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The W ck Volume 68, Issue 1
Tuesday, OcToBer 2, 2012
Rallying and Traditions
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Photograph by Julia Davis ‘13
Index
Westover Meets Paul McCullough.........................1 Politics at Westover ................................................2 Abby Luke ‘15 .......................................................2 Westover Then, Now, and in the Future.................3 Alexia Byusa ‘13 .....................................................3 Online School for Girls .........................................3 Dear Wendy.............................................................3 Music Column........................................................4 Westover Welcomes the Aussie Gappy.................4 Rallying and Traditions......................................... 5 Photos of the Month..............................................5 Faculty Crossword..................................................6 Traditions Crossword Puzzle................................6 Westover Club Information ..................................6 Meet the WICK Staff ..............................................6 Note from the WICK Staff.......................................6 WICK-er of the Month..........................................6
Westover Meets Paul McCullough Chae-Young Uhm ‘13
Westover’s newest faculty member, Paul McCullough, has been receiving attention of both Westover faculty and students since his arrival at the school in early September. How did he end up at Westover, and what does he add to Westover’s community? Paul grew up in northern California and influenced by his mother, a professor at a California state school, decided to attend school in California. Paul majored in English and Philosophy at Cal Poly, San Luis Obiso, voted as one of the happiest schools in America. After he studied at California, Paul went straight to graduate school at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, “a great place to work for literature.” There, Paul concentrated in both the 19th century literature and interdisciplinary philosophy programs. During his studies, Paul argued that books were sometimes limited; he commented that they sometimes do not have life-changing impacts as some people expect them to have. After his second year in Iowa, Paul transferred to Yale University, graduating the Divinity School with a Master of Art and Religion. At Yale Paul also worked as a teaching assistant and worked at the Yale Art Gallery. Through Paul’s ventures out east from California, he managed to have a background with Westover before his acquired position this fall. While he was at Yale Art Gallery, Paul toured Westover students on an arts field trip in 2011, taught by Sara Poskas. Paul suspects that Westover hired him
when his boss recommended him to the school after the students’ visit. On his first visit to the school, Paul found a girl with a flowerpot hat on her head making announcements in the assembly. Although Paul did not know that one of the heads of school were selling flowers to raise money for the seniors and could have been rather shocked, Paul took the flower pot hat as a good sign and liked the casual aura of the school. Outside of teaching English at Westover, Paul loves reading books and writing poetry in his free time. Though, he loves teaching the most. With his passion for teaching, Paul finds Westover a “perfect fit,” because he can not only teach and converse with intelligent students, but also can devote time to researching. For example, preparing for a fall term elective course, 19th Century and Modern Poetry, Paul had an opportunity to research into the literature of the time and learn more about the period. So far in his first few weeks at the school, Paul enjoys teaching the students. Paul appreciates all the opportunities to be able to exchange ideas with the students and have in-depth conversations about words. Paul also loves the faculty at the school. He feels that by being able to “surround himself with the best educators,” he can become a better teacher in general. Paul is excited about the rest of the school year and hopes to carry out “big Westover plans in the future.”
Photograph by Julia Davis ‘13