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The FA Café’s move to the middle school is more convenient for middle and lower school students, but a disappointment for up-per school students.

Last year, the middle and lower school students received hot lunches via Styrofoam containers, while the upper school students could purchase a variety of meals made-to-order from the kitchen on the second fl oor of the Arts and Sciences build-ing.

This year, the system has been reversed. Now Castiglia’s is running their

FA Café in the kitchen off the middle school multi-purpose room, which has been renovated. The middle and lower schools now receive hot, fresh meals on a plate instead of pre-made meals in Styrofoam. Upper school students still have the op-tion of fresh, hot meals, but they have to walk to the middle school to get them.

Matthew Dawson, the Director of Facilities and Operations at FA, has been coordinating the café’s move.

“The main reason for the move is because the little room in the upper school was not made to

be a commercial kitchen. In many ways it did not comply with the health department laws,” he said.

Dawson is hopeful that as the year goes on, more and more students will make the trek over to the middle school for lunch.

“Upper school stu-dents will now be able to come over [to the middle school] whenever they want. I know they used to have to get permission,” he said.

There is going to be more variety in lunch choices this year for all students. In the past, Castiglia’s hasn’t been able to prepare foods on

site, but now that they are meeting health department standards, they are able to prepare a greater variety.

Castiglia’s has not been profi table enough to keep two employees in the up-per school all day. There is hope that parent volun-teers will transport pizza and salad over to the upper school, but for now, stu-dents will have to make the hike to buy lunch.

Some upper school stu-dents feel that this move is unfair.“I feel like I’ve missed out,” freshman Jase Davis said. “When I was in the middle school, it seemed like the FA Café was an upper school privi-lege.”

BY MATT KIRCHNERthe falcon flier

FA Caf makes move to middle school é

The fi rst month of school has been marked by up-per school students’ adjustment to a revised collegiate schedule with more class time, limited opportunities for lunch, and a new grading system.

Junior Reese Massey-Elim said he liked last year’s schedule better, mainly because he had more free time. His feeling seems to be the general sentiment among students, many of whom complain about the inconsistency of the daily schedule.

“I think that the new schedule isn’t as good as the old one. For me, my days are much more varied than they were last year. Some days I have all my classes, but others I only have three,” said junior Blair Frazier. “But one thing I do like about the new schedule is that there seems to be more meetings periods in the cycle than there were last year. That’s time that we could use for clubs that we didn’t otherwise have before,” said Frazier.

The new schedules were created to make students more independent, according to Head of Upper School Tony Durso.

“Part of what we’re hoping to do…is that if you’re a student, and you’re concerned about what you’re do-ing in class, you’re the person that’s got to start being concerned and take care of it,” said Durso.

With the new schedule, many students’ biggest complaint is having no free period in the middle of their days to eat lunch or walk to the FA Café to pur-chase lunch. Many students are eating lunch in classes or eating sporadically throughout the day.

Durso said he does not have a solution to that prob-lem at this time. “The main problem that we’ve found over the last three years we’ve been doing the schedule is that there are certain days, whether we have the nine period day like we had last year or we have the eight period day we have this year, when students don’t get a convenient lunch period…I’m really not happy about it, but there really doesn’t seem to be anything I can do,” said Durso.

Durso explained that he spent a lot of time this summer trying to create lunch periods for students in fourth, fi fth, or sixth periods every day, but he ulti-mately couldn’t completely get rid of the problem.

“The fact that we have the crossover [teachers] means that we have to do certain things. And that means that we have to put courses in certain periods. I can’t guarantee to block out a lunch period between fourth, fi fth, and sixth on each day because inevita-bly what happens is that the teacher isn’t available and that means that the course isn’t gonna have the right number of meeting times and that is not what we’re looking for. We’re not trying to reduce class time at this school.”

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The dynamics of future job interviews and college applications are forever changed, as college ad-mission offi cers use their online perception of so-cial profi les as source of judgment before, or even in place of, face-to-face contact.

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A more recent sur-vey released this April by National Association for College Admissions Counseling found that 26 percent of all colleges use the web to scrutinize applicants for special pro-grams or scholarships.

Suddenly, the picture from last weekend’s ille-gal activities or this week’s derogatory status update

is a deciding factor in col-lege acceptance.

Some students are tak-ing measures to limit the easy access to their on-line profi les by creating aliases and editing privacy settings. A high school student in the Fredericks-burg area, who asked not to be identifi ed, opened up about the photos they upload to Facebook.

“Most of the pictures I upload are of high school kids at a party. I never ac-tually upload pictures of people physically drink-ing anything alcoholic. It’s usually just in the back-ground or subtly in the picture,” said the local teen, whose pictures have yet to be exploited.

The local student also talked about precaution-ary measures they take beyond privacy settings

to ensure the security of their pictures.

“I blur or crop out anything that would be inappropriate from every single picture I upload so that in case anything would happen to get out to anyone I didn’t want, there would be no actual evidence or blatant bad behavior seen in the pic-tures,” said the student.

The source admitted to fearing having their pic-tures come back to haunt them.

“Sometimes it scares me uploading any inap-propriate pictures, be-cause you never know when someone could use them against you,” said the student, who will ap-ply to college this fall.

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Nine years ago, Spanish teacher Linda Warner had no idea how incredible her experience would be here at FA. Nine years ago, she didn’t know her journey would abruptly and surprisingly come to a bittersweet end in September of 2010.

Warner and her husband will be moving back to Wis-consin. Her last day will be September 27, at the latest.

“My husband was offered a position as director of an in-stitute for sustainable agricul-ture, which has been his spe-cialty throughout the world,” said Warner. “So rather than take an overseas assignment we decided that it would be better to go where our fami-lies are.”

. The faculty has been in-terviewing new candidates for the position.

According to Head of Up-per School Tony Durso, fac-ulty hopes to have the new Spanish teacher in place by September 27.

“We do have to move ef-fi ciently,” he explained. “But we also have to do our best to make sure they are the best teachers we can hire.”

However, replacing War-ner is near to impossible. The Spanish II-V and Spanish Lit-erary Survey teacher will be missed by both the student body and the faculty.

“I like to talk to her teacher to teacher. She always has re-ally great insight into different situations,” said math teacher

Jennifer Garbutt. Garbutt of-ten thinks of Warner as the ‘master teach’.

Not only is Warner a great teacher, but she also recog-nizes that her students have a busy schedule, according to junior Imani Jones.

“We need a break some-times and she understands that,” said Jones.

What makes the difference is not only does she under-stand, but she acts upon it, according to another junior.

“Last year she was the only teacher who wouldn’t give us homework [over the week-end] because it was Prom,” said junior Blair Frazier. “We loved that.”

Señora Warner will be missed for her sincere per-sonality and her passion and teaching ability.

“I’ve learned so much in Spanish but it hasn’t been a struggle at all,” Frazier said.

Warner said she will deeply miss the community of FA and everyone in it. The Span-ish teacher says she will miss “the wonderful students, the ability to actually teach Span-ish, and the support of the administration and the par-ents.”

Despite Warner’s talent and desire for teaching, she feels as though she will not be able to fi nd a position and continue teaching in Wiscon-sin.

“I would like to continue teaching in an independent school but I’ll never be able to replicate my experience at FA,” she said.

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Students able to wear logos

THE 2010 RETREAT PLAY-BY-PLAY

by LAUREN FALKENBERGthe falcon flier

FA students play “Warrior Women,” a Student Life Committee game where participating girls attempt to pull boys out of a human knot.

Seniors paint their section of the tunnel with the theme “FA Spirit.”

FRIDAY8:15 - Breakfast is served9:00 - Students meet at Hurkamp park, and SLC leads a relay race9:30 - Scavenger hunt around downtown Fredericksburg begins11:00 -Students � nish scavenger hunt at the Virginia Outdoor Center. Students swim,

, eat lunch and relax to � nish out the Retreat1:45 - Scavenger hunt winners are announced and senior Kahlil Gedin closes Retreat2:00 - Students head back to FA

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THURSDAY12:30- Leadership groups give their presentations2:00 - Community bonding games and activities6:15 - Dinner is served in the commons6:45 - Diversity activity with senior So� e Wachtmeister7:30 - Junior Emily Torrey MCs the 2nd annual FA Idol, where the groups perform skits 8:45 - Open gym and Capture-the-Flag10:00 - Ice cream sundaes10:30 - Students head o� to faculty/parent houses downtown11:30 - Lights out

Nia Jones of the class of 2010, chair of the Discipline Committee last year, and FA’s faculty has made it possible for students to now enjoy the privilege of wearing school appropriate logos on Fridays. While this seems like a dimin-utive change, but to get the idea approved the Discipline Committee went through a long process.

It was Jones’ decision to try and change the dress code by allowing logos in school. However, the committee wanted to do it because it’s what the stu-dents wanted.

“I haven’t heard from anyone who didn’t want this,” says current chair of the Discipline Committee, senior Megan Sullivan.

The committee dis-cussed the idea with Head of Upper School Tony Durso, who was unsure about allowing the re-quest.

“The bottom line is, is that philosophically the school does not want its students to be walking cor-porate billboards,” explains Durso.

However, this was not the only issue the faculty had with allowing logos into dress code.

“There’s a concern about socioeconomic diversity,” said Durso. “Some people who can’t afford very expen-sive articles of clothing may feel somehow different in that they can’t have those ex-pensive articles.”

Last year there was a week where no logos were allowed, like usual, followed by a sur-vey. The survey had several pictures of logos and the students had to answer if the logos were distracting, inap-propriate, or fi ne to them. The majority of the student body thought all the shirts were suitable for school.

The week of wearing no logos was followed by a sec-ond week where students could wear logos. The Dis-cipline Committee wanted to see if the students would

abuse the privilege. The week ran smoothly with no ex-treme abuse. The committee then sent out the same survey that was sent out week one to get feedback from the stu-dents. The results were simi-lar to previous ones. No one felt distracted or offended by the logos.

This issue, allowing logos into the dress code, has been brought up to the faculty of FA for three years.

One of the main deciding

factors was the fact that the Middle School was permitted to wear them on Fridays.

Even though “logos” are allowed in the dress code, students can’t wear just any logo they choose. They need to be school appropriate, and according to Durso.

“We do like to have a sort of professional and refi ned look for our school,” Sullivan explained.

The idea to include the rule of wearing logos on Fri-days into the dress code was fi nally approved by Durso in

the summer of 2010. “After I made the deci-

sion in conjunction with Ms. Moschetto and other members of the admin-istration I was relieved,” Durso said. “I thought that it was something that the students had wanted and that it was something the administration could do without compromising the dress code too much.”

While the faculty may think they are giving the students what they want, other students have mixed feelings about the situa-tion.

Junior Matt O’Donnell thinks the dress code and the logo rule are going against what the school stands for.

“The school wants us to be diverse, but how can we be diverse if they don’t allow us to wear what we want,” said O’Donnell.

Sullivan said she would like to see even more logo leniency

“I would have liked to see more results than just one day a week,” she said. “I’m not complaining because at least we made progress.”

by LAUREN FALKENBERGthe falcon flier

The school wants us to be diverse. How can we be diverse

if they don’t allow us to wear what we want?

Matt O’Donnell

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LOGOS ON CLOTHING RESTRICTED TO FRIDAY DENIM DAYS; SOME STUDENTS WANT MORE FREEDOM IN DRESS CODE

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Introducing the

guy, Mr. Daviesfunny

Visitors from France and local Americans gath-ered for their share of the l’Omlette Géante Satur-day July 17.

The omelet, consisting of 5,000 eggs and heated with an eight-foot pan, helped to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the sister city charter between Fredericksburg and Fréjus, France.

Fréjus is a small city located on the French Riviera be-tween Cannes and St. Tropez. It was founded by Julius Caesar in 44 BC, and has grown to become a tour-ist attraction for beaches, Provencal cuisine and museums.

Fréjus and Fredericks-burg are part of Sister Cities International, an organization that began in 1956 to “link American cities to cities of similar interest throughout the world, and thus promote global peace and under-stand through person-to-person contact,” accord-ing to the organization’s website. Through the pro-gram, on even numbered years, a group of French

students stay with families in Fredericksburg while on the odd-numbered years, American students travel to Fréjus.

Seniors Maya Brown and Colleen Hughes host-ed French students this summer. As hosts, they had to accompany their French visitors on excur-sions to Washington, D.C., Monticello, and Kings Dominion to help

e x - pose them to American culture.

Maxime Dieu, a 15-year-old stayed with Brown and was fascinated with American cuisine.

“The funniest thing was when Max was pick-ing a movie to watch and noticed that we had Zombieland. We watched it, and one of the charac-ters makes it his personal mission to fi nd Twinkies. Max told me that he had never had a Twinkie and

really wanted one. My dad went out and bought two boxes for the French stu-dents to try. Max later told us that they loved them,” Brown said.

One of the highlights for Brown was the omelet festival.

According to a legend, when Napoleon and his army traveled through the south of France, they

decided to rest

for a night. Napoleon feasted on an omelet pre-pared by the local inn-keeper. Napoleon liked the omelet so much that he ordered the townspeople to gather all the eggs and prepare a huge omelet for his army. From then on, it became a symbol of a worldwide fraternity “rich in friendship, tradition and cultural exchange,” according to Sister Cities International.

“I defi nitely feel that the

omelet festival brought both cultures together. It felt nice to all come to-gether for a common pur-pose,” said Brown.

French teacher Suzi Valentine also hosted visi-tors from France, Saliha and André Ollivier. Valen-tine and Saliha have been friends for 12 years.

Hughes echoed Valen-tine’s observation, noting that she has maintained

a connection with her French stu-dent, Marion Fa-rina.

“ [ H o s t i n g ] made me realize that even though we live in different places, we are really similar and like to do the same sorts of things. It gave me a glimpse into a

real French girl’s life, and I was able to see how much our interests overlapped,” Hughes said. “It was defi -nitely a worthwhile ex-perience to get to know someone outside of the US. I would strongly rec-ommend this for some-one who wants a once-in-a-lifetime experience. I have made connections overseas that I wouldn’t have done without this program.”

PHOTO COURTESY OF ROBERT VARIPAPA Science teacher Robert Varipapa helped build this ecofriendly home over the summer.

by RACHEL FRIEDthe falcon flier

When Freshman Wyatt Joseph Davies came to visit FA for the fi rst time, he knew he was going to come in the fall of 2010 from his old school, Merritt Academy.

“For one, Merritt [Academy] only goes up to eighth grade, so I had to switch. I’d been looking at FA for, I want to say, the end of my fourth grade school year. But I never really got the chance to come here and check it out ‘till earlier this year, back in, I want to say, May,” said Davies.

Davies had been at his old school, which is in Fairfax, since prekindergarten, which was a “private school, based off Christian values I believe, but it was non-denominational”, said Davies with a infi ni-tesimal smile.

Many students at FA know Davies through his impersonation of math teacher Kris Hoppel at the Retreat this year.

“I want to be him when I grow up. He’s so hi-larious,” said one student speaking of Davies at the Retreat.

The fi rst person Davies met at FA was sopho-more Justin Safarik, and he quickly compared FA to his old school.

“Yeah, I shadowed…Justin Safarik. I thought it was really great! I mean, the building is very clean, its open…it’s very different [from Merritt],” said Da-vies, “[Merritt] was about the same size, kind of…the campus wasn’t really too huge, oh and the parking’s better.”

Davies has a slightly faster drive from his house to FA now as compared to the drive to his old school.

“Well, [I] live in Manassas, and I’ve lived there for...let’s just say for a long time,” said Davies.

Fourteen-year-old Davies, born on July 5, 1996, enjoys hobbies, but became shy when asked to talk of himself:

“I do tennis, during the summer; I’m hoping to do that during the winter. I do a lot of computer stuff and video gaming on the weekend, hanging out with friends.”

Davies demurely speaks of his extracurricular ac-tivities, claiming to be ‘kind of a singer’ and ‘kind of a music guy’. He enjoys singing and playing the drums at his leisure.

“[I like] pretty much anything, I’m not a big coun-try person, but I like pop, rock, hip hop, mostly any-thing,” said Davies.

Q: What is your best funny story?A: “One time at the beach, my dad was riding a

bike at the beach and had to walk the bike down steps to get on the beach. My aunt told h im that he has to walk the bike

down, but he did not lis-ten. So he rode the bike down the steps and the front tire hit the sand, then the bike stopped and fl ipped him over the handle bars. He was laying on his back on

the sand and my aunt was laughing so hard she was crying. Just a sampling of what happens when my family is all together.

Some things that hap-

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though funny, I probably should not say in the newsletter.”

Q: What is your worst habit?

A: “Staying up late.”

Q: What would you do if you got a million dollars?

A: “If I had a million dollars I

would donate a good portion to charity,

but Bose sound systems are pretty cool.. Oh! And

[Lamborghini] Mur-cielagos!”

Freshman Wyatt Davies

Varipapa gre

en

Chemistry teacher Robert Varipapa traded in his beakers for a tool belt while constructing a self-sustainable house over the summer.

Varipapa returned to his home state of Dela-ware to work alongside a local contractor who spe-cializes in the building of self-sustainable and eco-friendly homes. He start-ed his work the Monday after FA’s graduation and continued through the re-mainder of the summer.

“My dad knew the con-tractor and he mentioned it back in the spring, and... I thought it would be a good experience to learn green technologies that are coming onto the fore-front,” he said.

Varipapa, alongside the contractor and natu-ral building and training company MudStrawLove, helped to construct a green house for a local resident. Varipapa said the savings in utilities vir-tually pays for the cost of the building.

“The upfront cost

was more than a normal house, but in return there are no utility bills. It’s all taken care of by the house itself,” he said.

The house Varipapa helped to construct works off of a grid system us-ing solar panels to col-lect energy. Straw bales were used for the walls as a green insulator. A geo-thermal well was also put in place going 400 feet deep into the earth’s core.

“It goes down so deep that the core of the earth keeps the temperature constant. It stays around 55 degrees no matter what the temperature outside is,” explains Varipapa.

This experience was Varipapa’s fi rst encoun-ter with the construction world, but he had pre-v i o u s e x -

perience in landscapign and set design . Varipapa had to adjust to the swel-tering summer heat as his day to day schedule proved to be a demanding task.

“We would start work at eight, and I would go see the contractor, and he would tell me what to do and I would do what-ever it was. The fi rst week I put up metal mesh and I would do that until [noon],” said Varipapa, adding they took a lunch break each day and con-tinued to work until 4:30.

Even with the tiresome schedule, Varipapa en-joyed the delegation of different projects.

“It was nice the way it worked; you would have a

task that you w o u l d

h a v e t o

complete for two weeks. We had tons of siding and we had to paint all of it. The builder was very con-scious of how it looked, because if it was crooked it wouldn’t work,” he said.

Though Varipapa ad-mitted to getting tired of certain tasks, it was the bigger picture that served as a reminder of the pur-pose of his hard work.

“Seeing the house from when we started from when all the walls were up was neat to see that progression. Day by day I’ll be painting boards like ‘oh, this is terrible’ but seeing it from begin-ning to end was cool. The reward was seeing how it progressed,” he said.

After spending several months on a construction site, Varipapa refl ected on his time spent with his hammer and nails.

“There was a lot of learning for me, which is why I did it,” said Vari-papa. “When I build my own house one day I’ll know I’m not getting ripped off.”

by LINDSAY DAWSON

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Fréjus is a small city located on the French Riviera be-tween Cannes and St. Tropez. It was founded by Julius

for beaches, Provencal cuisine and museums.

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decided to rest

for a night. Napoleon feasted on an omelet pre-

that she has maintained a connection with her French stu-dent, Marion Fa-rina.

made me realize that even though we live in different places, we are really similar and like to do the same sorts of things. It gave me a glimpse into a

real French girl’s life, and I

by AUSTEN DUNNthe falcon flier

Connections from across the world

4 featureThe Falcon Flier september 2010

Head of School Karen Mos-chetto breezes

confidently through the FA hallways that she has spent the past 14 years coming to know.

In the upper school hallways on any given day, Moschetto can be found grinning and joking with members of her field hockey team, her daily connection to student life in the Upper School. She can also be found strid-ing through the hallways, greeting each encountered faculty member with ever-present, glowing interest.

When Moschetto took her position as interim head last year, a sense of confidence was im-mediately ignited in the FA faculty. Her previous role as Head of Middle School and her exception-al interest and love for FA proved Moschetto to have preexisting trust from the faculty. This trust is being heightened as Moschetto takes on the role of per-manent Head of School this school year.

Sophomore Kirstie Harry saw Moschetto’s presence at the upper school retreat as a con-trast to the presence for-mer Head of School, Bob Graves, had in student life.

“I like, never saw Mr. Graves [former Head of School],” said Harry.

Head of lower school, Patty Estes, thoughtful-ly analyzed the positive change Moschetto brings this year. Estes plucked words of the highest commendation, careful to demonstrate the respect Moschetto has already earned.

“The thing I noticed from the very start was her intentional interest in what we were doing,” said Estes, who sung repeated praises for Moschetto’s personal investment in the school.

“She is not only an ex-tremely intelligent woman who has the head to be a

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Communicate with teachers. Talk to your teachers if you don’t understand a lesson. They are all more than will-ing to help you outside of class.

Eat lunch. Talk to a teacher about eating in class if you don’t have any free time. With the new schedule all teach-ers are willing to make exceptions.

Get a good night’s sleep. Try not to stay up all hours of the night to finish your homework. Any teacher would rather you go to sleep at a decent hour with half your homework completed then go to sleep during their class.

Stay calm during your busy week. Talk to your advisor if you feel stressed out or panicked. They can help. Always remember that the teachers are here to lend a hand.

Stay organized. Remember how clean your locker was on the first day of school? Tidy it up again now. It’s easier to get to class on time when you are not racing through books and papers to find what you need.

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Moschetto strives for school-wide visibility

good head of school, but she also has FA in her heart,” said Estes.

Junior Chris Hess no-ticed one distinct change Moschetto has brought to the school.

“I’ve definitely seen a much happier faculty. Teachers are just much more happy to be doing their job,” said Hess.

Since the beginning of this school year, Mos-chetto has gone out of her way to exceed these expectations.

“My big goal is to be visible…to experience school events [and stu-dent life] firsthand so that I can understand how to support them,” said Mos-chetto, who appeared in a lower school newscast this September. She also aims to visit the upper school at least once a week, and eat lunch in a different building every day.

Estes was shocked by Moschetto’s ability and willingness to offer such

extensive input and guid-ance on her curriculum and duties in the lower school. While Moschetto left the job of organizing the curriculum to Estes, her thoughtful sugges-tions were appreciated. In an interview, Moschetto explained her carefulness not to focus too much on the middle school as she was accustomed to, rather to provide guidance at all levels.

Estes defined Moschet-to as a source of guidance and support even before she became Head of School, and sees a bright future for the school un-der her leadership.

“She’s not just going to be here for big days,” said Estes, “She wants to get a flavor for every day.”

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Ice cream barn

C a m o u f l a g e - c l a d grandpas huddled around the crimson barn, wal-lets in hand. Glass sliders slid open underneath the wooden overhang reveal-ing hanging udders.

Located off James Madison Highway in Remington, the Moo-Thru’s crisp barn and cow-printed sign are an easy distraction for pass-ing traffic. Besides being an ice cream shop sculpt-ed in the form of a barn, the Moo-Thru boasts its use of local dairy prod-ucts in all of their home-made ice creams, shakes, and sundaes.

Authentic charm is piled on in heaping scoops from the décor, local ingredients, and fam-ily friendly atmosphere. Immediately upon arriv-ing, a friendly face peers through the two order-ing stations adorned with painted grass, offering as-sistance and advice on the 16 flavors and 24 topping choices.

Though the flavors have yet to change since the Moo Thru’s opening in June 2010, selecting from the various choices still proves a difficult task. With the scent of sweet waffle cones drifting through the air, one may be persuaded to reach to-

ward the sweeter side of things. However, selec-tions of brightly-colored sorbets are highlighted in the corner of the freez-er, screaming to be de-voured.

Being an indecisive person is normally seen as a fault in one’s character. However, the Moo-Thru allows one to be as inde-cisive as one may wish, as loading up on three different flavors doesn’t come close to making a dent in your wallet.

A medium three-scoop cone is $3.75, and addi-tional toppings are only 50 cents. Now go show that receipt to Ben and Jerry’s.

Making my selection of a small two-scoop cup of blackberry and chocolate, I meandered around to the pickup line on the side of the barn. I barely had time to reach the window and take in the scenery before hearing my name being called out through the sliding glass doors. A friendly greeting and heaping pile of sugary indulgence was placed in front of me to enjoy.

Having been to the Moo-Thru once before, I knew what I was getting into: a creamy bliss of fresh milk and ripe ingre-dients. Violet ice cream skimmed the top of my spoon, comprised of a clean blackberry scent and

smooth texture. Inside the violet delight were tiny bits of blood red seeds adding a sour hint to the mild ice cream.

Among the other indulgent flavors, cake batter, key lime with Oreo topping, and Mounds ranked the top of the must-eat list. How-ever, mint n’ chip fell flat with a lack of minty flavor and not enough bite.

If ice cream with a strong bite and overpowering fla-vor that lingers on your tongue for hours is for you, wrangling your ice cream elsewhere would be well advised. Whether you are looking for a sweet treat on a hot summer day or cool fall evening, the Moo-Thru’s delectable flavors are creamy and refreshing, but never too rich.

If you choose to skip the “thru” part of the Moo-Thru, there is plenty of inviting space to en-joy your treat. A cloth covered pavilion awaits visitors next to the barn with picnic table seating and a large fan to cool the summer air, adding to the barnyard theme.

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space to en-joy the creamy dessert, I could do with-out the dis-tinct smell of gasoline as 18 wheel-ers and mo-torcycle gangs fly by.

The Moo-Thru is a fan-tastic place for a sweet treat and an udderly good time.

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5The Falcon Flier september 2010sports

Being thrown into a new country with an entirely different language can be tough. Luckily, Catherine Meyer, FA’s 2010-2011 exchange student from Switzerland, has a sport that keeps her comfortable amongst all

the change.

Q: When did you start playing tennis? A: Ten years ago, maybe. I was eight years old.

Q: How is playing here different from playing at home? A: The court is different. We don’t play on a hard court. We play on sand. The same court as the French Open. I didn’t have practice every day. And it is very hot here.

Q: Is it hard playing for a different team? A: No, it’s cool to meet different people. We had a really good team, but it’s fun here.

Q: Do you plan to play tennis professionally? A: No, because in Switzerland I’m not that good. I don’t even think about it.

Q: How do you like the team here so far? A: They’re really nice! I love the girls. It’s always fun.

Q: I heard you’ve had the same doubles partner for your whole life. How has that been? A: She was my best friend, forever. It’s been hard to change. We knew each other so good, we don’t have to talk.

Q: How does it feel to have a different partner? A: It’s exciting because it’s different, but I played better with my old partner. But that can change in a year.

School wide emails were sent in early August, preparing the “mens” soccer team for preseason and letting the rest of FA’s student body know that Project TEAM was well underway.

Boys soccer is in the process of transforming not only its name and the soccer skills of its athletes, but their character.

Fourth-grade teacher Bill Evans took over as head coach of the varsity boys soccer team this year, replacing Jack Hitchens and introducing the idea of “mens soccer.”

“We decided that what we needed was a program that built champion young men, not just soccer play-

ers,” Ev-ans said.

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senior captains Kahlil Gedin and Nathan McNabb are all making an effort to ex-pand the team’s i n v o l v e m e n t

off of the field. So far, the team has helped with

lower school carpool in the morning, weeded the FA garden and picked up litter around campus. Plans for the future in-clude working with the local soup kitchen and a team biking trip. All of this is to help transform each boy into a man ac-cording to McNabb.

“Mens soccer is a new idea for FA. We are going to be men not only on the field, but also in the com-munity. We push ourselves on the field, in the fitness room, and in the commu-nity in order to succeed. We are working on build-ing the core of the team,” McNabb said.

Whenever the team conditions, they run as a team and must stay to-gether, running at the same pace so that no one is left behind. While run-ning, a ball is tossed from player to player to work on communication.

“This year is more than soccer,” junior Matt O’Donnell said. “It is re-ally a change in mindset. In the past couple of years no one has really cared. This year, we are trying to think that we are good. We are a bunch of people who want to

play, who want to be there and don’t just think about themselves. We are do-ing community service to try to become a better people. But it is also a ref-ormation. We are trying to get mens athletics back on the map.”

New additions to the program include “fit tests.” These tests are a way to track individual improvement as “micro-goals”. They are designed to give athletic feedback on soccer skills and physi-cal fitness back every two weeks.

This season is also seen as a transition year or starting block for players to improve and be ready for seasons to come, though improvements have already been seen. Upper school teachers have already noticed that the boys varsity soccer team are doing more in school and in the commu-nity, and are more outgo-ing according to Evans.

“We are really trying to get a complete pack-age of a scholar, athlete and community service oriented young man,” said Evans. “The boys are ready to build towards a dynasty.”

by Austen Dunnthe falcon flier

Former P.E. teacher and three season sports coach Brett Carroll was hired this year as Ath-letic Director by Head of School Karen Moschetto. After being a part of the FA staff for five years, Carroll was appointed to the position after last year’s AD, Alex Fisher, returned to King County to serve as King George Middle School’s athletic director.

At the end of last year, FA advertised the posi-tion. Moschetto and a board of advisors includ-ing Debra Rizzi, Dara Dawson, Tony Durso and Patty Estes interviewed many candidates for the position of Athletic Di-rector before deciding on Carroll. Three candidates visited on campus, and numerous phone inter-views were conducted; Carroll himself had a for-mal in-person interview. Moschetto and the ad-ministration team finally decided that Carroll was the candidate who could

best step into the AD po-sition with his knowledge of the program.

“He knows the pro-gram, the ins and outs of conferences, the expecta-tions of the students and is passionate about being at FA,” she said.

Carroll was officially hired as an FA teacher for the 2005-2006 school year, and his previous jobs in-cluded sixth grade science teacher, middle and lower school P.E. teacher, three season coach and assis-tant athletic director. Be-ing a part of the FA staff for the past five years has given him a step up.

“I’ve been lucky to have insight into how the department works: scheduling games, physi-cal forms, the day-to-day details that you need to be aware of, and the school philosophy and mission,” said Carroll.

This has been helpful because Carroll is now responsible for schedul-ing games and referees, conferences, athlete in-juries, answering parent questions, field mainte-nance, setting up for prac-

tices and games, as well as teaching middle school P.E. classes.

For Carroll, the hard-est part of being AD is organizing the schedule because it is always chang-ing and there are many conflicts that he has to work around. However, what he likes best is the involvement with the stu-dent-athletes.

“We’re here for you, not for ourselves. The best part is seeing you guys ac-complish your goals,” he said.

Students also reacted positively to Carroll be-ing AD. Senior Megan Sullivan says that because he has been at FA for a long time he knows the students well and is very personable.

Carroll wants to see the Athletic Department grow in success of wins, size, and involvement of the entire middle and up-per school student body.

“My main goal is for students to have a sense of belonging incorporat-ed into a sense of accom-plishment and for them to enjoy participating in

by IsAbel steventhe falcon flier

Brett Carroll steps in as AD

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Camping, fun with friends--and more It’s the adventure of a lifetimeFor information about Fredericksburg Boy Scout Troop 72, please contact Allison Kirchner at [email protected]

A Few Good Men:‘11Kahlil Gedin

HeigHt: 5’ 9”WeigHt: 166 lbs

Soccer career: 11 yearsgoalS: 1poSition: Defense

key to SucceSS: Determination

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Photo by mary gray johnson

Catherine Meyer:Queen of the Court

nate mcDermott

Soccer career: 7 yearsgoalS: 0poSition: Forward/ Midfield


Persistencekey to SucceSS:

‘14nate mcDermott

‘14Jase Davis


Soccer career: 2 yearsgoalS: 0poSition: Defense

key to SucceSS: Committment

Photos by austen dunn

Soccer career: 13 yearsgoalS: 6poSition: Midfield


Confidencekey to SucceSS:

‘12matt o’Donnell

Soccer team improveS more tHan SkillS

6 opinionThe Falcon Flier september 2010

At upper school ori-e n t a t i o n , the stu-

dent body was told that the schedule would be changed again to help bal-ance the free periods and classes for each school day, and satisfy the needs of teachers that taught in both middle and upper schools.

We can easily remem-ber last year’s schedule. One day we would have three classes, and one day we would have only one free period. Free peri-ods around a lunch time were rare. We understand that there needed to be a change. However, the new 10-day rotation is creating problems with the origi-nal goals of a schedule change.

Eliminating scheduled lunch periods and cre-ating unscheduled time support FA’s goal as a col-lege preparatory school. Students don’t have every class every day and are forced to practice time management. Students were given more work and group projects outside of class, forcing them to fi nd a common time to meet, and use this time wisely. This year’s schedule pre-vents this.

FA already has a rigor-ous schedule and high ex-pectations for its students. Extracurricular activities extend beyond the school day with sports practic-es, clubs and leadership groups. An FA student has a full, well-rounded day. Now, classes are lon-ger and each student has less free time. With less free time, there are fewer periods that students have together. Teachers are still assigning the same amount of work as last

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year, but students have less time to complete the work.

For a group project for Constitution Day in AP Government, groups met outside of class in order to prepare for the presentation. Senior Paige McDermott’s group met together one weekend to complete their project.

“The schedule made our government project harder because one mem-ber of our group didn’t have any of the same free periods, meaning we had to meet on weekends. Someone even had to skip a class to do our presen-tation because we had no free periods,” McDermott said.

Also, not all teachers are using the full 50 min-utes of class. Students are being dismissed fi ve minutes early, removing the effect of longer class time.

Another goal of the schedule is to provide time outside of class to meet with teachers. Whether students are trying to get extra help, or meet with their advisor, it is harder this year with less free time. Student/ teacher in-teraction is part of what makes FA unique, but this has been harder to uphold this year.

“For my senior exhibit I am working with the middle school, and fi nd-ing times to work with the geography class is al-most impossible. Ms. Po-hanka has had to take on the project almost solely, because I cannot get over there to teach the class,” McDermott said.

Many students still don’t have a free period around lunch time. This either makes students eat in class, or eat at an irreg-ular time. This will pres-ent a problem with the FA Café. The café is only open

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Schedule makes for lunch time loneliness

SCHEDULE REVISION NEEDED

Being an athlete is worth the hasslesI have participated in FA athletics ever since the signup sheets were posted on the walls of the middle

school commons of my sixth grade year. I continue to engage in fi eld hockey, basketball, and soccer, the sports I once committed to as an ambitious 11 year-old. The FA sports requirements were never a factor for me because all I really needed was a love for the sport – at least, that was all I needed in my not-so-busy life. But as the late night away games poured in during a week of jam packed studying, I was forced to ask myself if it was worth it.

In the middle of my sophomore year, I drifted into my bedroom at 9:30 p.m. on a Wednesday night covered in tears. Struggling to keep my eyes open, one glance at my planner told me sleep was not an option. I kept asking myself, “What did I sign up for?” It was the night I questioned every aspect of my life, while discussing with my parents how I could balance school, athletics, and my outside passions of music and writing.

At 15 years old, I was exhausted. I wanted to get out of the tunnel of challenging courses, tri-season athletics, and deprivation of sleep. The only solution that would give me more down time and less stress would be to drop a sport, or so I thought. The varsity sports schedule and late games did not mesh well with my other hobbies. Weekdays had no space for participating in other extracurricular activities if I wanted to do well in school, get eight hours of sleep, and continue to play three sports. I was tired in my classes and when I got home, I was immediately collapsing into bed. Growing beyond stressed, I realized I needed to slow down and re-evaluate my priorities and decisions.

I love sports. But I could not decide if it was worth it to feel so drained every day because of the lack of sleep I was getting. It’s an inevitability that all FA athletes face: some nights, you just will not get enough sleep. I live for the bus rides, the games, the support, and the friendships that constitute a team. The thought of giving a sport up was just as hard as staying in. A conversation I had with someone I met outside of school caused me to erase any progress I had made in my decision.

“What sports do you play?” she asked.“Field hockey, basketball, and soccer”“Well, it’s because [FA] makes you play them, right?” I wasn’t sure how I felt about her question. Was I playing these sports because it is a sole part of our community or did I really

love the thrill of the competition? I credit FA for morphing me into an athlete. It is important to be a part of a team or group of people interested in the same things you are, and over time I fell in love with that feeling.

It is worth every minute, every extra hour I might have to stay awake. It was sunset after a winning game as our team went in for a group hug. The sweat rolling down my face had overpowered any tear I had before and celebrating with my teammates was the most gratifying feeling. It was all I needed to know that I wasn’t wasting a second of my time and there was no chance I was giving this feeling up.

during “lunch” hours this year, but with the new schedule, lunch periods are sparse. Last year, part of the café’s concern was that they weren’t generat-ing enough profi t from the upper school. With the new schedule and less time around lunch hours, it is possible the FA Café will profi t even less from the upper school this year.

Though it is nice to have time to eat your lunch between classes, lunch periods also help create a time for our minds to decompress and calm down before an-other block of learning. In 1998, a study for The Journal of Educational Re-search found that 60 per-cent of a class of 43 stu-dents was more focused in class after a “recess” or lunch break. This shows that our brains work bet-ter without a continuous block of class.

Freshman Amy Vellen-ga sees the long stretches of classes as a strain on her academic day and called the schedule, “not convenient for the best work I can do.”

“If I have only one un-scheduled a day, all I can do is sit there and stare at my computer. When you have to work all day like that it’s impossible to be focused,” said Vellenga.

We understand that as FA students, we are meant to be challenged and that it is too late for the schedule to be radically changed. However, teach-ers must acknowledge the change in the students’ days. Whether this means giving more time for as-signments or assigning less work outside of class, a change could be made in order to give students more time to complete all work to the best of their ability.

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7The Falcon Flier september 2010opinion

Ground Zero Mosque: serves as test on religious freedom

I said some pretty bad things about FA before I left.

But, to be honest, I also said some pretty bad things about the school I switched to. I think every-one hates the school they attend, no matter how great it is. That was my situation.

After spending nine years at FA, I decided that it was time to leave. I thought that I had tak-en everything out of this community that I could,

and that I would fare bet-ter in a larger setting.

That was defi nitely not the case. Hence, I’m back.

I did love my new school though, and made close friends at Pope John Paul the Great Catholic High School. I will always keep in touch with them, and I still plan to attend their football and basket-ball games.

Not only was I in an-other school community, I was in an entirely differ-ent city. John Paul was in Dumfries, which meant brand new people.

It also meant a 45 min-ute commute, which I do not miss.

But I do miss the friends I made and the life I had up there. I hated to leave it. But that doesn’t necessarily mean I’m sad to be back.

FA was a second home for nine years of my life. The kids in my grade have seen me grow from a fi rst-grader playing house in aftercare to the young adult that I am today.

There’s a level of com-fort at FA that I will never fi nd at any other school. This is something most kids take for granted. I was thrown into an en-vironment where I knew only one other person

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and had about 400 yet to meet. That situation, while exciting, got a bit tiring. It was a pain to be asked by a teacher to pass back pa-pers, and realize I couldn’t because I knew the names of only half my class.

It’s also nice to feel trust-ed again. At my old school, it was as if they thought everyone was planning to rebel and break the rules. It was anything you’d fi nd at a regular public school. A classroom would be locked any time a teacher left it unattended. Secu-rity cameras were placed down every hallway. While it was normal to most of the students, it was weird for me.

And unscheduled peri-ods? Unheard of at John Paul.

I’m sure there are a lot of students reading this right now who feel how I used to. So, I want you to look around at your classmates. I’m guessing you can name every single person, and can probably say their birthdays and sib-lings’ names too. Learn to love that.

Be happy that you have people who you know ev-erything about.

Be happy that you’re trusted by your teachers to walk around campus dur-ing unscheduled periods.

Be happy that you have the opportunity to go on trips to China, Peru, Spain, France, Rome… need I go on?

Be happy that you have a student government that actually puts your ideas to action and gets things done around school.

You need to realize that attending FA does not mean your world has to be limited to the hundred-some people who walk these halls. If you don’t like somebody, you don’t have to pretend to be best friends with them just be-cause there aren’t many other people.

Go to public school football games. Get a job. Meet new people. You have plenty of time to see them on the weekends and after school.

But while you’re at FA, take advantage of every-thing it offers. If you still don’t love it, just think- it’ll help you get into an awe-some college, where you’ll have a blast, and you’ll make lifelong friends along the way.

Throughout the day, I scan the Facebook news-feed on my phone, am immediately notifi ed for new friend requests and notifi cations, and browse recently updated pictures.

It has been called an ad-diction among high school and college students, who frequent the site in lieu of homework assignments, even an obsession of re-tirees who connect with old classmates.

However, Facebook‘s most accurate description comes from Ben Mezrich in The Accidental Billionaires as “the immediate lubri-cation of social network-ing.”

In his book, Mezrich

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There’s a level of com-fort at FA that I will never find at any other school.

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of the surrounding build-ings and neighborhoods.

Not allowing the com-munity center to be built would lend a huge vic-tory toward radical Is-lam, those that brought down the Twin Towers. They would see our ac-tions as hateful and preju-dice toward their religion and their people. They would take to the streets, convincing people that Americans hate Muslims and everything they stand for. Considering that we have been fi ghting for peace in the Middle East for the last nine years, this would be a backward step that we cannot afford to take.

The Ground Zero Mosque has the over-whelming, constitutional right to be built. And for the sake of the surround-ing neighborhood and all of New York City, it should be built.

Let me start off by correcting myself. This “Ground Zero Mosque” that I speak of, would actually be a 15-story Is-lamic community center located two blocks from where the Twin Towers once stood. This com-munity center contains a mosque, along with a full size gym and swimming pool.

Religious freedom is one of the main pillars that hold up America’s freedoms. As I see lawsuit after lawsuit being fi led against the right to build this community center, I am forced to step back and really consider what this country stands for.

I attempt to contem-plate why people would be against the center. My fi rst thought is that they must be misinformed. Maybe they think that this mosque will house Islamic extremists, which it won’t.

Or maybe they think that the Mosque is literally on top of ground zero, which it is not. I am hopeful that ignorance is the rea-son people are against the community center, not a hatred of Islam.

One of the main com-plaints I have heard from everyday people, as well as popular political fi g-ures has been about the founder of the future community center, Fei-sal Abdul Rauf. He was quoted after 9/11 saying that America could be partially held partially re-sponsible for the attacks. However, he has later gone on to explain that he was just being critical of the U.S. foreign policy in

the Middle East and was arguing that 9/11 was the consequence of the mis-takes that were made.

Much of the area sur-rounding Ground Zero has become desolate, undesirable land. Many buildings are unoccupied and ruinous, such as the former Burlington Coat Factory, where the new community center would be located.

Building the communi-ty center would not only be a great symbol of re-ligious tolerance toward our fellow Americans, it would increase the value of the whole district. The center would welcome a new wave of tourism, as well as overall occupancy

by Matt Kirchnerthe falcon flier

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TRUST-FILLEDENVIRONMENTBRINGS STUDENT BACK TO FA

masterfully shifts between the nonchalant black-and-white view of computer hackers, the betrayed per-spective of athletes who had been cheated, and the unaltered ambition of the original CFO of Face-book with ease.

The narration of each chapter takes on the tri-umph, frustration, even fury of its different sub-ject, while maintaining an impartial journalistic qual-ity unparalleled to books of the like.

The Accidental Billionaires documents the making of the online social revolu-tion from its beginning in a Harvad dorm room, to the multi-billion dollar success of its quirky cre-ator, Mark Zuckerburg.

Mezrich got to the bot-tom of the story, success-fully capturing every per-spective open to him as he spills every minute de-tail, including the dismally boring decorations of a lame Harvard fraternity

party where Facebook CFO Eduardo Saverin fi rst met the computer ge-nius behind the company, Mark Zuckerburg.

Mezrich artfully ques-tions an unsympathetic Zuckerburg, who left in his tracks the betrayed twin Harvard athletes Ty-ler and Cameron Winkle-voss, as well as Eduardo Saverin, the initial funder

and original believer in his company.

He follows each of the characters with anecdotal stories of their paths away from and around Zucker-burg, and captures the es-sence of the creation of Facebook.

‘The Social Network,’ a movie based on the book will be in theatres Octo-ber 2.

ORIGINS OF TEENAGE ADDICTION REVEALED IN MEZRICH’S NOVEL; MOVIE STARRING JESSE EISENBERG TO PREMIERE OCTOBER 2

STUDENT TAKES POSITION ON MOSQUE CONTROVERSY

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Dean of Admissions Ali Gauch does not profi le students for recruitment.

“Social networking has been used in marketing the University, but as a general rule the University tries to stay clear of your personal space,” said Gauch.

UMW admissions, while steer-ing clear of personal pages, does try to connect with students who have shown interest in the school through Facebook.

“If the student has shown an in-terest, you bet the University and the Admission offi ce may use a Facebook page to send a communication…about the school,” said Gauch.

Beyond college admissions, Face-book is affecting college athletes, scholarship holders, students involved in honor violations, and more.

History teacher Heidi Wilbrandt was attending Davidson College and playing on the school’s soccer team when Facebook was created. She closely monitored her Facebook pro-fi le’s content to protect her status as an athlete. Athletes’ Facebook pages were

frequently checked by the school’s ath-letic director to avoid disgrace or scan-dal. The AD checked picures and wall posts for evidence of illegal behavior, specifi cally underage drinking.

“Several players lost, or almost lost, their athletic scholarships because of their behavior, which was documented on Facebook,” said Wilbrandt.

It’s no question that with Facebook’s ever-changing privacy policies and gen-eral uncertainty about the site’s future, this problem dives into uncharted wa-ters. Some students are being held re-sponsible for their actions on the inter-net. Some, however, still manage to go under the radar free of exploitation.

Schools and employers are a grow-ing presence on Facebook, and reserve the right to discriminate against appli-cants, or current students and employ-ees based on their Facebook profi les.

“You are a representative of what-ever institution you attend, and they have the right to make sure you portray their institution in a positive way,” said Wilbrandt.

Make the ultimate FALL TRANSITION by reusing, reducing, & recycling by SIMONE WICKER

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Recycle…in downtown FredericksburgIf you are frequently closet cleaning, keep in mind that giving

clothes to Goodwill, Salvation Army, or consignment is recy-cling. Between thrifting, vintage, and consignment, downtown Fredericksburg holds some of the best stores. Madeline Ruth, a consignment boutique on Caroline Street, accepts clothes for consignment that are new or have been lightly used within the past two years, with the exception of vintages pieces. Beaucoup Vintage is a shop on William Street that will buy your men’s and women’s vintage clothing (40s through 90s) without consign-ment. While you are selling your own fall and winter fashions you’ve grown tired of, these are great stores for swapping out and reinventing your wardrobe at low prices. Horseshoes and Hand Grenades,

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fails to hold interest

My expectations for the new movie Eat Pray Love were low as I walked into the chilly theater. They got even lower when I saw the less than packed theater, with barely 20 people fi ll-ing up the comfortable Muvico seats.

I sat in the back row waiting for this 2 ½ hour fi lm to begin. Finally the faces of Liz Gilbert (played by Julia Roberts) and Ketute the medi-cine man (played by Hadi Subiyanto) appeared on the screen. They were in

Bali, and after a brief confus-

ing palm reading, the fi lm jumped back to New York City with Liz.

That’s how the entire movie went. It was con-stantly jumping from scene to scene. The scenes were in chronological or-der, but there was abso-lutely no fl ow between them. The entire movie was choppy with very few explanations behind the characters actions.

In the fi rst few clips the main character de-cides she wants a divorce, because she is unhappy

with her life now. Then she

quickly falls for a man who looks practi-cally identical to her ex-husband. This annoyed me because as an audi-ence member distinguish-ing between characters is important. Being con-fused between the two men made the movie even more diffi cult to under-stand. Eventually, she de-cides she needs to go on this year long international trip to fi nd the balance in her life.

Her fi rst stop is Rome where she ate constantly.

The foods she devoured looked delicious, and they made me wish I was sit-ting in a dinner theater.

There was one funny scene in Rome, but it was one I had seen on the television commercials many times. It had a little old woman fi lling up Liz’s bathtub with less water than I use to brush my teeth.

Later on she made a few friends in Rome who are barely worth mention-ing, and then the scene jumped to India. She met a man named Richard (played by Richard Jen-

kin), who would give her life tips. After a little too much meditation for my liking, the fi lm skipped over to Bali.

The medicine man we met at the beginning of the fi lm told her she would return to Bali. So naturally she had to re-turn. There was a quick attempt at humor in this scene when the medicine man didn’t remember her. Some people below me let out a short giggle at this, but the rest of the audi-ence, including me, stared blankly at the screen.

Bali is where the movie

really went downhill be-cause they created a typi-cal romance. You know when a girl initially hates a guy? She acts like she can-not stand him and then in one smooth move and they are in love. Well, that is exactly how this movie played it out. All they do is give you another hap-pily ever after.

A plus is I feel like I want to get more out of life having now seen this movie. However, I didn’t feel it was worth the $10 for the ticket. If I were you I would wait for the DVD.

Bali, and after a brief confus-

ing palm reading, the

with her life now. Then she

quickly falls for

by COURTNEY HOFFMANthe falcon flier

College admissions offices using Facebook for researchcontinued from front

The longer classes of the new schedule (50 minutes this year, as op-posed to 44 minutes last year) are also supposed to be helpful to crossover teachers.

“There’s a big differ-ence between 44 and 50 minutes,” said Durso. “[The teachers who teach in the middle and upper schools] are less rushed and there are less days when the class doesn’t meet.”

Durso said his main in-tention with the schedule changes was giving stu-dents a better education.

“There were certain things that forced us make this decision… if [Ms. Moschetto and I] didn’t think students had benefi ted we wouldn’t have done it. It’s all about improving the quality of class for students… [For example] we really do want the interim re-

ports to come at a time when students can do something about it,” said Durso.

Despite his concerns about the schedule, Massey-Elim is dealing with it.

“It’s okay. I like the other [schedule] a bit bet-ter because it was 60 per-cent classes opposed to 70 percent or whatever. All that’s different is I have a bunch more classes. I usu-ally have two periods free a day [now],” he said.NEW GRADING SYSTEM

The new grading sys-tem is also part of the goal of preparing students for college and making them more independent, Durso said.

The new system is called semester grading (twice per year), as op-posed to the old quarterly grading system. FA tran-scripts have always only listed semester grades, so

this new system makes sense, Durso said.

“Transcripts only re-port fi rst semester, sec-ond semester, and fi nal grades. In the old system we had fi rst marking pe-riod and third marking period, and they were of-fi cial reporting periods. So students and parents always thought that [the quarter grades] were some sort of substantive grade that they needed to really stress over,” said Durso.

Now teachers have one or two more weeks to write interims. The fi rst interim is sent out the sixth week of school. This grants students more time to improve their grades.

“So now teachers can have had more than only one major assignment. There’s a good amount of time from when you get that interim until when [midterm] exams come,” said Durso.


Changes made to bene�it studentscontinued from front

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PHOTO BY HENRY WICKER

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Falcon Flier September 2010