The Friar's Lantern—September 2017

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EDITORIAL: FREE TIME CAN BE COSTLY

When only 35% of students use this time for schoolwork, there should be better options.

NINTH GRADE ACADEMY UPDATE

THE RETURN OF O'SHAAN ALLISON

CREEPY CLOWNS

Find out what is in story for the first academy class of the upper school.

Senior r unning back O’Shaan Allison returns to the field after fracturing his ankle last year.

Is the new version of Stephen King's "IT" worth going to see?

Launching our new feature "Friar Triers," junior Michael Harrington dons goggles and a flightsuit.

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Michael Harrington ’19 • Friar Life Editor rom adding new people to positions, to possibly investigating service opportunities in Houston, the Christian Service program has had several developments recently. According to eleventh grade Christian Service program coordinator Mr. Stephen Borish, the decision making process for choosing countries for service isn’t

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focused solely on countries that are seen as less dangerous. “Of course we don't want to put you in danger, but…there are people in need,” Borish said. “We have to be aware of that and be in relationship with those people. Regardless of there being a safety issue, sometimes we have to do things we don't want to do.” While Malvern doesn’t want its students to be prevented from helping people due to dangerous situations, there are always back-up plans if

J-Term daily schedule becomes more refined The J-Term is set to start this January, however AP students won’t be experiencing it. Michael Harrington ’19 FRIAR LIFE EDITOR hile the formal schedule for the J-Term has not been formally released yet, Assistant Head of School for Academics Mr. Patrick Sillup already has a good sense of what a regular day would look like during that time period. “The J-Term experience will start every day like we do,” he said. “You will come in and go to homeroom and check in and let your teacher know you are here.” After this, the first block would start around nine o’clock, running for two hours until about 11. Then, something resembling the lunch block would kick in, which also should be around two hours. “We will file through different classes for lunch. I would love to offer mass or reflective time at that time. I would love to offer class sessions in Duffy Theater at that time as well. Maybe there is an initiative that counselors can think about and what that looks like from a freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior perspective,” Sillup said. During the lunch block, there are still a lot of ideas in development of what will go on during that time, and Sillup really wants to use this time beneficially. “I would like to create a really robust community time at that time. Father Reilly has a bunch of great ideas, too,” he said.

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there is a reason for canceling a trip. “If there is ever a situation where we need to cancel we always have a backup plan so we can ship students in different groups or find something locally to do as service,” Borish said. “But we are never going to put students in a situation where they need to deal with any terrorism in the country to which they are going or anything potentially dangerous.” The Philippines service trip this summer was cancelled due to a group linked to ISIS taking

control of Mawari City in Southern Philippines. Students scheduled to go on the trip like senior Ryan Gabriel were directly affected by this. “We talked to some of the guys who went to the one in the year past like Sean Brady and Dan Ford. They were telling us all about how fun it was,” Gabriel said. Despite his original trip getting canceled, he still had an awesome experience on his replacement trip in the Dominican Republic.

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Hoffman celebrates 20 years at Malvern Long time crew coach Craig Hoffman starts another year at the helm of Malvern rowing. This one, however, is special for him and the many Malvern men he’s encountered over his tenure. Garrett Hallinan ’19, Kyle Leonard ’19 SPORTS EDITORS or many years, Malvern rowing has consistently been one of the winningest sports at Malvern, doing so at some of the top races in the US and the world. This is largely due to the influence of Coach Craig Hoffman. Before coming to Malvern, Hoffman rowed for and coached as an assistant at The Haverford School. One of his biggest influences was his high school coach Jim Barker, who coached at Haverford until around five years ago. “What I learned from rowing at The Haverford School was that it was important to give back. As part of growth, I decided to move on and coach at another program,” Hoffman said. “I was very excited about Malvern Prep. Plus, Malvern competes against Haverford, so there was a certain symmetry about coming here.” Hoffman started his job here in the fall of 1997. He took over for Greg Pesot, who was a huge contributor in starting Malvern’s rowing program. > PAGE 14

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