” Jarrett said.

Lacrosse has been a part of Jarrett’s life ever since he was a little kid, and he took a strong liking to it from the moment he first learned about it.

“I was playing lacrosse ever since I was in first grade,” Jarrett said. “I played it gym class one day and I just instantly fell in love with it.”

Jarrett loves the competitiveness the sport provides and also credits his coaches for making the game fun.

“Lacrosse has a competitive aspect that whatever you are doing, you are competing with everyone around you. Coach McEvoy helped make the game fun with his personality and drive for the game, which all of us can really relate to,” Donaghy said.

Next year, Jarrett will be playing Division III lacrosse for Franklin and Marshall University. But, playing college lacrosse was never really on his mind until he entered Malvern.

“College was not on my mind at first. It didn’t really creep

Coach’s Award Cory Kovalovich ’19

Varsity Basketball Sportsmanship/Leadership Award: Ryan McNulty ’16 Mike Narzikul ’16 Most Improved Award: Mike Hollingsworth ’16 MVP: Will Powers ’16 All Inter-Ac: Will Powers (1st Team) Mike Hollingsworth (2nd Team)

JV Basketball MVP: Rahdir Hicks ’20

JV Ice Hockey Coach’s Award: Charles Andress ’19

Varsity Indoor Track Coach’s Award: Luke Matzke ’17 Most Improved Award: Nick Villano ’18 Sportsmanship Award: Kyle Leonard ’19 MVP: Colin Wills ’16

Varsity Swimming

Inter-Ac Freshman Wrestler of the Year:

Shane Hanson-Ashworth ’19 Most Improved Award: Nick Florschutz ’19 Henry Hague ’19 Coach’s Award: Brian Gola ’17 MVP: Michael Beard ’18 All Inter-Ac: Mike Beard ’18 PJ Crane ’18 Nick Florschutz ’19 Henry Hague ’19 Shane Hanson-Ashworth ’19 Chris Hisey ’18 Matt Lattanze ’16 Nick Lattanze ’16 Flynn Leaf ’19 Rashon Lusane ’16 Ben Touhey ’16 National Champions: Mike Beard ’18 Seth Janney ’16 4

Coach’s Award: Will Schaffer ’16 Most Improved Award: John Connors ’18 Sportsmanship Award: Aaron Salinas ’16 MVP: Billy Beard ’16 All Inter-Ac: Billy Beard ’16 Zach Maher ’17 Will Schaffer ’16 Aaron Salinas ’16

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into my mind until I got to Malvern and realized how big lacrosse is here and how playing college was more realistic,” Donaghy said.

The idea became a reality after Jarrett performed well at a recruiting camp at Villanova University just after coming off an undefeated sophomore season.

“The Franklin and Marshall assistant coach was coaching one of the teams we were playing against,” Donaghy said. “He liked me and emailed me. I ended up going up there and visited, and I also stayed over night one time.”

After he stayed overnight, that’s when he knew that he wanted to go to Franklin and Marshall University. Ultimately, along with wanting to play college lacrosse, he liked the location of the school and wanted to stay close to home.

Another place of comfort to him was his parents. “They would text me while I was at school making sure that everything was okay. Once I saw that, it would cheer me up,” Jarrett said.

Even though Jarrett was not playing, the coaches still made him feel a part of the team by giving him little jobs during practices and games.

“Coach McEvoy gave me the job of keeping track of ground balls so I could stay in tune with the game,” Jarrett said jokingly, “but a lot of times I would be so focused on the game, I would forget to do that.”

After coming off an undefeated year leading into last year,

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the absence of Jarrett among other key players greatly affected the team.

“Not having him last year probably hurt us more than we realized,” McEvoy said. “Not only is he athletic and cerebral, but he has a little bit of playmaker in him.”

The team is excited to have Jarrett back for his final season at Malvern Prep.

“It was rough not being able to see him play last year,” teammate Mike Fay ’17 said. Jarrett and Mike are childhood friends, and have played lacrosse with each other for a long time.

“I know that he will make it up this year with his playing.

He will play a huge role in the success of our team this year,” Fay said.

Today, Jarrett is almost all healed, mostly pain free, but most importantly: ready to play.

“It doesn't hurt when I play anymore,” Jarrett said with a smile.

Outside out of athletics, however, Jarrett loves the fabric of Malvern and will always think of Warren Avenue as his second home.

“I love the relationships I have been able to build with not only my classmates, but also the people you wouldn’t normally have a conversation with,” Jarrett said. 4

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SPORTS MP Alum Gosselin at MLB Spring Training

Teacher of the Issue: Emanuel Del Pizzo Mr. Del Pizzo discusses his 16 year tenure as a Malvern teacher and lifelong love of music.

Ethan Rowley ’18 REPORTER r. Del Pizzo is a voting member of the Recording Academy, is the President of his own band, and the owner of his own record label.

Del Pizzo said that although music was something he “always did,” he remembered a specific instance in second grade when he was invited to a concert at St. Aloysius Academy.

“I thought to myself, ‘this is what I want to do’, and I did it my whole life,” he said.

When it comes to instruments, Del Pizzo plays “a lot of them, but the only ones that you would probably pay to hear me play are drums and trumpet and maybe a little bit of keyboard.”

Del Pizzo has a degree in both business administration and economics, and he worked in marketing for over a decade. However, he never thought of being a music teacher until later in his life.

I always pursued music.” Del Pizzo said. “But [I] never thought about being a music teacher until I was 38 [or] 39, I started thinking ‘boy if I did it over again, maybe I would’ve been a teacher instead of business.”

Del Pizzo said that he thinks Malvern hired him “on a whim.”

“I applied because Mr. Ostick said they were looking for a teacher here, and he was my neighbor, so

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Malvern Prep alum and current infielder for the Arizona Diamondbacks credits Malvern to some of his professional success.

Eric McLaughlin ’18 his Major League debut in REPORTER 2013 and was later able to hil Gosselin ’07 is living out play against the Phillies at the life every player who Citizen’s Bank Park in front has stepped on a baseball of his family and friends. diamond dreams of. He plays the “I grew up a Phillies fan, sport he loves on TV, in front of so I had a lot of nerves playthousands of people, and gets paid ing at Citizen’s Bank Park.” to do it.

Gosselin said. “I got to play “I've been very fortunate to against some of my favorite play at the Major League level,” players that I grew up watchGosselin said. “It's an honor to ing like Chase Utley and play against the best players in the Jimmy Rollins. It's a memory world. I get to live out my childthat I will cherish forever.” hood dream every time I put my Williams said that he uniform on.” strives to be like Gosselin.

PHILIP GOSSELIN WITH ATLANTA BRAVES, 2014 WIKIMEDIA COMMONS Current senior and second “A lthough his play st yle baseman Cam Williams said that it might not be exactly like mine is amazing to see Malvern players in the MLB. “It shows I can pick little things he does from his game and try to that Malvern has prepared its players to succeed at the incorporate them into mine to make me a better player,” next level. It also shows the tremendous Williams said. “He is one of the best 30 work ethic these Malvern men have on top second basemen in the world so naturally I of their natural talent,” Williams said. would like to be as much like him as I can.”

“It’s an honor “Malvern’s baseball team is one of the Gosselin made the Braves’ opening to play against best in the state and the country year in and day roster in 2015 and played well through the best players year out. They work very hard to do this,” 20 games before he fractured his thumb in the world. I Gosselin said. “They practice often, work requiring surgery. He was traded to the get to live out very hard when they do practice, and they Arizona Diamondbacks later in the season my childhood play some of the other best teams in the and is currently at Spring Training for the dream every country.”

Diamondbacks in Arizona. time I put my Gosselin acknowledged the fact that Another Malvern alum making a name uniform on.”

Malvern plays against some of the best for himself in the MLB is Tim Cooney, teams in Pennsylvania, Delaware, New pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals. Both -Phil Gosselin ’07 Jersey, and Maryland area. He said this Cooney and Gosselin have put in countless prepared him for the next level. hours in the batting cage, on the mound, Gosselin said that Coach Fred Hilliard has done a and in the weight room in order to be as successful as really good job challenging the players and making eve- they are today. ryone better.

Playing at Malvern didn’t automatically place them in After Malvern, Gosselin went to the University the MLB, but it was a huge step in their long and wellof Virginia and was then drafted in the fifth round of earned journey to get to where they are.4 the 2010 MLB Draft by the Atlanta Braves. He made

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he kind of got me in the door,” Del Pizzo said. “I handed out my CD to everyone, they were impressed, and they hired me.”

Del Pizzo now teaches Music Recording & Technology, Drum Line, Jazz Ensemble, Jazz Improv, and has taught Pop Culture and Multimedia in the past.

Outside of Malvern, Del Pizzo owns his own recording label, is President and Owner of his band, Del’s Groove, and is also a freelance musician.

Del Pizzo was on the list to be nominated for a Grammy for his CD in the smooth jazz category in 1998, although he did not get a nomination. He gets invited to the award ceremony every year, but has not been able to go yet.4

NEWS Guide to local elections: Third Party Edition A few months ago we gave you candidates for the Republican and Democratic Parties, but what about other parties?

Jack McClatchy ’17 NEWS EDITOR n the leadup to last year’s elections, there were profiles for candidates running for local offices in the Republican and Democratic Parties. There are other parties in the area, and here is a profile of two different parties.

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Green Party The Green Party is one of the largest third parties in the country. It has a presence in over 40 states and the District of Columbia, and has over 100 elected officials in the states of Arkansas and California.

The platform of the party is based in what is called the four pillars: ecological wisdom, social justice, grassroots democracy, and nonviolence, according to Philadelphia Membership Secretary Chris Robinson.

Robinson sa id the pa r t y is active in Philadelphia, but not in Chester County. “There is no official presence in Chester County, but we are active in Delaware County,” he said. “The last meeting was on March 4 in Swarthmore.”

The membership of the Green Party is largely made up of younger college age people. “A lot of Greens support Senator Bernie Sanders in the Democrats,” Robinson said. “However, the Greens will be having their own nominating process for President, which will end in August.”

Robinson said they are also focusing on some more local positions. “We are trying to get people on the ballot for Auditor General, Attorney General, and for the Senate to run against Pat Toomey and whoever the Democratic candidate will be,” he said.

Robinson said there will be candidates for various state offices, but that none will be in the five county area.

The Green Party has had trouble being recognized on the national stage because of it refuses money from PACs, officially unaffiliated groups that can spend money on ads, mail, or other ways to support or defeat candidates.

“They have taken over our elections,” Robinson said. “And ever since the Citizens United ruling, it has gotten worse.”

The Citizens United Supreme Court case in 2010 allowed the formation of “Super PACs”, which place no limits on individual contributions to a PAC. Before a person could only give $5,000 to a PAC. Robinson has hope about the party, however.

“We urge people to not only look at the Green Party, but at other third parties as well,” he said.

“Who knows, they may appeal to you more than the Republicans or Democrats.”

Constitution Party The Constitution is based in protecting the

Constitution, and limiting the power of the government that they view as unconstitutionally afforded.

There are less elected officials than the Green Party, but have elected officials in more states, including two in Pennsylvania.

State Vice Chairman Troy Bowman said the three most important issues for the Constitution Party are family, and property and states rights, as well as recognizing that the country was founded “not by religionists, but by Christians” in the preamble.

“We pride ourselves in running a grassroots campaign,” Bowman said. “The Constitution Party wants to keep politics local, and build a bottom-up movement, because that’s how popular movements work.”

The National Convention of the Constitution Party is earlier than most, with the party selecting its presidential and vice presidential candidates at the Hilton Salt Lake City Hotel in Salt Lake City, Utah from April 13-16, with the actual selection occurring on the last two days of the conference.

Bowman said that a vote for the Constitution Party would not be wasted.

“For a very long time, politics has been dominated by two parties,” he said. “Well, how’s that been working out? It’s turned out to be the same old same old for all elected officials - Republican or Democrat.” 4

> DIVERSITY, 7 Lusane thinks that diversity at Malvern is low, but he can see that small steps are being taken to increase it. He has ideas about how to improve our community, and he intends to share these with Williams before he graduates.

“If students have a teacher similiar to them or the same race who they can relate to, it would help out,” Lusane said. “If there were diverse teachers in the building, that would open kids’ eyes and change their thought process.”

S c ie nc e te a c he r M r s .

Vernice Mulcahy is currently the only faculty member of color whose primary role is teaching students in the classroom. Mulcahy, who is Filipino, suggested the experience can be challenging.

“I don’t really have someone I can talk to who might be able to experience the same thing, so I’m always wondering is it just me or this something other teachers deal with,” she said.

“It’s almost like an isolation type of thing. You feel like you are the only one even though you really aren’t.”

“It’s Malvern, we are a supportive community so that helps,” Mulcahy added. 4

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ARTS Alumni in Art: Ray Warman ’66 An alumni of 49 years talks about his extensive art collection, his struggles coming out as gay, and Malvern’s progress on gay awareness.

Danny Malloy ’18 and financially to deal with everything that can ARTS EDITOR make coming-out so hard for so many, especially ith the breathtaking Mount San for those of my generation.”

Jacinto in the background of his Since then, Warman led the formation of California home, Ray Warman ’66 an LGTBQ group at one of the companies he chatted away about his and his husband’s vast worked at, General Electric Capital. He later art collection, one that took 40 years and tens went on to assist various other LGTBQ comof thousands of dollars to amass. munity groups, including service as a treasurer Sitting outside of his front door, for examof the “Leslie-Lohman,” the first art museum ple, is a two ton igneous rock from the volcanoes focusing on art that speaks to LGBTQ life. of Hawaii. And that does not come even close During those years he met Kiser, and he to the spectacles that lay inside his art museum also was involved with raising gay awareness at of a home.

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Warman, 67, recently moved from New York He got involved with this topic after getting City to Palm Springs, California in July 2015. A a fundraising letter from Malvern, to which he huge chunk of the art he and Dan Kiser, his husresponded offering his feedback on the progress band, had had to be sold away through auction. of gay awareness at Malvern.

“We had almost all of this in New York, In his response, Warman said, “I see that plus a lot more,” Warman said. “There just isn't Malvern has grown in lots of wonderful ways enough space for everything here even though physically, but I look at the mission statement it's a fairly big house.” and discrimination policies and I don't really see DAN WARMAN (l), HUSBAND DAN KISER (r) OUTSIDE PALM SPRINGS HOME / SUPPLIED BY WARMAN Much of their home is covered in artistic any growth there. Let's talk about that and see pieces ranging from fine crysand most of the art we have was gay student,’ but rather that of what we can do.” tals to Afghani rugs to beauticollected by Dan,” Warman a thoroughly sheltered and Warman said that Head “My life at Malvern “My very strong ful Spanish paintings. said. “I married into all this repressed boy,” Warman said. of School Christian Talbot wasn’t that of a impression, and Welcoming visitors into art.”

“I was not only clueless as to responded to his letter in a ‘closeted gay student,’ certainly my hope, their home is an around 7 foot After graduating from any gay world at Malvern or half an hour, promptly asking but rather that of a is that [Malvern] tall Spanish painting called “El Malvern in 1966, Warman elsewhere, but pretty well anesfor them to meet up. thoroughly sheltered will continue to be plasen del momento intimo attended Yale University. He thetized as to my own feelings Since their discussion, the and repressed boy. a gay-welcoming protejido,” meaning “the comworked as a finance lawyer in in that or any other area.”

Malvern Theatre Society perI was not only place, doing so, fort of the intimately personal New York for over 40 years for Warman would not begin formed the Laramie Project clueless as to any gay that it will better and protected moment.” firms like General Electric and to discover that he might be gay in fall 2014 about the torture world at Malvern or serve also its straight Coming into the study Morgan and Lewis. until a decade until after he left and murder of 21-year-old elsewhere, but pretty students to an extent office, you will find a large pic“I used to love negotiat- Malvern, and it was 2 decades Matthew Shepard, who was well anesthetized as far greater than ture of Vladimir Lenin on the ing deals,” Warman said. “It's after this that he came out. gay. Warman believed he to my own feelings anyone on campus wall, painted during his reign about listening to the other However, Warman had played a role in getting both in that or any other a half-century of power in Soviet Russia. people, figuring out what they already had a family with his Laramie and the follow-up talk area.” ago could have “It was done for a pubneed, listening and talking to wife and two kids before he from Judy Shepard, Matthew’s imagined.” lic building, I believe a post your own client, figuring out came out, which was a week mother, to Malvern.

-Ray Warman ’66 -Ray Warman ’66 office,” Warman said. “It came what works for them, and find- before his 49th birthday.

“I was being persistent,” off the wall of the post office ing a path that marries the two, “My wife, and likewise, Warman said. “I had been perduring the reign of Stalin and effectively.” after a natural bit of disoriensistent years earlier with Father went into the hands of a Ukrainian immigrant Kiser used to be an interior designer in New tation, our kids, couldn’t have been more under- Duffy who was a wonderful man, but he always who came to the United States.”

York City, and is now taking on landscaping standing and supportive,” Warman said. “After complained that his hands were tied.”

Much of the couple’s furniture is artistic. projects. Warman is retired now, and along with a few awkward years during which my psychic Now, Warman believes that the tie is They have a handful of chairs dating back to the collecting art he loves to read and is writing a life and my day-to-day and celibate experiences becoming looser.

French Napoleonic Era, and their kitchen table memoir of his life. occupied different worlds, we reshaped our lives “My very strong impression, and certainly is in a 20th century French style with tempered Kiser and Warman married in October in different ways.” my hope, is that [Malvern] will continue to be glass on top, designed by Kiser himself.

2013, and it was a culmination of a long jourHe explained that he had a great support a gay-welcoming place,” Warman said. “And by Warman and Kiser get much of their art ney for Warman. system around him during this process, which doing so, that it will better serve also its straight from dealers and directly from the artists.

At Malvern back when it was a boarding made his time easier. students to an extent far greater than anyone However, Warman was not the primary collec- school in the 1960s, Warman was far off from “It ultimately wasn’t really very hard to on campus a half-century ago could have imagtor of the art they currently own. any inclination that he was gay. do,” Warman said. “It occurred only at a time ined.” 4 “Dan started collecting art a long time ago, “My life at Malvern wasn’t that of a ‘closeted when I was well-prepared socially, spiritually

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FRIAR LIFE His name is Mr. Gray, but his foods are colorful – and healthy A look behind the scenes of the Malvern cafeteria.

Benjamin Koo ’16 CONTRIBUTOR here’s a lot of uncertainty about something we do every day at Malvern – having a meal. Even though the people who handle our food are right in front serving it to us, we don’t bother to ask some of the questions we have.

Executive Chef Mr. Rick Conley walks into Stewart Hall at 5:30 in the morning. It’s too early even for the sun to show up, but the newest cafeteria staff member Sous Chef Mr. Shawn Buchanan is there with him to assist making breakfast. Conley puts the long drive from Cape May, New Jersey, behind himself and readies for a much longer day ahead of him.

“Shawn, I need you to take the pork loins and carve them down,” Conley orders. There’s no time to waste. Breakfast is in a couple hours. Then, break a little after that. And then lunch is not too long after break.

Conley needs to feed hundreds of people today, as he does every day. He doesn’t get a chance to sit down until the day is over.

“I’m always trying to stay one step ahead,” Conley said. “And as break is going on, I prepare for lunch. I’m preparing for lunch all day actually… If we had roast pork today, I prepared the pork loins yesterday, and roasted them so I can slice them today. It’s all about preparation and execution.”

It’s lunch time now, and hundreds of teenage boys crowd up behind the first register. It seems like a popular item is on the menu today. Unfortunately, it is not the Super Cookie. However, MR. GREY MAKING OMELETS ON MARCH 1 / JACK MCCLATCHY chicken tenders still get the guys in a frenzy. “[Chicken tenders] are a big seller,” Director of Dining Services Mr. Tom Gray notes. “That’s about as big as it gets here. the cafeteria opens up. A huddle forms around the chicken tender labeled the most common sweetener for diet sodas - aspartame Even pizza takes a backseat to chicken tenders.” counter, but Munyan is eyeing the bananas.

- as unsafe. The FDA has approved its commercial use but studies Many of the younger Malvern students may not remember the “I always look for the healthier stuff,” Munyan said. “Then, are still trying to confirm the status of the chemical. Past studies cafeteria bestseller Super Cookies. They were whatever tastes good, because I found that on animals, such as rats, indicate negative effects on their health last seen in the 2012-2013 school year, and their [Malvern] does have pretty good food. I came and lifespan. However, many of these experiments are inconcludisappearance from the break menu provoked “I put a lot of pride from Great Valley Middle School and [Malvern] sive on its effect on humans. complaints from cookie-passionate seniors. into what I make,” definitely has better food than there. It kind of Mr. Gray is unsure of his opinion on artificial sweeteners.

“Well, Super Cookies were the highlight of I’m not going to depends what they have that day, and like I said, “I don’t know much about that, [though] I have looked into to my [freshman] year,” senior Jimmy Faunce said. buy junk, and serve I always look for the healthier stuff like bananas some beverages of natural cane sugar, and I just haven’t fol“It was a once in a blue moon kind of thing. it. If it’s not to my or the chicken sandwiches. I always get those.” lowed through with that yet. They aren’t as easily available as I’d Teachers would actually let you go early from standards, I’m not Ciro walks over to the salad bar and exam- hoped… it hasn’t made itself too easy to present it to administraclass sometimes [for them.] There would kind of serving it. I’m a ines the topping choices of the day. tion. I still think that sugar is real bad for us.” be a little bit of pushing and shoving… a brawl proud chef. I’ve been “[The salad bar] could use some enhancing, Whether sugars or sweeteners are the greater evil, it does not to get there. As soon as you got it though, it was in this business for like grilled chicken on the side, so you can make concern Mr. Schiller. “The best advice is to drink water. Water is just like the most amazing feeling… it would over 25 years.” a chicken salad, not just leaf salad,” he said. Ciro the most important nutrient we need to consume. I don’t think just melt in your mouth. It just tasted sooo good. appreciates the fact that there is a salad bar. With we drink enough water,” he said.

It’s one of the biggest things I miss.”

Executive Chef all the unhealthy foods that one could choose, Gray said, “Just to be fair, we’re always moving in the direcGray disclosed some information regarding Mr. Rick Conley like pizza, [diet] soda, and burgers. tion of trying to put restaurant quality food, out there - Rick the Super Cookies.

“I wouldn’t say it’s healthy [Conley] and I, for the boys. And a lot of the “It basically came down to the provider across the board. I would say times it seems like fast food, but we’re continustopped carrying them,” he said. “We still have that they give you the option ously striving to put out the kind of food you’d “We’re always regular cookies. When the provider stopped carrying them, I of what to put on your plate,” Ciro said. “You get in a restaurant, we’re trying to do as much moving in the wasn’t unhappy about it. They weren’t that good anyway.” could go for three slices of pizza or you could as we can from scratch.” direction of trying “I don’t know why the kids love them,” Gray said, “but I’ll just have some lettuce and tomatoes, or a chicken Conley makes an effort to prepare foods to put restaurant keep an eye out for them.” sandwich.” healthily. For example, he tends to bake foods, quality food...we’re Mrs. Diane Kime, Gray’s assistant and head cashier, prepares Health instructor and swimming coach Jay such as the chicken, insteading of frying them. continuously striving for the rush of hungry Malvernians coming to the registers. It’s Schiller praised the cafeteria menus.

He also uses lighter milk and creams when dairy to put out the kind her responsibility to make sure everything is in order with eve“I gotta say this: Mr. Gray does a nice job in ingredients are needed. In addition to nutritional of food you’d get in ryday finances. offering [food choices],” Schiller said. “Breakfast considerations, keeping food allergies in mind is a restaurant, we’re In the recent year, Kime has seen sudden changes to cafeteria - there’s always fruit, yogurt and granola. There’s another priority. Making foods as gluten-free as trying to do as much staff and school schedules. New staff members have joined, some eggs, with protein, the sausage and bacon. I’m possible is one way of practicing this. as we can from others have departed in the past year, and the school’s shift to a a fan that they offer a lot of breakfast options.

“Putting the menu together, it’s pretty scratch.” modified block schedule was a major change.

Lunch time - same thing - they have a salad much a process between me and Rick,” Gray Kime has learned to adapt to the changes over time, but she bar everyday… They always offer something like said. “We’ll sit down and go through the menu Director of Dining Services won’t get used to the one thing that never changes: the boys’ plain chicken, which is one of the best proteins cycles. We pretty much make it up like a month Mr. Tom Gray rowdiness in cafeteria lines. you can eat. They offer a pasta option, which has ahead of time. We’re basing it on what has gone “If the students could be a little more calmer waiting in line, good carbs to provide fuel for the afternoon.” and what has been successful and whatever new that would help. They don’t need to be out of control… Everyone’s Students outside the cafeteria staff only know so much about ideas, if we see something that we think might go [successfully.]” gonna get served. There’s plenty of food for everybody,” she said. the food they eat. Munyan has some apprehension about the food “I put a lot of pride into what I make,” Conley said. “I’m not Waiting in the crowd of impatient young men are two seniors, options. “I know nothing, and that makes me a little more cau- going to buy junk, and serve it. If it’s not to my standards, I’m Anthony Ciro and Kevin Munyan. Unlike many of their peers, tious about what I eat there,” he said. “I generally know what’s not serving it. I’m a proud chef. I’ve been in this business for they make the nutrition of their meals a priority over the taste. in a banana, or yogurt. But the chicken sandwich, I don’t know over 25 years.”

But, they, too, are thinking about the chicken tenders. Who like how much fat is in it, or what it’s fried in.”

“I don’t want someone to have something [I made] and say could pass them up?

One concern is the safety of consuming artificial sweeten- ‘this is terrible,’” he said. “That’s not gonna sleep well with me They make use of their senior privileges and skip the line as ers. The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) has at all.” 4

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MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY GAME REVIEW: PAYDAY 2

Top 5 Apps to Manage the Madness

You’ve never seen clowns like these.

Which smartphone apps come in handy the most during the NCAA Tournament?

Chase Bennett ‘19 CONTRIBUTOR n intense, fast-paced bank robbing, car stealing, jewelry heisting game. Dressed as a clown, your objective is to make the most dough without being busted by the Feds.

The PAYDAY Gang consists of Dallas, Wolf, Hoxton and Chains - men dressed in the scariest clown masks you’ve ever seen and in their signature blue surgeon gloves and finely tailored suits - you can’t miss ‘em.

A well put together storyline puts this game as one of my favorites. The vast amounts of Downloadable Content (DLC) like Counterfeit and Hoxton’s Breakout allow you to expand the storyline further than ever.

My favorite mission is Counterfeit. Your job? Disguise yourself as a pool repair man and raid a political mastermind’s basement where he is making millions with a printer. You can steal the printer for yourself and even some cash if you want to.

Most missions consist of lots of lead and lots of money.

Some missions involve assassinating a political kingpin or taking down the cartel. But how can you make money from things like these? Contract Payment.

Every time you agree to do a mission, you sign an in-game contract. When you complete the mission, you receive the in-game cash agreed upon. Cash values depend heavily on what difficulty you choose.

Death Wish, the hardest difficulty, rated four out of four skulls is by far the best way to have fun on big missions. High risk, high reward as they say.

Another way to get the most out of this game is to choose to do missions stealthy or loud.

Going loud means you’re wearing heavy armor with guns blazin’ and chainsaws roarin’. Take down as many guards and cops as you can without being taken into custody but remember to grab the cash!

Going stealthy involves sneaking behind boxes and taking out the guards silently! You can’t kill too many though as you have to answer their pagers and you are only

Jack Magargee ‘18 MEDIA & TECH EDITOR arch is here. Basketball is on. Nothing else matters.

But first, I’m going to start this by bragging about my bracket. Yeah that’s right, I predicted Little Rock upsetting Purdue and I want you to know it.

After only one day, the rest of my bracket is completely busted (Cough cough Yale). Why I put Baylor in the elite eight I may never know.

This is the time of year to stop what you’re doing, sit down and turn on some basketball.

That being said, here are my top 5 March Madness apps (available on both the App Store and Google Play) to help you make the most of March:

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5. NCAA Sports allowed four “pager answers” per run. While heisting, try not to be spotted by any cameras or guards for too long or the alarms will sound.

Make sure to take a look at your offshore account in game too! 80% of every pay you get goes straight to your account. This account is used to descend the levels of infamy or prestiges. Once you reach level 100 you can go into Infamy I Level I and start all over.

The other 20% goes to your spending cash that you can spend on weapons, masks and attachments to make you the coolest bandit in town.

With the endless missions and customizable weapons and masks, this ranks on my top list of must-have games.

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TRAILER REVIEW: Ghostbusters 2016 Who ya gonna call?

Jack Magargee ‘18 MEDIA & TECH EDITOR et me start this off by making it abundantly clear that THIS IS NOT A SEQUEL. It is simply a movie that is taking place after the original in the same universe. The characters are completely different.

The original Ghostbusters is one of those movies that you’re a loser if you’ve never seen. To anyone who hasn’t seen it or its sequel, do so immediately. They hold up decades later.

This movie has been raising eyebrows since they announced it, and that’s not even mentioning the all female cast!

The trailer is big. That’s the only word my experience in these things can think of: big. I say big, of course, because what else could you use to describe a trailer that is trending within mere minutes of being released?

I LOVED everything about this. I’m not a major fan of the franchise and I can’t exactly quote anything from the original movies but this trailer made me feel like a die-hard Ghostbusters fanatic.

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From the second you notice the iconic bass riff in the background to the time when the ghost sprays the heroes with ectoplasm to the old firehouse, they really make it easy to connect with the Ghostbusters universe.

This film is a major step in Hollywood because not only is it bringing back icons, but it is doing so by changing the genders of the protagonist, which has never even been attempted before The women in this movie make it look like they were born to be Ghostbusters. The comedy powerhouse of Melissa McCarthy alone can hold a movie. That’s why it’s something special when you get her with a great supporting cast that includes but is not limited to: Kristen Wiig and Chris Hemsworth.

Finally, I just want to acknowledge how nice of a touch it is that Dan Aykroyd wrote this movie.

The demand is there and if Ghostbusters is anything like its trailer, it will be a huge success. Ghostbusters will be stomping its way into theaters July 15th, 2016, much like the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man. 4

I know, I know. Odd choice. This is an app you subconsciously knew existed but have never encountered. This app is pretty nifty though, and let’s you follow live college sports with play by play updates, plus it’s from the direct source.

4. CBS Sports You’ve probably seen this one. It gives access to streaming games along with play by play updates. The good part about it is that there is commentary from professional analysts. I like it better than similar apps because its design is simplistic and easy to use.

3. ESPN This is the only app on this list that I would not immediately delete as soon as the tournament. Great app for sports in general but it’s very fast, offers streaming, and it offers commentary. My main beef with it is that there are a lot of ads.

2. CBS Tournament Aaaannnnndddd onto the actual bracket apps. This app gets a bad rep because it lives in the shadow of my following pick. However, this is a solid app that lets you make a bracket and check scores.

1. ESPN Tournament This is the app to have. Everyone has ESPN, that’s just how it works. It does it everything: make brackets, check scores, join leagues - you name it, they have it. Only problem with it is that you may get in trouble for checking it 50 times per class. Have fun deleting it April 1st! 4

“Deadpool” is dark, risky film Marvel’s most risky film to date takes a much darker path than previous movies from the franchise, receiving the only R rating ever.

Will Schaffer ’16 CONTRIBUTOR he “Deadpool” story is based around a less than likely hero, Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds), who finds out he is terminally ill with cancer and seeks to save his own life by becoming a mutant.

However, this is not the pleasant origin story we are used to as Ryan Reynold’s character receives various forms of torture to “unlock” his mutant abilities. The rest of the film is spent with a bombardment of hilarious remarks from his character as well as a revenge story to find the man who led the torture of Reynolds.

Warning: This film is not for the faint of heart. Gore and blood play major roles in this movie as well as

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darker than what can be considered the norm for humor.

Either way, if you're interested in getting a great laugh while watching a film that sarcastically picks fun at the rest of the Marvel Universe, you’re in luck!

For a main character being a CGI, they did a great job of making the movie more than realistic.

Reynolds does a fantastic job of taking over the movie followed by some great acting from the side roles as well. The soundtrack selection provides a strong compliment to the film.

If you love gore and dirty jokes (which I know many teenage boys do), this will probably be one of the best movies you will watch this year.4

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FRIAR LIFE Sixth Grade Academy progresses in second year After a trial year, the Sixth Grade Academy has gone into new subjects, and gone deeper into old ones.

Joe Lister ’21 MIDDLE SCHOOL REPORTER ccording to Head of the Middle School Mr. Patrick Sillup, the Si xth Grade Academy (SGA) started the same way that it did last year: with a theme.

Last year it was immigration, but this year it is origins. According to Sillup, origins is a little broader theme and it allows for all of the subjects to take part in the interdisciplinary model.

SGA is also doing the topic of sustainability this year again, however “part of the sixth grade group is now partnering with Hope Partnership School,” he said.

The Hope Partnership School is located in Philadelphia, and, according to their website they break “the cycle of poverty through education.”

Even though the students are now working with another school, the biggest difference is time, Sillup said.

“Last year at this time [the SGA] was still working on immigration,” he said.

The origins unit was done quickly, that left more time for sustainability, according to Sillup.

“I think that it will culminate in a very similar event to what [the SGA] had last year,” Sillup said.

Mr. Rob Buscaglia, a SGA Spanish teacher, said that over the

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past two years the teachers have developed a “language.”

“Working as a team really pushes you to clarify what your goals are,” he said. “It helps to identify really solid learning outcomes.”

They all have a common vocabulary to talk about learning. “I say ‘let’s talk about your progress in Spanish,’ and I start using words like habits of work,” Buscaglia said.

When Buscaglia starts talking to that person, student, teacher, or parent, he has to make sure that the other person knows what he is talking about.

“It wouldn’t be a very good conversation if we both didn’t agree with what those things meant,” he said.

Wasson said that he has noticed a change in the last two years for the Sixth Grade Academy.

“I think it’s hard to recreate the experience we had last year,” he said.

“This thing is ever evolving, and it’s constantly changing.”

“Last year we spent a lot of time on presentation skills and communication skills. This year we’ve been working on habits of work,” Wasson said.

Next year Wasson expects the Academy to do something else, but he doesn’t know what.

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Malvern prepares for Easter Teachers and students are enjoying Lent so far and trying to give back.

Garrett Hallinan ’19 CONTRIBUTOR ent for me is a time to step aside from what I normally do and to just focus on the love of God in my life,” Fr. Chris Drennen, OSA, said.

Drennen thinks that some people take Lent the wrong way.

“Lent is sometimes miserable for people because they are giving something up,” he said. “But I think Lent is a time of receiving the Lord and God’s grace a little bit deeper.”

Junior MECO Leader Luke Gabriel is not miserable from giving something up.

“This Lent has been different,” Gabriel said. Luke has not given up anything for Lent rather he has added something extra to help other people.

“Students should look inside themselves,” Gabriel said. “Instead of thinking about something that they could give up for forty days.”

Like Gabriel, Theology Teacher Mr. David Zagursky has not given up anything, following the words of Fr. Thomas Meehan, OSA, in a chapel service at the beginning of Lent.

“This Lent I did not give up anything although most times I do,” Zagursky said. “Instead, I have been trying to talk to people who oftentimes I fail to.”

To be more present for people who matter in his life, Zagursky said he may simply send a text message to them.

Zagursky believes that spending time in front of the Blessed

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Malvern prepares Eighth Grade Academy Not many teachers know what is going to happen, but they do have expectations.

Joe Lister ’21 MIDDLE SCHOOL REPORTER fter two years of the Sixth and Seventh Grade Academy experiments, a new Eighth Grade Academy comes into play.

Eighth Grade Math teacher Mr. Gary Duda doesn’t exactly know what the Eighth Grade Academy will be like, but they will similar to the previous Sixth and Seventh Grade Academies.

“We’re not sure what [being an academy] means yet… I’m curious myself,” Duda said. “As a group, we haven’t done much at all.”

Duda thinks that the Eighth Grade teachers will learn more after Spring Break. “I know that there’s going to be some sort of interdisciplinary project,” he said.

“I think that part of the experience is going to be a trip,” said Duda. “It might be a trip abroad, I know… possibly Spain.”

As for his own subject fitting into the Academy, Duda said that he could see math fitting into a finance theme. “There’s so many things that math can help out [in projects.]”

Based off of the reactions of other students, Duda thinks that the new style of teaching in the Middle

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School has been as success.

“But, I’m not sure how it would translate to the eighth grade experience,” he said.

Mr. Patrick Sillup, Head of the Middle School, thinks that “the future is bright” for the Eighth Grade Academy.

Sillup said that consumption and economy will drive the eighth grade experience. “You can look at that from an international, domestic, and a local lens,” he said.

The Eighth Grade Parent-Teacher conferences will hopefully be led by the students, Sillup said.

“I think there would be something quite powerful about an Eighth Grader leading their parents through their conference,” he said.

There is also a plan for a period called “feedback block,” he said. “[It would be] kind of like a one-on-one [with a teacher.]”

Sillup also thinks that at the end of the Eighth Grade year, students could present a portfolio of their time in the Middle School.

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Sacrament is a key component to students’ preparation for remembering Jesus’ passion.

“Students should try to do something different, something out of the ordinary, something like spending a moment or two in the chapel during a study hall or lunch period,” he said.

Assistant Campus Minister and Theology Teacher Mr. Alex Haynie agrees with Mr. Zagursky on the ways students can prepare for Easter.

“Students should reflect as much as they can, set aside time for prayer, and try to stop in the chapel if they can,” Haynie said.

Haynie loves Lent and thinks that it brings a sense of unity.

“We as a Christian community [and] Easter people try hard to improve ourselves spiritually, cognizant of our spiritual practices,” he said.

Freshman Tom Park feels that he has improved spiritually.

“Lent has changed my spiritual relationship with God,” Park said.

“So it has been pretty successful.”

Park thinks that students can pray to God to prepare for the season. Malvern has masses each Friday in Lent for the same reason.

“There is nothing better than our Friday masses,” senior MECO Leader Ian Murray said. “They definitely get you in the mood and in the spirit of the season.”

Murray likes how Lent brings focus.

“If you’re not focused or in your spiritual realm, then Lent will pull

you back into that realm and get you more focused on what you need to do,” he said.

This year, the priests have stressed to give back to society during Chapel on Monday mornings.

“It’s important to do things for other people,” Murray said. “On Father Duffy Day, everyone was giving back and that is something that should be going on all year long not just during Lent.”

“I am a sinner,” Zagursky said.

“This reality should persuade all sinners to run to Jesus and embrace Him because He is mercy and Jesus wants to extend that mercy to us.”

Drennen agrees with Zagursky on God’s mercy.

“We have the life of God within us,” Father Drennen said.

At Malvern, each person has their own unique way of preparing for Lent.

“We try to do different things to remind people of God’s love,” Drennen said. “We do the Friday masses and we put the cross up next to the Mary statue by the middle school as a physical reminder of the passion of the Lord.”

Lent is the time to prepare ourselves for Easter.

“Lent should be a happy time because we get to grow closer to God and it points us toward Easter, when we celebrate that we have freedom over death and sin,” Father Drennen said. 4

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OPINION

The Second Amendment secures American Safety. Restricting private gun ownership will not reduce violent crime.

Hunter Peck ’16 Wrong. Over the same time span, The Centers for Disease COLUMNIST Control and Prevention has the firearm-related homicide rate espite the myriad of social, economic, and political issues falling from 7 deaths per 100,000 people in 1993 to 3.6 deaths facing our society, the intensity and passion generated per 100,000 people in 2013, summed up in a blog for the by the gun control debate is unmatched.

American Enterprise Institute. This is nearly a 50% decrease The mainstream media would have the American people in firearm-related homicides. believe that gun violence is spiraling out of conThis data dispels the myth that increased guns trol, and getting worse every year. In fact, this equals increased violence on a general scale. It may notion can easily be dispelled through readily even suggest a trend in the opposite direction.

The popular available homicide data over the course of the The bottom line is that horrific mass shootings narrative that past 20 years or so. such as the ones in Newtown, Connecticut and more guns equals America has the highest gun proliferation Aurora Colorado bring guns to headlines in specmore violent rate in the world, with an estimated 310 miltacular fashion, and cause the issue to be grossly crime simply isn’t lion firearms in the country in 2009, according overstated. true. to the most recent available data provided by a Keeping with the statistics, let’s make some Congressional Research Service (CRS) report in observations about the most prominent example 2012. With updated information provided by the ATF, a 2015 of supposed gun control success, the United Kingdom.

Washington Post article reports the current number of firearms The UK enacted a handgun ban in 1996, and gun conat over 357 million. trol proponents have pointed to the drop in gun violence as a With more guns in the country than people, and headlines champion of gun control legislation. The truth however is far across the nation capturing moments of horrific violence, the from clear-cut. issue of gun control is debated at every level of state and federal According to the UK’s Home Office, the homicide rate government. for the six years before the ban varied between 10.9 and 13 First, let’s examine gun ownership data from the time homicides per million. Immediately after the ban, homicides period of 1993 through 2013. According to the CRS report trended up to an all-time high of 18 per million in 2003, and and more recent findings by the Washington Post, private gun have since fallen back to pre-ban levels. ownership in the US rose from about 185 million in 1993 to Essentially, the UK’s gun control endeavor has yielded no about 357 million in 2013. Adjusted for population changes, clear successes, and appears to have even caused a short term that’s an increase from 0.93 guns per person to 1.45 guns per spike in violent crime. person, a 56% increase.

The popular narrative that more guns equals more violent According to popular thought processes, the gun crime rate crime simply isn’t true. should have increased by a proportionate amount. Right?

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people commit acts of violence and not the methods they use.

Unfortunately, we live in an imperfect world with imperfect people, and there are those who will always cause violence.

The notion that restricting gun ownership will lead to less crime and fewer deaths is incorrect, and will only hinder the millions of legal gun owners in this country who enjoy their firearms for leisure, recreation, and self-defense.

While it remains true that only about 3% of all homicides in the US are “justifiable” – meaning committed in self-defense – this number completely fails to reflect several important points.

It fails to account for the vast number of incidents where the citizen only injured the criminal or stopped them without firing a shot. It also fails to account for criminals who abandoned their crimes because they believed an armed person was waiting to fight back. According to a 1986 study cited in a Just Facts article on gun control, a study of imprisoned criminals had found that nearly 40% had decided to not commit one or more crimes for fear of an armed victim.

Perhaps most damning to the myth that guns are rarely used in self-defense is a finding in a CDC study published in 2013.

The report found that defensive gun use by victims is at least as common if not more common than as their offensive use by criminals. This means that for every instance of a criminal using a firearm while committing a crime, there was at least one other instance of a victim using a firearm to defend themselves, their property, or another victim.

Giving up our firearms means ultimately giving up the power to secure our own lives.

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The Second Amendment is as archaic as the musket. Bringing statistics to the gun control debate.

Michael Droogan ’16 the increase in the number of guns in the country. Yet this is SPORTS EDITOR another misconception, because in that same time period the hen examining the Second Amendment, it is impor- number of gun owners has actually decreased. Essentially, the tant to understand the historical context surround- number of guns has increased while at the same time getting ing its incorporation into the Constitution. more concentrated into less owners.

After fighting a bloody revolution to secede from a tyranIn a 30-year study published by the American Journal of nical king, this young country was left without Public Health, it was found that “for each pera strong Army and no police force. The peocentage point increase in gun ownership, the ple needed protection from a potential attack There is no way firearm homicide rate increased by 0.9%.” from Britain and constant raids by the Native of twisting it or Furthermore, when broken down state by Americans. hiding it: More state there was a direct correlation found between The Second Amendment of the Constitution guns means the amount of guns in a state and the gun homiwas enacted to combat this problem. It called for more gun deaths. cide rates. The same trend forms when the stats “a right to bear arms” for the purpose of a “well are broken down country by country. regulated militia.”

There is no way of twisting it or hiding it: In the following 200 years, gun enthusiasts have taken this More guns means more gun deaths. as American’s having an innate right to own firearms, and any Another key argument in support of gun ownership is the restriction of ownership is seen as a violation of their rights notion that they are effective in self defense. But once again, as free Americans. plenty of studies show this notion is simply false.

There is no need for a militia, as we have the most expensive In a study conducted in Philadelphia from 2003 to 2006, military in the world and Native Americans were “corralled” it was found that in the event of an assault, having a gun was two centuries ago. Yet, Americans continue to buy guns, and not effective in protecting the victim. In fact, victims of assault at extremely high rates. were 4.5 times more likely to be shot and 4.2 times more likely Despite only making up 4.43% of the world’s population, to be killed if they were carrying a gun compared to those Americans own 42% of the word’s legally distributed guns. who weren’t.

Additionally, there are now more guns than people in the This misconception is further disproved by the fact that of United States, according to a Washington Post article that the last 10,696 occurrences of gun violence only 327 of those estimates there are 357 million guns to 317 million people. instances were for defensive use. The simple fact of the matter One of the many reasons why the amount of guns in the is guns are rarely used in self defense and when they are, they country is so high is the false notion that more guns equals are not only ineffective but more harmful to the shooter. more safety. This is unequivocally false and has absolutely no In addition to America’s high rate of homicides in comparifactual basis. son to developed countries, it also has an extremely high suicide Over the past 25 years the homicide rates in the coun- rate. According to statistics published by the CDC in 2014, try have decreased. Some argue that this can be attributed to suicide is the second leading cause of death for Americans age

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Gun ownership is tied directly to number of suicides and can explain the differences in suicide rates across each state, according to the Harvard School of Public Health. Gun suicides make up over half the number of suicides completed in America, but are second to poisoning in number of attempts.

This is a result of the fatality of gun suicides. While 2% of attempted overdoses result in death, 85% of attempted gun suicides result in death.

Even notoriously conservative Fox News reported that gun ownership caused the risk of suicide to increase threefold.

One example of a country who was able to combat this problem was Israel. Israel had a very high rate of suicide among it soldiers, especially when returned home after service. When they implemented a policy that forced soldiers to leave their guns with the military when they went home, the suicide rates decreased by 40%.

A 2014 poll conducted by the UMass-Lowell Center for Public Opinion found that 78% of Americans are at least somewhat in favor of increasing background checks and 60% are in favor of assault weapons bans. The main reason Congress hasn’t taken any action in regulating gun control is because of the all the effort and money the NRA pours into lobbying in opposition to gun control. The NRA has spent over $10 million dollars in the past three years to block any attempts by Congress to pass any gun regulation laws.

Owning guns is a privilege - not a right. If America has a “people problem,” although statistics would suggest otherwise, it is only aggravated by an infatuation with guns.

This is not a bipartisan issue or an issue of individuals rights. This is an issue of public safety. Until it is treated as such, this problem will only continue to worsen. 4