The Blackfriar Chronicle - May 2015

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We bid farewell to 7 of Malvern's teachers, and share some parting words from our senior editors.

Sports, academics, recruiting - and the relationship between the three.

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TEACHERS - PAGES 5-7

Concert Culture Character We call each corner of the “Triangle of Success” to improve and help the students make good decisions as concert season comes into full swing.

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SENIORS - PAGES 14-15

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VOLUME 15, NUMBER 8

Baseball captures Inter-Ac, State championships With high expectations leading into this season, Friars responded with tremendous play. Patrick Ferraiolo ’17 SPORTS EDITOR eading into this year, the team was fresh off their fourth consecutive Inter-Ac championship. With an unusually high number of returning seniors, the expectation was to win another championship. “It does not get any easier from year to year, especially when everybody puts a big target on your back,” said Head Coach Freddy Hilliard. “The effort, energy and focus to win this one specifically was probably the most that we had. The expectation was there for these guys; we won it last year and a lot returned. Also, everybody is trying to knock us off.” The team entered the championship game on May 12th against Springside Chestnut HIll Academy with a 24-6 record, mentally prepared to grab win number twenty-five. Team Captain and Lehigh University commit Chris Butera ’15 started for the Friars and pitched six strong innings, giving up only one run while fanning four batters. Despite his strong performance, the team found itself trailing 2-0 in the bottom of the sixth. Starting a five run rally in the bottom of the sixth, Matt Pantalone ’15 had a two run knock to tie the game, followed by an R.B.I. single by > PAGE 13

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FRIARS CELEBRATE AT SENIOR DAY (L) AND PILED WITH FRIAR LACROSSE AFTER WINNING INTER-AC CHAMPIONSHIP / MALVERN COMMUNICATIONS / M. DALLER

Former friar and pro player Ben Davis joins Phillies broadcast team After spending time in the studio for four years, Ben Davis makes the jump to Phillies color commentator. Ben Yankelitis ‘16 EDITOR IN CHIEF fter talking with Ben Davis ‘95 for a brief period of time, it is easy to tell the two things he loves most - his family and baseball. It’s clear he was “ecstatic” when he was offered the job many sports fans dream about. “Nobody loves baseball more than me,” said Davis. “I could watch it all day long. You know how some people can do that on a Sunday with every football game all day long? I can’t do that with football. I’ll watch the Eagles and that’s it. But baseball? I’ll watch it all day long. I love talking baseball.” Davis retired from professional baseball in 2010 after playing for the San Diego Padres, Seattle Mariners, and Chicago White Sox. “I didn’t know what I was going to do. I didn’t have a college degree. I wanted to still talk about baseball and wanted to see if I could get on camera.” Davis talked to longtime Temple Owls coach Fran Dunphy, Malvern class of 1966, and Comcast Sports’ Neil Hartman, who

Introduction of specialized classes brings excitement, questions Will the academic community outside of Malvern value project based learning as much as core knowledge courses?

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Ben Yankelitis ’16 EDITOR IN CHIEF ver the past two years Malvern has worked diligently to incorporate project based learning into the curriculum. Students have even had projects in place of a regular final exam in some classes. However, starting next year Malvern will be implementing two completely new classes rooted solely in project-based learning. The first of the new classes is Social Entrepreneurship. The class is being developed by Head of School Mr. Christian Talbot along with Theology teacher Mr. Andrew DiDomenico, History teacher Mrs. Harriet Lappas, English Department Leader Mr. Rogai, and Director of Experiential Learning Mr. Aaron Brady. Talbot describes the class as “a design thinking, entrepreneurship class, meaning it will use the tools of design thinking and the startup approach to entrepreneurship so students can identify a problem, design a solution to the problem, prototype it, and test it in the market.” The class will also provide “authentic feedback” for students as they will interact with CEOs who started their careers as entrepreneurs, according to Talbot. More goals

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got him interviews at Comcast Sportsnet. “I did an audition and trial run. They liked what they saw and I had fun doing it.” Davis began to work as an analyst at CSN and eventually became a cohost of the Phillies pre and post game shows. In addition to working at CSN at night, Davis worked at 94 WIP, on the WIP Morning Show with Angelo Cataldi. "[When you're a radio host] you gotta know about all four sports and world events. They'll talk about anything at any time," said Davis. > PAGE 10

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