The Friar's Lantern—September 2017

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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September 2017

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Free time at Malvern can be abundant. As students, we are told to use this time wisely but often fall short.

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Editorial Board s a college preparatory school, Malvern strives to prepare its students in the best way possible. One critical area of preparation is time management.

The schedule allows for 55 total minutes of free time per day, not including study halls.

Though Community Time and break are meant for studying, meeting with teachers, or working on projects, students often end up hanging out with friends or playing games on phones.

According to a survey of 168 students, only 35% of students primarily use their free time for doing work or meeting with teachers.

adult to order them around, but if we ease students into how “free” their free time is, students may be able to learn how they should effectively use their time.

We also agree that Community Time and break do help build bonds between classmates.

Whether it is through intramural sports, club meetings, or just hanging out and relaxing, these moments strengthen the brotherhood.

So, free time should stay. However, when students are always hanging out with their friends and seldom meeting with their teachers or doing work, that’s where the issue occurs.

The problem begins when students consider where they should go during free time.

The Learning Commons is a great place to go during an open period or study hall, but during Community Time and break, it is far too loud and chaotic to sit down and focus.

Former Head of School Mr. Christian Talbot explained the rationale for having a Learning Commons in his blog, Teaching Excellence: “Our old library served well as a traditional space for quiet work, silent reading, and individual research. Those activities still matter, but they’re subordinate to the noisy, collaborative work of an

THERE IS NO WAY TO FORCE STUDENTS TO USE THEIR FREE TIME EFFECTIVELY. HOWEVER, THERE SHOULD BE BETTER OPTIONS FOR QUIET WORKING SPACES DURING FREE TIME. Currently, free time is unstructured. No one is telling students exactly what to do and it is up to them to decide how they are going to use their time. While we agree that this strongly replicates a college environment when students have hours of spare time each day, we feel that it can be a bit overwhelming to some students, especially freshmen.

It can be difficult for some students to know how to use all of this unstructured time after coming from middle schools where there might be no free time at all. Students who are used to having a teacher looking over their shoulder at all times may not have the necessary time management skills to use free time effectively.

High school students shouldn’t need an

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authentically 21st century education,” he stated.

While having a space for collaboration on projects is important, students still have to do individual work. Malvern needs to accommodate for different learning styles. Some students work best when others are around them, but others work best in a silent area.

Other rooms on campus are supposedly “quiet rooms,” but they are also often overtaken by students and have quickly turned into hang out areas. There is no designated room on Malvern’s campus that is quiet the entire school day.

Oftentimes, students intend to get work done and be productive during Community Time and break, but when they walk inside the Learning Commons, they see their friends and are tempted to distraction.

There isn’t an easy solution to this. There is no way to force students to use their free time effectively. That is for students to decide.

However, there should be better options for quiet working spaces during free time.

Our proposal is to create a space on campus that is strictly reserved for quiet work. Similar to how certain levels of libraries in college get quieter and quieter, this room should get a reputation of being strictly intended for quiet work only. A way to keep this room consistently quiet could be by having a teacher or faculty member moderate it during Community Time, just as they chaperone the cafeteria during Community Time and break.

This is not to mean the Learning Commons is obsolete. It is still an effective space to collaborate with other students on school work and to use all of the technology in the room.

It is up to students to figure out how to use free time effectively, but Malvern has to provide the assistance to do so. ◊

OPINION

Sneaky sneaker definitions frustrate students Some policy “alterations” do not align with other dress code standards.

Steven O’Meara ’19 all mean the same thing. Saying Italian ice and water ice indicate REPORTER two different objects but are in fact the same thing. Water (Philly fter a fun summer, students came back and were shocked accent) and water sound different but are the same thing. at perceived changes to the dress shoe policy.

The big problem, according to Dougherty, is where these The administration sent an evolving classifications of shoes may lead. email communication to parents in August “Because of the causal look of those, it leads explaining “some alterations to the handbook to the Hawaiian print shoes, the Star Wars regarding dress code.” Included in these revisneakers, the Vans sneakers that are puffy and sions was the statement, “Sandals, sneakers, white and look like basketball shoes from the sneaker-like shoes (those with prominent vis1980s,” Dougherty said. ible logos, white soled, or with athletic laces, “Where is the sensible boundary, because e.g. Vans, Nike casual line etc.) and clogs are the Wahoo 2 eyed sneaker that you have looks not permitted.” like a boat shoe, but it's not,” Dougherty said.

According to Dean of Students Mr. Tim Now let's get a bit scientific here. The term Dougherty, this has been a rule most likely sneaker, as defined by Merriam-Webster, is a since Malvern was opened.

ARE THESE SHOES IN DRESS CODE? sports shoe with a pliable rubber sole. But what “If you look in the handbook, I guarantee Take our online quiz at lantern.news in is a boat shoe? As defined by Merriam-Webster, this story at lantern.news to find out. even in 1997, it said no sneakers,” Dougherty a boat shoe is a low-cut shoe with a slip-resistsaid. ant sole. Has anyone around campus slipped or According to Dougherty, the actual reason behind the ban fallen due to the pliable rubber sole? Can a slip-resistant sole and of the various types of shoes was actually the shoe companies. a pliable rubber sole both be slip resistant? If they are not, why If you visit the Sperry website, the casual shoes many Malvern has no one around campus fallen during the many rainy days so students have worn since the start of their careers are now located far this year? under the heading of sneaker.

But this is not the main issue. We, as Malvern students, Well, who exactly cares about what the company calls a should be allowed to wear comfortable and school appropriate “sneaker”? People call countless items different things and they casual shoes as our past Malvern brothers have done for over a

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decade of fashion.

The school communicated via email to nearly 600 students and families in August—barely a month before school was starting— that they could no longer wear a staple item of the dress code since the start of their school careers.

How fair was that to students who got special deals and sales on shoes before the email, or the parents who had to pay for another pair of shoes that did not meet these newly communicated “alterations for the dress code?”

The biggest shock was the dress code becoming more causal last year, while the shoe policy became stricter this year. This seemed hypocritical to what the school is trying to accomplish with the other parts of the dress code. No more blazer, no more ties on most days, but you can not wear what was deemed a casual shoe last year and now is considered a sneaker?

Will the dress code actually change? No. Will Mr. Dougherty give after-school detentions to those out of dress code? Yes. How long is that after-school detention? 45 minutes.

As a reader, I would be asking myself at this point, “Who cares about the shoes? Just buy new ones.”

But we lost our sugar sodas, super cookies (if you ever saw and ate them you would complain, too), Timbs (which are now no longer allowed), so we cannot lose our ability to wear comfortable casual shoes. ◊

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Academic quarters replaced by semesters, performance updates Upper School transitions to a two semester system for the 2017-2018 school year.

Jack Guardiola ’20 where each grade doesn’t mean as much, [and there will COPY EDITOR be] a discussion or reflection about what they’re learning,” or the 2017-18 school year, Malvern Prep’s upper Ostick said. school has switched from a quarters system to a Upper School Math teacher Mr. Jim Stinger said semester system. This lead to several other changes, that he liked the concept of having semesters instead of like the new performance updates and more. quarters.

In addition to quarterly grades being replaced by “We’re going to have the luxury of making sure things semester grades, there will be new were covered, so we can ease into a test performance updates in the middle of or project and don’t have this artifi• Quarter grades each semester. cial rush. Of course eventually that replaced by semester The decision to switch from a quarwill happen, but I’d rather have two grades only ters system to semesters was made for of those barriers than four of them,” a variety of reasons. One was that the • Teachers will write Stinger said. mid-semester students needed more time to present New performance updates in the performance updates, middle of a semester will be implea more accurate representation of their called KiSH reports abilities in the classroom, according to mented. These reports are named Director of College Counseling Mr. • Student Handbook KiSH reports because they are comIan Harkness. posed of one kind, specific, and helpful still refers to quarter grades “One of the main drivers was that sentence each. Most teachers added a there wasn’t enough time to give a fair description of these performance assessment of how you’re doing as a updates on the course syllabus. student,” Harkness said.

Sillup said that the KiSH reports Assistant Head of School for Academics Mr. Patrick give the students an opportunity to hear what they need Sillup agreed, explaining the student needed more time to to do to better before their grade is finalized. “tell his story” or represent himself accurately.

“You’re going to get three sentences from each teacher “The primary driver was the idea that the traditional explaining what you can do in the next month before this quarter can be a difficult time for a student to tell his grade gets finalized to make it look the way you want it story,” Sillup said. to,” he said.

The solution, he said, was to switch from quarters to “I think the KiSH [reports] are a really good idea, semesters. because it puts emphasis on dialogue and reflection rather “A semester expands that, it gives you more time. than a number,” said Economics teacher Mr. John Ostick.

There’s more assessments that fuel that grade, more contact However, the transition from quarters to semesters time with teachers, and there’s more ability to showcase hasn’t been flawless. For example, the newly released 2017what you can do,” Sillup said.

18 Handbook contains a few mentions of quarters, among Economics teacher Mr. John Ostick looking forward these are rules regarding Academic Probation and junior to the change from quarters to semesters. and senior study halls.

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NEWS IN BRIEF "Little Shop of Horrors" practices underway • Sophomore JD Triolo

will play the lead role of Seymour in the upcoming fall Malvern Theatre Society musical, scheduled for November 3, 4, 10, 11. Written by Howard Ashman and composed

by Alan Menken, the storyline features a plant that eats human flesh and blood. Senior Rhys Werny will play that plant, Audrey II. Read more in our story on page 5.

Mathletes launches in October •

The Mathletes team, moderated by Mr. Tom Panulla and Mrs. Diane Zulli, looks to have a strong year.

Their first meet is on October 2 at Bishop Shanahan High School.

Their starting lineup consists of sophomore Jerry Yang, junior Stephen Fratamico, and seniors Jack Magargee, Dan Malloy, and Rohan Jhunjhunwala.

Football defeats St. Augustine Prep in opening game • The Friars

easily took care of the Hermits by a score of 27-7. The game was played on Friday, September 1 at Villanova University and was the first game under new Head Coach, Dave Gueriera. The Friars were lead by junior quarterback, Drew Gunther and senior running back, O’Shaan Allison. Since then, Malvern has suffered three difficult losses to LaSalle, Pope John XXIII (NJ), and McDonough (MD).

Intramural Football started Tuesday, September 19 • The annual

Joe Redican Football League is underway, with juniors and seniors having their season openers first.

Head of Intramurals Andrew Burke and the “Front Office” have drafted a schedule including 24 teams from the high school. Football is the first of three sports for the year. The other sports ahead are basketball and speedball.

Student group attends opera On Wednesday, Sept. 13 • Director of

Student Life Dr. James Fry offered a trip into Philadelphia to watch the final rehearsal of the opera, “The Magic Flute,” first to the Australian exchange students and then the rest of the student body. Cochaperoned by Director of Global Exchange Ms. Theresa Lohse, the group toured some of the sites of Philly before heading to the show.

Australian Exchange Students spending three weeks on campus

• A group of five Australian exchange students from St. Augustine College in Sydney are at Malvern for three weeks. Jackson Leslie is hosted by sophomore Alex Bull, Cameron Richard is hosted by junior Colin Corrigan, Joel Van Duyl is hosted by junior Anthony Papa, Harry Newman is hosted by senior Alex MacLachlan, and James Lewis is hosted by sophomore Scott

Stratton. According to Global Exchange Director Ms. Teresa Lohse, the Australians’ visit is considered a cultural exchange, so they do not receive grades, but they are encouraged to participate in classes.

Robotics Club readies for the new season • The robotics club is pre-

paring to start a new season as they begin the stripping process of their old FriarBot. Led by seniors Rohan Jhunjhunwala and Nick Villano, outlook for this year looks up as several new recruits showed up for the first meeting on September 20.

Empty Bowls making big changes for upcoming year • Instead of

making bowls this year, Seniors Ben Mankowski, John McGlinn, John Connors, David Weiner, and sophomore John Giordano are trying something a bit different in coordination for the tenth annual fundraiser. On a blog post at mpemptybowls.org, Mankowski stated that this year the newly instated Art and Advocacy class focused on the event has decided to change from the conventional bowl event to plates and cups. The event date has yet to be determined. Although the design and logistics may change the mission remains: to raise as much money as possible for Bethesda Project. ◊

W hat d o e s St u d e nt Council have planned for this year?

Alex Haylock ‘19 FRIAR LIFE EDITOR tudent Council is preparing for student events and activities for the student body. We share some insight about these events from senior and Student Council President, Liam McKnight.

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What changes will the new Student Council bring?

LM: Student Council is actually in the middle of making a new and improved Blue & Grey games and pep rally for Spirit Week. We have some new ideas in mind that will hopefully appeal to all the students.

What events can the students be looking forward to?

LM: The students can be looking forward to our first Activity schedule event on Friday, September 29. We'll be having a handball tournament.

What are you personally excited for this year?

LM: I'm excited to have the opportunity to lead the whole student body and bring up some new things that haven't been done before.

What can you say the duty of the Student Council is?

LM: The duty of Student Council is to be the voice of all students. It's our job to make sure the students know what's happening around the school and to plan activities throughout the school year.

What do you think the student body should know about the new Student Council?

LM: Student Council had a summer meeting and a couple meetings during school to make sure everything is planned accordingly and everyone is taking care of their individual responsibilities. It's a lot of work, but all the guys are extremely hard workers and are up for the challenge.

We all want the best for the student body and try to make everything the best experience as possible. ◊

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Student of the Issue: The sophomore Chinese exchange student talks about what it is like to live away from family.

JERRY YANG '20 • A. HAYLOCK

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"I think the most difficult part is the reading. I have to read a lot of books."

-Jerry Yang

In AP Calculus as a sophomore, he has shown off his academic prowess in his favorite subject. “I think it’s interesting solving the problems.”

Yang said.

Among the many activities, the ones he is in shows off his personality and taste. “I did the robotics club, and the mathletes competition, and I run Cross Country,” Yang said.

Nevertheless the road is not always easy for him, especially since English is not his first language. “I think the most difficult part is the reading. I have to read a lot of books,” Yang said.

Yang noticed right away the difference between China and America, at least in the classroom.

“I think the class in China is pretty hard, especially the math and the science,” he said. “In class here you have a lot of freedom, you can select many different electives. In China we don’t have so many and we have to remember a lot of things.” ◊

Mr. John Ostick

Chase Bennett

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“My family down in F lor ida was affected. They had to go and move up to Banner Elk, which is in North Carolina. We don’t know if their house is okay or not yet. They haven’t been able to go back yet. I hope it’s okay but you never know. They have to stay like three or four more days in Banner Elk before they can go back.”

Jerry Yang

Ryan Mills ‘19 CONTRIBUTOR ophomore Jerry Yang has overcome more than just hard tests in his pursuit of education.

Traveling from China to the U.S., he is an incredibly gifted student.

“It was very hard at first, I had to leave my home, and leave all my family, but I got used to it,” he said.

Yang said he has spent lots of time from Canton, China, his home.

“I have no brothers or sisters, and my mom is a teacher at school, and my father is a businessman,” Yang said.

His summer was spent at home in China.“It was very good, I traveled around China during the summer,” he said.

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Hurricane Harvey struck the greater Houston area as a Category 4 hurricane in late August. Not long after, Hurricane Irma rolled through islands such as the US Virgin Islands before making landfall in Florida as another Category 4 storm.

We spoke with many Malvern students who were affected by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, both directly and indirectly, as they struck Houston and the Florida Keys.

“Anytime you have d e s t r u c t ion of capital resources or a reduction of people’s ability to work, you’re going to really have what we would say a decline of economic production and growth. It really has a tremendous economic impact. War kind of does the same thing. To me, you can almost equate casualties from war with a hurricane having a similar outcome even though it’s a different scenario.”

“We own a house down in Naples Florida, and my grandparents live down in that house… My dad went down to visit my grandpa because he is in bad condition, but then it turned out this hurricane was coming. So then he stuck around because he had to prep for the hurricane. There was minimal damage to the house, but was my dad was there for almost two weeks."

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“Harvey was weird in terms of its track. It wedged itself into the Gulf [of Mexico], which was really warm at the time, and then it sort of spun back on itself. It approached land and then backed off, picking up more and more water. So the wind speed, though it was high, wasn’t as high as an Irma. But it dumped a ton of water… They got more water than they ever would have expected in a whole year.

In Irma people died and we have a lot of damage, but it looks like we also got a bit lucky because the track didn’t stay over water. It hit land earlier, so it lost power more quickly.

I think all things considered, we got lucky with what Irma could have been. Irma when it started was one of the most powerful hurricanes we’ve ever recorded coming out of the Atlantic, and when it hit the Caribbean islands that was massively devastating. I think we think pretty nationalistic.

In the US we seem to be ok, [but] there’s other people that’ve had tremendous impacts from this hurricane… If Irma was 15-30 miles to the west, we would be talking about something very different. It probably would have been the most devastating storm we’ve ever seen.”

“With Hurricane Irma, there was a dire forecast in Naples, Florida. We thought that we would be five feet under water in our home along with everyone else in our area due to a storm surge that was predicted. Thank God that did not happen.

We prayed a lot all day on Sunday. We feel as though our prayers were answered because the storm surge did not happen as predicted. No water got in our home or any of the homes in our immediate area in Naples. Some people that we know did have damage and got water in their homes that were several miles inland. One of those people is actually living in our home now. He and his family had to move out of their house because of their damage. They are going to be staying at our house for awhile. We have a generator that is working. We do not have power, but we do have a generator. They have air conditioning, lights, and everything that they need. We did sustain some damage to our fence and landscaping, but our house is totally fine, thank God.”

Jack Leyden

Mike Stangis '14

Sean Upadhyay

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University of Miami '18

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“We were a little worried because my family has a condo in Naples that we recently renovated. Luckily, it wasn’t damaged. We had our friend go and check on it for us because we couldn’t make it down and couldn’t stand not knowing. That was after he waited for gas for five and a half hours. They went six days without electricity. No water. No ice.”

“I didn’t really have much I could do considering the time crunch I had… A lot of students were worried because a lot of price-gouging was going on for airplane flights. There was a lot of panic around campus. All in all, we probably missed about two and a half weeks.

I’m okay with them extending the school year because we paid for our education. But there are people that are much more vocal and upset about it, people that had specific plans over Christmas and fall break.”

“My grandparents. I was very concerned because they’re right on the coast, and my parents told them to get out but they stayed, [and] were in their house the entire time, so it was scary. They were absolutely fine, there was no flooding or anything it was perfect for them. They’re whole community was fine, but right outside it...they lost power and it was bad, so they got lucky I guess.” ◊

Friday Morning Rallies seek to pump up your morning Malvern recently held its first Friday Morning Rally, a new alternative to the everyday homeroom.

Sean Oates ’18 REPORTER or years, students have reported to homeroom for ten minutes before beginning their day, but Friday Morning Rallies are adding an exciting change of pace.

Led by Theology teacher Mr. Alex Haynie and a team of seniors, the Friday Morning Rally (FMR) Team was recently formed to plan and execute an alternative, Friday-only homeroom.

Every Friday, all Upper School students will report to the Duffy Center, where they sit in assigned seats according to their homerooms. The FMR Team hopes it can be a new way to bring the school together.

“I want it to be an opportunity for the community to come together as one but also an opportunity for student performances and for displaying student work,” Haynie said.

Students have the opportunity to contact the FMR Team if they want to participate in a rally, according to Haynie. They can perform a talent, present a project they’ve been working on, or anything else they want to show off in front of the school.

Friday Morning Rallies will also serve as an opportunity to make school-wide announcements.

If there is a big game or other extracurricular events upcoming, the entire Upper School will be gathered to hear it.

Malvern students already are accustomed to coming together every Monday morning for a weekly Chapel service. The Chapel services also aim to bring the community together in a more

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“Little Shop of Horrors” features Communications Coordinator puppets, rock music designs for Malvern, family For the first time, Malvern will be doing a musical in the fall instead record label of a play.

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After changing career choices, Thompson ended up doing graphic design, and now helps run a family business outside of Malvern.

SUDDENLY SEYMOUR • Leads Emily Apadula NDA '18 (Audrey) and J.D. Triolo '20 (Seymour) run through a reading of "Little Shop of Horrors" on Sept. 25. Cast in mid-September, the first fall musical for Malvern Theatre Society will open Nov. 3 / K. Leonard

Steven O’Meara ’19 REPORTER n August 29, Malvern Theater Societ y (MTS) Director Dr. James Fry announced via email that the fall MTS show would be the musical “Little Shop of Horrors.” Since then, roles have been selected and practices have begun with sophomore J.D. Triolo playing the lead, Seymour Krelborn.

Little Shop of Horrors, scheduled for November 3-4, 10-11 is the first fall musical that the MTS has ever scheduled. The fall production is typically a play with limited, if any music.

Without getting into the plot too much, “Little Shop of Horror” is about a florist shop worker who discovers and raises a flesh eating plant that comes about during a solar eclipse.

Fry is excited about the upcoming musical, and explained why this would be the year to start having two musicals. “The feedback that I got from students is that they enjoy the musicals a lot and they enjoy doing those a little bit more than a non musical,” Fry said.

In addition to being a musical, there are a few new challenges regarding the actual play itself.

“There is a new type of technical piece to this in the puppets, which we haven't done before, which is a new challenge that I think we are ready to tackle,” Fry said.

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students, but it is also easier for the director to cast interested students in a musical, according to Fry. “It is also very difficult to find high school appropriate non-musicals to perform that have a cast bigger than eight to ten people without creating roles,” Fry said. “I pick a show that is ultimately best for Malvern, and I would say that the show is guy heavy, and I’m confident that students are going to do the show, and if they don't, we will figure it out.”

One major problem that could have occurred would have been the lack of female auditions due to the fall musical “Mary Poppins” scheduled at The Academy of Notre Dame for the same opening weekend as “Little Shop.” However, Fry said he is not worried about a lack of girls due to the majority of male roles in the musical.

Sophomore J.D. Triolo received the part of Seymour in the play. “I'm real excited, because more people come to the musicals, because more people know about the musicals,” Triolo said.

“Everyone who auditioned has been in shows before.”

The theme of “Little Shop of Horrors” is also very different from the musical Malvern performed last spring, “Les Miserables.”

“It’s kind of rock and roll genre music, a lot different from ‘Les Miserables,’” Triolo said.

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formal setting. Friday Morning Rallies will be another opportunity for this to happen, however, in a less formal setting.

“I really enjoy the time in Chapel that we have, but I think bringing the community together even more frequently than just the Monday Chapel would be great,” Haynie said.

Typically, students report to their homerooms for just ten minutes, where their homeroom teachers take roll before the students head off to their first period class. While this will still be the case from Monday through Thursday, Fridays will be a different experience.

“Instead of going to homeroom we’ll go to the Duffy Center, and, basically, we want to just get everybody pumped up for the rest of the day and going into the weekend,” FMR Team Member Val Badalamenti ’18 said.

Haynie has been a big part of starting up the Friday Morning Rallies, and some of the inspiration for the idea came from his time in high school.

“We met as a community every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, and I thought it was really valuable time,” Haynie said. “And I thought we have the beautiful Duffy Theater, and we have that time in homeroom, so it seems like a window of opportunity for us.”

Friday Morning Rallies will be a new addition to the weekly routine at Malvern, and the FMR Team is excited to debut what they hope will be the start of what could become a Malvern tradition.

“We’re going have different things happening. We’re going have performances and people talking, so definitely it will help people show their abilities,” FMR Team Member Quinn McCahon ’18 said. ”I think it will get everyone going on a Friday to get school started.” ◊

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Aidan Gallary ’20 ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGER ommunications Coordinator Ms. Leah Thompson is Malvern’s first full-time, on-staff graphic designer. She is looking forward to working on new projects.

“It’s a lot of transitioning and trying to get things redesigned, and it's exciting for me,” she said.

Thompson, who started at Malvern during the 2016-17 school year and is now a full-time staff member, does design work for the school’s mailouts, calendars, brochures, signs and other related print decor. Currently, Thompson is working on the new Malvern view books and mailouts in preparation for the installation of Father Reilly.

“I think that I’ll have a lot more projects rolling in because I'm new here and people are trying to figure out ways to use me,” she said.

Thompson hails from Northeast Philadelphia and graduated from Albright College in 2011 with a Bachelor of Arts. Originally Thompson attended Albright for computer science and programming, but transitioned to graphic design and the music business.

“I went to college for computer science, but once I realized coding wasn’t for me I let myself move forward from that. I liked the reward you get from creating something and seeing it work, but it's so monotonous,” Thompson said.

Following that Thompson utilized her graphic design and music business skills to help promote new artists in the music industry. “I used my music skills to brand artists, any artists that was new to the scene and didn't have an image I did their artwork and logos, and that's how I got started,” she said.

From there Thompson went on to work for Color Reflections, a printing company that helped get her started in print design.

When she isn’t working on designs for Malvern or taking photos, Thompson is also the partowner of Platinum Records LLC, a record label she started with family members. There she works on almost everything: design, contracts and correspondents. “I basically make sure everything runs smoothly,” she said.

The record label is a new experience for Thompson and her family, but she is confident they will get through problems.

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“Any student whose GPA at the end of the quarter is below 2.0, or any student who receives two F grades, or an F and two D grades, or three D grades, will be placed on Academic Probation for the entire next quarter,” the Handbook states.

Many students may be concerned. If the word quarter is replaced with semester, this means that the athlete wouldn’t be able to leave school early for an event for half of the school year.

The Handbook also states, “Juniors who earn honors for the first quarter will be eligible for replacing their study hall with an open period,” along with several other mentions of academic quarters.

Since September 8, the Malvern Weekly has asked students and parents to sign that they have received and read this Student Handbook.

“It seems to me that that statement is just dated in general. Because of that we have to think of a way guys know where they need to be. Mr. Dougherty and I were talking about what that would look like,” said Sillup.

Sophomore Jimmy McCullough said he thinks he’ll like having both his grades on MyMalvern and getting a KiSH performance update.

“The reviews and the teacher giving their opinion about how you’re doing and what you should improve is great,” McCullough said. ◊

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Middle School Academies look to continue with theme of sustainability

This Spanish teacher had an eventful summer helping farm workers and is excited for her new roles this year.

Middle School teachers have found a way to connect all their grades on one topic, yet not have them doing the exact same things.

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Joe Lister ’21, Chris Ayres ’21 SOCIAL MEDIA EDITOR, CONTRIBUTOR n 2014, the first Middle School Academy began, and the middle school academy idea has continued to grow and expand from the original sixth grade model.

For Seventh Grade Dean Mr. Leo Kindon, he had to learn how the Academy format operated from his peers before he learned how to run it. “The process consisted of me watching the teachers who were involved in the Sixth Grade Academy,” he said.

The Sixth Grade Academy teachers were instrumental to the success of the seventh grade, according to Kindon.

“I got a chance to learn firsthand while I was still teaching seventh and eighth grade. The first year was a good experience,” Kindon said.

Mr. Jamie Wasson was part of the Sixth Grade Academy team the year that it kicked off, and is now the Sixth Grade Dean.

“It was kind of the launch of what we are doing now, in the Middle School and the High School,” he said.

According to Wasson, not much change has occurred since the Sixth Grade Academy first started. “I think one of the things that’s kind of stayed is this idea of the team of teachers,” he said.

Wasson said the theme of sustainability will permeate throughout the entire Middle School this year.

The eighth grade will be working with sustainability in food, the seventh grade will be talking about sustainability

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Gavin Canzanese ’19 CONTRIBUTOR panish teacher and Christian Service Coordinator Mrs. Kimberly Wright doesn’t stop teaching in the classroom. This past summer, she taught English to Peruvian exchange workers on a local farm.

Wright established a connection with the Peruvians through her local CSA program, a farm called Two Gander where she picks up fresh produce.

“I got involved because they were talking about the program and said that [the Peruvians] were interested in learning some basic phrases in Spanish, and I said how about we teach them English too?” Wright said.

According to Wright, the Peruvians are in the U.S. on a one year VISA to work on a farm. They pay a fee for this program, and they also get wages within limits.

For three days a week, Wright visited the farm to teach basic phrases and words in English to the Peruvians during their lunch break. They worked every day except Sunday, where they ventured on trips such as to the beach or lakes.

Three Peruvian men in their early twenties worked on the Two Gander Farm, according to Wright. Two of those men were brothers. The two brothers have a sister who is also visit“There’s just so ing the U.S. but a different farm, and much cooperation another brother who unfortunately and teamwork passed away from a fever. between the “Their medical care there just isn’t teachers, and like ours,” Wright said. “It was a bit of between the a shock to see how that just happened, teachers and the to a 12 year old.” students. I think Every day at 4 a.m., the Peruvians this year I’m just alternated one person to get up and getting a real make lunch, according to Wright. feeling of unity.”

“A couple of days I told the person who is making lunch today can sleep -Mrs. Kimberly Wright in, because I’m going to bring lunch.”

Wright said. “So I took frittatas or egg salad sandwiches so they didn’t have to get up quite so early.”

In addition, she helped the owners of the farm with medical and insurance issues with translations and advice. Wright still goes to the farm every Sunday where two of the Peruvians are still working to check up.

“I really admire what the owners of the CSA farms are doing and how many sacrifices they are making for other people, so I try to help when I can,” Wright said.

This is her first time ever doing this, and she plans to continue doing it throughout the years. She also hopes to get some students involved in what she thinks will be an amazing experience.

Wright also spent some time this summer visiting her son in Minneapolis.

“My son is loving it there. He works for an immigration law firm, a law firm that specializes in immigration laws so he’s working with a lot of immigrants also,” she said. “Seems to be a family theme.”

Wright also described how she is excited for the upcoming school year with changes bringing in more project-based learning. “I have yet to reuse any lesson plans.. I wish I could but it isn’t possible because each year we are doing something different,” she said.

“I’m really enjoying working with the Christian Service groups, it’s a really nice addition to my job description,” she said.

“There’s just so much cooperation and teamwork between the teachers, and between the teachers and the students. I think this year I’m just getting a real feeling of unity,” she said. ◊

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with recycling and the sixth grade will be working with sustainability of relationships with a documentary project.

“I think that’s what we’re seeing is different this year,” Eighth Grade Dean Mr. Rob Buscaglia said. “It’s that communication.”

Buscaglia said that he doesn’t think that Assistant Head of the Upper School for Academics Mr. Patrick Sillup’s change from leading the Middle School to the whole school will affect the Academies.

“Mr. Sillup has been working with us and kind of prepping us for taking more and more responsibility and leadership as we go on,” Buscaglia said. “So I feel like it's just kind of been an extension of that communication that we’ve had as a whole Middle School team.”

The grade level deans, as well as being part of the Middle School Academy team, have become a part of a broader team according to Buscaglia.

“We meet with all of the Academy Leaders in grades six through twelve,” Buscaglia said. “We get to see things at our Middle School divisional level and how things operate and then we get to see the whole system and how the school operates.”

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“The DR was the best trip I've ever been on in my life,” Gabriel said.

The service trip in Armenia was also canceled due to safety issues in the nearby country of Ukraine, where a skirmish between Ukrainians and pro-Russian rebels has been occurring since 2014.

According to Borish, the service program tries to focus on countries that Malvern has a connection with and has a need that has been voiced.

“So for example when we go to South Africa, we have people in South Africa who we partner with who have said there are children in South Africa that are in need or that there are other needs,” he said.

Malvern always wants to be able to help these groups of struggling people around the world, but certain things can prevent these trips like the factor of the students’ well being.

“With that being said, some of those countries are potentially dangerous and we might be in a position of having to cancel,” Borish said. “There really is no way to predict that.”

Something that helps the Christian Service program have some semblance of peace of mind if it is sending students to someplace with potential danger is their evacuation insurance policy.

“In terms of students, we have evacuation insurance. So if they are ever in a situation where there is some sort of attack or threat, or they are targeted or somebody gets sick, or something dangerous happens, we have insurance so those students can be evacuated from an area and be treated or get shelter or whatever the case may be,” Borish said.

This is Borish’s first year as the eleventh grade Christian Service coordinator, and he is enjoying the experience so far.

“There is a learning curve. It's a lot of sort of figuring out, communicating with Mr. Legner and Mrs. Miele,” he said. “Figuring out what needs to be done and when it needs to be done, but it is going well for the most part. It is a good experience. They are really helpful so it's making my job a lot easier. But it is a lot.

It is a big program.”

Borish appreciates everything Legner has done for the program and is glad to take a portion of the responsibility off his shoulders.

“I think it is for the best. Now we have a lot more people involved and a lot more resources so we can expand the program the way that Larry would have wanted but didn't necessarily have the time to do,” he said.

In his first month of the position, Borish has already been faced with an interesting development service-wise, the several hurricanes impacting southern states like Florida and Texas. The Christian Service Program is actively looking into opportunities to aid Houston in their time of trouble and hopes to be able to do something.

“With regard to Hurricane Harvey and Irma, we are in contact with people who are organizing locations that we could go to for service. It could potentially lead to a site that we go to,” he said, “There are no guarantees with that, but it is not off the table. If help is needed, we could be there.”

The organization that the Christian Service Program works with to send students to places in need is Rustic Pathways, and Malvern is currently talking with them to see if their site in Houston would be available to us.

“We reached out to them to see if there's any possibility to send students. It could potentially be a future opportunity,” Borish said.

Students like Gabriel think that this would be a good idea. Although according to him, the right group of guys would have to go down to make the trip worthwhile.

“I think that that would actually be a cool idea, but you definitely have to find the right group of guys,” Gabriel said. “The guys that I went with on the DR were seriously dedicated to the service, and we got done five miles of trench work, which most groups probably wouldn't have done. So if you get the right group of guys to go down to Houston, they'll definitely be good.”◊

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According to Ninth Grade Academy Leaders Mrs. Susan Giordani and Ms. Jackie White, the Academies have been in the making for roughly two years.

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he Academy Leaders have worked hard to enhance the freshman experience and to make them more comfortable as Malvern students.

“Yes the idea came to us around 2015 I believe. So we started planning this and getting together all year trying to design how this would look,” Giordani said. “The idea really came up from the middle school so the plan was adapting it to the high school.”

“It’s all about teaming and being more of a cohesive learning experience and really getting to know one another in this teaming up kind of thing,” White added. “Everything we did last year has been enhanced.”

The goal of the Academies is to focus on the student experience, specifically the freshmen.

“There is an intentional focus now, so for instance this is how the J-Term came about, because we were focusing on how we can really make it work for the students when they come back for the second semester, because it felt really disjointed last year,” Giordani said.

They began to plan the logistics of the Academies soon after.

“So we really started talking about how things worked, like what if we had a freshman floor in Carney [Hall] where everyone could be together.”

“And we did do some of that last year, but not really,” White said. “We tried last year and we knew things were good, but let’s improve it and make it cohesive and intentional.”

The Academies are improving from past students’ feedback as well.

“The last two years we tried having the freshmen in the basement f loor of Carney [Hall], and getting them there for Community Time, but at the same time we needed more cohesion so we’re doing the same thing this year just again making it more intentional. We asked students what they liked and what they didn’t like, do you like quiet Community Time or do you not and things like that.The whole thing is based on feedback from previous students,” Giordani said.

The freshman have now been moved to the main floor of Carney Hall, the second floor.

“That was a logistical decision, whatever worked, we worked with the schedule we worked with Mr. Koenig and figured out which would be the best floor for it,” White said.

The freshmen no longer have to stay in Carney Hall for Community Time.

“The freshmen don’t have to stay in their rooms for Community Time, but they will be shown an assembly for what Community Time is used for,” Giordani said. “Imagine back to freshman year, when you had this big chunk of time and figuring out the best way to use it, whether it’s for meeting with teachers, clubs, activities, or anything.”

The goal of the Academies is more communication between the students and faculty and staff.

“The first couple weeks are just going to be constantly reminding them what is going to happen so there is just a lot more communication than in past years to kind of ease them in,” said White.

Assistant Head of School for Academics Mr. Patrick Sillup hopes that having a team

JOINING THE BROTHERHOOD • Members of the Class of 2021 and transfer students participated in the Brotherhood Ceremony on Sept. 11 / D. Malloy

dedicated to the ninth grade experience helps kids feel more connected faster with their classmates and improve their relationships in the long run.

“I hope that if you were to stop a guy now, they felt more familiar with their teachers, with their peers, and with their campus sooner than they would have if we just said ‘Let’s just start the year and go to class,’” Sillup said.

Freshman Riley McCarry, enjoyed freshman orientation, but had some feedback.

“It was very informative, but I feel like we spent too much time on the projects we did there and I wish we spent more time interacting with each other,” McCarry said. “The main project we did was we had to build mobiles with the friar logo and tell stories about our Malvern

journey, I wish we still did all that but still did something else that helped us get into more groups.”

“I liked freshman orientation a lot and it was thorough, but I wish we did more social activities and got to know each other more but I still really liked it,” Fricker said.

The freshmen gave feedback on what they would have added for their orientation and for next year.

“If I could choose to add something, because we went on the turf a lot, would be something like sports games and activities we could have played together,” McCarry said.

“I say something like that, you know a sports game, or some sort of team-building activity or exercise,” Fricker said. ◊

Fr. Reilly adapts to Malvern community After roughly two months at Malvern, new Head of School Fr. Don Reilly, O.S.A. has experienced a few similarities and some significant differences to his previous position.

Eric McLaughlin ’18 and Dan Malloy ’18 they’ll be very honest with you. I respect that students at both schools are who they are, and don’t EDITORS-IN-CHIEF fall into the trap of being marginalized,” Reilly said. n Friday, September 1, Head of School Fr. Donald Reilly O.S.A. stood on the sidelines of a Although these similarities have made the transition easier, there are still some differences high school football game supporting his Augustinian school against another Augustinian between schools that have made Fr. Reilly want to take a small step back and observe what is hapschool. He had been here before, a year ago, except this time, he was on the other sideline. pening in the school community.

Fr. Reilly joined the Malvern community this year after being the President of St. Augustine “I am the eighth member of the leadership team. The other members are helping me understand Prep for five years. the place, so the learning curve is really manageable because of the leadership team,” Reilly said.

Coincidentally, Malvern’s first football game of the year came against Fr. Reilly’s former school.

Fr. Reilly also said that it is strange for him not knowing many people that are on campus and “The game against St. Augustine’s was a little strange for me,” Reilly said. that he has tried to get to know members of the community better.

“I was standing behind the Malvern bench Before students arrived to campus on the first day of school in August, Fr. supporting the team, and when I looked Reilly was already hard at work. Over the summer, he tried to get to know each “It’s one thing to over at the other sideline, I knew everyboard member on a personal level by sitting down with them for a breakfast have a working body there.” or lunch. relationship. It’s Reilly said that he eventually felt “It’s one thing to have a working relationship. It’s quite another to underquite another to safe to walk over to the other side of stand another level of knowing about a person,” Reilly said. “It helps with understand another the field once Malvern built up a strong conversation and it changes the environment. It enables me to bring board level of knowing enough lead. “I didn’t want to jinx my members into the culture.” about a person,” current team,” he said.

Reilly said that he has met with other significant members of the Malvern Reilly said. “It helps This year’s game had community and of the communities surrounding campus. He said that he has with conversation many similarities to met with the Malvern Chief of Police, the director of the Malvern Retreat and it changes the last year’s game, but it House, and four other Inter-Ac Heads of School. environment.” also had a number of Reilly has also set a goal to get to know the students at Malvern better. Reilly Fr. Don Reilly, O.S.A. differences too. St. said that he welcomed students in the carpool line each morning for the first Augustine Prep is a week of school and has opened his schedule on Fridays to meet with students very similar school and get to know them better. to Malvern. It is an all-boys, Catholic “Any student or faculty member is welcome to sign up,” Reilly said. “I am able to listen and Augustinian school that shares the learn about anything they want to talk with me about.” same values of truth, unity, and love.

These interactions with the surrounding community have not only helped Malvern learn more In his first two months at Malvern, Fr. about Fr. Reilly, but have helped Fr. Reilly learn more about Malvern.

Reilly said that he has noticed these “What I’ve learned from all of these meetings was that people truly love Malvern. It has had similarities as well as some differences. its highs and lows, but there’s an abiding fidelity to it and I feel like I am catching it,” Reilly said.

“I am noticing that the students “Now that I live here and see people who love it, I feel pretty good and am happy to be a part of it.” ◊ down there [St. Augustine Prep] are very similar to the students that are here [Malvern]. If you’re honest with them,

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How Malvern students spend free time during the school day Based on a survey of 168 students • See Editorial on page 2

Freshman Survey (Continued)

On August 23-24, we conducted our third annual Freshman Survey. The survey had a total of 40 questions relating to demographics, academics, athletics, and activities. We reached 60% of the Class of 2021. In our week one issue, we displayed 23 graphics of student responses. Here are five more. Please visit our website at lantern.news to see more results.

100% of the freshman class members who were surveyed identify as being heterosexual or straight. This is a greater number of students identifying as straight than the United States average.

According to the 2016 CDC Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 8% of high school students in the United States identify as lesbian, gay, or bisexual.

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING BEST DESCRIBES YOUR SEXUAL ORIENTATION?

The largest response of how students do their best academic work in the freshman class was individual work.

While teachers still assign a lot of work to be done individually, there will also be lot of group projects during your time at Malvern. It is very important to work well as a team in these projects. Do not have one person do all of the work while someone else doesn’t do as much. If used well, group projects can be a great way to learn and will prepare you well for working in college and after college.

The majority of the class gets their news via television. The next biggest source of getting news is Snapchat and other social media besides Twitter and Facebook. No matter what source you are using to get your news, make sure the provider is a reliable source.

HOW DO YOU FEEL YOU DO YOUR BEST ACADEMIC WORK?

WHERE DO YOU PRIMARILY GET YOUR NEWS?

This year’s class, on average, has read eight books in the past year. Five of these books have been for school work and three have been for personal enjoyment. This is a one book drop off from last year’s freshman class (current sophomores) and a two book decrease from the freshman class two years ago (current juniors).

HOW MANY BOOKS HAVE YOU READ IN THE PAST YEAR FOR SCHOOL AND FOR YOUR OWN ENJOYMENT?

Only 17% of the freshman class said that they do not play in a fantasy sports league. Of the students who do play in a fantasy sports league, 39% play for money and 44% do not play for money. Of course, gambling is listed as a ten-and-ten in the student handbook, but Fantasy Football is a great way to build relationships with friends at Malvern. It is the talk around school every fall.

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The Return OF

O'shaan Allison

After fracturing his ankle in last year’s game against Imhotep Charter, senior runningback O’Shaan Allison is back and better than ever.

Garrett Hallinan ’19 Along with being a great football player, SPORTS EDITOR Allison is a role model, a friend, and a hard t is very difficult to come back from a sea- worker. son ending injury. It takes time, hard work, “I love coaching Allison,” Gueriera said. strengthening, and therapy, but the most “He is quiet and humble. When he talks, he important of these is hard work. says something that is meaningful. He is not “I worked out everyday with a personal out there beating his chest and telling everytrainer,” Allison said. “I took no days off, and one that he is the greatest, rather he lets his my mindset was that I needed to get out of actions speak.” this.”

Next fall, Allison will be attending Ohio Every day after school for a month, University.

Allison went to Mr. William Mills, Malvern’s “When I went down there, I loved what I head athletic trainer, to rehab his ankle. saw,” Allison said. “The facilities were beau“I started off by simply rotating the tiful. The coaches treated me well, and they ankle,” he said. “After weeks of physical were very honest with me.” therapy, I started to walk on it, using my tippy Coach Gueriera agrees that Ohio toes. Every day it needed to be strengthened University is the right fit for Allison, and he and iced.” looks forward to seeing him play there.

Altogether, Allison’s recovery took about “Ohio University has a very high level of two months after rehab. It was early May football. It will be a challenge; college footwhen he began running again. ball is a lot faster than high school football, “It did not feel the same,” he said. “I basi- and there are a lot more ups and downs. It is cally had to re strengthen my whole left leg. I important to get back up from the downs, could not change directions quickly for that and I think he will be fine in that aspect. whole month of May. College coaches who Academically coming from Malvern, I think saw me during my spring workouts realized he is well prepared,” Gueriera said. that I had a limp, and they shied away.”

Allison plans on making a big impact at Reasonably, Allison felt Ohio University. discouraged. He did not “Ohio plays against good know what else he could do, competition,” Allison said. but then a close friend came “I believe that I have a good in for the rescue. chance to play against good “During the offseason, I football players. They win brought O’Shaan with me to games and make it to a bowl workout on the field and in the game almost every year in gym,” junior Quincy Watson their conference.” said. “I took him under my For Malvern, Allison wing, and we progressed wears the number one on the slowly. At the EverFit gym back of his jersey. He hopes in Malvern, we did squats, to attain this number when he -O'Shaan Allison benches, leg presses, and ran goes and plays for the Bobcats laps around the building.” in Ohio.

Quincy and Allison are more than “Wearing number one is a privilege,” friends, they are second cousins.

Allison said. “It is something that you have “We have known each other for a long to earn. In college, I will have to work for it.” time,” Watson said. “Ever since I came to It was Allison’s Dad who turned him Malvern freshman year, we have grown closer towards the number one. by talking and hanging out all the time.”

“Before one of my first seasons playing As they pushed each other, Allison football, my dad said to me, ‘I want you to started to feel better and his confidence con- wear number one, and I want you to always tinued to grow. wear number one for the rest of your career.

“My hard work has definitely paid off,” Because at the end, I want you to be the numAllison said. “In our first game against St. ber one in everything.’”

Augustine Prep, I had 19 carries for 142 Allison works to be the best, but at the yards. I believe I could have done even better same time, he is a team first player. than that.”

“He represents Malvern Football very Coach Gueriera believes the best part of well,” Coach Gueriera said. “He loves his Allison’s football game is his vision. teammates, and that is what family is all “Vision is not taught, rather it is a gift,” about. Forget about me and I love you.”

Gueriera said. “You have it or you don’t have Allison appreciates all that Malvern has it. He has a talent where he can feel holes that given to him. open. He also has a will that most running “Being a part of Malvern and its footbacks do not have. It is going to take a few ball team is a blessing,” he said. “It has made guys to bring him down; he is relentless in me into a better leader and more of a self that approach.” starter."◊

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AGE block seeks to unite each class For one hour a month, grade levels will come together and focus on grade-level issues.

Dan Malloy ’18 The plan is to have an Augustinian-like discussion, where discusEDITOR-IN-CHIEF sion is free and open, but with respect for all facts and individuals aking place the last week of every month, the AGE block involved. is time built into the calendar for each grade level to meet The tenth grade will be focusing on digital portfolio creawith their Academy Leaders. The first one will take place tion for the year according to tenth grade Academy Leaders Ms. on September 27, and there will be eight total during the year.

Lauren Lesch, math teacher, and Mr. Matthew Boccuti, science The AGE block will take place during the activity slot (9:10- teacher.

10:10am) of an activities schedule the last “We are laying out this idea of telling their week of each month according to Assistant own story, like what’s their academic history, The first AGE Block Head of School for Academics Mr. Patrick what’s their experience with extracurriculars, Sillup. with athletics...Whatever their experience is in is Wednesday, “The AGE block is an opportunity for their high school career, we hope to tell their Sept. 27. Visit this grade levels to come together to attempt to story in this portfolio,” Lesch said. story online for hit the center of the Venn Diagram which is Lesch and Boccuti hope to have each tenth photos and student represented by Augustinian, Globally Aware, grader have a rough draft of their digital portreactions. and Entrepreneurial. I don’t know if we give folio by the end of the year. They said having guys enough opportunity to do that colleca portfolio is a useful tool to show to colleges, tively,” Sillup said. employers, athletic coaches, and more.

Each grade is doing something different for the assembly “You can think back throughout your academic career. You schedule, and each set of Academy Leaders run it. Each grade probably don’t do much of collecting and collating and threading has a team of faculty who plan each element of the block. together of your school experiences, so we want to do is have some For the ninth grade, Academy Leaders Mrs. Sue Giordani dedicated time to that. So by your senior year, you now have this and Ms. Jackie White placed math teacher Mr. Michael Rawlings legacy of your time here that you can cleanly and neatly give to as the point person for the first AGE block. He plans to empha- someone for an internship or a college admissions department,” size the “Augustinian” portion of the AGE acronym.

Boccuti said. “[Being Augustinian] has been what we have historically been The eleventh and twelfth grades will be working together for about, and I think we have forgotten that in the last five years,” the first two AGE blocks. According to twelfth grade Academy Rawlings said. “I think a part of the AGE block is claiming our Leader Mrs. Harriet Lappas, the focus will be Christian Service. identity that has become clouded.”

“We’re going to do Christian Service share outs because the Rawlings plans to include an activity called, “Take A Stand.” seniors just went on their trips this summer and the juniors will This exercise will have students physically line up on a spectrum be choosing their trips,” Lappas said. of where they stand on a certain issue, then debate on the issue.

Lappas said for the first AGE block, each Christian Service

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Counselors and Registrar attempt to keep class changes small Adding and dropping courses isn’t as easy as you might think.

Luke McClatchy ’19 when changing schedules.

MEDIA & CULTURE EDITOR “Sometimes it’s like, ‘Oh, this class affects this class, his year, Malvern had three days as the add-drop which then affects this class and so on,’” Koenig said. “And period for classes. Behind the students’ mad scram- sometimes there really is no solution.” ble to get their desired courses, School Registrar The way they approach the schedule depends on mulMr. Michael Koenig and the counseling department work tiple factors. hard to make sure everything is in order.

“For example in years past, the students sign up for Koenig first has to look at the student’s current sched- their classes in the spring. In the summer, we create secule and what classes he takes. The more specific the request tions based on how many students sign up for the class given, the easier it is to comply with the student’s needs, while also accounting for how many students will pass the according to Koenig. placement tests,” Koenig said.

“If the student has a specif ic The strain of swapping classes request it’s easy for me because I can doesn’t fall only on the counselor, “Our first goal is to do just put that request in there and see according to Koenig. everything with minimal where and when it fits and if I have “It can put a lot of strain on a changes. It is a lot of to move classes around,” Koenig said. student, and they might go home compromising on both Counselors have to make things and talk to their family about it sides.“ work and move things around for stuand discuss if it is better long term -Mr. Paul Simpson dents too. Head of School Counseling to make one choice or another, Mr. Paul Simpson said the counselors and that is where the counselors need reasons from the student for addcan get involved,” Koenig said. ing/dropping the classes.

There are times when the department has to add “We don’t add or drop no questions asked,” Simpson another section during the school year, but it's not often said. that it happens.

The counseling department also has to look long term “Yeah it’s kind of a pain to do but it’s not terrible, we on the decisions the students want to make. The key is usually identify that by the first few weeks of school, and maintaining balance for the student’s classroom rigor and it’s usually another four to five hours of work for me,” his well-being.

Koenig said.

“If a sophomore is dropping from an honors class to Going to your counselor to change a class isn’t a guaran academic course, we want to make sure they are aware antee it will happen, either. of the possible consequences regarding the college process “More often than not we have to tell the student who and transcripts,” Simpson said. “You also have to find that is trying to change classes that it just might not be possible mental health balance too.” to do this, unless there is a compelling reason to swap,” Koenig said he tries to keep balance within classes Koenig said. because he does not want to overload teachers.

The main goal is to make the class changes seamless “When I start moving classes around I have to be for both students and teachers. sensitive to how many students are in the class. Say if you “Our first goal is to do everything with minimal want to move to a class that already has say twenty or so changes. It is a lot of compromising on both sides,” students. I might not want to move you into that class and Simpson said. “We always try to come forward with a try to find a different solution to it,” Koenig said. variety of options and keep the changes small.” ◊ According to Koenig, it is almost a domino effect

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group who went this summer will go up and give a presentation on their trip to the juniors to help them choose. Next, the juniors will select their Service trips in October. At the second AGE block, which is the end of October, the juniors will listen to the seniors who went on their respective trip speak about it in groups.

Senior Pat McNally likes this idea to help the juniors.

“When I was deciding which trip to go on last year I ended up just asking my friends what trips they were going on because I didn’t know a lot about each trip,” McNally said. “I feel like these meetings will help the juniors get a better idea of what each trip is like.”

Eleventh grade Academy Leader Mr. Jay Rogai said the first two AGE blocks are planned, but they are still planning a general direction for the six other AGE blocks. He also said topics for AGE blocks could be shifted depending on current issues within the school community.

“Some things may change if there is a need,” Rogai said.

“For example, last year when there was imagery around campus that was clearly offensive, if there was a need to have that type of conversation with a class, we might just can what was planned and go forward with a plan that is meaningful and impactful.”

Senior Nick Villano likes the idea of the AGE block, only if it is accepted and implemented well by the school and students.

“I would like to see an AGE block used to make students aware of important upcoming events related to our graduation and certain events which take place during the senior year,” Villano said.

Lesch thinks the AGE block will be much more relatable to students rather than a traditional full-school assembly, and hopes students feel the same.

“When we met for assemblies, we met as a whole school,” Lesch said. “So, I feel like they can see we are really trying to tailor things to what they need.”◊

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Finally, the day ends with a second course block which goes from one to three o’clock. This rough draft of the schedule will be replaced with a formal one soon ideally somewhere within the timeframe of October, according to Sillup.

“What I would like to do is to publish the schedule to the faculty first in early October and then to the students in late October,” Sillup said. “This would then kick start students in thinking what they're interested in and getting signed up and getting everything scheduled.”

An important part of the schedule which will impact a significant amount of students regarding the J-Term is the AP Institute. This is the program devised for students enrolled in AP courses during the J-Term. Since normal classes can’t run in the same way during this time period, this plan was necessary because of the rigorous AP curriculums.

“So if you are a student who is taking AP classes, “I know that within that the big concern from the we will have AP students AP teachers what is that if who say ‘gosh I really we are off for two weeks and want to explore these then eight more days, how other J-Term options.’ do we manage that? Where Unfortunately, at this we landed is to have the AP point we can't have the classes still running but in a students do both. It will different format,” he said. be either or.”

Instead of taking the newly -Mr. Patrick Sillup formulated J-Term courses, students with three or more AP classes will have access to their AP teachers during their blocks. “So in a lot of ways it almost accelerates your coursework during that time because you don't have to worry about other courses and can lock in just on that,” Sillup said.

Because of the overriding importance of the AP classes, J-Term classes won’t be an option for this group of students.

“I know that within that we will have AP students who say ‘gosh I really want to explore these other J-Term options.’ Unfortunately, at this point we can't have the students do both,” he said. “It will be either or.”

While all AP students are in the AP institute, a silver lining to this slightly gloomy dark cloud is the possibility that students taking less than three AP courses may still be able to be involved in a J-Term course.

“That's what we’re working on. That might be possible. We are trying to make sure that that's as seamless as it can be,” Sillup said.

Senior Nick Villano, who is taking five AP classes, likes the idea of the J-Term.

“I think it'll be cool... I think some of the classes sound interesting, I'm just kinda disappointed that I can't take any [J-Term] classes. I wish there was a way that I could take the classes and my APs,” Villano said.

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Malvern Soccer travels to Italy, Switzerland Traveling internationally and gaining chemistry as a team, varsity soccer hopes this experience can transfer to an Inter-Ac title.

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captains for the varsity squad. He was named Main Line Boys Athlete of the Week for the second week in September. Kummerer said that n August 19th, Malvern’s varsity soc- Hodlofski is vital to the success of the team. cer team set off for a nine day trip to “Jake is the vocal anchor of our strong Italy, playing teams from both Italy defense this year,” Kummerer said. and Switzerland.

The third and f inal The team stayed in game that Malvern played Como, located in northern was against another strong “I really got to bond with Italy, near the southern borItalian club team, in which the boys. Whether it was der of Switzerland. The city the Friars ended up being giving pep talks at the of Como sits on the southdefeated 4-2. games, or interacting on ern tip of Lake Como.

Since the trip took place the bus and at meals, it Malvern’s game schedduring the team's preseason, was a great experience.” ule began against a team Kummerer said the adjust-Coach Andrew Kummerer from Switzerland. After 90 ments came to the team as minutes, the Friars came they played. away with a sizable win, 6-0.

“I thought the progresAlthough Malvern came away with a sion as a team was very good,” he said. “The dominant win in the first game, captain Jake first couple games, for both us and the teams we Hodlofski and coach Andrew Kummerer both played, were just trying to get a feel for positions described the games as “[getting] progressively and strategies.” more difficult as the trip went on.”

Along with having the opportunity to play The second game on Malvern’s schedule was soccer against amazing European teams, the against a solid club team from Italy. The final team was also able to explore the surrounding score was a 1-1 draw, but Hodlofski says this area of Italy where they were staying. game was his favorite to play in. “We were down “We were able to travel a lot to cities like the whole game and kept fighting until we tied Venice, which we were free to walk around in,” it, it was awesome,” he said.

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something to say regarding the matter of APs during the J-Term.

“I mean I'm kind of bummed I'm not taking a J-Term course. It seemed kinda fun,” Reilly said. “But it's good that we are doing our APs keeping with it because we have fallen more behind. We have less class than public school, so we need as much time as we can get.”

Additionally, Reilly likes how the J-Term is structured regarding semester. “I like how we have the J-Term and Semester system. It's nice to have a break right after Christmas. You get right back into things,” he said.

Another aspect of the J-Term that Sillup hopes to share with the Malvern community soon is the course list itself.

“It is not available yet. Teachers are still refining. When we ended the year last year, we had a course book of about 60,” Sillup said. ‘That's going to change because an AP teacher may not offer that class as an AP any longer. We also have new faces on campus.”

These classes were all pitched by individual teachers as topics that interested them and after running it by Sillup, they were allowed to go forward with their ideas.

“Each person wrote up about a paragraph description of the course itself,” he said. “I had a lot of new things to check out and you guys will have a chance to kind of file through it and and say ‘alright, here's something that looks interesting.’”

Faculty like History of the Church teacher Mrs. Jessica Kenworthey are excited about the upcoming J-Term and their classes during it.

“I think a lot of colleges are doing it, so since we are college preparatory school, it makes sense for us to do it to give them the experience of what a J-Term is going to be,” Kenworthey said.

She also can’t wait to see how students of different learning styles will tackle the unorthodox learning environment presented by the J-Term.

“I think it's gonna give students who are very hands on, who are very kinetic, auditory learners, learners who learn differently than a traditional classroom setting,” Kenworthey said. “It's gonna be a great experience for them.”

According to Sillup, the goal of the J-Term is to open up experiences for Malvern students to go beyond the traditional academic disciplines.

“For eight days it is a neat time to sort of explore that, think about it, process the first semester, break into the second semester. But I think the main thing that comes to mind is a chance for guys to dig into into something that they otherwise wouldn't have the opportunity to do,” he said.

Sillup’s biggest hope for the J-Term is to have people be interested in and inspired by the information and courses that they will interact with.

“I hope that in the J-Term people are going to come back to school in a really comfortable way so that the J-Term ends, and we say ‘Ok, we are ready to start the second semester and I'm ready to push to the end of the year.’ That would be a great thing for me. So inspired, connected, and refreshed. That would be a wonderful combination,” he said. ◊

which was cool.”

The team also visited the professional soccer stadium of Juventus, and they got the chance to attend an actual Inter Milan match.

Looking forward, Malvern soccer hopes that this experience can transfer to success in the Inter-Ac and better chemistry as a team.

“I really got to bond with the boys,” Kummerer said. “Whether it was giving pep talks at the games, or interacting on the bus and at meals, it was a great experience.”

The players also felt that the trip had a beneficial impact on the team.

“The Italy trip will have great impacts for the team. It allowed us to bond into a team of brothers, all wanting to perform and win. For many of us this is the closest team we've ever been apart of,” junior Will Reckmeyer said.

Reckmeyer also commented on the team's goals.

“This year, we want to win the Inter-Ac and States,” he said. “Everyone on the team believes we can do it due to our talent and depth. It’s just a matter of outworking every other team.”◊

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Film Failures: The Book of Henry Though “The Book of Henry” is an awful movie, it fails in the funniest ways possible.

Aidan White ’20 REPORTER watched a lot of movies this summer.

I made a point out of seeing as many movies to come to the theater as I could. Even so, the most fun experience I had was watching “The Book of Henry” in theaters.

So, going into this movie I had absolutely no expectations for it. I went into the movie just expecting it to be boring and unfunny. Little did I realize that I would be laughing almost nonstop for the next hour.

The movie starts off with a boring intro of drawings in Henry's book, I remember this sequence lasting way longer than it had to.

Then, the actual live action movie begins. Watching this movie, there is something very clear from scene one, the acting is atrocious.

I remember watching the first scene and laughing out loud because the lines were delivered so poorly. We are introduced to our heroes.

Henry is an extremely bright young child who runs the house and does most of the hard work a mother usually does. Peter is Henry's younger more naive and lovable brother. And finally, Henry's mom Susan. She is an awful parent who plays video games and rad ukulele.

The movie tries to make Henry and his mother's relationship normal, but it just comes off very cruel. We see Henry do the taxes while his mom plays some Xbox game the creators got paid to advertise. They try to make it seem cute, but all I see is a mother neglecting her kids.

Henry’s school life does not seem any easier, he constantly has to save his younger brother from getting bullied. Because of this and his brilliance, Henry does not have many friends. His only real friend is his neighbor Christina.

Christina is a young girl who lives next to Henry and gets abused by her ex-police dad. Henry is the only person who knows this disturbing fact about her life.

Henry tries to alert the school but they are like, “No, it doesn't matter that her mood has darkened and she has evidence of being abused, we need more evidence.” So

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Henry is like, “Ok, I’ll just forget that you asked for more evidence and do this by myself.”

Henry tries multiple times to get Christina’s dad caught, but it just fails miserably. Every time police are sent to his neighbor's house, they get distracted by the fact that Christina’s dad is a excop and don't harshly interrogate him.

So, after this, Henry decides something even more serious and psychotic has to be done. Nothing can satisfy 12-year-old Henry now, except for the blood of his enemy. Henry straight up creates a plan to kill his neighbor.

But then, disaster strikes. Henry has cancer or something and dies. This would be really sad in a good movie, but the acting really ruins these scenes.

Henry is seen crying and saying he is going into the light.

This scene in particular felt like an elementary school play.

So, with Henry dead, his mom has to actually be a parent. This makes her sad because being a parent ends up being a lot more difficult than jamming out on the ukulele.

She also discovers Henry's plans to kill the neighbor and decides to finish what he started.

So, Henry's plan is underway. The plan involves stealing a sniper rifle, to tricking Christina’s dad to give up ownership of his own child. Each step is more ridiculous than the last.

Then, the most epic scene in the entire movie. Henry’s mom tries to murder her neighbor while Christina is at a talent show. Different talents are inter cut between Henry's mom trying to murder someone.

So, Henry's mom will be loading her sniper and then it will cut to an eight year old spitting straight bars at his talent show. It’s honestly hilarious.

In the end, Henry's mom realizes that murder might not actually be the answer, and through a few wacky shenanigans, the police decide that maybe the dad is abusing his daughter. Hearing this news, Christina's dad promptly kills himself. Now Christina is Henry's awful mom’s child, yay?

In the end, “The Book of Henry” is garbage. I thought it was hilarious but I doubt anyone else will. Don’t watch it, you will just be bored and disgusted. ◊

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With ten seniors and five returning all Inter-Ac athletes, the team’s season is shaping up to be one of the best in school history.

Ryan Maher ’19 REPORTER s of the first week of September, varsity Water Polo has played one scrimmage and three games. Their record is 4-0, winning each by a dominant differential of ten goals.

Coach Jay Schiller loves his team’s performances on both sides of the pool.

“It’s a big indication of how strong our defense is, and also how much talent we have on the offensive side of the ball,” Schiller said.

Over the past few seasons, Malvern water polo has been very successful in the Inter-Ac league, winning five straight league titles, most of them outright.

The team this season has a strong senior class, and the players voted five seniors to be captains: Isaac Salinas, Steve Salle, Sean Oates,

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Kyle Leonard ’19 SPORTS EDITOR o start the year, Malvern, led by head coach Dave Gueriera, thrashed St. Augustine Prep 27-7, and then lost their next three games to LaSalle, Pope John Paul XXIII, and McDonough by scores of 45-21, 27-10, and 27-9, respectively.

Despite the losses, Gueriera saw a lot of positives from each of their games. In the Lasalle game, he saw a lot of good things, but singled out the areas of improvement for the team.

“I think we saw some positives in the LaSalle game. I thought offensively we moved the ball pretty well against a good defense,” Gueriera said. “We sputtered in the second half, which ultimately, I think, cost us the game.

Defensively, we didn’t play as well in that game as I’d like us to.”

In the Pope John XXIII game, Gueriera and the team learned a valuable lesson going forward.

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step back. Take nothing away from Pope John.

They’re a good team,” Gueriera said. “Going forward, I think we learned we have to eliminate simple, mental mistakes. We are a very good team. I tell them all the time: the only team that can stop us is ourselves.”

Malvern lost possibly its toughest game of the year 27-9 on Friday, Sept. 22, a home game vs McDonogh (MD). According to Maxpreps. com, McDonogh is ranked as the 27th best team in the nation.

To get ready for the upcoming tests, senior and offensive lineman Joe Basiura said that the team’s preparation has been intense.

“We’re just going as hard as possible. We’re simulating each practice like it’s the game. I can tell you that it’s been hard, and everyone’s getting really serious,” Basiura said.

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This fall, the soccer team hopes to have another successful season.

Rowan Cabahug-Almonte ’20 REPORTER o far this season, the soccer team has won games against CB West and West Chester Henderson. The recent wins helped the morale of the team. The future looks good for the team and they are looking to build off of their early season wins.

“We are getting better each and every day and reaching our goal of getting ready for the Inter-Ac league,” coach Andrew Kummerer said.

Senior Jake Hodlofski earned Mainline Player of the Week and has been playing exceptionally well as the starting goalkeeper. Junior Matt Lamond has been great setting up the attacking play and scoring goals. Also senior Lucas Hammond has been the glue for both offense and defense.

“The season’s been going really well,” varsity player Desmond Papariello ’18 said.

The season started with all returning varsity players going on a trip to Italy and playing three preseason games there. Since then, the Friars hold a record of three wins, two losses, and one draw.

“We lost to the 27th [ranked] in the nation Central Bucks West and another really good team in Mercersburg, both games that we could

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have won. We aren't really worried and we had taken a lot of positives from the start of the season,” Krummerer said.

The biggest challenge this year for the season will be scoring goals according to Krummerer.

“We have a strong defense, strong goalie, but if we can't score goals we will have a lot of pressure on our defense,” Krummerer said.

On the mental side, Papariello thinks another obstacle will be sustaining team focus.

“The season is long and grueling and everyone gets continuously more and more fatigued,” Papariello said.

Despite this, Papariello thinks the team has plenty of on-field advantages, like their physical strength and work rate. However, he said their team chemistry is their greatest strength.

“We do a lot of outside activities together to make sure everyone is tight knit,” Papariello said. “It shows on the soccer field because we know each other strengths and weaknesses.”

The next big games for the team are Tuesday, October 3 against Haverford at home and Tuesday, October 17 against Chestnut Hill at Talen Energy Stadium.

“We’d love to get a lot of people out for those games, and the whole team is super excited for the rest of the season,” Papariello said. ◊

Jack Leyden, and Seamus Glynn.

“The senior class is an amazing group,” Schiller said. “Everyone looked at this class and didn't see one standout leader, so we rotate the role of captain for each game.”

The system seems to be working for the players, and captain Isaac Salinas is in favor of having five captains.

“Having five captains allows us to have more control over team,” Salinas said. “We lead by each taking responsibility for different aspects, such as a stretching leader, swim leader, etc.”

Salinas has been an outstanding player for Malvern water polo. He scored 100 goals last season and currently holds the record for most goals in four seasons. The previous record was 227, and Salinas has 242 with the rest of this season to add on to that total. > PAGE 13

The electric Malvern Cross Country team is on the fast track to an extraordinary season.

Thomas Bevevino ’20 CONTRIBUTOR few days before their first meet, senior varsity captains Peter Borger, Dan Malloy, and John Powers were visibly excited about the upcoming cross country season. Their excitement doesn't appear to be misplaced, based on the team’s early results.

Running with a young team, the team defeated Springside-Chestnut Hill Academy on Tuesday, Sept. 12. Scoring in cross country is done by adding up the places of the first five finishers of each team, and the win goes to the lowest score. Malvern won this race 15-47. Senior Peter Borger, freshman Colin Hess, senior John Powers, 8th grader Zach Brill and senior Dan Malloy finished 1st through 5th respectively.

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Following this victory Malvern took third place at the notoriously difficult Briarwood Invitational race at Belmont Plateau on Saturday, Sept. 16, with Peter Borger running a time of 16:43 5k to take third overall.

In their second Inter-Ac dual meet, the Friars beat Episcopal Academy 21-34, a team assistant coach Thomas Pannulla described as their “biggest competition.”

This gives the team added confidence ahead of the all-important Inter-Ac championship.

Hopes are high for the team. “We’re taking the AC by storm, baby,” Powers said.

Make sure to catch the team at home on October 3rd for a home meet with Penn Charter and again on October 10th for their senior night race against Haverford. ◊

Another fall means another season of Malvern golfers fighting for their shot at the Inter-Ac Championship.

Steven O’Meara ’19 REPORTER he golf team has had success in the past, and coach Mr. Gary Duda expects nothing less this season.

Over the past few years the golf team has been competitive and nothing will change this year. With a large majority of the varsity team returning, Duda has high hopes for his players.

“We have a veteran heavy team, which I think could be good. A lot of these guys have played in this league’s tournaments, so they understand what it takes and how it feels,” Duda said.

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every team in the Inter-Ac meets at the same golf course for six major tournaments hosted by each school at their own golf course. Duda’s expectation is the same as last year.

“We finished third last year, which was a disappointing year for us, especially since we had some high expectations going in. Our expectation every year is to win the Inter-Ac,” Duda said.

Currently, the Friars’ record is 9-5-1. They look to improve this ratio as the season continues, but this will not be easy because of the stiff competition in the Inter-Ac. “On paper we are very good, but on paper so is Haverford, so is Episcopal, and so is Penn Charter,” Duda said. ◊

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Since he first began playing Water Polo with the Friars in eighth grade, Isaac Salinas ’18 has helped to build Malvern Prep’s reputation as one of the top teams on the east coast.

Brian Szipszky ’20 REPORTER ow the captain of Malvern’s Water Polo team, senior Isaac Salinas has his mind set on a fourth consecutive Inter-Ac championship. With the help of a strong senior class and experience with the national team, he is confident that the team will achieve its goals.

Taking inspiration from his brothers, Malvern alumni MP Salinas ’13 and Aaron Salinas ’16, Isaac starting playing Water Polo just one year before his freshman season. But already, he has had one of the Friars’ most successful athletic careers in recent memory.

Isaac Salinas was convinced to begin playing Water Polo by MP and Aaron, who both played for Malvern and have participated in collegiate sports for the U.S. Naval Academy and the Air Force Academy, respectively.

“My brothers basically told me that with Water Polo, it gets to be more fun the more you play it,” Salinas. “So that basically convinced me to start.”

Much of Isaac’s contributions to the team center around his creativity while in control of the ball.

“He does so many things well when the ball is in his hands,” Water Polo Head Coach Jay Schiller said. “He can create a shot from almost anywhere in the pool.”

Teammates also benefit from Isaac’s ingenuity, as it sets up scoring opportunities and leads to more goals for the entire team. Fellow senior Stephen Salle says he benefits from Isaac’s intuition.

“Almost anywhere in the pool is a scoring opportunity for Isaac,” Salle

said. “That opens it up for me and other players to do what we need to do in order to score.

Salinas stated that his training has been a significant factor in his success, and that his work ethic differentiates himself from other players.

“I spend most of my free time training,” Salinas said. “I think the repetition has helped me reach the level I am at today.”

The level he is at today includes a spot on USA Water Polo’s Youth National Team, which is composed of the top 20 players under 18 in the nation. Isaac considers it to be one of his greatest achievements with the sport.

“When it was presented as something that I could maybe do, I immediately started shooting for it,” Salinas said. “I started to train harder, and it ended up being a great experience.”

The USA team went 6-0, and edged Brazil 6-5 in the championship to take home a Gold Medal. Salle believes Isaac’s experience with the team will give him an additional boost this year.

“His training with the national team has definitely showed him some new plays, some new techniques,” Salle said. “He’s already taught me some of the stuff he learned, and I think the entire team will benefit from his experience.”

Isaac is firmly confident in an Inter-Ac championship and state championship for Malvern this year, and he is currently looking to play at the next level. Schiller has been aiding him in the selection process.

“From the conversations we’ve had, he definitely has plans to play at the

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Friar Athletes commit over the Summer For some high school athletes, college commitments represent dreams made reality.

Decommitting from one school and committing to another is not a matter to be taken lightly, and McCahon now knows how it feels.

“I had to call up both my coaches and I was shaking telling them that I had to decommit. It was probably one of the hardest decisions and calls in my life. It was definitely really, really hard,” McCahon said.

McCahon also said that he had a lot of great friends at Penn that he had developed a lot of relationships with, so leaving them was very tough.

“But I also now have a bunch of great friends that I met coming into Notre Dame as well. But, that was definitely one of the toughest things leaving ten great guys,” McCahon said.

Another Malvern student to commit over the summer is senior Harrison Naughton. Harrison committed to play lacrosse at Gettysburg College in July. He chose Gettysburg for its proximity to home, solid academics, great connections, and great lacrosse program. With all these aspects of the school, Naughton still has favorites.

“My favorite part of the school is probably just its location, and it’s got a great size of the school, too,”

like I made the right decision in choosing Gettysburg and I’m very happy about it.”

One more student who committed over the summer is Joe Basiura, who committed to play football at the University of Pennsylvania in early September. Basiura said he chose Penn because it’s a great school and they have really good football, too. Also, Penn being close to home was a big part of his decision.

“It feels comfortable when I’m there. Like it kind of clicks. I feel

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Naughton said. “I was looking for a small liberal arts college, and it just felt at home.”

Even though he found a school he loves, Naughton still had a little trouble finding the right school for him.

“I narrowed down a small list of schools, and it was really hard to make that decision because there were several other school that I really liked,” Naughton said.

Even though making a college decision is something very hard for a teenager, once Harrison Naughton found Gettysburg, he knew it was for him.

“It wasn’t very hard, honestly. I knew it was a great school, I know a few alumni who went there and really enjoyed it, and it’s not too far from home,” Naughton said. “So, I really felt at home and I really felt

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Dame was the better fit for him and that Notre Dame was the place for him when he stepped on campus.

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Stowe Milhous ’19 CONTRIBUTOR ultiple Malvern studenta t h l e t e s c o m m it t e d to play a sport in college during this past summer, a prime time for college athletic commitments.

Among many other commits, seniors Quinn McCahon, Harrison Naughton, and Joe Basiura are three Friars who committed. Quinn McCahon committed in July to play lacrosse at the University of Notre Dame, after decommitting from the University of Pennsylvania. He has had his eyes set on Notre Dame and chose the school for a variety of reasons.

“Notre Dame has always been a dream of mine. The combination of athletics, academics, and the Catholic aspect of Notre Dame has really intrigued me,” McCahon said.

“The community there is also amazing as are the alumni connections.

Just the support that you get from everybody was just amazing, from football games to playing in front of thousands of people for lacrosse was just something that really intrigued me.”

With all these great aspects that Notre Dame has to offer to Quinn McCahon, his favorite part about the school is their Catholic identity.

“Coming from a school like Malvern, you have Mass, chapel, you have that Catholic part,” McCahon said. “Previously I was committed to Penn which is not very Catholicbased, but I will be going to theology classes and I will still be connected with God because that’s a huge part of Notre Dame.”

Talking about what caused him to switch his commitment, Quinn McCahon said that both places are amazing, but he felt that Notre

home.”

Even though Basiura came to find Penn to be home, he still underwent some hardships in getting to this point.

“The stress of it, like having to stay on top of my game, or talking to coaches, or being able to decide between two different schools,” Basiura said when talking about what he thought was the hardest part of the commitment process.

In the end of the process, Basiura said he was deciding between Cornell and Penn, both really great schools with really great football which caused him to have to make a really hard decision.

“I wanted a school with good football, but good academics, which was just as if not more important to me. It was a huge part because you can’t get a better education than that,” Basiura said. “Having the opportunity to go there, you really can’t turn it down.”

Be sure to catch these three Malvern student-athletes this year while they’re still wearing the Malvern colors on the field. ◊

Hoping to keep the energy high throughout the team, the five captains and the coaches have set high goals for this season.

“Our goal is an 8-0 Inter-Ac record to win the league outright, and win Easterns,” Salinas said.

The farthest Malvern has gotten in the Eastern tournament is a second place championship finish. The team hopes they can exceed what any Malvern water polo team has accomplished in this tournament, and come home with a championship.

Looking ahead, the team is most excited for the Haverford game, who has also been a successful team in past years.

“We are certainly excited for all the Inter-Ac games, especially the Haverford School who is clipping at our heels for a second place contender,” Schiller said.

The team is also looking forward to participating in the Beast of the East tournament, which this year is expecting to host 64 teams along the East coast. “ The farthest Malvern has ever gone in Beast of the East is a fourth place finish,” Schiller said.

“Hopefully we are seeded top 8 so we can be the top seed in our flight, and hopefully win the flight which will put us in the championship.” ◊

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“I think we’re going to be really battle tested. When we go into the Inter-Ac, it’s going to be tough sledding, but these first five games we’ve caught really good teams,” Gueriera said. “No excuse for us: I think we should’ve won both of them. That being said, I do think we’re going to be ready and we’re going to be hungry.”◊

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“As I was getting ready to leave Haverford, Coach Pesot was getting ready to step down here at Malvern,” Hoffman said. “It was a nice opportunity for both of us to achieve what we wanted.”

When Hoffman started, Malvern did not have many facilities dedicated to rowing. The team started from humble beginnings but developed as the years went on.

“When I began here, our kids rowed out of 44 foot truck trailers on a parking lot in Bridgeport by the Schuylkill River,” Hoffman said. “Our kids walked 100 yards to get to the water.

Then around 14 years ago, we transitioned to a warehouse in Conshohocken, which had not been used in 30-40 years. The boys were so proud that we had a roof over our heads. Now, we have a brand new boat house that we share as a public private partnership with the borough of Conshohocken and The Haverford School.”

Captain William O’Neill ’00 was a sophomore when Hoffman came to Malvern. He and the rest of his team were blown away about how much of an immediate culture change Hoffman brought to Malvern.

“Hoffman brought a level of discipline that was unexpected at the time,” O’Neill said. “One could say it was a rough but fantastic transition. We went from almost a club sport to something that is comparable to a Division 1 collegiate rowing program.”

Before Hoffman, O’Neill said the team was just happy to participate.

“With [Coach Hoffman], we started winning and almost dominating,” O’Neill said.

Like O’Neill, Mr. Ryan Coyne, ’06, agreed that Coach Hoffman made a significant impact on Malvern’s crew program.

“Hoffman led the charge in getting the boathouse built in Conshohocken,” Coyne said. “He led the process from fundraising.”

Rowing did not only affect Coyne’s high school experience, it changed his life entirely.

“It set my life on a different trajectory,” Coyne said. “The college I went to, how I spent my years, and where my focus was were all affected by crew. The level of effort I put into crew and what I was able to accomplish allowed me to believe that things that seemed unattainable were actually within me and my boatmates.”

Crew, like any varsity sport, requires great time and effort.

“It takes great work ethic, the willingness to test your limits, and the love of sport more than anything,” Hoffman said. “If you work continuously, then you will enjoy success.”

What makes crew stand out from other sports is how quickly it can be picked up. In most sports, parents have their children start as early as six-years-old. However in crew, things are different.

“With rowing, kids have the chance to jump into the sport when they are in eighth, ninth, tenth, or eleventh grade,” Hoffman said, “and they go on to row in college.”

Hoffman pushes all of his rowers to be their best, and because of this, Captain William O’Neill and Mr. Ryan Coyne both went

LEARNING TO ROW • Malvern Prep rowers taught students from Penn's Wharton School of Business to row in spring 2016. Here they practice on the river in front of the Conshohocken Rowing Center, a facility Hoffman helped to develop as a partnership between the Borough of Conshohocken, The Haverford School, and Malvern Preparatory School. / Photo: malvernprep.org, used with permission

on to row at the University of Cornell.

“The time and dedication put in throughout my high school years put me in a very competitive position. I would point to Coach Hoffman as one of the most impactful people of my life,” Coyne said.

Like Coyne, O’Neill directs his success in college and beyond towards Coach Hoffman’s rowing program.

“Rowing changed my mindset on how I approached fun and professional tasks,” O’Neill said. “I would contribute the hard work that I have put towards things to that program.”

O’Neill is very appreciative of all that Hoffman did for him and his teammates.

“He cared so much,” O’Neill said. “All of the opportunities that he gave us were out of love for his program and rowers. He was there for the team, and he put in his all for us.”

Part of Hoffman’s great care for his Malvern rowers was inspired by Rev. John H. Melton, O.S.A., founder of Malvern’s rowing program.

The plaque in the Melton Rowing Center states, “In 1988, Fr. Melton was assigned to Malvern after a distinguished 32-year career at Monsignor Bonner High School. He became a muchloved member of the Malvern community. His warm smile, Irish wit, strong handshake and bottomless candy jar were always waiting for the students he cared for so deeply.”

“[Melton] helped me understand the kids at Malvern and what a great group of hardworking kids there are here,” Hoffman said. “He also was very passionate with helping kids get into colleges.”

Like Father Melton, Hoffman enjoys helping his rowers get into the colleges of their choice. He also cares much about winning.

“Hoffman brought us into a world where winning is everything,” O’Neill said. “Oftentimes, results do not match up with what you have been training for.”

Coach Hoffman realizes that his team cannot win every game, but they can outwork other teams.

“We are driven to win although we do not always win,” Hoffman said. “We never lose sight of our goal to win national championships. The only way to get there is the consistency of work.”

Coach Hoffman’s 20 years at Malvern have been a true inspiration, and he credits his success to the rowers he has coached.

“Rowing is not for everybody. It is all about the kids who have been here, rowed here, and what they have given back. My stories are their stories,” he said. “I have been lucky to coach a wonderful group of athletes from 1997 until now. They continue to give back.” ◊

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Trip to China offers different experience from service Twelve days, three cities and jet lag like you wouldn’t believe.

Alex Haylock ‘19 FRIAR LIFE EDITOR etting to spend the last two weeks of summer in a foreign country, basically on a vacation was overall a good idea… except I missed “Made in America.”

Early on in 2016-2017 school year, the idea of school trip to China was introduced to my Chinese II class. It didn’t seem like a real plan at the time so I kind of disregarded it.

So when the trip was actually introduced at the end of the year, my first thought was, “There’s going to be a trip to China?

Cool, but I’m probably not gonna go.”

Honestly, I mostly said that because I noticed that I’d be gone for “Made in America,” and most can attest that that is It turns out it’s the social event of the summer, sometimes okay at least for kids here at Malvern. just to experience I had no plans on missing that. what is in the now, What changed is that I kept without constantly on thinking about all I would worrying about the miss. I couldn’t imagine another welfare of others. opportunity to go to China during high school. No one was going to offer something like this trip again to me, and as much as it pains me to say, “Made” will be there next year.

One 14-hour flight later, I was in Beijing, China. At first you don’t notice it’s different than any other city. Other than the gigantic mountain range constantly in the distance, you could have convinced me I never left Pennsylvania. It took awhile before I really started noticing the differences.

We spent five nights in Beijing, then took an overnight train to Xi’an, then flew into Shanghai, before making it back to the United States. I don’t think I have ever traveled so much in such a short period time, but that’s what was so enjoyable. We had just enough time to see all the palaces and temples each city had to offer, and then moved on so that we were constantly experiencing

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We saw the Great Wall of China and the Ter r acot t a Wa r r ior s , both renowned around the world. Seeing literal wonders of the world was definitely worth the trip, as long as you can take the ridiculous amount of climbing.

Most of the of the tourist attractions in the country are made up of palaces of former emperors and the pagodas and temples dedicated to different religions. As China is not big on tourism in itself, most of its visitors were its own citizens.

Because of this they NEW FRIENDS • Malvern students were invited to take a family photo with Chinese citizens as they reached one of the highest points on the Great Wall of China / Provided by A. Haylock also don’t get a lot of foreigners, unless they were on business. There were flocks of people of others. I didn’t have the reverent experiences of a service trip, trying to take pictures with us, because to see someone looking but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. significantly different from yourself in China was a rarity.

Returning already a week into school, feeling incredibly jetBetween these sites we visited shopping markets, acrobatic lagged, was the only downfall to my China experience. Between shows, and other attractions of the country. We got to see the big pictures online and everyone posting on Snapchat, I practically and small, and everything that makes China a diverse culture. saw “Made” for free, so that wasn’t as disappointing. ◊ On reflection, I realized that the reason I didn’t originally want to go to China was less about missing a concert, and more because I thought I was going to experience one long service trip.

Not to say I don’t like service trips, but the service experience is focused on helping others. In China, I got to focus a lot more on enjoying myself. It turns out it’s sometimes okay just to experience what is in the now, without constantly worrying about the welfare

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Have you seen “IT”?

You should see this movie because “IT” is amazing.

Jacob McGraw ’19 CONTRIBUTOR ith the overload of “IT” memes crowding the internet, everyone seems to have an opinion on the new film, which came out on September 8.

This clown based thriller, based off the Stephen King novel of the same name, had many people eager to get into theaters. For those who did not see “IT,” it is a thriller/ horror movie with a supernatural and cannibalistic clown that loves to eat children.

The plot line makes for a potentially horrifying story.

Now I’d like to be the first to say I was not disappointed with “IT”— rather, I was surprised. What I was expecting was an extremely scary movie that left me afraid to sleep, and it did leave some viewers feeling that way. While the movie had some great jumpscares, the overall fear factor was average.

What really sold this movie however was the storyline. The outsider kids, who no one believed in, save several people from a killer clown. It showed bravery and courage along with some great humor.

One of the key questions of this movie was, would it match up to its 1986 counterpart? I personally think that because of effect alone it meets up to the scare factor and overall competes well. Some of my problems with this new addition is the differences between the book, the 1986 movie, and the new 2017

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version. Although there are not huge differences, if you try to guess the new movie from the old one, you will be left sadly mistaken— like the freshmen in the student section when they do not realize how many times we say our chants.

For my overall ranking, I am going recommend “IT” to those who aren't scared of clowns and demand to the ones who are, but you can go see for yourself (if you’re over 17 or have a legal guardian with you). See if you find Pennywise the clown more frightening than I did. ◊

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Indoor Skydiving: ONE SMALL STEP...

I like doing things. I’m a fun guy. So I decided to try something entirely foreign to me: Skydiving.

Michael Harrington ’19 FRIAR LIFE EDITOR ’ve always wanted to try skydiving, but I frankly don’t have the time to do all the preparation and training. Plus it is way more expensive than the route I chose to pursue for this endeavour. I decided to cheat a little bit as I arrived at IFLY in King of Prussia.

As an adrenaline junkie who hasn’t participated in many adrenaline-inducing activities, I was pumped as I walked into the indoor skydiving facility. After registering with the system, my eyes wandered about the facility, and my excitement skyrocketed tenfold.

The main attraction was the wind tunnel in the center, and two of the trainers were practicing together when I first arrived. It was INSANE. They looked as if they danced on the air itself as they bobbed and weaved past each other. Mouth open and hitting the floor, I was in total and utter disbelief at how well they moved through the air.

I thought to myself severa l times as I watched them, “Oh they are doing that so easily, I bet I could do something like that when it’s my turn.” Well, Past Michael, how wrong you were, how wrong you were indeed.

The people from my time slot were eventually called up to the counter to start our training, which consisted of a 5 minute video containing several skydiving puns. Let’s just say time didn’t fly by. I don’t want to talk about it. There also several hand signals that they expected us to learn before we started due to the fact that you can’t hear at all when in the tunnel.

Our instructor Dave made indoor skydiving seem like a walk through the park or taking out the trash.

He kept saying we would be fine if we relaxed, so naturally, I believed him. Imagine my attitude of complete and utter confidence in myself as I went through this training. I want you to picture it in your head, so that you can really feel it shatter.

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After the short period of preparation, I reached the point at which I was allowed to put on my windsuit. I cherished that thing. I felt like I was in Top Gun or something, doing power poses everywhere and looking like a total man’s man. Maybe that’s why people were staring at me. Yeah, that's definitely it.

I looked awesome.

Anyway, enough about me. I’m sure you just want me to get to the grand finale, the pièce de résistance, the cherry on top of the metaphorical vanilla sundae.

It was one small step for Michael, one giant leap for Michael kind.

I hope you enjoyed reading that magnificent sentence as much as I enjoyed writing it. Truly, I hope you did.

I walked into the enclosed area leading into the wind tunnel and waited for it to be my turn. Seeing other people do it well made me feel so secure in myself, and in a blink of an eye, it was my turn.

I jumped into the chamber, quickly realizing that I was floating. It’s a very strange feeling to see yourself not touching any solid ground. But nevertheless, I had so much fun for the two sessions I had in there. The first one was more controlled. Dave held onto me the entire time, guiding me so I didn’t flip over or full on-deck myself into a wall. I almost did this several times by the way, which was certainly a frightening sight.

Dave lied to me. It wasn’t easy at all. My bulky, uncoordinated frame didn’t like balancing itself while floating, like that is ever supposed to be an easy task.

I have a hard enough time being ever the slightest bit coordinated already, come on Dave. Although, the sight of other newcomers flailing about helped ease my concerns a teensy bit.

My second session turned out to be a much more fun time than my first. After a little bit of balancing, Dave grabbed onto me and propelled us upwards about ten or 15 feet several times. This was by far my

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Home Games October 14 vs. Penn Charter, 2 p.m.

October 27, vs. The Haverford School, 7 p.m.

Home October 3, vs. The Haverford School, 4 p.m.

October 5, vs. Episcopal Academy, 4 p.m.

October 10, vs. Germantown Academy, 4 p.m.

October 14, vs. Penn Charter, 2 p.m.

Away Game October 20, at Episcopal Academy 7 p.m.

Cross Country Home Meets October 3, vs. Penn Charter 4 p.m.

October 10, vs. Haverford 4 p.m.

Away Meets October 23, Inter-Ac Champs at Belmont Plateau October 28, State Championships at Belmont Plateau, 3:15 p.m.

Water Polo Home Games October 3, vs. The Haverford School, 4 p.m.

October 5, vs. Episcopal Academy, 4 p.m.

October 10, vs. Germantown Academy, 4 p.m.

October 13, vs. Penn Charter, 4 p.m.

Away October 17, vs. Chestnut Hill Academy at Talen Energy Stadium, 7:30 p.m.

October 20, at The Haverford School, 4 p.m.

October 24, at Episcopal Academy, 3:45 p.m.

October 27, at Germantown Academy, 3 p.m.

October 31, at Penn Charter, 3:30 p.m.

Golf October 2, vs. Holy Ghost Prep, 4 p.m.

October 3, vs. The Haverford School 3:30 p.m.

October 4, vs. The Hill School, 3:30 p.m.

October 9 vs. Cardinal O’Hara, 4 p.m.

October 11, vs. Germantown Academy, 3:30 p.m.

October 16, vs. Episcopal Academy, 3:30 p.m.

October 19, Bert Linton Invitational Tournament, 12 p.m.

Away Games October 18, at Friends Central, 4 p.m.

October 19, at The Haverford School, 3:45 p.m.

October 24, at Episcopal Academy, 3:45 p.m.

October 27 at Germantown Academy, 4 p.m.

October 31, at Penn Charter, 3:45 p.m.

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FEELING LIKE A SUPERHERO • Michael Harrington '19 celebrates a successful flight at IFLY / R. Mills

favorite part of my time at IFLY. I highly recommend it to anyone who has ever been slightly curious, Stop wondering and go.

Hopefully sometime soon I can tackle the real thing and really give my heart something to throb over. ◊

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