The Summer Times - July 20, 2017

THE SUMMER TIMES ‘The Summer Newspaper of Phillips Exeter Academy’

Vol. XLI, Number 3

Thursday, July 20, 2017

Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, New Hampshire

Bloody By George–It's 1776 Again!

Nuisance

By KAITLYN GOSAKTI and JULIE ALSWEILEM

Cannons Boom for Freedom Fete

By JULIAN PALENCIA and NIRVANA KHAN

Summer Times Staff Writers

Summer Times Staff Writers

Be warned, the clock is tick-

The air was thick with apprehension on the morning of July 15. Students had been anticipating Exeter’s Independence Festival ever since the uneasiness of letting the Fourth of July pass uncelebrated.

Arizonian Aiselyn Anaya rose early to get dressed in all red, white, and blue,

ing.

Spring, summer and early fall is tick season in New Hampshire.

Ticks are most active from May to July, a dangerous span considering the amount of time people spend outdoors. Ticks are small arachnids, ectoparasites that live by primarily feeding on the blood of mammals and birds.

Ticks can be categorized into two main groups: Hard ticks, and soft ticks. Hard ticks are the largest family of ticks. They can be most commonly identified by the shield on their back which is referred as

See FREEDOM, page 3

Good News Travels Slow

By FREDERICK ALWORTH and ANNA MORALES Summer Times Staff Writers

See TICKS, page 4

Ralph Blumenthal / The Summmer Times Staff

You might wonder why so many people celebrated their independence on the wrong date. Wasn't the Declaration of Independence signed on the 4th of July?

Yes, but in 1776 George Washington unfortunately didn't have a Gmail account, so instead he had to send the news by

Reenactors dressed as British Redcoats stared down America's freedom-fighters at the annual Independence Day Festival last weekend in downtown Exeter.

See INDEPENDENCE, page 3

Pool of Students Swarms to Lake

By KAITLYN GOSAKTI Summer Times Staff Writer

From the numerous jolly activities offered by Phillips Exeter, a trip to Canobie Lake Park is undoubtedly the one recreation that most students look forward to. With the highest volume of signups, (around 200 PEA Upper School Summer students), it is visibly the most popular.

“Canobie Lake is the trip I’m most excited for,” exclaimed Juman Alghalayini a night before the trip. “I cannot cannot cannot wait!”

Canobie Lake Park, in Salem, N.H, an approximate 40-minute

drive from campus, is the hot spot, where over 85 rides, various games and live shows await.

At 2:30 on Saturday afternoon, a huge pool of PEA Summer students was swarming by the Tan Lane pedestrians, excited to pile on the yellow charter buses.

Despite the scorching sun bathing the transport, elation was painted on every single student’s face. In the midst of tanned foreheads that trickled sweat, the thrilled chatter could not be contained. “Boston Tea Party!” shouted Alicia Wheeler. “The lines are so long, but we have to go. It’s the best! We’re going there first.”

Kaitlyn Gosakti / The Summer Times Staff

Students enjoyed some wild rides on their trip to Canobie Lake Park over the weekend.

Ralph Blumenthal / The Summer Times Staff

Shame: Trash ran rampant at Exeter for the first couple weeks this summer.

Their exhilaration could be further shown by how prepared the PEA students were. The majority were informed about the rides and showed up with keen theme park plans. They mapped out where they would go first and last, and which would be the best time for dinner -- all to make the best use of the short 6 hours left.

Once the Salem roadsigns appeared, the students only got more eager. Canobie Lake Park banners started emerging and the whole bus roared with excitement.

Once the bus came to a halt, the representatives left to collect the tickets. While it barely took 5 minutes, the wait seemed to have lasted for hours.

“Come on! Come on!” yelled a bunch of students. “We need to be quicker! I want to ride everything,” yelled an impatient student. Once the tickets arrived, students spilled out of the charter buses and broke into a sprint to enter the park.

As the heat crashed down, the sight of merry children and brightly colored concession stands came into view. The scent of freshly baked pretzels and sweet Dippin’ Dots immediately overcame one’s senses. All the colors that burst from Canobie were happy -- attraction signs, light poles, employees’ neon shirts, and even the trash bins.

From one corner to the next, shrill yells could be heard as passengers were whipped around in the rides.

From classical merry-goarounds to loop-de-loop rollercoasters, you could not have fallen short of rides. The newest roller coaster - Untamed -- has a 97° vertical drop, while other coasters including Canobie Corkscrew and Yankee Cannonball are known for their unexpected drops and spiraling tracks.

“I almost pooped my pants See CANOBIE, page 3

Alec Greaney / The Summer Times Staff

Zumba Dancers Take Assembly (Outdoors!)

By COLE OTLEY

Summer Times Staff Writer

A school-wide Zumba class was held right on the front steps of the Academy Building last Friday.

The first-ever outdoor assembly was hosted by Carolyn Marshall, an English teacher at Exeter, who also teaches five different types of Zumba.

“Zumba is a Latin-based dance, fitness program,” Ms. Marshall said, “So it is dancing but you don’t have to be a superduper dancer, right. So Zumba is for everybody.”

Zumba is a great, easy way to exercise, and have fun doing it, as well.

As the steady stream of students rolled into the front lawn for last Friday’s outdoor assembly, nobody knew what to expect.

The next 30 minutes was a fun, high-energy dance session in front of the Academy Building.

The upbeat tempo was set by Ms. Marshall, who led the students through a series of different routines and movements.Ms. Marshall was upbeat and exciting the entire time, never seeming to

Ralph Blumenthal / The Summer Times Staff

Did you identify this mystery man?

Turn to page 7 for the reveal.

slow down. The students reacted positively to every new move she made, which made for a joyful atmosphere.

For the first song of the session, only a few brave students stood directly in front of Ms. Marshall. But students seemed to recognize that Zumba could be fun for everyone.

By the next song, the dancers nearly tripled in number, and by the third song there were almost more people dancing than there were watching. Even some teachers were getting in on the action as they danced with the rest of the school.

“It was a great experience,” Andy Chang, a student from New Jersey, said following the assembly. “I learned some dabbling moves, you know. I was vibin.’”

Students definitely learned a thing or two about fitness and that Zumba is more fun, and tiring than they expected.

Abdulrahman Alayli from Lebanon was heavily involved in the dancing. At one point, he made his way onto the steps beSee ZUMBA, page 3

Ralph Blumenthal / The Summer Times Staff

And the 'Best Dressed' award goes to ... Nathaniel Peters, an instructor in the Science Deparment.

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Faculty Advisors

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The Summer Times is written and edited by Mr. Blumenthal and Mr. Greaney's A and B format Journalism classes and contributing writers throughout Exeter Summer.

It is produced by Alec Greaney, PEA '14, and Michaela Streep, PEA '16.

The Summer Times welcomes Letters to the Editor, which can be sent via email to thesummertimes17@gmail. com. The editors reserve the right to print Letters to the Editor in a timely fashion and to edit them for content and clarity.

By HARUKA MASAMURA Contributing Artist

The Mad Man Soliloquy

By BLANE ZHU

Summer Times Staff Writer

What do you think?

Is this good?

No, I think that one’s better...

But what do you think?

Is this one better?

Because if this one’s better, we’ll take this one.

Okay, then.

What do you think?

Am I doing this right?

I think I’m doing this right, right?

Wrong.

You’re doing this right.

So I’ll do what you’re doing.

Okay, then.

What do you think?

Are you happy?

It seems like you are, but are you?

C’mon.

But if you say you’re happy, then I will be happy too.

Okay, then.

What do you think?

What does he think?

Does he think about you?

Yeah, I bet he does.

But what do you think about me?

What am I?

THURSDAY, JULY 20, 2017

Iceland Mystery: Airport Traffic Booming

By SMAIYL MAKYSHOV Contributing Writer

Keflavik Airport is Iceland’s largest airport that serves its capital Reykjavik with a population of around 130,000 people. However, the airport annually serves more than 50 times that population, and its traffic is growing drastically every year. You might be asking, why is this the case?

Are Icelandic people rich? Is Iceland’s economy growing and so large in size?

Well, many possible causes could come up to your head, and that is where it becomes more interesting. Thus, in this blog I will explore the possible causes of the “Big Traffic Boom” at Keflavik Airport in the last three years.

Keflavik Airport has been growing at a staggering rate in the last three years. The passenger traffic has more than doubled between 2013 and 2016, increasing by 113%!

How could this happen in a small country such as Iceland?

Well, let’s investigate.

Internal possible causes: Expansions, New Good Transportation system, New Airport…

None of the above are the causes of recent growth because there were no expansions, no new or improved transport systems, and no new airports.

Maybe transfer passengers?

This is difficult to assess right away unless you look up the statistics on the airport’s website.

In 2013, Keflavik Airport served 3,209,848 passengers, 927,880 of whom were transit passengers connecting to their flight. Let us calculate the ratio (the percentage) of the transit passengers to the total number of passengers. It turns out that 28.9% of the total passengers in 2013 were connecting to their flights to a different destination.

Now let us see what happened in 2016. Keflavik Airport has welcomed 6,821,358 passengers that year, more than twice that number in 2013, and 2,198,804 of all passengers were transit passengers. Hence, the transit passengers repre-

sented 32.2% in 2016. All the data comes from https://www. kefairport.is/English/About-us/ Passengers-Statistics/2016/.

It is fascinating to calculate and see the statistical difference between the two periods. But what can we actually draw from it? Well, we can for sure say that the proportion of transit passengers at Keflavik Airport has somewhat increased, so the transit passenger proportion became larger by 3.3%. calculating the actual impact it could have had on the overall not have a meaningful impact on the overall growth cause.

We are looking for a more reasonable and measurable cause that could have affected the passenger traffic by significant amount. Therefore, it is nice that we have made this interesting calculation, but it is unfortunately not that helpful.

Ok, let us dig into the external causes By external causes, I mean the causes that do not involve the airport itself directly.

Clearly, I am not able to explore and evaluate all possible external causes. The main two that I will consider are Icelandair and Tourism in Iceland.

Icelandair Icelandair’s passenger traffic change could clearly affect the Airport’s passenger traffic.

If it does, then this could be dair’s passenger traffic growth could have caused the passenger traffic growth at Keflavik Airport because it is its main carrier. Furthermore, most of Icelandair’s passenger traffic is based on Keflavik Airport as its hub. Then we would know that the airport traffic growth is more about Icelandair, be it its promotions, new destinations, or other improvements the airline has made recently.

Icelandair served roughly 2.26 million passengers in 2013 (data is from http:// www.icelandairgroup.is/investors/traffic-data/), and in 2016 it served 3.67 million passengers. We can calculate

Therefore, we observe that it is Icelandair, and not a foreign airline, that played a major role in the Keflavik Airport’s passenger increase.

Furthermore, the Icelandair factor could also be affected by the tourism growth in Iceland. Therefore, tourism could be the source or overlapping factor.

Tourism in Iceland During my research, I stumbled upon this resource on tourism in Iceland: http://www. ferdamalastofa.is/static/files/ ferdamalastofa/Frettamyndir/2016/juni/tourism_-in_iceland_in_figures_may2016.pdf Generally, it is reasonable to presume that tourism is the reason for passenger growth, especially pertinent to the air travel growth. When it comes to Iceland, tourists would predominantly come by air.

Realistically, it is not possible for the native population of Iceland (around 350,000 people) to account for the most of traffic growth, since the average person would travel about 20 times a year (even accounting for a reasonable economic growth).

Therefore, tourists make up most of the passenger traffic outside of the transit traffic.

And therefore, the airport traffic growth is directly linked to the growth of tourism given the self-perpetuating “popularity” of Iceland as a tourist destination. According to the tourism data source above, the number of tourists visiting Iceland has almost doubled between 2013 and 2015 (the conclusion in this case is evident despite the absence of 2016 data).

Conclusion The key aspect of this post is to describe the steps for a statistical investigation when something changes abnormally, which in this case is the passenger traffic at Keflavik Airport. The steps involved are like in any scientific methyou hypothesize, and then you make the experimental investigation, this time being the research on causes.

P OET ' S N OOK Grandpa

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By BLANE ZHU

Summer Times Staff Writer

I meet your eyes That I can’t see And somehow I wonder What those unseen eyes Are seeing right now.

Is it the sky, shining clouds Or the ground, vacant holes?

Is it heaven, cherubs gushing with gold Or the dirt above the arid, barren soil?

Or the rich gifts of manmade prosperity, burning with craze?

Is it the distant past, the glory and honor of history?

Is it the faraway future, the dreams and aspirations of reality?

We may never know.

But what I do know Is that someday You will be awake And I will be next to you.

Why do I know?

Because your eyes, Yes, your non-existent eyes Are gazing upon me Through your soul.

By JENNY PAN

Contributing Writer

As I was meandering in the garden, it immediately caught my attention.

Never had I seen such a thing so glorious, golden, good natured Its strong, substantial stem supports itself standing like a warrior in the wind.

The petals are soft and vigorous at the same time; while the surface is silky and smooth, the colors are vibrant and vivacious So delicate was the flower that I had to pause at its presence for a brief thought; Should I pick it to be used as a decoration?

Or just leave it, to be devastated by the storm?

Either way would cause die.

Being caught between different options, I chose to let nature take its course - what was produced by nature should be returned to it.

Courtesy of Jenny Pan

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It's Not a Game for Saudi Startup King

By CLAUDETTE WILSON Summer Times Staff Writer

What would you say would be your greatest achievement by the time you’re 17? For some it could be a high GPA. For others, it could be getting over 1,000 followers on Instagram.

But it’s not every day you hear that someone’s achievement is being the head of a game development team, at the age of 17. A development team that has already created three games and is working on its fourth. It may surprise you that that someone roams this very campus and may even sit next to you in class. That someone is 17-year-old Saudi Arabian Bader Alqatani, CEO of Expa Entertainment.

It was around the tender age of 7 when Bader took a keen interest in Dragon Ball Z animes. The design of the characters fascinated him. It didn’t take too long for him to start sketching his own animations. Bader described these early drawings as “not too good.” Nevertheless he kept drawing and never lost his interest. He began learning more about game design through YouTube videos. Then in 2013, with the help of his best friend, Bader created his first game called Mist.

“To be honest, it can’t really be called a game,” he said, looking back. “It was that bad.”

But it was an important stepping stone for what was to come.

In 2014 he launched the first game created by Expa Entertainment, which at the time comprised of just him and one other person. The game was a reinvention of Dragon Ball Z called Dragon Ball Z: Retro Battle X, created using the Mu-

gen Engine. The game turned out to be a smashing success, gaining popularity on Twitter and YouTube.

Bader didn’t stop there.

He went on to create an improved second edition to the game, with features that allowed players from all over the world to play against each other.

“The second edition blew up even more than the first,” Bader said.

He kept going and began to develop a third installment. It was at this juncture that he realized he needed more hands on deck. He recruited some of the big names in anime development and that’s how he went from having a team of two to leading a team of 20 talented designers. It took a lot of grueling hard work and devotion to develop the third installment but it seems it all paid off, as third edition is the most successful game yet, with over 100,000 players worldwide.

This journey wasn’t always a smooth ride. Bader recounted an especially difficult time in his life. “I remember it was around the time we were working on the

third edition in 2016,” said Bader, “I went through depression — I mean my grades were dropping because I was focused more on developing the game and it was just a difficult time.” Bader admitted that although his family motivated him, he knew that his parents didn’t fully support his dream. Bader said, “My parents wanted game design to be more of a hobby, but for me it was more than just a hobby. It’s my passion.”

It was this passion that kept him going in the rough early stages when his classmates bullied him for being different. According to Bader, the most respectable work in Saudi Arabia is engineering and thus most people aspire to go into that field. For him to be interested in game art and design was thought by his classmates to be weird and they harassed him for that. “They would ask me what I wanted to be in future and I would tell them I wanted to be a game designer,” Bader said. “Then they would burst out laughing and tell me it was never gonna happen.” Some of this ridicule even escalated to cyber bullying. “People created fake accounts just to post things like ‘your game sucks’ and stuff like that,” Bader said.

He persevered through it all. “I turned my hate into my motivation,” he said.

When asked where he sees Expa Entertainment in 10 years, Bader replied “Hopefully we’ll be developing games in a more advanced engine and we’ll be able to make 3D games that will blow the fans away.” He encourages kids his age and those even younger to pursue their dreams.

“Whatever people say just don’t give up because your hate is your motivation.”

Courtesy of Bader Alqatani

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Zumba on the Lawn ZUMBA, continued from page 1 hind the instructor, facing the rest of the crowd.

“It was fun, it was amazing, and everyone had a good time,” Abdulrahman said.

Even students standing and watching from the outside had smiles on their faces from the spectacle in front of them.

The Zumba class was a hit.

Everybody, even the teachers seemed to enjoy it very much, and the feedback couldn’t have been better.

Zumba was a perfect way to let students have a little fun between their first and second half of classes.

Canobie Park, Untamed CANOBIE, continued from page 1 riding the Untamed one, recollected Sabrina Kropp. But students made sure to keep their eyes open - as the views atop the rollercoasters are ones that should not be missed. Other thrilling attractions like Zero Gravity and Star-Blaster turned the world into a kaleidoscope of bursting hues.

The trip to Canobie Lake Park is the most expensive on Exeter’s Summer Activity list, reaching the peak of $45. Nevertheless, money was definitely not going to come in the way of the Exeter students’ fun.

“The thrill of the rides is definitely worth the cost!” exclaimed Maggie Chavis.

By 9 pm, the PEA crowd gathered by the theme park’s exit, not quite ready to leave y e t . Wi t h s o u v e n i r b a g s i n hand and goofy hats resting on students’ heads, everyone was content with the fun-filled day they had.

“It really changed my day,” s a i d F r a n c e s c a M c A l l i s t e r.

“And put a smile on my face!”

The drive back to campus was the exact opposite of the afternoon ride. The worn-out students were cozied in their sweaters, and as we drove further from Canobie, the bus grew more silent, students’ heavy eyelids closed, a pleased smile plastered across all faces.

Remembering When the Revolution Ran on Horse Power INDEPENDENCE, continued from page 1 horse to inform the ¨Americans¨ that the U.S. had left the British empire.

Luckily it took more than a week to reach the small town of Exeter. Since the news arrived later, the celebrations take place two weeks later as well. For 27 years the people have celebrated this event with a huge festival with a battle reenactment.

It is one of the biggest events in Exeter. Nice for the colonists. Not so nice for His Majesty’s loyalists.

Thousands of people attended the festival with great enthusiasm. ¨I think it’s an excellent event, ¨ said the volunteer Ray Barret. ¨I think you are celebrating history and at the same time you are having a good time.”

Furthermore, many people spend many days and hours to prepare the costumes they wore to reenact the Redcoats, the Americans and the crafts workers of the 18th

century. ¨It takes hours and hours, ¨ said Kathrin Rutkoski who has participated in the festival for 3 years, ¨different pieces in different times to prepare the costumes.”

Local food and crafts from all around New Hampshire gave the festival a unique atmosphere.

A funny moment for many Summer Exeter students was taking a picture with the cardboard Donald Trump statue that was brought by the Republican Party to their stand.

The festival starts at 10 a.m., when horses arrive in town, to imitate the arrival of the Declaration of Independence 241 years ago. Subsequently several speeches are made and the Declaration of Independence is read aloud to the audience.

Many people think that this was the high point of the event, because during the reading of the Declaration "the British yell, and we all [the Americans] yell back at them, and they say God save the king, and all this stuff,” said Niamh Dolan who has participated in the

festival for the past 12 years.

In the afternoon, the celebrations continued with the reenactment of Revolutionary battles, even though there never were such battles in Exeter. On one side, the British were fighting in their bright red coats and on the other the Americans, who unfortunately for the King won the battle and who tried to kill their opponents.

Small children held American flags and everybody cheered when the Americans vanquished the Redcoats. Now when the United States is divided by political views, such an event has a big patriotic impact on the visitors. Niamh Dolan, who has attended the reenactment for 12 years, said she fears that ¨a lot of people are patriotic, but maybe not as many as in the past years.”

Alec Greaney / The Summmer Times Staff

Colonial reenactors fire off a cannon over Exeter River.

Independence Day is celebrated differently inside the U.S. For instance, Francisco Silva, an Upper School student from California said: ¨In Los Angeles there is no big celebration, everyone just has barbecues and throws fireworks.

In a small town, all the festivals are close together.”

At the same time, many foreigners were not familiar with such an event. ¨We don't have such festivals in Venezuela,” said 16-year old Ainhoa Calvo, an Upper School student.

The festival lasted the entire day and ended with colorful fireworks. At 9 p.m. an excited crowd gathered around the lake and enjoyed the festive evening. For over half an hour the dark sky was dyed in many bright colors.

All in all, it was a great fun festival that embodied American culture. Everybody was reminded by the festival of the roots of the American values and the strong patriotic spirit that is still alive. For the Redcoats, not so much.

Patriots, Redcoats Face off in Annual Reenactment FREEDOM, continued from page 1 the outfit she had prepared for the one day a year Americans set aside their differences in favor of national pride. It was eleven days since the 4th of July, the 16-year-old said solemnly. “It’s time.”

There was one potential adversary to the day’s plans: the weather.

The previous week had seen recordlow temperatures on the normally sizzling campus. Students held on to their umbrellas and bought sweatshirts from the bookstore, almost emptying out the stock by Saturday. But in what seemed to be a patriotic miracle, the clouds cleared out of the sky by noon, leaving everyone free to sport their

American apparel and stroll up and down the main streets of Exeter unruffled.

The first booth of the festivities was the sword maker’s. Handmade shields and weapons of a variety of materials and colors attracted many bystanders, who oohed and ahed over the collection. Syl Gibson, a 15-year-old student from San Francisco, had a different motive for going to the stall. “Do you want to fight? I’ll fence you,” the native Brit joked to an American student.

It seems the losing team still holds a grudge against the winners of the Revolutionary War. From there a variety of local businesses sold custom-made items such as jewelry, which thrifty students examined with care. A Girl

Scout booth encouraged young girls to participate in the community and lured visitors to their tent using a plate of Girl Scouts cookies.

Both the tents for New Hampshire Republicans and Democrats engaged politically- and intellectually-active students, who gathered stickers and pamphlets proclaiming their beliefs. Aiselyn took the opportunity to meet and question senatorial candidate Jon Morgan about his stances, discussing issues such as gun control and experiences such as her involvement in the political activism group Our Revolution.

But as much as young adults care about their government, the issue of food is far more pressing.

Groups of friends navigated the

stalls, finding ice cream, handsqueezed lemonade, coffee, woodfired pizza, and other seeminglyendless options.

“It doesn’t get better than this,” said Alabamian Veronika Knox, who helped herself to ____.

"Boom!"

During the festival, a lot of the day had antiqued cannons in action.

The small town of Exeter gathered by the river to see the cannons shoot in a reenactment. Real cannons that were used during the summer of 1776, were used at the festival. Various people were frightened by the loud bangs, but it was a real treat.

The reenactment itself was pleasant to see. Men, women, and children were dressed as if they were really in 1776. A man dressed

as George Washington walked around the ice cream shop, but his presence was very authentic to the event.

Not only were the Red Coats there, the lovable home team America was there. Both sides of the Revolutionary War were involved in the festival. The Americans were marching in a orderly fashion with a drummer to lead the way, giving spectators an ideal feeling of how it felt to be in 1776. Most were dressed in blue and carried authentic muskets, and others were dressed as normal colonist during the time.

To cap off the great festival, the townsmen lightened up the sky with beautiful fireworks, leaving a huddled crowd in awe.

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Tick-Tick, No Splendor in the Grass - Just Danger TICKS, continued from page 1 times their unfed body weight.

Unlike hard ticks, soft ticks possess a leathery external skeleton. The mouth parts of a soft tick are under the body and are not visible when viewed from above. Soft ticks are noted for various diseases, including the infamous Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, and tickborne relapsing fever. The disease is transmitted through the bite of an infected blacklegged tick, also known as the deer tick.

Exeter Summer's Director of Nursing, Nancy C. Thompson said, “Any tick bites that would be suspected to be from a deer tick, the student would be treated with an antibiotic called doxycycline.”

According to the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services, in 2015, ‘there were an estimated 1,373 cases of Lyme disease identified" in New Hampshire. This figure is one of the

highest rates in the country.

Rarer diseases that are caused by tick bites include anaplasmosis, babesiosis and the fatal Powassan virus.

The N.H. DHHS also reports that in 2015, there were 110 reported cases of anaplasmosis and 53 cases of babesiosis. Meanwhile, there has been only two recorded cases of the Powassan virus - one in 2013 and the second in 2016.

General symptoms of these tick diseases include - but are not limited to - fever, headache, fatigue, skin rash, muscle aches, and chills. Powassan is more severe, with symptoms including vomiting, weakness, confusion, loss of coordination, speech difficulties and seizures.

Luckily, Nurse Thompson said that “We have not a student present to the health center with a tick bite so far this Summer Session.” Despite not knowing the specific figures, Nurse Thompson said she was sure that there have been previous students bitten by ticks during the

Summer Sessions.

She said she could not share any students’ tick experiences as “that would be a student’s confidential medical information”.

But an Upper School Student, Rocio Gonzalez Lantero, said she got a tick bite when she was just 12, in Germany. “I had it once, in a summer camp. And then like, I woke up and I was so scared because I didn’t know that existed. I didn’t know it was a tick. I just saw, like a big, black thing. Well, for me it was huge. It was scary. It was terrible.

Once I saw it, I started to shout. I was doing the pony tail and I wondered like - ‘Why do I have a black thing in there?’ and I went to my friend to tell her. I remembered it has like little things in its body.” She squirmed as she told her story. “I went like, to the counselor and said ‘I have something here.’ and they were like ‘It’s a tick’.”

The story took an interesting and amusing turn as she explained that the counselor was in no rush.

“He said, ‘I wanna get breakfast, before taking it.’ And he told me to get breakfast too,” recollected Rocio. “So we went to the dining hall, and he was like - ‘You’re not eating’ and I answered - ‘Well, I’m not eating with like, an insect or whatever this is, in my body.’And he just went super mad. But I couldn’t eat with the thing in my arm.” Her disdain for this counselor was evident as she continued the story. “I hated him, I started to shout at him in Spanish.

Because he did not want to take it off and was laughing at me.”

Finally, the counselor removed the tick, but Rocio revealed that “instead of killing it or whatever, he threw it to the grass again.” The story ends with Rocio explaining why she was extremely paranoid.

“In Spain, there are not a lot. That’s why I was so scared. And I actually didn’t know that you can get like, Lyme Disease. I did not even know it existed because I was so little.”

Although students in Exeter are encouraged to enjoy the outdoors,

many supervisors are ensuring that students take the necessary steps to protect themselves and others from getting bitten by ticks.

The two most obvious steps to avoid the nasty critters would be to cover up and avoid tall grass.

Insecticides can also be used to repel ticks. Covering up and lightening up are also important prevention techniques. Covering up prevents ticks from latching on; while wearing light colors will give you an easier time identifying them. After highrisk activities, one should always inspect for ticks and clean up.

The nurse’s advice for students is to use bug spray with DEET (repellent) and to wear long pants and/or sleeves in the woods. New Hampshire is rural, there’s a lot of woods around. So anywhere you have a lot of woods in the North, you’re going to have ticks.

“If you think you may have been bitten by a tick,” said Nurse Thompson, “come to the health center to be checked out by a nurse.”

Leadership Lessons From a Pro, Charles Hamm '55

By ALICE CAI

Summer Times Staff Writer

Exeter Summer offers a variety of courses to enrich students’ knowledge in all fields; among them, the leadership program is one of the most significant. It is designed to foster opportunities to reflect upon the characteristics and contexts of effective leadership. The founder of the program, Charles J. Hamm, PEA ’55, visited the campus last Friday and shared with the students some of his own experiences related to leadership.

After Phillips Exeter Academy, he attended Harvard University. He later on became the president, chairman and CEO of Independence Community Bank Corp. As a successful businessman, Mr. Hamm has his own opinions about leadership and his own ways of mastering it.

When asked about the reason for funding the leadership program, Mr. Hamm answered, “I thought there was a lack of appreciation for equipping important roles, which is leadership and follower-ship.” He went on to encourage people to realize the significance of leadership at a young age, stating that himself thought about being a leader

even before high school. Mr. Hamm stated the definition of a leader as “if you found something to happen that would not happen without you, then you are a leader.”

The students were excited to meet Mr. Hamm. The Friday leadership class was filled with interactions and enrichment.

Each student brought up insightful questions as Mr. Hamm shared his experiences patiently, and they took down notes while Mr. Hamm gave his instructive answers. Words like “inspiration” and “affect” popped up multiple times during the conversation.

Some of the remarkable questions asked by students were: How did your experiences with banking, marketing, and art affect your view as a leader?

What was the process of being a leader like? How long did it take? What would you say about leadership from the aspect of business?

Mr. Hamm gave a story with each answer, making his comments more relatable and easier for the students to comprehend.

He summarized his tips for being a good leader as “know yourself, and pursue character in the highest level you can.”

The class was extended for

All-Gender Dorms Spark Discussion

By THE SUMMER TIMES STAFF In the wake of Phillips Exeter Academy’s announcement earlier this year that it would pilot two “all-gender” housing options for regular-session students this fall, Exeter Summer’s Gender Sexuality Alliance (GSA) discussed the issue of all-gender housing and dorm regulations for the summer session at a meeting on Monday night.

The group, made up of mostly students attending the Academy this summer, as well as a few faculty advisors, debated the idea in its weekly gathering.

There are no plans currently in place to create any all-gender dorms for the summer session, according to Elena GosalvezBlanco, the director of Exeter Summer.

“First we have to see how it goes in the regular year,” she said. “Would we consider opening [an all-gender dorm], the answer is yes.”

In the fall, for regular session, Williams House and Kirtland House will both serve as the first all-gender dorms, housing approximately 20 students.

In its announcement, Phillips Exeter wrote that it is directing this program to support students who are transgender or gender non-conforming. The school plans to provide faculty and staff affiliated with the dorms

with special training, and hopes to engage residents in a new program Planning for this project began a couple years ago, said Alex Myers, an English teacher at the Academy, in an interview with WGBH. As a student at PEA in the 1990s, Mr. Myers was the first openly transgender student at Exeter, and more recently helped foster conversation about the creation of these dorms.

"If you don't understand yourself to be a girl or a boy, living in a space that's designated just for boys or just for girls feels really uncomfortable," he said.

Mr. Myers has hosted conversations with Exeter Summer students in the past, and will speak at Assembly on July 28.

All-gender dorms are a new concept in education. PEA and Phillips Andover, which will also be converting a few dorms to be all-gender, are among the first boarding schools to open a dorm of this kind, according to WGBH. The dorms will offer single rooms for the students, along with communal bathrooms providing more privacy.

So far, no requests have been made by an Exeter Summer student applying to be in an allgender dorm, according to Ms. Gosalvez-Blanco. Deans from Exeter Summer are planning to meet with GSA next week for further conversation about allgender housing.

the students to ask anything else that they were curious about, which shifted the focus to Mr. Hamm’s personal life. For example, his time at Exeter, the change of Exeter culture, and

the college application process.

Mr. Hamm answered each question with patience and honesty. When it was time to end the class Mr. Hamm was surrounded by a big group of students asking

for a picture together. The impact of Mr. Hamm’s words could clearly be seen as each student lingered in the room, trying to squeeze the most out of every last minute of discussion.

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Charles Hamm spoke to Exeter Summer leadership program students last Friday.

Gather 'Round: A Harkness Story

By MARC MA

Summer Times Staff Writer

Harkness is the way of teaching here at Phillips Exeter. This is one of the unique features of Exeter.

Such method is new to some students and it takes time to adjust to the way of discussion-based classes.

The Harkness table, Harkness method, or Harkness discussion, is a teaching and learning method involving students seated around a large, oval table to discuss ideas in an encouraging, positive and openminded environment with little teacher’s intervention.

Harkness tables are not only used in PEA, but also in other private boarding schools such as Milton Academy, Phillips Andover Academy, Deerfield Academy, and Choate Rosemary Hall, among others.

Exeter Summer session is almost half way through and students are gradually getting used to discussions, spreading ideas and making comments to each other.

Madeline Sloan is one of the four Australian students of Phillips Exeter Summer 2017. Age 14, she has been to the U.S multiple times.

Every time it takes 24 hours of flight from Sydney, Australia, to the U.S. Harkness was completely new to her. In Australia, classes are lecturebased rather than discussion based.

It gave her the opportunity to communicate with classmates and teachers. She said she wasn't used to it at first. But after a little while, once she got used to it, it felt comfortable and nice. “Harkness is really great because it is really interesting to learn off everyone else and be able to share and compare

knowledge,” said Madeline, “And while it was hard to adjust at first I am now becoming more used to talking and participating.”

She also said that her favorite class was politics because it’s a great opportunity to talk to people with different and diverse political views coming from different backgrounds. Meanwhile, it is challenging for her to think on a deep level about political issues. “Also, it’s cool because we don’t have any politics classes or anything similar in Australia,” said Madeline.

Andy Chang is 17 years old from New Jersey. He mentioned that in his school, lessons are taught mainly by lecture rather than discussion. Harkness is different from the way normal teachers teach where he lives. Right now, discussion is the way of learning for him.

He said that in his leadership class he was able to expand his horizons and concepts when understanding the meaning of leadership.

Such method enabled him to create new ideas and promote positivity. At first, he was challenged by this new method too.

He’s outspoken, and able to contribute in different environments.

In some classes of his, according to Andy, students are quieter and he has the responsibility to provoke a conversation. From a small area in New Jersey, he has the chance to meet more people from different backgrounds and religions here at Exeter both through classes and free time. For him personally, this is an opportunity to enjoy the positive energies in classes. “Culture is what expands horizons that creates tomorrow,” said Andy, “ Within learning about others from other

regions of the world sparks individuality and creativity.”

Chris Papachristodoulou is 16 years old from Greece. According to him, he was taught differently and Harkness is an interesting approach. He doesn’t really know how Harkness works in sciences and math because these subjects are based on facts. But subjects like economics are perfect because they provoke thoughts and ideas. It is challenging for him because he has to find the right thing to say in class—things that are contributing to the conversation. It’s important for him to come to class prepared with discussions.

Haden Smith, Age 16, is from North Carolina. He got used to the Harkness method by listening to others who grasp the ideas. Slowly, he worked himself in and gave input to the conversation. According to Haden, on one hand, Harkness is interesting. On the other hand, if he comes to class unprepared, it would be a lot more difficult.

“Exeter is very unique because it brings out the best in people, “ said Haden, “Even though we come from multiple parts of the world, religions, and social classes, under the same program, we can all be united. Free free from labels and other such things.”

Indeed, Harkness is an innovative way of teaching compared to the traditional lecture-based method. Each has its own advantages.

But what makes Exeter unique is that everyone can contribute to the table, and be treated the same.

Students feel free to express their own thoughts such that new ideas, concepts and bonds will then be created.

THE SUMMER TIMES

COMMENTARY

THURSDAY, JULY 20, 2017

Spotlight On: Ha! The Deans of Fun

By ALICE CAI & BLANE ZHU

Summer Times Staff Writers

Q: First of all, how long have you guys been working for Exeter Summer?

A: (Mr. Calnan) This is my 11th summer.

(Ms. Jobarteh) This will be my first.

(Mr. Braile) I think this is my 7th... honestly not sure.

Q: Are you part of the regular session as well?

A: (Ms. J) I am. So I work all year long, and then during the summer time. I just transition a bit, where I work with a different department.

(Mr. C) I am only here during the summer, not during the regular year.

(Mr. B) I’m also only here during the summer.

Q: What really makes you think that Exeter is special? What makes it really different than, say, other summer schools?

What brings you here?

A: (Mr. C) It’s tough to compare to other summer schools because I haven’t worked at other summer schools. But, something that Ms. Gosalvez- Blanco mentioned is that we’re the largest summer school. And I think, when you have more people, you have the opportunity to meet more interesting people. There’s a better chance that you’re going to see people from around the world, around the country, and they have different backgrounds and talents.

So I think the size is great, and it’s not an overwhelming size.

I feel like we interact with just about every student on campus, and we get to meet all those interesting people.

Q: I know that the title that you guys have is “Deans of Fun.” So on the fun note, what do you guys think about this title?

A: (Mr. C) I love it. I love telling people, like “Oh, what are you doing this summer?” “I work at Phillips Exeter.” “Do you teach?” “Nope, I’m the Dean of Fun!” That’s a pretty cool thing to get to tell people.

I like the title, I think it works.

(Mr. B) I have it on my resume, and it’s probably gotten more

questions than anything else. So people were like, “um, I know what deans do, but this doesn’t make any sense.” But, that’s a lot of fun, yeah.

Q: If I were to ask you guys to pick one thing that makes you smile, what would it be? What makes you smile the most?

A: (Ms. J) I’m a mom. So my kids make me smile. My two

the trips to Boston, beaches, and Canobie Lake Park for both Upper and Access. Those [(trips to Canobie]) are very popular.

(Ms. J) They just added a whole bunch of rides too. I was just there, it’s awesome.

(Mr. C) And then, a few weekends from now we’ll have Exeter’s Got Talent, which is our talent show/variety show, what-

girls and seeing them happy.

That’s basically it when you’re a parent. I think that’s the first thing, just seeing your offspring happy.

(Mr. C) I feel obligated to say my kids. My son and daughter, they both have a blast out here, they love being up here and they have their Exeter friends.

(Mr. B) So I don’t have any kids, But I would say the connections that I’ve made with the people here and getting to work with awesome people, like these two, definitely makes me smile. I don’t think I would work as much or as hard as I do here if it weren’t for the people I work with.

Q: In the coming weeks, what are some of the events that we can expect from you guys?

A: (Mr. C) Lots of good stuff.

In terms of on campus activities, we have a dance the next Saturday [July 22] for Upper School.

In terms of big trips, we’ve got

ever you want to call it. Every year I’m amazed at what students can do. And how quickly they can do it as well.

Q: Which is a trip that you recommend the most for students?

Like, “If you go to Exeter, you have to go to this trip” ?

A: (Mr. C) It really depends on your interest. Like, if you don’t like going to the beach, don’t go to the beach. But in terms of things that you can’t necessary find elsewhere, things that are really local, [I recommend] the college trips. If you want the opportunity to see some of these New England colleges, it’s a really good chance. The two hikes of Mt. Major, beautiful views of the mountains and lakes in this region, and also a good physical activity, it’s not too strenuous.

(Ms. J) Boston’s great, especially you have some freedom too. In Boston, you have your chaperones there, but you’re able to explore a little bit. Also,

Student Foodies Rate the D-Hall

By KAIT MARTINEZ Summer Times Staff Writer

Exeter is not only known for making unforgettable memories with new people but for also the various foods the Dining Hall provides daily for all national and international students and also Exeter faculty.

Food is served 3 times a day. Breakfast from 6:458:45, Lunch from 11:00-2:00, and Dinner 5:00-7:00. If you don’t have time to eat during a

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certain time, it`s not a problem because Exeter Dinning Hall is flexible with time, so everyone is able to grab something to eat. The menu changes every day and every day you have new options to choose from.

I`ve gone around and asked students what they thought of the food at Exeter for the first week.

“Great, much better than food at my school. Very impressed about the options we get to have every day.” – Katie Jenson “It`s delicious!! I feel guilty myself that I have to have seconds of a certain dish because its tastes amazing and I am not ashamed to have more

of something that I like” – Jason Moorie “The Dining Hall never fails to surprise me. Props to the cooks because they are good at what they do!” – Jenni Lippen “Muy Bien” – Lena Malien “I am very picky at the food I eat but honestly the food they serve here is great and it has me to not be picky. I seem to not complain a lot like I normally do.” – Jasmine Grysel “Better than the food they serve at my school, like 10x better. Also you have more options of food to choose from.”

– Megan Samyal “I am happy to be here the food makes me even more happy. I am obviously a food person and right off the bat I give Exeter Dining Hall 5 stars. Keep doing me proud cooks of Exeter.” – Dominik Chrimore “I love the food and the food here makes me believe Exeter loves me back. LOL.”Janie Yestie “Each day you have some kind of dessert after you are done eating and back home desserts isn`t always served after dinner. Being able to have desserts freely is a privilege to have.”- Doma Hamilton Exeter cooks do not fail to surprise students with what they serve. (A great big thanks to our Summer Exeter Cooks for making everyone smile with the food you make!)

Boston is a nice, small city, so there’s just so much compacted in one small place.

(Mr. B) The other thing that I would say for Boston is, especially for students coming from outside the U.S., there’s so much American History in Boston. Like, you can walk the freedom trail, and get a whole tutorial on American History

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right there. So I would definitely recommend that if you have the option.

Q: When you’re not the Deans of Fun, what do you do for the rest of the year?

A: (Mr. C) So, I’m a high school Math teacher at a public school in Massachusetts, an hour and a half away from here.

(Mr. B) For the last couple of years, I’ve been teaching Art and living in a dorm at Northfield Mount Hermon, which is a boarding school in western Massachusetts. Next year I’m going to be working in a dorm at the University of New Hampshire.

(Ms. J) I’m here. And for other activities that I do, I’m a blogger. I do event planning. People that have weddings or big birthday parties or corporate events, that’s what I do on the side.

Whenever I have some free time, I like to travel.

Q: What do you all like to do

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for fun?

A: (Mr. C) Again, kind of what I was saying before, I love playing with my kids. I mean, when you’re a parent you don’t really have time for too many hobbies.

Your hobbies are play-dough and legos.

(Mr. B) Those are also my hobbies. [Laughter] (Ms. J) We [(My kids and I] like amusement parks during the summer, we like fairs. Lot of fairs go on in this area, so we try to go to a couple of those with the girls. If I’m by myself, or with my significant other, we travel. We normally do one spring trip, and then we’ll do a summer trip, and then a fall trip.

(Mr. B) What I do for fun...

Hiking, or going to the beach.

I just love being outside, getting outside, and getting some fresh air.

Q: What did you expect the experience to be like, when you first heard about “Dean of Fun”?

A: (Mr. C) I started here at the summer school as a teaching intern. My first interactions with the Deans of Fun was [when] I was just chaperoning different trips and talking to them there. And I got to know the Deans of Fun [at the time] pretty well. They gave me the idea that the students are here to learn, here to meet people, and to also find yourself a little bit as well. But it’s our job [as Deans of Fun] to make sure that you’re also still kids and enjoying yourself. That’s a totally different aspect from what a lot of the faculty are doing here.

I’m not saying that they’re not doing their job; they certainly are. But it’s just such a different thing. That’s how I came into it, thinking that “I want to just make sure that these students are still kids, they’re still enjoying their summer So that’s what I thought to expect, and also kind of what I experienced since taking this role.

(Ms. J) I didn’t have any expectations, ‘cause this is my first summer. It was just being ready for whatever that comes. But so far, so good.

(Mr. B) Yeah, I think I agree with what Mr. Calnan has said.

Weathering the Weather

By KAITLYN GE Summer Times Staff Writer

“I don`t like how students waste their food! I mean you serve yourself. Take out how much you are going to eat. Not how much you will waste.” – Amor Kane “I don`t like how students leave a mess after they are done eating! Please clean up after yourselves, people cook for you the least thing you can do is clean up after yourselves.

You are supposed to be a mature adult.” – Malane Phayne “I dislike how like how there isn`t enough room to eat, the Dining Hall isn`t big enough for 700+ students.”Blaire Higmen “Exeter Dining Hall is supposed to be as easy place to make friends, but lately some people tend to forget that concept. For the past couple days I`ve noticed that people seem to blow off someone who is just trying to make a

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simple conversation. Everyone should have the attitude of always making a new friend.

Mr. Weatherspoon himself said a simple hello can go a long way.” –Anthony Heights

Since the start of this summer, the weather in Exeter has been quite unpredictable. After a rather warm welcome of 87 degrees Fahrenheit on the first day of PEA Summer,, the highest temperature varied from 69 degrees to 85, according to the Weather Channel.

On July 7th and 8th, it was raining extremely hard, as if people living high up in the sky had turned their tap on and simply forgot to close it. In the afternoon of July 8th,it rained so hard that an umbrella wouldn’t help a person from being soaked. Many of our fellow students even received an emergency alert saying “Flash Flood Warning this area til 3:30 PM.” On that exact afternoon, students nearly missed their field day because of the rain.

The good news is that it stopped an hour before field day started.

“It is definitely not the best weather days,” Said Mary Xu, from St. Louis, “I almost feel a little bit unprepared.”

Also, the rain came suddenly.

Many people were outside when the rain started, and with nothing to protect them from the rain drops, they were completely soaked by the time they reached their dorm.

(Unfortunately, they could not be located later, so there is no way to know how they felt.)

There was constant drizzling later on, and the slight breeze that followed comforted many. “I don’t like the rain but I rather like the breeze that comes with it.” said Mimi Haripottawekul, from Bangkok, Thailand, .

Shortly after that, on July 9th,

the temperature jumped to 82 degrees, which is almost a record, according to the Weather Channel.

The rain had exerted itself and disappeared, so there was not a piece of cloud to protect us from the heat.

The sun was spreading its heat waves directly at everyone.

“I expected the weather to be much colder than this,” said Mimi who lives in a much hotter place than Exeter. Especially at noon or during sports session, the sun got so irritating that the ground seemed to melt. Moreover, the wind left with the rain, and that made the day more unbearable than any other day.

Surprisingly, according to Syl Gibson from San Francisco, “It’s pretty similar to last year’s [weather].” Historically, in July, New Hampshire’s average highest temperature was 83 degrees Fahrenheit, and the average precipitation was 3.44 inches, according to Intellicast. But from recent experiences, the weather varies a lot.

During the horrible weather, some people suffered from not having enough clothes to wear. One of them was Mary Xu, who didn’t bring a sweater. Others, on the other hand, quite enjoyed the rain. “I enjoy the fear of being flooded.” said Carol Chen.

“I liked the rain.” said Syl. So, even though the weather annoyed some of us, it is not completely a bad thing. At least some preferred rain to heat, and some humidity is not bad at all. Hopefully, the weather in the next couple of weeks is going to be far more comfortable.

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SUMMER LIFE

THE SUMMER TIMES

THURSDAY, JULY 20, 2017

Hail To Move Over Prada, Here's...Exeter 2nd City

By JIMENA ALAMO

Summer Times Staff Writer

By JULIAN PALENCIA

Summer Times Staff Writer

Chicago is one of the best cities in the world. It is known for its multiple attractions like the Sears Tower, Millennium Park, Lollapalooza, Wrigleyville, and many more.

The city is full of activities for residents and tourists.

The Taste of Chicago is currently underway. It is known as the nation's premier outdoor food festival, showcasing the diversity of Chicago's dining community. This festival is full with activities for the entire family, allowing everyone to have a good time.

The city has recently been revived by the defending World Series champions, the Chicago Cubs. Ever since November 2, 2016, when the Cubs won the World Series, the city burst once again into a city of champions.

Throughout the years, being a sports fan in Chicago has been very tough. It is an art, in which every season brings disappointment and frustration to fans across the city. But they always come back with hope, showcasing their love for the city. The World Series victory for the Cubs was overall a great thing for everyone in the city, but it didn't feel as sweet as it did to the life-long fans that have been on a 108-year roller coaster of despair.

There will be bandwagoning fans, but this championship was for the true Cubs fans.

Being at a Cubs game is electric, every time a positive thing happens: a hit, home run, strikeout, double play, etc. A sea of royal blue, cardinal red, and white will jump up and scream in joy. It's a nice and pleasant way to see a city unite.

After all, baseball is America’s game.

Besides the sports side of things, the city is also known for its delicious, unique food — particularly for its deep dish pizza and hot dogs. The deep dish pizza — a world-famous item — is spread out across the city. This deep dish pizza is something that makes a Chicagoan's taste buds scream.

The Chicago-styled hot dog is another one of the most important foods to a Chicagoan. Its unique toppings make it in popular demand and a perfect Chicago evening dish.

Traditional activities in Chicago vary, but a very popular one is taking a morning jog on Lake Shore Drive. Hundreds of people along the shore go for runs at various times throughout the day to have some fun and take in the beautiful view of both the lake and skyline.

Unfortunately, every good thing has some bad to it. Currently in Chicago, the number of shootings has gone up. According to Fox 32 Chicago, since the year has started, 1,896 people have been shot. Things are hectic in Chicago — so many people are being shot, but many tourists continue to visit, as well. According to Urban City Matters, a Facebook page, it's odd to see that many people are visiting a city with so much crime.

The crime rate is starting to skyrocket and it is getting uncontrollable for the Chicago Police Department. Illinois is also struggling with maintaining a budget and Chicago is very much affected by that. Overall, the city has its downs but is very beautiful and alive, and taking a visit to Chicago is a must for people across the world. The city of Chicago is slowly advancing into being a great destination for people and with time, things will only get better.

Stay Tuned for Videos

By HENRIQUE LANG, KALTAY ISMAGULOV, SHANE BETTER AND AMAURY MERLEVEDE Contributing Writers

Coming to Philips Exeter Academy means interacting with people from all around the world, with all kinds of cultural backgrounds.

An experience like this requires abilities such as flexibility, tolerance, and a disposition to understand how various other cultures perceive the world. Exeter Summer has enabled students to practice their tolerance, flexibility, and resolve to better understand the world and gain new perspectives.

With this in mind we, in the Charles J. Hamm 55’Leadership Program, have produced two informative interview videos compact with a multitude of cultural literacy information and valuable experience, which will be shown during the International Day Assembly (July, 26th) and on an online Exeter resource, to be determined. The videos aim to educate the entire Exeter Community about our differences in a celebratory way, so that we can go home with new perspectives and educate our communities with the goal of creating a greater worldwide understanding.

Be on the lookout for our videos, and try to enhance your own, individual capacities for celebrating our differences by continuously making new friends and trying to gain new perspectives.

The Clothing, Design, and Construction course is off to an incredible start as a new Exeter Summer class. This course was a prize addition to the 2017 program.

This class, listed under Art in the course catalog, is taught by Mrs. Lauren Josef, who designs the costumes for Phillips Exeter Academy throughout the regular year. Mrs. Josef only has eight students for this course, as it is a new class, only available for A format, and still does not have the resources to be bigger. For instance, the students must share two sewing machines.

The classroom is in a corner of Fisher Theater, deep inside the center for individual expression here at Exeter. Its walls are filled with tall shelves that hold all kinds of fabrics. There are two wooden tables in the middle, high enough for people to use them stand-

ing, filled with implements used throughout this course.

Based upon the Harkness method, these eight students gather around a wooden table to start the day by discussing their previous homework and showing the class their work. Each of them has a “wall” where they post their designs and drawings as a vertical portfolio of the lessons seen. The students — seven girls and one boy — come from all over the world, from places such as France, Venezuela, and the United States, among others.

Mrs. Josef is very content with how the course is going. She mentioned how the students have more experience than expected.

They’ve been exploring their creativity non-stop, and people are rising to the occasion.

“The pace is fast,” said Mrs. Josef.

Focusing on drawing, designing, and techniques, this class has served as a basis for many of the

students enrolled. Though challenging, the course will be enough to teach the basics of fashion and design, Mrs. Josef said.

Students seem to enjoy this challenging and ‘fast paced’ class.

“I love fashion,” Charlotte Arias, a 16-year-old student from Venezuela, said. “I love that in each class we get to be ourselves and express yourself however we want to.”

Some of the assignments the students have received involve designing original pieces, researching their favorite designers, the basic elements of design, and drawing several pieces to help them improve their sketching skills. Nevertheless, this class is not limited to their Fisher Theater classroom. One of the classes took place at the library, where they had an assignment to find fashion books and find things they liked and that inspired them to create.

Inside the classroom, there are small scale mannequins with their original designs, which stu-

dents sketched down on pieces of paper as an assignment.

Most of the students expect to be able to improve their abilities in sewing, drawing, and basic designing tools. Hallie Sampson, 16, from North Carolina, said that these abilities are very interesting to learn, and that she has improved her drawing abilities during this two weeks.

This new class seems to be considered a success by its students. It is a perfect example of the environment the Phillips Exeter Academy is creating for its students — an environment to challenge themselves and find their passion, through hard work and active learning. The classroom inside Fisher Theater is a center of innovation, and is an epitome of the Exeter philosophy, motivating students to know what they love.

“After taking this class I decided I want to study fashion,” Anna Morales, 17, from Venezuela, said.

Help! (That's Why I Volunteer)

By TINDAKAY CHERIF Summer Times Staff Writer Can you believe that with 7.3 billion people in the world, 795 million people are in need of help?

That data was recorded in 2015 — imagine how it is now.

There is something about helping others that puts me at ease. I feel uncomfortable resting my head on my pillow at night knowing that someone out there needs my help.

Now don’t get me wrong, I am just a 16-year-old with little power and no money. But don’t you think that the world would be a better place if we all joined hands to help those in need? Even if it means to just be there for someone, anyone.

My mother secured this characteristic of selflessness in me. I always observed the way she interacted with others, and if there’s one thing I learned about her, it was that she never did anything

in favor of herself. Whatever she did, it was for the sake of others.

I have done a lot of community service and volunteer work with my school and afterschool programs and genuinely enjoyed every single one.

Now let’s be honest: some people do community service for the hour requirements and college applications. But if you actually sit back and reflect, you become happier with yourself.

Some people also think volunteering is depositing money to a GoFundMe page. It’s not — and money is not the solution to everything. Yes, money is very helpful in certain situations, but there is something about being there in-person, physically doing your part.

For example, as a practicing Muslim, I feel it is important that I perform zakat, which is a part of the five pillars of Islam. Zakat is a term used in Islamic finance to refer to the obligation that an

individual has to donate a certain proportion of wealth each year to charitable causes. Zakat can also be the act of sacrificing your time to suit the needs of others.

But always remember, you don’t always need a reason to help, just do it.

Here at Exeter, our slogan “Non sibi” means “not for oneself.” This slogan inspires students to not only think of themselves, but of others, as well.

In other words, to be good global citizens and lead. I encourage Exeter students to volunteer in any way they can. Whether it’s at animal shelters, clinics, after school programs, etc.

Once, I volunteered at a food pantry serving food to the homeless and at the end, we learned that we served 379 people that night.

To others, feeding 379 people probably does not mean a lot, but for someone who cares about the wellbeing of others, it leaves a big smile on my face knowing

that I took part in something that means a lot to me.

Again, don’t get me wrong, it’s not about me. It’s about the blessings and the result of your actions.

By helping others, you learn how lucky you are. You appreciate what you have and are thankful for it. Volunteer work is one of the key points to help the ones in need and help our society become a better place.

Through this, we learn the situation in other parts of our city, our country, our world. We realize that where we live is not the sugarcoated place we were taught that it was. Life out there is hard. You have to work hard for everything you want to earn.

For the ones who are not as fortunate as we are, we have to help them. It is our duty to help make this a better place to live for us, for our children and for the generations to come.

Original Americans Speak Out

By KAIT MARTINEZ Summer Times Staff Writer

During the 15th century, in the search of India and spice. Christopher Columbus stumbled upon North America and falsely called the Native inhabitants “Indians.”

Indigenous Indian Tribes in the United States are a combination of numerous indigenous tribes and are sovereign nations. Today, the indigenous people make up only 1.5 percent of the United States’ population, but pre-Columbian indigenous tribes flourished in the millions. Many tribes continue to take pride in their ancestral traditions. Many still hold onto their cultural identities through music, art, language and religion.

President Andrew Jackson introduced the Indian Removal Act of 1830. When the law passed, it gave the United States confirmation to legally and forcefully remove tribal communities under “western law” so the land can be used by foreign settlers for homestead and farming and hunting.

Before this, Indigenous Tribes roamed free, hunted and gather food, fished and governed themselves. The Federal Government, compromised the tribes with treaties which by that time was the only available solution, but were often broken by the government. Losing Indian lands resulted in a loss of cultural identity, as tribes had to leave their homelands, losing a sense of spiritual well-being.

Without their lands, Indian Nations began to lose their purpose as indigenous people.

At boarding Schools their hair was cut or shaved, and they were forced to dress in west-

ern clothes and go to church.

Indigenous children were told not to speak their language; instead English was the first language spoken. Slowly Native languages began to die. Not only did they lose the right to speak their language, but also to practice or perform any culture ceremonies or traditions.

Every Native has a unique aspect on what their tribe is like and how they partake in the world with special cultural beliefs.

I took some time to interview one of my friends, Sarah Chatter. I asked about what her thoughts were as a Native American part of the Navajo Tribe.

“My culture is one that I hold near to my heart,” she said. “Nowadays, it's a matter of balancing both worlds; the traditions that have been long forgotten, and the modern customs of today's world. Often times for Native American Club, we dress up in our tradi-

tional attire and students at my school, who are predominantly white, usually complement our outfits. Little do they know, at one time this is how our elders dressed on a daily basis, nor are they acquainted with the symbolic meaning of each and every part of our attire.

“Forcing myself to be excluded from certain field trips and science labs due to my traditions is one that students find odd as well, but to me, it's how I was raised. When some of my own peers, who are Native, laugh or make fun of myself or other custom-based students, I don't say much because that's how I was taught. Which is to be humble. Don't think negatively. The traditional upbringing I was given is one I am truly grateful for, because without it, I believe I would be scattered and unfocused, far from being where I am today.

“The teachings that have been bestowed upon me, give myself, and other Diné people,

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their identity, and I think that is something that people have forgotten, that should be retaught.

On the Navajo Reservation we have 27,000 square miles of land -- bigger than some of the eastern states, with a population of 300,000. We have a three-branch government, we have our own laws. The Navajo language itself was used to win the war with the Japanese Imperialism. As Native Americans, we are always ready to defend this continent from foreign adversaries. Several people have a lot of relatives that are veterans of foreign wars. The Navajo Nation leaders fight to have our Diné language to be taught in the Public Schools, we have a Radio Station KTNN 660 where the information is spoken in the Navajo language every day. On the Navajo Reservation, the culture is kept closely to many hearts. It is a way of life, and this lifestyle brings peace and happiness.”

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Exeter & All That Jazz

By CHARLES D. JENNISON Contributing Writer The earliest recorded evidence of jazz on the PEA campus is archived in the Louis Kahn library, safely tucked in the basement with other documents of value. The “Royal Exxonians” stage band was under the direction of Phil Wilson ’55 and, according to the liner notes, played mostly at Glee Club dances and other school functions. Before he was in the Army in the early 60s and joined Woody Herman’s Thundering Herd from 1962-65, Phil worked with Ted Herbert's big band in Manchester. After that, he taught at the Berklee School of Music and played around the Boston area with Herb Pomeroy and others.

Phil and his childhood friend from Exeter, Tommy Gallant, played jazz from the time they were in middle school. Phil's father taught math at Exeter, and they lived in Dunbar House.

Tom's house was near the corner of Maple and Elm Streets, right next to what is now the Elm St. Dining Hall.

They would go over to each other's houses - both had pianos - and play standard tunes. In a phone interview from March 6th, 2013, Phil recalled that their collective time was so good they did not need a bass player or drummer.

They were encouraged by Hammy Bissell, who would let the boys hang out at his house and listen to his extensive collection of jazz albums.

Henry Hamilton "Hammy" Bissell (1911–2000) was a long-serving member of the faculty of Phillips Exeter Academy. Born in India to American missionary parents, Bissell was raised in West Newton, Massachusetts. He subsequently graduated from Exeter in 1929. Serving during the tenures of seven Principals, he occupied a number of positions in the school's administration, particularly Director of Scholarships. In that position, he famously extended the reach of the Academy to fulfil the slogan "Youth from Every Quarter" by seeing to it that everyone who could qualify academically for Exeter could attend Exeter. Hammy was a staunch supporter of jazz on campus, attending nearly all of the jazz concerts by students or faculty right up to the end of his life.

Although Phil Wilson left Exeter for a professional musical career, Tommy Gallant stayed in the area.

Through the scope of his musical activities, as well as his personal integrity, enthusiasm, and unselfishness, Tommy was for decades the qualitative reference point for jazz and its practitioners in the Seacoast. Primarily self-taught,

his musical career was influenced by his work with a virtual "Who's Who" of jazz artists representing a variety of stylistic ranges.

Tommy was widely recognized for his performances as a solo pianist as well as with his two ensembles, the Tommy Gallant Trio and the Tommy Gallant All-Stars. A selfless educator, Tommy taught at the Berklee College of Music from '71 to '76, and as a private instructor for scores of students and director of the stage bands at Phillips Exeter Academy for 30 years until his death in 1998. Though Tommy was not formally affiliated with UNH, he studied piano briefly at the University early in his career, and had significant influence on both students and faculty there through courses, workshops, and informal events he actively partici-

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pated in.

Working closely with Tommy to promote jazz at Exeter was bassist Jim Howe. During the years from 1985 to 2007, Jim taught upright bass, produced musicals in collaboration with the Exeter theater department, and played in the faculty jazz quartet with me, a saxophone teacher, drum instructor Les Harris, Jr. and several different pianists, including Chris Neville, Ryan Parker, and Mark Shilansky. After Tommy’s death, Howe fronted a trio with Harris and Parker which performed on Sunday nights at The Press Room.

In addition to organizing the Sunday night gigs at The Press Room, he played Friday nights at The Metro for several years. Howe was a very thorough teacher who worked diligently with his students and was wellrespected and well-liked in the Phillips Exeter community. The Jim Howe Trio released three albums, and Howe was a guest on many more recordings.

Howe played with “some of the giants of jazz,” and he was even the opening

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Cruising the Seas, Sail, Don't Motor

By SAPPHIRE PERERA Contributing Writer

act for Elvis Presley in 1968.

Other Exeter alumni who contributed to the jazz scene were Dunc Martin and Carl Chase, who formed a group on campus in the early 1960s called “The CubaLibre Quartet,” which has the distinction of having recorded two CDs at Exeter 50 years apart with the same personnel!

Dunc Martin graduated from Boston University in 1965 and Berklee in 1969 and taught instrumental music in Westboro, MA for grades 5-8 until 1980. After that, he taught private lessons, saxophone choir and jazz ensembles at the John Payne Music Center in Brookline, MA. Carl Chase grew up playing flute, guitar and double bass, and majored in music at Harvard. He started making steel drums and founded the Atlantic Clarion Steel Band in 1974. He has made most of their instruments, and arranged much of the music the band plays. Since 1988 he has developed curriculum and taught in New England high schools. He founded “Flash in the Pans” Community Steel band in Blue Hill, ME. Also worth mention is one of Tommy Gallant’s former students, Bill Eveleth. As a student at Phillips Exeter he played for musicals and formed his first band with Michael Cerveris (2004 Tony Award winner, singer, and guitarist). Classically trained, Bill studied with Garin Bader (winner of the International Chopin Competition), recording artist Seth Carlin, and Paul Peeters in Brussels, Belgium. Bill graduated from Cornell and is the author of Blues, Jazz, and Rock Riffs for Keyboards (Hal Leonard), and makes frequent solo appearances in North Jersey.

Some other famous musicians and adjunct faculty who have performed here on campus include Jim Howe, Tommy Gallant, Dave Seiler, Chris Neville, Les Harris, Sr., Les Harris, Jr., Marty Ballou, Mark Carlsen, Ryan Parker, Goeff Keezar, Sheila Jordan, Grace Kelly, Greg Hopkins, Vincent Herring, Paul Broadnax, Tony Cerelli, April Hall, Barry Danelian, Jimmy Mazzey, Howard Levy, Carl Benevides, Sara Caswell, Mark Shilansky, Ed Saindon, Phil Wilson, Christine Fawson, Grace Kelly, J. Geils, Butch Thompson -- and yours truly.

As evidence that jazz is still thriving on campus, the jazz concert at the Library on July 19 featured vocalist Donna Byrne, accompanied by PEA faculty members Mark Carlsen, Les Harris, Jr., and me, Charlie Jennison.

It's fun going out on a motorboat and speeding through the water, feeling the wind on your face and seeing the beautiful scenery. Who doesn't love going out into the middle of the ocean, having a drink and having fun with your friends and family? Thousands of people love taking their motorboat for a ride. But did you know that running a motorboat with an outboard engine for one hour can generate as much air pollution as driving a car for 800 miles?

Every year in the U.S., the total amount of water pollution from motorboats equals up to 10 to 15 Exxon Valdez oil spill disasters. Unfortunately, people only experience what’s on the surface and not what’s below.

Motorboats are dangerous to the environment and humans. In fact the Environmental Systems from Green@ Stevens says that “Marine gasoline and diesel engines are among the greatest contributors of hydrocarbons (HC) and oxides of nitrogen (NOx) pollution in the United States.”

The engine emissions also produce ground-level ozone and smog. Riding in a motorboat is not like riding in a car because there is nothing beneath the car except concrete and tar, but under a motorboat there is life!

There are coral, seaweed, fish, sea creatures and each time that the engine of the motor boat starts and propels into the water, pollutants and gasoline are shot out of the engine, covering the plants and fish. There are more oil spills and accidents with motorboats too.

According to the Save the Manatee club, On January 8, 2003, scientists with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's Florida Marine Research Institute (FMRI) confirmed that 305 manatees died in state waters last year. Watercraft-related manatee mortality reached an all-time record high of 95 deaths.

Statistics from the Florida Marine Research Institute show that most watercraft-related manatee deaths are attributed to impacts from the boat hull or lower unit of the motor rather than propeller cuts.

The water is polluted too because the boats add certain chemicals and metals to the water column and then an amount of the fuel that enters the motor is discharged and released into the water.

Two stroke motors give off 25-30% of their unburned gas and oil mixture into the water.

The problem with the motor boat is not only with the oil and gasoline but the

noise pollution and disturbance. When I am at the beach and just watching the water, the motor boats come vehemently and disturb my thoughts and peace. This loud noise does not only disturb and annoy me but disturbs the organisms in the water.

A new study has shown how the noise pollution from motorboats is a big threat to the fish and underwater sea life.

The obstreperous motor boats do cause stress and an uncomfortable environment for the fish and other sea organisms. Noise pollution affects the ability of seas organisms to communicate. Since sea animals communicate by sounds and vibrations, the new rambunctious sounds from the motor boats confuse the animals so they cannot communicate.

The new study of noise pollution from motorboats gives many examples of how underwater noise also negatively impact small fish. In the study published in the journal Nature Communications, “A team of international marine biologists found that the rate at which the fishes are seized by predators can increase two-fold when motorboats are nearby. The noise emitted by passing motorboats surges stress levels among young coral fish and decreases their ability to escape from an impending predator attack. As a result, they are seized more easily.”

Even though motorboats are damaging, sailboats are not. Sailboats are an environmentally friendly alternative to motor boats. They function from the wind and do not cause noise pollution or pollution.

Even though motor boats have proven to be very harmful to the environment through air pollution, oil spills, gas leakage and noise pollution, without motorboats how would we be able to aid those in the water quickly?

When someone or something is drowning or injured in the water, people don't send sailboats to the rescue, they send motorboats. So because motorboats are useful this way, we should only use them this way and when just cruising for fun we can use sailboats as an alternative to motor boats.

Also, if you want to have fun in the water you can use kayaks, paddle boards, swimming, surfing and diving. Restrictions on the use of motorboats will limit noise pollution for the residents, near the water, and the organisms within the water. The restrictions of motorboats will keep the water and air cleaner and help the earth become a little greener.

Myster y Man Re ve aled The shadowy figure checking his cellphone on the library lawn in last week's Summer Times was none other than Dean Erich Schneider.

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Black Lives Matter: Confrontation at the Pool

By JUSTICE WYSINGER Summer Times Staff Writer The mistreatment of minorities in America has transversed many centuries.

A friend of mine, Aryana Rhodes, has witnessed it firsthand.

Aryana and I attend the same high school in Chicago, but Aryana lived in Texas for three years, where she witnessed the use of excessive force by a white cop, Eric Casebolt, at a pool party, against a 15-year-old African American female, Dajerria Becton.

It was June 2015, when the incident happened, and here is Aryana’s side of it: “It all started with the pool security, they claimed that we weren’t allowed to have more than 3 kids per key card, and my mom knew this wasn’t true because she has five children in her household and there was never a problem with all of us going to the pool. Then they said that there were no pool parties allowed because it’s a gated community, but they didn’t say

anything to the white family that was having a pool party.” said Aryana.

“A man that lived in the neighborhood called the cops and said ‘a bunch of black kids are invading a gated community pool’, so when the cops came they targeted all the black kids.” “ When all of the officers started arresting everyone there, many people tried to walk away from the scene, but one of the officers swung Dejarria down.

So Dejarria was basically like ‘this isn’t fair’ and that’s when the cop swung her on the ground and starting sitting on her.”

A teenager who was at the pool party recorded the incident.

When the footage first starts, two officers can be seen sprinting towards the group of teenagers who were standing, and one can be seen doing an unnecessary tuck and roll move.

It can also be seen in the footage that when the police arrived, many African -American boys were ordered to lie on

the ground and were cuffed, yet they were simply standing outside. The graphic image of Casebolt grabbing Dajerria by her arm and throwing her on the ground really caused outage in the black community. Casebolt then proceeded to repeatedly throw Dajerria on the ground, even though she was complying, and started to sit on her back as she lie still on the ground.

When an African-American male walked towards Casebolt sitting on Dajerria to tell him that she couldn’t breathe, Casebolt then pulled his gun and chased off the boy holding the gun loosely in one hand.

“I do feel like it was a racial attack,” said Aryana.

I think the whole protocol was messy and unnecessary, no questions were asked, there was no violence taking place when the police arrived on the scene, yet force was used.

“The boy that was recording was Caucasian and the police only told him to

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An invitation to the dance.

back up while he was shoving Dajerria’s head into the ground,” said Aryana.

Officer Casebolt, thankfully, was fired four days after the incident occurred.

Incidents like this prove that police need proper training on how to approach situations without using such force, especially on teenagers. More extreme cases, such as unarmed African-Americans being killed by white cops, exhibit why it’s important to have the BLM (Black Lives Matter) movement. Eric Garner, Michael Brown, Tamir Rice, Ezell Ford, and Rodney King are all names of just a few African American who were unarmed, yet died at the hands of the police. Racial stereotypes should not be a factor in the protocol that police follow when arresting an individual. We as Americans need to acknowledge that unarmed citizens shouldn’t be getting killed by the force that is supposed to protect us.

“Black Lives Matter is a movement to make us [African-Americans] known

and seen as humans, and not criminals or savages,” said Aryana.

It is important for us to address the ongoing issue of police brutality, and the privileges that the police have. Instead of immediately pulling out a weapon and using force unncessarily, officers should be trained to use methods to calm the person or result or use a Taser before their gun.

Many officers seem to panic when they’re confronted with a simple problem. For example, police officer Jeronimo Yanez shot and killed Philando Castile after Castile announced that he was going to pull out his wallet. He even told Yanez that he was licensed to carry a weapon. Castile was bleeding in the car while his girlfriend recorded the shooting, Yanez still pointed the gun at him after he shot Castile while Castile’s daughter was in the back seat witnessing the whole scene.

Police officers are becoming the suspects themselves while we become their victims.

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